New Moon Reading

Using Eowyn's new moon spread again, because it will be interesting to see the difference a turn of a lunar wheel brings to life!


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1.- What lays on your dark depths. What is unseen. What we stumble against in the dark nights. Burdock
This being a card I dont draw very often I have to think about its symbolism to me..
Hmmm I did wonder if I was going to be 'alone' on my path for a while, but it seems I keep being drawn to attachments. People keep reminding me that I am loved, want to spend time and sacred time with me. Its fabulous! When you think your all alone in the wood you realise all the attachments you have, the people that love you no matter where you float off to in life.
And its so easy to forget that. Of course its imporant to keep an eye on who we have in our lives, unnecessary and draining attachments are not good.. but love is love!

2.- What will begin to show, to arise. The Banes
The full moon in this card really says to me that this will happen close to the moon. Yet I admit I am stumped on this card and this reading. From Burdock which was so positive, Banes seem somewhat negative. Ive drawn a clarifier and got Fern so this is saying its something out of the blue, its a shock to the system... a surprise...
I dont tend to like surprises LOL.

3.- What will illuminate the dark path. The key in the night.Flax
Well, whatever the unexpected will be, it will be something that can be worked to create something of beauty, like the humble flaxplant that becomes linen, which becomes the shirt on your back etc. Hmm ok beauty is not the word but beauty in its simplicity, its earthiness.

Its like the attachments in Burdock are reflected in the Flax as a web of love, of deep connections. Ones that arent easy to break. I have these in my life but to think I will be blessed with more in life is wonderous!

0.- Yourself. Shadow card, from the base of the deck.Comfrey,Rx Was surprised to see it Reversed because I dont usually have reversed cards in the pack. In the book it mentions about being loved yet not consumed in love, of finding my-self, in all the interconnectedness.

With going back to school today I have wondered if I will have all the time for all the things I want to do this year. Camps, meet ups with friends etc, tarot work, spiritual work etc. So I feel that sometimes its about balance, of being bloody elusive and not commiting completely to one or two things or ideas to make room for the things that are steadfast in my life.

Hmmmm... ya know, sometimes these plants just dont 'give' a lot in readings.

I think Im having a realisation here with this humble deck that my PDR experience with it may be coming to a close... wow, is this my attachment? My blot out of the blue? My connection and that to love something sometimes you need to give it freedom...

Wow - I am going to end my DPO PDR. It has been a very deeply healing process, a great deck of reflection, but ya know, I think its time to move on, and its a process that has been happening although I didnt want to admit it aloud, as I have been playing more with other decks like the DM and the TT.
But I love this deck. I love the healing, the insight and power it has! Although its not my primary deck, I will keep using it when I need to draw on its magic in my life. And I'll keep doing my Elemental herbs when I feel drawn to.


Wow.. Stir the cauldron of the Goddess in her Darkness and awen spits out... inspiration that changes and brings chaos and in that awareness. Eyes WIDE open.

I feel sad.. but its not farewell, merely adeiu.

my week ahead

OK im getting braver now, going to go for a spread with 7 cards and the DPO. In a bid to put the past week behind me, I'm going to read for the week coming - so between now and the 17 January.

The spread...
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Its the horseshoe spread, that is well used and loved by most tarotists out there, and I do love it. I usually like to play with the Umbrae version of it, but as I'm doing a reading for this week coming and not to look at the future 2 weeks and beyond.

1st card - past Borage Rx
its not been the time to get angry or get even. In fact theres been a swallowing of some anger and feeling upset and wanted to fight my own corner. Its been appropriate to keep the sword in the scabbard. Even words havent been a weapon to use (if you think about swords/air/words in the tarot). Others might think I have been apathetic, been very quiet and not running into war like I usually would. But its been the better option at the time, considering Mercury Retrograde its best to say nothing at all lol.

2nd card - present Vervain Ux
That the decision to be quiet has been the right one for me at this time. That I have spent time working within my own power, finding and healing and procesing stuff. Im at a point where I feel very groovy and happy with my lot, and trusting in Spirit that what is right will weave in or out of my life. But Im very grateful to all the stuff I have and have had. Sounds a bit fluffy and wishy washy, but its very true :D

3rd card - near future Cuckoo Pint Rx
I feel here that this is another warning that before the end of the week, things are going to seem rocky again. That things will come together one way or another, but not without a very awkward moment or two where I'll want to shout and scream 'my truth' when really its just spitting venom. It would seem silly after carefully holding my tongue to finally pop and ruin all the hard work i've done!
Having said that I am working nights next week, and a lack of sleep and general grumpyness will not help me speak my truth in a fair and eloquent manner. Lets try to remember the lessons from the week previous Sarah lol.
Yes, that flower of the cuckoo pint does look like a tongue.

4th card - answer - Mugwort Rx
Wait for the tide to change. Do not try to force things to change or to unmuddy the waters myself until Spirit is ready to let me see.
Its hard, I want to jump up and down and demand an answer from a few people right now - but its best to just ride out the storm and wait till things are calmer.
Perhaps definately wait till a new moon and mercury goes direct again on the early hours of friday morning.
Perhaps it would be good to not to any readings etc until after friday then after this, i dont want to muddy my own waters and get lots of conflicting ideas. I've done work over the weekend of sitting and surrendering to Spirit, so I should just keep on with it until its time to see things again.

5th card - people/energy surrounding querent - Mint Ux
Well that looks quite tranquil and pretty. One might almost say boring LOL. A getty with no boats, no where to go etc. But its only more journeys, more distractions Im looking at, rather than focusing within.
Or focus on work, getting paper work done, getting over working nights etc.
Perhaps seeing the world from sunset to sunrise will be an interesting way of changing my tides (which funnily enough my last night is on friday night, so it could be that things will feel clearer from saturday onwards?)

6th card - attitudes/hope and fears - Comfery Ux
Well, comfrey is bonewort - it unites and puts things back together. So with the warning of cuckpoo pint to make sure things heal up in the right place and without me losing my temper. The book mentions healing something from the inside out, and I feel I have done a lot to work on personal stuff, so Im waiting to see if that comes through into bringing some sort of resolution to 'external' stuff. We'll see.

7th card - outcome of 3rd card/whole layout Nettle Rx
Stop being so irritable LOL.
Hopefully I'd have learnt over the last few weeks that ya know, things happen for a reason and we say and do crazy stuff...
I do have a bit of a catholic tendency to keep birching, or nettling myself over an issue, beating myself up over and over after its well and truly gone. So the idea of the layout is to just move on, stop beating yourself up. Theres no more big 'stings' left, I've dealt with things as best as possible and the rest is up to the Gods.

The base care is Burdock Ux
yes I have done my best to get the learning from the past week or so, and i hope I am still processing it. But not in a place to just get a quick result, as the destination isnt important, its the journey, its the learning and its being hopeful. I think at one point I did feel like throwing in the towel last week, but my 'attachments' my friends have been wonderful in reminding me of whats groovy about me and groovy about my spirituality. Even when ya feel like crap, its fertilizer for roses to grow later :D

Overall - dont be a pillock, hold your tongue and dont lose your temper (well really try not to) and wait to see what the universe wants to unfold for you. I was sat infront of the fire earlier on with my dad and I was there quiet happy just feeling warm and snug, and he comes along, keeps jabbing at it and somehow KILLS the damn fire! So, the lesson here is just dont poke, let it flow and enjoy the rewards of everyone and everything in nature doing its thing..

reminds me of Crowley - Love is the Law, Love under Will.
And I never thought this morning I'd link Crowley with the DPO LOL.
I also guess that this will be the only posting of a reading that I'll put here on the blog for a week, if I take the advice to heart in the Mugwort card.
Of course, I'll have to remember to draw a card around the 15/16th for the Druid Plant Month ahead!

Adios Amigos
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