Dark Moon reading

Using Eowyn's Dark Moon Spread, and the Tarot of the Sidhe, I ddd a reading about the influences around me at the moment. For easy for scanning I've done the cards side by side, although I read them one on top of another in the column.


1.- What lays on your dark depths. What is unseen. What we stumble against in the dark nights. - The World Connection to that deep radiating, pulsating energy... of what my true essence is.. and its been hidden in the forest, and now its out to shine, to burst into light and to join in its light with everyone else... to meet, mingle, flow, share..
Although its reflecting what is unseen, its that hidden bit of magic that makes someone look fine, to looking awesome, radiating and shiney.
2.- What will begin to show, to arise. Temperance From the pulsating energy arises an angel. So many angels at the moment.. but. well, gotta go with the flow.
And its about that energy of the World being real, solid, able to be manipulated, flow, shaped and made more managable, tangible, measured.
Like a sunrise.. maybe I need to see some more sunrises... by the Gods I love a sunrise, between stones, over hills.. awesome.
3.- What will illuminate the dark path. The key in the night. High Priestess The fire within.. I am soooo drawn to that fire, that little flame hidden in her belly, that spark that is every burning.
My intuition, knowing when things are right or need to wait, brew, see what flows. At the moment Im waiting, brewing, seeing the flow. Its not the time for action yet where one particular thing is concerned. However, that could very much change, because times change :)
0.- Yourself. Shadow card, from the base of the deck. Death
I havent scanned this card, but Death was my base card. How beautiful... the spirit being released from the cairn, the bird wild, free, flying, shaping in the moonlight.

Funky stuff!!!

DPO meets the Deviant Moon, when my significant others meet

Having a wee moment wondering about this PDR business and the DPO. I feel that Im missing working with Tarot so much for my own reflections. I know the beauty of the PDR is that we can play with other decks, but, as the DPO is an oracle its just not tarot - even though its wonderful.

So... today I thought Id mix it up a bit. I want to know more about woad, about why it keeps coming up, what am I missing about this card?
Heres the 2 sides of woad.. the plant and the dye, the yellow that becomes the blue, the thought the becomes creativity, inspiration and Awen. I think these two pics are really powerful of what Woads energies are..


And I figured I could use the Deviant Moon to help me do that. DPO and Tarot fix all in one :P Using a Recurring card spread

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Card 1 - the recurring card, in my case Woad
Yes I see the familiar face of the boar in the rock, the spear head, the ivy and holly, and the curl of a rams horm in the tree.
And of course the plant itself - that strong energy leading to so many things...
I know all this!! But I feel Im missing something, something more.
Last night whilst I was at a friends house I caught a glimpse of wild boar on the tv, and their CUTE tiny little piglets. Now, I dont really do 'cute' as such, but with their stripes I couldnt help it! But I wouldnt want to get caught in the line of fire of a wild boar.
Actually, maybe thats what people think of me? Small, cute sezo with a dark twist? Oh, Ive never thought of that before!

Now its time for the Deviant Moon to play (oh boy Im excited!).
As Im shuffling I can feel this world is a bit bemused by all this. 'I mean,' says the DM, ' plants are plants, they dont talk, they dont walk, they dont DO anything. Plus its dark in our realm, plants look like shadows, and not really interesting, until the moon shines on them and they sparkle in the frost. But they are ONLY plants', I think they will learn :D

Card 2 - what's underneath, the root cause - Sun
Oooh thats nice to see! Im doing a lot of work to bring out my potential, and so this is what Woad is about. The process isnt just one of kicking and screaming, but its like a mindset that is always open and ready for battle. Like old warriors that keep up with their training even in peacetime.
The Sun in the DM is about unity also, so Woad is highlighting how all my goings on are joined, steamlined and forming one path, one road :D

Card 3 and 4 - the past influences or fading energies - Queen of Cups and The World
The queen I think reflects how I try to keep so many plates spinning because I love them all so dearly. And sometimes, it can feel disjointed. Like now I feel the DPO and Tarot are two different things, yet with Woad I've worked a way of unity and bringing them into something new! Sometimes I do feel its an either/or situation, like if I start one idea I am 'betraying' the other (yes how daft is that!). I care so much for all that I have in my life, I love to have it yet loathed to put it to one side if I need to. And so I sit, reflect like the Queen does, worrying about the drop that is to be spilt and not the ship that is crashing into the rocks. I focus too much on the detail and not on where the undercurrents want me to go.
The World is showing that I'm processing this, that Im coming to an understanding of absorbing and doing, feeling and being that is part of it. I can see it all as part of me, of what I do, and not just one or another. No matter the label I give myself I am me that weaves all this together, and its all good. My opposing beasts of doubt and inaction have been tamed (mostly!) and I can now just go with my flow.

Card 5 - what the person knows or wants with regard to the card's issues - 4 of Swords
The figure looks like an angel, like a fairy thats been squished into the ground. But shes not, shes sleeping, shes in that process of fairy rebirth and will be even more beautiful than before.
And I think this is the really long term part of woad. Of forging things together, of making a mindset that is open and 'can do' about it all so that there will be a tiny yet significant change of mindset, of perspective.
When I first drew this card I thought I would need to drop something, or I will do something to force me to stop and I thought NO! I like this momentum, i love this bustling energy all around me.
So I drew another card to reflect what I now want, after looking at Woad some more, and drew the 9 of cups who says in a dodgy foreign Genie type accent Ah I have you now little one! You asked and wished and now I have you! Your wish is my command! The momentum will not stop, it will carry on, it will grow and burst like stars!
Ta Dm - I hope I wont regret that wish lol.

Cards 6 and 7 - what's to come or what will flow from it - 5 of Wands and 9 of Swords
AH CRAP I HAVE SO MUCH GOING ON IN MY LIFE, IN MY HEAD, IN MY BEING! HOW THE F*** AM I GOING TO FIT IT ALL IN? WHY DID I DO THIS TO MYSELF? WHAT SHIFTS AND FAN SPREADING 'FUN' WILL IT BRING?
Those are the DMs words on it exactly. But then the Sun comes out and says.. hey, its all good, its for a reason, you love it, its part of you. Of who you are... now stop worrying and just dance and let it flow!

When I stop and think, I panic, I freeze, I doubt and that is not what Woad is about. It says now is the time to just focus and do - it works, dont work out how or why, just accept and learn.

Dancing Bear did a DPO reading for me, and I think her Chamomile/Bramble advice is really imporant here too. To pick the fruits you have to go through the thorns, yet sometimes you need to sit back and drink some tea to work out how to do it, with a plan :D

DM base card for this was the King of Wands Oh yeah , he looks like he needs woading up, the 'just do it' man of the deck, the seducer of the pack to make you do it and love every second of it, even the odd twinge of guilt, because you've done something thats made you alive. How many people are alive with their eyes wide open?

Too true Sire!

And because its the first day of my holiday, and I want to, heres a piccy of the reading :)