Hi Christine,

Hope all is well in your world.

Just sent you a message. If you didn't get it, let me know.

Happy February!

Flowseeker

OK, so looks I did this right..  but taking a look around, this looks like a ghost town. 

Feb 17, 2012 -- 9:45AM, christine3 wrote:

Feb 2, 2012 -- 4:15PM, Meta wrote:

OK, so looks I did this right..  but taking a look around, this looks like a ghost town. 

Hi Meta! 

I don't know what is wrong with the set-up of this thread, but putting a "check" in the box below (do I want to be notified of a new message--yes!)...doesn't work.  I have to actually come to this thread to see if anybody has asked a question.  

So sorry that I haven't checked for a couple of weeks!  Was busy doing things.

I'd like to answer but have to wait until Sunday or Monday.  The last part of the week isn't good for me to do divination.  I hope you can wait.  AND I SURE HOPE you get this email!

Christine

Feb 20, 2012 -- 5:00PM, BeerLover wrote:

Didn't mean to step on your toes, Christine.  It's just so seldom we get visitors through these parts any more.  I'll hold my read until you post yours.  OK?

Hi everyone, BL and Meta,

I am amiss and not having a good week.  Please do her reading BL, and Meta so sorry that I could not be ready for Monday.  I will be back the beginning of next week.    

Meta, looking for a read about a certain someone, speaking in riddles…  “Should I expect to hear from him again?”  That would require looking into him and his energy.  I only look into your energy.  “I’m supposed to know but I can’t figure it out.”  Perhaps you are know the truth, but are denying it.  I can help with that.  I see someone who is torn between what she is “supposed to” and what she wants in her heart.  Except following her heart is scary and takes her into unfamiliar ground.  There is the conflict between how things “should” be and what is taking form.  Let’s look at the cards.

First card is The Lovers, Major Arcana 6.  The usual meaning of this card is all about love, and what a real love relationship ought to be.  There is an older meaning, though.  The original meaning showed a young man choosing between two damsels.  The original message was one of choosing wisely and for the right reasons.  You are faced with a choice, too, aren’t you?  He may come back into your life or he may not.  If he does, you get to decide whether you want him in your life.  You have power in that situation.  Let me share what Master Osho has to say about love.

Love is patient and kind.  Love is not envious.  It is not arrogant or boastful or seek it’s own way.

Oh, wait, that’s great wisdom from another source.  Here is Osho:

“Then as we begin to mature, we can begin to experience the love which exists beyond sexuality, and honors the unique individuality of the other.   We begin to understand that our partner exists as a mirror, reflecting the unseen aspects of our deeper self and supporting us to become whole.  This love is based on freedom, not expectation or need.  This highest form of love is compassion.” 

So this is love, where our partner acts as a mirror, completes us, and above all, cares about us.

Next we have Projections, 7 of Water.  This card suggests we are projecting ourselves and others into situations.  We are “making movies” of how things should be.  We are projecting a different face than our real one.  It happens when we are not fully aware of our own expectations, desires, and judgments.  Instead of taking responsibility for them and owning them, we attribute them to others.  The projection may be devilish or divine, disturbing or comforting, but a projection nonetheless- a cloud that prevents us from seeing reality as it is.  The only way out is to recognize the game.  When you find a judgment arising about another, turn it around:  Does what you see in others really belong to you?  Is your vision clear, or is it clouded by what you want to see?

Next we have The Rebel, Major Arcana 4.  The Rebel is one who has broken free of the chains of society’s expectations.  {Pay attention}  The Rebel lives by his own hard won truths.  What is right?  What is proper?  Don’t look to externals for guidance, look inside.  Live authentically, and if some people can’t accept what you have become, they need to go.  Those who accept you, accept the real you.  Those are your real friends and allies.  Those who don’t never like the real you.  You had to curry their favor by changing, projecting a more “acceptable” face.  They only liked you when you “fit in.”  They are not worth your time.  Throw off the chains and the masks!  Dispense with the niceties!  Show the world the real, undiluted you!  Thos who cannot accept it are not worth your time.

These are brave words which can be costly in terms of relationships if followed.  Many close friends and family members might go out of your life if you truly embrace The Rebel.  I know from personal experience.  Seven years ago when I fell in love with my Beloved Maylilly, my whole family rejected her.  They thought I was stark raving mad for taking up with a tarot reader.  It took about five years for them to come around and actually accept her.  Some of my relative probably will never full embrace her.  Those relatives are in my past, gone out of my life.  Yes, it can be costly to show your true face, but there are costs to staying acceptable, too. 

Last card is Past Lives, Major Arcana 18.  Now we jump much further down the great karmic cycle.  I’m not a big believer in past lives.  I might be an “old soul” or something, but this life has plenty of trouble to keep me occupied without speculating on other lives.  I interpret this card as meaning previous phases of your life.  Past Lives is about patterns-  unconscious behavior which traps you in certain patterns of behavior and attitudes. It’s nice to dream about being something else, but distracting.  While dreaming, we are stuck.  It’s time to wake up from the dream, take a hard look at your life and break out, much like The Rebel.  Or stay stuck in the old way of being. 

Sooo…  Lots of cards about patterns, and breaking out.  That’s the message.  I don’t know if this guy will come back into your life.  My feeling is you really don’t need him, much as you think you might.  Is he your estranged husband?  Separated?  On the fence about coming back?  If so, my advice is to think long and hard about whether you want him in your life or not.  Set aside your deeply held beliefs.  There is no “I must” at this point.  Will he love you as Master Osho describes?  Now is the time for self examination, finding those patterns, identifying those illusions- and breaking free.  Even your screen name implies change.  Don't be afraid.

Your questions and comments are always welcome.  This doesn’t have to be the last word.