August 5th, 2014 ~ Tuesday ~ Gain

August 5th, 2014 ~ Tuesday ~ Gain ~

"Nothing seems absolutely true and anything seems potentially possible." ~ Peter J. Carroll

Today is a day of gain, but not gain as you might expect. Although this is a physical manifestation card we are not going to hoover up every last bit of money, jewels, and gold bullion within a 50 mile radius. Boo.

The gain card is about the flow of money, which ultimately is the flow of energy. Money is simply energy in paper or metal alloy form. If you have ever tried to grab hold of energy and prevent it from moving you have found that it doesn't work so well. In order for energy (money) to flow you must let it come and go in a natural tide. Now notice what happens with the ebb and flow of that tide.When money is coming in, our energy relaxes. Ah..... but when it goes out, we can become triggered and tight.

Now this ebb and flow business appears to be very orderly and logical. But what if it isn't? What if it is actually disorder and chaos but the statistics are in favor of the common pattern we see every day. What if life in general were more or less ruled by the Goddess Eris, the Goddess of chaos and discord? And what if in that chaos, anything is potentially possible? 

Perhaps if we can refrain from the trigger and the tightness that comes with a monetary dry spell and instead open to the divine chaos around us we will find that the flow is actually always there. It is simply our tightness and trigger that stops us from feeling it. 

August 4th, 2014 ~ Monday ~ Princess of Swords

August 4th, 2014 ~ Monday ~ Princess of Swords ~

Duality at her finest. The Princess of Swords can be both the scientist and the magician, the gentle touch and the swift sword, the mother and the warrior, the masculine and the feminine, the bright blazing day and the blackest starry night. She reminds us that we are all multi-minds. We are not one person but a multi-faceted creature. The Princess of Swords is also a reminder that moving between worlds can be incredibly difficult and sometimes we choose not to expend the energy to do so. Sometimes we choose to stay on the rail that may have been good in an earlier encounter but is not the greatest gift you can give in the current moment. Today, opportunities will arise that will allow us to become more adept at walking between worlds with effortless movement. There will be challenges, of course, but being able to see where we sometimes clumsily dance with duality is a great place to start.

The archetype Ouranos is also a great reminder of our multi-mind selves. This archetype reminds us that we are an amalgamation of a multitude of personalities, emotions, roles, desires, repulsions, etc. We play in the realm of duality and naturally there are aspects of ourselves that are more readily accessible, areas we have deemed more acceptable. But there are also the hidden areas. Facets that are just as much a part of our being as the everyday self. Facets that are just as important. Bring focus to your fluidity between worlds today and continue to refine an appreciation and acceptance for every multi-mind that exists within you.

August 2nd, 2014 ~ Saturday ~ Worry

August 2nd, 2014 ~ Saturday ~ Worry

Break down to break through. Admit in this challenging moment that not everything can come with a pretty bow on top, nor can you dress up a pig and pass it off as a princess. A pig is a pig, and a pig can be much more enchanting than a princess if we take a good honest look.

Stop sterilizing your environment today. Stop grinning (a very close relative to grimacing at times) at the absurdity that is surrounding you. Check back in, take a good look, get your self grounded, and move from a raw and vulnerable place. It can get ugly when we begin to let the wheels fall off the bus but ugly is not as scary as you might think. Ugly can be the most beautiful gift you give today. Real, authentic, raw, ugly.

To this end, we now turn our attention to the Goddess Pareidolia. Pareidolia has numerous aspects and lunacy is one of the most prominent. Lunacy makes us feel uncomfortable. Just the word itself, can make us cringe. Lunacy signifies that we have lost control. A perception deeply mired in culture, familial kinks, and/or personal judgement. But is it true? I am going to venture out on a limb, with my pig, and say "no".

Break down to break through. Get ugly and realize that perception is a dream-wisp that we have created in order to keep ourselves in our hermetically sealed Barbie box. Engage in your own personal "lunacy" today and perhaps you will find that it isn't as scary or distasteful as you thought. In fact, it will probably feel pretty damn good not to mention begin to soften an old and hard resistance to the beautiful ugliness in each one of us.

August 1st, 2014 ~ Friday ~ The Hanged Man

August 1st, 2014 ~ Friday ~ The Hanged Man

Oh bugger..... we are Stuck today......... But are we really? Sometimes I like to think we stick ourselves because it butts us right up against an edge, a wall, a fear, or a grand something that we have not wanted to wade into. We stick ourselves because it is the only way to build up enough energy to bust through to the next level or layer. We have clever wisdom pulsing through our bodies that "knows" what to do and how to do it on a level we may never be aware of.

Look today at where you are stuck. Look at how brilliant you are because only you can "stick" yourself in that place. And then take a good look at why you put yourself in that sticky construct. Then............ cultivate the dissatisfied energy behind the stick stuck to drop, sprint, scream, bellow, tear, pound, rip, heave, shift, slide, slither, undulate, laugh hysterically, or bounce past the wall you have pressed yourself against.

The Baron Samedi is a genius reminder that it all comes to an end one way or another. The Baron is not one to let things fester, rot, or zombify. He is irreverently merciful in his own way by ushering the dead to the other side.

This is a great energy to incorporate as we encounter our own zombified energies in life. Those creatures we continue to drag around with us instead of cutting their figurative heads off. Usher them to the other side today and bid them farewell.

The Baron Samedi has also been associated with resurrection. When we allow pestilent energy to die we also allow a space for more freedom in our life.

July 31st, 2014 - Thursday - Queen of Disks

July 31st, 2014 - Thursday - Queen of Disks - I've got to ask how you are all doing with the Oppression and bound up delusion of the last two days? I had a sense personally to just keep powering through. Slow down and move very deliberately, but... as the War God suggested, do it with Fierceness.

Today The Queen of Disks arrives in the spread to give our dreamselves a hint. Relax and Play a bit today. Look at this lady, she has complete control over her kingdom. She has power and vision. And now maybe she needs to be pampered a bit, yes? She needs to command a minion to rub HER feet. She needs breakfast made for her.  She does everything for everyone... Can YOU relate?  Do YOU nurture those in your world?  My suggestion is to activate your creativity and imagination and find a way to get people to do your bidding today, to nurture you in small, pleasant, simple ways that honor your power and vision.  Time to take a break and let someone else do the dishes!

So who comes to us in a dream to bolster our magnificent Queen of Disks?  None other than JHVH.

Whoah...

The Monotheistic God.  A moment of silence as we honor him, for he comes in the dream to help the Queen of Disks, herself a massively powerful ruler of a kingdom, yet one who is unabashedly feminine, the Virgo Virgin/Whore. What is God doing helping her?

Let's not forget God made all things, good and bad. We like to believe his singularity but ignore the fact that he built women to be powerful, sexual, fierce mother queens. 

Today God blesses the Queen. That is a powerful moment in this new era of feminine power.  How else could it happen? The ultimate masculine God bows to the Ultimate Feminine Queen. If you apply your imagination and intuition you can see this mating is one destined to produce fertile abundance.  Yet if you allow your fears and stubborn insistence on past doctrine to control you, war will erupt across the face of your sphere.  

The one and the many come come together to play today.

Let them.

The Queen of Disks comes to us from Aleister Crowley and Lady Freida Harris.
JHVH comes to us from Peter J.  Carroll and Matt Kaybryn's Epoch The Portal of Chaos.

July 30th, 2014 - Wednesday - Priestess & Mars

July 30th, 2014 - Wednesday - Priestess & Mars - How are you all feeling after yesterday's Oppression? That was intense! But today you pulled the Moon Goddess herself: The Priestess. And yet her message is that you are unbalanced and in illusion. She might even be saying you are in delusion. That's a bit worrisome since our dream visitor yesterday was Cthulhu, the embodiment of un-grounded mental delusion.

So what dream came to you today to help you with the Priestess?  Mars.

So why is the God of War visiting you when the Priestess is warning that you are out of touch with reality? The answer is simple: Conflict lies on the horizon. The energy of violence, of intimidation, and surrender is wrought into a fine mesh inside you. Should you run? Should you bluff? Should you fight? Should you surrender?

Whew!  What a mess of energy: The tangles of anger and Cthulhu still linger.  

Consider this suggestion: Embody war. Get your paint on... get your weapon, get some music, and howl. Dance. Let Mars pour into you and give him a show of your bodily courage and heartful warrior spirit. Amplify your warlike energy in ritual dance, chant, or writing.  

Here is the promise: Do this, (alone preferably, or with an assistant you trust) and you will suddenly ground your body and mind. The Priestess and her magic, her intuition with be with you, and delusion will turn into insight. The War God needs to be embodied safely...

Here is the second promise: If you do not do this you risk the war spirit of violence erupting inside you or around you with no safe container to hold it and guide it.  Illusion, delusion, and deception will slither around inside you like a nest of a thousand snakes.

Embrace War.  Then ground yourself with two feet firmly on the ground and the Priestess will bestow her blessings of clear seeing upon your head.  She waits for the warrior inside you to appear.

The Priestess comes to us from Aleister Crowley and Lady Freida Harris.
Mars, the God of Wars comes to us from Peter J.  Carroll and Matt Kaybryn's Epoch The Portal of Chaos.

July 29th, 2014 - Tuesday - Oppression

July 29th, 2014 - Tuesday - Oppression - Yesterday a cool storm swept through, bringing refreshing rain.  Today... the heat has returned and combined with the moisture from yesterday has created an oppressive humidity.  Repressed anger fills your space today. You know what they say... feelings buried alive never die... today that is more true than ever for you. The ground is littered with land mines, and any moment there will be explosion.

Anger isn't bad... it just energy, you've heard me talk about that for years now.  Getting in touch with your anger is a good thing, and finding healthy ways to beat the shit out of something and let that energy flow properly through you is essential to a healthy, balanced, and artistic life.  

In your dreams a visitor comes to help with your oppression:

The Dark Elder God Cthulhu reveals the intricate web of energetic lies you tell yourself in your deepest soul.  The layers of manipulation and ego gratification are legion.  No wonder you are oppressed.

But here is the key that Cthulhu showing up reveals: The layers of self deception can only be revealed by letting the energy go. You can mire in the swamp FOREVER trying to figure this shit out. If you want to get past this murk of bullshit, you have to move. Run. Jump. Box. Scream. Beat a pillow. Find a friend who can hear you out and VENT. Find someone strong enough to take your viscous self hatred, and pour it out on him or her like a hurricane. This is deep work. Tough work. But the oppression you are feeling in your space is building... and if you don't find a way to deal with the tangle of darkness that is your soul today... you are going to explode, implode, or otherwise self destruct. You have been alerted:  Find a way to let that oppressed energy free in a healthy way.

Ask for help. No one faces Cthulhu alone.