The Sun

The Sun, in this deck, shows an orange dragon surrounded by a corona of yellow fire it has breathed out. The sky is blue behind it. On the grass below there are two children playing beneath the six sunflowers, the heads of the flowers are following the sun. The children with a small dragon. They are innocent in their play.

The sun is the basic energy of the solar system. It is the fuel for plants, animals, and all life on this planet. The Sun is love. This card represents the exuberance of the child. You don't have to be a child to love life, or to enjoy the creative vision children posess.

Allow yourself the freedom to be who you are. Look upon the community you live within and see where you can expend your energy to make a difference. Present yourself with a smile, even on the days when you feel as far from smiling as you can. Remember there is a school of thought that says your mood will follow your action. In other words act as if you are cheerful and the mood will follow. If you want to bring good things into your life you have to bring yourself to believe you deserve it. As an experiment walk down the street with a smile on your face, and see how many smiles you gather from others. The more you do this the more you will feel it is right.

The Star

This card shows a woman with long blond hair standing with one foot in the water and one foot on land. She is pouring water from two sea shells, into the water and on to the shore. The sky is clear dark blue with one large star and seven smaller stars around it in a circle. The the background is a sail boat on the water and a building with a telescope on the distant shore. In the foreground is a blooming iris and an ancient tool for a sailor to guide himself by the stars.

The Star represents the hope we all have that things will be all right. It is a good card to draw when you are fearful of what is going on in your life. It allows us to see that no matter what is going on right at that minute, there is much to allow us to rejoice and look toward the future. Fear is a difficult thing to combat, it is rather like fighting smoke. There is nothing substantial and the more you wave your hands the faster it comes back to you. What is it you fear? Is it something that you can alter or is it something outside of your control? Sometimes all you want to do is stand high on a hill and let go of the edges of your fear, allowing it to fly away from you. This is the point that makes the Star card so important.

Six of Wands, Todays Card

This card features a young blond man on a white horse he is dressed in red trousers and a white tunic decorated with the sun. He carries a banner with a matching sun flying in the wind. The sky is blue as he parades in triumph greeted by the people of the town.

Triumph is the word of the day. This is a day to acknowledge completion of goals met, or at least understand the accomplishments are close to completion. The war may not be over but the skirmish is won for the present. It doesn't mean that everything will be smooth sailing from this day forward, it just means that keeping a good mood and a solid grip on the pencil will get me through.

Today the Three of Cups

The Three of Cups shows three pretty women dancing in a meadow at their feet are baskets of fruit and flowers, and overhead are vines filled with ripe grapes. The women have blond hair, black hair, and red hair. They are dressed in pink, blue, and green and have wine goblets in their hands. They dance with such abandonment, I can almost hear the music.

Everyone must have a day when they can celebrate being alive. Today is a day for me to enjoy my life and all of its pleasures. There is a saying, Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt, and dance as if there is nobody watching. Most days I get caught up in 'should's' . We need to delete the word should from the English language. Today I'll enjoy my day, each tiny second if it.

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Today I drew the Queen of Wands. The card is very bright, a blond woman in a yellow dress trimmed in red with white suns at the hem. The background is yellow and the earth is reddish brown. She is standing in a patch of sunflowers. This deck, the Robin Wood Tarot, equates wands with fire, which is action.

The Queen of Wands is the perfect housewife/cheerleader, exuding enthusiasm for those around her. She is comfortable in her own skin, as the popular phrase goes. When I see this queen, I look to see what I do well and spend time working in those areas. With the energy of the Queen of Wands, I know I can accomplish what I need to get done.

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Today I have the Seven of Swords. The art on this card isn't one of the pretty pictures, it shows a man in a gray cloak climbing over a wall of rock. He carries with him five swords and two swords are stuck in the ground behind him. There is a tent in the background with a red flag flying over it, it is one of several such tents.

I have always got the impression of a man who has gone alone into the enemy camp and disarmed most of them before leaving. He has used a different solution to end the conflict. Fighting the battle of life head on isn't always the best solution for every problem. It is a day to look at things from different perspectives, what will address the current situation without figurative bloodshed. Am I looking at honorable motives or am I dealing with cowardice? I have to say I'm reluctantly going to my 40 year class reunion this weekend. Ouch, I can't believe it's been that long since high school. I nearly didn't go, even though there are a number of people I would love to see. But it works out that I'm going back to Idaho for the weekend anyway, so I might as well do it. I'll let you know how it goes.

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Today I drew the Six of Swords. This card shows a blond man dressed in a tunic and cloak riding across a slough in a swan boat. There are six swords available in holders in the wings of the swan. The boatman is an invisible hooded figure that is using a pole to push the boat across the remaining water to the shore. The shore that awaits them is peaceful and green, the sky over head is blue with small puffy clouds. A larger bank of clouds is in the back behind the hills in the distance, letting me know the storms may only be waiting. The water is calm and reflects the land on the shore. There is one dark part of the shore it looks like a place where the bank is raised and undercut by the waves. In the blackness of this small cave is the light of a star. Even though the man has six swords at his hand, available to him at any sight of threat, he is sitting peacefully in the boat.

I see this card as a move toward a more positive time. It often means it is time to move, literally. Although we have been thinking about that, we haven't made any decision to do so as yet. This card tells me the more difficult times are slowly receding from us and we are now able to move forward.

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Today I drew the Five of Cups, one of my least favorite cards. It shows a person wrapped in a cloak with the hood covering the face. She is looking at three goblets of blood red wine that are spilled on the ground. Two that are still full are beside the person, but these are being ignored. The background is pretty unremarkable, a sky with clouds, a rolling meadow, and a cliff on one side.

There are things we lose in this lifetime that seem to haunt us, maybe a love, a job, a child, a pet, or something material, like a house or a car. Letting go is one of the lessons that I'm trying to learn. Over the years of reading cards I've come to interpret this card a little differently. It's a cue to look at what I have, not what is lost. Mourn for a time, then look around at what is still possible in life. Don't allow yourself to wallow in regret and wishing for things to be the way they were, it is a waste of precious time. Look at today as a gift, don't waste it.