Tuesday, February 13, 2018

XIV Phoenix - Incidental Tarot

A Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On!

The Phoenix in the Incidental Tarot takes the place of what is, The Tower in more traditional decks.

I’ll just give you Holly’s words about her card, because they fit perfectly!

“The Phoenix represents destruction and demise, the necessary upheaval of old and crumbling systems. A trial by fire brings the burning away of falsity and self-destructive ends. Phoenix dares you to unearth the lies, root out false foundations before the Universe does it for you. The Phoenix in a word: CRUCIBLE.”

You may have noticed my blog posts disappeared for close a couple of weeks with no explanation. I’m sorry for that. I actually wrote posts for most of these days and I will try to go back and fill them in. I’ve been dealing with quite the storm lately. It’s been hurling a variety of emotional thunderbolts and physical hailstones for me to dodge. I had to run for cover and deal with practical things. I’m still in the melee, but I’ve regained a bit of footing. I am going to try my best to keep this rolling as I need some consistency in my life.

I had an immediate financial crisis that is resolved for now, thanks to the generous donations of friends and a spate of orders for readings. Blessed Be! I’m going to have to consider some serious fundraising to get my feet on stable ground, but this really saved me! I have so much gratitude. In addition I have been struggling with serious health issues for the past six months. I have MS, neuropathy and some other chronic conditions. On top of this a recent blood test found that I had extremely low levels of vitamin D. I hate the sun. I cut down on dairy at the advice of a nutritionist. Supplements are expensive so I haven't bought any in a year. And voila; here I am taking 50,000 IU of Vitamin D every week on top of a daily supplement. I’ve had a couple of doses. I’m still in pain and have no energy, but I hear it takes a while.

However the biggest distraction was the news that a spiritual group I used to belong to had finally woken up and expelled the abusive person at its helm. (Actually, she ran away before they could confront her) I was with this group for more than four years and observed so much narcissism, manipulation and abuse. No one would listen and any perceived criticism was dealt with harshly. I was harassed, bullied and shunned. Still. Others had much more egregious harm. I’m now able to talk about it. I’m finding out that people I was afraid to talk to because I thought they were still associated with this person had left shortly after I did. It’s quite a mess. There is a lot of healing to be done and I do not know if the organization can survive this.

No doubt all these things will make blogging and doing anything else, challenging, but I am going to try.

The tower is a shake-up, but it doesn’t always have to be. You can rise up stronger, wiser and even energized just like the phoenix!