Dec. 30th, 2006

qos: (Default)
It's still very quiet at my house. I'm the only one up, and I'm rested and peaceful inside, moreso than I have been recently. My daughter's birthday party last night was the last of my holiday obligations, and I feel like I'm embarking on a well-earned rest.

Tarot.com is offering members a free Celtic Cross 2007 preview reading, and as I selected my cards, I was aware that the stillness within me was far deeper than I had been able to achieve when I was doing my birthday reading.

I'm also in a different place psychologically than I was two weeks ago. Since then, I've received an email from an old friend who is an angel to me, inviting me a "Closure" gathering at her house, a time for those of us who have been working hard on personal and spiritual development to get together and recognize and celebrate the closure that many of us seem to have achieved this past year. The invitation caused me to do some serious reflecting and offline journaling, and as I was telling [livejournal.com profile] uncrowned_king the other evening, although I spent most of last year being frustrated (and somewhat ashamed) by my lack of progress in the area of building my spiritual direction practice, I was doing a lot of other work. In fact, I suddenly had the sense that I had been building the foundation on which this coming year's achievements will be built. In the Robin Wood deck, the Four of Wands shows a couple dancing together on a raised square platform. The wands are poles at the four corners supporting a white canopy. There is a sense of festival (perhaps marriage) and the Four aspect shows that it is stable. Last year was the year I built that platform. This year I intend to raise my canopy over it and dance.

The reading is fascinating: 3 Swords, 2 Cups and 6 Major Arcana.

A reading so joyous and positive that even the Death card is a bright promise. )

If you don't want to read the whole thing, the last card really sums it all up.

Long Term Potential - The Hermit
Stick to your profound quest. It's well worth the commitment and time it takes.

The Hermit in this position suggests that the line of inquiry you are following has great long term potential. Perhaps you are pursuing a passionate study or a spiritual quest. Any path of mastery will consume major blocks of time and energy. You may be old and gray by the time you answer the questions you are posing.

The pursuit of the answers will lead you through profound life-changing experiences. When you make the commitment to this path, others will support you out of respect. Your inner crone or shaman is getting ready to take her place in the seat of leadership and right use of power. Don't decline the invitation. Wrap your dignity around you and step up to the challenge.
qos: (Father's Daughter)
Dad called me early this morning to tell me he had gotten up at 5:00am and scored a Wii. And that with the Wii, he's giving us the nice tv in his bedroom he almost never uses. (And it has a built in DVD and VCR, and I have neither at the moment. We've been watching movies on computer for more than a month.)

Instead of spending today in contemplation, I'm going to be taking down the Christmas tree, driving out to Redmond to buy 2007 pages for my Covey binder, helping Dad load the tv and its table into his truck, and then coming home with him so he can set it up. (I could do it, but he wants to be involved, and see how it works.)

But it's all good. I'll be moving my light-toned, photo-top table out of the Yellow Room into the kitchen to make room for the Wii tv.

And my daughter is finally seriously contemplating the possibility of moving out of our shared bedroom and making the Yellow Room hers. . . .!!!


Hopefully there will be more in-depth journaling here later today. . . There's a post about closure, and one about Void Spirituality bouncing around inside me waiting to come out.
qos: (Homemade Queen)
Once again, [livejournal.com profile] saigh_allaidh has a great auto-meme:


In 2007, qos resolves to...
Connect with my inner religion.
Go storytelling three times a week.
Pay for my archetypes on time.
Put fifty castles a month into my savings account.
Volunteer to spend time with courtesans.
Stop switching with mam_adar.
Get your own New Year's Resolutions:
qos: (Elphaba Writing  by elphie_chan)
Since I already sent a letter on [livejournal.com profile] havah_prewett's journal, I can post this with a clear conscience.

Fictional Character Letter Meme!

Leave a list of fictional characters in your journal that you would love to get a message from. It is your friend-list's mission, should they choose to accept it, to write you an in-character "letter" from a character on that list.

ETA: Please don't feel like you have to write a tome -- even the briefest letter from a friend can brighten a day.

My list:

1. Elphaba
2. Delenn
3. Guinevere
4. Phedre no Delauney
5. Commodore Norrington
6. Bigby Wolf
7. G'Kar
8. Wendy Darling
9. Any member of the Fellowship of the Ring

. . . or any character to whom you feel especially close.
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