I have pretty much dreaded this day for several months, but now that we have reached it, I guess it's time to stand up straight and operate from a place of joy. For me, this isn't the beginning of what many people are celebrating, or of the fight to overturn anything. Anything. My focus today must be entirely on the Goddess, and Her values. For me, that is what is beginning. (Or perhaps, has never ended...)
Eight years ago, I went on a three-day silent retreat around this time, and today's retreat may be more like three hours, but still, I hope it will be valuable. There is a small illustration I would like to work on (and if I am successful and I can figure out how to share it with you in future days, I will!). I will quietly read, publish this post, have a simple lunch, and perhaps walk a dog. No television, no "news", no purchases, nothing major of an external nature.
For years, as I have mentioned from time to time, I have picked a daily oracle card as a meditative tool. It has started me off on the right foot every morning. Today, though, I've picked five cards to leave on my side table for the foreseeable future: in a sense, they are the only cards (for now) that I need or want. They are from the Motherpeace deck, and I present them in the order in which I found them: Empress, Strength, Priestess of Swords, Tower, and High Priestess. Between all of them, there are wonderful images of the female figure, animals, the moon, a dim wintery sun, snow, and spring plant life. I should mention that the Priestess of Swords is not "about" violence, but wisdom in a cold climate. She is surrounded by snow and ice, and a white owl plies the skies overhead. Her "sword" is her intellect. And the crumbling tower doesn't have to indicate destruction, but rather it can be seen to illustrate opening the way to a new cycle of growth.
Today can be a spiritual inception, if we wish it to be. In the midst of it all, do something that makes you uniquely "you" today.
