-leonora carrington (the house opposite)

Moon


“There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; There is nothing you can think that is not the moon.”

-Matsuo Basho

































~ p a s t l i v e s ~



d r e a m life o p e n ing




(w r i t e about this when you w a k e u p )




(((going in and coming out again)))


















"If you get the moon in a reading, there is nothing to do but yield to the feelings.
If you try to figure out things intellectually, you will fail."~mp









The Crone Speaks:


"I am the Queen of Ghosts

I am the path you did not follow
I am your unborn children


I live in your dreams
I am the nightmare you sweat and long for

Let me carry you away
To another world"


3 of Cups

Félix Vallotton, Three Bathers, 1894, Woodcut on beige wove paper





you are water
I’m water
we’re all water in different containers
that’s why it’s so easy to meet
someday we’ll evaporate together

but even after the water’s gone
we’ll probably point out to the containers
and say, “that’s me there, that one.”
we’re container minders

~yoko ono









~


We are One.
And we are more.
She is the One,
and I am One
because of Her.

















in the river
with the pegasus
(child of medusa)
touchdown yoursweet brim to
my lips
drenched from your
horse s w e l l t e r i n g

you are a willow goddess
as witness to our
pleasure trips

can't deny the blue sky

b l i s s ed









"The Three of Cups has intent - they're never figures thrown together at random, or in conflict, as in many other cards; they have decided to dance together as one, and raise their chalices together. The figures are usually all female, and the card often hints at the purpose of the gathering, but neither of these things are fixed in stone; they flow in water, and may take any route to reach the sea.

This card is a reminder that it is party time if someone says it is party time. That's all it takes."








Shaman of Swords





active "animus" of a woman expressed in actions








kite perch ascent
masted ship
swift choice descent
mutiny?

billows propel
oceanic voyage
horus and isis
sent
duty?

lads, hers
ladder up
diving in air

(abstract executed)
asserted
genius' with war and flair
never deserted








"The Shaman of Swords creates her own reality and takes responsibility for her thought forms and the power of the mind"
~mp






"Do you know how...wanting lets your eyes pierce space? How a resolve to act can traverse this atmosphere as quick as light?...despite the threat of fire and our fear of the flames, we burst out through the roofs of our houses. Desire is a force inside us. Our mouths drop open in the rushing air. Our bodies float among stars. And we laugh in ecstasy to know the air has wishes..."Yes," we call out, full of ourselves and delight, "Yes," we sing, "We fly through the night."
~Susan Griffin














"...a strong blend of fiery ("female") emotions and powerful ("male") thought. Let what you feel be said; don't hold back what you know to be true. Through the emergence of your insights, fired by passion of your heart, you have the power to transform reality. The force of your ideas demands that you speak out."






Ace of Swords



The Vision, by Karin Weiner, 2004
Collage on paper
11.25 x 10.25 in.











"An eye that shines with stars within, reaches out to a piercing point."

"It is——is it—— ?

heart white sheet !

kiss it

flame beat !

in chest midst

print teeth

bite—— —— ——

this green

ponderous night."



~the Baroness Else von Freytag-Loringhoven

in The Little Review, 7 (September-December 1920)







Priestess of Swords






"First learning then working, to the exclusion of friendship.
One minded and narrow, to a depth never seen.
A gulf holds me far from the mind of all others.
Confused where I fit in; somewhere in between."
~ Introspection, Adrian Flynn


















~





handsheld
inside the lines
well bound
covered eyes
sees inside
white sheets worn for protection
(for inflection)





I am allied to__________.




~







held up long on the mountain
horizons over horizons


I can picture the snow where you are as
a soft cold canvas for stark shadows to lay upon



~





"She is a writer, definitely a thinker......the Owl can be seen as her thoughts taking flight. On a higher level, the Owl represents the secret of shamanic flight and the potential for the soul to leave the body and take the form of an animal to travel to other realms. The nocturnal Owl suggests the wisdom of the dream world and the collective unconscious. Being the bird of Athene and also of Medusa, the Owl symbolizes healing power as well as the ability to fight for one's life when necessary." -vicki noble




~






43



"Imagination abandoned by reason produces impossible monsters: united with her, she is the mother of the arts and the source of their wonders."
"La fantasia abandonada de la razon, produce monstruos impossibles: unida con ella, es madre de las artes y origen de sus marabillas.
"

-Francisco de Goya from Capichos




7 of Cups



inter:net=

busy, frilly
visionary experience
all paths lead to the same place
gather, lather, rinse...

standing still in awe
(everything and forever)
( f a n t a s y )


flapping bird s e e m s like all the rest
s e a m i n g

all cups over floweth to the sea

w h e r e a r e h e r f e e t ?

the firmest grasp mustly loosen
or else
slack tide brings n o s h e l l s


the revealing is l o n g
epic adoration in swoon s o n g
timely
mesmerized

along along
don't wait too long





((( g o n g )))










"She haunts my dreams. I must have Her. And if I cannot, I will dream another. I’ll dream of whom I choose, a hundred other goddesses if I wish."-tarot of the crone





5 of Discs



"The five of discs is a picture of tension held in the body, the kind of tightness that comes with worry. Probably the mind is focused on survival issues of some kind-money, housing, jobs, where the next meal is coming from. Change is taking place but on the inside, not yet manifest. Inertia threatens. It helps to keep the energy moving-maybe do something physical to keep from sinking into a dark state of consciousness (or unconsciousness). In the Motherpeace image, the woman works with her hands-kneading and rolling, pushing, touching-all these motions help keep her energy from getting stuck.
Worry never does any good anyway. Better to mobilize energy toward positive goals-use the hands to bake bread, make tortillas, sculpt something from clay, plant a garden, or give a massage. While the hands are busy, perhaps the mind can use the Discs in the background as centering devices for focusing calm, magical intentions toward the future." ~mp

4 of Discs

she is surrounded by precious things
her own space,
sorting out stuff alone by choice

safely shutting out the outside blather, banter, distractions
the incessant voices can be qualmed
to sort out which are which
and what is what
watching
listening without sharing

assimilation is
giving away surplus as your own discretion


~













~

Th
ese are my things

I have the key

I shut the door

I need my body safe

I need my soul free

http://www.croneways.com/disk4.html






Sun


I am your Bright Shadow
I am the Goodness you've denied

But I am and will always be
Part of you













"I draw the Motherpeace Sun Card,
I believe this means that at this moment I am fully connected to the Energetic Divine, that right now my thoughts are bright and clear, lucid, iridescent, and unmistaken.
Of course there are people in a spiraling dance in the intense gold heat of the sun, of course there is a giraffe,
A zebra lying down,
A butterfly with yellow stripes
And red wing tips is taking flight, heading northeast.
She has only just now
Emerged from her coccoon

Shrinking now word by word I am falling into the sun card,
into the dance with the others spinning around and through
until each one’s hand is taken and released and taken again
by every other’s hand
spinning around and around I see,
this is the dance to celebrate my rebirth,
because every woman has the right to rebirth
and circle dancing
in the flooding sun.
and when the people of the sun card are done with me
they let me go but not before
the giraffe gives me her blue balloon,
I fly it all the way back home.

These are the days for complete and utter freedom
From performance anxiety,
These are the times for a self confidence
That will stone me, groove me and give me wings.

Let the sun shine in."

~from the solitary witch