Current Mood: Empress

Is currently going to my room. We’re almost there. I’ll post pictures.

For all you pagans with out workspace, I feel for you. Time is almost here.

Current Mood: Justice

Justice is finding the phone number of someone who owes you money.

Yes…I’ve joined. Should be interesting.

Current Mood: Tower

I won’t make friends with this post. I’ve been waiting to post this after the COP list argument so that I’m not just writing this in anger. I don’t even know if I can frame this in a coherent way, but I feel the need to try.

The Western idea of Karma is for the weak minded. It is fire and brimstone only as much as threatening your child with with no presents at Christmas is. Eventually the kids grow up and realize that you can’t take presents away at Christmas because that’s not the point.

I’m sorry if you believe in the Wiccan bastardization of Karma. The (idiotic) idea that every thing we do will be visited back on us in horrid or wonderful ways instantly is problematic in the extreme. It assumes several things:

1. Some one, with nothing better to do and with the powers of the universe at their behest, has nothing better to do with their time.

2. That you have no control over you lives.

Both of these ideas are the purest form of bullshit. I will not reiterate my beliefs on the gods. You can read the Statement of Belief linked at the top of this page. As for the second point the fact that every down-your-luck, squalor living pagan blames their situation on karma and not on the fact that they rather buy a boat than a vacuum cleaner, makes it suspect.

The worst part of this is that they love telling folks, it doesn’t matter what you believe in, Karma is real. You better be having a WTF moment…if not keep reading:

It doesn’t matter if you don’t believe Jesus, he still loves you.

Sound familiar?

It absolutely matters whatever the fuck I believe in. Otherwise tolerance means nothing. And I really believe that everyone can have their own religion separate from everyone else AND that the consequences of your religion only apply as you believe them. We are
powerful
creatures, we
have FREE WILL
and if
you don’t believe
in the boogieman, he
can’t harm you.We are powerful creatures, we have FREE WILL and if you don’t believe in the boogieman, he can’t harm you.

Chew on that.

Now lets talk about Eastern Karma for a moment. For the (misinformed) folks that believe that the western version of karma and the eastern one are the same…you are not paying attention. I actually love the Matrix movies…all three. I know I’m the only one on the planet. BUT in the third movie there is an explanation of Karma that is just beautiful.

Karma is the duty to learn this life’s lesson.

That’s it. It doesn’t mean that if you punch Joe Smoe that some bored deity will instantly bring down horrible things on you (threefold or not). It doesn’t mean you can blame your predicament on anything but yourself. And it doesn’t mean that that you can impose in on any one else.

Don’t get me wrong. All actions have consequences. The thing is, they just aren’t always direct consequences. You may never see the result of your actions, or they might affect you for the rest of your life. Think butterfly in the field. One flap and a war starts halfway across the world. The butterfly is never affected by that war.

This gets me to responsibility. Take it. What you do and what affects your life is ultimately your responsibility. Playing the victim isn’t going to move you forward. You get mugged. That part…not your fault, but being in a position to get mugged…yes, you chose to walk down that ally, you came unarmed, you resisted in some way. You made a conscious decision. The results were not happy. You need to take responsibility and move on. It sound harsh, but that’s how it is. Did you call for help? How can anyone help you if you don’t? Being responsible also means knowing when to call for help.

So I’m sure some of you are pissed and are wish bad karma on me right now. Sticks and Stones folks. Sticks and Stones.

Thursday: King of Swords
Friday: 9 of Cups
Today: The Tower

There I am, shooting forward sword in hand, juggling many projects at once and embracing change.

Go Me.

Current Mood: 6 of Pentacles

Using the Deviant Moon tarot.

Who is throwing me what bone…I may be teaching a tarot class in the near future.

I don’t have a Waite deck. Clarification: I don’t have a Rider Waite deck. I have clones. Further Clarification: I don’t have a non-giant Rider Waite deck.

I’ve decided to get one sometime in the next year…don’t know why…it’ll probably be the universal type.

I’ve caught up on the free readings. Some of the folks waiting for a life reading are on hold still. I will get to you and you’ll get a taste of what they are like under charge. Then no more free life readings.

What is a life reading? It’s a year forecast that covers…the whole year. You should only have one a year. it can be done with various oracle decks, such as the Phoenix. I use this oracle every year on Samhain. I don’t usually write them down, I should.

Why can’t they be free anymore? Because I felt like I was doing them in a half-assed way. Not cool. Not at all. Instead I’d rather take the time and get them done right. Which takes a lot of writing for over the net and some nifty pictures.

Very nifty pictures.

So that’s the what’s what. I’ll be posting some of the free readings soon that have permission to be posted.

Also when asking for a reading…please give a valid email. Thank you!

Image via Wikipedia Today I drew the sun card. It’s a happy card today as it means I’m heading the right direction. Folks are gonna love dinner tonight and I will get my exercise in.

I love sun days! The sun is the least drawn tarot card for me. That was a pleasant surprise today. It’s almost like a goal card…you hit your goal says the universe. At least I am on my way to mine.

Current Mood: 4 of Cups

A card of despair, of stagnant life. I felt this strongly this morning. Life seems blah but exciting things are happening.

The world is a wild and wonderful place. The Deviant Moon tarot seems more poignant now. Is that ship sailing with out me? How would I know. Am I there and just don’t care?

Amazing.

Over the weekend I bought two new tarot decks.

The Deviant Moon Tarot and the Magical Forest Tarot.

The Deviant Moon is a beautiful surrealist deck with dark imagery, strange creatures and incredible death. This has replaced the Circle of Life tarot as my carry around deck for the moment. The pictures contain so much its hard to say I’ve grokked them all. The cards are richly colored, at times violet and can really absorb you.

The Magical Forest Tarot is another surrealist deck. This features various wide-eyed super deformed animals (think anime) doing various things. Where the Deviant Moon tarot is violent this is stunningly cute and cuddly.

You can see how the colors are darker and solid on the DM deck and soft pastels on the MF deck. My daughter is oohing and aahing over the MF for her own burgeoning collection.

So if you’re looking for some thing new…seriously consider these decks. They are delightful additions to my collection.