Not every moment is perfect. Happy, anxious, afraid, joyous, calm, apathetic, bored, angry, content: all of it is part of the human experience. It’s what you DO as a response to emotions where things get complicated and carry consequences.
Whatever you are feeling today, sit with those feelings. Lie face down with them. Abide with whatever it is and it will change in time as everything always does. Sit with the emotions for a minute and think about the best thing to do.
Swords are the element of air, mentality and intellect. Swords govern action, even when the advice is to act slowly and deliberately. Today is a day for head over heart kind of day. Avoid impulse, think before you act.
Deck in video: Black Cat Tarot by Maria Kuria copyright 2013 all rights reserved. Used with permissions on llwellynpublishing.com
ACE OF DISKS: (COINS, PENTACLES) Even if it doesn’t look like what you expected on the surface, even if it isn’t exactly what you hoped for, a surprise opportunity is still an opportunity. Don’t let perfect be the enemy of the good, and know when to take yes for an answer.
Some days, the cards are breathtakingly elegant in their utter simplicity.
I turned on some of my favorite music from Yogetsu Akasaka because of the energy and headspace this card evokes. It’s so simple. So beautiful – both the music and the card’s energy. It’s like the empty circle of the enso, or the legendary wordless sermon of Buddha when he simply held up a lotus, or the nameless Tao.
It isn’t the typical energy you see with swords, or pages for that matter, but it’s kind of perfect, as Obi Wan said, from a certain point of view. Instead of European style knights, armour and sword fights, think of today’s page of swords as being a Samaurai, or a Shaolin Monk in training. Yes, martial skill is a big part of it, but they are also taught mental and spiritual disciplines as well.
The idea is that we need to take refuge in something. At least every now and then. It’s stress management 101. Everyone needs a rest, a safe place where they can be at ease for some measure of time.
Page cards have to do with learning. In this case it is more about remembering. Taking time to find a little refuge is natural, instinctual, innate. Even the old testament folks figured that out with their weekly day of rest. These days, it is a matter of remembering to meet that basic need. The body needs rest, we all know that. Mind and spirit need it too. That is the simple message the card brings with a single word: Refuge.
Buddhists talk about “taking refuge in the dharma.” Buddhist philosophy may not be the thing that gives you a mental break and an emotional safe place – but something does.
Whatever that is for you – today’s card reminds us to find it – use it.
We can all use a little refuge.
Please support artists and musicians whose work gives you a few minutes of mental sanctuary.
Sage Sips / TaoCraft Tarot 
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