Shared energy

Wings of Change Lenormand, Chloe McCracken 2015 

Today's draw is Letter + Key + Snake.

Communication is key to transformation. 

I can see this pertaining to two things: I am in a couple of online groups that I haven't been participating in much lately, but I find when I do participate online, I feel more motivated to do things. Yesterday, I started posting to one of the groups, and I proposed a group activity on the other one. Being in online check-ins is a good motivation for me, as long as others are also taking part and the group is encouraging one another.

I'm excited about these fresh starts. And maybe this follows on from yesterday's 3 of Wands. :)

Let's see what an oracle has to say about this draw:

Devas of Creation by Cilla Conway, 2013

This card is called 'Nebula', and represents the coming together of the bits and bobs that create an 'interstellar nursery' for planets and stars. Wow, I like that. The guidebook continues: 'When the Deva of Nebula appears, it often signifies a high level of consciousness -- the ability to work with others in diversity and harmony to create an entirely new synthesis of ideas, creative forms, or whole systems. Ultimately then, the Consciousness formed becomes something greater than the sum of its parts.'

That's the great thing about a group. We come together and form a new thing that hadn't existed before. A group mind, a shared energy. How cool is that.

Wings of Change Elemental Spread

Wings of Change Lenormand, Chloe McCracken 2015

For the new moon, I've chosen to try the Elemental Spread from Chloe's Wings of Change Lenormand. I've placed the element cards in the positions shone on the sample spread: top Air, right Fire, bottom Water, left earth. Then overlapping these elemental cards (because my table is too small!), I've put the line of three for each element.

Here are my first impressions:

Air: What needs clarity -- Anchor + Ring + Scythe 
I need clarity on the ending of a long-term commitment. The first thing that comes to mind is my veganism. I haven't eaten a vegan diet in a long time. Do I start transitioning back to meat? Or do a lacto-ovo diet?

Fire: What needs enthusiasm -- Coffin + Clouds + Clover 
I need enthusiasm for the lifting of depression, awakening from a long funk, as it were.

Water: What needs emotion -- Flowers + Sun + Stork
I need a change in emotion toward invitations and gifts. Perhaps this means I need to issue invitations to people, and the next invitation I get, I should not say no to, even if it means a change in my usual routine.

Earth: What needs some practical attention -- Key + Woman + Lily 
An important, patient older woman needs some practical attention. I should probably phone my mother more this month.

I may add more to this reading over the coming lunation, as it is meant to apply to the whole of it.

Oh no! Are you going to make me talk to people?

Yesterday's draw indicated a harvesting of work stability, and that was applicable as I sought advice and support from senior members of staff. That turned out not quite as expected; the lady I wanted to talk to was busy, but I talked to someone else senior. Chloe suggested 'making the cut' as an interpretation, and I did have some of my ideas praised and suggested to be adopted and rolled out across the service.

Today I've drawn three cards and look what's popped up again:

Wings of Change Lenormand by Chloe McCracken (self-published 2015)

Its romantic artwork notwithstanding, the Moon card remains for me the work card.

I have drawn Snake + Moon + Garden. I'm seeing this as a message that transformation at work depends on social networking. I think it's telling me to nurture the basic social aspects of my relationships at work today and take the focus off work targets. That makes sense. I am extremely focused in this particular workplace on the work, and forget to talk to people about 'other stuff', the social niceties, finding out about their lives or just engaging in friendly banter. Friendly banter is not my forte. I strongly identify with the Queen of Swords, and there she sits, Queen of Clubs, the Snake. So now I see, Queen of Swords at work needs to be more social.

All right, all right, I'll have a go.