Today I pulled the 9 of coins (pentacles).
Remember, the point isn’t to apply previous knowledge of the card to the interpretation, but to take in your current surroundings, gaze at the card, spend a moment with it, and put language to what comes through.
For me, two things came through immediately. The first thing is the egregiously holiday-themed song in “Love Actually,” sung repeatedly by the incomparable Bill Nighy, “Christmas is All Around.” The original of this song however, is a sweet little ditty released on October 13th (my bday) in 1967 entitled, “Love is All Around,” by The Troggs.
Lyrics:
I feel it in my fingers
I feel it in my toes
Love is all around me
And so the feeling grows.
It’s written on the wind
It’s everywhere I go
So if you really love me
Come on and let it show.
And from this, we’re off to the races.
[Before I get too far down that path however, there was a second thing I immediately saw: The colors. As mentioned in my last post, in the caption of the image of the 2 of swords card, I said that this particular printing leaves much to be desired. Even still, I appreciate the potency of the deck in it’s own right, and I aim to read the cards as they are, not how I think they “should” look. Having said that, the colors present on the botanicals are green (earth), yellow (air), and red (fire). One might see it as, Earth, Wind, and Fire, no? The iconic band that brought us the song, “September”! I did a quick search and a few songs came up, one of which is titled, “Sing a Song.” I felt immediately drawn to it because as I’m writing this, there’s a man in my apartment complex who is singing his heart out in a language I can’t decipher, and has been for at least the past twenty minutes. Something here feels right.]
Back to my “Love is All Around” track and what the card is speaking to me. The card says, “Tend to the solar center. There is much work to be done and there is much wealth in all of it’s forms to be gained, but none of that belongs to you. Heal the Sun (sol, soul). This is yours. Whole the soul. That is what you’re here for.” It’s serving wholeness, without excess. Share the shareable and mind your business.
Now, this is just me, and this is also just the beginning of the thought process. I plan to stew in this throughout the day. The point of this practice is to develop a more robust and unique way of reading that honors the lineage of the cards, the people who stewarded the practice before me, and the querent in the time and place where they happen to exist. Each of us will have a slightly different resonance and that’s what makes humanity so worthwhile. So, what do you see?
Should you enjoy a prompt inspired by what I happened to see, I’ve got a couple for you:
Prompt 1: What am I holding on to too tightly? Where can I let some baggage go to assist in amplifying my sense of self?
Prompt 2: When do I shine brightest? What outside sources have helped me shine? How can I nurture those influences to build a more free-flowing exchange of mutually beneficial energy?
Prompt 3: If “Love is All Around Me”, as they say, what am I taking for granted? How can I address that without depleting myself?
Do what feels good.
- She Said With Love