9 of Wands

The other day one of my favorite Tarot sites, Angel Paths, posted the 9 of Wands as the card of the day.

I like this site, because it gives quick, concise meanings for cards as well as some positional information, and uses different decks, which is fun....... I get a lot out of the different, creative imagery people use for the cards. Btw, I find tarot cards to be a great resource for self study; to use to ponder things in my daily life. 

I'm not so much of the psychic reading variety........ I like to pull a daily card to think about.....

The cards draw upon common collective unconscious and personal themes.

The 9 of Wands represents an ongoing struggle, in which one has the fortitude to persevere.

I started thinking about how this card might apply in my own life, and suddenly remembered working with some "wands" myself the day before......... bamboo poles....

I went out to my garden and looked..... sure enough, I had 9 pole placements (if you look carefully, there are actually 10 poles, with 2 in one spot at the gate in the middle). 

I love when life is synchronous like that. 

Those bamboo poles indeed represent the culmination of of a struggle.... one to keep a very persistent chicken out........... she can dig a hole 2 feet deep in about 3 minutes flat and was destroying my plantings! 

The suit of wands represents, energy, force and movement. 

See the moving chicken....

I think I've outsmarted her......... for now..........

Magic often happens in the mundane events of daily life......

Can you remember any time when tarot or magic has intersected with your daily life? 

July's Pay-It-Forward

To read my original post about the Pay-It-Forward concept, read here.

This month I am featuring An-Magrith Erlandsen and her Tarot of the Pomegranate.

She has been working on this deck of Tarot cards since 1998, starting with the Major Arcana, which have been completed this year! The artwork is fantastic and rich with her years of study of the Tarot. Her web-site is a great source of information if you're interested in learning more about the Tarot. Each month she pulls a card of the month with a detailed reading of the card's meaning and how it's related to the particular month that it was pulled for . Each of her paintings is a 5 foot fine Art oil painting. Along with the deck of cards, she also does performances, mainly in Seattle, combining the Tarot with dance. She has just released a booklet on the Major Arcana for Kindle, with an image of each painting along with it's meaning and symbolisms. You can also find her on Facebook.