A couple of years ago, a newspaper reporter called me to get my predictions about the Pittsburgh - Seattle superbowl game. After I gave my usual speech about how predictions are impossible based on the power of choice of each person involved...and how I think preditions are pretty much impossible, if not harmful, and the best anyone can do is get a sense of probabilities...and not to mention being from Pittsburgh OF COURSE I expected the Steelers to win.
They did...by the point spread I'd guessed. But so what? What good is that bit of advanced information going to do for anyone? It's just a game. And we won't go into the rediculousness of predictions and bets. Greed has a karma all its own, and I'm not going there. Hey, it's just a game.
Truth is that I'm WAAYYY more of a hockey fan anyway. We don't care about predictions. We have a fervent belief that our team will bring home the Cup in the face of all improbabilities. Yes, just like the tv commercials say - hockey fans are a cephalopod tossin', towel waven', glass smackin' breed all our own.
For all that...hockey is just a game too. Predictions for sports are just as useless, and potentially harmful as they are for individuals.
Sports are just entertainment...so are any predictions made about them.
So out of pure, unadulterated amusemsent, I drew three cards about my beloved Pens...who are now 2 games down in the stanley cup finals with game 3 coming to town tomorrow...
Knight of wands...confidence...the losses so far stemmed from a sudden, disarming lack of confidence...nerves and AWE at being so close to the cup...similar to the idea of self-sabotage in an individual. But they are coming home and have the opportunity to shake off this beta-dog submissive mind set and mojo...they can be the alpha dogs and pull this out of the fire if they still want too, and coming home might just be the remedy they need.
Judgement....the team is on the precipice. There is consequences for the losses they have suffered. They can be renewed... or they can buy into a self-image of loss. They can use the losses as motivation or justification of their ultimate defeat...in a three card "pathway" reading, this is the "present" card. Their choice is here and now...nothing is yet written in stone.
The Magician...transformation....they can transform themselves into champions even now. It all lies in mindset. I don't know the exact odds, but after zero goals in 6 periods of play, my guess is that they are against a win. I don't know how many teams have come back from a 2-0 deficit to win a finals series, but it will take a bit of magic to do, no doubt. It is a possible magic.
Many sportscasters and armchair coaches have said it would be Pittsburgh in 6 or 7 games...others favor the more experienced powerhouse redwings. So what I'm saying here is the same as what anyone can guess from watching the local news or espn.
But aren't all "predicitons" kind of that way? guessing the fate of a sports team is one thing...do you want to set your mindset and your life-course with this same sort of thing?
Just as the Pens have thier choices, both collectively as a team, and as individual players...choices about training and rest and optomism or pessimism, or self-image - YOU have choices. Your predicitons...you fate and future...are just as much in your hands. They choose what they do and how they think of themselves...the same is true for you. They have a coach to show the way, and the hearts of champions. I think the cup is coming to the 'burgh. I also think that you can find your way to a better future. My goal is only to help...not to predict...your own championship win.
Best wishes, love and light to everyone.
"Baihu" Snow
27 May 2008
14 May 2008
Tarot card for 14 May 2008
Tarot card for today, 14 May 2008
The Tower....Chaos
This card always reminds me of the old Chinese proverb that in
chaos lies opportunity.
This idea has come up in several readings I've done lately, so I am
sharing the idea with all of you, hoping it will give you a little hope
and inspiration.
It also is a prime example of the Modern Oracle reading philosophy.
Here is what I mean:
"In chaos lies opportunity"
Almost everyone has stressfull times in life where it seems everything is
in chaos...there are lots of changes and lots of decisions to be
made, lots of demands on your attention and your time...
Times like that are a decision point...and a major lesson to learn.
That is why the lesson of the Tower card is part of the Major Arcana...
It isn't an easy lesson, change isn't easy, and many of us would rather
avoid it.
But here is the opportunity part...
when you are making a lot of changes and decisions, you may be
under stress buy you are also exercising a great deal of control. The
choices you are making now will impact....will craft and
create...your future. Yes, work may be stressful....but that might be a
gift. It might be the situation that forces you to take a realistic look
at your career, how satisfying it is, whether it is time to change or
not. Stress and chaos gives us the gift of mindful deliberate decisions.
When we decide, we control...where there is control there is in time
less stress.
The only way chaos can keep you stressed is if you release the power
of choice that comes right along with it.
Chaos in itself isn't the problem. Change and upheaval gives us a
chance to re-evaluate things and make different choices...even if
that choice is to stay where we are and decide NOT to change...at
least it was a deliberate and mindful choice, not just static, hum-
drum, stuck-in-a-rut inertial. If it weren't for chaos, we may not
appreciate what we have or how we like things the way they are.
When change and chaos comes, then we are given the chance to
choose...those choices help you create a new life if you want one,
Those choices help you create and manefest the future that YOU
want - not one predicted by a psychic or consigned to you by fate.
Towers are also navigation points...like lighthouses, or old fort
watchtowers...
The times of chaos in our lives can serve as navigation points. Look
back at the times when things got out of synch and stressfull, and
what can you learn? What are the common denominators? What
can you learn about yourself? Do you need to go a different way or
are you on the right track? Looking at these things doesn't
necessarily mean that you need to make a change...sometimes life
will give us confirmations...spiritual pats on the back to let us know
we are on the right way. These times are an opportunity to be
touched by the light, and touch base with the essence of who we
are and where we come from.
Wishing you beneficial chaos, and reassuring towers just when you
need them along lifes way...to give you light and help you craft a
wonderful future.
*************************
Please visit www.modern-oracle-tarot.com for new summer online
specials!
Thanks!
Ronda "Baihu" Snow
The Tower....Chaos
This card always reminds me of the old Chinese proverb that in
chaos lies opportunity.
This idea has come up in several readings I've done lately, so I am
sharing the idea with all of you, hoping it will give you a little hope
and inspiration.
It also is a prime example of the Modern Oracle reading philosophy.
Here is what I mean:
"In chaos lies opportunity"
Almost everyone has stressfull times in life where it seems everything is
in chaos...there are lots of changes and lots of decisions to be
made, lots of demands on your attention and your time...
Times like that are a decision point...and a major lesson to learn.
That is why the lesson of the Tower card is part of the Major Arcana...
It isn't an easy lesson, change isn't easy, and many of us would rather
avoid it.
But here is the opportunity part...
when you are making a lot of changes and decisions, you may be
under stress buy you are also exercising a great deal of control. The
choices you are making now will impact....will craft and
create...your future. Yes, work may be stressful....but that might be a
gift. It might be the situation that forces you to take a realistic look
at your career, how satisfying it is, whether it is time to change or
not. Stress and chaos gives us the gift of mindful deliberate decisions.
When we decide, we control...where there is control there is in time
less stress.
The only way chaos can keep you stressed is if you release the power
of choice that comes right along with it.
Chaos in itself isn't the problem. Change and upheaval gives us a
chance to re-evaluate things and make different choices...even if
that choice is to stay where we are and decide NOT to change...at
least it was a deliberate and mindful choice, not just static, hum-
drum, stuck-in-a-rut inertial. If it weren't for chaos, we may not
appreciate what we have or how we like things the way they are.
When change and chaos comes, then we are given the chance to
choose...those choices help you create a new life if you want one,
Those choices help you create and manefest the future that YOU
want - not one predicted by a psychic or consigned to you by fate.
Towers are also navigation points...like lighthouses, or old fort
watchtowers...
The times of chaos in our lives can serve as navigation points. Look
back at the times when things got out of synch and stressfull, and
what can you learn? What are the common denominators? What
can you learn about yourself? Do you need to go a different way or
are you on the right track? Looking at these things doesn't
necessarily mean that you need to make a change...sometimes life
will give us confirmations...spiritual pats on the back to let us know
we are on the right way. These times are an opportunity to be
touched by the light, and touch base with the essence of who we
are and where we come from.
Wishing you beneficial chaos, and reassuring towers just when you
need them along lifes way...to give you light and help you craft a
wonderful future.
*************************
Please visit www.modern-oracle-tarot.com for new summer online
specials!
Thanks!
Ronda "Baihu" Snow
07 May 2008
7 May 2008 a one card reading for you
7 May 2008
A one card reading for you...
Queen of Wands
A traditional meaning for this card is one of "Nurturing"
This is a perfect card for this time of year, the height of spring. Anyone who plants a garden is busy planting, pulling weeds, setting things up for summer and nurturing things along.
It's no accident that this time of year is Mother's day...this is the ultimagte in nurtuing. We seek nurturing long after childhood is over. Those of us who are parents know the joys of nurturing our children
Nurturing, protecting, helping someone or something else to grow...it is an inherant part of the human experience.
The suite of wands often symbolizes relationship with self, and our personal growth and internal spiritual journey.
This card is, for many of us, a reminder to care for ourselves. It is ok to be gentle with yourself, to nurture and care for yourself - at least every now and then.
The flowers are blooming. It is ok to smell them, see them, appreciate them.
Wishing you all the highest and best
Ronda Snow
www.modern-oracle-tarot.com
A one card reading for you...
Queen of Wands
A traditional meaning for this card is one of "Nurturing"
This is a perfect card for this time of year, the height of spring. Anyone who plants a garden is busy planting, pulling weeds, setting things up for summer and nurturing things along.
It's no accident that this time of year is Mother's day...this is the ultimagte in nurtuing. We seek nurturing long after childhood is over. Those of us who are parents know the joys of nurturing our children
Nurturing, protecting, helping someone or something else to grow...it is an inherant part of the human experience.
The suite of wands often symbolizes relationship with self, and our personal growth and internal spiritual journey.
This card is, for many of us, a reminder to care for ourselves. It is ok to be gentle with yourself, to nurture and care for yourself - at least every now and then.
The flowers are blooming. It is ok to smell them, see them, appreciate them.
Wishing you all the highest and best
Ronda Snow
www.modern-oracle-tarot.com
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