Today's Tarot - The Magician

Magic is available to anyone willing to whisper in the Cosmos' ear

The Magic in Everyone

"I delight in the possibility of magic that exists in all of us."  ~Debora Geary

No wonder she writes such good books, and shares her delight with the rest of us. The magic in all of us really exists.


What we do with that magic is going to be wildly different from person to person. Everyone does something different with their inner magic. Some even extinguish it. But thankfully, that isn't what most people do. For the majority of us, it is more a matter of ignoring it or temporarily misplacing it at the worst.


Remember how we were talking about finding your inner awesomeness? Magic is the same thing. It isn't some supernatural fiction. Magic isn't some fantastical power outside ourselves...it is the spark of life within us...Magic IS ourselves.


Just like the "power" in the "Modern Witch" series, our inner magic is a normal, naturally occurring thing. The magic, the witch-ness, comes from connecting with it.


The normal, natural power we have is simple human creativity and intellect. It is about creativity and inner transformations. The Magician, the ace of Coins, the three of coins, and many other cards allude to just this. Through simple human qualities like co-operation, compassion, creativity, effort, learning (and many others) we can transform the literal world around us. The method may seem mundane, but the magic is no less transformative. We might not "port" it there like Aervyn, but putting a hot meal in a car and driving it to an elderly shut-in is just as magical.


Every witch and wizard seems to have a strong suite. We see this in all sorts of magical fiction: Professor Snape excells at potions, Hermione is a genius with charms, Lauren is a mind witch and Aervyn is good at everything.


Looking at it from this angle, we find another word for magic...talent. The new Disney fairies hint at this too.  Whether you are a mind witch or a tinker fairy, we all have something we are kind of good at, or that comes easily for us. Here is a bit of magic for you...the stuff we are good at is usually the same stuff that makes us happy. It is almost as if the  elemental powers and the natural order of the universe is designed at a fundamental level for us to find happiness. Finding happiness is a powerful magic indeed.


Like Harry's first snitch, and the crystal ball handed down through Moira's family little things can lead to big magic. Blowing bubbles with the kids, taking a few extra minutes to make your spouse's favorite evening meal, holding a door open, a smile...all these and more...are little things that lead to big magic. You can do things like this. YOU have magic inside.


One "spell" for that happiness is find the thing that makes you that way in your own eyes, and chances are it will make you seem magic to others too. Find your awesome and you will find your magic. Find the awesome in others, and you will see some of your magic reflected back to you.


Wishing you a magical day.


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Can tarot tell if my spell worked?

Q.. Can Tarot tell if a spell I cast on someone worked?

A. No.

Some might think so, but even if it can, I won't.

Here is why I think no...in fact I find the whole thing a bad idea.

I know from our previous conversation that you did the spell without his permission. Like I said then, it is wrong to do tarot readings (or spells or Reiki or any other subtle energy work) behind someone's back and without their permission. True, it is possible to proceed WITH CAUTION AND RESPECT if...and ONLY if....you have an intuitive or etheric sense of that person gives you implicit permission. But given that you said ********** has explicitly asked you in the past not to interfere with him and his new girlfriend, I get the feeling the permission is not there...for either of us. So no, a tarot reading is totally the wrong thing to do in this situation.

Even though your intention is one of "cleansing" and healing, there is a strong element of judgementalism and control in what you are doing.

Also don't forget that spiritual law: what you send to the universe comes back to you threefold. If you try and force YOUR choice, YOUR vision, YOUR idea of what should be onto **********then you open yourself up to having others try to force their choices and vision on you at least magically...you are opening yourself to learn respect for other people's divine life plans in a very difficult way.

Since you are new to the Pagan path, I urge you to find a good, kind teacher to help you with future spellwork. Un-doing a spell is like un-ringing a bell. Like any religion, paganism has ethics and beliefs to be learned and respected if you are to be part of that religion.

And, also, don't forget the Wiccan Rede and the part about do no harm.

How do you know that their being together...as dysfunctional as it seems to you, and as concerned as you may be for your friend...how do you know that their being together isn't helping her? By interfering with him, then wouldn't it be possible for you to harm her? Or what if he, before incarnating in this lifetime, chose to have this experience in order to learn specific spiritual things for himself...in that case, by doing this spell, aren't you harming his spiritual learning?

Perhaps the REAL lessons to be learned here are respect for other people's choices, learning the difference between other's needs and our desires, learning respect for the boundaries of magick, respecting the magical path, respecting your own growth and learning...

BUT and this is important...non-interference doesn't mean ignoring something dangerous or letting them harm themselves. Since you said before that ***************are involved with this, I STRONGLY urge you to get professional advice about what is the best way to help without being c0-dependent or enabling. Learn the right way to help, learn how not to make things worse, and learn how to compassionately walk the pagan path before tossing around spells willy nilly...

Start with the internet, but face to face professional help and real life, experienced, compassionate spiritual guidance is most needed here.

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Daily Meditation - Temperance

Temperance (from the major arcana)

It takes both light and shadow to see in detail. It takes both the magic and the mundane to live fully. Balance is the key to both.

Baihu

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