Today's Tarot - Judgement / movie quote

"It's not for you to judge suffering ...True magic is neither black, nor white - it's both because nature is both. Loving and cruel, all at the same time." 

....from the motion picture "The Craft" written by Peter Filardi

The Empress and the Language of Flowers

Of all the Tarot cards, when I think of spring, I think of the Empress card.

The Rider-Waite Empress card is predominantly yellow, a spring color. There are images of grass and trees...lots of association with spring-like ideas - abundance, nature, fertility are just a few examples.

Although few Empress cards explicitly show flowers, I tend to associate The Empress with flowers, not unlike the way Mary is associated with Roses and Quan Yin is sometimes associated with violets.

Which begs the question what other associations are there with flowers? I vaguely remember my Grandmother talking about it, but apparently there really is a long tradition of certain flowers symbolizing certain things. That kind of wordless, symbolic communication is very tarot-like, and very appropriate for springtime.

Hurray for the Internet! Here are a few Victorian era inspired flower meanings...a longer list is available at http://www.almanac.com/content/meaning-flowers

Black eye susan - justice

daisy - innocence

holly - hope

lavender - devotion and virtue

red rose - love and desire

violet - loyalty

zinnia - thoughts of absent friends

also:

lotus - spiritual awakening (buddhist)

chrysanthemum - yang energy and good luck (Chinese)

Pansy - thoughtfulness, freethinking

daffodil - honesty and truth


Happy Springtime!


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Today's Tarot - The Empress

The Empress:  Enjoying Nature is a simple thing, no elaborate effort, no words necessary.

You can appreciate nature anytime, anywhere...just look up. Even in the center of the biggest cities. Just look up. As Joss Whedon said in the theme to "Firefly"... "you can't take the sky from me". (Yeah, I'm a Browncoat)

It can be as simple as sunlight through a window...even a dirty one. It can be as small as as a watching a butterfly in summer, or snow in winter...just for a minute. You don't have to go anywhere, do anything, say anything...just look up, see, and feel. Nature asks nothing of us...but deserves every bit of our appreciation, care and preservation.

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daily meditation - the empress

You are part of nature, part of the cosmos. Nature's beauty confirms your own.

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The Empress

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The Empress: Nature vs nurture...we are not puppets or our genetics or our upbringing. We choose each moment what is right

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