Cave man club or frying pan?

Messages from the universe are a wonderful thing.

Was talking earlier today with a friend of mine who does tarot readings and reiki too (she's also a fellow Browncoat and Whovian...was total destiny that we end up communicating)

Everyone has times of doubt and uncertainty. Even healers as skilled as she is. It seems we all need a little guidance and encouragement. Sometimes I wish the universe would tell me if it is handing me a caveman club, to just keep bashing away, and the persistence will pay off - or if it is handing me a frying pan up side the head to give me a clue to do something different. It is a tricky thing to sort out, those cave man clubs and frying pans.

One answer, especially for us who DO readings is to GET a reading. Two heads are better than one...two eyes, each with a slightly different point of view two dimensions, can be integrated to form a 3-dimensional view that is better than either one alone.

The whole thing reminded me of that rusty trusty oldie but a goodie "Parallax" from 2010.  When I signed on today, my idea was to re-post it. Lo and behold...I sign on to dashboard, and someone else had found and viewed "Parallax" since yesterday.

I can take a cosmic hint, so here it is - http://modernoracletarot.blogspot.com/2012/01/classic-post-parallax.html

Wishing you a day of hope, purpose and clear vision.

Today's Tarot - Queen of Swords

Speaking with authority and giving advice is a privilege to be earned. To speak wisely, be honest with yourself, and keep your inner vision sharp.








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"Classic" post - Parallax

"Classic" post from May 2010 about psychics reading for themselves, psychics reading for other psychics, and how all psychic / tarot readings are a collaborative effort.

"Camera 1, Camera 2, Camera 1, Camera 2" ~ Wayne's World 2

Ever play with that trick of eyesight? Close one eye, and hold up a pencil so it lines up with an object in the distance. Then switch eyes and the pencil seems to jump to one side. Things don't line up the same way.

In astronomy, this is called parallax. In anatomy this phenomenon where the brain combines two slightly different views from two slightly different viewpoint gives us depth perception...it allows us to see distance. Two eyes lets us live in three dimensions. It helps us to not walk into objects and learn our environment the hard way.

A similar idea is true in Tarot and psychic work. Getting a reading isn't predicting the future...it is getting a second look, a separate viewpoint that lets us see with greater clarity and understanding. It helps us be a bit more perceptive, and not have to do every little thing the hard way.

Two third-eyes are better than one.

Even those of us who do readings will sometimes GET one to improve our understanding, fill in any blind spots.

I like to think of psychics consulting psychics, and doing formal tarot readings for ourselves is a bit like binocular vision...two views that can be fused together into a higher quality, more useful vision. It is a bit like the very large array of radio telescopes made famous in the movie "Contact"...each person, psychic or not, has their own individual "radar"...their intuition. When we communicate with another antenna, it gives a result that is like having a dish as large as the distance between them...put alot together and you have one giant telescope!

If one eye is closed, then depth perception doesn't work. If one telescope is down, the array doesn't work as well. We each bring our part to a reading. You bring your insight too. Working together, we double our view. Depending on a psychic, or a reading to "predict" the future, or what will happen is third-eye-blind. And I don't mean the music group. 

Work together, by combining your knowing and insight with the reading, taking responsibility for your actions and decisions...working with the psychic that way, you can see farther into the cosmos.

Wishing you eyes-open clarity

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Today's Tarot - Queen of Swords

There are many different "meanings"...shades of connotation. So even though the Queen of Swords turned up fairly recently, there are still plenty of ideas to explore with this card.

When reading tarot, or learning to expand your intuition, it is helpful to have several books and resources. Many books about tarot give long lists of keywords that are more confusing than helpful. The trick to it, so I've found, is to find one main resource that resonates with your own understanding of the card...what your gut instinct tells you is the "right" meaning for the card, but have one or two others on standby. Sometimes, you will instinctually know that this primary meaning just isn't quite the right choice of words. Then you can go browsing...look up other meanings, use other reference sources, or just draw from your own insight until you find just the right-feeling meaning.

Sometimes, coincidence will point the way.

Today's card, the Queen of Swords, just came up recently...then, the idea from my favorite reference seemed to fit like a charm. Today, not so much...so I pulled out my other favorite reference and TA-DA there is just the right idea: sharpness of spiritual vision.

No only did that feel right, there was the added validation of coincidence. Just today I read a newsletter article by my teacher, Joy. It's hard to sum up her insight in a sentence, but the closest I can get is this: To have the best psychic insight you can have, be the best person you can be.

Psychic, intuitive, spiritual ability is a normal, natural part of the human experience. To have the spiritual vision, be the best you that you can be.

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