Living the Dream and Tarot Reading.

How often do we realise we are living the dream!

We are living in a dream of our own making that’s for sure.  And occasionally we get to live a dream that is beyond our wildest dreams.  Well perhaps not beyond, but certainly beyond our expectations.  Which is how I feel this morning as I write this blog looking out over the sea.  Living by the sea was a dream and now is a reality. At least at weekends.

Today July 3rd there’s a full moon which always seems to call me to reflect. I don’t know how many times I end up standing in front of the Moon, gazing up at her and wondering what her power is, and inevitably talking to her about my hopes and dreams, trusting her with my longing.

Yesterday our contemplation tarot card was the seven of cups, which is all about deciding what you really want.  With seven cups up in the air, the card encourages us that anything is possible; you just need to pull the cup/desire you want (or the cups you want :-) down to the ground to make them a reality.

So a time for clarity and to set intentions. 

Then this morning I pulled the seven of wands!  Another seven and a perfect follow up card, as its message is very helpful when it comes to making our dreams come true.  

In the Seven of Wands a man stands on higher ground to get a better perspective of everything that needs his attention. He realises that in order not to get overwhelmed he needs to tackle each thing, one at a time.

How do you manifest anything?  By getting up onto higher ground and gaining perspective on everything that needs to be done, and then doing things one thing at a time.   Don’t get overwhelmed.  Do things one at a time.  Great advice for our times.

I see the seven of wands in many readings today, as we are all frantic, bombarded with so much to do, see, learn, distract, enjoy.   I blame, Netflix, Apple TV, social media and the immediacy of Whatsapp! Everything is so tempting.

When you chat to someone, and by that I mean have a proper conversation and actually talk to each other on the phone, if not in person, invariably the answer to ‘how are you?’ Is, ‘I’m so busy’.

I’m so busy.   And I know what they mean.   I am so busy.  There’s so much I want to do, learn, experience, make happen…..chatting on the phone for no particular reason is falling by the wayside. I am conscious that nurturing friendships is being left on the periphery whereas they used to be central. 

I no longer go to an office and so there aren’t as many social interactions with people I used to come across in a day. The chat on the bus. The hello to the receptionist.  The morning gossip with colleagues.  In the office, we used to be on the phone talking to each other all day, email was used to confirm what was agreed, set up meetings etc . until the email grew and grew, and took over the need to pick up the telephone.

And now I can read tarot online. Who would have thought? And have regular Zoom and FaceTime meetings.

I am suffering from a weird loneliness of physical interaction, hanging out with people, friends, I think. Obviously there’s my constant companion Trumpet but his conversation is lacking. My life is so full of all my other desires, to learn, experience, make happen, meditate, write, watch AppleTV, they seem to come ahead of time with friends.

Perhaps with the seven of wands, I might make a list of the seven people who inspire me (wands represent the energy of fire, inspiration, creativity, intuition) that I want to catch up with. Perhaps I’ll make calling friends my focus this week, since its a missing ingredient.  I’ve got to do something different. Do I dare?  Ringing for chit chat for no good reason sounds odd.  Someone rang me the other day, and I couldn’t wait to return to whatever it was in the middle of.   And I rang someone and they sounded just the same.  She had a cold and was in the middle of finishing another draft of her screenplay…..for Netflix….or perhaps Apple tv.

So thinking about setting intentions with this full moon to manifest our dreams…..my dream is more connection with real people.  I would certainly love a connection to a significant other!  How many times have I gazed at the Moon with this wish?

 And yet do I want to disturb what I have?  I am living the dream.

Do come and have a tarot reading with me, Sue B, it’s fun and fascinating and will help create your dreams.