Tuesday, July 28, 2015

The Scent of Agrimony, The Empress and Birthing a Masterpiece


Hello all you lovely Witches… 

I want to start off the blog this time with a heartfelt, genuine, Agrimony scented thank you to all of you who reached out with sympathy after the death of my sweet kitten River. Your kind words and healing energy help more than I could ever express.  I am eternally grateful to have such a wonderful community of Witches with whom to share both my joys and my sorrows.   From the bottom of my heart, thank you.  That being said… on with the Tarot talk!

I have always had a strange love affair with the number 3 and any multiple of 3.  To me, 3 is a number of stability and strength.  As I write this I am 33 years old, and I am comfortable in my skin, my life, my work and my spirituality more than I have ever been… ever. I feel strong, confident and courageous.  There is something about this year that is just so magickal and empowering and while it may seem crazy to link the fact that I am finally SUPER happy with my life and everything and everyone in it to numerology, I do. So naturally, I was excited to delve into card number 3 of the major arcana ~ The Empress. 

“Who is The Empress? Is she witch or goddess,
devouring mother or Madonna,
femme fatale or femme inspiratrice?
The answer is probably all of these~ as who among women is not?
And what man does not have lurking in his depths a powerful feminine
  aspect by turns creative and vindictive; moved to compassion one moment
and in a jealous rage the next!”
Jung and Tarot ~ An Archetypal Journey
                                                                       By~ Sallie Nichols
 

The Empress is the mother of the Tarot.  She is compassionate, loving, and strong and always there when you need her.  She is a fixture in the house of Tarot and the glue that holds it all together.  She is action where the High Priestess is intuition and intent. 

When you think of a mother, what kind of things do you think of?  I think of reproduction, the bearer of seeds, the giver, the nurturer. The appearance of this card in a spread, while it could mean a literal pregnancy or a person in your life who nurtures and is compassionate, resonates with me as more of a call to recreate.  Regardless of gender, we are all able to create new life … We are creative.

“Be as creative as possible in every way

 to avoid a life that is bereft of new life;

we were born to create more.”

Around the Tarot in 78 Days

 
       By~ Marcus Katz & Tali Goodwin

 
The Empress calls out for us to be creative… to produce something new!  This is exciting!  Let’s do it… let’s write a poem, paint with watercolors, put together a bouquet of wild flowers… let’s birth a masterpiece …just for the sake of being a creatrix.  Creativity makes us stronger, more stable Witches.  It has infinite power.  Harness it! Use it! Go forth and recreate, reproduce… and don’t forget to share it with your Witchy friends.  (Hopefully I am included! J)

 
 
Until next time...Love, light and blessings to you all!
~Jonquil

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