Today I drew the 8 of Diamonds from the regular playing cards deck. This is truly a power card. It’s about lots of talent, lots of power and lots of money!
Wooohooo…what an awesome card to draw!
Then I drew from a tarot deck ( Pearls of Wisdom Tarot Deck (Cards)
) and I drew The Sun.
As always, I love the serendipity of the drawings. The 8 of Diamonds is known as the sun card.
One of the thoughts that the Sun shares is: True freedom exists when we are free from the fear of loss.
I got to thinking about the state of our society right now. So many people who were use to having it all, are now facing losing it all. The American life of the big house and the big car and whatever material possessions we want-we can have, is collapsing. The material things and the balance in our bank accounts and the status of those things, for some, is what defined us. What defines us when we lose it all? Who are we if we have to move in with our parents, or start delivering pizzas instead of being the big guy on the block who had everything?
The other irony of this card draw for me is that this is exactly what the protagonist in my novel is going through. She based her life on her success and material acquisitions – she is then thrown a curve ball by having to go back to her roots and past, something she has avoided for a really long time, and she *thinks* that it will, in the end, add some more to her bottom line. Instead, she learns what real abundance is.
We became such a disconnected society. Now, with what is going on, we are learning to reconnect. Before, when we needed help, we whipped out the checkbook and paid for help. Now, communities are coming together to provide help, not with monetary exchanges, but with hands on help.
The message of the 8 of diamonds is that with abundance and power comes responsibility.
The message of the Sun card is that we have choices to make and we need to make them based on careful observations and practical application.
It is humans who do the work of the Divine. When our hands refuse to reach out and help, the bounty of the Sun (Divine) is limited and lack is experienced.
How is this about creativity? Creativity is power. Ideas are power and can create abundance. We are going through a time when we need new ideas; we need new perspectives and the ideas that we share with our creativity can help move us in a new direction. We also need to support one another. We have lived the time in America when it was all about competition and about seeing who could grab onto the most and have it all to themselves. And, how did that work out for us?
There is nothing wrong with abundance; the Sun card and the 8 of diamonds affirms that Divine infinite provision is offered, and we do live in the land of plenty and endless bounty. Creativity- that ability to create our reality- that innate power within us, is always there. We can responsibly utilize it or we can destroy everything with it.
Maybe we should have a new slogan- instead of “What’s in your wallet?” – how about “What’s in your creative hands?”
What’s in your creative hands? Indeed, that’s a powerful way to look at the world. We are having to become as self-sufficient as our grandparents were during the Great Depression. It’s an interesting and frightening time, isn’t it?
I love your sun card…much prettier than the one in my deck!
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