I love retro, I love the 50/60’s housewife icon and this deck looked like a lot of fun. One of the things so great about using a tarot deck when you are creating, either a story, or something visual, is you have all the various images to draw from in all the different decks.
After spending some time with my new deck this morning, I decided to draw a card from it specifically for today’s post- As a “just for fun, let’s see what I get” sort of thing.
After all, even though the readings from any divination tool is serious and very beneficial, we can also just have fun with it.

The card I drew was the Queen of Wands. I love this image! I got a chuckle out of it because the first thing that popped into my head was this:
“WTF? Look at all I can do! I run circles around you and you are questioning me about what??”

The Queen of wands is the most charismatic figure of the tarot deck….let me list some words of what she exemplifies (and if you will, picture Bruno from Dancing with The Stars, standing, doing dramatic arm sweeps as he lists these words):
She is fiery, passionate, very creative, sensual, dynamic, when she wants something she gets it, successful, alluring and charming.
She is the woman all of us women wish we were and she is the woman men crave to have…baby, she has it all…and when she walks into a room, everyone takes notice and when she wants something, she’ll move heaven and earth to get it done!
Think the lady in red….ohhhh…lala….!!

Now, my intent is to bring the card around to how it can help us with our creativity and here is what came to mind:
As a creative- gosh, wouldn’t it be nice if we embodied the fiery queen of wands? We’d get our ideas done in the snap of a finger, while doing a million others things as well cooking the most scrumptious gourmet meal, making passionate love that sends our lover into such a state of bliss that they go into a 2 day coma all while looking so sexy that Angelina Jolie fears us. Hot damn!
Yea, well, I don’t know about you, but that hasn’t happened to me yet.
As a creative, I would just be happy with being able to get my stuff done!

But, what if we used the Queen of Wands as an energy to draw from? When we need that extra boost of something to help us get our stuck in the mud feet freed and get the idea ball a rollin’, what if we could tap into the power of her?

Ah, yes, that is the beauty of the one thing that we each have: the power of our imaginations…and the ability to pretend! Let me tell you, pretending isn’t just for kids! Its a gift we have and we should utilize it more often!

So, here is what hit me- the Queen of Wands….dressed in red, or with fiery red hair…encompassing the energy of fire….stay with me, but let me back up a little.
During the years that I studied interior decor ( and specifically color) and how our surroundings affected our mental, emotional and spiritual well-being, I used the color red and elements of fire to decorate with to help me light the fire on my creativity and to jump start myself on the path that I was passionate about. I was drawn to red in my clothes, I painted my entire entryway red and I have a lot of red in my living room decor. I needed something to balance out my tendency to always stay stuck in my emotions- I needed the fire/red energy to move me to action.
And, it did indeed work. Now, I don’t need all that red as much, but when I am feeling bogged down, stuck, unsuccessful or can’t get an idea off the ground, I tap into the power of color, the power of red and fire elements.
I even created a character that became a mentor for me. She would show up when I needed a boost and guess what? Yep, she was a fiery red-head who never took no for an answer, who sashayed into my day and dramatically kicked my creative ass into action!
When I needed her, I could conjure her up in my imagination and hear her talking to me, see her actions and in the same powerful way that having an actual person there to spur me on – I had her, when I needed her and the results were the same.

The Queen of Wands housewife isn’t clad in red, but you can see it in her face…you don’t mess with her and she isn’t a shy little wallflower. She may just be a housewife (writer/artist) but baby, she knows how to get it done and get it done with flare!!

The message I got with this card today was that we have all this power we can access. No, its not set aside for only for the very special, or the already wealthy or the genius, we each have it: I’ll say it again…the always there for us, never let us down power of the imagination.
We can create that Queen of Wands attitude when we need a boost and we need to get er dun!

Ah, look! There she is, she just walked into your office/studio…see her standing there? Her red nails tapping on the edge of your desk….what are you two going to set on fire today?

The 3 of spades is creative inspiration – it is such a strong creative energy, that unless the person is focused on a venue for that energy, they can become scattered and indecisive.
I am one of those who has too many ideas and I don’t like staying with one for a long time. I could never work for the same company my whole life or work on a factory line. I can’t stand routine or ruts. I’m not one who enjoys strict structure and rules. I like dabbling here and there, trying out a multitude of ideas that flood my head as I try to fall asleep. Barbara Sher even wrote a book for folks like me:Refuse to Choose!: Use All of Your Interests, Passions, and Hobbies to Create the Life and Career of Your Dreams

The 3 of spades MUST express themselves. It is about varied interests and being talented on more that one front ( I seriously envy those who have one great talent and they are working in a field using that talent) and those who are this card are good at a lot of different jobs. The issue happens when the person is unsure of their goals in life; all that creative energy turns to worry. Constant, debilitating worry.

What this card teaches is that with enormous creative energy one must also utilize patience and persistence; one must also have a clear cut goal.

I knew exactly what the card was saying to me when I drew it. In an earlier post, I realized I needed a new list of goals. Well, as exciting as that is, I went into hysterics over it…..because I like to dabble in so many things. And I tend to feel that I need to let go of what I am currently working on and try something new.
What the card was saying to me was: If you want to achieve success, adopt a slow but sure approach. Listen to your intuition and inner vision.
Allow the creative energies to be the source of inspiration, not a distraction.

What I have learned is that we can know we are on the right path (with a job, a relationship, a project) when what we need to make it work appears for us. A mentor, help, advice, materials, education and of course positive feelings about all of it. Then it is a matter of sticking to it and using the creative energy to feed it. The trick is in realizing that a lot of creative energy can also feel like discontentment: a feeling that we should go off in another direction instead. It can be hard to discern a lot of energy from restlessness and confusion over what to do.

In talking with other writers about writing a novel, we all are experiencing that realization that it takes time-dedicated, focused time. Its an odd gig. It can take years to complete. Unlike a painting that we can watch come together and even if it takes a few weeks or a few months, the end result is there in front of us, we can see it, touch it. A novel in progress is partly in our heads, some on paper, some on the hard drive. Months can be spent on research, weeks doing something else while it brews in our subconscious. Folks can’t see the work we are doing.
But, the creative energy is flowing through us; it can feel antsy, disheveled, and it can make us worry. Are we on the right track? Is this project going to be worth it in the end? Why am I really doing this? Is it as good as I originally thought it would be?

The thought for today is: Be easy on yourself. With a lot of creative energy comes opportunities and ideas, which can lead to indecision and stress. if unsure of what direction to go in, go do something physical, move, go out into nature…then tune in to your inner voice and trust yourself.

Are you one who can stick with something for a really long time and see the outcome? Or, do you like to go off in a hundred different directions? Do you have a way to keep yourself on track?