December 30, 2018 Winter Solstice Divination for 2019
As I’ve done in years past, (though I am not always consistent), here is my reading for 2019 that was done at the end of 2018.
I used 4 Decks to answer 3 questions. Links to the decks are at the bottom.
- The Gaian Tarot (GT) by Joanna Powell-Colbert
- Siren’s Song Lenormand (SSL) by Carrie Paris
- Froud Faeries Oracle (FF) by Brian Froud with text by Jessica Macbeth
- Lucky Lenormand (LL) by Monica Bodirsky
The Questions (these may have come from Joanna Powell-Colbert from a course she was offering – I can’t remember now!):
- What do I need to leave behind in the Darkness?
- What is the calling of my Soul?
- What am I being called to do?
Question 1 – What do I need to leave behind in the Darkness?
GT – Guardian of Air – (Queen) Guardian is Protecting and Nurturing the Community. Air is Clarity. Cut through to the truth, even if it hurts. Time to speak the truth, loudly, boldly and with integrity. I declare my own truth with candor and clarity.
SSL – #18 Dog – 10 of hearts – Trustworthiness, companionship, loyalty, reliability, and devotion.
FF – #18 Lady of Harvest – One of the Sidhe – Completion. Greif. Loss. Harvest. Release. Accept change and move on to the next phase.
LL – #37 Lantern – The extra card! Lenormand Decks have only 36 cards, so this may be the Lucky extra. Light my path? Show me the way? A Light in a Dark place?
Analysis:
Leave behind my tendency to see only what I want to and face the ugly truth.
Leave behind my loyalty to those who don’t deserve it. Lose them.
Leave behind my grief and release those that cause me pain. It is done.
Leave behind my desire for only the light and embrace the Sacred Dark. I carry a Lantern to show me the way.
Question 2 – What is the calling of my Soul?
GT – #4 The Builder – (The Emperor) Structure, Boundaries, Foundation. Embrace my authority. Be a leader. I wield my power with wisdom, based on discipline, knowledge, and respect for All That Is.
SSL – #22 Crossroads – Queen of Diamonds – Decisions, options, alternatives, choices, a turning point.
FF – #43 – Geeeeeooo the Slooow – One of the Help Line Troupe – Cycles of time. Slowness. Waiting. Patience. The situation is one that cannot be hurried. Set a pace that can be maintained.
LL – #21 Mountain – 8 of Clubs – An impasse or a challenge. Close to me is an obstacle, far away it is an ally.
Analysis:
Calling is to build strong foundations and take the long view as an ethical and wise leader.
Calling is to consider the alternatives and options at this Crossroad.
Calling is to be patient with the process and allow the cycle the time it needs.
Calling is to overcome challenges. Climb the damn mountain.
Question 3 – What am I being called to do?
GT – Elder of Air – (King) Holding Wisdom, Giving Counsel. Elder of Air offers gifts of inspiration, balance, and clarity. Make ethical decisions that are fair to all. Experience communion with the Divine through worship, praise, or meditation. I am a song of peace and healing for the world.
SSL – #13 Child – Jack of Spades – New starts, little pleasures, innocence, immaturity, novice, something small or something minor.
FF – #57 Luathas the Wild – One of the Faery Challengers – Haste. Impulsiveness. Fire. Spontaneity. Balance. Wild creative energies are being brought to what I am called to do. Can fire up things around it too. New approaches are called for. The old ideas and behaviors won’t do.
LL – #20 Garden – 8 of Spades – Socializing, networking, garden, positive space for growth.
Analysis:
Being called to offer wisdom and create sacred space where enlightenment is possible.
Being called to experience small pleasures like a little child.
Being called to allow the wild energies to bring new ideas and approaches.
Being called to build a positive and healthy space to encourage growth for everyone.
Now that 2019 is over, I can look back at this reading and gauge how accurate it was. WOW!
I didn’t know it at the time, of course, but when I drew these cards at the end of the year, I was being betrayed by someone I had loved dearly and considered a friend and ally. So, the first question about what I should leave behind was eerily accurate regarding the grief that would come later and how I should leave behind those that were causing me pain. My loyalties were misplaced.
Regarding the question about the Calling of my Soul was also astoundingly accurate. Due, in part, by the betrayal and other equally horrible events that occurred, I decided to leave my old Tradition. I had already determined that I would build a new Tradition, and I did and am STILL working on it, but at the time, I had not decided whether I would also leave my old Tradition. I could have kept the old and built the new too. Unbeknown to me though, I was at a Crossroad, and I would end up choosing to leave behind the old and build the new. Everything for the rest of the year has been all about my new Path. I have been very patient, taking my time and seriously considering what it is I want me and my Coven to experience.
I am not sure whether the things I was called to do would not have been things I might have done anyway, but working on a new Witchcraft Tradition, being High Priestess to an awesome Coven, teaching public classes, and performing public rituals, as well as ministering to those who seek me out is what I did this year. I still get excited by the sight of a beautiful sunset or sunrise or a beautiful sky and take great pleasure in that. I also attended events that gave me a whole new approach to ritual, magic, and the Divine. So I did do what I was called to do (but I may have done that anyway)!
All, in all, the reading was very accurate, which is worrisome because the cards I just pulled for 2020 have some hard aspects in them! We shall see!
Both of the Lenormand Decks are sold out, but the Gaian Tarot and Froud Faeries Oracle are available. Click to see the decks:
https://www.amazon.com/Faeries-Oracle-Brian-Froud/dp/0743201116
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