I hope this message finds you well and that you are taking time to play and relax during these spacious days of summer. In the midst of our busy lives it’s important to find ways to nourish and restore body and spirit.
We are all continually learning to navigate our way from the turmoil of change to the calm of inner peace. Since writing last week’s post about Moving from Chaos to Order, I’ve been reflecting on the dynamic between the power of storms (the messiness and discomfort of life), and the way our spirits love adventure.
The more I explore my spirit’s love of spontaneity the less I am distracted by uncertainty. This allows for more synchronicities to appear, and encourages me to keep moving within and tapping into my natural sense of adventure and play.
The frequencies of change are everywhere, requiring us all to build new muscles to navigate the unknown. I’m inspired today to share some experiences and insights related to my own personal practices, including my connection to the tarot. I find these universal teachings to be immensely valuable in my own ongoing process of awakening.
The Adventure of Change: The Tower and the Fool
Shown here is one of my favorite combinations in the tarot. Many of you know how much I love exploring the connections between astrology and tarot. I find that the archetypes in the cards beautifully express the ways we can find practical support through the energies of the planets and the zodiac.
The two cards pictured here from the Osho deck, Thunderbolt (trad. ‘The Tower’) and the Fool, represent the planets of Mars and Uranus, which were conjunct a few days ago.
Since both planets are powerful catalysts for change, when they come together the potentials for change are magnified. We’re in one such period of amplified change now.
Pervasive change IS happening. The important question is: How we will each respond? There are teachings held within these cards that can help us when we encounter unexpected challenges in our circumstance. As we learn here, the secret is always to move from mind to heart where our spirits reside. This is the journey from chaos to order.
The Tower(pictured here as Thunderboltfrom the Osho deck) represents the creative consciousness of change. The lightning bolts represent new infusions of awareness, jolts of clarity and high-frequency charge that clear density and expand your connection to the light.
Lightning also represents the intensity and shock of unexpected change. This isn’t necessarily a comfortable experience! The figures falling through space represent a kind of shattering and dismantling of what you have known or thought to be true.
A Tower experience can happen externally as well as within, dismantling circumstances as well as beliefs, and even attachments to our own identity. This is all part of the process we call ascension and awakening.
The more you are able to receive these expansive energies of awakening and remain balanced in your heart, the more you can allow the Tower experience to clear the past. This quality of inner balance is represented by the flames within the chakras that are fueling the fire of your consciousness.
The Fool is a beautiful companion to the Tower.
The Fool represents your ability to live within the total freedom and unlimited potential that is held within the present moment. In this image, the Fool steps off the edge of the known world. This is a continual process. Step by step, moment by moment he is leaving the past behind, moving with open arms into the unknown.
The Fool’s clothing shows that he is guided from within. He wears green, representing the wisdom of living from his heart. His multicolored vest represents the four elements, showing his balance with nature. His open arms are white like wings, showing his connection to the guidance of his spirit. Red boots show his courage and the ability to choose each step with intention.
From the outside the Fool may appear foolhardy, even ridiculous. In the Taoist sense, however, the Fool is the master. He is the one who continually releases the past in order to be available to whatever is present in the moment. New adventures await. This is why the Fool is the number 0 in the deck, holding all of the potentials of the remaining 77 cards.
When combined together, the Tower and the Fool represent unlimited potentials for transformation, and your ability to break free from all types of limitation. This is why I love working with this pair of cards!
The energies of these cards together are exciting and filled with creativity. They remind you of your ability to transcend uncertainty and fear of change by going within. Here you can experience the exhilaration of adventure that is held within each moment.
Breakthrough & Success: Spirit Always finds a Way
The more we learn to live from our hearts in the present moment, the more we experience our power to create. This image of a tree growing through cement and up the pole of a stop sign reminds us of our ability to reach for solutions beyond what we have been taught to believe is possible.
We are powerful creators, more than we can even imagine. When we connect with our spirits in the present moment, we transcend what we have believed in the past.
As I write this message the Sun is transiting 23 Leo, which holds the beautiful archetype shown here of a daring circus performer. The text for this archetype is “In a circus, the bareback rider displays her dangerous skill.” 
The Queen of Disks in the Osho tarot beautifully expresses the qualities of beauty and love that are available to us now. 
The elemental earth energies of Taurus enable us to experience our inner power by increasing the amount of light we are able to hold within our bodies. This is experienced from our hearts as inner knowing.
The phrase “Slow Down to Go Fast” has become one of my personal favorite daily mantras. Although at first this statement may appear to be an oxymoron, it actually expresses a deep truth. 
I woke in the morning a few days ago and looked out my front window to see this fragile carpet of cherry blossoms blanketing the ground with their miraculous color.
