The Giants’ Tarot, Raven Kaldera

Draw for April 22, 2017
Active Influence: Olvalde & Sons/Eight of Coins
Rune: Uruz/Strength (reversed)
Hidden Influence: Hyndla/The Hermit

Your inclination is to spend time alone. Your obligation is to spend time with others, and quite possibly for work or study. You are tired and want to be left alone, but you need to put on your shoes and get out of the house. Do what you need to do, and leave yourself open to being pleasantly surprised that the experience will be enjoyable and perhaps informative. Then go home and spend the evening in quiet pursuits, resting your body and mind. It is the weekend, after all.

A Visit
~ Elaine Feinstein

I still remember love like another country
with an almost forgotten landscape
of salty skin and a dry mouth. I think
there was always a temptation to escape
from the violence of that sun, the sudden
insignificance of ambition,
the prowl of jealousy like a witch’s cat .

Last night I was sailing in my sleep
like an old seafarer , with scurvy
colouring my thoughts , there was moonlight
and ice on green waters.
Hallucinations. Dangerous nostalgia.
And early this morning you whispered
as if you were lying softly at my side:

Are you still angry with me ? And spoke my
name with so much tenderness, I cried.
I never reproached you much
that I remember, not even when I should;
to me, you were the boy in Ravel’s garden
who always longed to be good,
as the forest creatures knew, and so do I.

The Giants’ Tarot, Raven Kaldera

Draw for April 21, 2017
Active Influence: Asvid/The Hierophant
Rune: Perthro/Chance
Hidden Influence: Hrungnir/Seven of Wands

Today you have keen insight and strong intuition; add clear thinking to the mix for best results. Nonetheless, proceed with caution. Others may argue with you for no apparent reason, but you need to figure out what their real reasons are. Once you’ve done that, you can decide what actions to take—or not take. Any risks you take today must be thoroughly calculated.

Good Bones
~ Maggie Smith

Life is short, though I keep this from my children.
Life is short, and I’ve shortened mine
in a thousand delicious, ill-advised ways,
a thousand deliciously ill-advised ways
I’ll keep from my children. The world is at least
fifty percent terrible, and that’s a conservative
estimate, though I keep this from my children.
For every bird there is a stone thrown at a bird.
For every loved child, a child broken, bagged,
sunk in a lake. Life is short and the world
is at least half terrible, and for every kind
stranger, there is one who would break you,
though I keep this from my children. I am trying
to sell them the world. Any decent realtor,
walking you through a real shithole, chirps on
about good bones: This place could be beautiful,
right? You could make this place beautiful.

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Make this place beautiful.

The Giants’ Tarot, Raven Kaldera

Draw for April 20, 2017
Active Influence: Blodughadda/Ace of Cups
Rune: Inguz/Fertility, Creativity
Hidden Influence: Geirrod & Loki/Eight of Swords

A breath of fresh air in the form of emotional growth allows you to find a new perspective on your situation. While you may indeed still feel stuck or caught, your new take on things inspires you to think of a new approach to dealing with people and circumstances. It may not be easy or pretty, but you have a way forward that is less grim than you thought, and will pay off in the long term.