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Still I Rise
~ Maya Angelou
(Note: if you go to this page of her website, you can hear her read this poem, with musical and choral accompaniment. I recommend doing so. It’s *amazing*.)

You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may tread me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I’ll rise.

Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
‘Cause I walk like I’ve got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.

Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I’ll rise.

Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops.
Weakened by my soulful cries.

Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don’t you take it awful hard
‘Cause I laugh like I’ve got gold mines
Diggin’ in my own back yard.

You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I’ll rise.

Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I’ve got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?

Out of the huts of history’s shame
I rise
Up from a past that’s rooted in pain
I rise
I’m a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.

The Giants’ Tarot, Raven Kaldera

Draw for March 28, 2017
Active Influence: Rind/Page of Swords
Rune: Cweorth/Fire
Hidden Influence: Nott/The Star

Mental clarity is key today. Emotions are running high (there are five, count them *five*, planets in the fiery sign of Aries today), and the person who can remain rational in the midst of chaos is going to have the better day. Focus on your hopes and possibilities, and let go of disappointments and limitations. You can do a great deal of positive work today on any level if you keep your wits about you.

The Giants’ Tarot, Raven Kaldera

Draw for March 27, 2017
Active Influence: Hrungnir/7 of Wands
Rune: Uruz/Strength
Hidden Influence: Gefjon/Ace of Coins

Make good choices about where to focus your time and energy today. Your strength is best directed to your own projects and plans. Others will try to distract you with arguments, and try to convince you that their agenda is really your work to do.

Set a clear boundary (remember that Gefjon plowed the province of Zeeland from the mainland—you may need to do something similar, in a metaphorical way) and use your resources for your own work.

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