Advice to a Neighbour Girl
~ Yu Hsuan-Chi
Translated from Chinese by Kenneth Rexroth and Chung Ling

Afraid of the sunlight,
You cover your face with your silk sleeves.
Tired out with Spring melancholy,
You neglect your makeup.
It is easier to get priceless jewels
Than to find a man with a true heart.
Why wet your pillow with secret tears?
Why hide your heartbreak in the flowers?
Go, seek a handsome famous man like Sung Yu.
Don’t long for someone who will never come back.

The Giants’ Tarot, Raven Kaldera

Draw for March 6, 2017
Active Influence: Billing/King of Coins
Rune: Sowelu/Sun
Hidden Influence: Ymir/Fool

Today, the sun shines brightly (figuratively, at least), allowing you to identify new possibilities. You clearly see your resources (which are likely more numerous and flexible than you previously imagined) and find new ways to turn them to positive use, as well as opportunities you may have overlooked before.

While all the shiny new energy is exciting, you need to keep your feet on the ground, think clearly, and take appropriate action. Daydreams can show you where you want to go, but you need to do the work to get there.

When working on the daily draws, sometimes it takes a few edits to get the message just right. Below are some sentences inspired by the cards and runes which did not make it into the final post.

*Stay home, eat ice cream in your pajamas, and watch old movies. The stupidity awaiting you today will still be there tomorrow.

*Today is a good day to call in dead, and find a new job.

*OhMyGodWeAreAllGoingToDIE! But maybe not.

*That coworker you suspect of lying to you? They are totally lying to you. Time for them to meet the underside of a (figurative) bus.

*You are surrounded by idiots. Run away, and don’t look back.

*That plan you’ve been working on falls apart in a truly spectacular way today. Time to leave the country under an assumed name.

*The card and the rune have completely opposite meanings. So it doesn’t matter what you do, it’s going to be the wrong thing.

He Remembers Forgotten Beauty
~ William Butler Yeats

When my arms wrap you round I press

My heart upon the loveliness

That has long faded from the world;

The jewelled crowns that kings have hurled

In shadowy pools, when armies fled;

The love-tales wrought with silken thread

By dreaming ladies upon cloth

That has made fat the murderous moth;

The roses that of old time were

Woven by ladies in their hair,

The dew-cold lilies ladies bore

Through many a sacred corridor

Where such grey clouds of incense rose

That only God’s eyes did not close:

For that pale breast and lingering hand

Come from a more dream-heavy land,

A more dream-heavy hour than this;

And when you sigh from kiss to kiss

I hear white Beauty sighing, too,

For hours when all must fade like dew,

But flame on flame, and deep on deep,

Throne over throne where in half sleep,

Their swords upon their iron knees,

Brood her high lonely mysteries.

The Giants’ Tarot, Raven Kaldera

Draw for March 4, 2017
Active Influence: Blodughadda/Ace of Cups
Rune: Dagaz/Breakthrough
Hidden Influence: The Nornir/Wheel of Fortune

A significant internal shift brings about a major external shift. It’s as though suddenly the sun has risen after months of darkness, and you can see your emotional landscape with startling clarity, recognizing what is unhealthy and unnecessary. You may not have an exact plan, but you have the light to see the path ahead. Break through, and move forward. The Universe knows what’s going on, and you’ll find out as you go.