In the Seven Woods
~ William Butler Yeats

I have heard the pigeons of the Seven Woods

Make their faint thunder, and the garden bees

Hum in the lime-tree flowers; and put away

The unavailing outcries and the old bitterness

That empty the heart. I have forgot awhile

Tara uprooted, and new commonness

Upon the throne and crying about the streets

And hanging its paper flowers from post to post,

Because it is alone of all things happy.

I am contented, for I know that Quiet

Wanders laughing and eating her wild heart

Among pigeons and bees, while that Great Archer,

Who but awaits His hour to shoot, still hangs

A cloudy quiver over Pairc-na-lee.

The Giants’ Tarot, Raven Kaldera

Draw for February 25, 2017
Active Influence: Angrboda/The High Priestess
Rune: Gebo/Gift
Hidden Influence: Nott/The Star

Angrboda brings gifts of strength and wisdom. Nott offers hope and inspiration. You may still feel shaky after yesterday’s events, but these two Goddesses are here to remind you that you have what it takes to re-create yourself and your life, better than before. Be brave, be bold, take heart, and take action!

One of those days when you have to get out of the house early, and don’t have time to do a personal draw, so the Universe sends one your way.

The Six of Cups

This was in the parking lot at work!

I Remember
~ Anne Sexton

By the first of August

the invisible beetles began

to snore and the grass was

as tough as hemp and was

no color—no more than

the sand was a color and

we had worn our bare feet

bare since the twentieth

of June and there were times

we forgot to wind up your

alarm clock and some nights

we took our gin warm and neat

from old jelly glasses while

the sun blew out of sight

like a red picture hat and

one day I tied my hair back

with a ribbon and you said

that I looked almost like

a puritan lady and what

I remember best is that

the door to your room was

the door to mine.

The Giants’ Tarot, Raven Kaldera

Draw for February 24, 2017
Active Influence: Rind/Page of Swords
Rune: Hagalaz
Hidden Influence: Hreidmar & Ottar/Five of Coins

Rind appears as the Active Influence again today, this time in conjunction with a card of sorrow. Hagalaz brings disruption, delays, and problems that could not have been easily avoided. Instead of beating yourself up about what has happened or wishing things were different, you need to deal with things as they are right now.

Make a plan, accept the weregild, and move away from the scene of destruction. You need time to mourn, but first you need to get to a place of safety in which to do so.