The Giants’ Tarot, Raven Kaldera

Draw for September 26, 2016:

Active Influence: Thrym/King of Swords
Rune: Ior/Jormundgand, The World Serpent
Hidden Influence: Garm/Nine of Swords and Hela/Death (These two pulled out of the deck together. Let us take a moment to appreciate the fact that Garm is the hound who guards Hela’s realm from intruders.)

Today calls for calm, focused intellectual activity as the guiding energy. No drama, no trauma. You need to be calm, clear, and rational when considering options and making decisions. Set firm boundaries, and respect others’ boundaries. What you need to bring into the light of rational thought could be quite messy and shapeless, so you need to be firmly in control of your thought processes as you move through the day. A sacrifice is required and cannot be delayed or avoided. Make the choice calmly and with intention.

Hope Chest
~ Elaine Aqui

It is shaped
like a dunce cap.
It is a bottle of perfume
at the foot of a cross.
It is a photograph
that hums.
It is early.
It is day.
It is a bed
no one has ever slept in.
It is just a dream.
It is a rosary of lentils.
It is the part you always forget.
It is a woman with an infinite number
of pages.
It is strictly off limits
except when it isn’t
that being the hour when you
finally arrive
completely unexpected and gorgeous
as usual.

The Giants’ Tarot, Raven Kaldera

Draw for September 23, 2016:
Active Influence; Fjolvar/Seven of Coins
Rune: Sol/Sun; Uruz/Strength
Hidden Influence: Hrimthurs/Three of Coins

Try something new. Even if you don’t like it, you’ll learn something. If nothing else, you’ll learn you don’t like it. However, even if it doesn’t turn out the way you expected, now is a good time to experiment. Be bold, be different, surprise those around you. You have a lot of energy available today, so do something with it! Whatever you do, focus, focus, focus. Don’t lose the opportunities just waiting for you to do something with them.

Spleen
~ Paul Verlaine (translated from French by Martin Sorrel)

The roses were bright red
The ivy deepest black.

My love, your slightest movement
Rekindles my despair.

Too blue, the sky, too soft,
The sea too green, too sweet the air.

And still I fear you’ll vanish—
Such torture, waiting!

I’m tired of waxy-leaf holly,
Of gleaming box-tree,

I’m tired of endless countryside,
Of all, in fact, save you.

The Giants’ Tarot, Raven Kaldera

Draw for September 21, 2016:
Active Influence: Thjassi/Three of Swords
Rune: Inguz
Hidden Influence: Nine Maidens of the Mill/Nine of Coins

The sacrifice may be more painful than you think you can bear, but it is necessary. It will free you to do the real work required for the rebirth you need. Be assured you have the strength for both the sacrifice and the work.