Monday Musings ~ The Apple

Today's card is The Apple.

The Apple card speaks of choices. It tells of not being able to live in too many places at one time. The card also speaks of not being able to develop a talent when one's energy are split. This card goes along with the old adage, "Too many irons in the fire and can't keep them all hot." This has happened to me more than once. I find myself often taking on too much so that it takes twice as long to get anything done.

Some hard decisions are waiting to be made. And I feel the Universe is saying that now is an auspicious time to make those decisions.

Monday Musings ~ Insistance

My prompt for the Monday Musings have been the Celtic Tree Oracle cards. I will pull a card every Sunday and then ponder its message.

I always shuffle the cards quite well.
Well...Yesterday I shuffled the cards, pulled one out, and behold, it was The Beech card. The same card I drew two weeks ago. My first thought was that maybe I hadn't shuffled real well. So I inserted the card back into the deck and reshuffled - not once but three times! Once again I drew a card. It was The Beech. So I sat quiet for a couple minutes, placed the drawn card back into the deck and reshuffled. This next time I drew The Sea - last Monday's card. Hhhhmmmm....
I know a person isn't supposed to keep pulling cards till they get the one they want. And that wasn't the purpose of me re-drawing the cards. I guess, I wanted to see if the Universe had any other message for me besides the same one I had been receiving for the last two weeks.

So one last time I reshuffled and pulled a card. This time I pulled Heather.

The Heather card also represents Mistletoe. The two combine to guide the person into closer contact with the world of spirit and the resulting healing this pathway can lead to. Mistletoe is also called 'all heal' by the ancients and many modern medicines contain its derivatives. Heather is considered a gateway between the Spirit World and the Fertile Earth.
It's interesting that all three of these cards are dealing with hidden knowledge - whether it be knowledge that is hidden deep within ourselves or knowledge that is hidden away and we must search for it in various writings or in the knowledge of others. These cards also speak of accessing this knowledge through a journey to lands which can only be reached by crossing through a veil.
A little back story - The reason I have been using the Celtic Tree Oracle deck is because it is the only oracle card deck I have. But also because it contains the Ogham runes or alphabet. I have been researching the relationship of the written Ogham language and languages of other civilizations. Because there is ancient Ogham writing in Colorado and researching it has led me down a rabbit hole so deep, I ended up in Mesopotamia.
The Universe is wanting me to take that next step and realize what is beyond that closed curtain. But how?

A Monday...

Did you ever have one of THOSE days? You know the kind. The ones where every time you turn around, you're getting yourself stuck in something???

That was my day yesterday! A Monday even! What a way to start the week.

First I superglued a pair of scissors together. (Don't ask! 'Cause I'm not quite sure myself!) Well, I figured I could just pull them apart - there wasn't that much glue on them. I got them apart all right, but broke the handle in the process. Gggrrr!

And then, as if once wasn't enough, I did it again. Only this time with a different pair of scissors! I couldn't pry, pull, or even break this pair. So I thought to myself, ' Let's use some lacquer thinner to take the glue off. ('cause it works well in taking super glue off stuff - as long as the stuff can withstand the lacquer thinner) Dumb move! Lacquer thinner when applied in enough quantity begins to melt plastic. (the scissors had plastic handles)

Okay, so now I have managed to ruin two pair of scissors. So, to console myself, I grabbed a piece of chocolate. (you know, Valentine candy is out in the stores!) Well, the chocolate was now stuck to my thumb and finger. More superglue! Aaagghhhhhh!!!!!!

But this was an easy fix! I ate the chocolate! All except what wasn't stuck to my finger or thumb. And had a second piece just for good measure!

(Sorry no pics! Was afraid to touch the camera for fear I'd stick to it, too!)