Sacred Circle, card a day
Accidentaly pulled three this morning, half asleep and I'm used to doing a three-card (issue, advice,outcome) draw in the mornings. Anyhow, I'll use just the first one. And being true to my cyber name, Red Emma,* I disagree right off with the hint on the card.
The card is #12, and although it's called "Sacrifice" it's obviously the hanged man. To me the hanged man is "stasis," kind of walking in place, not moving forward. And I can tell that's right because, actually, I can barely walk at all. Moving forward is almost not an option.
I managed to get a humonguous muscle cramp in my lower back a couple of days ago. Thanks to my doctor who understands the (wise) use of pain pills, I can get around a bit. A very little bit. Sleeping is very difficult. Without the pain pills it would be unlikely.
Now about the other two: The Druid and The Warrior.
I had intended to do a separate posting for them, but it's an encouraging story. Just now I could use some encouragement.
Two ideas for the Druid. At first I thought he might be the magician, but he's #5 instead of #2. Anyhow as the magician he could be the doctor who prescribed pain pills, but according to the book, he's Balance.
My life does need balance, and I'm near the end of a therapy program which has been bringing that much needed commodity. However, as we deal with issues hung over from a childhood with an abusive father, life does get lopsided as I relive and try to deal with some heavy stuff.
And that explains the third card, The Warrior. Which says, "Red Emma, old girl. Got to just keep on fighting."
*About the original Red Emma. Her name was Emma Goldman, a political activist around the 1920's. Her battle was mostly with dictators, she occasionally spent a few weeks in jail for her troubles. When our President McKinley was assassinated, she was jailed for two weeks just on general principals. If you saw Warren Beatty's "Reds," the story of the establishment of Russia's communist government, you saw Red Emma played by Maureen Stapleton.