Their Size Nines

I haven't left my room today. With my boyfriend's aunt, uncle, and nan coming to his parent's house for Easter Sunday dinner, my boyfriend and I had also planned to attend. However, due to my cold, I woke up feeling worse than I had the day before and he suggested that he go alone. As much as I wanted to go and see them, I didn't want to sit there coughing and spluttering, with the possibility of passing my germs on to his elderly grandmother, so instead, I have spent the day in bed. My eyes have ached so much, as they are now, and have kept me in sleep for most of it. I have been awake for the last hour and am already thinking about an early night.

It's typical that I get ill on a bank holiday when the sun is shining and everyone is out enjoying themselves. I guess it couldn't be helped. I have plans to go out tomorrow and am hoping that my sacrifices today will enable me to still do so. I have dosed myself up on Neurofen Cold & Flu tablets (which I swear by) and have been drinking lots of fluids, so I have my fingers crossed that I will be able to make tomorrow's early start.

Today's cards are from my self-made Dark Beach Oracle. The first shows someone diving into the sea and the second highlights the tears of a man. Behind him, a staircase with a rope handrail beckons. His tears will change him in some way.

When I look at these cards together, I see the diver as symbolic of impulse actions and un-thought-out words. We can all be good at giving others advise or telling them what we think they need to hear without being sensitive to their feelings. In this duo, I see tears as the results of someone else's actions. I am quite certain that this is not about me, but it could easily revolve around a friend of mine. As quite an emotional woman, a less-sensitive other may have just stamped through her emotional hallway in their size nines without wiping their feet.


Illustrations from The Dark Beach Oracle by Prince Le Normand