Prince Le Normand and the Giant Peach

When I looked at this image in the garden this morning, the first thought that came to mind was 'Be careful of what you wish for!'. The fey in this card stands beneath a tree of abundant fruit. That which she carries is larger than any I can see in the tree. Has she bitten off more than she can chew?

Yesterday was generally quiet, in preparation for our evening at my friend's house. It had been sunny throughout the day, but by the time we got there at 5, it was a little chilly in the garden and began to rain, so we sat inside and ate. My friend and her parents had prepared a lot of really lovely food. It was another relaxed evening of chat in their living room. We only drank a little and left after midnight.

Today is the last day of my boyfriend's ten days off. I often like to get out and do stuff, especially when the sun is shining, but with work tomorrow, I think he wanted to just take it easy, so we ended up watching some DVDs we have had in a pile next to the television; one being the Spanish film, Pan's Labyrinth. My friend recommended it, saying it is beautiful. The story is fantasy-lead, set in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, detailing the strange journeys of an imaginative young girl who may be the mythical princess of an underground kingdom. The labyrinth is full of monsters, over sized toads and Pan himself, but despite the horror within it's stone walls, it is marginally less horrific than the world and sadistic stepfather she is trying to escape from. In deep browns and midnight blues, the film actually bordered on depressing for me; far from the magical and colourful world of the fey that I was expecting when I picked it up for a couple of quid. If you are already having a happy day, don't watch this. At the very least, it reminded me to take my antidepressant. The Cantonese film The Young Bruce Lee (which we never got round to watching) was light relief afterwards, but not very good, so we turned it off half way through.

I am not entirely sure where today's card sits. I did wonder if the '10' was hinting at the last day of my boyfriend's ten days off. He often gets that feeling of doom before having to go back to work after a holiday; a little like how I used to feel on a Sunday night before school the next day. However, I am finding it hard not to relate a lot of these cards I am drawing to my situations around work. I have a day to finish my application for the job in the referral unit, and even though I think it might be a good idea to go for it now, I still wonder if this card represents biting off a larger challenge than I can chew.



Illustration from The Fey Tarot by Mara Aghem