My Mate Tone

I don't know why, but whenever I see this King of Pentacles, the name Tony comes to mind. For today, he sits confidently in my draw with his pentacle and a smile. I wonder if he has shown up because I mentioned him in yesterday's post, with reference to my boyfriend. He was very generous with his money last night, so the card reminds me that I owe him a pentacle or two for that.

The evening out with friends was good. As with celebrations hosted by the same friend last year, we sat around her dining room table, chatting. Being on my diet, I didn't eat anything, but I did have a few drinks. Well, it is Christmas after all, yeah? As everyone seemed to tire pretty early, my boyfriend, my other friend and I went off for a few more at a private bar in town. I haven't done that for a long time and it made a change. I used to go there near on every week at one point and drink, talk and dance until the shops opened the next day, but as nice as it was to drop in last night, I couldn't take on that kind of routine now.

If Tony isn't here to highlight a person, then as an energy, he is stable. I guess that I am in a protected position at the moment, since he could represent the financial support of the government, my parents or my boyfriend. Being a card of the physical, he could foretell a stabilisation of either my diet or health. At just under my target weight, I feel better about myself than I have in ages, even if my fatigue did get the better of the long walk to my mate's house last night.

One of the girls we met at the gathering invited us to a party tonight, but with my boyfriend still resting off his hangover, it doesn't look like a possibility. As much as I liked her, I don't fancy two nights out on the trot. My mate Tone (I can't say that without thinking of Alison Steadman in Abigails Party) suggests I hold on to my pentacle, because even if I am stable for the moment, I do have some Christmas shopping to do tomorrow and a few other get togethers to save my money for.


Illustration from The Mountain Dream Tarot by Bea Nettles