The Spiral of Souls

Today hasn't felt so much like Christmas Day. Christmas is funny like that because I always wonder if we're doing it right. I usually imagine that everyone else is doing more than we are. To be honest, this is probably true, but there is this kind of face that people put on at Christmas. My aunt called this morning and we all laughed and smiled and told her we were having a lovely time. I am not saying we were not, because I enjoyed sitting around and talking for a few hours before opening our presents, but it didn't feel so much different to any other day.

We exchanged gifts. As you can see, I got my two new decks, which merge together beautifully. I also received the tall Adonis statue I wanted from my boyfriend, which now sits on my cabinet with the stone lady. He's very peaceful looking and fits in nicely. I'd seen him years ago amongst loads of other ornaments in a spiritual shop, but couldn't afford him at the time. When my boyfriend asked me what I would like, he came to mind.

We spent yesterday out, visiting my friend Kate and her parents in the daytime and then returning to hers in the evening to go for drinks with her and some other friends. We went to a bistro and spent the evening sitting upstairs before my friend drove us home around midnight. This morning, we watched some episodes of Miranda and then had a lovely dinner. We had wondered what it would be like as the cooker here hasn't worked since we moved in, but with a little Christmas magic in the air, it miraculously started up in time to cook the turkey. Dinner was a warm occasion, with all of the food laid out to help ourselves to. Frustrated by the price of Christmas crackers, I had bought a kit and made my own, filling them with little things personal to those who ended up pulling them.

My first pull from my new double deck is actually from The Well Worn Path (as appose to the sequel pack, The Hidden Path, which is mixed in) and is called Reincarnation. I don't know if it is getting older or if I have just seen too many decks over the years, but I can't remember where I have seen an image that this one reminds me of. I flipped through the New Orleans Voodoo Tarot to see if it reminded me of anything there, but I wonder if it is the We are the World card in the Osho Zen it reminds me of. The card shows a place where a spiral of souls swirl amid the stars. Each one holds a small spark of that which created them and as they merge with it once again, it reminds me a little of how I am spending today with the two people who created me. Things have been stressful and tense over the last month, due to moving, but today has been chilled and calm with my family. For me, the card seems to be about cycles; of something ending and making way for the new. It feels as though the way is now clear for fresh starts of all sorts, if this card is anything to go by.

The books that go with these decks look really interesting. They have a small paragraph about how the card can be used for divination and also a longer piece to teach about the subject of the card, but what I like is the third section, which offers a kind of guided paragraph, which walks you though the card. I haven't had much of a chance to read much of the two books, but hope to this evening, while my boyfriend is snoozing.

We were thinking of taking a walk out tonight, but as we are going to his parent's friend's house tomorrow, we are just staying home and relaxing in front of the television. I let the diet slide today and had a full Christmas dinner. Even though I didn't go mad, I feel bloated now. Normal service will be resumed after Boxing Day.


Illustration from The Well Worn Path by Mickie Mueller