The Vintage Girls

This card made me smile when I turned it this morning. It made total sense, because this evening, my boyfriend and I are going to a friend's house for a festive evening of mulled wine, nibbles, and company. But what really made me laugh was that two of the people we will be spending the evening with are big on vintage clothes and I have seen them sport dresses not unlike those in this version of the 3 of Cups. So there's Jo, the hostess, in the middle; Sarah is on the right, and Katy on the left. There couldn't be a more perfect card to depict them.

On a deeper level, this card is about my social community. Yes, I have been hiding away from it in past months, but it tells of my coming out and spending time with others this evening. My boyfriend didn't come over last night, but we spoke on the telephone. It was the evening of his work Christmas party, but he made his excuses and didn't go. I felt a little sad about this, but he had his reasons; he didn't want to go in today with a hangover and didn't want to socialise with a percentage of people who have been taking him for granted of late. My boyfriend is a Knight of Pentacles; he works hard, doesn't shirk his responsibilities and has learnt his stuff. Around him are people who turn up late every day and go home early, who are busy internet shopping or chatting when they are meant to be working, and who rely on him to help them out when they can't meet their deadlines. Personally, I think it is time for my knight to be made a king, because he would be a fair and worthy leader. This is something that I think he might be able to do in a new job. Because he was quite-rightly feeling frustrated from his day at work, I thought that going along to the gathering with our vintage girls this evening might do him good. He needs to let his hair down and relax.

I have a picture in my room that needs to be hung. It is of three young women. I have no idea when it was taken or who by, but it looks as though it is from a fashion shoot. The colours of the photo suggest it is from the 60s, but I think it is a modern photo that has been made to look that way through clothing and mood. It reminds me of the 3 of Cups, and in particular, the one from the Morgan Greer tarot. I am reminded to bang a nail in and get it on the wall.

As predicted, the weather has turned grim. The frost has covered the road outside of my room, and in the sky, there is a mixture of sleet and snow. With the prospect of my two decks coming for Christmas, I lay in bed and read The Wicca Bible by Ann-Marie Gallagher last night. I am getting one of the Dummies manuals about witchcraft for Christmas, as it will be a nice accompaniment to the decks, but thought I would get a little knowledge down beforehand. I really like the story and flow of The Wheel of the Year, as it turns through the sabbats. It would seem that as we approach Yule (from December 20-23), we should open our arms to the winter. As I write, there appears to be more of a sprinkling of snow than sleet, which always concerns me around this time of year. At this exact time last year, it put pay to all of my plans, wiping out social events all around. I have a few things on the calendar which I really hope are not destroyed by snow, so it is hard to open my arms with joy to the flakes that are paragliding past my window at the moment.


Illustration from The Mountain Dream Tarot by Bea Bettles