An Emotional Gift

From what I have read, the Wiccan tools of Athame, Chalice, Wand and Pentacle in this deck are not read so differently to how they are in tarot. To be honest, the author of the accompanying books to the two packs, A Traveller's Guide to the Well Worn Path and The Seeker's Guide to The Hidden Path, suggests you go your own way with interpretation, so I am looking at them as gifts. The Chalice, shown here, is an emotional gift.

After a longer wait than just the nine months of pregnancy, my friend finally gave birth to her new little boy this morning, calling him Dylan. From what I have heard, Mum, Dad and baby are all fine. I have been friend's with my mate for around 37 years and she is like my sister. I am obviously very pleased for her, but having known her for so long, it is kind of strange to now think of her as a mum with a son. This has been a long journey for her and her husband. Baby Dylan is truly an emotional gift for the both of them, and worth the wait.

The New Year's Eve party was good. It had all of the ingredients for being just right. Amongst conversation, I kind of forget that the new year was at my heels. I often find that 12 o'clock countdown so depressing. There was no ringing in with Aude Lang Syne, which made it pass that bit more smoothly for me and we all got back into the swing of the party pretty quickly. 2011 dragged on for my poor boyfriend, who was hungover yesterday and wasn't really in the mood for the postponed festivities at his sister's house. After taking Hekate's advice, I had not gone too mad at the party, even if I was a little tipsy on holiday cheer, so I socialised for the both of us. It was nice to be with his family, but like him, I was glad to get to bed in the evening and sleep off the last few days.

For today we have Gossip, sitting in the centre of the cards from The Teen Oracle. I didn't have a chance to post yesterday, but it was in the centre of yesterday's trio too. I really think this is connected to friendships of mine. I have tried to keep out of discussing problems between others, but people keep wanting to pull me right back into the middle of it all. I think that this card, once again fused together with Trouble as it has been before, reminds me of how all of this could blow up and I don't want to end up being the one with egg on my face. Even though I did talk about it all a little the other night (alcohol certainly loosens lips), I tried my best to bash these particular topics of conversation away today. The Wall is a line I want to draw. If people want to find out what is going on between them and how their broken friendships lay, they must ask one another, rather than ask me.


Illustrations from The Well Worn Path by Mickie Mueller and The Teen Oracle by Cinnamon Crow Dixon.