The Entrance to the Faery Realm

The Sacred Sight/Site is one of my favourite cards in this combined deck. Quite simply, I like the idea behind it, even though the illustration is charming too. It shows a Hagstone, which I have read is the name that has been given to a stone with a natural hole in it. In this case, the moss has grown around it to reveal an eye shape, and through the hole can be seen a stone circle and tree. This tree is apparently a place of ancient ritual, captured within the eye of the large rock. For divinitary purposes, the card speaks about bringing things into focus and looking at detail.

I have never heard of the name Hagstone before, but I do remember collecting them from the beach when I was a kid. Obviously much smaller than this, these shiny stones (sometimes called Holey Stones) had holes within them, worn away from years of water. Many people have collected them as amulets of power in the past. As protection against witches, they have been nailed to stables to prevent horses from being stolen or hung over windows on cord to banish evil spirits. However, it seems that witches use them also, as they have been known as an entrance to the faery realm. It is said that if you look through the eye of the Hagstone, you might see things you are not usually able to see. This is kind of how the stone features in this card, since it magnifies details we might normally be unaware of.

So what is brought into focus? My stomach has been aching today and I am wondering if it has anything to do with the gnocchi I had yesterday. It seems to always become worse when I try to introduce potatoes into my meals again. I have not been eating them on my diet, but have tried to on occasion recently. The Hagstone could be singling out this food as being a problem, where as I wouldn't have noticed before starting my diet.

The weather has taken a walk on the wild side today. Because we have a more open view from this house than the last, you can see the rain being blown around the open space and the tall trees in the wood swaying as if in a trance. Every so often, I hear the wind tumbling down the hill our house sits on, shaking all that is around it. We seem to have lost our bin in the gales. I have been laying here reading for much of today. I think I have a cold as I generally feel a bit out of sorts. I woke at 7am with sore throat and ears again and didn't go back to sleep. My parents have been working on the two bathrooms, but I don't feel up to helping, as much as I would like to.

The Teen Oracle delves into the nitty gritty of today by throwing out Chance, Direction, and Past. The cards hint at there being an opportunity open to me, which could be connected to a contact from the past. Probably down to not feeling my best, I have felt a little down and anxious today, so any opportunities may very well have passed me by. However, I did get a professional network request from the head of a company I have previously worked for, so maybe these three cards predict future contact there.


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