The King's boats come in

I knew that the tarot was giving me a bit of a kick up the butt this morning when I turned over the Ace of Wands, since I have a few projects I intended to do something with for a creative review on this blog. One involved sewing and the other revolved around lots of printing and cutting. Before doing any of that, I got my room sorted out. I have been getting a bit sloppy of late, bunging stuff in all of the wrong places, so took a couple of hours to haul everything out of the wardrobes, drawers, bedside cabinets and ottoman, so I could put it all back in the right destinations tidily. After that, I dragged out the sewing machine, knowing that the Ace of Wands meant creative business and spark.

I often see the Ace of Wands as a card of energy and excitement, and I kind of got into my hand sewing for a few hours this afternoon, but also, I see the card as a messenger. It can bring news that is eagerly awaited. Looking over the cards as a whole, I saw my dad in the King of Swords. I have looked through all of the kings a number of times, and even though he is practical and caring, it is still the King of Swords that I liken him to the most. I think this has more to do with my relationship with him, as others might see him very differently. Because of the bottom row, I wondered if today's draw was about him and whether he could expect some news which would bring about a change of events. The Wheel of Fortune would suggest this and the guy waiting for his boats to come in in the 3 of Wands is definitely in line for something. As I sometimes do, I wrote out some post-it notes and left the reading for a couple of hours, so I could do my other stuff. Sure enough, the hospital rang out of the blue to ask him to come in for his bone scan tomorrow. He wasn't sure when he would next be going in. I knew that it was the cards coming into play when Iheard the phone go and him talking.

Illustration from The Radiant Rider Waite, based on the drawings of
Pamela Colman Smith and redrawn by Virginijus Poshkus