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           Today, realizing it was a sort-of holiday, I entered the card altar room asking for guidance.  Should we call it Special?  Or not?  What I found out was that we needed to honor the day as we honor ancestors and loved ones who’ve gone before us.  Those who worked damn hard and tried to make a better life.  In my case, and many of yours, those folks were of Celtic descent.  So, we DO acknowledge and thank them. 

             One of the ways we’re going to do that today is with a selection made by the Universe (or the ancestors, or the angels, or the Team, or the WhoEver) from one of our retired decks.  (It’s not THAT special of a day, after all.)  Before we look at what our message is, let’s look at the word first.  This word can be confusing, so I went a-googling for a good link to share.  Wow, when I am directed someplace it’s for a blatantly OBVIOUS reason.

             This site needs to be scoped out, big time, when I’ve got a few spare hours I WILL be going back there.  For now, what I saw (that stunning illustration/graphic) when I first arrived, actually MATCHES what I was going to tell you, about the card and about what I “heard” last night. 

             Remember my stupid, and undiagnosable face rash I keep updating you on?  Well, it is nearly gone, but what remains are a few, super small spots of irritation.  The type no one notices except you.   Slightly reddened, moderately raised, not even big enough to have a name for.  You’ve all had them, since you all, I presume, have skin.

           The most significant of mine is dead-ass in the center of my forehead.  On/over my Third Eye.  Now, go back to that link and look at the picture you get when you first click there.  See it?  Yeah.  THOSE are the types of things the Universe screams into my head.  Welcome to, not JulieLand this time, but the INSIDE of Julie’s head.   (It’s scary in there isn’t ?)

             Last night, as I was brushing my teeth, and standing in front of the bathroom mirror (which I usually avoid), I could see that dumb irritation area.  Of course I’m me, so I did what I always do, asked why.  Wanna know what They said?  “It’s over your Third Eye, what do YOU think?!”   Spoken in a very sarcastic tone, I might add.

             Here’s the card we are meant to focus on; here’s the sign we received when asked what we were supposed to look for today.

“Clairvoyance  ~

Archangel Raziel:

‘I am helping your spiritual sight to awaken fully so you can clearly see Heavenly love.’

‘Your clairvoyance may come in different forms: as fleeting mental images in your mind’s eye; as dreams; as recurring sights in the physical world; as auras and energy; or as apparition experiences.

All of the facets of clairvoyance are beautiful and varied.  Enjoy and trust them.  Hold the intention of seeing only love, and that is what you will see.’

Working further with Archangel Raziel:

Raziel’s aura holds all the colors of the rainbow, like a beautiful prism of light.  Working with clear quartz crystals magnifies clairvoyance and helps you feel closer to  Raziel.”

             That’s where we start then.  While holding a loving intent.  In our actual eyes, and in the eyes we see with when our visually-observing orbs have the lids dropped down, turning our vision inwards.  At the same time turning our mental vision outwards to the metaphysical realms and off into other dimensions. 

            If you did not get your nap yesterday, please take a few Quiet Moments today and ask for some of that Archangel insight.  It will help to keep you refreshed, and it will also help to show you WHY you’ve not been able to follow our messages and suggestions.

             (All the usual disclaimers apply, substitute any phrases or words that don’t work for you.  All words, that is, except Clairvoyance.  That one, you must keep.)

            We all know how well I don’t make segues, I’m choppy and jump from topic to topic, the physical to the spiritual to the mental.  Guess what I saw today, first thing out the house?  A Segway!

            When I arrived at the library I had to get a picture of the across-the-street construction progress.  That place is gonna be big.  And it feels way too close.

            I’m going to pre-write tomorrow’s post in a while, and then when I get up, before I go for the ride (hopefully NOT in the rain this time) I’ll add the daily draw to it and set up Auto Post.  We’ll be eating corned beef and cabbage and potatoes, and who knows what else, with my parents, and probably both in-town kids at the time I’d usually be sitting here typing. 

            I’ll show you the (three!) walking-in-our-neighborhood photos in that post, because I WAS out there today.  Trudging along, gazing about, and texting too.  All at the same time.  Not that I multi-task well though, you KNOW I had to slow down, or in some cases, stand completely still, to accomplish anything other than forward movement.  The good news?  No new injuries!

            If you celebrate this weekend, do so safely.  If you do what we do, and gather with family over a meal, be sure to send a nod in the direction of those who went before us, thanking them for paving this path that we are able to stumble along upon, learning our lessons as best as we can.

Today’s Deck:

Archangel Oracle Cards by Doreen Virtue

Foreign License Plate Report:  traditional old style Alaska, and one Michigan under the library.

Trifecta Health and Weight Report: stupid plateau.  Again.  Still.   (Sunday dinner is SO not gonna help.)

 LateNight Addition I Almost Forgot:  Hanna did a great piece about vegan-friendly drinking options, including this link (which I adored, even though it’s not entirely current, and I have NO clue who the person is).

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             She’s home.  The Empress arrived safely, and in a timely manner (she also brought snacks to share, more on that later).  Her academy time is now behind her.  And Max can go home.  Well, they can both go home for a short time.  The next phase of their lives will be tumultuous.

            The need for new dwelling space is even more crucial than it had been previously.  Because if they don’t come up with something (fingers crossed) both might be occupying our guest bed.  And really, no one wants that.

              Yes, that phone photo is almost too dark to see, and no Hanna, I still don’t know how to fix it.  It’s simply (and unapologetically) what we get today.  Along with our daily draw, which is very much reminiscent of many comments from you guys after yesterday’s lightbulb moment of mine.  Thank you, thank  you, thank you.

            For those of you still having difficulty with the comments, well, I’m workin’ on that.  I’ve notified WordPress, and am now waiting to hear back.  (Dammit Mercury, leave us the hell alone!)

               This illustration also reminds me of those fat puppy pictures.

“Rest  ~

You’ve been working hard.  Take a nap and get some rest.

This card asks you to slow down, rest, and be very gentle with yourself right now.  Can you cancel your appointments today (or for part of the day) and take a nap?  By drawing this card, you are urged to let go of unnecessary activities, and to focus on self-renewal.

Give yourself a hug, look in the mirror, and say, ‘I love you.  I promise to treat you with the respect and care that you deserve.  You are wonderful!’

No rushing or time urgency is allowed today.  This is a day of sweet kindness, where you treat yourself as gently as a baby cradled in your arms.”

           The picture with this one is too adorable, I want a large copy so I can gaze at it all the time.

              Do the best you can, even if a real nap is not possible keep the message in mind, and for the rest of the night, I will too.  At least, I’ll pay more attention to anything negative that pops into my head.

             Which brings us briefly back to the food discussion.  It’s fairly clear that I have a problem with how I see it, and how I think about it (which is pretty much ALL the time).  Emmy did bring us a some very nice left-overs and bargains from her time away.  She’s super generous with her shopping and her sharing.  All the witchlings are.

             It has to be recognized though, that we DO consider food to be a reward, a gathering point, a treat, a special SOMEthing on a regular basis.  Okay, maybe only *I* do that consistently.  It’s one of the factors I need to examine, and figure out.

             Right now though, I’m trying to be proactive and distract by watching (and participating with) a new yoga CD Em delivered.  Hanny reviewed this recently and then passed it along.  I can’t wait to see what it’s like.

            Even if I’m not able to follow everything entirely I’m very excited that it arrived.  Merry was kind enough to share some other videos with me last year, and I’ve been thinking about them just recently.  Maybe I could incorporate some of these in to my schedule, using them in place of sabotaging snack patrols.  Totally worth trying anyway.

Today’s Deck:

Magical Mermaid and Dolphin Oracle Cards by Doreen Virtue

LateNight Health Update: still have a face rash, but it’s much improved.  I ended up with a miserable blister on the smallest toe of my left foot.  Don’t say it, Robin, totally different pair of shoes.  Also, this time I’m blaming the sock.  Finger cuts are healing.  Slowly.

LateNight Movement Update: none of my errands got done (Emma catching-up time instead) but I did take the bike out in the rain.  It was a wet five miles, nothing else to report.

LATE LateNight Link:  one of my favorite authours is Marian Keyes, I’ve spoken of her before.  She has just recently started up her newsletter again.  Go read it, HERE.  And play the videos, her accent alone is worth it.

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             It’s raining.  Heavily.  Sideways at times, even.  Has been since I woke up.  There was no getting around it today, I was gonna be drenched.  The only choice I had was whether to get soaked in half-an-hour on the bike or get soaked in more-than-an-hour hoofing it.  I went with hooves.  (Tomorrow I have more errands, so I’ll take the faster choice.)

             Yes, I do still have my awesomely cheap raingear, and if I’d gone with the pedaling option I would have worn it.  But I have other jackets and garments which will suffice when trudging.  Seeing it through the windows and sliding glass doors, from the inside out though, was just heavy feeling, and mildly off-putting.

               I’m still trying to figure out how to get the noises through to you guys.  The massive sounds of running, rushing water around here are just glorious, and I so want to share.  Unfortunately, making this happen takes a lot of forethought.  Not something that I do very well.  (Like follow-through, lotsa mind work involved!)

            It’s been a while since I wandered up through the cottages, tons of things were blooming.  Not much else had changed, the For Sale house hasn’t, but the For Rent house was.

               On my latest five-plus mile route I come out of this park from another side now.  It’s even more flooded over here.  When I ride through, it’s no longer a problem (yay fender!).   Puddle jumping though, whole ‘nother story.  Navigating the paths this afternoon while wrestling with that umbrella, keeping a hold of the mermaid water, and not dropping my camera, was quite challenging.  Increased my sweatiness factor, so that’s gotta be good, work-out wise.

             Above is your Foreign License Plate Report.  And below is your Daily Dog (even though this one was from late last night, technically it was no longer the same calendar day, so I’m not cheating on the date). 

            You will notice that he is in the exact same spot as yesterday’s shot.  Except this time, Dan’s home for lunch, and occupied the chair first.  Never a problem for Max.  As you can see.

             And speaking of cute dogs, Emma sent us some adorable puppy pictures.  I have no idea who this baby belongs to.  She didn’t say.  (She did include a phone photo of the mom, but I seem to have lost that.  Oops.)

             Now that I see this view, I can recognize how she’s sitting.  And realize that it’s her quilt (and legs), as the background.

           As these were coming in her father said, “yes please, bring home with you.”  At which point I told her to stop sending them.

              Several more arrived.  THEN she was done.  And speaking of done!  Our Empress will be home TOMORROW!!!  (Or for those of you reading on Friday, TODAY!!!)

             Alrighty then, one more item of business and we’ll move along to our daily draw.  The Trifecta check in.  I’ve been swamped, had no chance to read any of my books.  However, I have been monitoring what I eat, and then some.  THAT is where something snapped.

              A sad lightbulb moment occurred.  I had to make a sick (and seriously painful) acknowledgment to my broken self elf.  I am far worse about this food obsession than I was admitting.

            My entire family knows this already, and all of them have brought it to my attention, at one time or another (gently, I promise, they were all very kind).  I simply was unable to admit it in my own head.  It’s far too obvious to ignore any longer though.  I truly, genuinely have a problem. 

              My hope is that with the three books I’m focusing on right now, between them all, and what they have to offer, I can manage the issues more completely than I have in the past.   What I’m curious about is how other people DON’T do this all the time.    It’s confusing to me.  (But then, much is.)

               On our card altar we have come around to everyone’s favorite.  (Right?)  My working deck.  Which, while getting more dated by the second, is also classic in its representation of the original Tarot (or as “original” as anyone has thus far been able to track anyway), characterized by the iconic Rider-Waite.

              When I first saw this today, my immediate thought was of Libra, the ideal balance.

Justice  ~  Major Arcana  ~  11

               Quite often this will show up in a person’s reading when they have legal issues, or if they just happen to work in the legal field.  For today though, it simply felt very balanced.  As in, at this exact moment in time, life is mostly fair.  We ARE getting what we worked hard to achieve, we CAN achieve positive results, we DO see a light at the end of the tunnel, we HAVE witnessed our heart’s desire and actually sneaked a peek at how to get it.

           The Scales of Justice are what signify the sign of Libra, and how a person born with them as their guiding aspect can usually find the perfect solution to any problem.  That’s the feeling I get now, our solutions are presenting themselves.  Our balance is finely tuned, and our attitude of all the Universe being a Just and Fair place is showing through.  

             It still seems like our wait is not over, but at least we’ve been given a nice glimpse of potentially excellent results.  As if we’ve flipped to the back of a mystery and found out who committed the crime.  We know there are answers and we know they await us.  We’re not QUITE to the completion point yet, but we know it’s not too far away.

             The key word here today then, is fairness.  No, it’s not the standard nor the usual, but for this moment, it IS.  A balance has been reached.

LateNight Update:  about the commenting issue of earlier today (or yesterday, whatever), there seems to be a fine combo of Mercury Retrograde and WordPress bullshit going on.  Why some folks needed to sign in and some did not (and why some landed in moderation) is still a mystery, but I’ve re-set all of the functions that I can from here. 

            If you still have issues PLEASE tweet at me, send me an e-mail or a text immediately, so I can look at the dashboard again or poke someone in the eye.

LateNight Shameless Plug: wanna hear my Hurricane and her Beloved in a highly entertaining podcast?  Of course you do.  Go HERE.  I promise you will laugh.    And also possibly learn shit.

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            One of my dad’s favorite sayings is how, if someone is overwhelmed, that person is ass deep in alligators.  At the top of my own go-to list is describing an individual who may not be as smart as say, a potted fern, as coming from a shallow gene pool, like, no deeper than a puddle.  We are harsh (occasionally even crude), my father and I.  But we’re genuine, and we’re honest.

            Today is the opposite of being complicated and our message is less-than urgent.   It was a training day, plus OT work for Dan.  And I had my class.  That’s pretty much it.  I finished Sunday’s paper, got through Monday’s and made some headway on Tuesday.  I had a few minutes to do a bit of early blog hopping.  Then, as I was leaving, he showed up to change outfits costumes uniforms.  I yanked some food out for him to warm up when he was ready, and we parted ways. 

             When I saw which deck we had come around to on our card altar I was kind of glad there would be three complete definitions.  Again, all I have to report is my face rash: still there.  But now I also have an additional scrape on my thumb.  It was bleeding.  And I have no idea where it came from.  None.

              A few minutes ago I tried to take a picture of both cuts.  Sadly I realized that my hand is just not that talented of a contortionist. Neither am I, it’s very difficult for me to photograph one appendage while holding the camera with the other.  Don’t know why about THAT either, but there you have it.

              Glancing at these cards originally, all of their contrariness puzzled me also, but now that I’ve spent some time with them, it’s making much more sense.  (The physical crap though, still no answers there.)

               All reversed, so that’s how I left them.  But the art work is vital, so I went back into the file and flipped it. 

“Sorrow  ~  Clouds: The Mind  ~  9  (r)

This pain is not to make you sad, remember….. this pain is just to make you more alert….Times of great sorrow have the potential to be times of great transformation.  But in order for transformation to happen we must go deep, to the very roots of our pain, and experience it as it is, without blame or self-pity.

We Are The World  ~  Rainbows: The Physical  ~  10  (r)

When thousands and thousands of people around the earth are celebrating, singing, dancing, ecstatic, drunk with the divine, there is no possibility of any global suicide.  With such festivity and with such laughter, with such sanity and health, with such naturalness and spontaneity, how can there be war?  Life was given to you to create, and to rejoice, and to celebrate.  When you cry and weep, when you are miserable, you are alone.  When you celebrate, the whole existence participates with you. 

Humanity is depicted here as a rainbow of beings, dancing around the mandala of the earth with their hands joined together in joy and gratitude for the gift of life.  This card represents a time of communication, of sharing the riches that each of us brings to the whole.  There is no clinging here, no grasping.  It is a circle without fear of feelings of inferiority and superiority. 

When we recognize the common source of our humanity, the common origins of our dreams and longings, our hopes and fears, we are able to see that we are all joined together in the great miracle of existence.  When we can combine our tremendous inner wealth to create a treasure of love and wisdom that is available to all, we are linked together in the exquisite pattern of eternal creation.

Thunderbolt  ~  XVI  ~  Major Arcana  (r)

The card shows a tower being burned, destroyed, blown apart.  A man and a woman are leaping from it not because they want to, but because they have no choice.  In the background is a transparent, meditating figure representing the witnessing consciousness.

You might be feeling pretty shaky right now, as if the earth is rocking beneath your feet.  Your sense of