Queen of Wands
I look at the card and see the sunrise shining over the landscape - it looks very pure and wholesome. The queen looks young and has a gentleness about her - she stands guard over the realm it seems.
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I walk into the card....
“After the blackness comes the light and all becomes clear there is a meaning to the world and the layout can be seen clearly. I am the goddess of the dawning of the day. I bring freshness and renewal. Come to me for renewal of yourself – I have energy and enthusiasm I will help impart these qualities to you. My youthful spirit and look is not to be confused with naivety, I travel through the night time – the darkness of the soul to show you it is possible and to give you the illumination that you need in your life. When darkness is experienced then your world is viewed with new eyes in the dawn of a new day and you can begin again – afresh with experience and strength from what you have been though, facing your fears and your inner difficulties trusting only to your inner senses to know the way to go. I am the guardian of inner knowledge too – I light the fires of passion and joy – you can only know the true you and experience your true passion for life after you have been through the shadow of yourself and reclaimed the wealth and gold you stored there with the hard difficult parts of yourself. ”
“Wow thank you” I say – “You have so much to say to me and I have only just got here.”
“It is part of my nature to get right into things – I do not waste time and like to cut to the chase and speak as it is necessary. Come explore my realm I can show you where you store your hidden energy and help you release it for use in your life. ”
“That sounds great” I say “Thank you” I like this woman she seems unstoppable and intense but also very straight forward like nothing is hidden. There is a lovingness to her even though she hesitates for nothing, I feel that she understands at some level people who are different from her.
“I would like to talk with the fox and the fire before we travel on – Would that be ok?” I ask
“Yes certainly” she says and stands back to allow different interactions to take place.
“Hello fox. – What do you represent here?”
“I am the slyness and cunningness that is sometimes needed to allow people to believe what they want to believe – if my message falls on deaf ears I do not worry for I know I can not be attacked as within my message there is truth for those who wish to hear – for those who are not ready for the message I will seemingly slip away and disappear as if invisible. It is my protection. I protect the queen here so she is free to be all of herself – I will help her slip away when needed without a trace as well as feel confident to stand strong in her own domain and land as is appropriate.”
“It seems strange to me” I say “That she is so open and forthright and yet you seem to be the opposite of that” “– Well” he says smiling – “I am her shadow am I not, and she knows me well so she can indeed be all of herself – for if she denied the side of her that was hidden and unknowable, that liked to be private and unseen she would indeed be cutting herself off from an important part of her and a part that indeed she needs for protection at times – not for deceiving another in a negative way but for becoming invisible to those who do not understand her. I know you know what I talk of as invisibility is something you wish for, along with your need to be seen and heard by others – when the balance is right you honour your spirit and I am here to help you and her honour that spirit indeed. ”
“Thank you fox you are very wise indeed. ”
I turn to the fire and it tells me it will consume and transform anything that is put into it and that the old will be burnt away to ashes so that the new can be reborn – it is a letting go, but more than that, it is a transformation in order to allow more of the self to be free and to allow more energy to be active in the body and the person. “What would you have me transform for you?” it asks.. I pause and consider for a moment...
“I would like you to transform fears I have, fears of being overwhelmed, fears of being too slow, fears of being too much.” “ Throw your fears into the fire and watch the flames for the messages of your life ahead as you let go of these restricting fears, you will see the gold you can claim and also the freedom and energy that will be released. ”
From the fear of being overwhelmed I receive trust and the knowing that I have the power to make my life the level of energy and activity that I am comfortable with and that the universe will act in accordance with my wishes and that my wishes are allowed.
“From your fear of being too slow [this is referring to my running though wasn't mentioned specifically in the journey so I feel it may have meaning in a more general sense too] you release your fear in your body and allow your strength of character to shine through as a beacon both to yourself and to all others who are near you – your speed is the speed that is right for you at any one time as you trust this process your energy of enjoyment will increase and excitement be yours regardless of your time and this will help you and rebound on making you faster for it is not speed you are focusing on but your inner enjoyment of expressing yourself physically as you go forward. ”
As I release my fear of being too much I claim knowledge of my own power as a transformative and spiritual experience for myself and those around me. My fear serving to hold me back for fear of how good I could be, as I do not fear this any more then I am free to show myself as I am and others can benefit from this experience as well as my own life not littered with paranoias and uneasiness when I feel strong, and a pulling back when I approach success – the fire burns my fears and spirit fills my motivation and my fear of being self serving disappears also as I look to the heavens and become aware I am nothing without the energy of spirit in my soul and its connection to the source and that it is this connection that is the source of all not my ego. And that this connection is available to all, whether aware of it or not.
“Thank you great fire, I feel you have helped me considerably with your simple cleansing that you have offered me here.”
I turn to the queen she is smiling patiently as if she knows I have to go through these things before I can truly experience her journey and she is not hurrying me though she is in her nature speedy and lightning quick in actions and her travels.
“I will go with you now” I say. “Where do you have to take me...?” I follow her off to the right and am taken to a wall which looks very familiar to me then I realise this is my personal garden that I travel to often to receive information and to find answers to my questions. “Why are you bringing me here?” I think. – She says, as if hearing my thought question, “This is your garden – it is you – explore it and know it is all of you as all facets and all areas and your power is safe here your energy is free and open here – go here if you need to claim anything of yourself and you will find a cave going deep into the earth deep in here you will find a physical manifestation of what it is you are reclaiming of yourself... go explore – you know the terrain – I am here should you need me – just call – I will let you guide yourself from here as it is your world....”
I walk into my garden and feel at ease and peace and somehow things slow down immediately – I feel at home and less frantic. I walk left into some woodland where I rarely explore this way. I see a small opening to a cave to the right and follow into it...
The small entrance opens out into a large cavern with an orange glow to it – like the rocks themselves have a light to them.... I follow deeper into the cavern I see pure crystals in orange like amber in the watery pools at my feet – I pick one up and put it into my sacral chakra – I know this is a cleansing of my creative energies and of my connections with others at this level. I stand up and feel the crystal move to my back and heal the pains I have been experiencing here I feel a sudden release and and opening that I feel as if I have kept tightly shut to this point. I can feel the energy lifting. I can feel the fears have gone from the fire earlier and that now I am claiming the release and freedom in the physical world.
I really like this cavern and its coolness that is not cold but is somehow fresh – I see a guide come to me – a man I have met many times before – he comforts me and strokes my back area, “You can let it go now – it is safe.” he says gently over and over I allow his words to wash over me and ask my body to follow his instructions.
I feel a place between my shoulders which almost takes on some of the dissipating energy and I ask my guide here about it. He puts a turquoise crystal into my back here and says it will keep the energy flowing for me – I allow it in and to work for me... I feel this is an important thing for me right now...
“Thank you” I say to my guide and I say I will be back later ... I walk out of the cave and into the garden – the Queen is there waiting for me with her fox with a gentle loving understanding smile – I know I have no need to explain to her what has happened – just to know all is well – we walk back to the card and the doorway in in peace and contentment. As I leave I thank her, she says “You have done well my child – your energy is balanced now – and you know the excess of this card leads to burn out from your own experience... It is a good learning. Reversed cards can be this over use of the energy, as well as the underuse of your own power.. In balance there is peace as well as an energised feeling – peacefulness doesn't have to mean slowness nor inaction and quiet meditation – though there is a place for these things – there is spiritual growth through excitement and activity also...”
“Thank you again” I say and walk out of the card transformed....
A powerful and wonderful experience – I really enjoyed this card.
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