Happy Tuesday everyone!
Did everyone celebrate Halloween in the way that felt best to them? Or, by chance, did you bop around like me trying to do, "ALL THE THINGS! ALL THE THINGS!" before finding yourself in a VERY tiny VERY queer asian party of two outside of a club surrounded by a group of large men discussing how their friend pretends to be gay to hit on women.
"It's a risky game because you know how aggressively flirtatious gay men can be when you're at a club, are a guy, are pretending to be gay, and are flirting with them. Wow. It's like, hey, easy fella. So sometimes, you know, you end up having to kiss guys because, you don't want to blow your cover too soon. You know, to get the ladies." {I may be paraphrasing... somewhat}
Aha, moment: What the hell? Oh, I'm an introvert. Also, I'm done with you line of club goers.
That's not to say I didn't have a fantastic Halloween. I sat on high school bleachers as a really talented group of folks performed, Carrie the Killer Musical Experience, in the perfectly decorated Los Angeles Theater. Walking around the theater was as much a part of the experience as the show itself. You could take prom pictures, sit in the infamous locker room, and powder your nose in front of mirrors that reminded you of your sinful vanity.
I got to meet street artist, Morley, at his solo show Skywriting where he was kind enough to gift us latecomers with the last of his mason jar pieces he made for the night.
Aside from the show being amazing and his work being lovely little tea lights of encouragement sprinkled over the often defeating landscape of LA, he was also just a really nice guy. Pretty perfect.
Still, by the end of the weekend a little afternoon trip to the slow down of Ojai was just what I needed. As often happens when I'm out adventuring with, our Musical Temperance contributor Kristel, we found ourselves in a little shop reeking of patchouli and staring up with glazed eyes at a wall of tarot decks. I ended up taking Carol Bridges, Medicine Woman Tarot Deck home with me while Kristel snagged the Sun and Moon Tarot.
I've started to work a bit with my deck and found a suggested spread on tuning in that I want to share.
After a long weekend, of so many things, I've been thinking about the importance of doing the find tuning work to focus in. Someone pulled the 8 of Pentacles out of the Wild Unknown for me this morning which seemed like affirmation. The 8 of Pentacles offers us the reminder to, "Hone your skills. You are close to finding mastery at your craft, so strive for it. Pay attention to the details."
So, if by chance you were solid grounded humans this weekend that practiced lots of introspective self-care, huzzah!
If perhaps, you bounced around, did all the things, and are finding yourself a bit worn down from the weekend's festivities... maybe you want to take some time to tune in?
Fine tuning and focusing,
Traci
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Traci {She|Her|Hers|They|Them|Theirs} is a yoga teacher, therapist and amateur tarot enthusiast! They try to believe in the power of their inner Magician, stay inspired by the Fool’s spirit, understand struggle through the lens of The Tower/Disaster and always stay reminded that, “The Star Awaits…