Motherpeace Tarot Journey
Wands
Fire/South/Projective Energy
Ace
Two: The two of wands speaks of mutual cooperation with our fellow sisters, of working together to achieve a mutually beneficial goal. This card tells us to not only look within ourselves to find the answers, but to look to our older and wiser sisters, to look to those who hold the knowledge and experience that we need. The two of wands in this deck reminds us of our ancestors, the wisdom of the ancient ones, the sisters who have passed before us. It wreaks of lineage, tradition, and continuity within ourselves and the feminine community.
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Four: Jubilation, celebration…“The Gathering”. The image on this card, a band of naked women in garlands, ceremoniously trailing more garland throughout four poles, is reminiscent of the images from Z Budapest’s infamous women’s gatherings. It bristles of unbridled joy, emancipation, a total abandonment of conventionality and self-consciousness. It wreaks of feminine power, happiness, joy, and celebration. The small blue hummingbird, streaking across the top of this card, whispers…Freedom.
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Six: The main message of this card is to fully accept ourselves as women, to embrace our stark raw female sexuality– which most of the conventional world, ruled by patriarchal religions, does not understand and often even fears. The character on this card invites us to look at ourselves from new perspectives, maybe from intimate views and vantage points that might make us uncomfortable– we’ve been told so long that we shouldn’t go there; we’ve been told what is acceptable as part of being a woman, and what is not. This card invites us…no, this card *Dares* us to explore our femaleness, to revel in our strengths, to banish any weakness, to grow, to learn, to reach.
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Eight: The eight of Wands is always about movement, movement and energy. The energy of this card urges us to shoot off as much as we can…work, projects, ideas, activities. The eight of Wands wreaks of movement and unbridled energy that needs to be focused; it speaks of too much for one person to do, of goals that might seem unattainable yet help us to reach new plateaus of creativity and success. Sometimes, when so many people are telling us we can’t accomplish something, we have to believe in ourselves and forge ahead with bluster and bravado, having faith in ourselves when no one else seems to.
Nine
Ten
Daughter
Son
Priestess
Shaman: The Shaman of Wands is all about control, keeping it, losing it, suffering the consequences of it. This Shaman has all those things he loves gathered around himself, kept close and tight, thinking that he’s protecting his precious belongings and people. However, just the opposite is true. The Shaman of Wands tries so carefully to keep that which is important to him close and controlled; he often winds up smothering the very things he’s trying to protect.
This Shaman is resilient. The Phoenix rising from the ashes behind the figure on this card is very fitting. The Shaman of Wands will bounce back, recover and recoup from the most devastating experiences– though he’s not often found in these types of situations, he’s too careful, and he thinks long and hard before making important life altering decisions.
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