Collective messages, which used to be on my website, are migrating to Substack.
These are prose poems intended to be used either as creative inspiration & guidance or for entertainment purposes. They are based on a set of cards, runes, and numbers I pull intuitively every Wednesday.
They are timeless, which means they are relevant to whenever you feel drawn to them rather than to the date they are written.
I’ll post an old message from the website every Monday at 8AM and a new message every Thursday at 8 AM.
You are still here.
Despite all the setbacks, the hardships, the losses——your heart has remained pure.
Tenacious, like mugwort, your medicine grows by roadsides, through solid concrete, where boots and tires tread.
It cannot be obliterated, like mugwort. When weeded, it simply grows again.
And even as the walls seem to close in all around you…
Even as the unforgiving dance of entropy once more demands to be done…
Even when the wilderness calls loudly enough to drown out the drone of your fears…
There is and always will be the pillar of light that animates your spine.
You were born of that same wilderness. To return to it is only to return to your home, to resume your rightful place in its arms.
You are not here to be good and quiet.
You are not here to disappear under a quilt of shame.
In every loving stitch, with every passing down of this dark heirloom, the keepers of the quilt placed their belief that to smother is to love——that to smother is to keep safe.
You are not here to be smothered.
You are here to be what only you can be.
Get out of the way and let the light speak.
On behalf of those who would not let themselves be——let the light speak.
On behalf of those robbed of life too soon——let the light speak.
On behalf of the trees that shield you from the sun’s blinding heat and the sky’s angry tears——let the light speak.
Despite everything, you are still here, being what only you can be.
You are still here.
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Runes
Fehu. “Cattle.” Motion and expansion. Fertility and manifestation. Creation and destruction. Eternal becoming. Mobile power. Hamingja. Astral body. Transference.
Dagaz. “Day.” Total awakening. Divine twins. Paradox. Mystical insight. Synthesis. Alchemy. Inspiration. Nonduality. Unity. Equilibrium.
Laguz. “Lake.” Source of all life. Primal waters. Rites of passage. Growth. Vital power. Initiation. The life cycle. Fertility. Magnetism. Seership.
Numbers
7. Philosophy. Solitude. Analysis. Rest. Intellect. Completion. Stillness. Introspection. Mysticism. Inspiration. Reclusiveness.
18. This number has 3 meanings. It carries the meanings of the single digits it consists of (1,8) and the number that it reduces to (9).
1. Pioneer. Alone. Discovery. Rawness. Creative. Direction. Purpose. Aggression. Dominance. Independence. Leadership.
8. Power. Responsibility. Financial rewards. Good judgement. Recognition. Steadfastness. Ambition. Success.
9. Selflessness. Compassion. Service. Generosity. Benevolence. Patience. Tolerance. Endings. Completion. Freedom.
Affirmators
Perseverance. It seems you’re on a massive journey right now, and this card has arrived to remind you that you will reach the other side. The mountain you’re climbing is huge and formidable, but so is your ability to climb it. You don’t need to enjoy it, you just need to tackle it. Complain if it makes the job easier. Blow off steam. You think mountain climbers get to the top of Everest on inspirational quotes? No way. They’re grunting, and crying, and cursing like freakin’ pirates. That just doesn’t sell a lot of posters.
Impermanence. Life is always changing, and I drift easily through those changes, good and bad. As I drift through hard times, I can take comfort in knowing that I will leave them behind. As I drift away from good times, I can take comfort in knowing that more will come my way. Impermanence is an equal-opportunity nonentity.
- Suzi Barrett
Oracle of the Radiant Sun
Jupiter in Aquarius, Innovation. Involvement with reforms, social organisations, and good causes. Universal codes of ethics. Unusual philosophies, religions, and occult sciences. Friendship and group activities. Charitable or humanitarian endeavours. An inventive, scattered mind. A totally new approach to a problem. Excessive changeability and eccentric behaviour.
Mars in Gemini, Decision. Mental work. Manual dexterity. Quick action. Sharp and aggressive. Versatility. Arguments and fights.
Saturn in Capricorn, Riches. Extreme self-discipline. Personal achievement. Patience. Long-term success. Authority. Excessive seriousness. Power-hungriness and miserliness. Ruthlessness. Successful conclusion of a financial arrangement or deal.
Kitchen Tarot
The Blender (Temperance). Discretion. Correcting imbalances. Modify.
Blender Blessings: The middle path; awareness of opposites; integration; recognising right and wrong; self-healing; moderation; testing and trying; beware of too much of a ‘good’ thing; work out the kinks; reconciliation; luck with women, the family ‘blenders;’ merge.
Arcanum 14 Affirmation: Focus and concentration are the key ingredients to my success.
- Dennis Fairchild
Lord of The Rings Tarot
Page of Cups. Emotion. Intuition. Intimacy. Love.
- Joan Bunning
Hermetic Tarot
Death. Child of the Great Transformers. Ending. Transition. Elimination. Inexorable forces.
- Joan Bunning
Angel Tarot
Three of Swords. “Rehael, The Quickly Forgiving God.” Love and submission. Cures illness. Influences paternal love. Gives long life. Heartbreak. Loneliness. Betrayal.
- Joan Bunning & Travis McHenry
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