El Refugio de la Brujita: From The Princess of Wands (Folly) to The Queen of Cups (Wisdom)

From The Princess of Wands (Folly) to The Queen of Cups (Wisdom)

Aries, the Ram, seeking in the sunlight

The Fairy Tale Tarot

Minor Wands

Creativity, beginnings, energy, direction, intuition. Joie de Vivre

The Fool card from the Shadowscapes Tarot looks like no fool at all, but a beautiful mermaid-like woman ready to take on a new journey #AprilFoolsDay

Joie de Vivre by Paulina Cassidy

The Fool/ The Princess of Wands/ Ace of Wands: New beginnings, spontaneity, curiosity, intuition, start of lifepath and journeywork, freedom, the indigo "divine child", folly.

This Aries wee little one was not meant to be, live and rule as The Queen of Wands that her Solar Sign (Sun in Aries) alone would have intended for her: Fire/ Cardinality/ Wand. Life Force. Energy. Drive. Passion. Warrior. Ruler. Control. Leader.

Her pouch filled up with the moonlight of her Moon Sign (or Star Sign) (Moon in Libra), she decided to take on a new journey, to weave her own life instead, and she foolishly put to rout all that was not life and wished to live deliberately only the essential facts of life. She walked The Hermit's path of solitude, and it was through it that she learnt about the illusion of control, and thus, got to *mediate* in the conflict, chaos, struggle, tension & *reunite* the opposites, illusionary antagonists, duality, axis, the sheep and the lion perching together on the same oak tree branch. She made higher _and better_ use of her powers. She had become The Magician/ Wizard/ Witch/ Sorceress.

Oogway: My friend, the panda will never fulfill his destiny, nor you yours until you let go of the illusion of control.

Shifu: Illusion?

Oogway: Yes.

[Points at The Peach Tree of Wisdom]

Oogway: Look at this tree, Shifu: I cannot make it blossom when it suits me nor make it bear fruit before its time.

Shifu: But there are things we *can* control: I can control when the fruit will fall, I can control where to plant the seed: that is no illusion, Master!

Oogway: Ah, yes. But no matter what you do, that seed will grow to be a peach tree. You may wish for an apple or an orange, but you will get a peach.

Tarot Quest

6 of Cups - Shadowscapes Tarot.

These encounters along The Hermit's path in search of sacred wisdom and spiritual fulfillment can sometimes be like the Tea Birthday Party of Alice in Wonderland. Other *fools* with their journeywork on their lifepaths. Oasis. This card is about honest goodwill, kindness, experiencing joy, innocent pleasures acts of giving that only childhood can represent. Adventures and discoveries that come out of moving without agenda, guile or apparent motives.

Tarot of the Magical Forest

Compassion, balance, patience, healing, strength. Joie de Vivre

Infinite possibilities, self-confidence, personal power, determination, concentration, action. Joie de Vivre

The Fairy Tale Tarot

The Sorceress, who has royal lineage (note the Water Element that is common at the feet of all the Queens in the tarot decks) but also fairies blood (witches are said so), becomes The Star (wisdom, adjustment, temperance, Spirit Essence, Moon in Libra. Scales (Libra, Air) to adjust under moonlight, the Alchemist crafting her own medicine. The Treasure Witch. What do you value the most?

Star from The Magical Forest Tarot

Le Étoile - The Star

The Good Witch, Bad Witch Tarot

The Lady grows into the Woman, The Star, into The Queen of Cups (*vessels* containers of ancestral wisdom & sacred knowledge), Cauldron of Knowldge and Inspiration (Cerridwen). The Cauldron Witch, ready and willing to drink her own brew, soul medicine.