Thank you, Claire! I love the idea of pages as invitations to wonder and awe, and a way to stop consumerist impulses. Taking a walk in nature, and seeing a deer is always magical to me...even though it's ephemeral. I can't put it on a shelf. I typically write about it in my journal, so maybe a Page of Pentacles/Page of Wands combo!
Just came across your post and love it. This approach to reducing focus on consumerism and buying behaviour in order to fill a gap is spot on. The page of Pentacles really spoke to me. I've recently been consciously changing my spending behaviour and appreciating what I already have with new eyes. It's an approach I want to bring into the Christmas season this year too :)
Love this! All of these spoke to me. Pages of Swords is standing out though. Reducing input and finding more clarity and ease is a journey that I am currently on. Thank you for these insightful words 💖
Thank you for this post Claire. You are the only reader I have heard say this about the Pages, and I only listen to a handful of good readers. This is so insightful and I could never really understand what message they brought for me. But this makes total sense now. I have not drawn a Page for a many, many months now. I just looked back in my journal. I used to always draw all of them for sure, but I never knew this significance and would often 'over' buy new stuff for our new home. However, we've sadly had a long period, since well before COVID, of unforeseen terrible austerity to deal with and so when you barely have enough money to pay the bills, a desperately unwell husband to care for, and have to work 12 hours + a day at a job you loathe, despite being retired, all of this forcibly stops 'the looking' for any new shiny thing. I too love stationery and especially books and just 'nice' things, as we all do. But did I really need it, I ask myself now? However, as we now come out the other side, the lessons over the last few years have taught me to look with love at all the things I already have and to adore all the nature we are fortunate live in, just as you share here. I am also so fortunate that I have a beautiful daughter as my Page who knows me so well that when she visits twice a year she brings me wonderous little shiny things to love, like crystals and beautiful notebooks etc. So I think the Universe and Tarot conspiring together has helped me find contentment. 🧡💛💚
You are welcome. It comes from the journey between the tens and the page. Tens are extreme. Either bountiful or too much. That kind of energy can cause a restlessness. Even the ten of cups. The ideal can be a pressure. So the page creates that stepping stone to strip things back again and find a simpler way. At leastthat's one way to see them.Thanks for being here and telling your story.
Oh, wow. This is fabulous and what a wonderful way to interpret the Pages. I've been making a conscious effort to watch my consumption recently and I find I'm much more likely to spend money when I'm restless or bored. I love this way of turning those impulses into something more creative and rewarding.
The irony is, I wasn't well when I wrote this (still not) and the discomfort of that led to me buying a few bits of stationery. Mind you, it'll definitely get used for creative purposes.
Jaded is a good word. It's interesting because the 10 of cups seems a card of ideals but I'm jaded by the persistent message that life needs to look like one happy family and relieved to see the absurdity of a fish in a cup. That helps me renew.
I pulled the Page of Swords last week and was thinking about it to literally 'chop away' some things physically in the way so I could make progress on something else.
Thank you, Claire! I love the idea of pages as invitations to wonder and awe, and a way to stop consumerist impulses. Taking a walk in nature, and seeing a deer is always magical to me...even though it's ephemeral. I can't put it on a shelf. I typically write about it in my journal, so maybe a Page of Pentacles/Page of Wands combo!
You're welcome. Deers are special. I can't believe I saw an albino deer once. It was very magical.
Just came across your post and love it. This approach to reducing focus on consumerism and buying behaviour in order to fill a gap is spot on. The page of Pentacles really spoke to me. I've recently been consciously changing my spending behaviour and appreciating what I already have with new eyes. It's an approach I want to bring into the Christmas season this year too :)
I hope you find contentment in new ways Gaynor.
Love this! All of these spoke to me. Pages of Swords is standing out though. Reducing input and finding more clarity and ease is a journey that I am currently on. Thank you for these insightful words 💖
You are welcome
Claire, Such a great lesson we all need to learn! I resonate with the Page of Wands.
The page of wands is definitely a talisman for me
This is sooooo good. Thank you for this reminder via the pages!
You're welcome
I love this way of seeing the Pages! Thank you for sharing 💜
You are welcome
Thank you for this post Claire. You are the only reader I have heard say this about the Pages, and I only listen to a handful of good readers. This is so insightful and I could never really understand what message they brought for me. But this makes total sense now. I have not drawn a Page for a many, many months now. I just looked back in my journal. I used to always draw all of them for sure, but I never knew this significance and would often 'over' buy new stuff for our new home. However, we've sadly had a long period, since well before COVID, of unforeseen terrible austerity to deal with and so when you barely have enough money to pay the bills, a desperately unwell husband to care for, and have to work 12 hours + a day at a job you loathe, despite being retired, all of this forcibly stops 'the looking' for any new shiny thing. I too love stationery and especially books and just 'nice' things, as we all do. But did I really need it, I ask myself now? However, as we now come out the other side, the lessons over the last few years have taught me to look with love at all the things I already have and to adore all the nature we are fortunate live in, just as you share here. I am also so fortunate that I have a beautiful daughter as my Page who knows me so well that when she visits twice a year she brings me wonderous little shiny things to love, like crystals and beautiful notebooks etc. So I think the Universe and Tarot conspiring together has helped me find contentment. 🧡💛💚
You are welcome. It comes from the journey between the tens and the page. Tens are extreme. Either bountiful or too much. That kind of energy can cause a restlessness. Even the ten of cups. The ideal can be a pressure. So the page creates that stepping stone to strip things back again and find a simpler way. At leastthat's one way to see them.Thanks for being here and telling your story.
Oh, wow. This is fabulous and what a wonderful way to interpret the Pages. I've been making a conscious effort to watch my consumption recently and I find I'm much more likely to spend money when I'm restless or bored. I love this way of turning those impulses into something more creative and rewarding.
The irony is, I wasn't well when I wrote this (still not) and the discomfort of that led to me buying a few bits of stationery. Mind you, it'll definitely get used for creative purposes.
I love this take on the Pages, Claire. I often find the Page of Cups in part prompts me to be less jaded and rediscover an innocence.
Jaded is a good word. It's interesting because the 10 of cups seems a card of ideals but I'm jaded by the persistent message that life needs to look like one happy family and relieved to see the absurdity of a fish in a cup. That helps me renew.
'In part' should read 'in particular'! 😅
I pulled the Page of Swords last week and was thinking about it to literally 'chop away' some things physically in the way so I could make progress on something else.
I really like that interpretation as it really reflects the rider waite smith imagery
Thanks for sharing and hello. I recognise you from instagram
Thanks Lizzie