A Message from My Spirit Guide

Another participant in the AT PDR Thread did an exercise about his spirit guide. Since it has been a while since I did this, I thought I would give it a go. 

Here is the spread I used:

~1~

4~2

~3~

1. What should I remember that I am forgetting?
2. What is my Spirit Guide trying to tell me?
3. What is the advice my Spirit Guide is giving me?
4. What would be the outcome if I decide to follow this path?

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4 of Coins reminds me that I am in a stable position financially right now. As some of you know, I am facing governmental budget cuts and may be on the chopping-block. We met with the boss yesterday and she had a little more information. And although there are more jobs that absolutely will be cut, the requirements for retaining job positions have already been met by me but not necessarily by others. As I am not large and in charge, these aspects had not even occurred to me. This card in this position tells me "Don't worry."

6 of Coins is information that I had not even thought about from my Spirit Guide. There are those in my field who are genuinely magnanimous and want to see me keep my job. I suspect that I am seen as a team player. I also suspect that I am seen as a hard worker, and someone who gets results. Even one of the elementary keywords for this card is "asset." Is this what my Spirit Guide is telling me? That I am literally seen as an asset to my organization, and that the boss-lady will do whatever she can to retain me? I think so! This falls in line with others who have told me exactly the same thing.

VII Chariot is about control. Of course, there are things in life you can control and things in life that you cannot. Then there are things that a somewhat controllable and uncontrollable at the same time. I think that the advice is to realize which aspects are within my power to change and which are not. This card reminds me to think of the serenity prayer, "Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference." It is the difference part that I am having difficulty with. How to tell? As for the job situation, I recently got a reading that said I was going to have to fight for what I wanted out of my job, that it would not just fall in my lap. I think I have made it known that I would be eyeing the seniority list carefully, lest any managerial shenanigans take place. This is about the only control I have over the situation, that is, to be assertive. And the oxen in this card look pretty damned assertive!

9 of Coins is precisely the card I would want to see in a reading about financial security! Recall, please, that I did not specifically ask about this area of focus for my reading, but one must read the reading like this. I mean, I had three coin cards! How could it not be about finances? Obviously, finances are tied directly to employment. Nine is the number of foundations, not completion per se, so a move into a more stable career is eminent. Nice outcome in a time of fiscal uncertainty.

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Searching for a Charity

For my Saturday morning reading I decided to ask about a charity I am thinking of donating some money to. I am researching different charities to see which one would most likely do the most with my money I send them. I need to be very choosy. But I decided to narrow it down to charities that help teens and aid in the prevention of teen suicide. Doing a search, I ran across Elem/Teens in Distress, which is an Israeli charity that does just this. (Click on the link for information about what they do.) I am picky about where my money goes because I want to make sue most of it goes other places besides overhead. Judging by the sheer number of programs (See "Our Programs" Link at the top of any page there), it would be surprising if most of the money did not go towards helping teen in distress. There fund is also a memorial named in honor of a victim of teen suicide.

I did a bit of sleuthing myself, using the tarot, and asked three questions: 1) What is this organization about? 2) Where is my money going to be spent? 3) What services does this organization really provide?

Here is the card positions order:

3 - 1 - 2 

And here are the cards:

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"What is this organization about?" 10 of Swords as teen suicide, plain and simple. If I was in doubt that this organization is all about preventing teen suicide, there is no doubt anymore, after seeing 10 of Swords in this position! I have never seen a card so apropos in a "mundane" reading before (not that the subject matter is mundane, only that this type of reading is).

"Where is my money going to be spent?" Two of Swords I read as "about half and half." Half on material support and half on overhead. Again, looking at the "Our Programs" map on their Web Site, even the overhead would consist of actually helping out those in need. The idea of blind justice evinced by this card comes to mind also. Is there an oversight committee that sees to it that the find is spent properly? Those who collect the money for the Harold Rubin Memorial Fund are not the ones who necessarily spend it. I really don't like this card here as I get the feeling that "the right hand knoweth not" but, then again, isn't this a good thing to have in the business organization of a charity? I don't know enough about charities to make this call. Overall, I don't think this is a bad card to have here.

"What services does this organization really provide?" II High Priestess here made me giggle a little bit. Most of the money is spent on counseling teens in distress (giggling because these cards seems so damned appropriate!) Once again referring to the map on the "Our Programs" Page, one can easily see that this organization provides much needed mental health support all over Israel. One is reminded of the "dual" or international work they do, in addition to helping out Israeli adolescents. The feminine aspect of this card suggests that many of the clients are female. I am glad this card is in this position, too, because it helps me to view Elem/Teens in Distress as a cut-above the other charities that I have been looking at. It seems to be a good charity to donate some money to in the future.

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