James Wells is a
Toronto-based Tarot Consultant, Reiki Master, weaver of rituals, and
workshop facilitator. His mission is to provide sacred space for soul
work and constructive feedback so that all may enjoy insight and
healing. He can be reached through his
website.
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I've recently begun to
read Gregg Levoy's glorious book, Callings. As many things do, it's
inspired me to go to the cards and to come up with a tarot spread. For
this one, I'm using Rachel Pollack's ravishing Shining Tribe Tarot.
As this is a five-card spread, I'll be less verbally descriptive for the
sake of room. 1)
What is a calling?
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10 OF TREES. A
calling is the universe hitch-hiking a ride into our individual lives.
It's a sense of rootedness in the centre of our being, a chance to
bloom into our full maturity. A calling is an experience of the cosmos
waving at us, flagging us down, as it were, to direct our attention to
our unique "orbit" or path in the universal scheme of things.
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2) What is the grand scheme of
things?
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5 OF BIRDS. An
ongoing process of change in which the temporal must surrender to
death in order to liberate the eternal. It is the constancy of change.
Our circumstances shift and change. When we arrive at the place we
think we'll arrive at, it too is changing. |
3) Who/What calls us?
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6 OF STONES. We call
ourselves, through oracular knowing. Our openness to recognizing
signs, patterns, and wonders in everyday objects and events, and
knowing that these are energetically linked to that electric sense of
who we really are is what calls us. |
4) How can we know that these
signs and "flaggings" are true?
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7 OF STONES. If it is
a true calling, our bodies become energized, prepared to birth
something, ready to leap into action. There is an anticipatory feeling
that enlivens us. This vitality is accompanied by a sense that we are
watched over, protected, and supported. |
5) What is the greatest calling of
all?
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4 OF STONES. To offer
all that we are and all that we have to the Sacred, especially to
offer ourselves and our experiences as a living temple, a gateway or
portal to the Numinous, knowing that this offering lays a foundation
for generations to come. |
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