TENDING THE FUTURE: ‘Tis time now, beloved one, to tend to the future and to what will come, for there is a tender and vulnerable possibility, which is in the process of being nurtured into the next stage of its maturity. Find the way to protect this sweet, young and lovely hope, and take care of it well, so well that it will come into life at a stage closer than you think possible. It is your job now to garden your own hopes – and to allow the most fragile of beginnings to have enough of your care that it will make it through to the next stage. Prepare and plan, consider and contemplate, and do the hardest work yourself.
The Kitsune who walk with you at this time urge you to become the very spirit of the green, and they will work with you, walk with you, and whisper to you of all the things that need to be done, that only you can do. This tending of the future will make the present purposeful and fill it with devotion and richness, and the emotional qualities you bring to this time of preparation will be the very feelings that bloom the brightest once this dream has flowered. So, prune what must be reduced. Clear the earth of weeds and enrich the soil. Change poor habits that steal time and energy from you with no reward. Make a promise to devote time to yourself, and to learn, and to finally see the seeds that you plant erupt into green life, searching for the sun. You will have success, friend, so say the Kitsune. But it will be due to the tending, the caring, the learning, the moments you give, the choices you make now. Here comes the future – make this present moment feed the very best version of what will come to you.
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SHARING YOUR WISDOM: There will soon be opportunities for you, dear one, to share your wisdom with others. This wisdom is timeless, but it has come about because of your experience and your knowledge gathered over lifetimes. It is simple and distilled, uncomplicated and without the desire to seem grand or mystical. It is the kind of wisdom that grandmothers and grandfathers who have traveled close to the veil for a very long time can pass along. It is not resigned, nor is it fierce. There is a calm to it, and a value to it that is precious beyond words. Within the life, friend, you have walked with dragons, loved and lost, been cast out and risen again and again to so many challenges. Now, as you grow older in years, you can mentor and share, guide and teach, kindly and without ego or the need to impress the others who wish to know how to navigate the dark forests of this lifetime.
Take your time and speak with those who need help. Share with those who are ready to listen. Keep the magic of the world alive by sharing your belief in the energetic realms and helping others understand that beyond what can be seen with the eyes are powerful ones dwelling just at the edges of our earthly experience – the old ones, the dragons among them. When you share and teach, this dragon will come to you to help you find the words, to help you find the right moment to tell the right story. Fear not that no one wants to hear your words. They are needed, and your stories will be valued and shared and change the lives of those they touch. Speak now, and let the others listen, for you have walked between the worlds, and we long to hear the stories of your adventures.
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THE AWAKENING: Sleep no more, soul child. The time for rest is done – and now you are awakened to action by the great golden Dragon of the Day, ancient friend to the Kitsune. In the realms unseen by most humans, forgotten by nearly all humans, there are great dragons who stand at the edge of the day’s birth and death, helping all within the realm to arise and awaken to the blessings of each day. The great golden dragon within this card heralds the awakening of the day – and when this card comes to you, you know you are being called to arise and awaken to a new day within your life. You are called to awaken to your own belief and your own knowledge, to the truth of your own soul, and to rise up and embrace it all – to know your worth and your beauty and to shine it out through the day before you.
Treat this as a new time, even when it contains old stories, as it is still a great and beautiful opportunity to take all that is within you and make the very most of all that is. When this card comes to you, it is a reminder, too, that there are parts of you which are asleep or resting – dormant, and under-loved, under-lived – and they must now be awakened. Think now, Seeker, on the dreams and wishes you sent to sleep over the years. Let them now gently awaken, one by one, as the days before you unfold, so they come to life again, not as dreams and ideas any longer, but as events and experiences that become your life. Awaken to your power. Awaken to your sleeping soul. And arise like this great Dragon of the Day and call out to the world that you are coming into it this day, fearlessly, ready live fully and embrace the adventures of this gift called life.
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