Where do you turn when a decade-long project appears to be coming to an end or morphing into something not yet fully grasped? I often go to my Tarot cards for navigating such transitions, so in July, as I began recouping my energy after the exertions involved with showing my installation Celebrating Our Maiden Migrations, I pulled out my Osho Zen Tarot deck. Flipping the manual to Card Spreads or Layouts, I spotted one I had never used before – The Flying Bird.
After scanning the description, I decided to go for it when I saw that it involved both the masculine and feminine sides of myself and that each card higher on the layout would move me “into greater clarity and inner spaciousness. As I read the cards, I found myself deeply moved.
After living with the results for a few days, I decided that I wanted a personal visual representation of the messages I was receiving and decided to make a ‘rood screen’ – a collage of images glued to the inside of a file folder. The file folder would allow me to fold my collage up to take anywhere and would be strong enough to stand up wherever I placed it. Here are the results of my reading with my personally selected images.
1. Bottom / Lift-off
TRUSTING INNER GUIDANCE
2. Left side / Fear of Flying
LETTING GO INTO NEW DIMENSIONS
3. Right side / Response-ability to the Fear
SHARING VIA COMMUNICATION
4. Left side /Inner Support (intuition) of Responsibility
REMAIN AT EASE
5. Right side /External Support (intelligent action responding to the intuition)
EAGLE’S VIEW OF POSSIBILITIES
6. Left side / Relaxation and Acceptance
ACCEPTING CHALLENGE OF THE UNKNOWN
7. Right side / Arrival at A New Level of Awareness
SPIRITUAL SPRING OF MATURITY
Final Rood Screen
