Back to Basics

Oh dear.  I haven't been doing much tarot recently, nor much dieting either.  For nigh on a month now.  Just before my recent trip to Ugg-Land dieting didn't seem worth it just before I went, certainly wasn't worth doing while I was out there, and I am now struggling to get back into good habits even though I've been home for over a week.

And not been to any tarot groups nor seen any of my lovely tarot friends - the recent riots put paid to one planned get together.

So it's Back to Basics on both fronts. And the B-2-B deck in tarot is the RWS. The one I learnt from, along with many other tarotists.  So today's guest deck to get me B-2-B in Tubby Town is the Universal Waite.

So I asked the cards: "What advice do you give me to get myself back on track in Tubby Town?"

So I shuffled the cards and randomly drew the 5 of Swords. Great!!  The 'Defeat' card. Tarot is a mirror and that's definitely me at the moment. Defeated by everything to do with Tubby Town and losing weight. Those swords lying on the ground in the card are the tatters of my on-line tracker for counting how many Fat Pills I've had.  And I just can't pick them up and get going again.

Nice one tarot, you have pretty well summed up where I am - but how about some advice for what to do now?

So I turned to a new Oracle deck I have just bought but not used yet. The Oracle of Shadows and Light by Lucy Cavendish. Oh yes - the Girl Power card!  It's the 'Dress of Alchemy' card;  "Release your power" is the message of this card. Take it on, confront it, go for it.  Look at the determination on that face on the card.

Just looking at this card makes me feel empowered. it's up to me.  I know how to do it, and it's up to me to just go for it.  Good God, she's even holding my bottle of wine!

This card is also the picture on the box that the cards came in, further underlining what a major message this is.  "Janey...Janey...I bring you wine...and you must drink it it...."

The cards have spoken. Rude not to....right?