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By Anne Marie Bennett

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Go For It- Committee Suit

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Sc10000023I made this card totally intuitively. I’d been holding onto the rainbow-colored, light-filled flowers for a loooong time before finding the right other images to fit with them.

I’m still not sure that “Go For It” is the “right” name for this card, but it will have to do for now.

Also, a friend of mine saw it and thought it looked pretty cool held vertically too!

Who are you?

I am the one who is reaching for the light.  I am the one who is delighted to get my hand around this unique, colorful, lit-like-a-rainbow flower.  I am the one who is reaching for the mystery and the magic.

What do you have to give me? I give you permission to reach for the brightness that is rooted in your life.  I give you delight and joy in the seeking and the finding.  I give you mystery and color and bright full magic, all of it is yours in your life.

What do you want from me? I want you to breathe deeply, smile and reach for your dreams… reach for the magic and the mystery that is all around you.  Let your life be as colorful and exciting as you want.  Let yourself feel entitled and deserving.  It is all there for you to take!

Artist’s Muse- Council Suit

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I created this card after I found the image of the woman sitting at her messy art table. I just loved how she was looking me in the eye, seemingly to say, “Stop frittering around with excuses, and just sit at your own art table and make something!” I really love the audacious but compassionate look about her. If ever a Muse was going to inspire me, it would be her!

Scartmuse_2 Who are you? I am the one who watches over your artist self.  I am the one who KNOWS for absolute positive certain that you love to mess around with paints and collage ephemera and color. I am the one who says JUST DO IT!

What do you have to give me? I give you permission to play at your art table, permission to create.

What do you want from me? I want you to slow down enough to look me in the eye.  I want you to slow down enough to recognize how deep my calling is to your soul. I want you to ask yourself, “Why are you NOT creating?”

Angel of Patience- Council Suit

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I made this card intuitively a few years ago, and realized that she was a Council Suit member of my Deck only after I did the interpretation below: Who are you? I am the one who gives you the gift of Patience, who reminds you that big things like losing weight and making a marriage stronger, takes TIME.  I am the one who believes in Kaizen, tiny steps for big growth.  I am the angel who delights in taking things slowly, who whispers in your ear when you get discouraged.  I am the one who continues to nurture the inner growth in spite of outer disasters such as thunderstorms, tornadoes, and other bad-things-that-happen-to-good-people. What do you give me? I give you patience with yourself as you go through the long process of bringing your body back to its natural weight.  I give you a steady focus on inner growth while you are losing the weight, no matter what is happening outside of you.  I give you knowledge of the “big picture” as each tedious day goes by. What do you want from me? I want you to see the big picture, to remember the Kaizen way, to slow down and be patient, to give yourself time. NOTES FROM DAILY READINGS: July 2006- Growing a garden, growing even just ONE flower takes time.  Much time.  Come and sit in my garden today… and every day.  Allow your distress to sink into the soil and disappear.  Let my rainbow wings remind you of sunny, brighter days.  Within my patient wings lies the secret of all growth.  Come and grow with me. July 2006- Here I am again, a few weeks later!  I am a blessed reminder that my Presence is quiet but very powerful.  I know you are discouraged, Dear One.  Latch onto my rainbow wings. Allow them to shelter you from your own distress.  All shall be well. October 2006- I am the one who instills Patience in you.  I am the one who is growing your inner life.  My message for you today is this: Come and sit with me in my Garden of Patience, and notice how slowly things grow.  Be patient with yourself as you go through each day. Open your heart and receive my gifts of patience.

Chameleon/People Pleaser- Committee Suit

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ScchameleonI’ve been meaning to make this chameleon/people pleaser card for a long time now, because I’ve been aware of this part of me for quite a while now. A few months ago, I finally found the right images for it, so here it is! Who are you? I am the one who tries hard to blend in with everything around me, no matter what that looks like.  I am the one who thinks everyone will be happier (including me) if I make myself look like everyone and everything else.  I am the one who also makes my insides (feelings, thoughts) imitate everyone else’s. I don’t want to stand out, to be noticed, to be judged for being different.  I want to fit in.  I want to be like everyone else. What do you have to give me? I give you protection. That is my ultimate gift to you.  When you hide your uniqueness, no one can hurt you or judge you or make you feel bad for being who you are.  I am in the business of keeping you safe, inside and out.

What do you want from me? I want you to stop trying to be unique. I want you to be like everyone else.  I want you to be safe from those who judge people who are different. Is there anything else you want to tell me today? Yes!  I know you are worried about the upcoming vacation with Jeff’s family. If you listen to me, I will keep you small and safe. Just do what they’re doing and act like they’re acting, and you will be all right. NOTE: Now that I hear how loud and strong this voice is, I can begin to dialogue with it some more.  I can choose to listen to it or not, as I face certain situations where I might be tempted to “fit in” instead of being true to myself.

Spiritual Warrior- Council Suit

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ScspirwarriorI made this card as I was focusing in on the third chakra, using Anodea Judith’s book The Sevenfold Journey as a guide.  This ties in with the concept of power, around which I am shifting my old beliefs from negative to positive.

Judith describes the Spiritual Warrior as “one who is willing to stand their ground, to protect the sacred within, to accept challenges, and maintain power in a firm and quiet way.”

I have not begun to dialog with this powerful spirit guide but I can already feel her presence in my life.  I am noticing more about the times in my life when I feel powerful, and I am embracing those times more fully.