Sundown tonight ushers in Rosh Hashanah for Jews around the globe so I greet you with the traditional Happy New Year greeting. Many people are about to begin anew with the time ahead as a blank page, a clean slate, that awaits our writings, our scribbles, our big ideas, our resolutions to live well and do good in the coming year.
Mysteries of the Universe envelope us more frequently in these days of illumination and connectedness. On Wednesday night in my new living room, I casually unpacked my bag of Celtic runes. Just for fun I drew one with no particular question in mind. I drew the blank rune which I’ve only done once previously in my 30 years of oracle abuse. The blank rune offers a clean slate, a tabula rasa, on which to craft one’s life. It leaves us wide open to cast off old beliefs and habits. It suggests freedom and sovereignty, two things sorely lacking in today’s crazy culture.
On Thursday morning, my personal angel, Roberta, came by and saw my angel card deck on the table next to my runes. “Would you like to take the oracle part of the exam?” I asked. Sparkling Roberta chose 3 angel cards: trust, forgiveness, and synthesis. Very nice cards and good reminders to practice each concept when dealing with others and oneself.
We put Roberta’s cards back, I shuffled the deck as we chatted, then pulled an angel card for me. It was the blank card. Blank like the rune I drew the night before.
Roberta and I gasped. What are the odds? The synchroncity of choosing both the blank rune and the blank angel card on the threshold of the new year – the blank slate - that is this high holiday is sweet and powerful.
So to all of you I say, here’s to a new year full of everything we desire. I wish you all good health, success, fun, laughter, kindness, synchronicity, beauty and grace.
Todah raba to all my excellent, brilliant friends around the world who care and make a difference.
May our next chapter be magic.
Tags: angel, high holiday, Magic, mystery, mystical, new year, oracle, rosh hashanah, runes
December 10, 2009 at 11:39 PM |
Unadulterated words, some authentic words dude. Totally made my day!!
December 11, 2009 at 12:23 AM |
Danke, Ronnie. I appreciate your sentiment and that you found my blog. Clearly, you have excellent taste.