Artwork
This is a Spell to hold space for the grieving soul . Containing ground tourmaline to hold and ground heavy energies . To bring the viewer, the seeker to the present moment and provide a psychic armor . Protection in the depths of shadow, of the subconscious, of strong emotional pull . To guide the seeker to the wisdom to be found there and help them to clear and let go of what is ready to be shed . To emerge reborn, transformed
Inspired by a vision I had during a sound bath at the David Lynch Festival of Disruption years ago; this painting is about grief but also hope. The 5 of cups is a card of surrender . When we are experiencing grief, sadness and loss it can sometimes feel as if we are drowning in the waters of the spilled cups . What was lost . The way to the surface from the shadowy depths is to move through them . Can we surrender to our feelings allowing them to be felt . To be released . To move through us and remember the nourishment that comes from water . Can we mine the depths of the sea for a treasure; a key to be found in the dark . A small glimmering light to feed the soul and begin to refill the spilled cups . Traditionally it is said that the seeker can’t see the two cups that remain upright . I don’t believe that this is necessarily true . Sometimes grief is hardest when you can see those cups but can’t seem to take them . Holding deep sadness and available joy at the same time can be difficult to do . This card teaches us how to do that . How to hold both and . Then healing and transformation can take place . The Blood Moon and it’s intense pull on the tides reminds us that healing is a cyclical, spiralic Journey . Not a straight and easy path . To be gentle with ourselves, compassionate and to honor our cycles and seasons . The Ouroboros around the moon reminds us that where there is death there is rebirth . We are emerging from the depths reborn, transformed. Life Death Life . What was lost has been Transformed