It’s Farey Friday. How was your week? Did you do anything new? This was a quiet week at home for us. We have been in deep discussions about what to do regarding our daughter’s school and how we are going to handle the situation. We haven’t made any decisions yet. Are you trying to figure out what it is that you might do?
For today’s card pull I am using the Faeries’ Oracle by Brian Froud with text by Jessica Macbeth. This is a single card pull since it is an oracle deck. If you like this deck you can get it for yourself. Just click on the picture below.
What do the Fae want me to share?
Today’s card is number 48 - A Collective of Pixies
Duty. Willingness. Joyful participation. Virtue
A pixie's gotta do what a pixie's gotta do, and one of the things a pixie has to do is to dance. It has to be done, so that the flowers will grow and fruit, the grass will do its photosynthesis thing, the trees will put down their roots properly, and other processes will proceed in their proper time, at their proper pace. The pressure of the pixies' energetic little etheric feet may even be what helps to keep the world turning at the right speed—at least, they claim it does. (I know that physicists claim differently, but who would you rather believe? Besides, physicists keep changing their minds about things, and pixies have done this dance forever and the world has kept on turning, hasn't it? All the physicists do, anyway, is to explain how the pixies' dance works, not who does it.)
Approaching these tasks with lightheartedness is, they say, essential. It lends virtue (in the sense of potency) to their actions. Otherwise, their feet would come down too heavily and stunt the growth of things instead of enhancing it—or they might step too lightly, and then things might grow the wrong way up or sideways. It could make the world turn wrong.
Pixies could treat their duty as something boring or oppressive, but they choose to take joy in doing it and doing it well. Are you faced with duties? Like the old saying goes, a merry heart makes light work. We have a choice about how we do anything. We can make a game of it and do it happily. We can take an attitude that makes it demanding and oppressive. We can choose to regard it as boring and dull. When we choose the first attitude, the results have a different feeling, a different energy than the results of the other two. Anyone and everything that come in contact with the results of that work feels the difference and is affected differently by it, whether they notice it or not. So, here is another of those places where we can make the world better or worse—and do the same to ourselves simultaneously.
What is needed here is not only an awareness of duty but a merry approach to it. This job has to be done, so one might as well do it willingly. Progress through this dance maze step by step—lithely and lightly. Take joy and pride in achievement. Approach the work with zeal, zest, and zing—and perhaps even a little zaniness as well. Otherwise, you might as well not bother—well, almost. There is something about this lighthearted approach to your duty that is important at this time in order to achieve the results you want.
Additionally, consider the words collective and cooperative as you make your plans. This situation may take more than one person, perhaps several working together to achieve the desired results. Joining forces with others is appropriate at this time. Seek the cooperation of friends, family, coworkers, and faeries, as appropriate.
In today’s reading all I can think of is something I hear at the grocery store every time I go there, “We are all in this together.” The world has turned Topsy turvy. We aren’t sure what is in store for our futures, both individually and as a whole. Things have changed so dramatically and we are still not sure how much or when it will end. This card though makes me think that no matter what we need to work together. That by doing so we will find our joy. We need to work hard towards a common goal.
For myself, I trying to find a little joy everyday. With having small children this can sometimes be a simple thing like listening to them play, or teaching them something that brings a smile to their face. I like to work with like minded people and keep things light and happy. Working together and keeping joy in my heart is one of the things that I have gotten good at doing. I always try and share that with those around me.
Do you find joy in what you do? Will you join in the dance with the Pixies?
I hope that this reading has been helpful to you all. Please let me know if it has impacted you in any way. I’d love to hear from you. I am doing personal Astrology, Divination, Card and Astro Dice Readings for a fee. If you would like to have one please email me at [email protected].
While doing this reading I am was listening to Spotify playlist Faeries: The Seelie Court. You can find me on Spotify under amrauthor. I hope you enjoy the music.
May your stars shine brightly upon you.
Image of actual card is one that I took of my own deck of cards.