Happy Faery Friday, everyone. Can you believe that that we are at the end of July? It has been a very long week. I am looking forward to this weekend as I will be going into Rockie Mountain National Park with my family. I’m really looking forward to it.
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 29 - Ta’Om the Poet
Clear sight. Poetry. Erotic energy. Laughter. Not getting into serious mischief.
For quite a while, as I looked at Ta'Om's portrait, I really didn't have a very clear idea of his character. He looks so serious, so pensive, so thoughtful — but that wasn't the energy I felt coming from him at all. He had me baffled and fooled. Then my son (also a member of the Oracle discussion group) looked at him and noted, "But he's wearing a mask—he's laughing at us. He likes to speed ahead of us, then stand inside a tree and watch us go by, thinking up mischief for us to fall into. Then he flows ahead, like a river, but much faster, up over the hills, and lies in wait for us."
That felt right, but Ta'Om looked at me with such wounded dignity that I almost got confused again. Then he started laughing and dashed off. 1 wondered some more about him, and one of the other faeries said, "He's a fine traveling companion if you have a taste for adventure, bawdy songs, high flights of poetic fancy, and very, um, down to earth observations. A fine,fine fella!"
Ta'Om's boundless curiosity leads him into some strange places, and he is quite happy to take us there with him. Ta'Om's wings, like ours, are neatly folded at his back and not readily visible. He is still learning to use them properly and thinks he is better with them than he really is. He wants to encourage us to unfold our wings and doesn't hesitate to lead us into situations where we almost have to fly (metaphorically, sometimes) in order to survive. When I was young, I think it was he who encouraged me to climb up lots of trees and high buildings I couldn't easily get down from, and I know it was he who encouraged my son to do similar things. He is very fond of children. Like him, they are usually willing to try anything.
Ta'Om has a poetic spirit, which involves much more than just the writing of rhymes. It is about being able to see things as they really are, and in that reality to recognize all beauty, even the beauty of necessity and difficulty. This is not an unthinking, reflexive, immature, "everything is for the best" attitude, but an understanding of the beauty of what we learn from joy and sorrow, from ease and hardship, from pain and pleasure. Ta'Om also wants to show us how silly it is to be so very solemn about life. He laughs at himself, he laughs at us—sometimes he laughs so hard he gets cowslip wine up his nose and then everyone else laughs at him. He doesn't mind that, as long as we are laughing.
Ta'Om is also the young apprentice shaman, barely beginning on the path but with a boundless interest in all things magical and mystical. He'll try anything and encourage you to do so as well, but you might find it advisable to show a little more sense than he does sometimes. He plays the panpipes, but not very well. He also chases the dryads and has much more success at this. He has a lust for life, wine, females, and song. He claims he was born on the Blarney Stone (which I doubt) and consequently has a wonderful gift for words (which I don't doubt at all). He loves children, writers, and blithe, adventurous, uninhibited spirits. He is a storyteller with a great imagination and has the power to inspire others to action with his words.
When Ta'Om turns up in a reading, his presence suggests that youthful spirits and energy abound. This is the time to do exciting things and to tackle projects you've been wanting to do but for which you perhaps felt you didn't have the time or energy. It may even be the time to write about them, but you probably need to do them first.
Ta'Om often shows up in readings for people who have a talent and inclination for writing—poetry, adventure, fantasy, or anything else. Possibly the only thing he ever gets very serious about is his writing, and he will spend all the time he needs searching for just the right word. Speaking and writing with conviction and sincerity and the ability to persuade others are indicated by Ta'Om's presence, along with an outpouring of ideas.
You may also find yourself thinking about romance and deciding that you want more of it in your life. This doesn't necessarily mean looking for someone new,- it might well involve putting some romantic fizz into a relationship that has become overly routine.
What a great card to pull. Ta’Om is one of the fae that I have always loved to get during a reading. He brings about a want to write or go on an adventure. Now is the time to create something for yourself, be it an adventure or a new story. Find that which is egging you on to look deeper into. Pick up the pen or your bag and go for it. Enjoy the journey that you are on here. We need times like this to sit with those we love and share our stories with.
For me, this is a perfect card for this weekend. With us off for an adventure we are going to see where we land tomorrow. Just go and enjoy the forest. There is so much to explore and we get to create a new chapter to our lives as a family. I’m really excited if you can’t tell.
Are you itching to go out into the world? Is there something that you have been wanting to write?
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.