Card: Allowing

When we pull this card, we are reminded that there is a beginning and ending to everything in our world. From birth to death, from day to night, each has it's own celebration of birth and welcoming of death. We as humans live in this cycle and will need to come to terms with those things around us that may not always arrive at the right time. We need to be willing to accept those things that arrive without warning so that the next in the progression can arrive. Just as Lord Nataraja begins the dance on one side to welcome life, he circles around and welcomes in the end in the next turn.

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 Draw: Letting Go

Message: "Everything is indeed out of control, and God will hold it all. I can safely let go."

The center of this card has a single figure who, like many other Hindu deities has many forms or avatars. This card shows Vishnu, whose avatars include Rama, Krishna and in some beliefs, the Buddha. He is seated in the lotus position, which is said to have a calming, grounding effect on the body. His hands are in the Bhairava position. Bhairava mudra is considered the ultimate mudra, where individual awareness is unified in the mind and body, both the inward and outward self are one. The other symbolism on the card include, sparrows, leaves, a woman in a worship pose and a lion. The Lion represents royalty, ferocity, majesty, strength, courage and commanding power.

 Card: Extraordinary

Message: "There's a wild impetuous uniqueness to you that deserves to be honored."

This beautiful purple colored card has a huge male peacock with this tail feathers, known as a train, fanned out. The peacock means many things across many cultures. Most associate this bird with pride. As when the male is looking to impress a mate. The idea is that the more beautiful, elaborate or extraordinary the train, the more likely he is to mate. We even refer to this action in our language with the term "strut like a peacock" which is interpreted to mean having a very high opinion of oneself, filled with or showing excessive self-esteem.

Lord Kartikeya is the Hindu god of war and the vehicle he rides is a peacock called Paravani. Therefore, the peacock is considered sacred and if you keep its feather in your homes, it said to protect you from the evil energies. Hindus also associate the peacock with Lakshmi, a benevolent deity who represents patience, kindness, compassion, and good luck.

Hindu God Kartikeya on peacock

Sakanda Murugan on a Peacock