Of future, fate and divination

I see the pattern of life as a spider web – many different futures can be constructed from the same choice. It's not one thread that goes on and on in the same direction until we die, but rather a web with interconnected threads radiating in all directions, criss-crossing each other. And the threads of our lives are also connected to those of other people, influencing each other.

I do, however, believe in fate. But for me fate is not a power that predetermines your whole life from the beginning to the end of it. It's like "knots" that tie together the many threads of "life's web". Situations that must be faces, lessons that must be learnt, a task that must be accomplished in this lifetime, people that you must meet in order to grow. It's like a call beyond your personal will and intentions.

I believe that many people hear the call but either never follow it or insistently deny it, and these are the ones that have the vague impression they missed "something" in their lives... or that they did not fulfil something they were supposed to... And unless they wake up, they risk remaining stuck in that particular knot for a long time.

Although fate can sometimes come as a tidal wave that cuts the ground from under your feet, it can also work very subtly. That means we have to stay alert and open-minded, in order to notice and seize the opportunities fate the throwing our way.

And that's where divination comes it - it helps us to make more informed choices, in order to build the future we want for ourselves, and it also offers us guidance when dealing with those "knots of fate". It makes us aware of them, and shows us how to surf on the sudden waves of destiny instead of being drowned by them! It helps us to be prepared for the moments in which fate intervenes.

PCO: The North Wind says... the lazy days are over!

I did abandon my poor blog to the vultures, but now I'm back. Enough of being lazy!

I pulled a card to see what should I do about my blog, to keep it going and I got the 4 of Spades.

I like how the PCO is always challenging me - this is certainly not an obvious answer for my question, and being a one-card reading, it makes the meaning harder to grasp because there is no observable dynamic, like you see with 2 cards or more.

First of all, I think it relates to my sudden impulse to come back to the blog – the 4 of Spades often relates to unsettling energies that makes us act! As for what I should do, this card tells me to prepare for a challenge: probably the challenge of doing it even when I'm not inspired, the Spades suit talks about hard-work that's not always prompted by a creative energy.

But most of all, Spades is a "doer" suit, and the number four is about completing things in an organized manner, so above all I believe this card is telling me "Holiday's over! Time to get up and get going, m'dear".

Yessir!