posted January 17, 2016 06:49 PM
The first animal I pulled was Eilid(Hind)
The Keywords are"Subtlety,Gracefullness,Feminity" Its Gift,Quality or Ability
Is Sensitivity to the Otherworld and Shapeshifting
Its element is earth
It is one of the animals that is part of a pair in the deck it's partner the stag
The card shows the female deer walking the forest in late summer or early fall.A ray of sunshine is coming through the oak trees.
The Hind brings us the gentleness and grace of the femine principle.Opening up to these qualities will help you to achieve a greater degree of sophistication,subtlety.Deer and the white hind in particular,call to us from the otherworld,from the realm of fairy,and invite us to look beyond the material,beyond the superficialities of life,toward the heart of things,towards the realms of causes or effects.Poised in moonlight or sunlight,Eilid invites us to begin an exploration of the Otherworld,of the spiritual dimension of life.
The Next card was Corr(Crane).The Keywords are Secret Knowledge,Patience,Longevity
Its Gift,Quality or ability
Sensitivity to the Otherworld and Journeying
Its Elements Water and Air
The card shows the crane standing in a pool of water.It's legs are crossed to show the Ogham letter Muinn,it is gazing into the water.Behind the pool is an entrance to the Underworld.The full moon is in the sky.
The Crane brings the qualities of patience or perserverence.It waits for hours standing the water peering into it waiting fot the perfect momment to strike.Combined with the ability to be patient it has to capacity to be focused and concentrate without distraction.It brings an ability to guide others into the underworld to help them with their transition at the time of dying,or with the journeying of the inner realms.It conveys an ability to work in the Underworld. The crane symbolised arcane sciences or secret knowledge,which the druids tradition is represented by the ogham script- the language of Druidry.In its widest sense,learning this language involves learning to read the "Book of Nature".
The Last card was the Caillech-Oidhche (Owl).Its keywords "Detachment,Diplomacy and Wisdom"
Its Gifts,Quality or Ability
Initiation and Sensitivity to the Otherworld.
Its Element Air
The card depicts the tawny owl in an oak tree covered in ivy.The full moon is in the sky.It is winter time and votive offerings to Caillech(Crone or hag-Goddess) of a Celtic head and the spiral of death and rebirth.
The owl teaches us the wisdom of turning a disadvantage into an advantage.The owl exceptional hearing gives it an advantage that other birds don't have making it easier to hunt at night the darkness poses no problem to it.The owl shows us ecellent ways to develop sensitivity to the Otherworld and the inner soul of Nature.You may feel drawn to study esoteric lore or clairvoyancy.