Ah..Technical difficulties this time...computer did not like all the graphics tonight! Sigh Turing it into a round card, changed the feel of the card again...Not exactly what I wanted...but I think it is ok.
Typical full moon...GAH...today was miserable...BUSY as shit at work, and I was exhausted and not in a very on-full-throttle mood! So I was happy to come home to relax, but ended up struggling with this card instead...
Time to put everything away for awhile...and wait for the flow...and the full moon to go away!
Addendum: I finished writing down the meanings of the symbols
What I like about the card I made, is that it epitomizes the image in my head of the description of this card, a card of secrets, wisdom, and all the more esoteric mysteries, which all kind of go together when you look at it long enough. Intuition of the deepest kind that your personal body can store – that’s this wisdom.
Maya Angelou Very Young: When I see Maya I think of a powerful woman, a perfect woman, a woman who is flawed and who draws her strength from the wisdom that she has learned from her mistakes. She does not live in regret, but she lives in the joy of life.
Stevie Nicks dancing on left pillar: My gypsy, another symbol of a talented woman, a timeless woman, someone who is mysterious and creative! I love Stevie’s writing, and what it means to me.
Cass Elliot on the right pillar: Cass is another symbol of a woman who is strong, who knows who she is, who is secure within herself, who was extremely creative. That is why I used the nude photo of her with daisies. I have always loved that photo showing her tattoo. She was quite a businesswoman and adapted herself to the music.
My Youth, Mother Hood, and Wiser woman: The photos I used are of me to represent those three sides of womanhood. My young self is hiding behind a photo of David Bowie with his arms outstretched, he himself at that time was both man and woman…trying out a new sexuality for his generation. Duality and embracing his own vision of his life. My choice of having my children, even though I was young, and people did not recommend it. And then of myself now, still knowing how to have fun, dress up time in my Red Hat Society outfit, celebrating my aging, embracing the changes in my life, and not losing myself as I age.
My Double Yellow Napped Amazon Parrot: Crackers is a symbol of ultimate freedom flying under the blue moon, since she really doesn’t fly…she is a scaredy bird! Yet she is one of the brightest animals I have ever shared my life with, along with all of her vocabulary. She is fun. Loud lately, but fun.
A Blue Moon: It is both the moon and blue, like the description. It is full, full of powerful emotions, full of the draw of the ocean waves; I swear it changes people’s emotions when it is so full.
A Mermaid on the Rocks: I love mysterious mermaids…there is something primordial about them to me. Some thing that sings to me from the sea. I had to include the mermaid. Also there is a mermaid symbol on Maya’s dress.
Golden Gate Bridge: Ah the bridge…A symbol of my absolute freedom! There was a time where I could not drive over that damn bridge! I hate heights and I am claustrophobic! But I can drive that bridge now! My good friend Carol gave me a visual for that adventure. As I come across it to go home, I visualize San Francisco as a very large woman with her arms outstretched to welcome me home and I can sit in that damn traffic on that damn bridge and not have a panic attack! Also, it represents where the music is…where these artists came to play and where I saw them.
Blue Frog: Because the cards color is blue, I had to include a blue frog!
Coral: Where the coral is I had plants and flowers…it didn’t work for me…not with the ocean, so I used the coral instead and the sea urchins!
Song Lyrics: I used the song Alice from Stevie, because if we are talking about powerful women, and being intuitive, it is always good to remember who you are. And I adore the story Alice in Wonderland. I love these lyrics. “Like Alice through the looking glass, she used to know who she was…call out my name”
