Happy Faery Friday. I hope that your week has been going well. Mine has been one of celebration and joy. Thanks to all my friends for your warm birthday wishes.
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 8 - The Singer of Courage
Bravery. Sublimation of fear. Moral strength.
Someone once said that courage is not the absence of fear but that which enables us to experience fear and not be stopped by it. It is also what enables us to do what we believe to be right even when there is pressure from others around us to do otherwise. It is what enables us to go ahead into the unknown or the perilous, where there are no guarantees of safety or security.
In our lives we are often, even constantly, confronted with a new world, a new way of being in the world, a new way of seeing and of being seen. Ordinary living takes courage, and to rise above the ordinary into the extraordinary takes even more courage. One of the keys to courage is to consider the fear and find a way to let the energy of the fear itself power the action. That is true courage.
Often people think of courage as being part of high heroism. It is, but it also has its quiet, hidden side as well - and that may require greater courage because we cannot expect the rewards of praise and approval for it. For example, no courage is needed to be unhappy and self-pitying. We do not need to be self-disciplined or wise for that. However, to open our hearts to the risks and vulnerability of joy and trust requires all of those things, especially courage.
Within each of us, there is the terrified inner mouse, and there is the brave inner hero. Either part of us can take over from the other. We get to choose which is in charge. The mouse is a magician with only one trick. It can cast an illusion that it is as big as an elephant. Then fear nearly overwhelms us - but we still have choice. Learning to live with and manage the reactive animal within involves transforming emotions like rage and fear into courage through self-discipline and the help of the Singer of Courage.
Most people have decided by the age of three or four what they must do in order to survive. From this decision, this belief about how the world is, most of our fears and self-limitations grow. Have we the courage to discover and break through these limiting beliefs, awaken to greater possibilities, and go for our objectives?
We need to transcend our fears and accept the gift of courage.
This is one of those cards that I feel like hits right to the heart of what is going on. We all need courage right now. I think we need to remember that it is within all of us and that we need it. You are strong and can face the fear that is surrounding us right now. So much has changed and that is the one thing that we all have to remember. It will change again. We just need to have the courage to move forward.
For myself I am working on washing away the fear that I pick up around me. So I have learned how to face that and have the courage to acknowledge my own fears. Even though I have them does not mean that I curl up and hide, I push forward with my courage.
Are you seeing how you are being courageous? Remember your courage is within you.
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. If you would like to have one please email me at amandamrickey@zodiaccelestial.com.
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.
May your stars shine brightly upon you.
Image of the actual card is one that I took of my own deck of cards.