(Wednesday, February 7, 2024) waning crescent moon Capricorn / tarot High Preistess
I am in a huge city that feels like Chicago or New York. Philly? Because all of the buildings are dozens of stories in height there is no visibility of the sky or parks or trees. Literally “sky scrapers,” I guess. The only thing I can see are the towers, sidewalks and streets. The stones and cement of the structures are extremely dense, several feet deep. Looming. Mountainous.
My male spirit guide is on my left side, as usual. As we walk together he points to the right and advises me to head to a corner of the city where Black residents attend their religious services. He wants me to join their ceremonies. I turn to the right, on my own, and feel a bit overwhelmed. Will I be welcomed? What will I learn? What can I contribute?
I find a tall, modern cathedral and head inside. Everyone who is visible to me appears to be White, but it is a large space with hundreds of people. A cheerful male preacher is interacting with the community. He asks initial questions and people stand up to respond, to him and to each other. There are small wooden railings that separate the groups. It feels like a Quaker meeting. The members are very calm and serious. And I have grass beneath my feet!
Day notes:
I have been receiving emails from Rob, my old T’ai Chi teacher at the Quaker church in St. Paul. Robert, the head of the T’ai Chi Center, sold his house on Burnham Road where he taught and where Patrick used to live. Robert moved to Portland to live near his daughter and granddaughter.
The skyscrapers feel so “closed in”. The guide suggesting the church with Afro Americans seem to be a suggestion for inspiration/life. It is different that what I expect and I feel comfortable.