Climate Change

(Wednesday, October 9, 2024) moon first quarter Capricorn / tarot Strength

I am heading to hear a speech by Kamala Harris, driving on a long, straight road in St. Paul. Summit Avenue? There are huge castle-style buildings like those I knew as a teenager. I used to take Catechism at Latino-Grace and we would often go to workshops in a beautiful old manor-house in St. Paul. Catechism there was a politically liberal environment.

I reach a railroad and turn to the right, parking outside of a new, large hotel. Surprise: I meet Kamala in person at a tall table provided for a private meeting with a few other women. I am the first to arrive and I sit next to her (she is on my left). She gives me a sweet hug. She has my back for the entire event. Overwhelmed, I begin with small talk about St. Paul. “It has such a different vibe than Minneapolis,” I say. We continue to chat about different parts of the country as more women arrive to sit at our table. We are to discuss climate change.

A much younger woman with blonde hair is at my right. She holds a magazine she designed and asks me: “How is your job going?” Perhaps she is my younger self. I admit that I have been forced to retire. Two sympathetic Secret Service men standing at my left are very angry about my unplanned professional fate.

When our conversation about climate change begins the dream shifts. I walk to the top of a steep mountain and transition into a middle-aged man with dark hair. My family owns this property. A drought has taken over the region. We need to put out large steel buckets just to save a little bit of rain for garden beds. It feels like death. I am afraid my children will not survive.

Day notes:

Hurricane Milton is terrifying. It arrives in Tampa early Thursday morning. There are already tornadoes in Florida.

St. Paul is the capital of Minnesota. Governor Walz is Harris’ running mate. I lived in Lowertown when art was a big part of my life. The State Capital is near the St. Paul Cathedral.

I am watering my backyard today. We have a drought. Rustic Lodge is on a steep hill above Minnehaha Creek.

Maybe the dark-haired man is Cullan. I do very much worry about what my grandkids’ lives will be like with dramatic, dangerous climate change.

Day notes November 16, 2024:

After Kamala lost the election on November 5, I was horrified to realize the deepest meaning of this dream. It feels like our democracy is dead, that autocracy and the Christian Right are taking over our country. I shared this dream with Cindy B. and she shared it again with Victoria’s dream circle. We discussed it yesterday. Everyone confirmed that we hadn’t realized the precognition of this dream. Until now.