Open Bed

(Thursday, February 5, 2015)  Waning gibbous moon in Virgo / tarot: four of pentacles

The Dreamsters are in a pickup truck together. We are heading to Guatemala or maybe Argentina, somewhere people speak Spanish. Peter is driving, in his Bear Mode, speeding along a causeway or canal. Bonnie and Pat are in the cab, but Jeanne and I are in the open bed of the truck, bouncing around. I am a little scared. Jeanne is calm.

We park next to a large multi-story brick building that is shaped like an “L.” We enter a main floor restaurant, the door of which is at the intersection of the two wings of the building. The corner angle. Jeanne and I are wearing long, flowered cotton skirts and our feet are bare (bear feet?). I worry we won’t be admitted without our shoes but the wait staff “look the other way.” The restaurant has a Christmas tree in the center of the room as well as other holiday decorations. Fiesta time. A small, gruff boy stands against the outer wall; he is enjoying giving me a bit of grief. There is no language barrier.

Day notes:
 
Chris and I went to the cardiologist today. The doctor recommended ablation, so we scheduled surgery for February 16. Jeanne’s son Scott has had multiple ablations, to no avail. Her daughter’s family is heading to Argentina today.
 
The shape of the truck reminds me of the heart chambers: the small cab is like the atrial and the larger bed is like the ventricle. Pickup bed reminds me of hospital bed.
 
Chris ordered a new bed from Room and Board. It arrives on Wednesday.
 
The gruff boy is like Chris interacting with health care professionals.

Great Flood

(Thursday, February 5, 2015)  Waning gibbous moon in Virgo / tarot: four of pentacles

It is the time of the Great Flood. There is no land and the water is many miles deep. I am floating in the clear, warm sea with all of God’s creatures. Happy. The ocean is home.

Day notes:
 
Today at the cardiologist’s I opened the copy of “Braiding Sweetgrass” that Bonnie loaned to me. The first pages tell the story of Skywoman and muskrat, the Dakotah and Ojibwe creation teaching. It’s the story of the Great Flood, and so so much more.
 
Muskrat resting on the head of Turtle
Muskrat resting on the head of Turtle

2014 Review Denise

Themes:
Red (rubedo, heart, rising kundalini)
White, ice, arctic (albedo, fifth and sixth plane of consciousness – light body)
Sea (soul/anima mundi/cosmic sea of being/source of consciousness)
House (soul?)
Stone walls/cottages/buildings (alchemical Philosopher’s Stone)
Conferences (higher learning, the collective, communication)
Angels (light body)
Spirits, transition
Couples, union
Bonnie

Recurrent words (number of mentions)
Red (46)
White (28)
House (22)
Sea (19), ocean (5)
Spirits (16)
Wood (15)
Square (13), plaza (4), cube (2)
Sister (13)
Gold (11)
Bonnie (11)
Green (10)
Angel (9)
Grey (9)
Center (9)
Couple (8)
Conference (8)
Stairs (8)
Cloud (8)
Field (8)
Coworkers (7)
Shop (7)
Walls (7)
Ceramic tiles or sculptures (7)
Children (7)
Vehicle (6)
Lion (5)
Flying (4)
Baby (3)
Vortex (3)

2014 categories:
Alchemical
Spiritworld visitations
Precognition, remote viewing
Historical, Akashic record

Alchemical:
Early clue: “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice”
Recent clue: “Heart-Shaped Portraits”

Stages of alchemy:
Lesser work (nigredo, black): the creation of the white stone or rose of albedo
Second stage (albedo, white): opening of the heart, dawn of insight and illumination
Greater work (rubedo, red): creation of the immortal “body of light” and the integration of body, soul and spirit

Sacred marriage: union of the visible and invisible dimensions

Citrinitas is the fire stage between albedo and rubedo which, according to Nigel Hamilton, sometimes occurs so quickly it goes unnoticed. I think my dream “Rocketship” is a citrinitas dream. Stage of the rocket!

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