Category: Denise

(Wednesday, August 14, 2024) waxing gibbous moon Sagittarius / tarot Hierophant

Last night I dream I have a giant old house with very tall ceilings. The only work that needs to be done is color: I am painting, painting, painting. I mention to some one that the rooms will be done in three years. So much more to go, but the results make me happy. The hard work doesn’t affect my energy. I am strong. My skills get better and better.

I finish a room, choosing two related colors, light blue and light green (the actual plan for my upstairs bedroom). Chris says he prefers grey. I take a break and walk outside, along a long, narrow sidewalk that is next to the side of the house. The concrete is original. Even the simple bushes and flowers seem like they are unchanged from past decades.

Day notes:

I finished the downstairs bedroom last week and it is beautiful. Chris and I are very pleased. Tremendous work: three coats on the ceiling, doors, baseboards and windows. Two coats on the sky-blue walls. Spray-painted copper on all of the window hinges, locks and pulls. New solar shades, bedspread, pillows and a new ceiling light/fan. Early this week I started prepping the dining room, which will be a much easier project.

The big house in the dream reminds me of the message I sent a distant relative via Ancestry. I mentioned the huge, fancy house my great-grandparents owned in Worthington, where my grandmother Helen was born. It was torn down years ago and turned into a parking lot near a commercial building.

(Tuesday, August 13, 2024) first quarter moon Sagittarius / tarot nine of wands

Cullan and Hillary are busy in my dream, taking care of their children Wyn and Oona. All is going well. Hillary is most noticeable in the dream and she is on my left. There is a house to the right of me, in our neighborhood. A corner house. They have been thinking about buying this one, but they don’t have time for the hard work of purchasing and upgrading real estate.

Suddenly I notice former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton walking quickly towards the Victorian house. They have decided to buy it! When I look at it again, I see how run-down it is. Odd: the Clintons are extremely wealthy. Why choose this small, sad home?

Day notes:

Cullan and Hillary had a big fight on Sunday. They have decided to separate for a week and then have another conversation. Cullan is staying here. This makes me incredibly full of sorrow. Both are great parents. I hope they can keep working things out in a positive way. I see that my dream is about their relationship but I am unsure what the message is. My dreams are usually precognitive so I need to figure this out. In the dream Cullan and Hillary are getting along but what does the broken-down house mean? Ominous? Even though it is broken, a wealthy and successful couple (who have had serious marriage issues in real life) are going to take loving care of it.

Two Hillarys in the dream. The names Cullan and Bill (William) are similar.

Today I went to vote and when I walked on the sidewalk past a neighbor’s corner house I saw their children’s chalk-work. One was a big “W” (Wyn) and one was a big circle (like “O” for Oona). That felt like a potentially positive synchronicity. I hope.

Turning the corner? Or trapped, cornered? I think turning the corner, as the roads are open on both sides of a house on a street corner. Also the fixes the Clintons will make is a turn for the better.

Saturday, August 17: We worked on this dream today on Victoria’s Dream Circle. A few of the new titles from our group:
Let’s Fix The House
My Small Dream For Victoria’s Dream Circle
The Sometimes Small And Sad Of Loving
Beautify The Ancestral Story
I Bless This Small House
Childcare
The Choice
Turning The Corner
The Hard Work Of Restoration
The Helpful Road Is Open On Two Sides (mine)

Saturday, August 17: One of the dream questions Victoria asked me was about the health issue that I mentioned over a month ago. I said I have aphasia. My first mention was “I have possible svPPA, mild cognitive impairment.” Victoria and Nori both said they have aphasia. They are not worried about me. I said I have been waiting since May for an appointment at the Mayo Clinic, and a friend believes if they are not in a hurry to see me it is probable that my health issue is not extreme. Amazing to hear that the writer Victoria also has aphasia! It makes me feel a little less anxious.

Sunday, August 18: Cullan and Hillary had a long conversation today while I hung out with Wyn and Oona. They have sorted things out and Cullan is back home with his family.

(Monday, August 12, 2024) first quarter moon Scorpio / Queen of Pentacles tarot

I stand at the top of a sloping river bank and tumble down the grassy hill. The soft, brown sand is deep. My feet sink in several inches, but I keep heading to the river’s edge. Very pleasant.

When I reach the bottom, I see the opening of a cave and I turn right to head inside. Once into the underground, I see that the cave is an ancestral residence that is shaped like a long, long tunnel. Never-ending.

Immediately I notice that this was the home of a man from the fifteenth century. Nothing is new. Some of the house elements are from the original builder, but many others are from other time periods. The furniture, artwork and decor span hundreds of years.

At first I am the only inspector of the underground structure, but others enter the space and wander about, checking out the history. I keep moving forward, from room to room to room.

Day notes:

I got an email last week from my cousin Pat Murphy’s daughter Bridget. A Sheehan family reunion is planned for next year in Kellogg, Minnesota. The Sheehans moved from County Cork to Minneiska in the 1850s, during the potato famine. I have been working successfully on finding more names and dates on Ancestry. I love doing that. My favorite ancestor name is “Experience Bliss” (1649-1721).

This weekend Cullan, Hillary, Wyn and Oona visited the cave in Jordan that sits below an old brewery, along the Minnesota River bank.

Tuesday, August 13: Today I received a message via Ancestry from a distant relative named Judy, related to my grandmother Cermak’s ancestors from Bohemia.