Category: Denise

(Friday, July 7, 2023) waxing gibbous moon Pisces / tarot Death

At dawn I dream of being with a group of much younger women. I am preparing to leave. Lots of the dream details are gone, but I remember inspiring and mentoring a few of the women in the past. Even what I leave behind will be useful to some. Kleopatra (a kind, beautiful Greek former coworker) asks me about an old United States law. She shows me the number associated with the legislation. I tell her I don’t know if it is still in effect, although I think it is. It seems to have passed in the 1960s.

I head up a set of stairs to a room where I can take my time and organize my departure. From there I can see the young women. They are very active and playful. The walls are invisible, or don’t exist.

In the open office room I am going through a stack of plastic cards. Many of them are not needed anymore, but a couple of them are still important. I can’t locate my bank card right away, yet after searching and finding it, I see that the plastic surface has split in half. There is a top and a bottom, and both pieces of plastic have lost most of their color and information. They are nearly clear. I begin my walk to the bank to ask for an updated card.

Day notes:

After the dream, in “waking” life, I went on two errands, meeting a helpful young woman at each stop. One woman was at my eye surgeon’s office. She asked for two cards to scan on her billing device.

When I worked with Kleopatra, she managed four talented young women on the EU marketing team that I interacted with each day. I miss them.

(Thursday, July 6, 2023)

I decided to walk to the Museum of Russian Art today. I’ve been worried about the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine. Zelenskyy says Russia is planning to trigger an explosion. The exhibit, which ends on Sunday, is phenomenal and emotionally overwhelming. On the first floor is a huge exhibit called “Premonition of a Russian Dystopia.” The second floor exhibits are “Ukraine Defiant” and “Say No to War.”

“Premonitions of a Russian Dystopia” paintings are by Geli Korzhev (1925–2012). His work follows the path of Hieronymus Bosch in an attempt to capture humanity’s darker side, its shadow. Thirty years ago Korzhev said, “Our country is being occupied by spiritual enemies. Behind a civilized appearance, one can see a beast full of hate.” The museum curator mentions Jung and says on a societal level, ignoring the shadow and displacing it to the outside leads to wars.

“Ukraine Defiant” is by architect Elena Kalman. “Say No to War” displays small, powerful cartoons by numerous Ukrainian and Russian artists. Many draw Putin as Satan.

(Wednesday, July 5, 2023) waning gibbous moon Aquarius / tarot Lovers

I dream of a Minneapolis warehouse building from the 19th century. This one has been completely gutted. It is being redone. All of the cement or stone pillars, walls and twenty-foot high ceilings have been spray-painted white. It reminds me of the real-life downtown spaces we rented for photoshoots at my last design job.

The rehab crew wants me to create large garden beds throughout the full interior. I move about and pick three spots, but then decide to abandon a garden I consider for the entryway. I am planning to use thick ceramic borders, nearly a foot wide, for the final two garden beds, filling them with coneflowers and non-posy companions, perhaps bluestem grasses. The beds will be at a gentle angle, not flat.

The construction team is unable or unwilling to help me find an expert to create the giant rectangular pots. I understand. It is certainly a more complex project than I can create myself. So I tell the contractors to make decorative wooden walls instead, with aluminum or steel boxes inside for the soil and plants.

I feel a bit of relief to be done with the project that I had not anticipated nor sought. I head outside and see my sister Jo. We have a close relationship, both in the dream and in waking life. She gives me a friendly wave and moves on along the sidewalk.

Next I see Jo’s husband, although he does not look like her actual spouse. He has a different personality, too, and he is coming my way. He intends to make love with me. Just the anticipation of his entry into my body makes me feel ecstatic. My heart is strong, joyful. Second and fourth chakras are on fire.

When I awake from the dream I know that Jo has no anger or resistance to this sexual event, which makes me wonder who my dream lover really is.

Day notes:

Coneflowers are a healing plant.
https://foliagefriend.com/coneflower-flower-meaning/