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9 of Insights: Inspiration

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9 of Insights: Inspiration
Card 9 of the winter solstice contemplation
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by Ingrid Schippers on December 29, 2024 with 0 comments

Today,on this ninth day of the winter solstice contemplation following the footsteps of our pagan ancestors in  the way they would use the ritual  in pre-christian days; I am just going to describe the essentials of the Nan Yar Who Am I card  ‘9 of Tools’  for inspiration.   ‘ One of the interpretations in …

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8 of Gifts: Imagination

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8 of Gifts: Imagination
Card 8 of the winter solstice contemplation
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by Ingrid Schippers on December 28, 2024 with 0 comments

Today, on this 8th day of  practising the 12 -day  winter solstice contemplation ritual the way our pagan ancestors used to perform it in pre-christian days,  we take a closer look at  the Nan Yar – Who Am I personal development card titled  ‘Imagination’, the 8 of Gifts. One may wonder why humanity was gifted …

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VII: The Chariot.

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VII: The Chariot.
Card VII of the winter solstice contemplation
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by Ingrid Schippers on December 27, 2024 with 0 comments

The 7 years cycles of consciousness While we are all born in Body,Soul and Spirit, we loose touch with Spirit the moment we ‘set foot on earth’. The ‘setting foot’ may be taken quite literally. As long as we are babies, unable to walk or talk and seemingly  unaware of existence, we are still very …

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6 of Tools: Journaling

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6 of Tools: Journaling
Card 6 of the winter solstice contemplation
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by Ingrid Schippers on December 26, 2024 with 0 comments

Do you still have old diaries ? When you re-read these records of your life story, do you recognise yourself in what you wrote down maybe decades ago?  I find old journals can hold surprising revelations, describing life lessons that had yet to reach their full potential at the time they were recorded, yet already …

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V: The Pope

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V: The Pope
Card 5 of the winter solstice contemplation
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by Ingrid Schippers on December 25, 2024 with 0 comments

The Tarot of Marseille  the Nan Yar Who Am I cards are based on, depicts card number V as The Pope. Seeing the Marseille Tarot came into the world at the end of medieval times, when the pope in Western Culture had been regarded as the representative of God on earth for more than a …

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4 of Insights: Balance

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4 of Insights: Balance
Card 4 of the winter solstice contemplation
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by Ingrid Schippers on December 24, 2024 with 0 comments

While the numerology of the number 4 is all about balance, as written on the 4 of Insights card, it can also be a bit limiting, like is stated on the 4 of  Challenges when set patterns get the better of us; or even boring to an a certain extent, when we start doing things automatically …

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3 of Tools: Dreams

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3 of Tools: Dreams
Card 3 of the winter solstice contemplation
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by Ingrid Schippers on December 24, 2024 with 0 comments

The third card of the 12 day challenge of the winter solstice contemplation, explains a bit more about the 3 of Tools:  a cord of the minor arcana, also known as the lesser secret, that mirror your stand in daily life. While the 22 cards of the major arcana – also known as the bigger …

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II: The Popess, Inner Wisdom

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II: The Popess, Inner Wisdom
Card 2 of the winter solstice contemplation
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by Ingrid Schippers on December 23, 2024 with 0 comments

The Popess, the card carrying the roman numeral II, is all about the wisdom we all carry within as life-travellers on earth. She comes right after card I: the Illusionist. While the Illusionist can still paint a different picture diverting things from what they really are, the inner wisdom wisdom card characterised by the archetype …

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1 of Challenges:  Potential

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1 of Challenges: Potential
The first card of the winter solstice contemplation
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by Ingrid Schippers on December 22, 2024 with 0 comments

What does the word potential summon up for you when you look back at 2024? Which Challenges came your way? Did they come for a reason? What did they have to tell you? How did you respond ? Which position did you take? What change did they encompass? Yesterday, December 21st, I chose my first …

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Winter Solstice Contemplation ’24-’25

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Winter Solstice Contemplation ’24-’25
12 day Challenge to unwind, dream and create
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by Ingrid Schippers on December 20, 2024 with 0 comments

“I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach. Charles Dickens – A Christmas Carol The energies of wintersolstice …

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