During periods of transition, the ground shifts beneath your feet. There’s that flux period where your life is neither what it was nor what it will be, but somewhere in the middle, similar to the void we’ve been discussing here and there. While necessary and natural, this is not my favorite place by any stretch of the imagination. I prefer stable grounding.

Today’s Tarot is the Four of Wands, coming in reversed. Associated with Venus in Aries, this is sometimes called "The Wedding Card" because it frequently shows up to indicate weddings, rites of passage, or other celebrations and milestones. It also sometimes shows up surrounding major breakthroughs. I once got this card along with the Queen of Cups to describe employment–for a hospice worker!  It was counseling (Queen of Cups) surrounding a transitional milestone (Four of Wands), see?  Fours are all about stable foundations, although the stability factor may be in question when the card comes inverted.

Having done tech work for a number of years, I’ve shifted to focusing a lot more (public) attention to Tarot. This is both exhilarating—I love working with Tarot!–and disorienting at the same time. Can’t get a more vivid left-brain/right brain dichotomy than that, man.

My tech clients who follow me on Facebook and Twitter are now treated to a steady stream of my Daily Tarot columns and board postings. I am not entirely sure how this is going  over, beyond assuming that people can unsubscribe to the information stream if they don’t dig it. I hope folks who have worked with me know me well enough to trust my technical expertise, even if they don’t  share my spiritual bent. Still, it’s reasonable to expect some will be less than charmed. (Ahem. We won’t mention my family.)

Just as you might expect from the Four of Wands inverted, the entire situation hasn’t all shaken out. The message for me today is to allow exactly that: processing and settling time. Fruit ripens at its own pace. This card reminds me I would do well to keep shoring up my foundations, remaining open to the joy and celebration that comes from the transition without being overly concerned over the interim. No point, anyway.

How well do you manage big transitions?

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