A sandpainted mandala is laid out on the dirt. At the center of the wheel is a circle of red surrounded by orange (and on down the rainbow - orange to yellow, to purple, to blue), with lightning bolts emanating from it. It is crossed by horizontal and vertical lines that are colored purple and on top of the crosshairs there is a white bird flying toward me.
Along the outer edge of the circle there are twelve stones. The stones at the crosshairs are decorated with animal symbols - a buffalo to the north, an eagle feather to the east, a coyote to the south and a bear to the west.
Rimming the wheel is a zigzag patterned band of green and red. The crosshairs along this band are colored - white to the north, yellow to the east green to the south and black to the west.
This image of the wheel is both peaceful and powerful - each of the animals depicted are strong in their own way, but they seem to be neither controlled by, nor attempting to control the whole - they each have their place. The most stand out image is that of the white bird (at first glance, I thought it was an owl, but it isn't) in the center. This is the only 'living' image - the rest are drawn on stone, and it is also the only moving image and it is in the place of spirit.
Ground and center, baby, no matter what's happening - apply the right sort of power to the situation. I do like that this Wheel focuses on the response, rather than the stimulus.
So... update to yesterday's 5 of Pents, with its cracked bowl - yes, I needed to be aware of what was underneath my daughter's moodiness... but these bowls show up in the Water suit in this deck (some of them cracked) and guess what? A water pipe in the basement cracked, sending us running to find plastic bins to contain the water that backed up into the tub (something obviously clogged a pipe and the pressure cracked a joint) and was raining down into the basement.
So.... once again, no water...cracked water containers and no water, and a rather precarious home situation...hah!
And today...stay calm and centered at this latest bit of randomosity. I've already heard from the landlady and there should be a visit from the plumber sometime today.
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