A Break before going Higher

Dear Gypsies! Welcome to the GYPSY CAFE! It was a good day yesterday, and I did get a break from thinking and researching, in a sense. I spent my day doing routine work and tying up lose ends as tomorrow I will be leaving again for a little pre-Christmas trip and will not be back until the 21st of December. Perhaps this was actually what the cards predicted yesterday: a break in a literal sense from research and thinking. Breaks are important even though we feel that during them we are stagnant. In reality, we are not; all that we have learnt and tried to understand have a chance to fall into the right compartments and crystallize, and most importantly, will have a chance to come to the rescue when needed.

In fact, I have noticed that when I learn something new and then take a break from it, my brain has the chance to adjust to the new information and slowly my eyes will also start to see how the new theory manifests itself in real life. Read, break, see, read, break, see... is the sequence that takes me to a higher plane of consciousness. I start seeing things I have not seen before, and the world, although becoming bigger and more complex, at the same time is also becoming more simple and more compressed. Routes to dreams are shorter, lighter and easier to trot. People are easier to understand, situations easier to read.

I don't need to pull cards today as I know exactly how I will spend my time: packing and getting ready. Whether it will be a sad or happy day, it matters not: my suitcase needs to be packed either way.

Naturally, I would want the day to be smooth with no feathers ruffled.

I must run now, as the city is awake and I have a thousand things to do.

Have a wonderful pre-Christmas! See you when I get back! Don't do anything I would not do!

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Pausing for a Breath

Dear Gypsies! Welcome to the GYPSY CAFE! It felt great to be on Khnum's potter's wheel yesterday. I could just feel his delicate touches adding the good and taking away the bad to make me the me I need to become.
Today too I am asking the cards about the energies of the day. What can I expect?

Having shuffled my Angel cards, I drew the Reward, the Practice Makes Perfect and the Pause cards. This beautiful combination is telling me that I will be rewarded with a break from the hard work I have been doing lately. I have finally learned how to ask for an energetic break; it took some time to word my desire perfectly. Before I could put my desires into words, I had to come to terms with what I felt I needed. Now it is time to reap the reward of that introspective period. As a result, I am expecting a day of energetic ease, a day of effortless flow, a day of peace and ease.

I am really happy about this message as I welcome peaceful days.

I must start my peaceful day now with nice music, candles and my favourite books...

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On the Potter's Wheel

Dear Gypsies! Welcome to the GYPSY CAFE! I had a quiet weekend when I allowed myself to feel what I wanted to feel, and revel in those sensations. This is an important step in the process of crystallizing our emotions. Coming to terms with our emotions towards things can be a long and tough process that starts with allowing ourselves to feel what surfaces inside us.
Today too, I am asking the cards about what to expect for the day. Having shuffled my Anubis cards, I drew the Khnum, the Khepera and the Nephthys cards. Again, the Khepera and the Nephthys cards appeared the last time I read these cards a week ago. Obviously, the message recurs because it is important and highly personalized. Also, observe how Khnum is incorporated into the Sacred Relationship card drawn a week ago. With that in mind, we can say, that with minor variations, the spread is almost identical to the spread drawn on November 27, 09. Khnum is one of the great creator gods on Egypt. When we are on his potter's wheel, he offers us physical and spiritual renewal. On his potter's wheel, we are recreated and are offered new horizons of awareness.

The cards say that today it is my turn to jump onto Khnum's potter's wheel where I can submit myself to the internal shifts towards self-expansion and healing. Good old Khepera offers protection during times of energetic changes. Nephthys, the card of the High Priestess, tells me that my shifts are taking me to a place where my Third Eye and the Heart chakras will be more and more open.

Funny that, symbolically speaking, both with my studies and my active process of chakra cleansing, each day I am asking to be on Khnum's potter's wheel. I just love how his hands chisel away all that is no longer wanted, clears up blockages, and opens up more and more points where light and lightness can enter into me.

I loved this spread; it put into images what I have been asking for and what I have been experiencing lately.

Oh well... what is above is below, and what is below is above. And let us never forget that. Ever.

Now I must run as the city is waking up and I have a ton to do.

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Internal Sovereignty

Dear Gypsies! Welcome to the GYPSY CAFE! Yesterday, it was a day of running errands, and the day of peaceful research had to be put on hold. It is the season that makes us run around whereas it should be a time for introspection and slowly winding down. We should be especially mindful of this, but it is tough to go against the current, I know. But to stay centered and connected to my core, I start every morning early with lighting my candles, pulling some cards, looking into their meanings, and writing them down. I feel that a paced and structured start helps to set the tone for the day, and if I am really successful, I manage to even stay in that energy field until the evening.

Today too, I am asking the cards about what to expect for today. What will the day bring? Having shuffled my Oracle of the Grail code cards, I drew the Sovereignty, the Honoring and the Charity cards. Finally some cards that have not come up before.

The combination tells me that today I am stepping into honouring my own internal independence and I am charitable towards myself. Charitable in a sense that I am allowing to go only into directions that make me feel good, protected and happy. The more independent I am, the more I can honour being charitable towards myself.

How will I translate this into practice today? What will I do?

I will follow my own instincts and heart, let myself feel what I want to feel, make sense of the world around me in my own way and wrap my feelings into a soft cocoon to be kept warm and cosy.

My day has been busy so far, but I am ready now to dwell into some comforting research and writing.

Have a wonderful day.

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This weekend, allow yourself to feel what you want to feel and see what thoughts make you feel loved and protected. Cherish those thoughts, and let them be your guiding light so that you will always act in a way that will bring you internal peace and a sense of love and safety.

Ruffled Feathers

Dear Gypsies! Welcome to the GYPSY CAFE! Yesterday it was a wonderful day too. Although there were a few errands that needed attention, I continued with my research for the most part of the day. I find that these calmer days centre me and create a stronger core in me. I don't know if I can continue with it today because life has to go on even here, but it was wonderful while it lasted. I did however have a small disagreement with a close friend because of our philosophical differences.
Today too, I am asking the cards about the energies around me. It is getting easier and easier to insert myself into the energies they indicate. I know that acting with such abandon is the toughest thing to do and the confidence in doing that comes with time and a lot of practice. If you are on that path and you don't succeed at once, do not get discouraged. Practice does make a big difference.

Having shuffled my Tarot cards, I drew The Lovers (rx), The Magician (rx) and the Empress cards. The combination tells me about the ruffled energies between my friend and me. The connection between us for today may be quite fragile, but out of keeping some distance a good and more mature connection will emerge. I am looking forward to that.

I must run now, the days of quiet research are over for now, and the city is calling with its interminable demands.

Have a great day.

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Shifting my Perspectives Further

Dear Gypsies! Welcome to the GYPSY CAFE! I had a wonderful day yesterday. I did exactly what the cards had told me to do: at 2:30 I finished my work and then curled up on my bed with my new books. I loved every minute of those calm hours of research, and I am very glad that I could conquer my workaholic impulses and go with the cards' advice. The hours flew by easily and while reading or napping with my eyes covered in my rejuvenating lavender silk mask, I felt a calm happiness descending on me. It has taken me years to be able to enjoy guilt free relaxation, so much we all equate our usefulness with work. It was time for me to see that at times I can serve the world better when I am not working. My mind is more open when relaxed, and I learn more in a few hours than within a few months of hectic research and running around.

Today too, I am asking the cards about the energies that surround me. Having shuffled my Gypsy cards, I drew the Fidelity, the Loss and the House cards. This is interesting: it is exactly the same combination that came up on November 26. The same cards. As you may have noticed, this happens to me often; in fact, even yesterday, two out of three cards were the same as in the combination a few weeks ago. Repeated cards always show us that the message is highly personal.

This combination tells me again, that my perspectives are still in the process of shifting. So, I will let them shift today. Old ideas and perspectives that have given me security before I will soon regard incomplete and will leave behind. The new philosophies I am learning now give me the answers that allow for a complete philosophical and spiritual picture within me to emerge.

So what does this mean in practical terms for today? Another day of curling up on the bed, under a soft blanket, surrounded by my new books, lavender mask ready to be pulled down when short dreams overtake...

Letting my perspectives shift further is how I can serve the world the best today.

Must go now and attend to a few things before I can start shifting. The city is slowly waking up.

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Finding Faith in Relaxation

Dear Gypsies! Welcome to the GYPSY CAFE! Yes, I was tolerant yesterday with everyone, and played along with everyone when the opportunity arose. It was an easy day, but I must say, I did not really accomplish much. Perhaps I went along with everyone just a little too much and was just a tad too tolerant. I still have to find the balance. At least though, I managed to end my battles with my new computer. It is more or less domesticated now and running at my will. Of course, it would help if I knew what I was doing...
Today too, I am asking the cards about the energies that surround me. What will the day bring?

Having shuffled my Angel cards, I drew the Child, the Sleep and the Faith cards. The combination tells me that today I should not be leading an adult life of duties and responsibilities. The day would be best served if I rested and read the books that I had bought during my trips. The books I had bought talk a lot about spirituality and reflect my faith. Relaxing today will help me develop spiritually.

Interestingly, this morning I got up thinking that I will devote the day to reading and researching, which I always find relaxing and meditative.

I am happy to see that the cards encourage me on that path.

Must run now, because the sooner I start my relaxation, the better I will serve the world today.

Have a great day,

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Tolerance to play

Dear Gypsies! Welcome to the GYPSY CAFE! As the cards had forecasted, this weekend was a relaxing one that allowed room for internal shifts to happen. I also got a new laptop which just takes soooo long to set up and get running. I have been fighting with it for hours, but hopefully, by the end of today, the seamless transition will be completed.

Today too, I am asking the cards of the energies around me: what should I capitalize on, and what should I just let go of?
Today, I have decided to ask my Oracle of the Holy Grail cards. I always feel very close to them because of their soft and feminine beauty. Cards as delicate as these with their mostly pre-Raphaelite paintings can only bring comforting messages from sacred places.
Having shuffled the deck, I drew the Tolerance, Win-win and the Play cards. Some of them look already familiar which makes the message even more personal to me. When cards recur, we really feel that they are pointing out to us how we fall back into making the same mistakes over and over again.
This combination is telling me to be tolerant today (again) because that would lead to playful situations to develop whereby everyone will win. This is a wonderful message because there are a few situations in my life now where I have felt I should be more serious and put the brakes on playful banters. This combination, however, reassures me that there is no need to fear playfulness because ultimately it will be to everyone's benefit. In fact, the cards encourage me to relax and be tolerant of lightness and levity because in the end, everyone will win.
It is not the first time that this deck asks me to be tolerant and shows me the Win-win card in the same combination. This is what tells me that the message is highly personal: I am not a particularly tolerant person and can come across harsh as a result. The cards want to draw my attention to the wonderful opportunities that can be created if only I become more flexible with less self-doubt around it.
So, today, I will be tolerant and let my tolerance take me where I need to go.
I must run now, the morning has started, the city is waking up and someone is already calling me.
At this hour? Tolerance, tolerance, tolerance.....
Have a great day!
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Heart Matters

Dear Gypsies! Welcome to the GYPSY CAFÉ! Yesterday's cards have forecasted shifting perspectives, and in fact, the research I am doing is really broadening my horizons. I am happy for my flexibility, and I find a lot of affinity between myself and the new theories that have come my way.
Also, my new couch is fantastic. Every time I look into the living room, I feel like I am in someone else's home, someone modern and stylish. Then I remember it is all mine...

Today too, I am asking the cards about the energies that surround me today. Having shuffled my Anubis cards, I drew the Sacred Relationship, the Nephthys and the Khepera cards. The Sacred Relationship tells me that my heart that is awakening with forgiveness. Nephthys is a card of the High Priestess that symbolizes intuition, being guided and the opening of the Third Eye and the Heart chakras. Good old Khepera offers protection during times of energetic changes.

This mystical Egyptian combination is clearly telling me that today will be a day of subtle energy shifts. As I am in the process of unblocking and cleansing my heart chakra, this energy shift will take place in my heart. Things are also connected though: the more my heart heals, the more intuitive and aligned with myself I will become. I will forgive others for their imperfections as I will also forgive myself for mine. Through all this, the little ancient scarab beetle will protect me.

Interestingly, I do have a scarab pendant. I will put that on my necklace today, so that I can feel its protective energies closer to my body.

I am open to the subtle shifts. After all, I embarked on the path of chakra cleansing. Although the internal energy shifts can be tough to feel at times, in the end, peace and self-integration awaits me.

I must run now and let the demands of the day tear me to pieces.

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This weekend, let the subtle shifts within you take you

to a higher plane of consciousness and internal peace.

Just relax and let the energies work within and around

you. At one moment you will feel that things are just

starting to fall into place.

Shifting Perspectives

Dear Gypsies! Welcome to the GYPSY CAFÉ! The new sectional looks fabulous, if I may say so myself. The room has a completely new atmosphere, a little more lived in, less formal, which is perfectly aligned with my softer and more relaxed way of thinking now. It is interesting how even in small things like home decor, what is inside of us is being reflected on the outside.
Yesterday's message of the cards was precious: to avoid a full blown conflict that only produces stress in consequence, we can disagree internally, in our own universe. This way while stress is avoided, we know we nave not abandoned our own convictions. Everything has its time and place, even disagreements.

Today too, I am asking the cards about the energies around me. After yesterday's decorating challenges, I expect a calm day, but what we expect and what will happen may very well be two different things.

Having shuffled my Gypsy deck, I drew the Fidelity, the House and the Loss cards. I was so happy to see the first two cards until Loss came up in the end. The combination tells me that something I truly believed in, something that has given me solidity so far is about to unravel. Now, come to think of it, this message may not be all that bad. In fact, it speaks of change, and if it is about losing fossilized and outdated ideas then the message is quite good.

In my last trip to Rome, I picked up lots of books that have given me new perspectives on life, the cards and our creative powers within the larger context of the universe. I have started to read these books, and I have noticed a shift in my understanding of the universe and our position in it. Naturally, my old perspectives had to make room for the new ones, and I have not only carefully revised them but even discarded some of them. As I am planning to do more research today, it well could be that I will stumble upon new ideas that will change my old way of thinking. Even if my old way of thinking has given me the security that served me well at a previous stage of my life.

Upon second thinking, the combination is not bad at all. I am open to changes and shifts as they take me to a level of higher understanding of our world and the world of the cards.

Now I must start my work before the city wakes up and I get torn to pieces.

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A World of my Own

Dear Gypsies! Welcome to the GYPSY CAFÉ! Yesterday's message was a strong one, partly because of the combination, and partly because the Tarot cards are very high resonance cards whose messages, especially those of the Major Arcana, are very powerful. As to the dominant lover figure channelled in the combination: a strong sense of love and gratitude towards all things I have and cherish did definitely surface yesterday. In fact, on my last trip I picked up some books that talk about divine love in such tender terms that it brought tears into my eyes. I am sorry to say, however, that no sexy guy has showed up at my door demanding instant entry.
Today started in a hectic way because I am getting some new furniture delivered, and I had no idea that today was the delivery day. Now, of course, I am stuck with too many things around here that need to find new homes.

In this confusion, it is all the more pressing to ask the cards about the energies around me. Perhaps their message will bring me peace of mind.

Having shuffled my angel deck, I drew the Stress Management, Don't Compromise and Practice Makes Perfect cards. The combination tells me to take this stressful day as it comes, but stand my ground in case I feel overpowered. I have to practice how to handle stressful situations without abandoning my own convictions and giving up my own sphere.

This is very good advice. We can diffuse a stressful situation by keeping our own beliefs and integrity. We don't always have to disagree verbally; in fact, we can disagree with a situation internally, within our heart and soul. Knowing that we can retreat into our own internal world will shield us from the energies of others and of stressful situations.

Now I must run to make room for the new sectional couch... where the old one will go is still a mystery...

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Surrendering to Dominance

Dear Gypsies! Welcome to the GYPSY CAFÉ! I am finally back from my trip, which was fabulous, interesting but at the same time, very tiring too. I accomplished a lot and learned a lot in these past few days and made a few new friends too who are a perfect reflection of me. It always makes me happy to know that after all this spiritual work that I have done, the people who are gravitating to me are energetically clean and well-intentioned. I have managed to build a filter around me through which only those who are harmless to me can pass. The more we do our internal work, the stronger this filter becomes; it protects us from anything that could tap a hole into our radiance and compromise our internal glow.
Today too, I am asking the cards about the energies that surround me. I always like to know what to expect for the day, so I can go with the flow of the energies instead of fighting against them.

Having shuffled my Tarot cards, I drew The Hanged Man, The Emperor and The Lovers cards. I have decided to ask only the Major Arcana because I am looking for a dominant message without the details. The combination tells me that today I will surrender to the energies of a strong lover figure in my life. This is very interesting because doing that would be new and unusual to me. I am never the one to surrender easily, and this is perfectly expressed by The Hanged Man card: opening myself up to transformation from an old me to a new me.
The message does not surprise me. I am in the middle of cleansing my heart chakra, so an emotional transformation is a natural consequence of this process.
Now I will start my work before the city wakes up and everyone wants a piece of me. The message is wonderful, and I am excited about this strong lover figure to whom I will surrender my energies.
Will keep you posted.
The city is slowly waking up now... have a wonderful day.
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