ok, so this has been quite a year for me, one I can easily say has been the darkest shadow year I have experienced since I was 23 (can you believe that!)  It's just been one of those years where it all came down at the same time, purging my soul and expanding it.....ah growth. 
Did I mention I have a lot of Scorpio in my chart....and you all thought it was mostly Taurus...and through it all, what has stood out to me most is my community. 

I wanted to take a moment and share my gratitude for the amazing and wonderful circle of friends that surrounds me.   Each and everyone of you is truly a blessing in my life.   And my  daughter.   She has consistently shined laughter, love and faith into every shadow helping to bring dark to light. 

There is an inner power that comes through intense challenge.  I have worked hard to maintain my center, to hold my own power and to keep faith in the fundamental goodness of humanity even when some humans' choices disappoint me deeply.
Through it all I have worked to keep gentle and open as the Wheel turns, which it must inevitably do, bringing death which brings new life.   This takes Courage and Faith.

Yesterday,  I spent time with a friend of mine that has also experienced a lot of change this past year and we were working with our respective Tarot Decks, asking for insight and wisdom through the connection that cards allow to Source. 
Today, we talked about how dead on the readings were.  Courage and Faith.  I have worked with cards for many years.  It's a conversation.  With Higher Self, Sacred Source, Spirit Guides, Ancestors, The Divine.   What I know and always come back to is this;  it is a conversation.  IF you are open and willing to listen, you will hear. 

Courage and Faith.