Faery Friday December 6, 2019

It’s Faery Friday! This week has been one of those weeks that didn’t start the way I had wanted it to. That being said I am very excited about this weekend. We have our Christmas Tree and are going to be decorating it this weekend. We love the holidays and like to decorate everything.

For today’s card pull, I am using the Faeries’ Oracle by Brian Froud with text by Jessica Macbeth. This is a single card pull since it is an oracle deck. If you like this deck you can get it for yourself. Just click on the picture below.

What do the Fae want me to share?

Today’s card is number 15 The Journeyman
Adventure. Independence. Polishing of skills. Travel.

All of the great ones - the saints, the bodhisattvas, and all f those who are filled by the spiritual light - have been on this journey. They went into the wilderness, stepping, like fools, off of the safe paths, into the waiting hands of their gods and goddesses. This is the journey of life, a pilgrimage that begins in ignorant trust, passes through all of the doubts, fears, ups and downs, probably all of the delusions, and certainly all of the confusions. Through it, we learn slowly, painfully, a new kind of trust, a trust in the process, detached from the goal.

Our young Oengus Journeyman, bless him, is stepping out on the journey of life, positively glowing with enthusiasm. Even his toes sparkle. Bright, handsome, and educated, he has completed his apprenticeship in faery crafts and magics, but he has not yet achieved true mastery of his trade. To accomplish this, he must leave the protection of his master and step out onto his path as an independent journeyman craftman. He is testing himself and his knowledge in the world. He hopes to eventually achieve the status of Master Maker (card 22). Right now, he knows a lot of facts, has all the basic skills, but probably knows less than he thinks he does. He is about to learn about the skills of survival - bartering, persuading, selling, buying wisely, enjoying life, making friends. At least he doesn’t need to learn how to iron his own shirts.

Oengus still has lovely, playful, childlike qualities. An Oracle on-line group member notes that Oengus is playing “Balance the ball on a stick” with the Moon, and adds that he seems to have no constraints, set no boundaries on what he can do. And because he is magical and doesn’t set such limitations on himself, he is able to walk on air or water, or through the hills, all with the moon nicely balanced both on his stick and in the sky.

Our young Oengus must learn to care for himself. No one is looking over his shoulder to see that he does his work right and eats properly. Oengus must take chances and even make mistakes sometimes, as we all do, but this is how we learn. He is now confronting (and being confronted by) the real world. Here, he will discover that excuses don’t buy bread and that the quality and integrity of one’s work and actions are what counts, but he has been well taught and pretty well know this already.

Don’t tell him I told you, but Oengus sometimes wears a false mustache, hoping that it makes him look more mature. He has romantic dreams of being a great hero, of becoming he supreme master of his craft, and of winning a faery princess. Some of these dreams will come true - perhaps even all of them.

Here we see an innocent being walking trustfully into a situation for which he is not fully prepared (and indeed, cannot be fully prepared) or for which his preparation is as yet untested by reality. He is innocent of previous practical experience of the path he is now treading or the realm of life into which he is moving. This card could be called Innocence Encounters Reality - which is by no means a bad thing.

His faery godmother is lurking somewhere, just out of his sight - as faery godmothers tend to do. Her expression is both gleeful and worried. Her hair is already whiter than it was before he began, and she is keeping her wand fully charged at all times. Although this is his journey and he must undertake it himself, almost everyone needs (and is given) a little faery godmothering from time to time. Good-natured innocence attracts faery guardians; it attracts helpful beings on all planes and in all worlds. It may aslo attract those who would abuse the innocence; but as long as our intentions are good, our guardians will offer good guidance. We are blessed and cared for - if we allow ourselves to be.

The world is before Oengus with smiles and teeth. Oengus has optimism, cheerfulness, magic skills, and a diligent faery godmother.

<Oengus grows within us when we step bravely into the unknown, developing our potentials with hope and optimism and an open heart.

Adventure. Independence. Travel. A long path ahead - we hope. This card speaks to the need to perfect skills in working and living, but it acknowledges having a sound grounding in the basics. Optimistic, innocent, and willing to learn, Oengus also shows us that intuition serves us well - but only if we pay attention to it.

Sometimes, we are operating from theory alone, and our knowledge may or may not be well grounded in reality. This card does not necessarily refer exclusively to beginnings; it can also signify a progression along a path, moving into the unknown from the known, a new phase in an ongoing process. The card may also represent untested concepts or ideas, and suggest a need for balance between the intuitive and the rational as one approaches the unknown.

Consider where you are going. What your long-term goals? What are you doing that is helping you to move toward them?

Oeugus is showing us all to take that step forward. We have the book knowledge but need to go out into the world and use it. If you are out there trying step out on your own or start something for yourself this is your card. Do it. Take that leap of faith and put yourself out there. It is time to cut your skills out there in the real world. There will be mistakes. Some that you can prepare for and others that are just going to happen. Don’t get hung up on what could go wrong. Focus on the big picture and put your best into it.

For myself I see this as with my own business Zodiac Celestial. Putting myself out there not worrying about making mistakes. (I’m a bit of a perfectionist.)

Does this card resonate with you? Is there something that you are working on? Are you stepping out on your own?

I hope that this reading has been helpful to you all. Please let me know if it has impacted you in any way. I’d love to hear from you. And check out my website here. I am doing personal Astrology, Divination, Card and Astro Dice Readings. If you would like to have one please go to my website. Thanks so much for joining me on this Faery Friday.

May your stars shine brightly upon you.