Today's Tarot Readings...

I tried to use my handmade Amethyst pendulum again today with little success. I used to love using pendulums till I saw that if I willed it enough I would always get the answer I wanted. I'd rather NOT get everything I want thank you! I want truth (or something damn near it!).

I had one pendulum my Mom bought me that tripped me out a few times with its vigor. Unfortunately, the bugger likes to disappear every now and again leaving my handmade ones sitting there staring at me with utter distaste. I think it is time they found a new home. :] Takers?

They ARE quite lovely if I do say so myself. teehee. Maybe I will save them till the right person stumbles across THEIR path and they throw themselves at him/her. Yep, that'll work.

Well, anyway. I did a few one card readings for some questions I had. Somewhat enlightening reads I suppose. But then again I can never be so sure I am interpreting them correctly and sometimes I get a shock at the picture on the card that leaves me with a bad taste until I read what the "Tarot Pros" deem the card to mean. A battle between what the artist had in mind and what is in MY OWN mind. Hmmm..

ahem.

For upcoming situations I got "Temperance." Which according to tarotteachings.com (I usually use a book that I quite like but copying and pasting is MUCH easier-I'm lazy. ;] ):Merging, Balance, Healing, Connection, Chemistry, Fluidity, Moderation.

OK-interesting enough. But the picture on my the deck I was using showed a woman weeping over what looks to be a dead warrior. Soo...? Anyway...threw me off a bit.

Another reading I did was to see where I am at this time or what card represents me NOW. I got: THE WORLD!

Which means (again thanks to tarotteachings.com): Value, Success, Achievement, Fulfillment, Enrichment, Satisfaction.

Alrighty then. The book had a better and more drawn out understanding of the card that I preferred but this was close enough. I enjoyed the image on the card this time as well. No shocking dead people and weeping women or anything of the sort.

Ahhh.....looks like I am on the right path. Or perhaps the path that I wanted! muahaha! teehee. Getting my way I suppose. Yeah right...like that ever happens.

I did some other readings as well. But I couldn't draw any real meanings out of them that I really connected with and felt was...er...(word please?)...solid maaannnn.

or something.

The End.

21st Birthday Blog

My birthday just passed and I am now…dun dun dun…21!!!!

My Mom took my sisters, Darrian and my self to Seaworld (yay for monthly payment plans for passes!). That was interesting. Teehee. It was too hot and crowded to get much done but I enjoyed it nevertheless. On the way home we got fish and chips (we were all craving clam strips at Seaworld for some reason….ha!). Then I came home to a Toadstool-riffically decorated house with poster paper Hedgehogs decorating the walls. The family even made me an Amanita Muscaria birthday cake. They love me. :]

From the family I got:

A composter (finally finally finally!!! Wooo!!!!!!)

A 50 dollar Amazon gift card

A “giant” Matryoshka doll thanks to Alex. :]

A antique book on Henry VIII

A old book on real down dirty composting

A book on Matryoshkas (it’s bitchin!)

Wooden shoes from an antique (or thrift?) store

Some pretty cloths

A pretty brass candle holder that matches my room

A peacock feather (teehee)

A Corn Husk dolly making kit (looovvveeee it)

A dress from Thailand

A book on Norwegian-ness stuffs

A English clock with bundles of herbs as the numbers

And that’s it I think! Phew!

Oma gave me a set of abalone and silver hand hammered/made salt and pepper shakers with matching dish

A giant tomato pincushion of doom

A book on Berlin Art and Architecture

CHOCOLATE (nom nom nom)

A cool East Asian pendant

A quartz pebble

And some other things that I have to go hunting for (she always sends HUGE packages filled with random stuff for each of us to pick through)

Matt kindly came over and celebrated my 21^st birthday with me in a somewhat traditional manner yesterday. Captain Morgan made me feel like I was going to grow hair on my chest then and there. Teehee. But later (meaning today) it all made me think about how I need to STOP being so stiff all the time and possibly become a more social person who is not constantly afraid of looking “stupid.” Damn me sometimes! Overall it was nice. Though...I totally suck at being a hostess AND Paige TOTALLY deserved to be tied to a tree an left there the entire time. :] BUT Matt DID get to see The Labyrinth (though I talked the whole time)! One cannot truly have lived without seeing that movie in my opinion.

Anywhoo…THEN finally the fabulous Christine (past life sisters!) came over just now and gave me a crap ton of awesome books from B&N! She got me little gnomes as well! She said it was TOO easy to shop for me. Haha. Big surprise there. teehee. Love ya Christine!

She got me:

A VERY cool journal with herbs, etc on the cover (soooo nice! Me lurves eet!)

The ..Forest.. House by Marion Zimmer Bradley

The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn by Robin Maxwell

The Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson (I’ve been meaning to buy this too!)

Some cool bookmarks (cause I have lots mine over the years and end up using whatever I grab off the floor)

AND two little funky gnomes that I LOVE! GNOMES GNOMES GNOMES!!!!

I have to say…this has been one of the better birthdays. :] And I didn’t look too kindly on turning 21 before it all happened! Pfft! Yay!

I was a featured artist on handmadenews.org!

Guess what?

I was a featured artist on handmadenews.org!

So exciting! I feel so utterly honored! Take a peek at:

The Well and Spindle-featured artist!

Thank you for all your support everyone! I am going to making fun and magical things while on vacation at my Opa's house in Lake Tahoe but I am sure I will come home chock FULL of ideas and inspiration!

Thanks! Danke!
-Karina
www.TheWellAndSpindle.com

ah ah ah!

My friend sent this to me. I didn't think it was going to be all that great but I actually "Lol'd" every time the count would "ah ah ah!" haha...just watch it. He sparkles at the end. The effects are fantastic. ;]

Pagan police allowed Hallowe'en off...

This must be nice...I have to ask 19 days in advance for a day off and it is not always certain...even when I state it is a religious/spiritual holiday!

Pagan police allowed to take Hallowe'en and summer solstice off work
Pagan police officers in Britain have been given the right to take eight days off work a year to celebrate "religious holidays" including Hallowe'en and the summer solstice.

It follows the setting up of a Pagan Police Association to represent officers who worship nature and believe in many gods.

Pc Andy Pardy, a leading Pagan officer from Hertfordshire Police, met with Home Office officials this week to push for more recognition for pagan officers.

The neighbourhood beat manager, who has been an officer for the past seven years, is a heathen which means he worships Norse gods, including the hammer-wielding Thor, the one-eyed Odin and Freyr, the god of fertility.

Pc Pardy told Police Review magazine: "Paganism is not the new age, tree hugging fad that some people think it is. It is not the clandestine, horrible, evil thing that people think it is. A lot of people think it is about dancing naked around a fire but the rituals are not like that.

"It involves chanting, music, meditation, reading passages and for pagans the practices are seen to have the same power as prayer does for Christians. Most pagans practice some kind of conservation work as well to give something back to the planet."

Hertfordshire Police allows Pc Pardy the eight pagan holidays off each year, including Hallowe'en, which signifies the Pagan new year, and the summer solstice in June.
The days are deducted from his annual leave but because of his religion the days off are set in stone.

Superintendent Simon Hawkins, of Hertfordshire Police, said: "While balancing operational needs, the force's religion and beliefs policy gives all staff the choice of re-allocating the traditional Christian bank-holiday festivals to suit their personal faith.

"This has been very well received from a number of faith groups, including Muslim and Jewish."

A spokesman for the Home Office confirmed the meeting with Pc Pardy.
He added: "The Government wants a police service that reflects the diverse communities it serves.

"It is down to individual forces to make reasonable adjustments to accommodate the religion or beliefs of individual officers, as far as operational requirements permit."

There were 30,500 pagans in England and Wales in 2001, according to the Office of National Statistics.

Last year the Home Office introduced the pagan oath for use in the courts.
It is not known how many Pagan police officers and staff there are in the UK.

Another officer, Pc Andy Hill of Staffordshire Police, is a practising Wiccan, a pagan witch. He has founded Pagan Police Group UK, a website for pagan police officers and their families.

He said: "Wiccan has always been a bit of a taboo religion, there are lots of misconceptions around it. This is nothing to do with black magic or devil worshipping. It is working with nature for good."

A fine VINTAGE....

NEW to “The Well and Spindle” is some wonderful VINTAGE finds!


From now on I will be offering some fun vintage items that I have come across and am willing to share! ;]



Here are some items already available! Keep a look out as I slowly put up a little more at a time!























Thanks for taking a peek!

Blessings,

Karina

www.TheWellAndSpindle.com

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Chant-a-riffic

I was laying in bed with Alex wishing she would fall asleep faster so I could finish wrapping an order when I start humming to myself. Needing something to pass the time with a 6 year old who refuses to go to sleep (I think she likes staring at everything covered in shadow at night like I do :] ) I try to think of a soft song I might know to sing to myself. When I can’t think of anything I start making up a song which builds up and then breaks down into “chanting.”

The chant was serving a purpose. Nothing special of course, just something for myself.

I love how occasionally the chanting makes my whole body (or at least some of it; hands/chest/etc) feel like it is vibrating and buzzing.

Oh the joys of random chanting.

But now, trying to calm down for the night I can’t remember what I was chanting. Which kind of sucks in a way. I wonder if that happens a lot with people or if I am just a “special” case of imbecile. ;]

I blame self inflicted sleep deprivation!