Songs for the Journey Home

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For some unknowable reason this lovely, unique tarot deck suddenly leaped into my consciousness and off I dashed searching for it. It didn’t take me long however, because it’s one of my few round decks and I had managed to find just the perfect sized, red, round case to keep it in. I found the book almost immediately on my book shelf as well. The synchronicity of having it in my mind and finding it so quickly wasn’’t lost on me. I was excited and curious to know why. What was the first card I pulled on its discovery? The Temperance card which in this deck is called, “Renewal”. As different as its new moniker, the Renewal card depicts a gathering of people playing instruments, dancing and waving in an explosion of fire and energy. In the book, the authors describe the imagery, “Renewal is a cathartic release, a farewell song and a great letting go of something or someone that was once a vital presence in your life. Renewal represents the intermingling of pain, joy and insight, brining about a sense of being deeply healed. Thus Renewal is the unfolding of the experience of rebirth, begun in Death. The times of Renewal are some of the peak experiences on our journey.” I won’'t go into

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