In a post called “Manifestation for Skeptics,” I shared some thoughts about the nature of magic as I understand it. One of my fundamental beliefs can be summed up as “Magic helps those who help themselves.” Since then, I’ve written a bit about setting intentions and using a vision board to make your intentions visible. Now, I’d like to talk about making the shift from intention to action, and I’ve chosen Page of Pentacles as our guide.
Pages are, of course, the youngest members of the Tarot court and, as such, they are full of enthusiasm and energy—sometimes more than they know what to do with. Page of Pentacles is the most pragmatic of their peers, but still open to adventures and new ideas. I find it useful to remember that pages—as messengers and as adolescents—are liminal figures. When we’re making the transition from intention to action, Page of Pentacles can lead the way without letting us wander too far off track.
I’ve been working with Sonia Lazo’s Rainbow Tarot a lot lately. I am drawn more and more to decks that disturb the gender binaries calcified in Tarot, and I also appreciate decks that picture a multicultural world in a way that doesn’t involve cultural appropriate. Also also? I just really like looking at Lazo’s artwork, and it was while flipping through Rainbow Tarot that I decided that Page of Pentacles was the right card for this project. Lazo’s image is dreamy, but this young go-getter is firmly grounded in the universe of the senses, in the realm of growing things.
Yoshi Yoshitani has chosen a Sami goddess to represent Page of Pentacles. Beavivi-Nieida is spring sunshine personified. In fact, one of her gifts is bringing light to people suffering depression during the long, dark winter. She is an avatar of hope—of looking to the future—who is attuned to the rhythms of nature.
I know nothing at all about Rayne Klar’s Page of Pentacles beyond the fact that I love how the artist dispenses with the idea that only the young get to be beginners. Looking at this queen in a caftan and turban, barefoot in a grassy meadow, makes me think of older women I know—myself included—who are still dreaming, still trying new things, still open to change. And, at this stage of life, we have so many resources that we didn’t have before. Sometimes this includes material wealth, but I’m also talking about skills, knowledge, wisdom, and networks—all that in addition to a few decades of learning about ourselves.
So, what can Page of Pentacles teach us about turning intention to action? Let’s find out…
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