Motion Before Clarity

What do I need to know about my work right now:

Son of Cups - Bearer of Longing (Creation בְּרִיאָה)
Air of Water
Meeting another through feeling. Beginning to take responsibility for what he feels.

I am certainly longing for a more creative and inspiring job. I need to take responsibility for this feeling that I deserve work with more meaning, imagination, and human connection.

What do I need to know about my book right now:

Son of Swords - Rider of the Clouds (Creation בְּרִיאָה)
Air of Air - Ruach, the soul of thought and aspiration
Exploring through intellect. Motion before clarity.

I am rushing in even though all the pieces aren’t clear yet. I am moving through a storm of ideas, citations, structures, and half-formed connections. But as I work with them, they will become clear. I write best when I move back and forth between drafting and editing. This project is about thought and aspiration, it is the thing I would regret not completing if I were on my death bed.

What do I need to know about my spirit right now:

Ace of Pentacles - The Gift of Earthly Presence (Divine Will כֶּתֶר)
Element of Earth
A gift of physical life. The seed of embodied blessing.

I am appreciating my life. Soul is body in the Sefer Yetzirah; and for me it is the ordinary and grounding acts of embodied life: food, floors and laundry, work, books, sleep, walking, breathing, money, the cards, the house I live in, the day itself. And hopefully the card also indicates a blessing is being bestowed on me; perhaps it was the two-day thunderstorm.

What do I need to know about my body right now:

Lamed - Libra - “Sexual Union”
Justice - The Path Between Connection and Reverence
Set into right relation. What brings into alignment.

I need to give my body more attention and reverence. My body is asking to be brought back into balance: mind and body, work and rest, effort and pleasure, discipline and tenderness. Perhaps I need to give it more pleasure. Maybe I should seek some balance through the best physical and mental exercise I know: walking, which combines rhythm and movement, embodiment and meditation, thought, and contact with the world. The Path between Connection and Reverence answers this question perfectly: The body needs connection and reverence.

The two Sons say: move, explore, do not demand final certainty yet.
The Ace says: be grounded in the blessings of ordinary life.
Lamed says: bring the various parts of life back into balance.