Wheel of Fortune

four of fire

The four of fire is about holism and completion, it is about owning and reclaiming one's own power. The image from the GaianTarot shows a woman in the middle of a sacred circle lit with candles marking the four directions. Behind glows a full moon.

Earlier today I received an e-mail from Christine from Abbey of the Arts https://http:www.abbeyofthearts.com
She conducts a poetry party on her blog and today's invitation was to reflect on an image of a gate and the threshold on which we stand between this world and the worlds of our departed loved ones. As Los Dios de Los Muertes and All Soul's Day have recently passed it is an appropriate time for honoring our sacred ancestors. It was also just recently that the full moon passed. This card and the poetry invitation inspired me to think of my mother. I see her standing in this sacred circle inviting me into the dance of life, death, rebirth. Love never dies. The cycle continues......

My mother stands
inside the gate of memory
beckoning me forward
into the sacred circle that she has cast.

Tall candles mark the four directions
flickering like the fireflies
we gathered in jars
and lined like votives
across our coffee table
while we prayed the rosary
to the radio.

Hail mother, full of grace,
I remember thee,
though your madness and your illness
kept us distant during life,
your nurturing still sustains me.

Hail daughter, reclaiming grace,
I have never forgetten thee,
even throughout the madness
I always cherished thee.

Inside the sacred circle we dance
ring around the rosary
ashes to ashes
you shall rise up
I shall rise up
All the worlds shall rise up.