On my Youtube channel, at the Bright and the Dark of the Moons, I pull a Tarot Card from my Peacemaker’s Tarot Major Arcana Deck on the day before the Brightest or Darkest of the Moon, on those days themselves, and then on the day after the Brightest or Darkest. On the last days of the Dark Moons — which are the beginnings of the Next Moon, I ask to what, exactly, are we committing? On the day after the Bright of the Moon, the question is whether or not we choose to rededicate/recommit? For the last three events at the end of these significant points in the Moon’s waxing and waning, the Suggestion has been the same: Delight. We are being invited to explore Delight in the world, in whatever way that makes sense to us.
Why explore Delight? What does Delight offer us? Peacemaker’s Tarot was not written to predict what’s coming in the future. Rather, my cards encourage us to reframe our past in terms of discerning what brought us to this place and guide us as we consider our actions now and as we commit to what we’re bringing to the future. To have Delight show up, so repetitively, indicates we are being asked how to bring Delight into the world. How can we use our gifts to add to the Delight?
Delight is a card that has appeared only one other time during this year’s writings, surprisingly/not surprisingly, on the third day (recommitment) of the March Bright of the Moon. In comparison, other Cards have appeared as many as seven times, but none with this repetitive insistence. I think the message is strengthened, particularly as it is found each time in the position of (re)commitment.
If you don’t follow me for my Peacemaker’s Tarot content, you may be asking yourselves why a random card pulled from a deck on the Dark and the Bright of the Moon matters. For Taroists, the Moon’s waxing and waning is important. We listen differently at those times, feeling differences in the Earth energy, and finding significance in the cards that emerge. But what if you think that’s only so much hokum? Then maybe just look at the fact that when someone who pulls 3 cards out of a deck twice a month and, that, of those nine cards, three offer a reminder to consider delight in your life — it’s worth a gamble. What do we have to lose. Can we Delight too much?
Still, it’s worth taking a look at what the Delight card invites us to reflect on. First it asks us to treat Delight as a Great Holy Obligation. Too many religions consider holy obligations as Fasts. Nothing wrong with a good fast. I’m currently in a long-term fast as part of my holy obligation to my body. But religions, and even those of us who aren’t overtly religious or spiritual, have internalized the notion that fasting is good and feasting is bad. But what if we’re feasting on Delight and sharing it with the world? How can that possibly be anything but a positive thing to do?
Second, the Delight card also asks us to question why we doubt delight. Why are we suspicious of our involuntary in-breath of Wonder that is a profoundly human response to Delight? Do you really think we’re not here to enjoy life’s bounty while it’s here? That we should question that Bounty? To think we don’t know the difference between delight and vice?
Once we learn to recognize those questions as our fears, we can give way and Dance! Dance to the music of Life. Give into the Delight! Share it with the World! I’ve probably quoted this bit by Anonymous before, as I love it: “Delight is the response the Creator longs for from the Created.” So, let’s get busy!
We live in a rather de-lighted world at the moment. Things are frightening for far too many people. Taking deliberate Delight in Nature, Community, Holidays, and Cookies, for Christmas sake, is a defiant, radical act in the face of our challenges. Changing our worldview from fear — which is what is being “mongered” — allows us to gather. Fear isolates us. Delight is communal. It brings us together. “Look at that!” we cheer. “Isn’t it fun? Isn’t it Beautiful? Is there more?” No one ever said that about fear!
What if we, you and I, were to become Personal, Communal, National, or heck even, International purveyors of Delight? What if we were to keep looking at the world to find what the things that work, that make life simpler and more fun? What if we were to become more generous with our smiles, our hellos, our may I help yous? How much happier, healthier, safer would the world be? Delight is part of the Foundation of Peace. When we stand in Delight — and, perhaps, stand together — we are inviting the world to acknowledge and participate in this Peace we are here to create together.
How many nudges do we need from the Tarot cards? Maybe three is enough! Maybe the third time is the charm that inspires, motivates, even emboldens us to move to the dance beat of Delight! Let’s become Peacemakers by sharing Delight! Oh, look, isn’t that Delightful? Why, yes, it is! So are we! Let’s go!
Salaam, Shalom, Peace, and Blessed Be!