If you like fun fantasy movies with your kung fu, I recommend Monkey King One and Two on Netflix. These movies are base on the Chinese classical novel The Journey to the West. Historians believe the Money King’s origins stem from the White Monkey legends from Chinese Chu kingdom (700-223 BC) and with the Hindu deity Hanuman. The Monkey King stories are a fun filled journey of a monkey who becomes king, cause chaos in a variety of realms, and ultimately obtains enlightenment. These movies have sent my monkey mind a flutter.
A common phrase in meditation practice is mind monkey or monkey mind. It is a Buddhist term meaning “unsettled; restless; capricious; whimsical; fanciful; inconstant; confused; indecisive; uncontrollable.” It is intriguing to me that thousands of years before Darwin, ancient people have always seen the similarities of monkeys and apes to humans. Now we know that primates have a 1.6%-4% difference from our DNA, and this fact makes me wonder do monkeys, chimps and apes have a religion or a spiritual life? Do they have myths using humans as lessons on how not to act? How not to be one with nature? Maybe we are being a bit hard on our ancestor and are minds. Maybe we need to watch our monkey mind like a fantasy kung fu movie, take it as entertaining. As possibly the primates do with us, seeing us run around trying to control the uncontrollable.
P.S. Remember, signs with * it’s a big week for you.
*Aries – Lovers – Don’t be surprised if you are having a hard time deciding this week; however, it is a decision making time. The Lovers card asks What do you really desire? What, Who , Where contributes to your life? Take your time and be aware of what your creative self is saying to you this week. And remember two heads are better than one, bounce ideas off of your friends.
*Taurus – Strength – What makes you strong? This week is great time to work on enhancing your core strength. Is your inner strength your family? making food? art? alone time? doing for others? Find the things that ground you and gives you strength and imbibed on them this week.
Continue reading Tarotcast for week of April 2, 2017
Aries – Page of Pentacles – During the last two weeks you have been lightening up some of your dark corners of thought. In so doing you have found that you need to polish up some of your thought processes. So, the Page of Pentacles’ challenge to you is that you learn new or expand on existing thought processes or skills this week. The more open you are to new ways of doing things, the better the outcome for you.
Taurus – Page of Swords – Your work continues this week. Take a pause on producing – right now you need to do some investigative work. This is a week to dig for information by asking questions, reading new articles or books, or having some probing conversations.
I often use the idiom waiting for the other shoe to drop. This saying comes from late 1800s tenement life. Because of the shoddy construction and floor layout of tenements, tenants below would hear one shoe hitting the floor then wait with baited breath for the other shoe to fall loudly above their head. I use this phrase by its definition to await a seemingly inevitable event, especially one that is not desirable. I use it to represent my anxiety and all of its negative connotations.
*Aries – The Moon – The Moon’s lessons are around lightening up the dark. Put into action, this can look as complex as seeing how your subconscious is controlling your life because you are pushing down emotions that need illumination, or as simple as buying a battery light for your dark closet.
Taurus – Knight of Cups – Last week was all work. This week your heart is asking for a turn. The Knight of Cups wants to balance you out by reminding you to pay attention to your emotional needs. You all have a big heart, but sometimes you get too caught up in doing. So you need to make the first move, put on some 
Aries – Four of Pentacles – This week, you will need to navigate how to use your resources wisely. Try not to spend all your energy in the beginning of the week or on the first project you encounter. This week pace yourself, so that you don’t hurt someone’s feelings when you get frustrated about not having enough time or energy to spread around.
Taurus – Seven of Pentacles – Put on your gloves and get to work. If you keep a steady pace this week, you will get loads done. The challenge with the Seven of Pentacles is in dealing with feeling overwhelmed with all you have to do. The best way to tackle projects is to divide them up into small chunks. Instead of seeing the whole garden that needs to be tended to, just do the tomato row, then the lettuce row, then the carrots…
Aries – Six of Swords – Another week of you in your head with back to back weeks of swords. The Six of Swords advises that if you can do some contemplation by the water or at least take a small trip to leave familiar surroundings. Seeing new places will lead you to seeing new perspectives or solutions.
Taurus – Knight of Wands – The Tower last week foretold that there is a crack in the foundation of something in your life. Hopefully you have identified it and started to fix it. This Knight tells you to take a more creative “out of the box” approach to finding the solutions to fix your cracks.
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