Divinations & Etimology

The month of June is bringing Lady Luck around, that's for certain.  Whether she'll be a poised, elegant, sequined evening gown-clad mistress or a ripped stockings wearing, boozed-up strumpet, well... that's really up to her.  I'm lighting a candle just the same.  

In Spanish, the word "azar" refers to this concept.  Chance and hazard all rolled up into one.  Which is to say that this word, which is different from the alternative "suerte" or "fortuna" is keeping track of this unpredictable energy.  From the Arabic az-zahr meaning die, or the gaming six-sided cube, probably from an earlier Persian, a‘dād, meaning number.  Which is where Spanish gets their word for dice, "dado".  Which, in turn has another sense, it can also mean given.

Speaking of Azar, or that which is given. I got my June divination from Selah Saterstrom today.  It is free and magical - my favorite two things.  Her blog "La La La La..." has moved to wordpress, which we are sad about, but it's just as magical.  She is collaborating with Lou Florez on this new venture.  The blog has a monthly divination column. I re-posted mine (for this month) below.  I hope some day there will be a book of these.  To get your own free and wonderful June divination, go here.

All Things Are Yours. Helene Cixous wonders what we are doing while waiting to write the book (other than keeping our appointment with writing the book and doing so). The big life happens in the one you are in, no other! (if you could make yourself the center of your world, if you could live that way, in a way that contradicts some of your present choices, everything would integrate).

Butterfly. Ask your thinking – your thinking patterns – to be in service of your truth. In other words – how does your thinking create stories/narratives that reinforce old wounds and don’t serve your moment?  Asking your thinking to be in service of your truth instantly creates boundaries and also creates an opening for you to be heard (most especially by yourself).

Candy Cane. The candy cane was a body punch used by Sugar Ray Robinson (thrown with a right hand to the body slightly turning it over and pushing downward).
If you are a boxing fan than you know that often in the 3rd or 4th round of a decent match both fighters are so exhausted that there is a moment when they don’t appear to be fighting at all, but embracing – rather like slow dancing. That tender fabric between fighting and surrender – wrap yourself in it and allow the changes to happen.