Comparative Tarot

3 of Wands shows a dark haired woman sitting in a garden filled with abundant fruit and greenery. She wears a long sleeved whit gown with brown trim. Her attention is focused on a book resting in her lap. Her head is tilted to the left and her expression is serious and intent. Her left hand rests on the page as though it is guiding her eyes.

The Book says: Although the foundation is complete and one has the feeling of satisfaction and challenge, there is still much to do. Practical knowledge is learned. Discovery, expansion, effort. A positive period connected to growth.

Reversed: Feeling stuck in one's personal growth or studies.

Bee's Buzz: This card reminds me that an attention to detail, focus and intentness are beneficial if one wishes to be abundantly creative. I think we often like to believe that many of the creative geniuses are divinely inspired, that they are born that way. And that therefore we can never achieve such a level of success. But in reality many well know writers, painters, dancers, poets, etc spend years honing their skills. They may be innately gifted with certain abilities but if they do not practice and practice again, sharpening and perfecting these skills then they would never reach their level of achievement. I work with teens in a recreation center in NYC. It can be so difficult to get them to understand that although they may have basketball "skills", if they don't learn the rules of basketball, learn how to play as part of a team, learn to hone these skills, they will be useless to them. The parks of NYC are filled with great basketball players who never made it to college level ball, let alone pro ball. Part of the reason is because they didn't have the discipline and focus necessary to make sure they perfected their skills. Not practiced basketball but actually learned how to improve their skills and sharpen their talents. That is what this card reminds me of, the focus and desire combining to help us achieve our creative dreams. It is also a warning not to become so lost in the study that we never actually put these talents to use. This is applicable to me right now because I find it very easy to "study" Tarot - reading books and taking workshops, rather than actually reading for people. As the narrator says in the movie "A Bronx Tale" the worst thing in the world is wasted talent. If we don't learn to train ourselves, hone our skills and sharpen our abilities and then put them to actual use, we are wasting our own talents.

Bees Blessings
Debbie