I chose Denise Linn’s Sacred Traveler Oracle Cards for December’s card draw because I assume many of you, like myself, are itchy to travel again. Of course, it is 2020. The Universe did not give me the kind of message I expected. Instead, we were given a challenge: Answering the Call.

One could interpret this message as answering a call to travel, a kind of Siren call to lure our ship into uncharted waters. It might be fun to play with that notion for a bit: where are you itchy to go? Where are you called to abandon precaution and set forth? How do any of us assess where and when it is safe to venture out during this time of Covid?

Then, there is the Journey with a capital “J”. This is the larger meaning of all the cards in this deck. This card specifically then is asking  a question about what is rising up within us and where we are meant to travel next on the journey of life. So the questions for me become:

What does the message to Answer the Call mean about the trajectory of my life?

Am I living my soul’s purpose?

Is there something I am meant to be doing that I avoid or have not yet seen?

Answering the Call is the first card in the deck, thus corresponding to The Fool in classic tarot. It is the stepping out card. In this deck it is subtitled The Time Is Now. How timely for us as we start to say good-bye to 2020 and reset ourselves to act upon all the things we promised ourselves we would do better or stop doing after Covid or all the things we learned to no longer take for granted and vowed we would cherish. I, for one, am not looking for a day when we can go back to “normal”. I am looking for a time when we can do better and be in a better place. I mean that at every level, from personal to global.

“Go forward gallantly with your banner of truth waving in the wind. You are a light bearer for others.”

So ends the reading for this card. In the hustle and bustle of this holiday season:

May you find a quiet time to reflect on this charge.

May you tap into Nature to ground yourself to the task and journey.

May you find the wisdom and Light to take your place in  the process of healing.

Our lives, our communities, and our planet await.