Divining Poets
This set of cards stretches our thinking about how we show up on the world. Pulling from the poetry of Lucille Clifton, these cards offer evocative imagery that pulls at our knowing somewhere in the deep, leading us to find ourselves somewhere in the gap of the mystery. Use your intuition to choose Card 1, Card 2 or Card 3. Then read on to encounter the mysterious message each Card holds.
Deck: Divining Poets Oracle Cards with Quotes from Lucille Clifton selected by Tracy K. Smith.
Card 1: This card evokes images of birds floating and frolicking in the open air. We all float through space when freedom is offered us, yet there are so many conditions and restrictions that limit the space we occupy in the world. When you are attracted to Card 1,, concepts of space and construction are calling your attention. You may be tempted to find fault with yourself for failing to soar, but Card 1 asks you to question: do I have the open space to soar? If the answer is no, take some time to examine what is limiting your space. What can you do to widen the areas you have to roam?
Card 2: You belong here. You were designed to breathe this air and inhabit this planet. When you are attracted to Card 2, you are struggling to feel at home in the world. Your life conditions may be an ill fit for what your soul needs to soar. You may be feeling indecisive about your next steps, unsure which way to go. Whatever decisions you are facing, this world is your home. Lean into your instinctive knowing about life. Trust your nature and your belonging in the world. Remove the blinders of fear, with the inner knowing that you can’t walk the wrong path in your own life. Your choices and challenges all lead right back to you.
For many of us, life is a carefully orchestrated series of performances in which we play the role that we believe will keep us safe. Have you begun to confuse these performances with your true identity? Respectability and correctness are cloaks we wear for societal approval. And these cloaks must be removed from time to time to let us breathe. When you are attracted to card 3, you are being asked to let some of your madness shine through. It can be divine to lose your sense of propriety and live your truth out loud. The madwoman requires no licenses from society. She lives deeply inside herself. It is time to find the wisdom in the madwoman's path and let your wild inner truths take you to the shores of new understanding.

















