Preparedness and Luck II – Life Lessons

So I wrote about Preparedness and Luck and realized something was missing from it. Sometimes we decide we want or need something and life doesn't give it to us.  It can be the extreme – I want an Oscar and a movie star career – or completely ordinary – I want a baby.  Whatever it is, the desire is heartfelt and true, but the reality doesn't come. 

Now we have to ask ourselves, why are we not getting what we so desire? The baby is actually a better example than the Oscar and fame – actually very few people get Oscars and fame, but the vast majority can have babies, if they want.  So if that is your wish, why can’t you have it?  

Ariel Brearly,  Eve Interrupted

Then you have to ask the difficult questions – what is the life lesson I am expected to learn here?  I have preparedness but luck isn't coming to me, there is something I need to learn.  It will be a struggle to learn,  because most life lessons are.  But whether it is acceptance or dealing with control issues, or even that you are not with the right person, (this is not to imply by any means that this is your particular story, these are just random examples) or whatever lesson that you need to learn around this area, the issue will not resolve, the luck will not come, until the lesson is learnt.  

Shuranda Ann Kumara,  Compassion Hug

But it also means, once the lesson is learnt, that particular issue goes away, and your energy starts to flow the way you want it to again,  until the next life lesson emerges. 

Preparedness and Luck

Some people who come to see me are struggling with aspects of their life, wondering about the possibility of the American dream. They thought if they work hard and try and be good people, good things should happen to them.  I believe that too, but I’ve also come to see the huge role that random luck plays. 

Carol Gearing,  Panshema

I now believe that you have to work hard and be good people, but sometimes you are lucky, and this hard work is rewarded, but sometimes you are unlucky, and you don’t get the rewards your work and energy deserves. 

Tarot reads energy and it can see when luck is coming your way,  and in what field (lucky in love,  in work,  with money…)  Sometimes luck just falls into your lap, but the odd thing is, if you are not prepared for it, then it will just slip out again. I am reminded of the saying, ‘Fortune favors the prepared’. So we have to prepare, and be ready, so that if/when the luck comes, we can work with it.  Preparedness does not guarantee success, but it does guarantee that when the random things fall our way, we can work and build on it.   

Turning the Wheel

The Wheel of Fortune, the 11th card in this Tarot Journey.



Sometimes you just get lucky - you spin the wheel and the right number appears. This is a card of luck - almost always good luck – you are going to get what you want, something unexpected and good is coming your way.



I like the Alice in Wonderland round about, which gives you the giddy feel that good luck can bring.



However the reason I liked the spider web image, which is more sinister than other images out there, is because this is a kind of karmic good luck. So if you have done good, good luck is coming. But if you have done bad, then it’s karmic payoff time… So be kind when you break up, because Karma is a tough love goddess…