I barely got my card of the week finished on time this week for my 52-Card Project. And by “on time” I mean that for this personal project I have committed to myself (and only myself) that I will create a card every week, and I will post it on Mondays—after the week (ending on Sunday) has just passed.

So this deadline is self-imposed. And let me just say that I am really proud that I value my commitments to myself as much as I would, say, to a boss. This is relatively new in my life. There was a time when I came last, but now, I understand that life is short and there’s nothing more important than being true to your Self.

Ironically, the reason I almost missed my deadline is that…I was so caught up in inspiration today! I was working on another project and I could not. tear. myself. away.

Something happened last week in my creative practice. I’ve been wrapped up in the annual two-week bonanza of Sketchbook Revival (all 30 videos are still available through April 18th if you want to check them out), and I’ve also been exploring on my own with great enthusiasm. I’ll talk more about exactly what happened (stay tuned), but for now I’ll just say that I suddenly have tons of ideas and projects in mind. Inspiration just seemed to descend like pixie dust.

And THEN, well, something just really clicked into place Saturday night, April 2nd. Dennis was away for the evening and I fell into a project and made something that really felt like me. And that’s the feeling, right? That’s what we’re after.

So I got really excited and more inspired…and I’ll also share that work at a later time—but for THIS piece, my Inspiration card for my 52-Card project…the next morning, Sunday (April 3rd), I happened to read astrologist Chani Nicholas’ guide for the week (she’s in my RSS Feed for fun—I hold astrology lightly in my heart with the world ‘possible’), and these words stopped me in my tracks:

If you’re not sure of the shape of your next passion project, keep your intuition switched all the way on  to download cosmic intel on April 2nd. As Mercury is invited for an audience with the Sun, the ideas that light sparks in your heart are revealed.

Cosmic intel indeed.

And then her next next words inspired this card of the week:

Tarot card of the week 🃏 … The Crone of Wands is not afraid to claim its power, or step into the flames of sovereign creativity.

Did you notice the grey hair? And the wand?