Winter is a season of reflection, release, restoration, and renewal—abundant with a cornucopia of eat, drink, and be merrily grateful occasions. Days we recently considered common, we now call holy. December's gifts of custom, ceremony, celebration, and consecration share air-space with daily miracles and fragrant, savory soups, gingerbread, and sugarplums.
It’s correct that we are what we eat. Equally important to the Kitchen Tarot is “you are where you eat.” Feng Shui dubs the dining room as the ‘wealth area.’ This month, bring out the good stuff—the china, crystal, and silver—and relegate the plasticware to the garage. And whether dining with guests or by yourself, don’t wolf down leftovers balanced on your lap in front of the DVR. Kitchen Tarot Feng Shui believes that every person is a house with a quartet of rooms: a physical, a mental, an emotional, and a spiritual. Most of us tend to hang out in one room most of the time, but unless we go into every room every day—even if only to let in some fresh air—we're not a complete person.
The Kitchen Tarot, when blended with the philosophy of numerology, provides organic food-for-thought for everyone about every month. From the tarot, December brings to the table the energies of the number Seven for the main course—the reduced single-digit for December, when added to the year 2011 becomes 1+2++2+0+1+1=7— making this a time when you are asked to develop an inner-strength that will move you toward your destination, while keeping your instincts and emotions firmly under control.
It's time for looking hard at what pleases you and harder at what doesn't, and taking action. Whatever has been limiting your movement lately has also been expanding your capacities. Be more tolerant of imperfection, and don't let anybody make you feel guilty for wanting what you want. You have no right to be mean to yourself.
Like the classic Chariot tarot card of control, mastery, and overcoming obstacles, the Kitchen Tarot's card Seven— aka The Rolling Pin— speaks of decisive action. It is a signal that obstacles will be soon be swept from your path and will free you to advance, provided you refrain from acting impetuously.
The Rolling Pin understands that we must take responsibility for ourselves, for who we become, for how we live each new day. The time for passivity is over. Unleash your freest free will, and evoke zest, exuberance, and joi de vivre, as the French would say, or "the love of life." When matters don't develop like you want, you have no right to whine, "Why is this happening to me?" unless you ask the same question for every moment of happiness that comes your way. Indeed, when you meet life with love and a smile, you're certain to find love and something to smile about.
During early-to-mid December's retro Mercury astro-trend, channel card Seven's energies and tend to dusty, old e-mails and re-connect. You won’t get much of any one thing accomplished this month—and that’s just fine. Now, the Rolling Pin's strategy for success is to tackle your problems from a different angle, and to live as spontaneous and varied a life as possible. Treat predictability and boredom as unpardonable sins. Be of good cheer, and allow the spirit of comfort and joy live in your heart every day.
The Rolling Pin's December affirmation is: "I am heading in the right direction at a healthy pace.”
Dennis Fairchild is a best-selling author of more than a dozen books and prediction calendars.
