Beltaine & Ilbe

Beltaine, the first of May, seems a good time to try to restart this. Rather than draw a card from the physical deck today, I drew one from my personal extended version of the cards in Second Life. The card I got for the day and the season was one of the original Faeries' Oracle deck: Ilbe the Retriever

The SL "cards" are different from the "real life" deck in that they are all words and no pictures. They may also differ in (usually small) ways from the book. This one says:

Ilbe the Retriever is the manager of the Office of Onclaimed Property Stuff (OOPS). He know where all the lost things are... dreams, hopes, ideas, things. If you've lost it, he knows.

He is trying to remind you of something you've lost - a hope or a dream that you believe gone forever. However, he is offering it back to you for reconsideration. *He* thinks you can do something with it now...

The way may not be obvious, but his clever nose has scented a path, a potential opening for bringing this into your life.

Perhaps, he might be saying that it is just waiting for you to open your heart and accept it, but more likely you will need to actually work for it. Be faithful. Be dogged and persist.

My Comments:
I like getting this now... there has been so much that has fallen by the wayside because of various "have to" issues in my life. I'm pleased to see hopefulness here. I don't even have to try to decide which of the many "dropped" things Ilbe is talking about... opportunities will arise and the way will open.....