Lebanon, CT graveyard

All Soul’s Day is November 2. This walk through a cemetery in Lebanon, CT is one I have been to a number of times. I drive by this place on a hill quite often - coming and going places. It isn’t on a main route - it is just on a route I seem to travel. It is a beautiful graveyard. I always send a blessing to it as I travel by. It is beautiful in all season and all weather. This day is was unusually foggy in the middle of the day. The fog created a melancholy feeling over all of the day as I was out and about. The stones are a bit askew in some places as the earth is beginning to swallow them up. I like how they are a part of the ground so organically. The words are worn off a number of the stones and lichen and moss carve their epitaphs in green. This haphazardly laid out graveyard is typical in New England in old places.

Lebanon, CT graveyard

After visiting the dead - it can be a bit unsettling while also feeling comforting at the same time. It feels a bit time out of time while sitting with the ancestor stones. I did stay for awhile - sending blessings and prayers to the souls there. Sitting on the stone wall felt solid and grounded. All those lives carried out over all these years - laid to rest. It is good to pay respects to the dead at this time of year especially. The ancestors want to be talked to - remembered - held in memory. I hope you will get to visit a cemetery to pay respects to those that have walked here before us. Bring an offering of kindness and a few words of tenderness.

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How To Use Tarot for Personal Growth from Jessica Dowches-Wheeler . This is a clear and bright article about using tarot for personal growth. I also have Lindsay Mack as one of my lineage teachers. I highly recommend her Soul Tarot School as a resource for you.