The Three Of Stars:
Three umbrella mantises dance under the stars, celebrating a radiantly beautiful night. This is a card signifying reunion, friendship, and community, and the significant benefits to the creative spirit that can be had by prioritizing time with old friends and recounting special bonds for a night. The Three of Stars represent the way the smallest things in the world reflect the largest things: how a story that happened three decades ago can still make the people involved laugh 30 years later; how some insects dance to attract mates; how time together is fleeting but still lasts forever. No matter what you’re thinking or how you’re feeling, it’s time to get some friends together and talk about it over dinner and drinks, a walk in the park, an arts and crafts or game night, or some other form of quality time together. This card could also be a sign that you’re planning a party, joining a new group, class or club, or have a big social event coming up that you’re preparing for and that it’s a good opportunity to collaborate and have fun.
If You’re Feeling Blocked
We all go through times where we are more disconnected from others than we’d like, where we’re feeling lonely or alone, or struggling to trust others or to click with others. Maybe you are just coming off from an extraordinarily high-energy social event or period or time and are feeling the inexplicable need to burrow or rest for a while; maybe you were recently excluded from something you really wanted to be included in. It might hurt, but energies shift and turn. Not everything is rejection: sometimes things happen because you were meant to be redirected toward something else. Maybe you’ve been playing too hard and resting too little, or you’re moving from one phase of life to the next. You can feel both bitter and sweet, alone and overcrowded, lonely and tired, salty and grateful. Focus on the gratitude, and make something for a friend who might be farther away or who you want to reconnect with.
Creativity Exercises:
Create a 10-step secret handshake with a friend or group of friends; try to make it as ‘extra’ as possible.
Learn the moves to a new dance or flash mob
Grab all your boxes of crayons and coloring books and have a happy hour spent coloring in your favorite coffee shop, dive bar or people-watching space
Make something with the theme or element of arrows or redirection