Mondays With Merlin The Cat’s Shocking News
Hello dear ones, are you sitting down? You may want to pause your digital stream for our juicy or Merlin the cat’s shocking news. You may gain a bit of wisdom too, for free.
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It’s a very special day for another Siamese. My dear old friend Nellie is turning 18 and she’s celebrating not her only birthday but our shocking news. We decided a while back to get married! We’re both old and life is short so we thought why not? Why not enjoy a few joys and sunsets together with a like-minded soul? You’ll have to stop by Nellie’s blog Nellie on the Edge to see the pics and details of the nuptials. This is my birthday card to my love. Isn’t she lovely? And she’s Canadian like me.
It’s Dharma Karma Time.
After growing in wisdom and age, it’s one’s duty or dharma to mentor others. I won’t call myself a guru or feline Zen master but I feel it’s time for me the pass on the timeless wisdom of the ages to another cat. A student, if you will. There is a young cat named Push Push who does a weekly feature called Ask Push Push on Instagram or Facebook. It was a light bulb moment to realize I could have been doing Ask Merlin for ages. I believe everything happens for a reason and timing is always purrfect even when it seems anything but.
That plump tabby Push Push reminds me those odalisques languidly lying on a divan eating bon bons. Make no mistake, she is a smart cookie and answers 3 questions from the silly to the profound. Like all seekers, she’s ready to learn more and asked me to take her under my spiritual paw. We’ll be sharing insights of interest to you humans. So start thinking of meaningful questions about anything and everything.
Tarot as Layla has practiced for many moons, is not about fortune-telling but as a sacred tool of self-knowledge. It’s a discipline, a practice which hones our natural intuitive abilities for clarity in a murky situation, remover of doubt and the all too common, second-guessing.
You know when you’re fumbling in the dark looking for a light switch and click, in an instant the room is bright? That’s how it is when you get an aha insight. It’s hard to explain but you know when it happens. You can feel it in your body in a zing of energy.
Self-reflection is what I call the magic mirror and cats are excellent mirrors for humans. We reflect your energy and attempt to diffuse negative energy. If you’re angry and stressed, we’ll do our best calm you down but if it continues indefinately, that’s when we need to get your attention in other ways. We might get sick or pee in your shoe. The message is about self-reflection. Look at what’s not working and what you and not the cat need to do to change the situation.
Our card today the High Priestess. It’s commonly used to represent a woman in a tarot reading but we’re not limited to one. As a Wise Woman Layla resonates with the High Priestess but the card has a broader message to all women seeking happier lives of fulfilment. Out of the 78 cards in a tarot deck, 22 belong to the major arcana and carry more weight. When the High Priestess pops up in your reading, we see it as time to see how you can become more empowered, more you. Women give away their power willingly or unconsciously to the spouses, children, friends, relatives or co-workers. The power gets sucked out drop by drop, over years or in a sudden deluge. It’s the doormat syndrome, the need to please and be nice at any cost. The cost dear ones is way too high.
The High Priestess belongs to no man, no person.
She may be married and adored but she belongs only to herself. She knows who she is at any moment and any in mood. She understands the lunar shifts, the balance between light and dark and accepts the natural cycles. She’s a truth teller and will yank the veil off your deepest mysteries if you’re ready. She is a very powerful woman who holds wisdom literally in her hands. In the case of this card, the Torah, the entire body of Jewish law and wisdom. For a tarot reader, the entire deck holds the possibility of illumination for the seeker. My job, or Layla’s job is to connect the dots, reflect the magic mirror back to the person. What you see or do is up to you. You can open up a can of tuna, but you can’t force a cat to eat it.
Cats are either the High Priestess or the male equivalent, the Magician. I believe it’s one of the reasons women cat lovers adore their cats. They love how quietly powerful and autonomous we are, because we know we are enough, just as we are, and so are you.
Okay, what is uppermost on your mind? And is this all too woo woo for you? Inquiring cats wanna know. P.S. there is no need to buy me a wedding present. I have everything I need. Donations to our upcoming non-profit Kickstarter for black cats would be welcome. Blog posts will be less frequent until our launch date in 10 days!
Love, always,
Merlin, The Magician
26 Comments
speedyrabbit
Congratulations To you both Merlin,you both deserve much happiness!
And Happy Belated Birthday my dear pal,xx Speedy
Layla Morgan Wilde
Thanks kindly Speedy and mum!
Lola
Wow! What fantastic news! Concatulations to both of you on your wedding. Mommy believes in the tarot. She says tarot reading have helped her countless times in her life.
Mugg Muggles
Merlin the Magnificent- It’s been quite a while since we’ve communicated. You MAY remember me from that ‘orange’ place.
Congrats on your impending marriage. Live long and prosper.
— Mugg
caren gittleman
Oh you crazy kids!! So glad that you and Nellie found the loves of your lives!!!
Layla Morgan Wilde
Caren, thanks, we’re never too old for love 🙂
MrJackFreckles/Pipo & Minko
Concatulations to you both!!
We hope you will be granted many years of wedded bliss!!
MIAOW!!
Layla Morgan Wilde
Thanks dear fellow meezers!
Timmy Tomcat
We are so glad you and Nellie are now one. Two great loves, united, to light the way for we who bask in your self knowledge.
We think this post may finally push the Dad into using those decks he has languishing in the basket on the couch as we can use the help.
The thing we wonder is why we have all simple stopped eating? Oh yes we like the treats but the major noms sit with only a lick or so out. Is it spring? Did we get into a large pile of yet undiscovered dry noms?(Which may, as they are eaten, remain undiscovered?) Are we following Buddy of the ill pancreas’s lead?
Thanks my friend
Timmy, Dad and Family
Cathy Keisha
Concatulations to your wedding to the fabulous Nellie, Merlin! You scored the bestest ladycat in Blogville. TW had her cards read when she was in her 20s and the reading was scary and not very encouraging. She always wanted to know my real story. If I was abused before she adopted me. She’s particularly upset with the fact that I seem to be afraid of hands. Thank you.
Ellen Pilch
Congratulations!!! I am so happy for you 2 sweeties. XO and love to you both.
mariodacat roever
I heard rumblings of some sort of wedding for Nellie. We’ll get over there today also.
jansfunnyfarm
Growing older doesn’t mean one can’t have happiness, so if you and Nellie want to get married, we say GO FOR IT! Congratulations.
Maggie
Congratulations on seizing the day, dear Nellie and Merlin!
We are so curious about our mysterious Rufus the Red. He appeared in a feral colony in a bad part of town – a two (?) year old thin, sick, unfixed male kitty. And yet he is the most loving, social, outgoing cat that we have ever met – although he seems to be afraid of children. Would a reading give us insight? My birthday is November 11 and my husband Rick’s is November 13. This is the house of Scorpio.
Thank you, Layla.
Layla Morgan Wilde
Maggie, be happy too later today. Thanks for stopping by. Watch this space.
Your Nellie Bellie
Oh Merlin! What a lovely way to celebrates our day!
Loves yous lots dear heart
Your Nellie Bellie
Layla Morgan Wilde
Nellie, dearest you’re the best. xoxo
The Island Cats
Congratulations, Merlin and Nellie. You make the purrfect couple.
We’re following Push Push on Instagram now. We would love a tarot card reading. Wally’s birthdate is June 16, 2003. We’re not exactly sure of Ernie’s or Zoey’s but we think Ernie would be sometime June or July 2005 and Zoey would be July 2008.
Dorothy
I think you’ve inspired me to break open the tarot deck I purchased awhile back along with the book I got to provide guideance. I’ve has several card reading thought the years with two that more real than the rest. Those real readings provided me with the chance to see the crossroads when I got there instead of continuing along the same path without noticing I had the chance to change things. Because I know tarot reading can impact a life I’ve been hesitant to start. Since it’s not a game, perhaps I should start with the book. Do you believe that one deck is better than another? Or is it the reader/dealer that makes the difference as the cards may have different artwork in different decks, but the meaning remains the same? ?
Layla Morgan Wilde
Dorothy, I glad you’re curious to learn more. It’s true a reading can have a big impact but there is always free will. I don’t predict horrible things or death. It’s difficult to read for yourself but learning the symbology from a book ad studying the cards carefully is useful. A “real” reading is different because a reader, at least a good one, who relies more on intuition and barely neds to look at the cards. No deck is better than others. The meanings have variations but more or less the same. It’s a personal thing. There are so many silly, funny or crazy styles of decks these days, I lean toward the older decks but whatever you’re drawn to is right for you. I have numerous decks but for public readings usually use the classic Rider Waite or the Enchanted. Hope this helps!
Skeeter and Izzy
CONCATULATIONS MERLIN & NELLIE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We sre soooooooooooooooo thrilled to hear the news!
Happy Birthday to Nellie too! She is a beauty!!!
We wish you both many more years of health and happiness!
Thank you for the Tarot insights also.
Happy Day!!!!
Luvs
Skeeter and Izzy and the Feral Gang + Twig & Peanut & Romeo & the Angels >^..^^..^<~
Angel Ms. Phoebe's Family
Concatulations to you and your beloved Nellie dear nephew! We have been admirers of Nellie for a while now and couldn’t think of a more purrfect match for you. Push Push is a pawesome ladycat who Clove finds a lot in common with, as she connects with and reveres fellow ferocious, fearless female feline royalty.
Has it been 5 years since this blog we were lucky to discover began?! It has been a funny, endearing, educational, and touching journey to follow as you boys and ladycat Nou Nou, with assistance from Layla, have created and found your path in the blogosphere.
Woo woo is not anything we have encountered here, we feel inspired and intrigued. May the next five years help you grow and reach your goal to make a difference in the world for your fellow felines and their humans. Black cats rule!
Layla Morgan Wilde
Dearest ones, thanks for your kind words which made our day xo
Sammy
Merlin I’m happy to hear that you have an apprentice to whom you will pass on your magic when your time times….Push Push sounds like she’s a great trainee/like minded cat. In the meantime, while my Mom has a Tarot deck, she hasn’t read them in ages and is too rusty (in her joints and her mind!) to do her own. My actual birth date is unknown but we celebrate it on January 1st……anything you may “see” about my future – whether dim or bright – I would love to know. Mom’s birthday is September 25th. You can email us if you like……we are very happy about you and Nellie Bellie. She is always in my heart so even if you two tie the knot, there are many who adore and love her – I hope you don’t mind!!!
Love and Hugs my friend, Sammy
Layla Morgan Wilde
Thanks dear Sammy and I’ll contact your mom later. Indeed Nellie will continue to enjoy her wide circle of admirers. We have a relationship beyond time and space 🙂
ATCAD
Congratulations on your upcoming nuptials. We are so happy for you and Nellie.
As always we wish we knew what happened to Artemisia. We don’t know her exact birthday just that she was born in July of 2009