Daily Draw - The Stars and Eight of Chalices

Today I drew the Stars and Eight of Chalices. The Stars is quite a pretty card, with a slightly haunting aura about it. It seems a bittersweet picture. For vampires, the nighttime is the only time they can be out in the world enjoying the freedom of open air. However, it's also a time where they must satisfy their hunger and thirst, and in doing so, someone else must suffer. When I first saw this card today, I saw a young female vampire, perhaps just awakening, and not yet on the hunt.

The first thing I heard in my head when I saw the Eight of Cups was Fleetwood Mac's song, "Go Your Own Way". Then I thought of the phrase, "all for one and one for all," and while the hands below are adhering to this principle, the top hand hesitates to join the others, and will likely "go its own way" instead.

I see the independent hand in the Eight of Chalices as belonging to the woman in the Stars card. She walks alone in the night, and it looks as though she has just left the other vampires behind to do her own thing. Maybe they had a diabolical plot in mind, and she didn't want any part of it, as she is still holding onto some sensitive part of who she was when she was human. The scene reminds me of the movie Interview With the Vampire when Brad Pitt's character, brand new to immortality, refused to drink human blood and instead fed on rats.

These cards speak to me of following my heart, no matter how difficult or hopeless it may seem. Lately I have found myself feeling very far from where I want to be in life, and I have lost some of my luster and enthusiasm about my future goals. I have let myself become apathetic in recent weeks, since it almost seems futile to try to get to where I really want to be, taking into consideration where I am now. These cards tell me never to give up hope, and that where there's a will, there's a way. That it's never too late. I am reminded of the inspiring quote by George Eliot, "It's never too late to be who you might have been." That quote nicely wraps up what I feel these two cards are saying to me today.

Deck: Gothic Tarot of Vampires