Artwork Description
Swoon – Oracle Deck: Chestnut-Animal Power
Dimensions: 17 x 11″
Year: 2024
Medium: archival digital print on Moab Entrada 300 gsm
Edition: ed. 1/20
This card calls you into your physical and emotional
power. The places where you are at one with the body you live in. Where you feel the wind on your face and the sunlight on your skin and within those simple joys you come into a moment of ecstatic communion with the world.
Chestnut seems at times to be the earthly incarnation of one of Caelum and Terra’s heavenly guardians. He’s the loyal friend in the nearby pasture. The trusty steed that helps Hutch overcome feelings of powerlessness during a difficult moment in life. And, in the end, it’s Chestnut to the rescue.
Pause and touch the tops of your thighs with your hands. What is your body calling you to do? Does it want rest? Play? What kind of exercise brings you joy and makes you feel powerful? What kinds of work bring you feelings of efficacy and strength? Like the instinctual nature of the psyche, and indeed, like our very own hardworking bodies, Chestnut is always there. An ally, a partner, a friend when there’s a job that needs doing.
Let your feet touch the earth. Let your senses guide you. There is powerful creaturely wisdom to be found right inside your own body.
–Swoon