A tarot card with the number 12, titled 'Goddess,' featuring a woman in a red dress sitting on a brown object, with a Route 66 sign in the bottom right corner. The background shows a desert landscape with an orange sky and a road stretching into the distance.

12     GODDESS

 KEY CONCEPTS:  nature, fertility, fruitfulness, motherhood, nurture, comfort, the feminine aspect, flow and blockages of creativity, a nurturing person, a public celebration, possibly the querent. (Corresponds to Empress)

MESSAGE:   A bus-stop bombshell patiently awaits her ride.  Perched against a sign at highway’s edge, she anticipates fresh adventures.  She’s stuffed her suitcase chock-full of blankets, pillows and comfort food...all the necessities to make a lengthy trip delightful.  This Venus remains ever-ready to share bounty with fellow travelers.  On the bus, her baloney sandwiches and tasty snack cakes flow freer than spray cheese as mile markers whiz by.  Do you hope to emulate her lavish ways?  Unlatch your valise and start doling out those popcorn balls.  It’s better to circulate them! Soon every passenger races to join the party, kicking in the odd box of crackers or ginger snaps.  When bellies are full, don’t be surprised to discover twelve more picnic baskets brimming over. When you open a channel of sharing, serendipity smiles.

Goddess just discovered she’s expecting further fortune…she’s due to become the mother goddess of the Mother Road.  She cultivates maternal beauty with every feminine footstep on this trek homeward to share the good news.  Like a newborn, innovation enters the world from the inside out.  When Goddess energy constricts, we experience blockage in imagination and manifestation.  Have you felt disconnected from your body lately?  Uncork bottled emotions. It doesn’t serve you to let pressure build; pop the top.  Have you withheld instead of contributing?  Throw open those dusty cupboards and donate excess items to travelers in need.  Is your creativity feeling stagnant?  Welcome the rejuvenating presence of femininity.  Break out those watercolors and splash some bold hues about. 

Slide over in your seat to make room for this strong and nurturing archetype.  Goddess embodies wide-ranging aspects of womankind.  She easily shifts from youthful vulnerability to matronly strength.  Self-acceptance sets her free to create her own image, never tainted by whims of rivals nor of men.  No outsider can dictate what you see when you look in your magic mirror.  Choose to be fairest in the land and voila!  In your own eyes, you are. 

RELATED SITES:   WOMEN OF 66 WORKED HARD TO MAKE THE ROUTE WHAT IT IS TODAY. THE FOLLOWING SITES WERE INFLUENCED BY ROUTE 66 GODDESSES:  SYCAMORE INN, RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA; MIDPOINT CAFE, ADRIAN TX; BLUE SWALLOW MOTEL, TUCUMCARI, NM.