Graylynn<p>Pulled my <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/Oracle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oracle</span></a> card for the secular year #2023 ahead: <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/Montu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Montu</span></a> </p><p>𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 | 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 | 𝗪𝗮𝗿</p><p>Sometimes, the only way to make progress in something, is to <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/confront" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>confront</span></a>. Sometimes, the only way to protect the good, is to attack the bad. </p><p>It's not ideal -- no one wants friction, or <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/fighting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fighting</span></a>, or <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a>, not between others, and not within themselves; however, there comes a point where other options have failed, and the only thing left to do, is fight. </p><p>And while sometimes those targets are external, sometimes they are internal as well.</p><p>Montu attacks the enemies of <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/Maat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maat</span></a> and protects truth and order in the process. He is the swift falcon and the strong bull. He is the blistering rays of <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/Ra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ra</span></a> falling upon the world -- ensure you strengthen Ma'at as your shield in all things! He wields many <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/weapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weapons</span></a> -- swords, knives, arrows -- in His strikes. He is the Raging One Who prevails, and His rage is righteous and justified.</p><p>Montu Who Shines in the Sky, Who dispels the darkness in His sights. He is the wind, like Amun, and the sun, like Ra. He emerges from Nun to watch over the Earth, Who illuminates and protects the land, Who stands strong in the East with arms raised, the rays of Ra Himself on the horizon. </p><p>May <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/Wepwawet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wepwawet</span></a> guide your arrows.</p><p>Images: my Kemetic oracle cards in a custom <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/3Dprinted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3Dprinted</span></a> case I designed and made for them -- in one photo, the case is open, and the Montu card sits face-up on top. In the other, the case has its lid on, the lid has my Kemetic name on top and an image of Wepwawet, as well as a brass Wepwawet figurine and a small beaded <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/protection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protection</span></a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/amulet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amulet</span></a>. Everything except the cards is my creation.</p><p><a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/divination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>divination</span></a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/kemet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kemet</span></a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/kemetic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kemetic</span></a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/gods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gods</span></a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/pagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pagan</span></a></p>