Faeries retrieving Unicorns

Faeries retrieving Unicorns

I am using The Heart of Faerie Oracle by Brian and Wendy Froud and The Faeries Oracle by Brian Froud and Jessica Macbeth.

Ilbe the Retriever - The Faeries Oracle

You know that thing where you can find something and in the process of turning everything up-side-down you find half a dozen things you lost ages ago? You know that one shoes (you threw the other way away just last week) or that notebook, or every pen I have ever owned ever?

Ilbe is the the faery who likes you to to search for things. He likes to did deep, wipe off the dust, find the extra special thing in the thrift store or flea market. 

Faery have some very "interesting" ideas about ownership. They are sort of like siblings. What's your's is theirs and what's their's is theirs. So while Ilbe does like to "help" you find things, he is much better at finding deeper more important things you might have lost. He says

"When did you loss your sense of awe and wonder? Where is your hope?"

The Lady of Unicorns The Heart of Faerie Oracle

This card not only inspired me to write about unicorns,  but also gave me a lovely new perspective. She is the protector of unicorns, and they in turn are the protector of the young and the the wild. There is something beautiful and sacred in even the idea of unicorns. She say

"Protect the innocent, even within yourself."

We sometimes get wrapped up in our own loss and in that distraction we fail to see how we could protect others. Be it donating time or money to a children's charity or  rescuing an animal in need. Tell an inspiring story, spend time with the children in your family. Build a fort or den, give a unicorn to someone, add a little sparkle to someone else's life in what ever way you can.