Emerald

You’re welcome. I’m glad (but also not so glad) to hear it’s relevant. But I see a lot of potential for growth, so there is some positive in it even though it can feel harrowing.

You’re welcome! ?

Thank you! I’ll keep my eyes open for 26-related synchronicities, My daughter’s birthday is a 26 too... July.

Lot’s of reversals. So, I see it as a reflection of perhaps not taking responsibility for what each card represents. The first is socialization and tending to friendships The second is related to setting clear boundaries about what you do and don’t want in your life. Basically choosing what you’re willing/unwilling to fill your life up with. The third is taking ownership of your own personal strengths. So, these are the things that need the most ownership over.

My birthday is April 26th ? So there’s that. And the numbers on the cards add up to 8, which can be written as 2+6... though it actually shows itself as 5+3+0 So, if I’m reading this as a non-cosmic insight, I see it as a person who has lost something and can’t let go. They stand there staring at spilled cups and don’t notice the cups behind them. They carry this unresolved heartbreak with them, which jades them to life. It keeps them from being exuberant and taking big leaps of faith like they once did before the cups got spilled. In terms of cosmic truths, you could say this is nearly everyone’s fall from grace as happy child to jaded and cynical adult. So, it is fundamental for helpers to recognize this.

So in terms of letting go... I get a lot of “going back and forth” in your mind and trying to get to smoother waters... emotionally speaking. There is a sense of emotional disregulation that you’re trying to ‘fix’. The water in the reading tends to represent emotions. So, you’re blindfolded facing away from it in the first card. Then internally trying to regulate it in the second. Then you’re trying to run from the rougher waters in the third. So, surrender to the emotions is needed. There are emotions trying to process. And even if it’s hard, it’s best to welcome them with open arms. Resistance makes them more intense,

Mind you, I’m not psychic but this is what the cards reflect... There currently is a sense of stuckness in certain painful patterns of thought and belief. And these thoughts/beliefs make it hard to listen to your heart and follow your intuition. You are blindfolded and fixed in place... which attracts the kind of partner that amplifies and mirrors this “stuck” feeling. And there’s lots of potential for pain... with all the swords. The remedy seems to be to some deep contemplation on life, death, and love to get more perspective in terms of the role you want your love-life to play within the greater context of your life. And then, to develop your own masculine side more as well. And one such way would be to create your own business or live more in alignment with your purpose. This will create greater integration internally... which tends to translate to more integrated relationships externally as well.

Yes. I’m still in the mood. ?

My impression from this reading is that you can best help people dealing with hard and soft addiction. And then to help them develop work ethic and gain clarity and direction toward their path forward in life.

@wavydude Oops forgot at first to add the picture of the cards. It’s on there now.

What I’m turning up is that there may be an unconscious tendency to follow certain personal or collective dogmas without realizing it. Perhaps you consciously feel okay with being solitary and marching to your own drum. But there may be a part of you that wants to belong to a community, which resists against you carving your own path. This could present itself as not being able to shake the desire to be approved of. If this is reflective of your circumstances, I recommend trying to become more aware of the part that desires connection and how to reconcile that part with the more individualistic part of yourself.

The cards suggests there is an indecision about direction... and perhaps some black and white thinking in regard to what you SHOULD or SHOULDN’T do. And there may be money concerns clouding you awareness of your life-path too. So, the cards seem to suggest that you do some death meditation. That way, you can consider what decisions are the ones you REALLY want to make going forward. When you’re aware that you only have a limited amount of time, how is that time best spent? This will naturally create more clarity.

There is and will be a lot of loss. But if there is one wildcard here is that things will never be the same again. The status quo has been upset. This makes room for both regeneration and degeneration. We will likely see both. So, our best bet is to see the hidden positivity and play to that end.

In the first card, there is a reflection of using the Animus to go from rougher to smoother waters... bringing more vulnerable parts of yourself with it. This could be purely an emotional journey or could have to do with literal travel. But in the boat there are lots of swords (thoughts, beliefs, mindsets) that can sink the boat. So, there is perhaps a feeling like emotional safety is hanging on by a thread. A potential for sinking to the emotional waters you (and especially the Animus) wants to avoid. And because of that, there is a lack of emotional regulation and fear of heartbreak... new heartbreak that might reflect the old heartbreaks, which is what the Animus is trying to protect you from in the first place. My suggestion, though not fun, is to attempt to learn through the chaos. Sometimes chaos is needed to crack us open to deal with emotional realities we’d much rather avoid. And now, is certainly a time of stasis and turning inward.

The 5 of Pentacles reversed tends to be about resisting against or fearing being “out in the cold”. So, fear of loss and poverty is relevant with that card. The 8 of Swords reverses tends to have to do with the mind creating the illusion that you’re trapped or stuck. But because it’s reversed it suggests that this assumption of stickiness comes from unconscious patterns.

If you don’t mind my asking, what sort of sacrifice did you anticipate needing to make?

You’re welcome! ? With the Star card, this denotes a connection between the spiritual, emotional, mental, and Earthly facets of existence. So, this practice definitely fits with that. And the Ace of Cups is all about emotional renewal... which fits quite well. Now, with the 6 of Wands... that tends to be about victory on a particular path. But It’s also reflective of the Lovers Card (6 in Major Arcana)... which has to do with relationships and things previously separate coming together. So, I see connections there too. But my main takeaway here that you can use both in and out of this practice, is to help people reframe this situation as a “win” instead of a “loss.” That way, they can use this situation for growth as opposed to feeling like they’re in chaos or wasting their time, Help people find approval for the current circumstance.

Thank you! ? I’m glad to hear it. The best you can do is share your perspective and experience enthusiastically. We are not wired for certainty, but we all have a need to teach and learn. It’s hard to be okay with that sometimes though.

Lot’s of Pages popping up today. The cards seem to reflect that there’s part of you that is optimistic about finances... but that it’s surrounded by a nervousness about self-expression and past emotional trauma. So, this financially optimistic part, that may even entertain the notion of starting a business, tends to become discouraged by a fear and a need to hide your own light for fear of judgment or invalidation. So, it suggest that there needs to be some processing through the self-doubt and secrecy that past trauma has imbued you with. Otherwise, you will second guess your life-path and all the value that you have to share... which will also make it very difficult to make money.

The first thing that jumps out is that we have scales in the first two cards... suggesting balance or a weighing of value. So, moderation, charity, and morality are all playing into this reading. But I get the sense that this weighing process itself might get in the way of grace, if it usurps the intuition driving you forward toward your purpose. So, practice good ethics and aim for a life of service. But first and foremost, feel the passion and heed the calling. Grace comes from finding and following the golden chord and all other forms of ‘in-alignment’ action will follow the natural integrity of your path. Grace comes from letting go and trusting the process... which may lead you to sacrifice, but may not.

If you fill in the reading with “security of resources” for the parts about money, it might fit a bit more. With fear of surrender, that definitely comes up with the reversal of the Hanged Man. He is ( in the upright interpretation of the card) hanging upside-down in a very uncomfortable position. But he is content and has an enlightenment halo around his head. This suggests that he has fully surrendered to the discomfort and become enlightened because he sees things from a different angle and has let go. With the reversal, it suggests attaching to comfort and resisting against discomfort... which disallows the new perspective from coming to fruition. Thus, no surrender to discomfort equals no enlightenment and no learning.

Spread messages of emotional and spiritual renewal, and how this apparent ‘loss’ can be made into a victory and a new path. Be the example of a person who uses this time of turning inward for spiritual and emotional growth. The Star and the Ace of Wands might also be good to look deeper into for archetypal inspiration... as well as to consider how to understand the current circumstance as a win.

That could be one interpretation. But I see the Page as an enthusiastic communicator when it comes to his suit. But he doesn’t claim mastership over the suit. He continues to orient to it with beginners eyes without feeling that he’s learned it all. And so, he continues to soak up more and more. He is the true master that doesn’t rest on his laurels. But he shares and communicated with idealism and enthusiasm.

You’re welcome! You’re welcome! Glad to hear it was relevant. Thank you and you’re welcome! I think they can both play off of one another. I would consider both angles going forward.

Shadow Work and awakening are different in many regards. Shadow Work is very much situated with Maya. But a person can be awakened without dealing with their human traumas. So, my recommendation is to do both. Here is a playlist of mine, that I made all about the Shadow... it will pop up as one video but there are 8 or 9 videos in the playlist