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This week's mini tarot read was thrown with The Shaman of Dreams Oracle Deck and it's no surprise that the underlying tone of this week's read is about letting go, with all the inner work so many are doing in this retrograde season. So, let's get into it:
The Crossing (Initiation) Card is the first out in our spread. You have reached a transitional part of your journey, and you are being called to say "goodbye" to what no longer serves you. I'm hearing "it's time to surrender and let go". This is a card of honor and power when it comes out, but "with great power comes great responsibility", and in order to, move forward through this "crossing" you cannot carry any "baggage from the past" with you.
This carries us into our next card in our spread, "The Perfect Storm" and I'm being told that this is a storm that has taken place in both your mind and your heart, but it's currently centered around your heart space. I'm hearing that you're having a hard time "letting go" and moving into the unknown. Into the "uncharted territory" you know lies ahead. You are standing in the center of this storm right now watching beliefs, thoughts, and relationships from many spaces throughout your life swirl around you. These are things that are standing "between you and your crossing". Will you choose to move through the storm or will you try and fight it? You can only "revisit" these spaces for so long. I'm hearing "the storm will only intensify the longer you resist change." You have been prepared for this moment and you are armed with all you need to make peace and move forward.
This now transitions us into our final card for the week, The Magician's Sword. You have ALWAYS been equipped to take on EVERYTHING in your life, but it's been your limiting beliefs and self-doubt that has stood in your way. You have questioned the effectiveness, strength, and power of your sword at times. But the power you hold when you wield your sword in confidence has the ability to cut the cords of WHATEVER is holding you back. You are being called to "unbind" and "untether" yourself from the weight and burdens you've been carrying. Let go of habits, coping skills, unfulfilling relationships, old thought patterns, and behaviors that no longer serve you on your path to your highest self. The choice to use your sword and sever ties of what is holding you back, brings us full circle back to the Crossing/Initiation Card that we started with.
Will you accept this transition and this call? Will you let go of the baggage you've been holding on to and step in this place of honor and power in your journey? Much awaits you on the other side of your bridge.
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