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This week's tarot reading was tossed with two different decks. But make no mistake, we have three different energies present within this reading. Energy #1 will be represented in the first two cards out (The Lovers and The Six of Wands). Energy #2 will be represented in the following cards (The Three of Cups, The Queen of Wands, and The Chariot), all in reverse. Energy #3 is what I will lovingly call Universal Energy or Universal Truth, which is seen as (The High Priestess, The Fool, and The Emperor). It may appear and to some can be taken as though we have a love message out for this week, however, Energy 1 could represent a relationship, or it could represent a series of choices you have and are making in your life in where you have chosen to "settle".
Energy #1, (You), is and can find themselves victorious after a long hard-fought battle with themselves. Up until this point you have repeatedly allowed yourself to be manipulated and taken for granted by an outside energy. Energy #2 is a dense and thick energy one of which has worked you over for quite a long time. As a person they would be manipulative and domineering of your time and energy. Often coming across as emotionless to your needs or feelings, often turning situations and moments to be soley focused on them or turning things on you in a negative light. You have been under the thumb of this energy for a while and have slowly lost yourself in the process it would seem. This is not a person or energy you have found it easy to work or collaborate with and often times you have made yourself smaller as to be more palpable for them. Up until this point you have been in the passenger seat of your own journey and now you are being called to once again pick up the reins and steer the wagon.
The Universe is once again granting you a choice, a lesson, and a new beginning. Will you take it? There are things that will continue to be revealed to you in regard to this hindering energy you have become so entangled with. What you are beginning to realize is, the more you learn the more you know, and the more you are forced to make a decision every step of the way. You are no longer in the dark of this energies lies/deception, but you have begun to see them very clearly. So there in than comes your first choice. Now that you see the Universal truth behind the workings of Energy #2, what are you going to do about it? This is a karmic lesson for you and a moment of tremendous growth, if you so choose.
The Seven of Cups and the Two of Wands is currently what you are battling before coming to your decision. Before reaching Victory! It equates to a larger fear of change, coupled with procrastinating due to this fear, and attempting to fool yourself that the "red flags" from this energy aren't really there, all while hiding away under the illusion of wishful thinking. The Universal Truth in this spread is that you already know what the truth is, it's admitting it to yourself and moving accordingly. That is the decisions to be made and the many options to be had.
The Universe is asking you to move past all of this. To release this negative Queen of Wands energy, whatever that may be, a person, a job, a memory, and begin to embrace your "scary new future". Because you are being offered a fresh start. A new beginning. A new adventure. One that is more fitting and becoming on your true nature, not your masks or inauthenticity. But actually, who your soul is meant to be. Are you ready to accept, release, and move forward? Because the Universe/ God/ Great Spirit is ready to present you with something better and more wholesome to you, should you be ready to receive it.