Hello beautiful souls,
This is our first pick a card reading here. Yaaay!
Which pile or piles are calling you?
Pile 1 (left) has Strawberry Quartz on top.
Pile 2 (middle) has Serpentine on top (if I remember correctly....)
Pile 3 (right) has Lapis Lazuli on top.
Take all the time you need to choose a pile, or piles. You can find the reading further along in the post.
Decks: Threads of Fate - Shadow Edition. Lumina Tarot.
Pile 1: Seven of Wands and Ascension
Hello beautiful people who chose Pile One!
Thank you so much for being here.
Oh hello, we have a winner! Good energy is coming your way, pile one, and I’m so happy for you! There may have been some challenging energies in your life. Was your passion or perseverance tested? Have people been criticising you? Do people have opinions about what you’re doing, feeling, acting, or what you’re not doing for yourself? Or is your inner critic running wild? Dude, f*ck them. Haters are gonna hate, players gonna play. (Live your life man, good luck.) Those are the words I associate with the Seven of Wands. My dearest, please keep doing your thing. Please keep doing what feels good, to you. You are the only one responsible for the direction of your life, and other people having opinions is fine, but they can also choose to keep them to themselves. You don’t need that kind of negativity in our life. And you don’t need to take their words to heart, even when they might be coming from a good place.
You know what you’re doing. You are on the precipice of a new phase in your life, and the changes that you’re making right now are for the best, dear one. So if you feel called to protect your peace in the process, please keep doing so. You know what’s best for you. It’s alright to listen to the opinions of people, and to keep other perspectives in mind, but in the end... You deserve to lead the life you want for yourself. You’ve always been worthy of that. Don’t let other people or society keep telling you otherwise. Trust your own inner source of light. Trust yourself and your vision. The Ascension card shows me an up levelling. It’s the oh so gentle nod from the Universe that says “Yes honey, we see you. We see how hard you’ve worked. Your rewards are coming. Trust.”
You are on the right path, love. You do not need to do or become more. You do not need to change your plans (and if you do, you know it in your gut.) You do not need to change yourself in order to be worthy of the things you desire. It’s alright to be in this moment. You are safe here, too. Things are moving forward anyway, and you will continue to progress and reach higher states of consciousness as well as earthly success. It’s inevitable. You’ve been working really hard. We see you. We’re proud of you.
Just a gentle reminder to leave you with. If you have been chasing growth, going from one thing to the next, or if you have been ‘spiritually bypassing’ your emotions or the signs and signals of your body, then it might be a good idea to slow down. You do not need to chase your growth. Your growth is inevitable, and will not abide to human made timelines. Let things unfold as they are. Grounding can help, resting, and listening to your body can and will help too.
If you’re open to advice: Take some time to scan your body from the tippy tips of your toes all the way up to your head. What sensations do you feel? What emotions come up? Where may you focus your attention and breathe love towards? Ascension is not just levelling up in the mind or the spiritual realms and body. Your physical body is just as important and needs to be taken along for the ride in order to facilitate all that new energy. It’s okay to spend time in your body, and it’s okay to slow down. Do not lose faith, not in yourself, not in what you’re doing, nor in your vision. The way you show up for yourself, allows others to show up for themselves, too. You’re lighting the way for others to follow your example, and that’s freaking awesome. You should be proud of yourself, dear one.
You’re loved.💜
Pile 2: Nine of Wands – The Explorer.
Hello beautiful people who chose pile 2. Thank you so much for being here. I’m so glad you’re here!! I want you to take a nice, deep, cleansing breath in and out, dear one. And another. Because it feels like you’ve been having quite the journey. Good news though! The finish line is in sight, yaaaaay!
Hold on just a little longer. I’m getting so curious to see what you’re working towards. (Tell me in the comments, if you feel like sharing.) It feels like something big, but instead of it being a freaking labour (at this stage), you’re going about it in a way that feels playful and explorative. That’s an amazing approach to go with. Your growth feels very expansive and warm and it feels like you’re going in a direction that makes you feel happy and excited. I feel a lot of excitement in my body while I’m channelling this. And you, dear one, you have every reason to feel excited! Look at what you’re creating and growing for yourself. I’m so proud of you. (Gosh I’m tearing up.) It doesn’t matter if it’s big or small. You deserve to be excited about your life.
I had a visual of your heart and eyes being on the same line, and it’s funny that that’s on the explorer card as well. It feels like you’ve got your eyes on the prize. You know what you want in your heart and you’re going for it. It also means that the thing you’re changing / creating / birthing life into is very much aligned with your being and your soul’s plan. I LOVE that for you.
Nine of Wands can sometimes feel heavy – like a heavy backpack on your shoulders. You know where you’re going, honey, don’t lose hope now. Eyes on the prize, remember? Everything is going to work out in your favour if you just hold on a little longer. Even if you may experience setbacks, or have experienced setbacks on your road – know that this road will lead you home. Home to yourself, and home to that which you’re creating for yourself.
I just can’t seem to sit still at the moment, and my heart feels like it’s racing. Don’t rush, don’t rush to that finish line. Do not rush from one thing to the next, either. You know it’s there, so trust that you’ll get there. Trust your pace. You’re not competing with anyone here. There is no competition, there’s just the journey – the wandering, the exploring. Take your sweet time to enjoy that process because that’s going to bring you so many little gems of wisdom and so many memories to think back on.
Don’t forget that life is just as much about fun as it is about personal growth or aligned challenges. You deserve to have fun. This process can be fun if you allow it to, even if it has not been easy. If you feel you have been running from one thing to the next then it might be good to take a step back and to pause. Because growth can feel like a never-ending process, and let’s be honest, it kinda is. But it’s just as important to integrate the lessons you’ve learned so far, as it is to prune away that which no longer serves you, as it is to enjoy the fruits of your labour. Every step in your journey is important. Pause. Take a deep breath again.
This is can also be a gentle reminder to break free of routine. The Nine of Wands can sometimes feel heavy because the routines, boundaries, or structures we’ve created for ourselves do not fully serve us anymore. Thank them for their service of bringing you all the way here, near the finish line. You have a choice here to either hold on to them for a little while longer and live with the frustration, or you have the choice to take the advice of the Explorer. Both are choices that could work for your journey. But since we have the explorer card here... we want you to know that it’s okay to loosen up a little. Explore from this place, the place where you are at now, instead of from where you’ve started.
If you’ve been thinking about this goal of yours as being massive, or hard, or heavy, or whatsoever... this is a gentle reminder to think of all the good it has brought you so far. Look at your growth. Look at how far you’ve come. Look at the roots you’ve grown, and the beautiful flowers that are now budding. Look at the wisdom and experience you’ve accumulated. What you’re doing is incredible. And if right now all you can think about is “Jeez, this sucks. Why the f*ck am I not there yet?” then acknowledge that too. That is information, too. It tells you about your passion, your love, and just how important this is for you. That is a beautiful thing.
When I say “go explore,” it does not have to mean “do something grand and completely different.” It can also mean; go about your day in a different way, or choose a different beverage in the morning, or add something new to your daily routine that brings you joy. If you’re open to advice, my advice would be this: Go about your day with joy and curiosity. Nurture your curious inner child and look at your life and your journey with awe. Your inner child is massively impressed by you, you’ve got no idea. They are thinking... “Woooooowwww, I never knew I could do that!” (and this is making me teary again.) It’s okay to give them the centre stage throughout your day – they’ll help you look at the world with new eyes, and that will help you nurture the explorer within you.
I’m so proud of you. You’re doing amazing 💜
Pile 3: The Hermit. Nature. Dare to dream.
Hello beautiful people of pile 3. Thank you so much for being here.
I see several paths in my mind’s eye so there are different scenarios for this group. Let me start with the first one. In this scenario, it feels like you’ve entered a calmer season of your life. A season where you’re not actively pursuing something but tending to the seeds. These seeds come in the form of ideas or dreams, a gentle spark that has piqued your interest, or something that has caught your eye. Or maybe you’re courting with the idea of going into a different direction in life. Whatever it is, these seeds are not yet planted, you’re still playing with them. I feel you might be someone with a rich inner life, someone who has this deep well of knowledge and wisdom available to them, even if it feels you cannot always reach it when you want to. You may be someone who daydreams a lot, and let me tell you, that is a great thing! Because the scenario I see here is someone dreaming their desires into existence.
Side note here: I’ve recently been falling into the works of Neville Goddart and the Law of Assumption. What I understand of it so far is that it speaks about living in the world of your imagination and dreaming your world into being. If you have it all in your imagination, you can assume you have it in your 3D life / reality / experience, hold on to that assumption that you already live in the wish fulfilled and watch the 3D catch up. Anyway, that might be something that you’re really good at, or something you can find interesting.
What I want to say here for the people who resonate with this is that you should not be afraid to dream a little bigger. And if you’re already feeling you’re dreaming pretty big, then go you! Well done! Don’t be afraid to believe in yourself, either. Because those ideas and dreams you’re playing around with, will show up, if you show up for them. If you’re not sure on what the next steps are in your journey, know that it’s okay to step back and watch it unfold naturally. You do not have to have the answers to everything and anything. Life is a mystery and that’s what makes it fun. Go outside, spend time in nature, tend to that beautiful daydream of yours, and watch it unfold. You have all the answers already within.
Another scenario could be that you are also someone who daydreams a lot, and has a million and one ideas and cannot seem to ground them into the reality (yet). You might be someone who is highly associative, someone with a mind that tends to run pretty damn fast, and who has a million interests. And the reason why I’m feeling this is because the Hermit is someone with a deep and rich inner life and wisdom. It is someone who already has all the answers and wisdom within. You equally have this rich inner life and this massive amount of wisdom.
And what I can see too here, is that you’re not failing. It’s not wrong of you to start projects and not finish them. Life comes in seasons, and so does your curiosity and interests. If anything, what I can see you doing is following all the nudges of your intuition and listening to what you feel most drawn to at that moment. And that is something a lot of people have trouble with, so they could learn from you! Trouble grounding your dreams into reality can also be reframed as being selective, realistic and careful. In both scenarios described so far, I want you to know that it’s okay to nurture your seeds in the spirit / unseen world first before planting them. To get clear on your vision and to take action when you feel ready.
The gentle reminder here is – there is not always such a thing as perfect timing. It might sometimes feel that way, but most of the times it’s just time to begin and nurture things with a beginner’s mindset. There’s no such thing as failing. To quote one of my favourite songs by Aaliyah: “If at first you don’t succeed, dust yourself off and try again, try again, try again.” It’s okay to ‘fail’. It’s okay to be a beginner at something. It’s okay to try again, and again, and again, until you find ways that work for you. You’re allowed to change your mind as often as you like. You are allowed to change your path in life as often as you like. As long as you can feel you’re following your heart’s desires and the nudges of your soul, you’re on the right path. The nature of life is that we’re always changing and always evolving. To think you need to be one thing and one thing only might not work in your favour.
That leaves me to the following; the Hermit can often be seen as a call to go within, to do some soul-searching. If you’re someone who is afraid to take action on your brilliant ideas because you’re held back by limiting beliefs, blockages, or have been told that you can’t do it anyway, then this might be your time to go inwards and to nurture a healthy self-concept. You deserve to think good things about yourself. So often it’s the way we speak to ourselves, and the beliefs of others that we have internalised that holds us back from our own greatness. You deserve more from yourself, dear one. And when I say that, I do not mean kicking your arse into action and saying something like: “Omg, why do you never finish what you start. You’re so weak. You have no perseverance. You are never willing to put in the hard work.” Oh hell f*cking no. What I am saying is that you deserve ease, peace and gentleness from yourself. Because if your mind works anything like mine... that dialogue might have sounded familiar. I feel your internal critic could benefit from a healthy dose of gentle parenting. And I also know that you deserve to believe in your own wisdom and your own timing. Always.
The journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step. And if you do not know which step to take... then take the advice of the Hermit and go within, meditate on it, do some soul-searching, journal, go into nature and let Mother Earth inspire you, spend some time near water and watch your thoughts flow away on the waves until it’s calm and clear again. You do not have to be in action mode all the time.
Okay, on the last path I see the world being too loud – with distractions, with opinions, with hardships, with pressure, with noise. If that’s something you’re feeling right now, and you’re feeling overwhelmed by the world around you... Step back honey. Go inwards and tune out the noise. It’s okay to nurture yourself first. To nurture your peace, first. Putting yourself first is the best way to go forward. This might also have something to do with the nervous system, as I’m feeling a buzzing feeling with in my body and mind. It can be wise to withdraw from your regular activities for a while, and to pull back a little on socialising where you can. To create space for yourself so that you can finally hear yourself speaking again. My mind is very busy, so it might not be that you cannot hear your own thoughts, maybe those are overwhelming, too. If that feels true to you, you may feel called to quiet your mind through meditation or yoga, or any other practices that allow you to drop into your body more. Since we have the Nature card coming up as well, being in nature could be very beneficial to you. And if going outside is feeling too overwhelming right now because of all the noise, bring nature inside. Buy yourself a plant or some flowers. Cook a meal with fresh vegetables. Studies show that even looking at photographs of natural scenes can help calm the mind.
If you have taken the Hermit ‘literally’ and have taken root inside, having that made your only safe space... then this is your gentle reminder to take a step outside and breathe in the fresh air. Whether you start from your balcony, or your garden, or if you have none, by opening all the windows and letting the fresh air cleanse your space. Do so. Even though the card came upright, the reversed message of the Hermit tells us that while pulling back from the world to create solitude and stillness can be a helpful thing, too much withdrawal is harmful. You do not have to isolate yourself. You are a very important part of all the family, friends and the world around you. And your beautiful presence is missed, and your presence is needed in this world to make it an even more beautiful and better place. We love having you here, so let me welcome you back right now.
