Hello friends!
I’m introducing a new-ish feature here that will become a part of the paid tier of the newsletter: weekly reflections. A lot of my tarot practice involves seeing what’s happening in my everyday life through the lens of the cards. Reading a book? What cards can I connect it to? Walking down the driveway at dusk feeling moody on Tuesday? A true Hermit moment! I thought it would be fun to include these musings here and I hope that you’ll chime in to share your own as well.
Before we dive in, a few quick announcements:
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So, enough promotion. Let’s start off with a fun audio experiment. Listen to me (and my noisy HVAC unit) mull over the Queen of Wands and the challenges of embodying your authentic self/how not being for everyone is a useful byproduct of healthy individuality:
What I’m Reading
I just finished Alison Bechdel’s The Secret to Superhuman Strength and ugh, I LOVED IT. Like all her work, it quickly travels to profound places, and while I’m not a self-identified “athletic person,” I was moved and intrigued by how she articulated the catharsis of movement and working out, and its power to take us out of our minds and plant us firmly in the body. So then I started thinking about which tarot cards illustrate this: the Seven of Wands with its joyfully impatient and impassioned motion? The placid yet powerful “world dancer,” the World card? Strength itself? (See above for reference.) What do you think?
What I’m Watching
Nothing! I’ve found myself absolutely maxed out and unable to process a TV show or movie… uh, except for half-watching the latest season of Love is Blind while folding laundry, that is. How would I describe that train wreck of a show in tarot? Probably the Seven of Cups at its unhealthiest: all fantasy and projection all the time, plus the dangers of idealizing others and “love” without keeping at least one foot on the ground.
Sensual Delights
Had a true King of Pentacles-style decadent feast prepared by my sister the other night: a pot of polenta, fennel salad, radicchio with pomegranate and blue cheese, and meatballs snuggled up against melted burrata. A friend came over last-minute and we shared the whole thing, gossiping and getting giddy, feeling like a human embodiment of the Three of Cups.
Guiding Questions
Here are some questions I’ve been pondering as I continue to work with the Queen of Wands:
What do I need to do to fully embody my vibrant, idiosyncratic, and unique self especially if it makes me feel exposed/too much for some people?
What light do I cast when I do this? How might I be illuminating a segment of someone else’s path or acting as a beacon? Does framing my authenticity in this way motivate and inspire me to act on my principles?
Thank you as always for coming along this tarot journey with me and please share your thoughts and reflections in the comments below.
