December
Reading for the Collective
When you read Tarot, you start to experience the synchronicities -
for me it was about sticking with the Tarot through the early stages of skepticism and long enough to allow my intense doubts to slowly make way for the magic that kept revealing itself.
If you pull cards, you will eventually experience the visitations—those cards that keep coming (sometimes every day!) until we grow to understand them and the lessons that they compassionately offer.
Sometimes I joke that the cards are trolling me- hanging around until I can make sense of their teaching. I find their insistence funny and sweet - and sometimes annoying.
It usually builds to a level of frustration that reveals my own resistance. I like to offer myself extra space until I can soften into accepting that (maybe) there’s more than what I believe is true. And despite how much my mind would like to control and calculate - I start to see that I would benefit by opening myself up to new information that offers alternate solutions.
The Four of Cups and the Seven of Pentacles have been frequent guests over the past week. They’ve shown up in personal readings and client reading…and it seems they have more to say here! - I hope you enjoy the December Collective Reading!
Reversed 4 of Cups 〰️ Reversed 7 of Swords 〰️ 6 of Wands
Reversed Four of Cups
From the perspective of Divine, we are being asked to get in touch with what we really want by starting to edit. We’re learning how to say no to situations, relationships, behaviors or any other dynamic that is not serving our highest good.
We see a person in nature, under a tree, on the earth- grounded. Arms folded, gently looking at three cups in front of them as another offering seems to have appeared from nowhere. Our friend is getting to make a decision from a place of fullness rather than scarcity.
Learning to say no is an important skill especially if were to committed honoring our needs and self worth. No’s allow us to exercise our confidence, and use our voice and our energy to shape our life in realtime.
Most of us say we want more options in our life; lots of choices! But options mean saying no to some things. This card offers a freedom from the limited and fearful thinking that makes us grip and grind in the false idea that opportunities are scarce. The Four of Cups reminds us that they are everywhere and spiritual practices help us attune ourselves to their frequency. We’re able to reduce the noise, drama and distractions with our no, we show ourselves where our boundaries and values are. Beautifully, our no’s can make space for more yes’s (that feel good) and more peace of mind. In the 4 of cups we tap into the energy of appreciative No’s.
The reversal indicates that we’re either moving out of a time of shaping and redefining our values by having the faith to say no to opportunities that looked great- but didn’t sit right with us. Alternatively, a reversal can indicate that you’re in a time where your having a challenging time believing that it’s safe to say No.
Maybe we’re worried opportunities will dry- up if we don’t grab each one that comes along. Maybe we think we can compromise ourselves just a little bit - but the wiser part of us knows how that goes. Can we dare to imagine that opportunities are lining up and gaining momentum and that saying NO to the one’s that don’t properly fit, flings the door open to the situations that bring us a smile when we consider them.
Reversed Seven of Swords
This card comes through representing how we’re feeling in these times - the reversal indicates that we’re coming out of a time of confusion, having a hard time deciding and in general not sure when it’s safe to trust ourselves and others.
We’re being offered a time to pause and offer ourselves compassion. I find the Seven of Swords one of of the tougher cards because it’s so subtle. We’re using our intellect to rationalize what’s not feeling good in our body. Or we could be using our body to mask what we don’t want to think about. Either way it usually leads to the numbness of dissociation. And no amount of self criticism can soften our dissociated systems- only love and compassion can soothe.
In this card, it’s helpful to find points of connection with yourself through nurturing and attending to what your body needs- maybe it’s rest or creative time. Or maybe it’s laying on the couch watching trashy tv. It’s all good - we’re in a no judgement zone in this card. We remove blame so that the exposed, embarrassed or vulnerable parts of us can begin to share without shame. We ask to be open to see the limiting thoughts and belief systems that may be in our way - and are willing to allow them to heal and fade away.
We’re in the release of the split mind and the energetic exhaustion of it. We are collectively ending cycles of frustration, rationalization and justification. What are the stories we tell ourselves that are masquerading as truths?
Use slow breathing as a way to realign the mind and body. Nothing fancy, just 10 slow deep breaths with big exhales.
Count them on your fingers.
It’s usually helps to focus on the basics - hydrate and rest. Find a show or a song that helps release emotion (can be laughing, crying, whatever.)
We remember that there are more available options than an scared body and mind can comprehend.
Anchor in the knowing that this will pass. And take a moment to write yourself a quick love letter and remember how far you’ve come.
Six of Wands
We are learning how feel comfortable being authentically seen and re-defining what success means to us.
Being seen as our authentic self requires an inner sense of safety. It also helps to have a level of self-approval that’s buoyant enough to weather the sometimes harsh climate of the external world.
The Six of Wands has always been a special riddle for me- it looked so powerful. I wanted that feeling. But I knew that I didn’t automatically feel successful or powerful when it arrived in my personal readings.
How could I bridge I bridge the gap from how I feel to how I want to feel?
For me I had to look at what in my life added to a general feeling of - ‘not good enough’. I got timidly curious about my limiting thoughts and where I learned them. Where I was finding love and support (in both healthy and less healthy ways)? Were my relationships mutually beneficial? Was my work enriching? Did I have practices to reconnect with and appreciate myself? It was a very non-linear process of assessing and attending to the details of my life that I’d mistakenly grown to believe were out of my control.
Our passions require our attention, joyfulness and sense of play to flourish.
Is your life constructed to be a container through which happiness can consistently flow? Do you have the right support systems for your amazing, precious life desires to rest on?
Success is how you define it. It can feel scary or confronting to spend time day dreaming about our unique individualized quirky version of success- maybe we think it’s just too weird to work. But those are old-timey thoughts from before there were 9 billion of us on the planet. So many things are possible! The key is knowing that unless we practice spending time thinking of it with a loving anticipation and a growing belief that it is possible, we won’t know how to live it.
Pave the way to receive the life you deserve, full of good, fuzzy, warm feelings of self worth by practicing those feelings now. You’ll be amazing by how life will shift to meet your empowered sense of self (I’ve been!)
What in your life gives you good vibes when you think about it? When do you see yourself most fully - when you’re able to accept your cleverness or sense of adventure or determination or humor or compassion? Sit with those versions of you more often, cause that’s actually the truest, most authentic version of you…it’s the surest way to find yourself safe and settled in the seat of your deserving - just like the person on the card.
With Gratitude,
Cameron