Daily Tarot: 6 of Wands

6 of Wands is about being recognized and praised for your work.
I pulled this reversed, which shows that we’re hesitant to be seen, not quite trusting the attention we’re getting. Sometimes that can be when we’re feeling imposter syndrome, and we don’t think we deserve attention. Today it feels different, like we are trying to control the type of attention we receive.
First, there is nothing wrong with getting or wanting attention. But when we start trying to control how people react to us, that usually means we feel something off with our work.
The invitation here is to check in with yourself about the work you’re doing. And be honest so you can make adjustments where needed. Are you doing things that you’re proud of and excited about, and putting your best effort in? That’s the important thing. When your intention and work are lined up, it feels different than when you’re doing something to get a certain kind of attention from certain people. And receiving praise for aligned work is a totally different feeling, too. Be open to surprises in who responds and how, and trust that your work will resonate with the right people.
You deserve to do work that makes you happy first and foremost, and you deserve the sincere attention that will bring you.
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Dramatic lighting courtesy of the impending Scorpio season.

Daily Tarot: The Devil

Powerful dark moon medicine tonight. A visit from all the parts of yourself that you’re ashamed and afraid to face. Just for today, let them show up without trying to push them away, hide them, or control them. We do so much violence to ourselves in the name of control. Because we’ve learned that certain traits are bad and having them means we’re bad, and we have to make sure that we also feel bad about how bad we are. So we control ourselves in all kinds of external ways to keep the “bad” parts locked up inside. We repress, self-medicate, isolate, punish. And when controlling ourselves doesn’t make us feel better, we go further outside and try to control other people through manipulation or coercion, and on a bigger scale, systematic oppression. Where do you think you got the idea that you were bad, after all?
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Today the Devil is offering up a mirror of all that we don’t want to face, so we can integrate and heal that on a personal level and on a global level. We can pass on something besides shame and blame, but we’ve gotta have compassion for ourselves first. You can’t share what you don’t already have.
I’m thinking of something @heatherhogandc wrote this week: “speaking our shame starves the beast.” So whatever you’re keeping chained up out of shame, face it. Starve the beast that is your conditioning to believe you’re bad. Choose to love all parts of yourself. That’s how you start to break the bonds of repetitive, addictive patterns, and stop doing violence to yourself and others.

Daily Tarot: The Tower

AKA le maison de dieu, the house of god. AKA the universe saying, my house my rules, you’ve outgrown this pattern and it has to go.
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We all want to change and evolve but sometimes we get stuck, and we’re too afraid to let go of what’s familiar, even if it’s not right for us anymore. We’re like baby birds stuck while hatching, and the universe cracks open the shell for us.
So when the Tower appears, you are invited to let go. That stuff is done, you don’t have to keep holding onto it. The really great thing is that you are getting what you asked for! Change is happening and it’s all for your ultimate good! And you don’t even have to do all the tedious demolition work.
Your job is to stay out of the way of the wrecking ball, and not sneak any bricks into your bag when you think no one’s watching.
You take care of you, and work on some practice where you say, if this is leaving that means it’s making room for something better for me. Stay grateful, little birds. You are losing your shell but you are getting wings.

Daily Tarot: 7 of Cups

Today I had a specific question: how can we stay centered and focus on service when there is so much terrible scary stuff going on in the world?
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And here’s what came through:
Remember that a lot of what’s happening is meant as a distraction tactic, to overwhelm and immobilize you.
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If you’re feeling overwhelmed, come back to who you really are and what really matters. You are here to make the world a better place for everyone. You can be sad and angry and still full of love for your fellow humans who are suffering. You can be scared and still help. You are strong enough to help.
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Part of the overwhelm comes from knowing there’s a lot to do, and not knowing where to start. There are many ways to act, but they’re not all for you. There’s only one action you have to take now. Do the first thing that comes to mind. You’ll come to the others in time.
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There are a lot of distractions, but there is only one truth. You likely already know what that is. You’ve gotta act on the truth, not the distractions. Limit your media consumption. Look at what’s actually happening, not what people are saying about it. You can stay informed without reading the entire internet or watching 24 hours of news.

Daily Tarot: 3 of Pentacles

A repeat card from last week, so this is an important lesson for all of us. And a very sweet one!
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You are necessary, you are perfect, you are in the right place, at the right time. You don’t have to wait or train before you can help build a kinder world. The work you do, the way you show up in the world can be an act of service every day. If you’re feeling helpless or hopeless, pull your energy in close and find just one thing you can do right now. Maybe it’s texting resist to 50409, picking up trash on the sidewalk, being patient, speaking up when you hear racist speech, having dinner with a friend. Maybe it’s taking care of yourself by turning your phone off and going to bed early. Maybe it’s asking for help or attention when you need it.
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Because you’re necessary, and so is everyone else. We’re all here to help people, and that means there are people here to help you. You don’t have to figure out or fix all of the world’s issues. You do what you can, let others do what they can, work together and hold each other accountable. What you do will help the collective, even if you’re not swooping in like an intersectional superhero.
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For me, this is timely because right now I’m starting to reach out to all of my healer friends about community events to bring our services to more people who need them (dm me if you want in!). I took some time today to ground myself and hang out with my feelings, and watched some Parks and Rec, because earnest teamwork is so comforting. And obvs listening to Breakdown a lot. So whatever way helps you reset, do that and come back to this work fresh.
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I’m here to support you, my community in whatever way I can. If you want a reading or energy work or tarot lessons or readings at an event, let’s work together. Thanks for being here. ❤️❤️❤️