Daily Tarot: 9 of Pentacles

Your physical space is both indicator of and an influence on your mental space. Pretty cool that it works like that. The 9 of Pentacles shows the fruits of your labor, and the pleasure you can take in your achievements, and the alignment of physical and mental space. I actually pulled this card reversed, which speaks to me of feeling a disconnect between your inner and outer spaces, or getting too much into the material or too much in your head.
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Personally, I'm feeling disconnected from my physical space and all up in my head. I have piles of laundry in the bedroom. Dishes in the sink. Some of my houseplants have died. When I'm out I I want to go home but when I'm there I just read on my phone. Some of this is because I'm dealing with big uncomfortable life things and ignoring my space makes the tough stuff seem a little less real. I'm grateful that I can recognize that, but I still have to do the work and deal with outer and inner stuff.
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I'm reminded here that whatever work I can put into ordering my little sanctuary will pay off by giving me more internal space. Clean your house, clean your mind, right? In a way, this is the essence of ritual: a physical practice that has non-physical effects. If you're feeling this too, see if you can do one act of order or kindness for your home or body. Do you feel a difference in your inner state afterwards?
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I'm seeing a lot of stuff about creating space the last couple of days - does anyone else feel like this theme is in the air?
I'm writing a thing about psychic hygiene and clutter, @pinchofsalt.witchcraft just posted about cleaning and witchcraft, @wildsoulhealing mentioned creating space in her podcast, it's in today's post from @smallspells about Uranus retrograde.