You’ve worked really hard, and now it’s time to enjoy the fruits of your labors. But like, really consciously.
9 of Pentacles is a lovely safe-feeling card that reminds us how important it is to NOT always be closing. That’s not healthy or sustainable. You’ve gotta have both sides of every coin, and the other half of gain is gratitude. Because if you never fully appreciate what you have, you’ll never feel like you have enough. And you don’t want to end up a bitter billionaire who’s always grabbing for more, yet completely unable to enjoy anything. Whatever you have right now, appreciate the fuck out of it, just as it is. Trust that you will still have enough if you pause the hustle for a minute. Say thank you to the actual stuff in your life, your home, your food, your belongings, the experiences you’ve had, yourself, other people, the universe. Try it out, see what happens.
Daily Tarot: 9 of Pentacles
Appreciate what you have. Let yourself really feel all the abundance in your life, by being still and paying attention.
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This isn't the kind of feeling I find easy to hold onto. I'm always like, hey spirit guides, are you *sure* I shouldn't be working constantly, there's a lot of stuff to get done and I put a lot of my self-value on work. They're like, nope, just for one day, chill out, actively appreciate what you do have, what you've made, how far you've come. Hood your falcon, no seeking today.
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Just for one day. I'm in the car and as I wrote that Heroes came on. I could be king and you could be queen and maybe we already are all the time but just for one day we can put our attention on our royalness. Out of all of the little threads of who we are, let's pull this one to the top today.
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So there is stuff I have to get done today, a lot more moving boxes and cleaning, but I'm appreciating how beautiful it is this morning. Mist rising on the hills that I have eyes to see, a jacket so I can be comfortable outside, my sister's new house and land where I can visit, enough money to cover my rent and take a few days in the country, my cousin driving me around, bushes full of blackberries, pond full of trout. I am grateful.
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Back to Brooklyn tonight, back to work tomorrow. Happy Sunday everyone.
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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.