I used to enjoy doing these every week. Really. Now I'm starting to ask myself, Why?
Guess who's back? Guess who was the first card out of the deck? When I saw him, my first reaction literally was, "Oh, crap ..." There's something honestly sadistic about this broken record theme. But here we are. And I can either wuss out again, or roll with it.
Yes, I know it's not Sunday. But life ... you know. I can either publish this now -- or not at all. Here goes.
This week's theme
The Hermit Rx = isolation, alienation, loneliness, lack of meaning or purpose
This card is about getting in touch with your spiritual center, finding your personal truth, revealing "the meaning of life." Reversed, it indicates that somehow that's not happening properly. Either you're failing to connect, or you need to try harder, or you haven't begun to really try this, or what you've found there so far doesn't provide any answers.
Reversed cards show something twisted or blocked, unfulfilled, undiscovered, unacknowledged or repressed. It can also mean something conducted in extreme privacy -- or even something happening on a subconscious level. So, there are many different ways it can show itself, but it all comes down to this: The energy of this card isn't expressing properly. It's present .. but there's something wrong with it.
The Hermit card shows situations where you're in touch with your own truth, living your divinely designed, authentic life, following the right path according to your own "light." It's about knowing what you know. Being true to yourself. Being comfortable with your beliefs & your choices. <--- & apparently this is what is not happening. It's your job to look at your life & see why.
That's the theme for the week: rediscovering & connecting with your spiritual center in more meaningful ways. Good luck with that.
This week's personal issue
3 of Rods = (What the everloving f***?) ---> expanding current plans, assembling the people & materials needed to move forward on a project, maximizing your resources & potential, making steady progress, "getting it together"
This card depicts rounding up the assets you need to move forward on a solid vision you believe in. This is still in the early stages of development, but at least you have a direction to go & you are making progress.
This week's emotional issue
Knight of Cups Rx = the persona & attitudes that will construct a new creative project (or a whole new level of creative expression) are emerging, but it's all still coming together & not ready for public viewing yet ---> you are deeply involved in planning & incubation --->
You are putting a lot of dream-time into a new project you want to launch, a new creative venture. It may feel "authentically you" ... and worthwhile (and exciting!). That makes getting the details right important, too. But that could take some time -- and you don't want to scrimp or jump the gun with your timing. It may be more satisfying for a while living in the "when dreams come true" fantasy that's driving this, but eventually you're going to have to take a deep breath and do something about it.
Meanwhile, this reversed Knight indicates you're moody, cranky, emotionally out of sorts and perhaps seriously frustrated. There could be a lot of reasons for this, but that doesn't make the frustration any less real. In fact, that annoyance could be one of the obstacles you're trying to overcome.
It's also possible another person in your situation is provoking these reactions and adding to the problem. If so, dealing with him (her) could be symbolically helpful, but don't be too quick to just fix blame and stop with that. If there is such a person, he still reflects inner issues you need to handle. Don't neglect your inner work in favor of quick fixes. Those never last long.
This week's intellectual issue
2 of Swords Rx = getting off the dime, acting on new knowledge and information, putting plans in motion, doing something
This may be the most helpful response to this feeling of gridlock on a practical plane. Momentum carries its own kind of power -- and sometimes the hardest barrier to break is the one where you put it in gear and get started.
This week's practical issue
6 of Pentacles = giving, sharing, being generous, operating from a place of financial balance and security, situations which stress fairness and equity, give-and-take
I'm tempted to just leave that snippet of interpretation to either speak for itself or get shot down ... again. On the one hand, it's the logical progression (I even mentioned this a while back) from the instability of 5 energy (that has come up repeatedly) into the solid grounding and security of 6. In a fair world, this is exactly what one might expect. But this afternoon, writing this, looking at this card, I trip on the memory of things that were "supposed to work out" differently -- but didn't. Things that seemed so rational and sensible on the face of them ... and yet, life had other ideas.
I also hear the echo of something someone said to me in Discord recently ... "but you are wasting your time writing something that no one reads and you don't get paid for."
After two years, time to listen to that one, maybe.
