A Phoenix Rising

Decks Used The Enchanted Lenormand Oracle- Caitlin Matthews, The Simplified Tarot- Amanda Hall, The Universe Has Your Back by Gabrielle Bernstein, Crystals and Stones- Andrew Smart, The Illuminated Tarot- Kaitlin Keegan, Elle Qui Oracle- Arwen Lynch-Poe

One thing I’ve learned over the last several months is that struggle and hurt always have a lesson underneath them. You might be thinking, “Meg, it sucks what I’m going through, where’s the damn lesson in it?” I know, I understand. Believe me, I’ve thought the same thought often. But in hindsight… well it’s perfect vision, isn’t it? Let’s see what comes out of the cards, shall we?

The Cards

"My happiness is a direct reflection of my level of faith and the Universe." Gabrielle Bernstein

cards pulled from various decks

• Isra (she who dreams): Escape, dreams, fantasy, honor your dreams and foolish notions

• 10 of wands: burden weighed down, carrying a heavy load

• Ace of Hearts: Emotional, spiritual, or creative flow

• Kyanite: deepen your perspective

• 7 of Rods: defending your position, you have earned the right to be where you are.

• Balance (temperance): strength and tranquility

• Temperance: balance, tranquility, stability

• 9 of swords (reverse): fears and anxieties are lifting, time to relax

• Gibbous moon: You’re very close to achieving your goal

• 8 of Disks (reverse): Laziness, lack of diligence

• Wheel of Fortune: cycles, what is up will come down and vice versa

• 2 of Pentacles: juggling, assessing, priorities

• Ace of feathers: mental clarity

• The Emperor: authority, rule, a place of open honesty

• The Magician: you have what it takes to make your magic

• 2 of wands: decisions needing to be made, do I stay or do I go

• Samhain: endings, connections, the spiritual/ancestral connection, realms or knowledge

• Bloodstone: protection vulnerability and weakness restores trust

• 4 of pentacles: money, stinginess, don’t stop the flow

• Coyote: trust in divine detours

• Queen of Wands: fiery, passionate, nurturing this in others

• The Fool: Spontaneous, new beginnings and journeys

• 10 of swords: betrayal, ending,s finality, the cards revealed

• 2 of pentacles: juggling priorities, having un, assessing values

• 3 of swords: heartache, hurt, bleeding heart

• Key: solutions, revelations, breakthroughs

• Birds: gossip, fashion, spoken word

• Tree: health, environment, roots

So the thing I’m seeing here is that you’re starting from a place of burden and heaviness. Something is making you fearful and perhaps this is causing you to procrastinate a bit. You have some choices to make here; especially around a situation that has hurt you or caused you pain. Perhaps you need an escape. Here’s the thing though; you have the opportunity to deepen your perspective on the situation. What are you learning here? Once you understand this, you’ll achieve emotional and creative flow, balance, mental clarity, and a sense of authority over your own personhood. Things are ending here and this may detour your plans, However, you are protected here. You have what it takes to navigate this new road you’re going down. Solutions are coming out of gossip and negativity to helo you lay down new roots.