Archetypes Of My Character

Art and deck credits go to Anna Franklin (Fairy Ring), Heidi Schulman (Dog Tarot) and Megan Lynn Kott (Cat Tarot)

So this is going to illustrate more about my character in terms of what I hide, what I show and who I am as a spiritual, energetic being. The layout for reading came from the guidebook to the Steampunk Tarot by Barbara Moore and Aly Fell (one of my favorite decks to be honest.) The sections I talk about in the reading deal with several levels of my character, these being the Lower, Middle and Higher selves. The descriptions I’m using to describe the categories for these also come from the guidebook as well.

“Your lower self tends to be the invisible parts of yourself you don’t see but these tend to be painfully obvious to everyone else. Your middle self are the pars you want the world to see while masking your authentic self. Your upper self will help you in matters of spiritual and eternal guidance. All of these will give you a view of who you are as a whole person.” From the Steampunk Tarot guidebook by Barbara Moore

THE LOWER

Yule: Powerful currents of birth, rebirth and recovery are around you. This is a powerful time.

The Cat: focus energy on relationships with yourselves and others. This is new but it’s time to reach for your magic.

Knight of swords: time to pounce but don’t be impulsive. Planning, foresight and strategy are your best assets at this time.

THE MIDDLE

The Lake Maiden (reverse) points to misplaced pride, false claims and superficial knowledge mistaken for wisdom.

7 of Bones: asks you to view your situation through the qualities of fidelity, loyalty and faithfulness. These will ground you in the world.

The fool: trailblazers rarely worry about what others think of their path. Curiosity is your guide so follow your light and your arrow wherever it points.

THE UPPER

Jack Frost (reverse) feelings are cooling and you are distancing yourself from people and things you were once close to.

The Pack: Examine your relationship to power but do so justly.

2 of Bowls: you’re letting go and welcoming harmony, peace and a new partnership is coming your way.

My lower self (the invisible to me but painfully obvious things to others) is showing me that I am in a time of powerful energy, where there are periods of birth, rebirth and creativity. I need to focus on my relationships with others as well and reach for my magic because it’s going to be an excellent time to chase my dreams. I also need to be careful here because being impulsive isn’t going to help me either. Planning carefully and strategizing my next steps are going to be the things that serve me well. My middle self is showing me that there have been parts of me that have been prideful and that it has been misplaced (and ultimately caused me harm.) I need to also know here, that I can remain grounded and face whatever comes to me if I trust myself and remain loyal and true to myself. I am blazing my own trail and I need to understand that not every opinion that comes to me on what I’m doing is going to matter down the line if what I am doing is making me happy, and fills me energetically. My higher self suggests that I am letting go of the things I once thought I wanted and people I was once close to. I need to examine my relationship to power structures in an open minded fashion and make sure I analyze myself in the process of doing this because I am building my own power structure here as well. The good thing of all this analysis and letting go is that I am welcoming in harmony and peace into my space. Believe you me, I am ready for that to come in.