Decks used are the Movie Tarot by Diana McMahon Collis, the Herbal tarot by Michael Tierra, Animal Power Oracle by Alyson Charles and the Native Spirit Oracle by Denise Linn
Please note: this spread comes from the Simplified Tarot by Amanda Hall.
Okay friend, this is going to be a big post and there’s a lot of information coming through for this. I wanted to experiment with using a big spread for the last post of the month because y’all, we’ve been through it. We usually go on a long, interesting journey and I really hope we can close things out on a high note and a gameplan for how to move forward. I used the Expanded Celtic Cross spread from the Simplified tarot handbook by Amanda Hall.
What I find interesting about this spread is that according to the guidebook for the Steampunk tarot by Aly Fell and Barbara Moore, “this spread is intended to provide a long-term global analysis of your situation, an answer to the subtle and complicated question, or a description of your life.” Notable, modern tarot experts like Eden Gray popularized this spread as it is inspired by the Ancient Celtic method devised by E.A Waite. I don’t use this spread all that often because I don’t have the card placements firmly to mind just yet, but this is a goal to work towards.
Anyway, I hope this month has been enlightening and helpful for you my friend and thank you for joining me on this ride. And to the cards we go.
Cover
Answering the Call: you’ve been called and if you’ve been waiting for your life to shift, the waiting is over.
Rhinoceros: get out of your own way
King of Swords: in authority over their thoughts and mental state, able to inspire others to be in authority over their mental and intellectual pursuits.
Queen of Cups: one who is emotional and in tune with what they feel, nurturing, kind, and thrives on developing emotional connections with others.
Cross
Circle of Life: All things are possible, stand in your center and be open. The Four Winds are bringing your dreams to fruition
Kangaroo: eliminate distraction
3 of swords: pain from all sides, hurt, bleeding wounds,
2 of swords: having choices to make but hesitating because you’re missing information. take a step back and gather what you need.
crowns
Grandmother Earth: stop and take measure of your life and assess who and where you are. Get grounded.
Spider: create magic
8 of pentacles: putting in work on meaningful tasks, efforts, diligence, hard work starts to pay off
3 of Wands: in a state of active waiting. take a moment to gameplan your next steps and be patient because your ship will come in.
Below
Talking Stick: speak your truth, the soul loves this. Communicate from your heart and hare your reality without hesitation
Raccoon: remove the mask
10 of pentacles: hard work pays off, having what you need to take care of yourself and others with plenty more besides that, happy home and healthy family
5 of Wands: conflict, drama, step back if you can to observe but defend yourself if you must.
behind
Spirit of Water: Trust your intuition, know you’re on the right path and take time to nurture yourself.
Whale: communicate clearly
Knight of Wands: one who takes action on their inspirations and passions, one who burns bright but may be prone to acting impulsivity and burnout.
The High Priestess: reflection, introspection, gaining wisdom and experience from doing this work
before
sweat lodge: cleanse yourself, body, mind and soul. Purify, clear the clutter and let go of objects and relationships that no longer serve you
camel: activate inner cosmos
6 of Wands: transition, movement forward, making for brighter horizons and broader shores
4 of swords: Rest, relax and recharge, you in a safe place to do so
you
Nature Spirits: joy, delight, peaks of carefree abandon, living wildly. magically and free
Bee: celebrate life
4 of pentacles: lack mentality, scarcity mindset, open up and let go a little, because you’re blocking the blessings you deserve from coming in.
Temperance: balance, moderation, in flow and asserting calm control over the situation at hand
home/work
Wounded Healer: Healing energy, vitality, and life-force energy are flowing through you and to you even if you are still working on healing wounds yourself.
Stork: receive blessings and gifts
Page of pentacles: one who takes lessons learned and applies them to growing their material and financial abundances, planting new seeds and sets down new roots
the Hierophant: one who is in religious and spiritual authority, acting in accordance with personal orthodoxy and truths
hopes/fears
Ancestors: wisdom is blossoming. Even if there are unsettling situations in your life, there are happening to you to teach you things and are for your highest good.
Sheep: lead community unity
5 of cups: disappointment, hurt and sadness, not seeing that you have a place to go from where you are with what you have left
4 of Wands: celebrating a job well done, the building of a secure home and happy family,
outcome
Spirit of Air: clarity and expansive perception of life is emerging. You’re being advised to see life from a higher perspective.
Snail: lean into true intimacy
Judgement: heeding a call, coming out of a place of darkness into one of light, awakening and coming back to life after hardships.
Wheel of Fortune: representing cycles, what is up will come back down and vice versa.
Alrighty then friends, if you’ve made it to this point in the reading, you’re a champ and I hope something here is resonating with you. I’ve broken down each section so before I ramble on too long here, lets see what we need to see. Also, thank you for your patience with this reading and for being here with me this month.
To start with the energy that covers you, the simple fact of the matter is that you’re being called to something greater than yourself. It’s time to get out of your own way and stop resisting. I know you’re an emotional being who can easily and deeply get in tune with what you’re experiencing. But you also need to realize that you’re in authority over your emotions, not the other way around. Answering this call is going to help you get in touch with what you’re feeling and how deeply you’re experiencing them.
the crossing energy shows me that you likely have some choices to make right now. Perhaps this is feeding into your resistance on this front but keep in mind what I mentioned about your authority. Allowing yourself to be debilitated by analysis paralysis is only going to keep you stuck with the pains and disappointments that are better left in the past. If you work to eliminate this distraction, you’ll come to find that all things are possible.
For the energy you have crowning you, it seems that you’re in a place where things are in a holding pattern for now. You’ve been asked to wait on some things for the time being because some things aren’t fully ready for you just yet. The best use of your time is to make sure that you’re carefully and safely game planning your next steps and doing what you can to create the magic you have stored away in your space. The biggest factor to achieving this is knowing that you have what it takes to make a grounded and practical plan for yourself to move forward on.
the energy that is coming from below you shows me that you’re hiding valuable parts of yourself away from the world. I don’t blame you for being this way, but it’s likely these things are being hidden away because you’re conflict avoidant, people pleasing by dimming yourself own, or you just simply don’t want the drama. (I say this from being in all three of these places at once.) What is going to cause you some discomfort here is the fact that you have to remove the mask you’re wearing if you want to step into your power. Your people will come to you once you do this and you won’t have to seek validation from anyone else, because you’ll know what the right thing is for you.
What is coming from the energy behind you is the need to get deep and reflect on what you need to take this action. this time may feel perilous and it’s definitely not at all comfortable. But you know what it’s going to take for you to get out of whatever rut you’re holding yourself in. the call here is that you need to trust your ability to communicate your needs with yourself and others so you can see things clearly and move forward in the best light possible.
What is leading you for now is the knowledge that things are changing and moving forward whether you want them to or not, and whether you’re ready for them or not. Right now, it’s time to rest and give your soul a chance to tap into its innate power. The call to action in all of this is to game plan a declutter of all your spaces, both physical and energetic. the only way to do this safely is by letting yourself calm down and going with the flow.
As for your energy during this time, my friend, please give yourself a break. there are so many things you’re holding onto way too tightly. this is making you feel heavy, off balance and stuck with things you truly don’t need. Perhaps this is in the form of actual things, or perhaps you experience intrusive and severely intrusive thoughts. I get the same way and if I can offer any advice it would be that working on interrupting those thoughts and decluttering everything is going to help. But most importantly, doing this work is going to help you rebalance and moderate yourself a bit better than you have in the past.
Now, things in your home and work are going to need some action in terms of applying lessons learned with growing your finances. the actions you take during this time are going to have to be heartfully considered here so that they’re right by you. it’s likely that you’ve built up the skills to do this because you’ve worked on healing old wounds and have worked to bring in the blessings and gifts you’ve made space for.
In the space of your hopes and fears, one thing you need to consider is celebrating the things you do well and the skills you’ve picked up along the way of this. I don’t think this aspect is easy for you because perhaps you’ve been programmed not to take too much pride in yourself. But the thing is, getting through the inner work you’ve done till now has been HARD. It has brought you challenges but it has also brought you so many good things as well, especially the ability to find wisdom and learning in disappointments. this is helping you answer the call you need to listen to in order to lead in your life and be your truest self.
Finally, the outcome of all of this is, thankfully, you’re coming up for a low point in your space. It’s been a tough ride with everything and I don’t blame you for wanting to take it easy. It’s when we’re at our calmest and most peaceful that we get to heal ourselves the most. By doing all of this work we’re better able to come out of the darkness and step into the light of our truest selves.
Thank you for reading this month friend. Be blessed. Be peace.
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