Freeing The Mind

Deck used is the Mystic Mondays Tarot by Grace Duong

Lately, I’ve been facing some difficulties in moving my projects forward and it’s becoming a bit… debilitating… to deal with. Somehow, my perfectionism and the fact that I experience imposter syndrome sometimes makes it hard to move forward with what I know I’m capable of doing. I wanted this reading to give me some sense of what I can do to help myself through these emotions so I can do my work and live my life. So let's see what’s up.

from the Mystic Mondays Tarot by Grace Duong

The Cards

Knight of Pentacles: Harvest, dedication, routine

2 of swords: Impasse, stillness, indecision

5 of swords: self interest, conquest, survival mode

The fool: free spirit, purity, beginnings

3 of cups: celebration, squad goals, community

Eight of pentacles: hustle, grit, craftsmanship

So the first thing I see with this reading is that there are some things about my routine that I am dedicating a lot of my energy to that are holding me back. These aren’t necessarily bad things, but they are holding me back because I have come up against some questions and decisions that I have reached an impasse on. A few ways that I can free myself from feeling the stress and nerves of this indecision are that I can recognize when I’m experiencing conflict and work with that energy to get things done. In some interpretations of the 5 of Swords, it mentions that there is conflict, but that it is in the interest of making progress on outstanding projects. I’ll go with this interpretation here because it’s going to help me identify when and why this conflict is happening. The other thing that will help me is knowing that I may be just starting the process of dealing with whatever is holding me back, so not knowing what’s to come down the line but still trying to go ahead the best I can is going to help me here. The energies that will definitely help me here are knowing that there is a community of people behind me, supporting me and moving me along in my projects and recognizing that my creative abilities will be helped by putting in the effort to make them the best they can be.