Rebellion, Expansion, Expression and Flow

Deck used is the Urban Tarot by Robin Scott

I don’t recall a time I’d be able to call myself a true rebel. In my mind a rebel is someone who knows the rules and breaks them anyway, someone who follows their own drum and stands on opposition. In my mind, I’d be more likely to call myself a follower, someone who knows and understands that the rules are in place for a reason. However, perhaps there’s a bit of a rebel in me? I guess it depends on who you ask. Let’s see what the cards have to say.

The Cards

from the Urban Tarot by Robin Scott

1. The Empress: This card is represented as the purest sense of motherhood. The character of this card is a symbol of love, mercy and nurture. They are the embodiment of the softer side of authority and of life, being that they are our teachers of compassion and trust. They are mother in its purest and most human form.

2. The Sun: This is life, hope, clarity and the light that warms everything it touches. It is the energy that reveals things for what it truly is and dispels the mystery and confusion around a situation you might not have had clarity in.

3. 7 Of Swords: The things we think were meant to work in our favor are not serving us at all. This is about the desire for equality and the futility of trying to work with it. Here, someone has taken something from you, and whether it is by your hand or someone else’s, there is deception afoot. It might be a good time to check your motivations and question whether the people around you truly have your best interests at heart.

4. 3 of Swords: There is pain on all sides here and it seems inescapable. There are things we’d rather not have to confront, yet with the painful loss of happy illusion comes with the need of doing so. Sadly, we are at the “ignorance is bliss” phase where we wish we didn’t see that there is only one logical path forward. Sometimes, the pains of life are unavoidable.

To start, I think the greatest act of rebellion I can do is to treat everyone with kindness and compassion and to keep an open mind when they don’t agree with me. It’s okay that opinions and things differ from mine. I don’t have to be closed off to learning a new viewpoint just because it doesn’t jive with mine. The area I can learn to expand a little is working on things that will give me a sense of clarity. If that means that I am helping a person shed light on what they may be experiencing, then I can do that. If it means that I engage in my meditation and shadow work, then I can do that. To practice my expression will take some checking into because it seems that there has been some deceptions done on my part. I need to check my motivation in how I’m doing things because there may have been some cases where I haven’t been as honest as I should have been. This is on me to be honest about because it won’t do me any good to keep those things close to me. It will only cause more pain and more suffering down the line, though sometimes, experiencing hurt and suffering is inevitable. I need to learn to flow with these times because at the end of it all, pain is only temporary. It is here to test us and teach us, but it never lasts forever.