Time To Get Real

Deck used is the Urban Tarot by Robin Scott

Funny story about this reading, my father and I had a conversation about the idea of human duality recently and how this idea is a common theme among all faith and spiritual practices. It got me thinking about how duality works in and through me and I realized, it is absolutely time to acknowledge my demons in a spread. If I can show you all my light, perhaps I need to show you my dark. I can only be honest with you all. Here we go…

The Cards

from the Urban Tarot by Robin Scott

5 of swords: sometimes, we find that we just can’t win and we have to be okay with that. Things we think are going to stick around very typically don’t and we’re all beholden to that change. The 5 of Swords teaches us that no matter how well we think we have the game figured out, things won’t and simply CAN’T last forever.

The Hanged Man: this character is well and truly stuck and it seems they’re doomed to stay in their situation forever. However, this card isn’t as grim as it may seem. The ultimate message of this card is that moving forward sometimes means giving up and learning requires forgetting things we don’t need anymore. Accepting the death of one’s former self can be scary, but changing perspective and looking at things from a different angle will help make changes for the better.

The Sun: this card represents life, hope, clarity, warmth and brightness. It reveals everything it shines on for what it truly is. This is the opposite energy of the Moon card, which is intentionally scary and dark. Here, everything suddenly becomes clear and alive again. The message here is that not everything needs to be worried over. Sometimes taking pleasure in the simple things can make all the difference.

7 of Swords: This represents difficulties and obstacles placed in our path. We are in a position of having to deal with deceptions, whether they are by our own making or that of another’s. No it’s not fair and it’s not right. But we have come up against delay and dispute along the path to achievement, and it might be time to have a look at where things might be going wrong.

Princess of Wands: This character is all fire and passion. However, they may be cruel and thoughtless in the pursuit of their own indulgences. You will face both the person and their beast when your open the door to them.

Ace of swords: this card represents a new way of thinking. Here is a wonderful opportunity to bring to light a truth that has been eluding you for a while, to discover a solution to a problem or simply gain understanding that you have long needed. Of course, this is double edged like all good swords are. You must be careful with this because of it’s sharpness but also because, like all aces, this represents an opportunity that can fade away quickly.

Right… here it is everyone. I think the biggest thing I have trouble with is the idea of change. This will make sense when I tell you that I am a Taurus, so I tend to be very rooted to the spot an very much grounded in the comfort of certainty and sameness. When things change or go wrong, it can be very difficult to make those changes feel comfortable. The thing is, life doesn’t play by my rules and I know that. I’m all fire and passion when it comes to my creative pursuits. I love reading tarot and sharing my findings with you all. But there have been moments where I have had to stop and reset my path and these resets have sometimes been very difficult to deal with (me losing my job last year was one of those resets that got me all sorts of turned over…). I’ve been deceptive and hurtful in the past, and it wasn’t alright then. It’s not alright now. Having a light shed on this aspect of me… something I know to be the worst part of my personality… is going to help me work on making that part of me more integrated to the light sides of myself. I know I am a human being and I have many wonderful and many not so wonderful things about me. I need to praise myself for being a human being in sum and totality, not just in part.