Up Down- The Process of Letting Go

Decks used are the Work Your Light Oracle by Rebecca Campbell and the Sirian Starseed Tarot: Alyssa Barthi and Patricia Cori

So recently, I’ve learned a bit about letting go of things that aren’t serving us anymore. For me, this process has been a bit of a tough go because I tend to hold onto things quite tightly. My brain whirls around the issue I’m having trouble with, and I think and overthink the matter until I become so exhausted of the issue that I just can’t do anything with it anymore. I know I’m getting a bit raw because this is so much about my mental health, but what I’ve learned in all of this is that the process of letting go isn’t necessarily so straightforward and that it may bring some pain and challenge into my space. So what can I do to bring these lessons forward and internalize them the best that I can? Let’s get to some cards and find out, shall we?

The Cards

cards pulled from various sources

I’m starting a new journey but I am held back by something. What limiting beliefs do I currently carry?

• 6 of chalices (cups): nostalgia, childhood, reconnection, and coming home

• Play: have fun, celebrate, don’t be so serious

What work can I expect to have to do in order to understand the triggers for these beliefs?

• 4 of chalices (cups): disillusionment, disappointment, refusing offers because you intuitively know that something better is coming in for you

• Council of Light: Divine Orchestration, helpers in the subtle realms

what can I do to release these limiting beliefs in order to make sure that I can make space for new energies?

• 7 of flames (wands): being in a place of high standing and needing to defend your place. you have earned the right to be where you are.

• The Age of Light: you’ve been training for this for lifetimes

What messages can I take with me after I close out this portion of my journey?

• alchemy (temperance): balance, harmony, moderation

• Star Mother: how can you mother yourself?

So in light of the fact that I am starting a new journey, I am being shown that there are some things that I have been holding onto that I’m not seeing, it’s likely that this journey will take me away from my comfort zone and what I hold dear to my heart right now. Perhaps this is causing me to live more in the past, especially when my thoughts keep returning to a time when I didn’t have to focus on being so serious and getting things done. the thing is, it’s time to let these limiting beliefs go and work to move on. What lies underneath these triggers are perhaps a bit of disillusionment and pain at the thought that things, as I know them now, might not be all they seem. I may have to refuse the things I want to do in lieu of things that need to get done and even doing this may cause me some pain. But the thing is that I can get through whatever hurt I go through because (once again,) I’m not alone and there will come a time where I will need to stand in defense of my need to do this with the idea that I have had help with the process of letting go. At the end of all of this, I know that I will have achieved balance, internal harmony, moderation, and a greater ability to give myself space to rest and reflect.