Walking In the Light of Authenticity

Decks used are the Crystals: The Stone Deck by Andrew Smart, Precious Gems by Maxine Gadd, Daily Crystal by Heather Askinosie, Crystal Mandala- Alana Fairchild, Crystal Power Tarot by Jayne Wallace

Alright so to start this reading off with a bit about me as a person, when I was a girl, my mother would often say to me that I was a girl of my own kind. I used to get really bothered by this because at the time, I was being terribly bullied by other kids when I was in school. This caused a lot of turmoil in me because who was I, really and truly? What did I want and what should I stand for? In hindsight, I think the thing my mother was saying to me is that she saw who I authentically was and was trying to get me to live in a way that tapped into that.

Now what does this little illustration have to do with this? Well, let's find out. I’m feeling that there are some of you out there who might need a gentle reminder to be one of your own kind. Love your bestie, to the cards we go.

cards pulled from various decks

Black tourmaline: protect your light moonstone: live your purpose Zebra Jasper: engagement, taking an active approach to health, wellbeing and future Archangel Anael and Pink Calcite- Acceptance: this gift comes in as one of empowerment for you to move through a situation or experience and uncover the opportunity for personal growth and spiritual development that perhaps has been hidden underneath difficult circumstances. 3 of pentacles: teamwork, a balance of new ideas and what has been traditionally done, working together to achieve a goal, 10 of wands: baring the weight of obligation and responsibility, burdens, stresses, putting in the effort now because it will pay off later. 3 of swords: hurt, pain from all sides, heartbreak and the need to heal from it **** knight of cups: someone who wears their heart on their sleeve, emotional, someone who takes action on their emotional and spiritual growth page of cups: someone who takes lessons learned and applies them to their emotional and spiritual growth, young, energetic and possibly immature Queen of cups: generous, open hearted, taps into one's emotions and encourages them to feel what they’re feeling openly and generously

So, the situation I’m seeing with this post is that you’re being called to accept and understand the risks that living your purpose and engaging with the rest of the work authentically brings. One of the things you’re being called to do that is adjacent to this is protecting the light of this authenticity and this can be a difficult issue to content with when you’re not ready to see this being the case. When you do step into the power you’re embodying at this time, perhaps you run the risk of getting hurt and being misunderstood for what you’re trying to do. Perhaps you’re the kind of person that feels their emotions so deeply and powerfully, so much so that it’s impossible to keep them all to yourself. You wear your heart on your sleeve and are the kind of person who gets right to the emotional heart of the matter and helps people though what they’re feeling. Question for you though, are you allowing yourself the option of tapping into your emotions?

The thing is that, through out doing all this work, you’ve had support this entire time and you’re going to come to a place where baring the weight of your responsibilities isn’t such a difficult issue to contend with. What I mean here is that even though you’re being called to do certain things and live up to certain expectations that may be pressurizing you to a seemingly uncomfortable degree, you have worked hard to gain a clear vision and open mind on what to do because you’ve worked to balance new ideas and traditional methods of doing the work you need to do.