Day 2: I long for … and can get that with the help of…
Cards: I long for 7 of swords: I long for being able to get away with all the little secrets I want to explore. I’ve been living with my parents for so long, that I’ve begun to second guess what is and isn’t something I should be doing- a lot of the different concepts I’ve developed about morality, and what I think is socially appropriate are different from my parents. So maybe this is a little harkening to that concept.
7 of swords from Tarot for All Ages
… and can get that with the help of 7 of pentacles: waiting, patience and planning. That makes sense. It’ll be a few more months until I’ll move into my own place, and get to spread my wings again- find my own footing and rediscover what I think is important in life.
Day 1: Pull a card. What healthy qualities of this archetype do you embody?
Card: 8 of cups.
8 of cups from Tarot for All Ages
Positive qualities: moving on, leaving negative situations, moving forward, trying to start fresh.
From my previous experience, this has a negative and a positive aspect to it. I’ve been able to get up and move somewhere new, and start fresh, my whole life. It’s basically how I’ve lived for the last 12 years! I’ve moved from country to country, new workplace and new friends, and it’s been amazing in so many ways, but it’s also been incredibly difficult in ways I didn’t expect.
Something that most people don’t mention, or maybe that most people don’t speak about, is that it’s very difficult to fit in when you’ve never really stayed in the same place for very long. You have no problem getting along with people who have had similar life experiences to you- people who’ve immigrated, or lived in a different place before. They seem to understand what it’s like to have different points of reference within your life, different priorities and different values and the way they’ve changed as your life shifts. It’s hard to find people who have maintained similar goals at your age, or who value the experiences you’ve had. It can feel incredibly isolating, and I’m sure it’s not something only I’ve experienced.
Hmm. A good card for further thought!
What card did you draw? How does it reflect your life?
This is the challenge I’m going to attempt this month! The Tarot Diagnosis is a cool resource for using Tarot for self-care. They have a podcast, a symposium and a pretty interesting newsletter that they send out with spreads you can use. You can learn more about them here.
So I dropped the ball on most of last month- I’m sorry about that dear reader. The main reason this happened was that I had eye surgery and it messed up all the things that I was supposed to do this month. That combined with crippling anxiety over the next few months, my finances, my job, my future, alllll the things! ALLLLLL OF THEM.
Because of this, I kinda missed the majority of what I had planned to do last month. I’m going to try and play catch up and hopefully, you’ll be happy to check back and check out what I’ve been up to.
Madame Starbeam's Tarot Journey 