“Off with their heads.” The Red Queen in Alice in Wonderland
- What is the sun illuminating for me?
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How can I work with this insight?
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My light is my gift to the world, how do I live that?
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What is emerging and getting ready to shine?
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How will this support me?
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How will this support me?
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What is in the shadow that is seeking the light?
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How can I open up to greater joy?
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What will manifest from the long rays of the sun?
The cards I pulled were all lovely cards about sharing my gifts with others, creating and co-creating, letting myself shine until the last card. For the answer to that wonderful question about what I might manifest, I pulled the Three of Swords. Whoa! Everyone knows this is the card of heartbreak. Keywords associated with the Three of Swords are heartbreak, sorrow, unwelcome truth, betrayal. This is not a card you want to see as something you can expect to manifest. So, I pulled a clarifying card of course. You gotta love tarot—that card was Judgment. Another card that many would rather not see.
So, what now? How could I look at these two cards differently so that I could see a message that wasn’t all doom and gloom? After all, we’re talking about what might be going on in my life for the next six months. I also know that you can’t put a happy spin on everything and sometimes what the cards have to say is a helpful sign post to a better outcome.
After giving some careful consideration to this challenging combination of cards, I realized they were just repeating a theme that has been coming up a lot for me recently—releasing what no longer serves me and listening to the call I am receiving from my heart. And, taking the reading as a whole, I feel very optimistic about the last half of 2022 and what it holds.
Here’s the rest of the reading and my brief interpretations:
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Three of Pentacles: I am meant to be creating with others and co-creating with Spirit.
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Six of Pentacles: Give freely of myself and it will be given back to me.
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The Magician: Know that I have every tool at my disposal, the Universe has my back.
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The World: All my study and work is coming to fruition and is ready to be shared.
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The Hierophant: Let go of the way things “should” be. Let Spirit and Intuition lead.
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The Star: I will shine and the shining will be a great gift to myself and to others.
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Ten of Cups: Joy, happiness, pure contentment are mine if I accept them.
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The Lovers: Share my joy with those I love.