01/23/2022
Magic says, "I'm just resting my eyes...
Theme of the Week: The indicates indecision, avoidance, and blocking out truths--whether we're aware of it or not. This avoidance eclipses our experience of ourselves and the world around us, closing us off from potential rewards because we judge the danger too great to risk exploration. Find a way to remain open to energies this week, even (maybe especially) those which ask you to confront any sources of discomfort.
! Settle into your senses, let them guide you toward...
Left: For all that I love them, is far from perfect. It's easy to avoid anything & anyone from inside that protective shell. It's equally easy to claim you're not avoiding anything or anyone, you just like your alone time. Consider how you choose to "protect" yourself, how that avoidant energy takes shape toward the world around you. What are you afraid will find you, if you allow your light to shine any brighter?
Middle: The is a card of full embodiment, of the sensual and the sensory, of enjoyment. When you close yourself off, sometimes the thing that suffers most is your ability to be present in your senses, in your full experience. Or perhaps you're someone who hides from those matters that weigh on your heart & mind by indulging every hedonistic impulse. There is no lasting escape, in either case. The decisions and choices you're running from have a way of catching up to you.
Right: represent, among other things, authority and how we choose to world it. We may instinctually think of someone who rules by the sword as a tyrant, an arbitrary or capricious sovereign whose people suffer under their whims. On the other hand, a ruler who first rules themselves, who can confront their reflection and reconcile their decisions with the kind of person they try to be, is a powerful ruler indeed. Not because of the weapons at their disposal, but because they strive for peace with themselves."