Priorities
MESSAGE: Today, choose to drop a few of the balls you're juggling, preferably the ones that can lead to running in circles! It will all turn out for the best.
TURTLE has a low profile, avoids drama and trauma and keeps on communing with and loving Mother Earth. Turtle lives long and successfully in this way.
7 OF WANDS signifies the need to prioritize the many demands of life. Juggling too many relationships, projects and activities leads to burn out. What's most important now? Put your power there.
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Emergence
MESSAGE: Someone usually remote, academic or small in personality could release their inner dragon today, acting and speaking more colorfully. They may decide to dream bigger dreams and take on braver goals.
DRAGONFLY is a tiny dragon who temporarily forgot the big work, noble dreams and wild ancestry of the full fledged dragon. It's only a matter of time before the large one returns!
QUEEN OF SWORDS has powerful intelligence, a witty way with words and strong intuition. She's reserved, not timid, but may lack fire and so hesitates to act and take part in life.
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Centering
MESSAGE: Imagine your body as a microcosm of the Earth. Within is a powerful core of heat, mystery and vitality to be honored and nourished. Connect with it and you can lighten up and overcome some of the sluggishness you've been feeling.
BUTTERFLY rises from the shredded chrysalis, an entirely different creature than the one that entered. Mind blowing transformations happen everyday in butterfly land.
9 OF DISKS pictures a heat map of Earth. It's the hot, heavy, fiery center that holds our planet together, and holds all beings to her through the force of gravity. Connecting to the core self or issues leads to making choices with integrity.
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The Long Walk
MESSAGE: You fit into a picture so big it's almost beyond belief. Your actions influence the future after you're long gone, and the actions of generations from the distant past are now influencing you .Be aware of this as you walk your life's journey today.
ELK is regal and noble. She has a powerful body and all the stamina needed to make treks up and down mountains without wearing out. The secret is she knows how to pace herself.
10 OF CUPS represents ancestral patterns. What can you learn, both positive and negative, from those who raised and trained you? What are you teaching and what example are you setting for the younger generations?
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New Life
MESSAGE: If your "old skin" doesn't fit you anymore, find a way to shed it. Don't return to poisonous or painful situations of the past. Keep your intensity and vitality focused on your new life.
SNAKE never stops growing. To accommodate this, they occasionally shed their old skins. During these molt times, they look like they're in a trance, half dead. But soon they are "reborn" and wiggle away in a fresh and shiny snakeskin..
9 OF SWORDS shows a blast of wind energy powering turbines. The powerful wind symbolizes intense thoughts, ideas, communication and possibly harsh words. The wind turbines say there's a way to constructively harness and use all that hot air!
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Awakening
MESSAGE: Look for a new creative person or idea to help transform a part of yourself or your life that's been asleep, hidden away, inaccessible.
BUTTERFLY transforms from a small and slow caterpillar to a light-as-air free spirit. The middle step between the two is a chrysalis in which all things caterpillar dissolve into a souplike state and from this the butterfly takes form.
2 OF WANDS signifies two creative ideas or two people feeding each others' fire and enthusiasm. Learning something brand new, diversifying work in a jazzy way or hanging out with someone unusual are examples of this energy.
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Positively Patient
MESSAGE: Weed out the depressive or unhealthy junk in your routines today. Then you'll have the stamina and patience to do what needs to be done.
ANT uses patience to make slow and steady progress and gain success. Watch an ant hauling a breadcrumb up a hill. He may drop it many times, but always picks it up and trudges on, and eventually gets where he's going.
7 OF DISKS shows many wholesome foods. Eating, sleeping, playing and working in a wholesome and soulful way creates a solid and happy existence over time.
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