Hi there
I am baaaack!! Did you miss me?
Apologies for the “break in transmission”, this fraud has knocked me sideways in many ways I didn’t anticipate – I will be writing about it and publishing the story shortly and will let you know so you can get the full picture.
However, that is not why we are here, so let’s see what wisdom the cards have for us this week.
Card by card explanation
Central energy focus
The StJinx Arcana: 9 of Wands: Achieving Resilience – courage, persistence, exhaustion, vulnerability, weakness, self-sacrifice.
So much for me saying above that I will deal with the fraud separately – and that’s part of the point here, I think.
Sometimes life is not what we expect and no matter how much we prepare, centre and ground, pray, meditate, stay positive etc. it still takes us out at the knees.
Unexpected things happen, unpleasant situations arise, and it often feels like we will buckle under the pressure, self-doubt and stress. Remember you have come through 100% of every situation your thought you wouldn’t survive. You will get through this one too. Cold comfort on a stormy night I know, but true none the less.
2 weeks ago I was very happy with myself, I had money in an investment, enough to pay my bills and still have plenty left over, new clients coming in, bonuses and extra work, that all changed in the space of 15 min as I watched R16,000 leave my account through my own stupidity.
Now before you jump to my defence, I am explaining my experience – keep reading. Once I realised what was happening, and what I had done, I froze, then started panicking. I did finally manage to get through to the real fraud department and stop the rest of the money in my account being taken, and then had to face what was happening and had already happened. I was told that the payments that went out were cash sends and within seconds they were drawn at ATM’s.
I know the way fraudsters behave, what to look out for, I have TrueCaller to identify suspicious numbers, I am connected to my intuition – how could I be so dumb!! Textbook case and I missed it – the self-flagellation was intense I tell you!!
This is where this card comes in – resilience is the ability to recover from and/or adjust to misfortune or change without letting it “take you out” so to speak. “Bad things” happen, this is what life is, a constant flux. If it wasn’t we would all die of boredom so to speak.
Once I had calmed down a bit, I remembered the money in my investment, I also have 2 other bank accounts I could use to make payments if I needed to. Which I did when I saw my personal baker the next day. I have paid 90% of my bills, I have food, and I have work coming in – I am actually good,
I also realised by talking to a dear friend of mine, that they are trained to instil panic. For them, this is their job, and just as we all try to do the best job we can, educate ourselves with professional development courses, and strive to achieve greatness, so do they.
When you panic, your “primitive fight or flight” instinct takes over and disables your cognitive thought processes, so I didn’t feel as dumb as I thought I was.
Yes, this situation has caused chaos in my life, but I still have food, I realised that though I don’t speak to people every day, I still have loving and supportive friends, so I am not alone as I thought I was, it is irritating and painful, but I am actually very good.
I have often said money is a symptom, not a cause or goal, it is an energy that needs to flow, and just as it flows out, so it will flow back in. The only fly in the ointment is our own holding on to the pain, so forgiveness, letting go, and trusting (this is still a big one for me) the process to flow back in.
Self-doubt and anger at “the Universe”, and myself is just going to, and has, blocked the process. So time to “bounce-back” so to speak, to stop making excuses and beating myself up. It has happened, and the only way to move forward is to release the negativity and crap I am holding on to and look forward, get creative, and become a better person than I was because of the situation, not in spite of it.
This is what resilience is, the ability to recover from painful and often devastating situations, and coming out the other end better, stronger and more accepting of yourself and your own emotions and self-worth.
What is supporting this process, what processes can we use to help us here?
The Faerie’s Oracle: The Rarr: Wild Energy, Pure Potential.
The Rarr is another of the Help-line Troupe of faeries like the Oak Men, who are full of fun, sassy and mischievous. These are the faeries we normally think of when we think of faeries and sprites etc., they can also be very serious, and as often the case with faeries, fun and mischievous behaviour often hides deeper and more serious issues.
They love natural environments and nature magic, so communicating with them in nature is always better.
The Rarr are wild and energetic, they don’t discriminate against “good” or “bad” situations, they ramp up the energy – period. They are energetic and excitable.
They do learn from their “mistakes”, although they don’t really believe in mistakes. They don’t have bad intentions, they are just very enthusiastic about helping us in whatever we say is important to us.
The Rarr will add energy to any thoughts and energies you are focussing on, so it is a good idea this week to stay grounded and calm. Accept their energy and allow it to add spark to your experience, but guide it.
Don’t go into panic mode, or get carried away in the “ecstasy” of joy or sadness, stay grounded and calm.
The Quantum Oracle – Healing Light: Miraculous Change.
I love this card!! It reminds us that we are constantly surrounded by beings that can fill our lives with Divine Love, regardless of how we are experiencing it at the moment.
Remember that sometimes, for abundance and joy to flow in, stagnant energy needs to flow out – this can be painful, but it is necessary.
We are never alone, open your heart to the healing light of unconditional love, forgiveness and healing. Miracles are not only possible, but almost a definite right now.
Clear your mind of the trials and pitfalls of life, the sorrow, sadness and pain, and know that everything happens in love. If it is not love right now, then love needs to be added.
In my situation it means to me that I need to heal myself of the situation, by forgiving the people that “hurt” me, trusting the process to embrace new things, expect abundance to flow to fill the gap, and embrace my deservability and worthiness to receive it.
How can we ground this learning into our experience and move forward?
The Psychic Tarot: Universe
Traditionally The World card. The Universe represents the culmination of a life well lived, the achievement of goals, ending of cycles in a way too.
It is time to be rewarded for your efforts, you have grown and healed through the trials, triumphs and pitfalls of your process. Time to celebrate and embrace, not only the worldly manifestation of this, but the wisdom, grace and strength you have gained too.
Once you complete one process, another begins. It is useful to remember here to celebrate what has been achieved, and to look forward to the new cycle, beginning with the Fool, the new challenges and new experiences.
Make decisions based on what works and what doesn’t, what needs to be released, and what you need to hold on to.
They are not always fun, but they are always worthwhile!
Divine Nature Oracle Deck: Kiss the Muse
Let yourself be kissed by the muse of inspiration and passion. Inspiration literally means to breathe in. Focus on the joy, creativity and excitement of the world around you.
Get creative, find what makes your heart happy and go with that.
Allow yourself to be lifted up with joy and passion, realising that the pain and stress are transient, and that the default truth of our experience is joy, unless we cjose to focus on pain.
If you battle with trusting joy, and passion, that is fine, start with paying less attention to the pain, suffering, fear and self-loathing.
The joy will come on its own.
Summary
Interesting one this week, and very personal too.
The main focus is resilience, the ability to bounce back from adversity and “bad” situations. Very often the situations we consider punishments, or failings are actually the process clearing out for new stuff to flow in. Yes it can be painful and irritating and piss you off. Make you doubt yourself and your beliefs and abilities, but maybe these things need to be focussed on and enhanced, trusted and embraced.
We need to connect again to the innocent and creative passion of the Rarr but keep grounded so we don’t get swept away by it.
When I teach witchcraft, I teach my students to NEVER cast spells or practice any sort of energy work when they are hurt or angry. There is always a strong chance that you will get swept away in the anger of the moment etc, and this can be disastrous and lead to horrible outcomes, guilt etc. Embracing the Healing Entities that surround you. You need to experience and not suppress the anger, and other “negative” feelings, but then release them and embrace forgiveness and love again.
The ”world is your oyster”, you can achieve anything you want to and the Universe will always provide exactly what you ask for. The rewards of your effort may not match your expectations. Don’t lower your expectations but rather look at beliefs etc that may have been part of the creation of the reward. In my case perhaps not believing I was worthy of being financially stable, thoughts like – ok I have this, I wonder what major disaster the universe is preparing me for, let me pull back a bit.
Not only did I set myself up to be ok and get through this by having money in my investment, I also set-up the situation than made sure I would need to use it.
When times are dark and dreary, embrace your creativity, embrace your passion and kiss the muse.
You will get through this as you always do. Don’t hold onto the anger and pain, focus rather on the love, joy and passion that is also around you, if only you changed what you were looking at.
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The Desiderata
By Max Ehrmann ©1927
Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment, it is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be. And whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.