Saturday, July 5, 2008

Cards of the Week July 7 - 13, 2008


The reading for this second week of July is one of a great deal of beauty. The first card that fell was the card of the six of cups. This card urges with great joy and love to come to understandings with those around you, and to draw upon joyous loving friendships, however this card also asks us to come forward and be our own best friend as well. Many people often quote from the Biblical passage that says love your neighbor as yourself and you have kept the entire law. Well, we often find it so easy to love our neighbor, but take little time to actually focus on the love of ourselves first. How is it this week that you can be your own best friend? Finding comfort in our friendship, and attracting even higher levels of love and friendship from those around you as well. The greater relationship a person can have with their own self, the more positively intense will be the friendships they attract. This is a week to become very clear on communication, as this is notably a strong card of communication. Just how is it we find ourselves talking to ourselves. If one finds one's self outside the highest level of positivity in self communication, make note of all those things being said. What is being viewed as negative? Let's take those statements and cross them out, and create another column in which we can replace them with statements that are much more empowering. If you empower yourself, you will surely empower others equally as well if not more.


The second card of this week's reading is the 9 of Rods. The 9 of Rods is an important card representing VICTORY. It is great to celebrate the victory of all that you have accomplished, and note that the smallest action taken in the effect of something is a victory all the same. Victory is important to celebrate. The 9 of Rods asks us to gain courage and empowerment from our victories, and to scan our lives and look deeply to find all the aspects of victory that we have created for ourselves. We are also asked to look at all the good we have done for others. How will you introduce victory into the life of another person this week. How many people do you want to touch this week, with the blessing of love, victory, and empowerment? It can be as easy as opening the door for someone and greeting them with a smile. Paying a bridge toll, or some other selfless act of kindness can really touch a burdened heart. Bringing victory and light into the life of another person, allows you to receive in return the favor 10 times over. It is a joyous process when you remind yourself that we are ALL connected to one another.
The third card that fell for this week's reading is the Star. The Star, is one of my very favorite cards as she is the essence of wishes coming true. Much like the alchemist in the card of Temperance, the Start would fall to represent the Temperance card coming into full bloom. The star is where we begin to receive all our blessings and wishes seem to come true. This carries with it also a great aspect of creation, for what next is it you would like to create? Celebrate that which has manifested, give thanks to it, praise and give thanks for all that is, and recreate a new list of creations to manifest. In a moment in time, you will be again celebrating their arrival.
The final card for this week is the 10 of Pentacles. The 10 of Pentacles is the card of Happy, Joyous, Prosperous, friendship, relationship, marriage, or partnerships. This card puts a lot of emphasis on these practices if one is in search of the perfect relationship. Time is ripe for people's comings together to be joyous and whole. Everyone I know has been doing a great amount of work around this for at least the past year. Is there some thing, or thought that has stuck in your system that you can not shake that is holding you back? From where did it originate? How does it affect you? What positive, loving thought can you replace it with that will lovingly cast away the old, and allow the new, the fresh, and the perfect to come forward for you? Lovingly releasing those old cords, allow new connections to form, connections of great perfection in loving relationships and friendships. Remember, the Sun is in transit of the sign of Cancer. Cancer is the caretaker. Love yourself, and love others to the highest of who you are.
Love and Light,
Terry
P.S. I had difficulty uploading more than one card image and therefore left them out this week.