This week told the story of how compassion collapses into defense when the ground falls out from under me. It started with softness and clarity, burned through destruction and paralysis, then landed in exhaustion and hypervigilance, the predictable aftermath of trying to rebuild too fast after everything falls. Daily Cards December 15 – Strength The […]
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The Defender ~ The part of me that’s battle-worn but still standing, guarded because experience taught me to be, resilient but exhausted. Keywords: Resilience • Defensiveness • Endurance Meaning: The Nine of Wands is the card of weary perseverance, not the beginning of a fight, but the moment near the end when I’m bruised, tired,
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What truth or hidden influence is shaping this new cycle beneath the surface? This new moon opens with the Wheel of Fortune at the center , fortune turning, circumstances shifting, the reminder that nothing stays fixed. But here’s what’s hiding beneath that constant motion: the King of Cups sitting as the problem. Not an external
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The Burden Bearer ~ The part of me that carries everything alone because asking for help feels harder than collapsing under the weight. Keywords: Overwhelm • Responsibility • Burden Meaning: The Ten of Wands is the card of unsustainable weight. Not the weight of big dramatic crises, but the accumulated burden of carrying too much
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Overall New Moon Meaning: This new moon cycle opens with a reading that’s less about gentle beginnings and more about confronting what I’ve been gripping too tightly while the real work happens in places I can’t see. The Four of Pentacles sits at the center, my current self clutching resources, control, security like they’re the
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The Planner ~ The part of me that stands at the edge of what’s known, holding the world in my hands, deciding which direction deserves my investment. Keywords: Planning • Vision • Choice Meaning: The Two of Wands is the card of standing at a threshold with actual options in hand. Not the paralyzed stalemate
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The Stalemate ~ The part of me that refuses to choose, because seeing both sides has become a form of paralysis, instead of wisdom. Keywords: Avoidance • Tension • Standstill Meaning: The Two of Swords lives in that brutal space between knowing and doing. I’ve gathered all the information. Weighed every option. Built a case
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The Destroyer ~ The part of me that knows some things need to burn down completely before anything real can be built, that trusts collapse as necessary. Keywords: Upheaval • Liberation • Destruction Meaning: The Tower is the card nobody wants to pull, but everybody needs eventually. This is the energy of necessary destruction, of
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The Truth-Teller ~ The part of me that cuts through bullshit with precision, that values clarity over comfort, that speaks truth even when it’s inconvenient. Keywords: Clarity • Discernment • Truth Meaning: The Queen of Swords doesn’t soften her edges to make others comfortable. This is the card of sharp clarity, of seeing what’s actually
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The Tamer ~ The part of me that knows real power isn’t domination but partnership, that can work with what’s wild in me instead of trying to kill it. Keywords: Compassion • Courage • Integration Meaning: Strength is the card of gentle power, not the kind that forces or dominates, but the kind that works
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WitchThis week told a story about breaking out of self-made prisons through increasingly radical means. It started with fire and curiosity, collapsed into fear and restriction, then demanded I leap into the unknown anyway, only to land in stillness, wisdom, and the tentative return of hope. Daily Cards December 8 – Knight of Wands The
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The Healer ~ The part of me that remembers hope is possible even after everything falls apart, that trusts renewal, that believes in better. Keywords: Hope • Renewal • Clarity Meaning: The Star arrives after the tower has already fallen, after the crisis has passed, after the worst is over. This is the card of
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