Mood of the Week Tarot

Every week a Tarot card is randomly selected for all you readers, and then I write up a mini reading, affirmation, and meditation, for your growth and enjoyment. Your mood of the week tarot card is...


THIS WEEK'S CARD: 8 of Chalices (Renewal)

The image of this card is a woman in a dark blue cloak walking across a bright yellow path. She pulls up her cloak with her left hand to reveal various colours and patterns underneath. In her right hand is a mask on a stick. This of course represents the persona, mask, or projection of who we wish others to think we are. But of course, there are many sides to our true nature, some which we choose to allow and some which we choose to repress. In this image she is turning to walk towards the sun in the distance above Chalice Hill in Glastonbury. She is choosing to turn away from past fears and instead walk into the rays of truth and light, revealing the various patterns underneath her cloak which represent her once hidden potential and true nature. She is choosing now to reveal more of her true self.

So what does this card mean for us? Well, if my experience is anything to go by, it represents us allowing more of our true selves to shine, like the image of the rainbow. So if this card comes up for us, it indicates that we are either hiding our light under a bushel, or finally walking towards the light of the sun again and away from our fears and feeling free to show our true colours. I know that many have had a challenging few weeks, but things are changing for the better, is what this card suggests, just like the rainbow appeared to Moses to promise no more rain! Well... less rain anyway, and most definitely a period of relative calm! I'm no astologer, but I know that we recently had a New Moon, which is of course about new beginnings.

AFFIRMATION

'I lovingly accept all aspects of my multi-dimensional self, and feel free to express all that is truly me'.

MEDITATION

Create a beautiful, relaxing space to symbolise renewal, to symbolise that this time is special and new. Maybe light an incense and a candle. Close your eyes and take a deep breath in through the nose...and out through the mouth. Become aware of your body and how it feels in the position you are sitting. Look into the candle, if you have one lit, and after a while breath the flame into your heart and on the out breath, expand it around your entire body. Let the flame burn through you. See another flame at the centre of your heart, and affirm, 'This is the flame of my true being within me that forever burns'. Then become aware of the flame around your body again. Breath out forcefully and expand the flame, out into every aspect of your life, and affirm, 'The flame of my true being lights my entire world with my truth.' Your inner truth is now manifested on the outside! See yourself on that path now, taking off your cloak to reveal your true nature. Turn around and walk along the yellow path towards the sun above Chalice Hill. Breath in deeply the energising light and warmth of the sun, and finish by affirming, 'I manifest the light of my truth. And so it is.'

Note: Jamie uses the Glastonbury Tarot by Lisa Tenzin-Dolma (Gothic Image Publications, 1999).

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