Angel Ariel “The price of admission to a human life is before you leave and go back home again, you are to make a powerful positive, permanent impact on another human soul. That pays for the journey.”.
June 2024 Readings
Guidance for June 30,2024: Collective
“The Comfortable Cage: Finding Freedom from Complacency”
What comfortably imprisons us? Ace of Coins
What burden to we need to make absolution for? Chariot Reversed
How do we take the quantum leap needed? Justice Reversed
What comfortably imprisons us? Often it is the material comforts and relationships that provide them - a pretty cage that initially seems desirable. The Ace of Coins leads our drive to acquire the newest, shiniest possessions. Yet ultimately, this becomes a burden on our spirit that we need to make absolution for. The Chariot reversed signals a need to confess that we don't truly have control or a handle on the opposing forces that make the universe run. We are not working in harmony, and this precipitates our eventual surrender, falling to our knees. It moves the pump's handle, allowing the water of emotions and tears to flow - an admission of guilt and a desire to unload our crosses to bear. We ask for spiritual help, wanting to lighten our inner load as we try to make sense of the world. Once we confess, we can make absolution. We see where we've avoided taking responsibility for wrongs in our life and relationships. Where we've been in error, hiding the truth. If we recognize this, it's a sign to be more honest and fair in our actions - making amends, putting right what is out of balance. Not to say this isn’t hard work, it is, but the potential payoff is huge. By taking this difficult action, we make a quantum leap in personal development (proceeding from the stubborn Taurus energy to the evolutionary freedom of Aquarius). Justice reversed pushes the plow, allowing us to plant seeds for a future harvest of freedom. Freedom from guilt-an unburdening of the soul through a willingness to take full accountability for our actions. A freedom from Venus' addictive temptation of sweet but binding comforts. With Aquarius' association with Uranus, this reckoning could come through a very sudden physical event that precipitates our inner call to make things right. The Ace of Coins suggests the timing could be around the start of the harvest season in mid-September.
Guidance for June 23, 2024:
"Shedding Light on Habits for Positive Transformation”
Situation: Uranus, Capricorn, The 6th house:
Advice: Garden of Spirits, The Depression, Mnemosyne
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You are being called to take a different perspective on what you have been focusing your energy towards. Uranus, the cosmic awakener, is asking you to revolutionize your mindset and habits. The restraints and restrictions represented by Capricorn may result from rules, whether self-imposed or societal, that are no longer serving your highest good. It's time to shatter those confines. This process begins by looking at your workday, service to others, and daily routines through the lens of the 6th house. What habits uplift you? What mundane tasks can become sacred when undertaken with purpose for a higher cause? You may need to tend to the Garden of Spirits - that inner landscape where seeds of depression and petrifying malaise have taken root from neglecting your true needs as well as your duty to bring healing magic to others. The cards speak to your tendency to withdraw in disappointment when reality does not live up to the daydream causing you to forget or abandon the work you were meant to do. Your retreat is not meant to last but only serve as a temporary respite to recover your confidence & rediscover the secret treasure you’ve hidden. Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory, will be your guide out of the dismal chamber of doom you’ve placed yourself in by helping to recall your joy and purpose before you lost your way. Cancer is protective-its nature is to recoil from the unfamiliar & scary as a means of survival while Sagittarius seeks to understand the Self and set it free from its cubby-hole. Let this difficult descent into the dark recesses of your inner world catalyze by providing important insight about your mindset & habits- allowing for an expansive transition into a world of new possibilities for service. As you venture into uncharted territory and assimilate new perspectives and habits, be gentle with yourself during this transformative period, allowing ample time for adjustment and self-compassion. Let this be a renaissance - the ushering in of a new golden age in your life's journey- of “why you do what you do”.
Guidance for June 16, 2024:
“A Rippling Effect”
Incoming Influence: The Shepard
What to concentrate on? The Waker
Best Way forward: The Guide
June heralds celebrations, get-togethers & being back in touch with family & other relationships. This also means reconnecting with old patterns of behavior you’ve been trying to correct & purge from your life. The dandelions, detoxers of anger from the liver, suggests old themes of “butting heads” may play out again during these festivities. You lead the herd but are not “one of them” - outside their herd mentality. Yet, there's pull to bring you, the black sheep, back into the herd back asleep from being aware of patterns. These events can overwhelm, but you witness only part of the story. How do they affect you emotionally? Are you getting roped back in? The Waker urges noticing the patterns & dynamics at play that have a rippling effect at these events. These are the legacies of patterns that one inherits, to repeat & replay, on & on-and they require a closer, more discriminating look before you come to conclusions or react in your typical way. The Waker suggests while one can notice everything, self-understanding blinds them. Unintegrated head knowledge fails to alchemize into wisdom which is ultimately your responsibility. The dynamic/ situation is not ideal but one must accept the cards that have been dealt & make the most of it. The best way forward, represented by The Guide, a card of learning, aspiration & development, shows your role is to correct mistakes made by those who’ve come before you & set things right. Your progress of self-correction may have a rippling effect for better or for worse. It may ruffle the feathers of those unaware of their own toxic patterns of behavior while some may see it as a key to unlocking their own healing path. Once you’ve made some progress & come out on the others side, you’ll be in a better place to reflect on what you’ve witnessed and hopefully walk away with a greater perspective & understanding of how these legacies of patterns can be corrected.
Guidance for June 9, 2024:
"An Exercise:
How to Determine What Bad Ideas a Person Is Feeding Themselves & How to Leave It Behind"
What is the question? The 9 of Wands
What are you guarding yourself against? The Chariot Reversed
What bad ideas are you feeding yourself? The Tower
How can you help yourself leave behind the fear of losing control if disaster hits?
4 of Swords and 8 of Coins
First, we need to ask, "What is the question?” Pulled-The 9 of Wands, a card of defensiveness, asks the next question, "What are you guarding yourself against?" This brings us to The Chariot Reversed, a discouraging lack of control bringing failure. This paints a picture of a person on high alert with a fear of being defeated, preventing them from overcoming obstacles and adversity successfully. They've invested a lot of energy in keeping this failure away from them, and they are tired and losing confidence that they can keep this up. Let's see why they think this way. "What bad ideas are you feeding yourself?" The Tower, a card of disaster, loss, and upheaval, indicates this person is making the assessment that they will not be strong enough to "survive the fall" when danger or the unexpected hits. The Tower usually strikes out of nowhere, creating panic, confusion, and upset. Nobody enjoys that, so I can see why they are protecting themselves against potentially having their world flipped and not being able to do a thing about it. But these are the "what ifs," and they can play all day long in every kind of scenario and never ever happen the way you feared it would. "So how can you help yourself leave behind the fear of losing control if disaster hits?" 4 of Swords and 8 of Coins give the advice of rest & practicality. The chaotic events of The Tower will always be outside your control. But even if it does occur, reconstruction is always possible with self-sacrifice, resiliency & fortitude. 4 of Swords asks them to slow down, get rest and focus on stabilizing their breath to calm their thoughts. This will help them gather strength to face any upcoming challenge. This habitual, energetic state of hypervigilance is doing nothing for their state of mind. The 4oS suggests they take a break or remove themselves altogether from overstimulation, that feeds panic, helplessness or doom. The 8 of Coins asks them to also focus on the everyday stuff they can control or effect in a practical & impactful way. This highlights their competency, to proudly focus instead on the resources they have built for themselves in a constant way through their talents. Rather than looking to the "what ifs," focus on the situations at hand, accomplishing them one at a time - this will aid with overwhelm.
Guidance for June 2, 2024:
“Embracing Your Part to Play”
Theme: Work
Something to Invite: The Actor
Something to Leave Behind: The Angel
This week speaks to finding true reward in the daily grind and in your routines, represented by your job, the duties you have to do, or how you are creating things. Some use work as an identity which allows others to understand who you are; setting the stage for how they relate to you. This prompts the question: What value does work play in your life? Is it satisfyingly rewarding or just a means to fund what you truly enjoy? Could it be prompting you to consider the idea of work or how you work in a different way (more cooperatively, independently, or self-assuredly) with co-workers or anyone integral to your daily life?
The Actor invites you to look at work as just a role you play at this particular point in time in your life. It doesn't have to define the real person or "you" behind the part. Remember, you will have many roles to play in your journey. You don't have to take it so seriously. It is just one aspect of who you really are as an individual, and not everyone gets to witness all the valuable parts you play to keep the machine of your life running. They aren't meant to. Some things are meant to be private and hidden away, like the innards of a pocket watch. The Leo energy symbolizes all the things we possess that make us great in the world–our gifts and talents–and how it influences others. It just wants to shine, and it doesn't care where or how. So, hit the stage and play your role to the best of your ability without worry of being different from others. Acknowledge that your gift –your presence– is an integral part of making this world turn, so be generous with it. No matter how many delusions or false dreams you try to tell yourself that you have nothing valuable or tangible to offer, there will be no escaping it. The Angel (Pisces/Neptune) represents secret fears and the overwhelming urge to escape the bonds of this reality. As difficult as it can be, this avoidance will not bring you closer to a solution. The only thing you can do now is to look within yourself to identify the gift you possess to brighten the waking world on the daily and play it out in real-time.