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.”.
October 2023 Readings
Guidance for October 29th, 2023:
“Making the Choice to Make you a Priority”
What haunts me? 9 of Swords Negative
How can I exorcise this burden? The Lovers Positive
What strengthening quality should I resurrect within? 2 of Coins Positive
The 9 of Swords signals you feel haunted by a mood of disappointment by allowing yourself to be placed low on someone’s priority list, resulting in feelings of isolation & loneliness. These troubling thoughts are a pattern based upon the relationship choices you’ve made and of where you’ve chosen to invest time, energy & gifts into those who don't hold your concerns in as high of regard as deserved. You can alleviate the burden of this heaviness by making alliances with those who align with your values and sense of self-love, by being sure to share your gifts with those who truly deserve it, giving priority to those who prioritize you and not just see you as an option. Please know that this burden is not all your fault but it was inevitable. Being a Major Arcana card, The Lovers indicate this is a major life lesson for you. Your relationship choices, sandwiched between two minor arcana cards representing the day-to-day activities of a bond, signify this is the meat of the issue. Being in the sign of Gemini, The Lovers also indicate you voicing your concerns is an effective tool in communicating your unhappiness. We are less likely to experience extremes if we can come to agreement & live somewhere in the middle since the key to establishing harmony is in the balancing of priorities. Both your needs and the needs of the other, will at times differ but still can be successfully fulfilled. It takes two equally committed people to make any relationship work. The Two of Coins asks you to remember that managing a healthy alliance involves give and take as well as adaptability to accommodate the days when one person's needs take priority over the other. And although you consider your relationship important, be careful to not neglect your own needs since they are just as significant. There will be days when you will have to decide to hold yours up in importance if they choose to drop the ball. Happiness comes from having a balanced lifestyle & not just looking to one source for fulfillment.
Guidance for October 22nd, 2023: “Fugazi Healers”
Who’s my biggest enemy right now: The Surgeon
How to thwart them? Ace of Vessels
Best Ally: King of Swords
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The Surgeon is the card of the quack, the charlatan, or some other healer who is over impressed with themselves and their ability. A damnation of those who practice a difficult art without proper training or experience. This usually represents a person offering to remove something that’s not there in the first place, thereby succumbing to a procedure that’s not necessary. Or of overstating their ability to perform this healing technique when they have no business putting their hands on you. That said, it does indicate there’s some healing needed or some emotional/ mental blockage to be removed, just not sure the person in the card is the professional you need. The Barrel suggests getting what you need from multiple sources, perhaps a second opinion or input from many mouths- get their take, their experience, their opinions. Everybody gets a turn in the barrel at some point, right? And it’s possible they’ve gone through it as well. Learn from their mistakes & what they would have done differently. The Ace of Vessels represents something that was sacrificed for the benefit of others and can successfully satisfy many mouths. This to me seems like an established, well experimented therapy that has gotten great results with many people. Your best ally in this circumstance will be the King of Swords, one who’s more knowledgeable or educated in this situation than yourself and certainly is not afraid to ask questions or get to the bottom of things. It’s a powerful person, righteous but not cruel, who holds the truth in the highest regard. The King may not even be a living person but a symbol that sometimes the greatest lesson is the harshest one. To overcome an obstacle sometimes a conflict of opinion is warranted. This trial or tribulation may just be the necessary medicine you need, to help you become stronger and spurn personal growth.
October 15th, 2023:
“There’s No Sense Hiding it”
The Wound you’ve been Ignoring:7 Epoch
The Reason It’s Been Hard to Heal:12 Hex
The First Step Towards Recovery: 21 Opulence
It’s traumatic to have your world, or an aspect of it, upended. It can be even more so if you had to carry on as if nothing happened. Epoch, reveals a very messy wound you’ve been ignoring and asks you to take a look at what tripped you up and split you down the middle. In an attempt to hide the damage done from your “enemies” you’ve prevented healing for yourself. The heart has been guarded; your opinions & feelings masked, never revealing its true nature. Cloaking your true self in order to feel safe, has in essence, made you powerless. The woman in the Hex card holds her head high, remains calm & stays composed at all cost, never revealing her weakness to “the enemy”. Maybe you didn’t want to bring attention to yourself, or felt it was easier to lay the blame elsewhere making another the villain. Opulence invites you to take the first step into recovery by taking charge of the situation and peacefully reconciling your unresolved angst. You are by no means an oddity. Many have crashed & burned & are masking their suffering, just like you. The Opulence cards speaks to being “exalted” such as in a position to help others by sharing your story & feelings or any wisdom gained as a result of this experience. In numerology, the number 21 inspires others by leading through example so consider this an opportunity to lead & be the light so others may follow. On a mundane level, this could be a very real injury, the result of a bad fall that you’ve been trying to shake off as if you’d be fine. In a struggle to conceal the severity of this injury, hoping it would resolve on its own, you’re now facing an expensive but by now a necessary solution. Take the lead on this & get yourself finally sorted.
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October 8th, 2023:
“Awake to Receive an Unexpected Gift”
Reading for the Collective
Surrounding Atmosphere: The Tower
Biggest threat to you: Equanimity reversed/ Joyfulness
Superpower to adopt to Navigate: Craving Reversed /Gift
It’s certainly become clearer as each month passes that all that has been built on a lie or seemed to be too big to fail is coming undone. Whatever system appeared to be indestructible is in the process of being destroyed, brought down and smashed bringing some of the fallout to our front doors in a way many could not have foreseen. As we collectively face the dissolution of all that we believed was true, there are still those who deny the chaos choosing to stay blissfully unaware while others reel from this sudden crisis forcing them to wake up. Something’s been wrong for a long time, and this stinging slap to the unsettling reality of the world may just have been the jolt we needed to realize we need to take responsible action to change our situation. The biggest threat to us & arguably themselves, are those who cannot see things for the way they really are. A great many seem to possess an emotional & mental fragility, taking joy in avoidance quite willing to believe a lie to preserve their peace. Others painfully resist this epic change and will reject evidence on the basis of principles or ideology rather than experience. They rather believe there are no problems, or if any, all will be resolved, and they can resume a carefree life where all their wishes are satisfied & whatever they’ve been hoping for comes to pass. However despite its devastation, the people who’ve been roused awake, can grasp the gift The Tower offers, the opportunity to finally release and let whatever wasn’t healthy go. Toxic routines get a shake-up. Our individual life situations have the potential to improve if we can examine our illogical pull towards a particular course of action. Of where we’ve exhibited a lack of judgement and made decisions made more upon feelings rather than reason, such as addictions where we know something is bad for us but we end up doing it anyway. Not everything craved for is necessary, not all urges need to be acted on & ultimately we have control whether we succumb to temptation.
October 1st, 2023:
“He Who Fights & Runs Away Lives to Fight Another Day”
Theme: The Body
Biggest Fear: Seduction
Strength to Overcome: The Wyvern
A strong healthy body not only needs the basics to survive, food, water & oxygen, it also requires human touch to feel whole. As corporal beings we are embodied in flesh & blood able to experience sensations of pleasure while also being vulnerable to sickness & injury. In general, this card pertains to health, wholeness, enjoyment, closeness & physicality but also acknowledging the urges we have for love & sex. The appearance of Seduction suggests we may be afraid of surrendering to a seductive power that may do us harm. Do we fear losing our senses, and be carried away by someone or something that uses charm as a manipulative tool all in an attempt to get what our bodies long for? These fears may or may not be truly warranted. In regard to physical health, Seduction urges us to be strong & resistant to a tempting force that may risk harming one’s wellbeing . It also speaks to the fear of succumbing to a craving; partaking in a vice that we know is bad for us but we do it anyway because we lack the desire or the will to resist its irresistible spell. We may have tried to kick a habit before but caved-in to our weakness after a time. The Wyvern, the granter of second chances, provides insight by urging you to learn the strength of the “enemy” & know what you’re up against. Mythically, a Wyvern will plunge into battle with any enemy no matter how powerful. Here he suggests waiting for battles or opportunities that have better odds of success. Perhaps after a time of reflection, you’ve learned what went wrong previously and are better equipped to be successful this time around. Or maybe you are this time more determined to continue your quest to live life in a healthy way despite past bad experiences or failed attempts.