A Reading On Coping With The Current Chaos
I've been writing some long pieces over the last few months but haven't felt the need to post them yet because they felt incomplete. So, I've been doing lots of revising and doing more research as new rabbit holes open, seemingly so for each new topic. It sometimes takes a while to synthesize these things internally and reach a place where I feel comfortable with writing about them.
Those works continue, but tonight a little reading came up in our weekly Tarot Zoom that I wanted to share more broadly. We often spend our time going into detail on some Tarot topic and leave personal questions to the end. The last question of the night was about the stressful situation in the US and how to cope. It seemed like an excellent question and the reading we got seemed to contain a lot of wisdom to my eyes.
Here is the reading using my go-to layout, the Four Card reading:
This layout is usually excellent for “action” questions where the situation needs to clarified and an action is needed, or potential action is being considered, capped off with an outcome card. The actual question here was “How best to cope with the current terrible political/social situation in the US?” Here are the cards:
TOPIC-WHAT IT IS: Queen of Coins – Comfort and grounding, appreciation of good things and the sharing of abundance and comfort. Art and decoration and lushness and what is needed at the time.
IS-NOT: I Magician – The Magician pierces through the mundane world's limits and operates with the full set of elements directly. Mastery and a magical ability to make things go your way.
Action: Six of Coins – The is the gifting card. This can be a card about abundance and rebalancing, is it the giver or the receiver? Or both?
Outcome: Ace of Wands – Bursting forth with something new and exciting, a new creation or adventure, or even a new enterprise. It is full of energy and provides a spark of motivation. It means initiative and confident action.
I cover how to read this in another blog post, but the basic idea is that the horizontal narrows the focus with what IS and what IS-NOT the issue. The top card is where the action is suggested or commented on if one is being considered, and the bottom card is the general outcome or trend.
So, this short reading gives a nice suggestion for coping. Comfort and ground and take care of those around you, have them comfort and care for you. This is not a time for magical mastery.
The action is to give to those who need help, and to receive help when we need it ourselves. This leads us to a new place, ready to act and create something new.
I'm off to my rabbit holes, delving to understand deeper and more fully. I just wanted to put this out for those who need a little help on how to cope. Blessings!
Note that I have a blog here about dreaming and shamanism at https://paper.wf/spiritbeardreaming/ but a lot of what I do also involves Tarot. I didn't want to mix things up too much, so I decided to create this blog just for Tarot topics.
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