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Message for the Masses – Week of February 22, 2016

by ladymalay on February 22, 2016 • 2 Comments

The Two of Swords covers our eyes and asks us to stand down this week. February in general brings a bit of space to breathe, and this card is showing us that our week of examination has come to a close. By now it is likely that you have picked the load to the bone, and unleashed skeletons that have been hiding for years. We are now called to take a step back and allow the manifestation to begin.

Today’s Virgo Full Moon marks the culmination of a cycle that has encouraged our due diligence. With that completion we must release, and wait for further instruction. This can leave us with a tension of sorts. The tension lies between what is true and untrue. The skeletons we’ve unearthed can be separated into those two categories, but the method to the separation is out of our hands. The unfolding is underway, and any idea that we are in control of that unfolding is an illusion. Reality will soon be revealed, and your reaction may surprise you.

Instead we open ourselves as a vessel, primed to receive the guidance that allows our best step forward. The unpacking we’ve done leaves more room for radical movement. It is that radical movement that allows us to feel our freedom.

If you find yourself unable to withhold from action, use that energy to write, tell a story, or daydream your best scenario. The course of this week moves from form to vision. Allow yourself the luxury of some dream time.

May we find our next steps through feeling, and give our eyes a well deserved rest.

❤️

**card image from Mary-El Tarot

Message for the Masses — Week of February 15, 2016

by ladymalay on February 15, 2016 • 2 Comments

We climb into the week with the load of the 10 of Wands on our back. The last couple of months have revealed a lot. We have had no choice but to see all of the excess baggage we carry through our days. A new awareness of the weight we bear dons the opportunity to unload what is no longer essential to our well being. This week we are called not just to let go, but to really feel the quality of this load.

Where did it come from? What does it look like, smell like? Where do we carry it on our body? What sparks the impulse to pursue life as though it’s a true part of our vehicle?

The beauty of this moment is that the cosmic energy gives us some space to do this unpacking. As we lead up to Monday’s Full Moon in Virgo, it allows the solid ground to make a mess in order to clean it up. Each piece asks to be examined. It is a week of observation and sorting.

Do I still need that hurt, where is it getting me to hold on to it?

Is repeatedly reliving the memory of that old love really feeding my soul, or have I turned it into an impossible screenplay?

We must make ourselves lighter.

The times ahead demand the ability to move with nimble grace.

As we move through the load we may see things that we don’t like. Fight the urge to shove it back into the hiding pockets in your field. Those hidden knots do nothing but fester, slowing us down and making us believe we are ugly.

Instead find the courage to look at it directly. See it exactly for what it is. Accept it. Set it in front of you on the table and draw it. Facing the burden head on leads to disintegration. As the barnacles disintegrate we can breathe a little deeper each time, allowing greater endurance for the journey before us.

May we all welcome the grace of the virgin to begin anew and unfettered.

❤️

**card image from Barbieri Tarot by Paolo Barbieri

Message for the Masses – Year of 2016 – Week of January 4, 2016

by ladymalay on January 21, 2016 • 0 Comments

We are ushered into the new year through the pillars of the Four of Wands, marching toward the road to freedom. We are at the beginning of the end of a consciousness shifting cycle that began several years ago. If we can hang in there, and remain meticulous in our attention to what needs to be done, soon we will celebrate.

No doubt we have been living in times that reek of peril, yet often what seems like peril blossoms into a state of unimaginable self-expression. This context is at the heart of the shift we are making, and will lead us to our new purview.

Integration of the gifts we’ve attained is where we find our focus this year, and any emotional bits and bobs that got stuck to the walls on their way out last year will likely be expelled soon. It is a year of mutation, with all its glory and gore. Ultimately, we are called to integrate structure and faith.

How do we create the bounds we need to freely surrender to our divine selves?

This is not an easy task. It means we must face the dark forces that we allow to be our jailers. It means we must own up to the lies we tell ourselves day in and day out to create an illusion of comfort, of protection. And, most of all, it means we can no longer hide behind our egoic resistance. The ego deserves some dignity too, and we must establish the higher road to utilize that tool.

2016 is not promising hearts and flowers. It begins with sober attention to detail, imploring us to take stock.

Where and who have we been?
How did we get here?
Where do we want to go?

We have walked through the the fire over and over, and now it is time to assess what’s left, and what we need to move forward.

This week starts that process in full force. The Lovers lead us into this bastion of feels. Picture a bunch of electrical wires severed, and flying around in the office of a General in the midst of creating a battle strategy. The General instinctively sees an image of their lover as salvation, and walks out of the room into the lover’s arms. That’s what we’re in for this week. The control freak in all of us will be tested, and tested again. This serves to combat our illusions, and transforms our view to one of reality and new order.

Self-love and care are essential this week. Clean out any sense of threat from the ones you hold most dear. You will need them this year.

The utmost focus this week is inward. Go inside. Take a look around. How does it feel in there? This is the antidote to the fireworks at your feet. When in doubt, retreat; not escape, retreat. Escape leaves us feeling hunted, retreat fortifies our ability to address what is in our scope.

As we take our first steps down the road to freedom, may our eyes be wide open and our foundations hold strong.

❤️

** card image sources:

4 of Wands from the Shadow and Light Tarot

The Lovers from Astral Tarot