This week is a tough one, friends. The Main Message for the week of July 11 is The Three of Swords and the supporting advice message is The Five of Cups. Together, these cards are asking you to explore your toughest feelings this week, ask the hard questions, and work through stagnant pain.
Main Message: The Three of Swords. The Three of Swords represents heartbreak, lingering pain, and tough realizations coming to light. Having this show up for us this week means that it’s time to fully face the painful emotions you’ve been burying for far too long. We have a tendency to cover pain with light to get through a day, a week, a year, and now it’s time to revisit the pain. For some of us, this may be as fresh as this weekend, for others it could be from childhood, and anywhere in-between. Ask the tough questions. i.e. What areas of my life are affected by my past pain? What is at the root of my inability to trust? What is really preventing me from moving on? What is affecting my pattern of self-sabotage? What past pain is at the center of my fears? Journal, mediate, or verbalize these questions and any answers you glean.
Advice: Five of Cups. Having the Three of Swords and the Five of Cups show up in tandem can be a little unnerving, but the Five of Cups is really here to help. Your mind and heart may be prone to aches and pains this week as you work through the tough questions, and the Five of Cups is here to remind you of the importance of emotional releases. As I was pulling cards for the week a short thunderstorm rolled through. What’s a better way to represent the need for an emotional release than a thunderstorm? Allow the tears to flow and the screams to carry this week. It’s a heavy task for us collectively, but it makes me excited to see what’s next. Rainbows often follow a heavy storm, after all.
To connect with this energy, place one hand on your chest, one on your abdomen and repeat the following mantra:
I am a powerful, emotional vessel. It is safe to fully feel past pains. It is safe to fully release past pains.