Weekly Tarot for 11/22-11/28: Strength

11/22/2015

Six months ago when I started reading tarot more professionally, I told myself that I would adapt to growth & change as they occur, that I don’t have to know what to do before I do, & that I can follow what feels good in my heart. My new website, www.highmoonfemme.com, is the culmination of what I’ve learned about my practice these past six months, a place where I’m hoping to house all my offerings, both tarot & writing related. & after hanging out with a femme friend of mine yesterday, I’ve decided to challenge my practice to include weekly tarot readings of sorts. May I introduce you to Weekly Tarot for the week of 11/22-11/28.

The idea, & I may change it if something else feels more natural or intuitive, is that I’ll draw a card from the Major Arcana for a weekly theme, & then three additional cards who’s face you cannot see initially. Through out the week if you’re needing some guidance, you can visit this post, pick a card with correlating stone, then scroll down to see the face you chose, & from there you can read what the individual card has to say about your question. This process is intended to convey a sense of you choosing your own card amongst three.

XO Lettie

Strength: 11/22-11/28

This card has come up a lot in the past few weeks, & I can only surmise this is because there is a Femmeiversal process happening of a kind of collective softening, especially with is coming us as I drew a theme card for this week for all you lovely hearts. What does softness & this Strength card have to do with one another, you ask? Let's go there.

It is easy to conflate being strong with the ability to push through the hard times, whether its because we have finals for classes, moving across the country with not enough anything, or the daily trying to surviving a shitty job / living situation / community / relationship. & while those acts of survival & thrival require strength, undoubtedly, this card is asking you consider another kind of strength in your toolbox of skills.

The Strength card wants to bring your awareness to the internal & emotional strength of coming back to your body & taking inventory of resources, capacity, desires, dreams, needs, & boundaries once you've survived things that required you to activate your super powers. To become quiet & still & ask yourself the questions that bring real answers that take you where you want to go. It's about vulnerability & not continuing to hurt ourselves in the ways others do. It's about letting down those walls that protect long enough to let some fresh air & starlight in. Perhaps you can even lower the bridges long enough to invite a friend of the heart over for an afternoon.

Don't you dare tell me that these endeavors do not require strength. Don't you dare tempt the fates. Instead, surrender, & meet yourself exactly where you are. Take a breath, & then another. You are here.

SEEKING GUIDANCE? PICK A CARD!

If you've come here seeking clarity, you've come to the right place. All you need to do is think of your question or situation, take a few deep breaths, then choose the card that you feel drawn to immediately. You can trust yourself.

HERE'S THE CARD YOU CHOSE!

Now scroll down to the card you chose to learn what it wants to share with you!

CARD: Accountability
STONE: Amazonite

The Accountability card is also known as the Justice card. This card holds a lot, & it is important to take note of your own definitions of Accountability & Justice. Do you believe that the state can bring such things to you when you have been harmed? Or do you realize that other avenues will be required to bring peace & a sense of safety back? It is well documented that the state hardly, if ever, offers solutions for violence & harm that do not perpetuate violence & harm. This is why it is important that you take time to figure what you need, what you want, & how to get those things.

I've personally sought comfort & peace of mind in Divine Justice, a Justice that I've come to understand on my own terms, in my own time, & though it is not as swift (or, admittedly, as severe) as I'd like, it brings me back into balance. Once, when I wanted revenge to right a severe wrong, someone I trusted told me that that person would get theirs, that what goes around comes around, & to trust that the natural order of such things will take care of it. This grave injustice would not go unnoticed by the gods & goddesses, but I cannot witness the righting. "It'll be messy, & if you were too close, that shit would splash on you. & baby, you've been through enough. You don't need to deal with the repercussions of that. I know you want to see, but you can't with out consequences." This is not always the case, but it was for me, & off I set on a journey to find something else that could hold all these pieces. Divine Justice.

CARD: Mentor of Bones
STONE: Jasper

The Mentor of Bones is an omen of sorts, brought to your from your Ancestors to tell you that the time of fight-for-every-breath survival is done. It will not be this hard again, not this last row. It also honors the self that you've grown into, no longer afraid of the things you once were, no longer afraid of what you might unexpectedly meet in the corners of your mind & heart. You've made peace with you. The way this mountain lion's paws rest on the skull means that your Ancestors have always been with you, & they are with you now as you usher into a new era.

The Mentor of Bones also wants to honor the wisdom you've cultivated from this chapter of your life called Fight For Every Breath. You know what you are made up of. You know how strong your fight is. You know how the quiet can speak to you when you are completely alone. You know how the stars guide you back when you've wandered too far, & most importantly, you know you can heal. Your scars are so lovely, remember all that you carry.

CARD: Nine of Feathers
Stone: Tanzanite

Nine of Feathers carries messages of being gentle with your survival self, of offering the balm of compassion to your badass survival self that got you through all the things! It also warns you not to listen to the internalized shitty lies that tell you to make yourself small, invisible, insignificant. This bird is plucking their own feathers for many different reasons because they are stuck in their natural cycle of turning to ash to come back as the Phoenix. Yes, this card is reflecting back to you your fiery come back from the dead nature! Instinctually, you know that you need to collapse into ash, but something has stalled your process, ask your wise beyond your years survival self what that is? Then trust what you are told.

The number 9 is also significant because it is a number that signifies the end-end of a cycle. Perhaps it is time to forgive yourself for what you did not know, for what you did & did not do, for believing the ways others have pathologized your behaviors & survival to heal the cycle. The time is now. You're gonna be ok. Don't be afraid. I trust you.

Experience the clarity & healing that can happen when you connect with your Ancestors!

Lettie Laughter has over 10 years experience reading tarot. To book your own magical 60 or 90 minute tarot reading with them, go here!

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