Ooh child...things are gonna get easier (Messages of Divine Love)
February 19, 2024 / Hansen-Roberts Tarot
These Messages of Divine Love are weekly intuitive card readings offered to share strength & hope for those building a heart-centered world. Sharing messages from our collective guides, Mother Earth, the ancients watching over us with a quick peek into what our future selves want us to know and how my protectress, Mother Mary, can add love to get us through the week. Each message includes chakra themes that help center our energy. I will post any extras over on Patreon (paid): Temple of the Rose Gold Heart. Your subscription here is always FREE.
INTRO NOTES TO THE DECK & READING
This week's deck, the Hansen-Roberts Tarot seemed appropriate since it was my very first tarot deck. 😍 It's been a week of looking back, seeing how far we've come, and testing out new wings for the first time. In some respects, I soared far beyond any horizon I had ever dreamed of. Other times, it was a clumsy, awkward attempt at adulting with this new power in my hands.
The key to this week is to take those stumbles for what they are - learning the rules of an elevated, planet-wide game of connect-the-dots. We will get it wrong sometimes, but we don't need to bludgeon ourselves each time we do (yes, I'm talking to you, Janet!). We are building the right structures and people around us...if we just choose to believe in it. Just don't let the sour disappointments of the past creep in to disconnect you from a most vibrant and electrifying future. No matter how much the ground beneath our feet quakes and shudders, life gets so much easier when we realize how utterly connected we really are.
That isn't to say we won't be facing challenges. Because this week offers plenty of pushiness at the perimeter of what we find safe, instead of assuming the worst, realize that this is what immense, pattern-shattering growth feels like. New powers and new healing require us to test the boundaries of what we previously thought was possible. It also means challenging our stubborn assumptions and maybe even *changing our minds about a few things along the way. Don't worry, things will get better and soon our power will be too bright to deny.
Where We Are This Week
Seven of Swords
Throat Chakra
With every great transformation comes a renewed need to double-check our boundaries, lest we sabotage ourselves with complacency. There are forces out there, the walking wounded, the gain-getters, the tremendously empty and jealous who would love to get their hands on the magic we have. They want to bypass the hard work of being honest and authentic about who they are. With this new power comes new vulnerabilities. We need to check the perimeter to make sure we know the lay of this new land. (hint, this card came up from the guides a few weeks ago)
Messages from our Guides
Four of Cups
Sacral Chakra
There is a "poisoned cup" energy that I felt when I pulled this card. Like all the times our dreams were dangled right in front of our face only for it to be snatched away at the last minute. Over and over again, so close but so very far. The very gentle message from our guides is to not forego what is being offered just because it has the air of what came before it. This is an entirely new experience. Discernment is always advised, but that doesn't mean disconnecting with the core part of us that recognizes a good thing when it arrives.
Messages from Lady Gaia/Mother Earth
Ten of Pentacles
Heart Chakra
There is a significant overlap between the ten of cups and the ten of pentacles. The cups refer more to the relationships and harmony of the people involved, the pentacles are more about the growth that will happen in the real world as a result of those ties. Because of the pervasive and generational nature of trauma, all of us are examining our lineages and legacies. What was left behind for us? What will we leave behind for others? The idea that our work in this lifetime affects the seven generations that came before us but also the seven that come after us has resonated in this card deeply, advising us to hold close the legacy of our heart to ensure that what we leave behind is a worthy example of the healing truth we want to grow in our wake.
Messages from the Ancients
Two of Swords
Root Chakra
There is an objective push and pull happening with the past that you've been trying to move on from. First, there is the side of us that longs for freedom - perhaps even to the point of rebellion against anything that hints of "tradition" or ancestry. Freedom from the ties of the past then brings with it the air of uncertainty, the fears for our safety. Which then activates the self-protective mechanisms that require us to let go of our freedom and progress in order to survive. This is a root chakra issue worthy of some observation. What are ways you can forge a compromise between these competing values or will one win out over the other?
Messages from Our Future Selves
The Star
Third Eye Chakra
There is both power and vulnerability in dreaming. Either we are floating weightless, aware, and creative in the ether of our vivid imagination or we are running for our lives from tentacle monsters with fangs made of candy corn. In my Intuitive Tarot for Heart-Centered Leadership class, I talk about how the language of the subconscious is what comes through in our dreams. It is a way for our mind, the creatively free part of our brain to project the dots & connections we're making in our heads. This is the same language of my intuition, the same weirdo imagery of dreams except in a specific space and time. Something like Tarot hones my ability to work with these images and phrases. Whispers caught in the net of my awareness can help me better discern what threads to tug on to make the dreams drop from the sky like a shower of balloons at midnight. All of this is to say that in this Pisces season, it's a good idea to be mindful to track your dreams. Record whatever you can without judgment for the next seven days and see what emerges.
Messages from Mother Mary
The Sun
Crown Chakra
Mother Mary has a giant hint to help us get out of our own way for the stalemate we have with our past selves - choose the path that makes you come alive. That lights a fire under you. Choose the one that gives you a glow of authenticity, a shine of awareness, a flame of passion. Because the only way you'll get from the indecision of the moment to the greatest wish of your soul is to sparkle up and shine, sweetie. The more we anguish over the tug & tear of this season's story arc of Trauma Central, the more we stop ourselves from marching toward the hope that's been there for us all along. Trust in what the universe is bringing. It isn't a distraction, it's a blessing. A rare and beloved blessing of the Great Mother's love for us....yes, even you! Stop trying to examine what brings you joy and instead let it fuel you forward to light up the world we're making together.
Extra Card
King of Pentacles
Solar Plexus Chakra
Lucky you! The successes that you've been racking up will be paying off very soon. I already know how this card is playing out in my life - new clients, new opportunities, new attention on my work. So the rest is for you: Yes, this means for some of you - you're finally gonna start getting paid! Some of you will even be cracking the code to pioneer a new kind of economy - one that isn't based on excess, but instead on the passionate pursuit of our greatest talents and the sharing of our greatest treasures. Still others will be gaining riches of another sort - the recognition of their skills and the vision of the world they are building. But for all of us it is a manifestation of a deeper, more cosmic connection at play. We are each coming into our sovereignty, walking with a bold new swagger, like gold is dripping from our sleeves. Wear it that luminous autonomy like the earned success it is. Treat one another like royalty instead of rivals and see what kind of synergy comes to pass.
Undercurrent
The Hermit
Third Eye Chakra
The undercurrent really couldn't be more obvious. If you're getting signs from the universe, now is not the time to question why, but instead question what the message is. Look for the source of the light and be the one who vows to carry it forward to others.
Final Advice
Ace of Swords (R)
Throat Chakra
The very act of being a "critical thinker" is an exercise in humility, for you're often learning something you didn't know. You have to say "You know, I think you have a point" quite often. Whereas stubbornness, whether born out of fear or pride, is attached to the ego need to be right. The ego needs to stay put, to stay safe. Remember earlier when I discussed that stalemate? Pay particular attention to this knot of knowledge. You might even need to suspend your disbelief to accept a truth and experience that differs from your own. But when you do, you are better armed for the future you truly want to create.
PARTING WORDS FROM A GEEK EMPRESS
“You never meet the same person twice” is one of my favorite sayings. It speaks to how the experiences of our lives linger with us, changing us, shifting us into our brilliance but also our darkness. Those who only knew me in high school or as a lawyer would be shocked at who I am today I think - a newer, shinier, sexier and grounded version of myself. It took over seven years worth of healing to get there, but this week I found all the wounds sewing themselves up in successive order, feeling stronger by the day.
When dreams scrawled with wishes start to come to life, it’s exhilarating, but I have to admit, also a bit terrifying. My trauma wants to throw up stop signs at the very hint of fulfillment, waiting for the rug to get pulled out from under me or hear I was the punchline of the worst joke ever. When success used to shut me down out of fear of being seen, I kept myself locked in a self-punishing exile. Before I would hand trauma the wheel and let it drive me off the cliff from its anxiety. But I’ve also really missed living - like really frakking miss it.
I have “been on a mission” since I was twelve years old. And I am clear on my role - to give you the tools you need to complete your own mission, the lessons learned, preparation for the dark night of the soul humanity is entering where your light…yes, yours is needed.
We each have been called to an impossible task, a vision that is meant to be birthed into the world, a blended whole of the lineages we carry. This is the breaking-in period to try out our new powers, spread our wings, and learn how to wield this force so we don’t abuse it when humanity needs it most. Trust me when I say, from experience, that we cannot do this alone. We need our beloveds beside us helping us as much as we help them. Like the Guardians here:
A curious thing happens when we decide to choose life, to choose each other, to choose to live in the moment as impossibly unbelievable though it may seem - because then and only then do we glimpse the truth: It is interconnectedness of our lives that give us meaning. We are forging a mighty, regenerating strength that has the power to transform our whole world. Feel that power thumping within and give it your attention and reverence as you plant these seeds.
There is an uncertainty that quakes through the world right now, but I truly do believe that things are gonna get easier. And if I have to hold that belief for all of us, I am finally ready to...but so are you. Just believe.
No matter what happens this week, remember I am with you always in love 💖
Intuitive Tarot for Heart-Centered Leadership
Saturday 3/16
Using the tarot as a tool of intuition, we’ll use this to tap into our subconscious awareness to better understand and evaluate our own perceptions. You’ll walk away with not just a basic understanding of tarot, but tools to use to develop a better relationship with your intuition (3 hrs - $75)