Choose your Tarot card message
Let's kick off November with some card pick fun! Stop for a moment, take a few deep breaths, and try to relax. Choose the first card you are drawn to from the cards numbered 1, 2, and 3 in the image below.
Scroll down to read which card you chose and discover its meaning.
Let me know what you think and I hope you enjoy!
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If you picked card number 1, then you chose the Queen of Wands
The Kings and Queens of each Tarot suit represent mastery over all the elements and qualities that their suits represent. For our Queen of Wands, this means using her passion and creativity to help her achieve her goals. She is charming and with both intelligence and her naturally warm character, can persuade anyone to help her on her path. She has mastered her passions and desires, and this allows her to channel those powerful energies into working to her advantage. If you have chosen the Queen of Wands today, she is reminding you to tap into your own creativity, your fiery, passionate side, to help drive you to success. As an efficient yet compassionate leader, she also encourages you to take any opportunities which may come up for you to step into a leadership or teaching role, where you can act as a guide, sharing the knowledge and experience you have earned with others. The advice of the Queen of Wands then, as the pinnacle of all the qualities the suit of Wands represents, is to be bold and confident in going after what you want. Believing in yourself and using all of your passion, creativity, and determination, will help you to overcome any challenges you might be facing on your journey to success. But as a charming and sociable Queen, she can also help us to remember to spend time with our friends and loved ones, to relax every once in a while and have some fun. Even a Queen needs to let her hair down now and then! So be like the Queen of Wands and go after what you want with passion and determination - but don't forget to enjoy yourself when you can too!
If you picked card number 2 - you chose the Emperor
When the Emperor appears, authority is ruling the day. The Emperor is a strong, controlling and dominant leader. He can use his great strength to protect, but must be careful not to allow his desire for control to become oppressive, repressing those around him instead of helping to keep them safe. If you chose the Emperor today, he is a reminder to keep that balance between using your natural strength without allowing it to become overbearing, or completely overtaking everyone around you. You may be carrying the burden of many duties now, and whilst it is positive that you take your responsibilities seriously, the Emperor is a reminder that you shouldn't let those responsibilities and your attempts to protect what you have built so far, harden you and close you off to the wisdom of your heart. We each hold the opposing qualities of dominant strength and gentle tenderness within us, and your choice of the Emperor today suggests that your challenge now will be to keep a balance between them both, while taking charge of your present situation. The Emperor encourages you to be confident in taking control of your circumstances and to lead the way. You have the strength to lead, and anything you work on building now should have a solid foundation for future success, as shown by the Emperor's association with the number 4, which is the number of building, of solid foundations and everything grounded, practical and stable. So if you're been trying to lay the foundations for a new project, career or even a literal house, the Emperor is positive indication that this will be a very stable structure which you will be able to extend and expand upon far into the future. You can use the strength and power of the Emperor now to help you build a solid foundation for your future goals.
If you chose card number 3 - you picked Strength
Strength represents not the assertive brute strength you might first think from the name of the card, but rather the kind of quiet, inner strength which comes from both self-control and flexibility. The strength that comes from trusting your own instincts and believing in yourself. The lion in the image represents the base, animal side of our nature, and how it can be pacified not through brute force, but rather with compassion and understanding. Through acceptance of the parts of ourselves we cannot change, we can find greater clarity and peace. This can help lead us to the kind of inner strength shown by the woman on the card, as she sits calmly beside the giant beast. She has achieved the clarity and understanding to maintain her calm and inner strength at all times, even when faced with a huge wild animal. The lion also reminds us of our innate connection to all of nature - and that the strength inherent in the natural world all around you, also belongs to you. The lion in this card reminds us that we are a part of nature just as nature is a part of us, and just as everything is connected, so the tender yet powerful strength of nature is there for you to tap into whenever you need it. If you chose the Strength card today, you may need to draw on your inner reserves of strength and self-belief at this time, but this card reminds us that we can all access the kind of strength that comes with self-control and flexibility, if we want to. Staying calm and keeping your confidence whilst being bold and brave in your actions will help you to face, and defeat, any challenges which may lay ahead. Your path may not be easy, but your choice of the Strength card today suggests that you are more than capable of overcoming any obstacles in your path, and emerging victorious.
I hope you have a great weekend! Leave me a comment and let me know what you think.
Pictured deck is the Luna Sol Tarot deck.
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