A Brave New Year – The Tarot and Escaping the Comparison Trap – A Witch’s Perspective

December 31, 2024December 31, 2024 / Moonwater / Leave a comment

A New Year. Thank Goddess! 2024—good riddance. Tough year.
Parents with troubles at the senior facility. (It’s called facility-for-profit!)
My husband’s parents had trouble. Oh, and his mother died. And he got physically attacked at work. Crap year. Bye, 2024.

Hellooooo 2025.
Have you tried New Year’s Resolutions?
No fun? Me, too.

Here are three insights.

1. Envision Your Personal Unique Path for 2025.

“Let there be beauty and strength, power and compassion, honor and humility, mirth and reverence within you.” – The Goddess in The Charge of the Goddess, written by Doreen Valiente

Some of the word pairs in the quote seem to be “opposites.”
Power without compassion can be evil.
Humor (mirth) and reverence—good stuff.

Here’s the problem.
Humans seem to be Comparison-making Machines.
We look around to gauge… Am I okay?
Why does that other person get the promotion? (Or to even keep the job?)

Politicians love to say, “Are you doing better now?”
Compared to what?

Here’s the good news. The God and Goddess put divinity into you.
You are gifted with a personal unique path.

Let’s escape the Comparison Trap.

Let’s begin with your heart. That’s what counts. (Not what other people are doing in their own lives. Yes, letting go of comparison.)

What does your heart want for 2025?

2. Arrange your daily life to nurture both the mundane AND the spiritual.

“Live your earthly life fully, but try to see the spiritual aspects of your activities as well.” – Scott Cunningham

How are things going for you?
Are you doing well enough on the mundane level?

There’s an old phrase: “Treat yourself as a good animal.” What’s that? Eat, sleep, and move so that your body is well-supported.

And … treat your spirit well, too.

How? Ritual, meditation, time in nature…

This is part of a process to reconnect with your spiritual essence and the God and Goddess.

People are driven to eat for survival on the mundane level.

However, we need to choose to devote time and effort to experience existence on the spiritual level.

Are you going to be sure to devote time to ritual, meditation, and more – in this New Year 2025?

3. Ask the Goddess to Guide Your Tarot Process of the “New Year’s 6 Card Spread.”

Recently, I did a “New Year’s 6 Card Spread” for myself.

Here are the elements of the Spread:

1^st card: Theme of the New Year 2025

2^nd card: Where you are starting from

3^rd card: Your path forward to prosperity

4^th card: What you need to learn

5^th card: Trials along the way

6^th card: Things to consider during your journey

Important Facets of the Tarot Process:

It is truly helpful to ground and center. You get in line with yourself before you start the Tarot Process.
Realize that your spread is a “picture” of one moment in time. Just by studying your spread, you are likely moving the pieces of your future. If you see a “warning,” then you can modify your behavior. (This is a reason that doing multiple spreads over time can be helpful. My spiritual elders advise avoiding doing a daily spread on the same question. It can be excessive.)
Realize that an inverted card does not always mean “awful.” It can mean a new angle to the topic.

What is your vision for the New Year 2025?

May these insights support your journey.

Blessed Be,
Moonwater

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When do you NOT Listen to the Tarot?

March 16, 2018 / Moonwater / Leave a comment

“Can you do a reading for me?” Jill asked me.

“Sure,” I said. “What’s going on?”

Jill sighed and then asked, “Can you tell me when and how my life will end?”

“That’s not a question that I work with,” I replied. I went on to share the following four details:

Be sure to avoid doing a Tarot reading when you’re feeling terrible.

Sometimes, the Tarot can mirror your feelings. If you’re in a bad mood, you may find that your mood colors what you perceive in your reading. So, your perception can, in a way, “give you a false reading.”

I have had to be careful about my state of being when I do a Tarot reading. Why? I deal with clinical depression symptoms, so I need be careful that my symptoms don’t mask what the cards are really telling me.

Avoid asking about dreadful subjects.

Don’t ask: “How (or when) will I die?” And, avoid asking about the deaths of your parents and friends. Why? Such questions put you into a terrible space. As I mentioned earlier, your perceptions can be off, and you might get a “false reading.”

Don’t read for others when they are in a bad/sad/angry mood.

If you read for a person who is in a negative mood, they might perceive anything you say as “bad news.” Reading for someone who is upset will not help them. They cannot be open to the messages of the Tarot, and they may twist the news in a negative way.

Be prepared for a possible scary or negative reading.

Pause and think about what you asked. Did you ask a question that was phrased in a negative form? If you still get a negative reading, take a break and try again the next day.

Special Note: Let’s look at how life goes. Some things seem negative at first but turn out better. A divorce can open the door to a later, wonderful marriage. A friend drifts away and then you later realize that you feel much lighter because you had been in a negative co-dependent friendship.

So, be careful when reading the cards.

Blessed Be,
Moonwater

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The Tarot—See the Future—and Beware of the Pitfalls

March 2, 2018 / Moonwater / Leave a comment

“Are you sure?” my friend, Laura, asked.

“That’s what the Tarot cards are showing me,” I replied.

“How accurate is this? Is my marketing campaign really going to tank?”

“As I shared with you before … when I do a reading, it’s like taking a glance at a river that is flowing,” I said.

Some Insights about a Tarot Reading

Just because the Tarot gives you an answer, it doesn’t mean it will stay the same.

The Tarot spread of cards that you read is a snapshot in time. If you do nothing and follow the course you’re on, at the moment you view the Tarot spread, you may find that the outcome stays the same.

However, if you change your actions, things can change.

This is why it is so hard sometimes to pin down exact outcomes and the final results that may manifest.

Viewing the Tarot spread has an influence on the future timeline.

Seeing the Tarot spread gives you new information. What will you do with that information? Will you apply yourself to taking action to change the outcome? Perhaps, this is your chance to change your future!

Still, the appropriate use of the Tarot depends on a lot of variables. It’s a truly complicated tool.

Although an outcome may change from the time of your Tarot spread to the future happening, you may still find the Tarot can prove to be helpful in certain circumstances.

Side note: Usually, the major arcana are things one cannot change, and the minor arcana are things you can change. And this depends on which card is next to another. Yes, I did say that the Tarot can be complicated.

Wiccans use the Tarot for many situations including to help people see their choices, to see what actions may be viable, and more.

Like any powerful tool, take care with your use of the Tarot.

Blessed Be,
Moonwater

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