An Autumnal Equinox Reading
This morning at my altar time, I decided to pull three cards from one of my tarot decks. A traditional three-card draw will include “current situation, what to let go of, and what to embrace”. I asked Spirit to give me a teaching regarding the Autumnal Equinox.
Briefly, I will say that this time of year is when the light of day and dark of night are in equal measure. But since we are heading towards more darkness, it is a great time to see where you are balanced or imbalanced, and how you can approach this upcoming winter with more reflection.
However, when I pulled these three cards, I very quickly realized this wasn’t just a personal reading, but a Universal one:
Current Situation: “Fight”. The person is this card is completely armored up. In his mind is a constant story of battle. All over his armor are trigger “buttons”, ready to send him off into fight mode. My friends. This is and has been our world for a very long time. In our innocence, we were so hurt we put on armor, which prevents us from living. We were fed and created stories of a fearful world of competition, cruelty, and struggle. In the way we think, the way we speak, and the way we act, we are always braced and ready to war. This is exhausting us and it is an old story we individually and collectively need to release.
What to Let Go of: “Stress”. Ha! On top of being armored against the world, we are on a treadmill of doing, doing, doing! We have bought into the story that we are good if we are important, successful, all things to all people. We may be terrified of what happens when we stop. Will we be criticized? Will the world explode? Will we have to face shadows we don’t want to? But the dancing monkey may pop our bubble at any time, causing us to crash with illness and exhaustion. Maybe we mindfully get off the treadmill before that happens to us.
What to Embrace: “Healing”. I mean. Come on. Could this reading be any more on the nose? In this picture, the person is naked, vulnerable, completely unarmored. They are open to receiving healing all over their body, receiving assistance, being transformed into a Full Human Being. They have STOPPED the juggling, stripped themselves of the armor, and are open, allowing, receiving the healing they deserve and need. It’s a completely new way of being in this world, one we actually do not see very often. But it is your calling and my calling.
So, how does this land? Please don’t just keep this as a nice idea in your head, but let it squirm down into your heart. Where are you in battle mode? Where are you juggling to save your life? Where can you strip bare, slow down, and receive.
May the wisdom of this Equinox and Spirit be with you.