Exploring Mysteries
Getting to Know the High Priestess –
The High Priestess wants you to learn more about your unconscious. She feels your potential will benefit from the attention you give to your dreams, imagination, and intuition. Your potential needs attention. Explore your mysteries.
Because you already have the answers you seek, you can trust your instincts, even if you can’t explain why or how. You have your own secrets. It’s a good time to discover them. After all, you already know the answers.
The High Priestess appears in a spread to tell you that something hidden or otherwise unknown is about to surface. This is all about recognizing or revealing the hidden potential in your life. Opportunities wait to surface. Something hidden emerges. She mediates the human and the divine.
The High Priestess understands truths that cannot be put into words or doctrines. This is hard to describe. She is all about understanding.
If you happen to have a secret, please keep your own counsel.
A STORY:
The woman seated at my table on that beautiful Woodstock afternoon at the Mower’s Saturday Sunday Flea Market was lovely. But, she wasn’t the centerpiece of the spread on the table at that moment.
She thought of her question while she shuffled the cards and handed me a card from deep in the deck.
I knew for sure: this spread was unique.
They all are. I’m always amazed at how, in some way, each spread tells a story appropriate for this person, this situation.
This spread was no exception. It was time to explore mysteries.
Three cards stood out: The High Priestess, the Tower, and the Eight of Swords.
In this spread, the High Priestess spoke. She focused on hidden and emerging opportunities. She saw potential waiting to surface.
I was especially impressed by this because the High Priestess has a reputation for keeping things hidden. In this moment, I felt she was offering a way for my client to discover a mystery of her own.
What a gift! The High Priestess knows that not all truths can be put into words or even doctrines.
Another card reaching out to be read was The Tower.
The Tower brings surprise, shock, and awe. But, years of experience have taught me that The Tower is, deep down, not a total surprise. It needs you to explore mysteries.
The wisdom of the Tower is that this card offers a chance to rebuild, update, and move into the future.
Another bit of wisdom of The Tower is that it’s wise to slow down after the event for a few days, even a week or two. Let the dust settle before making any substantive decisions. That way, the decisions can be part of the rebuilding process.
But, what about the decisions that need to be made? We come now to the wisdom of the Eight of Swords:
First – don’t feel sorry for yourself.
Second – After you’ve given yourself time to see the problem for what it is, list your options.
This is a challenging thing to do but is easier if you give your eyes a chance to see the problem realistically. Your list can be short, written on the back of an envelope. Or, it can be a page or more in your journal.
Finally – Trust in your intuition. Is there anything in this list that you can use?
Yes – Great – Go for it! Explore mysteries.
No – Is there nothing in this list that you can use? No – Don’t get discouraged. You have a final option that you may not have yet considered: The wisdom of the Eight of Swords has a strong message: Walk Away!
FOCUS IN
Journal your goals and intentions. What are ways you can align your intentions with your goals?
MEDITATION
Begin this meditation by getting comfortable in a quiet and private place where you won’t be disturbed. Turn off your phone. Loosen uncomfortable clothing.
Focus on your breathing. Allow yourself to breathe to your own natural rhythm. Breathe slowly, easily and deeply to produce a state of deep, gentle relaxation. Inhale…Exhale…Inhale…Exhale…
When you are ready, breathe in deeply through your nose and exhale through your mouth. Notice how your sense of relaxation, comfort, and peace of mind become noticeable to you.
A ball of light surrounds you now. This ball of pure energy circulates around you and moves you into even deeper relaxation and comfort.
Each inhale and exhale encourage you to become more relaxed.
Enjoy how relaxed and comfortable you are now. Your inhales bring soothing, relaxing, nourishing, and healing energy into your body.
Your exhales release tension, stress, pain and/or discomfort.
Each breath increases your relaxation and comfort.
Think, now, of a beautiful, peaceful, safe place. It is magical and mystical and just for you.
Take a few moments to enjoy this place. Notice the trees, shrubbery, flowers, grasses. See the birds. Smell the beauty of this special place.
You see a table and chairs for two in front of you. Two drinks of soothing liquids are on the table. What do the glasses, cups, saucers, and napkins look like?
A wise being comes into your special area and sits at the table. You join this wise being at the table.
You know that this is a situation you can trust. You understand that you are here, in this special place, to explore solutions to important questions that you are dealing with. You are seeking solutions for problems that have been bothering you for some time.
When you ask questions your responses come to you as inspirations. You ask questions that may not generate responses at this moment.
You know that some answers may not come instantly. You know that you may need several hours or days before inspirational responses come to you.
Wordlessly communicating with this wise being, you know in your heart that you can return to this place whenever you need because some answers will become available to you over time.
You know that this meditation will become easier over time.
You know that it is time to return to your day. You open your eyes, and take a few final relaxing breaths – breathing in and then breathing out.
You look forward to meeting with this wise being in future meditations.
You open your eyes and take a few relaxing breaths – inhaling and exhaling to your own rhythm.
You look forward to meeting with this wise being in future meditations.
Now, you return to your day.
Thanks for reading this article. It’s coming to you after a recess of several weeks. I have been reorganizing my manuscript recently.
I’m currently writing “The Spirituality of the Tarot”. This book is absorbing a lot of attention and focus. One thing I’ve learned – when the manuscript calls, there is a reason.
Thank you for your patience.
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Truth Matters.
Does someone you know seem to be inauthentic? Maybe that’s not the right word. Perhaps you feel something is just a little “off”.
First, ask yourself this: Are you being honest with yourself? Because, truth is, dishonesty happens all the time.
When I find myself asking, “What’s happening here?” it’s time to look at myself in the mirror. I’m thinking about actions, words, and whatever is going on.
After all, sneaky underhanded behavior, lying, and cheating are universal among humans.
When you suspect that something is a little “off”, it’s time to be honest and face the truth. OR watch your back.
Either way, you are being blamed for their actions or your mistake.
Are you making things better or worse for yourself? Are you being honest about it all?
Be alert and trust your instincts. You don’t want to be the victim of someone else’s deceit. Align yourself with your highest morality.
The truth matters.
DO THIS:
Discuss the issue with yourself. Be honest and face the truth to make sense of the situation. Whatever you need to discuss, say it to yourself.
MEDITATION:
Sit down and get comfortable. Take a few minutes to close your eyes while you let your attention focus on your breath. Breathe in and out… in and out. Let each breath relax you more.
Opening your eyes, you find yourself in a forested park, walking along on a smooth path. You come upon a group of trees. This area is secluded, protective, and rich with birds, butterflies, and the perfect temperature. You enjoy seeing the birds flying among the trees. You see the blue sky and the clouds through the branches.
Beneath one of the trees you see an inviting bench. You know this bench is waiting for you to sit, enjoy the scene, and become more calm and relaxed.
After sitting on the bench for a moment, a being walks up and sits down beside you. This wise and gentle person is here to help you by answering a question.
To help you focus on your question, this being hands you a small gift to hold while you focus in.
Meanwhile, as you meditate on your question, you hold the small stone.
You give thanks to the wise one. You know that the answer you seek is coming to you soon.
It is time for you to leave now. You set the stone down on the bench, send gratitude to the universe, and leave the area. You are walking away on the path.
You know that the answer you seek will come to you soon. Maybe today or maybe this evening. It will come to you.
You also know that you can return to this place any time you need. The trees, the bench, the stone, and the path are here waiting for you.
The wise person will share the wisdom you need whenever you ask.
Take some time now to focus on your breathing once again. You are aware of air as you breathe in and breathe out. You become aware of your surroundings. You feel the chair beneath you. You hear the sounds of the room. You open your eyes and return to your normal waking state, feeling refreshed, relaxed, and comfortable.
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