Hello Sagittarius, and welcome back to TenPaths Tarot. I’m really glad you could join me today, because Spirit has given you a fabulous message; a very powerful message.
We started out with the oracle card. And this card is all about cycles. It talks about the cycles here on earth and the cycles within us–our emotional cycles; cycles in nature; cycles internal. And it is telling me that you have so much potential. And it is wanting to tell you to keep going in that direction.
I am going to read from the last card Spirit gave me, because Spirit has been using the first four cards to tell me the current energy, and the following four cards to tell me the recent past. But I will start with card number eight, and that is The Acrobat.
Now this person is celebrating! They are so full of confidence, and they have the skill to perform these acrobatic moves that most people wouldn’t even imagine doing. But you have the ability. This is a card of study, of apprenticeship; someone who has learned their craft, and they know their field of endeavor. They are well prepared to move into the future, and that is exactly what they do.
They move forward confidently and, with time, they reach a pinnacle. They reach a great achievement with The Sun. Now The Sun means we have attained something very meaningful to us. And so then what happens? We do this great attainment and then we’re like, “Well, that’s wonderful and all…” But then the high of achievement starts to wear off, and we start going into a period of reflection.
And in the Three of Spirals, we see the face of the Buddha. And he is surrounded by tangled roots. But he doesn’t look panicked. He’s just reflecting. He’s reflecting on what led to this great achievement. And how he can do more. Achievement is wonderful, but you can’t just have one achievement in life and then say, “Well, I’m done.” It just doesn’t work that way, because we are always in a cycle of one type or another.
And so we go through these reflective periods. Sometimes they feel like a great depression, because we felt like we had the world, and now everything just seems impossible. But it’s not. When we go into those low states, that is telling us that the next forward-moving cycle is ahead, if we take the initiative to start moving in a new direction. And we may be a little lost at first, but that is perfectly normal.
So after this period of reflection, we have the Two of Scrolls, with scrolls representing our thoughts. And you’ll see that one scroll is blank. That was that deep lull; that was that low point after the cycle’s completed– where it feels as though we have a blank canvas again, whether we wanted it or not. I don’t think most of us want to start over.
But then our minds start seeing possibilities, and we start seeing writing again on the scrolls. And then we start seeing the future, which may seem like a fantasy at first. With every pursuit, we must go through that fantasy period.
And then we go into a deeper period of concentration. It’s a little like the Three of Spirals, but it’s more goal oriented. And here we have the Queen of Wands, the Queen of Desire. But she is reflecting. She is not moving impulsively. And on each side of her great headdress, there are weights that look like golden stars. And she is weighing which direction to go very carefully.
This is a queen. She has experience. She knows what has to be done. She’s done it before. She’s had the sun before. She knows what it feels like, and she knows it is possible. And knowing that–having that accomplishment before– she can take what she knows and move ahead a little faster this time. This time she doesn’t go through that acrobat stage. She goes straight for The Sun.
And does she really go straight for the sun? Probably not. But she does go at a faster pace than the page. And so then she has another great accomplishment. “Woo-hoo! I’m done.” The Eight of Wands shows her in that interim. She’s had this great accomplishment and her dreams were fulfilled. But then as she gazes at them, they’re rising above her. Her dreams took on a life of their own, and they reached fruition.
And now she is back on earth again, without her wands–without her dreams– and she’s again thinking about which way to go. The Four of Pentacles can be about stagnation; sitting in a frozen state. But this gentleman is remembering. Look at all the colors on that mushroom he’s sitting on. He knows there’s going to be another cycle, and he wants to move ahead wisely. He is again in a period of reflection.
And so what Spirit is trying to tell you in this message is, be mindful of cycles. Don’t look at the end of a cycle as a great defeat. Sometimes our accomplishments were less than what we thought they would be. Well, they’re not meant to be your only accomplishment. They’re not meant to be the finale. They’re meant to be something you learn from to inspire you to keep moving forward with greater accomplishments; and faster accomplishments.
But after every accomplishment, that lull–that low feeling– that is part of the cycle. You can’t have the peak without the low. And so it must go full cycle; like day goes to night; like a year goes around. That cycle must complete. And the low is part of the cycle.
So if you’re in a low, know that it is the start of a new cycle. But the end of one starts another. So start thinking about what you’ve learned from past achievements and start building on that. Then go in this new direction. There’s never an end direction. It will be one new direction after another, after another. Because we’re in unending cycles.
If we weren’t in unending cycles, we wouldn’t celebrate things every year. We wouldn’t celebrate holidays. We wouldn’t celebrate birthdays. A part of us recognizes that cycle, and that there’s a high and a low to it. And so what you’re feeling is normal. Enjoy that intense achievement-feeling, and then accept that low afterwards as perfectly normal. Just ride through it. Use it as a time to regroup; take care of yourself; build your health back up mentally and physically. Regroup for the next cycle so that it can be even better.
And that is all that Spirit has for you today. I hope you got something from this Sagittarius. I really enjoyed being with you today, and I hope to see you again soon.
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