Hello, and welcome back to TenPaths Tarot. This message is for someone who has seen a dream that they want so badly, and they’ve been working toward that dream. However, they’ve reached a point where they feel that perhaps they should give up. It’s not materializing, and they’re wondering, “Should I cut my losses or just go on to something else?”
And we start out in the recent past with The Hermit. And the hermit is someone who decides, “You know what. I’m going to live my life. I am going to experience everything that comes my way and learn from it. And I will just take things as they come. And if I find something along the way that ignites my passion, that’s great. And if I don’t, that’s okay too.” And so they start out with this attitude, but somewhere along the way, they find that passion. It’s not a big TA-DA! No, it’s more of a, “You know, this looks pretty interesting. And I think I might like to try doing this.” And they start learning about it. They start working toward this goal. It’s a natural growth. This wasn’t something where they just impulsively started doing something.
But this slow growth leads to success with the Eight of Pentacles. And here the figure is working and working and collecting the rewards. However, he is also becoming hyperfocused on detail. And the big picture–what he originally wanted– is beginning to slip away.
And we see that in the next card with the Eight of Cups. We’re returning to that hermit energy. You can see him walking away in the background, but he is leaving behind the cups, his dream. And I think it’s interesting that we had two eights. So this is just reiterating that we are talking about the same thing.
And so you worked very hard on this, and now you feel like, “Well, this isn’t going to go anywhere. And I’m about ready just to chuck it all and say, ‘I am going to keep moving forward with that hermit energy’.”
Now we’re getting into current energy. Spirit is trying to help you. Spirit is saying, “Take a break.” This is the Seven of Pentacles. So we’ve come down in drive by one pentacle–just a little. And we are looking at all that we have accomplished–not at our failures; not at what has not happened. We are looking at what we have done. What is possible.
And then we move forward with Temperance–with balance. And as long as we stay balanced, Spirit can help us. This implies that we may need to take a break from our passion, our interest, our endeavor, for just a time. It doesn’t have to be a very long time. It’s just like writers. When they get blocked, they take a walk in the woods. The best writers regularly walk in the woods; because once they are away from that demanding page and just moving with life, then all of those ideas start coming back.
And maybe that’s why that urge–that sudden urge to return to that hermit energy–comes upon us. Because while we’re not searching for great ideas, they come to us. And this time the ideas don’t initiate a path. Instead they benefit our passionate endeavor.
The next card out is where you’re headed, if you can keep that balance. And it is Judgment. Now, Judgment can be looked at in many different ways, but when you combine this with the Temperance card, it indicates you will be exercising good judgment, and that what you want will receive blessings–it will grow.
We often have a caution card at the end of the reading, but here you do not. Instead, Spirit’s message is said once more. We have the Six of Pentacles, which is all about giving and receiving, giving and receiving; it’s all about balance and remembering that we can’t just take, take, take. We can’t just demand things work on our own terms. We also have to give of ourselves.
So maybe you’ve been in a bit of a hurry. Maybe you’re getting discouraged. It could be different things for different people. But Spirit is saying again and again that you’re okay. You don’t have to give up this pursuit of yours. You do need to take a step back. You do need to give Spirit some room to guide you. Maybe you are hyperfocused to the point you cannot hear obvious messages being given to you, or see signs being put in your path. And relaxing into things is exercising good judgment.
There could be someone who is interested a similar pursuit, and maybe you’re afraid to help them in any way because they’re “a competitor.” However, that person may have information that you don’t know, but which would help you.
Whichever path you take, so far so good. Your endeavor is well on its way to success. But if you get discouraged and put it all down permanently–like that hermit wants to do…then that forward momentum may slow to a stop. Maybe we need a little hermit break, but not a long one. Not a long one! Maybe there is another interest out there that will complement the current goal. But because we have been so hyperfocused, we’ve been unable to access that information.
And that is Spirit’s message for you today. I hope it helped someone, and I’ll see you again.
Bye for now.
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