Tarot Tuesday Twosome #17

Introduction

My Tarot Tuesday Twosome takes two cards and explains what they suggest about the present and immediate future. Two cards can show point / counter-point situations. They can show a situation and further details to consider. They can indicate the present situation ... and the near future or the next step in the progression.

They give literally twice as much information as the familiar One-Card Reading, and I have found them to be surprisingly prescient in my practice with them. So, I decided to bring them here to my Steemit blog -- to show you what I mean and invite you to consider their weekly message / prediction ... and step into a more conscious life.

5 of Cups Rx = Dealing with a setback / a deep disappointment ---> a loss, possibly a serious one / working through a time of grief and recovery ---> trying to heal inner emotional wounds you aren't comfortable sharing / admitting / revealing in public ---> "putting yourself back together" --->

Knight of Pentacles = this Inner Self is practical, sensible, realistic, hard-working and business-like in the way he engages life ---> he may not be real colorful (or get a lot of applause and appreciation) but he gets the job done ---> he pays the bills ---> he makes it safely from one day to the next ---> he plans / he implements ---> he puts one foot in front of the other ... and moves forward ---> he "does what it takes" to take care of himself and his responsibilities --->

A comment on current conditions
What are these cards saying?

You're putting yourself back together after a deep disappointment / a serious loss / a major setback. You're injured and grieving -- although you may be trying to cover it up and carry on "as usual."

Your next step is to focus on practicalities. Especially take care of your health. You know the drill. Get enough rest. Eat right. Don't lean on physical addictions to "dull the pain." (That likely just puts it off and makes it worse.) Be kind to yourself. Say loving, encouraging things to yourself -- and listen. Don't stay rooted in the past. Do what it takes to get yourself stable physically, materially, financially. Focus on that -- and act on it.

Map out your strategy. Make it a campaign. Use this as part of your recovery. To create a different situation, you have to do something different yourself. You. You have to act.

A forecast of the future
As a one-two sequence,
cause and effect / situation and result,
present situation and next situation

After a time of grieving over a setback, dealing with loss and disappointment, you have to come back to earth and make different decisions, take care of practical business and make sensible choices. That's how you move on -- to whatever comes next. Take stock of your options.

A point to ponder
Simple words of wisdom
to make the journey more interesting

You're dealing with feelings -- and a situation -- you consider a serious setback or a deep disappointment. This is an energy of grieving ... and it's not just a case of being sad, or having a "blue mood" or feeling let down. The injuries -- the sense of loss -- can be pretty serious. You aren't able to just shrug this off and move on. The wounds run deeper than that -- maybe much deeper.

Putting yourself back together again emotionally will take time, commitment, self-understanding, compassion ... and a sense of closure & resolution. That's where you are now -- and if you just try to bury this, it will eventually come back and bite you. So, pay attention to what life and your feelings are telling you. This is serious. You can handle it. But you have to decide you're going to.

There's a lot more going on inside than you want to admit. That's part of the problem. The more time you spend putting "an acceptable public face on this," the more you remove yourself from honestly dealing with it. It keeps you from asking other for help -- and you may need that at least some / at least for a while. It also keeps others from offering it. (Either they don't realize you need help -- or how much help you need -- or they don't want to intrude on your private business / personal issues. Whatever the case, you wind up even more isolated.)

The more you keep to yourself, the more direct responsibility you have to handle whatever happened / what it meant / how you move on from it (because eventually you do have to move on. You can't stay stuck here forever.) That's not accomplished by denial, so don't handicap yourself further by trying that tactic -- although it could be really tempting.

You can't keep beating yourself up over things that happened in the past -- or for making what you may consider bad decisions. Seriously, all you can do at this point is resolve to do better -- to "not make that mistake again" -- to cut loose for anything that keeps you tied to the "wrong choice" so that it doesn't continue to harm you -- and do whatever it takes to move on and do better from here.

Here's a New-Age-Woo-Woo suggestion. FWIW. Make contact with this young, vigorous, brave, reality-oriented Inner Self. He / she exists as part of you. S/he's a friend, an ally. S/he's got your back. Honest. Talk to this entity. Write to him. Treat him with the respect you would show another person ... an honest-to-goodness human being who is totally interested in helping you solve this problem and dedicated to serving your best interests. This person is on your side. Believe it!!

Form an alliance / a partnership. Listen to him!! He has magical connections. (Believe that, too!!) He will speak to you through your imagination, through dreams and fantasies, through symbols and synchronicities, through "flashes of insight and genius." You have to learn to speak his language ... and share a common one between you. And when he shows up with something for you do to or consider, you have to honor it enough to notice and listen.

You don't have to be slavish (or silly) about it. If he's not showing up with things you understand or things you think you can use or things that seem feasible and appealing ---> tell him ... and ask for something different / something else ---> be honest and explicit about what's going on with you. But you also have to be ready to step outside your comfort zone. Maybe by quite a distance. (Just sayin.)

What you've done in the past landed you here. To get somewhere else, you first have to decide you're not going to stay here -- and then do something else. Something you and your Inner Knight of Pentacles agree constitutes getting somewhere. Moving on somehow -- in virtually any direction -- opens up other options / presents other choices ... that do exist -- but don't exist for you ATM ... if you continue to stay here.

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