Angel Ariel “The price of admission to a human life is before you leave and go back home again, you are to make a powerful positive, permanent impact on another human soul. That pays for the journey.”.
August 2021 Readings
August 29th 2021:
“Trapped by Ice Rescue”
Opportunities: Isa/4 of Coins Reversed (The Power)
Challenges: Gebo/King of Swords Reversed (The Knowledge)
Outcome: Berkano/Knight of Cups (The Realization)
Here, you are presented with a chance for freedom – a break from whatever you have been trying to hold onto out of security and perhaps fear of the unknown. The power of this new opportunity could be seen as risky since you are being made to give up something you relied heavily on but yet, it also held you frozen in place. You may have been blind to how it had been compromising your happiness & well-being for years. Isa, like ice, can be treacherous. It can lull you into powerlessness with its stale constancy. Trapped within its grip, holding you fast, inducing a slow, numbing, and destructive effect on your ego & self-image. The situation became a stagnant habit of sorts, with no real improvement of skills, money, knowledge or experience. Yes, it was solid and always there …until it was not. The challenge is in the understanding that this harsh reality was actually a gift giving you the impetus to ride on. Because this dissolution felt a bit brutal, you may be struggling to see the positive right now, especially in regard to the King of Swords in reverse. Is this King someone you have a meaningful relationship with and are you unsure if they are going to move on with you? Could this be the dissolution of a partnership with this King? Or do you feel honor bound to the King & feel you must continue the journey together? If you choose to reconcile with this King, both parties will have to be committed to respecting each other as individuals & show appreciation or else resentment will destroy their bond. If you decide to cut ties, it may at first seem cruel or mean but later leads to greater growth and the beginning of something new elsewhere.
If you are the King, are you acting out harshly or being indecisive, unable to make an informed, objective decision as to how to clearly view your next steps? Use your previous circumstance as a guide. Any new alliances must be made with equal give & take because if it’s not reciprocated, your energy will be drawn from you. Be honest with yourself above all obligations to anyone else. When creating new partnerships, stay flexible but be sure to ask the important questions to avoid anxiety or confusion later. Staying mentally sharp and having the ability to adapt to new situations will be an essential one. You will be motivated to take what you have to offer somewhere else so it can take shape, become viable and grow into a new promising potential. This is a blossoming of The Self where you let go of your past self and any barriers that were put in place. You may not know what it is just yet but you are fostering & nurturing this idea with hope in your heart. The potential is high that it will be very evolutionary and healing on all levels. Be careful of over romancing this idea, however. This new start must be grounded or anchored in reality in order to mature.
August 22nd , 2021: “Be Good To you”
Incoming Influences: Love
What to concentrate on: Self-love
Best Way Forward: Selenite (Spiritual Awakening) and Waxing Crescent
This week brings an opportunity that will highlight a need to show yourself love & compassion.
There’s been a lot of change, so take it easy on yourself, show yourself some kindness, and clear yourself of toxic build-up resulting from either yourself, others or the world at large. It will become apparent you need to focus on taking good care of your body, mental & emotional health & spiritual connections either for healing or self-discovery. Saying you will and actually doing so are two different things, however. The waxing moon card encourages you to make the ongoing promise of working for your best interests from here on out. That’s is not selfish or unkind but quite the opposite. It’s during the phase of the waxing moon that we plant our intensions, wishes & hopes into order to take root & blossom. This would be a great time to focus on anything you’d like to deepen & commit to such as: self- love & appreciation, scheduling time to decompress, or making positive personal choices. It’s during this lunar phase we lay the mental groundwork for it to take seed. In this case, learning to nurture and develop self-acceptance, self-compassion and self-forgiveness. It takes committed effort to consistently take action towards taking care of yourself including your spiritual health. This means keeping yourself energetically clear and making the commitment to your daily spiritual practices, rituals, mantras, prayers, yoga, and meditations. Actually getting to those retreats, seminars, classes or sessions. Making the time to connect to your soul tribe, either in person or virtually. All this works towards deepening your spiritual connection & doing what feeds your soul. You just need to remember it’s not selfish to give yourself what you need and support your well-being. It’s an act of honoring & loving the special human you are.
August 15th , 2021: “Hold your Tongue”
Current Situation Listen
Obstacle: Desire
Advice: Creativity Ginger
“A wise man holds his tongue. Only a fool blurts out everything he knows; that only leads to sorrow and trouble”
Someone will be wanting to unload and needs to be heard by you now. You are “on to something” with regard to this person. Allow them to speak without interrupting because if you actively listen without breaking their momentum (stream of consciousness) a breakthrough will occur. You can get confirmation on perhaps something you were suspecting bringing you the answers you may have been seeking. Any desire to speak about YOU or succumbing to an impatience of wanting to chirp in will override any inspiration that is trying to land in your head because it cannot compete with the volume of your own voice. Be present instead of having your mind busy thinking about what you want to say. Or else, you’ll miss out on some key stroke of brilliance that would shed (illuminate) some light on the situation. You could disregard on what’s being said, or not being said-not allowing to read between the lines, pick up on non-verbal cues or clues, or being in touch with your intuition. All of which would bring a wealth of insight to whatever or about whomever you’re dealing with. The info that is trying to come in will be far more brilliant than whatever you’re wishing to say.
August 8th , 2021: “Who are you bleeding for?”
Do This: Sacrifice
Don’t do this: Orenda
Are you trying to revive a situation or that should die and be buried? Are you giving the most vital parts of your being to others or a situation that is killing you softly? Are you offering up something very precious at too high of a cost? Is the requested sacrifice whispered to be needed in order for you to move on, truly for your betterment or will it lead only to your own detriment? Sacrifice card calls you to prepare for the next cycle of growth & to be ready to recycle or repurpose yourself to promote this propagation. You are being asked to re-channel your energies towards feeding your own dreams, goals, values, or security. The time has come to move on from giving your life blood to others at the expense of yourself. Release the agony and be done offering your precious blood, sweat & tears as payment to bring something into being, especially in regard to others who then end up betraying your best interest. Consider if you tend to be the only one doing the surrendering or giving in at the cost of your integrity or self-respect. Of course, some sacrifice is necessary. You give up time for a project, to raise a child, to grow a successful business, to create art or music- where one forgoes one’s own comfort for the good of another. The result produces something made much better as a result of our sacrifice. Thus, the sacrifice becomes a result of love, with both parties made better for it. When done with integrity, conviction & in alignment with your True Self, it never feels as if you’re selling your soul.
August 1st, 2021: “Taking the L for Peace of Mind”
Sometimes it’s just better for your mental well-being to keep your thoughts to yourself & play innocent in order to move on from distracting conflicts and onto more peaceful shores. If you find yourself embroiled in any challenging or stressful disagreements, understand that coming to a compromise will be difficult & elusive. Petty nonsense and engaging in battles of ego make a situation unpredictable and hard to control. It may be regrettable that you can’t be heard or feel free to express yourself without a fight, but there’s too much discordant energy here to get anything accomplished. Everyone has an opinion & nothing useful comes from trying to beat someone over the head with it. The opposition cannot hear you right now, so give up on any possibility of trying to prove you’re right on this one. Rather than trying to wrestle some sense into the argument, exercise self-restraint, cover your head and leave the worst behind you. You’ve run out of options so embrace any opportunity to retreat from the battleground. This will create distance & allow time to collect your thoughts while seeking out allies with whom you can express yourself freely without judgement or blame. It’s better to move forward with the understanding that we are all trying to make the best decisions we can based on what we know or have experienced; actively making mistakes along the way while struggling to learn (hopefully) as we go. We just have to try to remember that there are always reasons why people behave the way they do. Sometimes they just don’t know or don’t want to know and no amount of protesting on our end is going to get them to see it our way. Speak your peace, be decent about it, forgive them if they attack you for it (it may be beyond their understanding at this point) then get out of there and leave it behind.
Release: 5 of Wands
Receive:6 of Swords
Best way to achieve this: Expression & Innocence