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Hey, beautiful soul, welcome in for your weekly guidance reading energy and potentials. Check for June 26 through July, 3. Happy July this next week. It's interesting because it seems like we have, in some ways, a doubling down of certain energy, in some ways a continuation of certain guidance and potential. So let's dive right in this first card that we have in this week's Spread is king of cups. Now this is sort of the most evolved version of us in our emotions, in our personal development, in bringing that really grounded soul version of us to our day to day life as much as possible. Depicted in this card is a king sitting on a throne with a beautiful shell background, sitting in the middle of kind of tumultuous water with fish jumping out in the background. And this throne that he is on, or this person is on. It's not gendered in the energy is made of concrete, so showing that you are incredibly grounded no matter what is coming your way, no matter what emotions are being presented in the world around you, no matter what is rising up, you know who you are. You are aligned. You are grounded. You are solid as a person in the energy this week, no matter what little surprises come your way, so really just being that most embodied, most evolved version of yourself for the energy and potential this week, some of you get nervous when I say things like that, but it doesn't mean a bad thing. It just means really being fully aligned with who we are as a soul and as an emotional being, human being, right? This next card, we keep seeing those of you that know me or have have done any of the like reading events, or those that are in my intuitive edge mastermind, where we do the monthly, like individual readings, you know that I shuffle a lot. This THREE OF CUPS keeps coming up week after week. I think we skipped a week with it last week, but we saw it through June. This is that card of celebration. It's that excitement in the energy. It's collaboration coming together. This is that card with the three figures cheers in their cups, high in the air dressed in really fun outfits with something that looks like camping or festival behind them. So there's a chance, no wonder the energy has been telling us the last couple weeks. Hey, make sure you're finding some rest and some taking care of yourself. There might be more events, more celebrations, more things that you're being invited to. Could be from, like a kids pool birthday party to, like, holiday celebrations, travel gatherings. This could be last minute, or it could be planned in advance, but lots of coming together again this week, which feels really exciting, but this week in the energy also feels a little kind of like when we have had a lot going on for several weeks in a row, and we're just feeling a little tapped out. So if that is you, there is guidance here for that as well. This next card that we have is an interesting card, eight of swords. In this card, a person is depicted standing in the center of a ring of swords. So eight swords around them, they're in a tiny puddle of water, and they are loosely bound, meaning their arms are loosely tied behind their back and they're wearing a blindfold. Now, the swords in this eight of swords card don't make a complete circle around the figure, so this figure is free to leave this circle of swords if they choose, because they're blindfold and because they don't have the confidence they feel stuck. But this card is about the illusion of being trapped, because in this card, the person is not actually trapped. They're not in deep water. They're in a tiny puddle, and they could walk right out between the giant gaping spaces between the swords. It's just that they're not so if you are feeling stuck, if you are feeling uncertain, if you have analysis paralysis, because sometimes a suit of Swords is about information, either information that we're puzzling within our mind, information that we want, information that we have or don't have. So if you're feeling stuck in any capacity this week, just know that you're not. The next card is going to give us some guidance about that. That. And maybe you are someone who kind of like I just mentioned is, like, it's been a lot of events. It's been a lot of togetherness. I've had double duty with doing my regular work or chores or family stuff, plus all these other things that have been taking all my free time. And I'm feeling a little stuck, like I have to go to these weddings or events or celebrations, but I'm exhausted, right? So it couldn't even show up like that for some of you, just know that you're not stuck. You're not trapped. There's always a another option. We might not always like the options presented to us on the menu, but we do have choices, even when it doesn't feel like we do. Right? So this next card is going to really help clarify this for us. It is the High Priestess. This is the only major arcana card in this spread. So this is kind of the life path, life purpose, overarching guidance here for this week, as it relates less to the day to day, and more, like to who we are and what we're doing here, and what our life path is. The High Priestess. In this card, she is depicted with these rock and knee high stiletto boots and a beautiful purple cape. Really, just in her power, she's holding a laptop on her lap, sitting on some sort of little chair with a crescent moon, a big one right at her side, kind of right at her feet, by her lap, there are flanking her two pillars, a white stone pillar and a black stone pillar. And behind her is a cloth with pomegranates on it. On top of her head is almost like a headband with a white orb with little, kind of like wings off of it. This card really is reminding us one, that part of what we're doing here is to balance our earthly experience with our spiritual experience, right? We are a soul having a human experience. We have to do both of these. Sometimes, when we are have our gifts. Are aware of our gifts, are developing our gifts. We can really not want to focus on this human experience anymore and want to kind of pull ourselves away. Both are required of us, not all the time, and not always at the same time. That's where that ebb and flow I always talk about comes in, but making sure that we are doing some version of getting both experiences now the pomegranates here represent abundance, so you still are in your power. Have this ability to create abundance, to manifest but high priestess, she's a powerhouse. She does her spiritual practice, and she does her research in the world, which is why she's got this laptop and this crescent moon. She's deeply connected to that inner wisdom, to those nudges that come from within to the kind of little whispers of our soul that happen as we collect the breadcrumbs, moving us forward, right? But she also does her research. She also takes those nudges and then kind of gets really practical with it, and learns whatever she can about whatever she's focused on, but reminding you that both parts are equally important. So do your due diligence in the world. Learn what you need to learn, get the certifications you need to get, take the action steps in the world that you need to take, but also be grounded into who you are, as a soul, as an intuitive being, doing whatever spiritual practices keep you grounded, refresh you make you feel recharged, and give you like we're always talking about in my mastermind group. Give you access to this intuitive side of yourself. Intuition is a relationship within ourselves. It's not a light switch that we turn on and off. It's not a phone a friend that we have no relationship with, but we just call like a bail bonds person in case of emergency right at the very worst moment. It doesn't work like that. It's something we need to be nurturing, fostering, but it is something that is such a deep intrinsic part of us as a soul having this human experience, we come with intuition. We just have to learn how to use it so reminding you that you are all this and so much more, so you're never truly stuck, right? She's saying, is there more research you could do about this? What does your intuition say? What are your emotions say? Get grounded. Get more clarity here, right? And even as we're moving into these celebrations again, even as emotions are rising and greeting us, knowing who you are in a more overarching way, what is what are your values? What are your morals? Where's your integrity? What do you stand for? Who are you as a soul in this lifetime? This is part of what the High Priestess helps us, kind of bring from the the ethers, the idea of it right into the tangible day to day practice of living it. So she is about her spiritual practice, and she also is a powerhouse in the world. And that is the energy that we are reminded that we can hold both aspects of this week and this final card, four of pentacles. This is a sweet little card at the end. This is a person sitting on a block, like a cement block of some kind. We see the big city the buildings behind them. They have a pentacle or a coin on their head, one that they are holding, kind of in front of their heart chakra with both hands, and then each of their feet is placed on a pentacle. So this card really is about how we are being stewards of our abundance. Last week we were talking about planting seeds of abundance and how we can really manifest more abundance. This week is bringing our attention to are we being good stewards of the abundance and the opportunity that we have this has to. Do with making sure that we're not kind of spending too much, right? Are we just blowing all of our abundance? Are we exhausting our energy, our resources, our time, or are we holding everything too tightly, where we're not willing to have a little fun, we're not willing to share our abundance, share our resources, and it's asking us not to be on either side of that spectrum, finding the middle ground or the ebb and flow that fits for us. We all know in this earthly experience that maybe there's some months where we have been saving and we take a trip and we do a little more, or we buy ourselves something special, or have a special experience, and other months where we are saving for that experience, or where we've just had that experience and we're cutting back, or where things are a little crazy in the world and expenses are maybe not what they were a few years ago. And so we are needing to be good stewards of our abundance in all ways. So we don't love to talk about this, I know, but some of this is, how are you using your time? Because with this high priestess, so many people will say, Oh, I don't have time for a spiritual practice. I don't have time to pay attention to my intuition. I don't have time to look at my emotions and do the personal development, do the work on myself as a soul, having this human experience, but then they say, oh, I want to manifest abundance. Oh, I want to hear guidance for my intuition all the time. I want to know when I'm getting a nudge for my intuition or when a fear is rising up that I need to assess if I'm just afraid to step out of my comfort zone. All of that comes from the personal development in the spiritual practice. So the notice here, putting us on notice If you are feeling stuck, or if you are feeling like you're trying to figure out the ebb and flow of your abundance, High Priestess, is the answer, getting into some version of spiritual practice, whatever works for you. And the other thing to know from what I believe after all these years in my own spiritual practice, in doing this work as a medium, as someone who reads all the time for people, there's even an ebb and flow in our spiritual practice. If you have a cold and you're sick, you might be meditating less. If you have a baby and your time is consumed in a different way, your spiritual gifts might be kind of taking a backseat for a little while, and other times, they're very primary, and we're really focused and really diligent, right? And sometimes certain versions of spiritual practice or development or growth are working for us, and other times, other things are working for us. So it's whatever is working for you. But if you are wanting more opportunities, more abundance, to have more experiences in this 3d world, really taking a look at how are you being a good steward of your money, and that means also being willing to, like, plan for fun stuff, or use a little bit for fun stuff here and there. I'm not saying break the bank. Obviously, this card is about being a good steward and balancing. So it's not that either. It's not being irresponsible and buying that thing when we can't. You know, have a dear friend who has fixed their refrigerator so many times, and they're trying to decide if they need to get a new one right. It's trying to take care of the things that we have, so that if we do need to get something new, we have what we need to cover that right. So really, just being asked to be aware in that area, and it kind of makes me wonder if, this week in our collective world, if something might be shifting or just kind of popping off a little in the financial markets, in the cost of something really important in our world. So just kind of keep a temperature on that too. So let me know what your spiritual practice is, or what is a spiritual practice or something that you wanted to integrate into your practice that you haven't but you're thinking about doing it now. My spiritual practice is that I meditate most days, and I do have kind of ongoing conversations with my intuition, with my guides, with the spirit world, kind of all the time in the background. So that is how it works for me right now. Which it has changed over the years, and I'm sure it'll change again. Let me know in the comments wherever you are listening or watching this. How does your spiritual practice show up for you right now? What is it or what are you wanting to integrate into that practice that you're thinking about? I will see you so soon. Have a wonderful week. Big hugs. Lots of love. Bye for now. You.
