Tarot Insight - Tuesday, May 28th, 2024

Welcome back, dear readers, for another day of tarot reflection. Today’s theme we explore is: “Embracing the Abundance Within”.

Let’s commence our journey with the first card in the spread, The Empress. This card symbolises a powerful nurturing force, creativity and fertility, and the appreciation of life’s luxuries and abundance that we often overlook around and within ourselves. She invites you to connect deeper to nature and your inner Empress - that nurturing, creative, life-giving force within you. As Seneca once said,

“Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.”

Using the wisdom of these words, harness the power of The Empress to channel into your inner wealth.

Next in the spread we find the Five of Pentacles, a card often associated with challenging times, poverty and adversity. However, with a stoic perspective, adversity is taken not as a catastrophe but as an opportunity for growth. Remember Marcus Aurelius who famously mused,

“The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.”

Look at your challenges as opportunities, and let not the external circumstances determine your internal state. Your attitude can turn seeming disadvantages into stepping stones.

Finally, confronting us in today’s spread is The Devil. Now, before anyone panics, remember, tarot is merely a tool for introspection, not predicting doom. The Devil, in tarot, represents the shadow aspects that we perhaps overindulge or get tied down to, losing sight of our freedom. It could be addictions, pleasures, excessive materialism or negative thought patterns. Recollect Epictetus’s words,

“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.”

Take control, recognize these indulgences without judgment, and empower yourself to change what is in your control.

Reflect deeply over today’s spread and see how these ideas are currently at play in your life. Remember, the tarot does not demand change. It merely invites self-awareness and asks for your control.

Journaling Prompt: Write about an area in your life where you see The Empress, Five of Pentacles, and The Devil playing out. How can you harness the nurturing abundance of The Empress to face adversities represented by the Five of Pentacles and master the potential tyrannies of The Devil within your life?