I didn’t pull these cards for the collective, but wanted to share my takeaways from it anyway.
I’m using the spread I normally use for my beginning-of-the-week pulls: Energy (of the day), Challenge/Opportunity, Advice, Know, Remember, Consider. The two cards on the side are the context (Six of Materials) and the deeper lesson offered (Five of Inspiration) respectively.
If I had to summarize what I’m getting from the eight cards above, it would be that today is presenting an opportunity to resolve the tension I experience between what I think about my experiences, and the actual reality of my life. I don’t think it’s something that will be over and done with in one day, but if I set the intention to do so today, that process will begin to unfold. And the most important reason for that is a lingering discomfort I have with being brutally honest when I think it will be taken as hurtful or cruel. I don’t sugar coat what I’m thinking, but I often choose to bite my tongue entirely if I think my truth will ruffle feathers. And the problem with doing so is I completely stop any chance of helping someone with what I have to say. And I honestly think I’d rather ruffle a few feathers by being grounded and confident in my honesty than to fly under the radar and let any sort of problematic status quo persist.
I think there’s a real need to lean into discomfort here. I have to accept that improving my communication will not be a small, quick, insignificant thing. And I think there’s a need to ask myself what’s more important: the hypothetical, potential, not-yet-displayed-and-confirmed feelings of the people I’m trying to protect or me being comfortable and confident enough in what I think to stop talking myself out of saying it.