Readings, Tarot

Don’t get too comfortable

Four of Wands Reversed

You’ve built the place you call home
You feel safe at your base
There is structure
You have arrived
Somewhere

Four is stability
But not forever
It’s not final
Four is the first stop after creation (three)
A temporary relief
Before meeting the change of five

Five is disturbance
Conflict in Wands
Heartbreak in Cups
Defeat in Swords
Loss in Pentacles
Why?

Because change is nature
Nothing lasts

And this is why we suffer
We don’t like changes

We have a tendency to hold onto
Things
Ideas
Feelings
Habits

We build houses
We give definitions
We construct frameworks
We draw a circle around us
This is me
Mine
What I do
Who I am

Though
Change is part of our nature, too

Four is not the destination
Only a rest stop
Before continuing

We must change
We will change
We are changing

Queen of Pentacles Reversed

It is hard to change
When things are going well
When life feels comfortable
When we are safe

The blindspot of Queen of Pentacles is to believe
Everything will stay the same
As long as things continue the way they are
Because it’s good now

But

Nothing stays good
If it never ends
Or goes away

Bottomless ice cream
Beach vacation prolonged
Your favorite song on repeat
Another course on the Thanksgiving table
Sitting next to someone with a pungent perfume
On a 16-hour flight

You get sick
Bored
Tired
Revolted

You cry out
Give me a break

Too much of a good thing is not good anymore

Everything is relative
No absolute good
No absolute bad
No absolute truth
Forever

That’s why every card in Tarot can come in reversed
Four comes after three followed by five
Ten is not just completion
But a necessary ending
Before a new cycle begins

No number
No card
Is the ultimate goal
Everything is followed by something else

Begining
Ending
Life
Death
Preservation
Destruction

Life is a circle
We are in a circle

Temperance

Temperance is number 14
1+4=5
Five is change

Essentially
Tarot offers a gentle perspective to change

It’s not a loud message from the Tower
Death
Judgement
Or any of the Five suits

Temperance is the middle road
Change doesn’t have to be dramatic
Destructive
External
Or forced

Temperance is a question
A self-inquiry

Pouring the liquid out to see what you have
Things you’ve taken for granted
Forgotten
The inner contents of your mind
Pouring it back
Because you still want to keep it

Temperance doesn’t demand answers either

No
The process
The act of pausing
The question itself
Is what matters

Question everything
Inside
Outside

Is the structure you’ve built truly supportive
Or just what you needed to survive

Are you creating true stability
Or just maintaining things as they are
Because that’s all you know

What is it that you are standing on
And presumed to be true

Yellow triangle
Symbol of alchemy
This is a process of
Inner transformation
Before you take flight
Before the visible change

Sun in the background
Clarity
Lush lands and flowing stream
Fertility
Creation
Abundance

You are not questioning
Because you are lacking
Or confused

On the contrary

You are at peace
Connected to your feelings
And intuition
While staying grounded

You are not trying to
Figure it out
Or make sense

No
You are just asking questions
And observing
Staying present