Attend to your magic ✨
*Originally dated July 28th, 2023
Hey hey, my magical friend! How are you doing? Have you been noticing creativity showing up differently after last week's reading?
My creativity has been popping up in new ways and it's been fun to experience the changes in flow. One of my longstanding creative projects, The Hirschfeld Broadway Tarot, is entering the next phase of its process and I would love to give you a sneak peek at it!
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And now, onto the tarot with…
Sorrow (or, the 9 of Swords) ⚔️
Deck: Osho Zen Tarot App
Back again with the app this week because I forgot to write it ahead of time and don't have any other decks with me. This one is an interesting card in the Osho deck because it has a little bit of a different meaning for me in most other decks.
Usually, I'll say the Nine of Swords is the headache card (swords = air = the mind). The card that shows there is something that is giving you a hard time and you can't get it out of your head. That headache can also lead to heartache so that's where you meet Osho's interpretation of sorrow.
He says that this card is inspired by Buddha's cousin Ananda who sacrificed his whole life for Buddha, and when Buddha died fulfilled, he mourned not for the passing of his beloved but for not attaining enlightenment himself.
Osho goes on to say that the purpose of this pain is attention, that “people become alert only when the arrow goes deep into their heart and wounds them.” So what can a headache or pain around something show you about that situation?
Care to share your pain? I'm here if you want to.
