Removing the Blocks - Month 2.

If we take it that we are using the cards to help us divine to the Divine part of ourselves, to learn stuff, to transform and to progress in our Fool's journey of our lives....

Why do I approach this month with such trepidation.

And this is it - the first month was about being aware and actively doing or not doing stuff to keep us on the straight and narrow (literally!) to achieve our Will.
Now we are to consider the blocks that we consciously or subconsciously place in our lives, and removing them. Part of me feels 'tired' to do this - but I know it is important. The feeling of the unknown of this journey shows that this is where I need to go, the Fool that has to jump from the cliff.

And so, swapping my deck to the Wild Unknown (as I feel that this is more 'kinder' to look at blocks and removing them) I begin this month's Work.
Just to recap - we pull a card to reveal a 'block', this block can be a positive or negative block based on

• lying - the white lies we tell ourslves. 
• suppressing and holding back
• reaction formation - or being an emo and throwing a 'well its all shit' anyway approach
• repressing the whole block so far you are in Egypt with it 
• introjection - the voice of someone else blocking you
• isolation - block coming from a very strange isolated part of you 
• projecting your block (like shouting at people for being thin, when really you are shouting at yourself for not being thin).
• Denial and more importantly just resigning yourself to it, you are powerless to do anything about it. 

Yeah - lots of words that I dont really understand. This realm belongs to the headology of psychology, a topic I really find difficult to understand due to all the horrible terminology. But we are to be reassured this is not psychotherapy, its just tarot awareness. Hmmmm, its very easy to fall into the trap and fall down the rabbit hole. I do hope that people undertaking this month are doing so from a place of Strength.

This month corresponds to the Hierophant. What that card offers us, is that we can go deep into the Mysteries if we have someone or something (a structure, or organisation) that we can keep hold of to keep us anchored and full of Divine energy whilst we go poking into the darkness. This isn't a topic for everyone, and I hope those that are are practising some method of Divine connection and/or energy healing to help them through it.


And so, all that aside I can procrastinate no longer, here is my draw of my block ...

5 of Swords.
The Wild Unknown shows this card as a worm that is cut in half, someone who often causes self-defeat, cutting your nose off to spit your face and generally just making life hard for yourself.
Keywords from Tarot Life 2 is.. Opening channels of communication, brokering a peaceful outcome from conflict, by saying sorry, aware of what you say to others as they will return to haunt you.

Now, my first thought is.... I often open channels of communication to people who I probably shouldn't.
Shit happens in life and you and someone else fall out or part ways gradually over time. I, often think - right how can I reconnect with this person. This is really stupid and I know that it will cause tears before bedtime but yeah... I know I do this, I know that I do this often to my own detriment. But I just can't help it.
Why do I do this? Where does this come from?
I always think this is a good idea - isnt reconciliation and peace a good idea? Isn't it always a good idea to make friends again? Or am I cutting someone from myself each time I do this? Am I working on a higher path, or am I cutting my nose off and bringing crap people back into my life again, like I am addicted to misery?

Hmmmm definitely something to think on.