Future Tarot

In a recent Tarot Chat we had a querent who had recently experienced a very painful event in her life. During her reading I felt compelled to suggest a White Light Healing Visualization.

Many of us experience challenges in our own lives and I wanted to take this opportunity to share this visualization with all of you. May the white light of love, healing, and protection fill you in every moment and may peace and well-being come in with every breath.

A White Light Healing Visualization

First, make your physical body comfortable. You may prefer to sit upright or lay down. You may choose to be in a chair, on a bed, or on the floor. Be however you feel safest and most comfortable.

You do not need a great deal of time for this meditation. You could allow yourself to linger in it thirty minutes, an hour, or choose to go to sleep to it and exist in this healing space all night. But if you can only spare a few minutes at a time, those few minutes are long enough. The meditation itself, once you have become familiar with it through practice, can be done in less than a minute and how long you spend in each moment is entirely up to you. Listen to your heart and let it guide you. You’ll find yourself naturally choosing to stay in some places or speed through others and the places you linger are where you most need to be in that moment.

As you rest, comfortably, seek within yourself. Feel your physical body as it right now. Wiggle your toes and fingers. Close your eyes. Feel each breath you take fill your lungs with air. Feel your arms grow heavy, feel the muscles relax. Feel your legs, your calves, your thighs, feel your hips grow heavy. Feel your body sinking into a greater sense of calm and peace. Feel each muscle stretch and relax.

Now that you are comfortable, picture yourself sitting comfortably in a clearing. Under you are soft green grasses, and around you are trees and flowers. This is a beautiful garden, you’re safe and secluded here, it is your own private place where no one can intrude. You can invite others into this place and they will come when you ask them to but if you choose to be alone in this place no one will bother you.

As you sit there, on the cool grass, feel the warm sunlight stream through the trees. Feel the breeze caress your skin. Listen as that breeze ruffles the leaves. Smell the glorious scents around you. Taste the fresh air. Listen to the sounds you can hear. This garden is your garden and it will always look and feel exactly as you want it to. Take a moment to simply be in this place.

The sunlight gently warms your skin. In your mind’s eye, close your eyes and tilt your face toward the light. As you rest there, imagine light filling the clearing, feel the soft white light of healing energy gather around you, like the sunlight. This energy comes from everywhere, it’s drawn from the trees and flowers, it’s drawn from the grass and the earth beneath you, it’s drawn from the sky and the breeze and the air. It gathers around you in a glowing orb of white light, completely surrounding your body.

Allow the light to grow around you, enveloping you within it. Inside you breathe easily, you feel a gentle warmth on your skin, you feel the soft breeze moving through the light, you hear the beautiful sounds of nature around you, you smell the fresh, clean scents. Know that everything that exists within this light is positive and giving. It nourishes you. And within this light all sense of shadow fades.

Now, while the light surrounds you, seek out the pain and hurt within you and allow light to fill those places. Watch and feel the darkness and the shadows within you fill with glorious white light. See the darkness and shadows disappear as the light fills those places. Feel the light coming into you, filling every emptiness. Feel it flood the pores of your skin, feel it envelop the sockets of your eyes, feel it fill your lungs with every breath, feel it flood into your stomach and internal organs, feel its warmth loosen every muscle in your body, feel it healing you, soothing you, calming you. Let the light completely fill and surround you. Exist in the light, be with it for as long as you need to be in this moment.

You may choose to linger in this healing energy for as long as you wish. This sense of healing and love may be all you need at this time. When you are ready, invite into this space anyone you want to reconnect with. You may have lost a loved one, a pet, a child, a parent, a friend. Call them to you in this place and see them come to you. Greet them with open arms, embrace them and draw them into the white light that surrounds you. You may see that person now as an infant or child, clinging tightly to you as you hold them in your arms. They may be a teenager or young adult. This being may simply be a colored light, some other form, or you may simply feel and know that they are there with you.

This being exists to you in whatever way you can most comfortably be with them in this moment. However they appear to you, know that they are this being, and that you can be with them and hold them in this place for as long as you need to do so. While you are here, surrounded by the white light of love and healing you can embrace this being, feel their devoted, unwavering, unconditional love. You can, if you choose, spend time with one loved one and then the another, or be with more than one at a time, harmoniously, together. Know that their love is unconditional and they will come to you in this place whenever you ask them to.

In your arms, you can come to know them. Learn that their souls are at peace and that they hold no blame or sadness in their hearts. Feel their love surrounding you, joining with the light to fill you in every inch of your body. Spend as long as you need to here with them and know that even when you leave this place they are with you. This light of energy and healing, and their love and presence is with you always. You can choose to be in this space for as long as it suits you.

When you are ready, feel the warmth of love and light that still surrounds you. Feel the soft grass beneath you, listen to the rustling leaves, feel the breeze, hear the gentle sounds of nature. In your mind’s eye, see the beautiful garden around you. know that the light still surrounds you and with it you see all things clearly. See your loved ones as they appear to you now and know that they are safe and protected. See them held within their own white lights and guided by the loving hand of their spirit guides. Know that while they are with you always, they are cared for by the loving hands of spirit. They are safe and cherished.

Feel welcome to enjoy your garden for as long as you would like to do so. Explore and relax here. Allow yourself to feel the grass beneath you and the breeze on your skin. Smell the beautiful scents and taste the fresh cool air in this place. See the glorious flowers and trees around you and know that whenever you choose to come to this place it will be exactly as you want it to be and in this place you are always safe and protected.

If you feel it is time to return, or you are waking from having fallen asleep, take a moment to give thanks to your sanctuary and to spirit for this opportunity to connect and heal. Now, feel your physical body as it truly is. Feel your legs on the bed, chair, or floor. Feel your arms, heavy and relaxed, feel your thoughts light and at peace. Feel your lungs fill with air with each breath. Wiggle your toes and fingers then slowly open your eyes.

Take a couple of minutes to adjust as you feel the world around you. Reach with your mind and spirit and feel the white light still surrounding you, still filling you. Wrap it around your soul like a blanket as you go about the rest of your day.

Move slowly when you first come out of this meditation, and drink a glass of water. As I said earlier, you can take as long as you need to, or you can do this visualization in a spare moment. You can follow this visualization as often as you wish and know that the white light of love, healing, and protection surrounds you always. You are never without it and while you can embrace this visualization to truly see it and feel it, and to reconnect and feel at one and at peace, you are never without these things in every moment.

Otherwise known as the classic three card spread “Body, Mind, Spirit,” this tarot spread provides a quick glance at a person’s overall health and wellness. This is good for when you need to easily see which areas are going well, and which areas need improvement. I’ve been feeling a little drained lately, and decided to do this spread for myself with the Gilded Tarot Deck.

Body – Mind – Spirit

Today’s Draw: Eight of Cups – Temperance – The Devil

Eight of Cups: This is the card of letting go of past influences, and you could say that I have let my body go! I haven’t been keeping up a good exercise routine, and have indulged in a few more sweet treats than I should have. In this card, a young man with two feathers in his cap is turned away in pursuit of a new adventure. He has his walking stick in hand, and is looking out towards the moonrise above the mountains. In the foreground is eight cups, some overturned. There is also a small brown creature, which I am really not sure what it is. At first glance, I thought it could be a platypus, but it could also be a mole. Either way, it is lying there, asleep and not traveling with the adventurer.

This card advises that I should let go of old habits that aren’t serving me well, and pursue new adventures in diet and exercise. Try a new sport that I’ve never explored before, along with new healthy foods. I cannot let my fears and confusion prevent me from doing what it takes to have good health.

Temperance: This is the card of alchemy and synergy, of blending two opposites to create a new force. This fire-haired lady hold two cups, one filled with fire, the other with water. The two blend together seamlessly as a river of energy flows between the cups. She is dressed in a sheer orange dress, and floats in the sky in front of a planet, perhaps Mercury.

In the mind position, this card suggests that I reconcile opposite opinions in my mind. The confident and bold side of my personality and the shy, cautious side need to work in harmony. Opposing thoughts can either create conflict in the mind, or can be integrated and used when appropriate. As I reach for the stars, I need to ensure that I am not at war with myself, and am thinking correctly to reach my goals.

The Devil: Unlike the Rider Waite Smith Deck where the Devil is a demon-like creature, this devil is a man who is dealing with his inner demons. He wears a mask with ram horns, and a star on the forehead. Surrounding him is a lake of fire, which illustrates how succumbing to our inner indulgences can burn out our strength, energy, and spirit.

This card shows that I have been a tad too indulgent lately. While we all need to relax and have fun once in a while, letting ourselves follow every whim can lead down a path of trouble. Spiritual discipline is important, as it allows us to explore our emotions and desires in a controlled manner. We can determine what the best course of action is logically, and not be slaves to our inner desires. To be able to remove the mask, and see ourselves for who we truly are, is a great gift that brings self-awareness and healing.

Overall, it seems like I have a lot of work to do, to bring myself into a healthy state. That is the beauty of the tarot cards, as they allow you to see where you have room to grow and blossom. Allow the tarot to point you in the right direction, and your life will reach unexpected new heights of success and healing.

Miss Michele apologizes for her lengthy absence. Gearing up for a post a day in November, while her counterpart over at It Had to Be Said has been quite busy!

With so many deadlines looming, Miss Michele needs Strength and that is exactly the tarot card she selected for today’s card-a-day reading.

Emphasis on self-discipline (isn’t that a recurring theme!?), self-confidence, faith and energy.

This card speaks to me on many level, several of which are far too personal to post here. With an emphasis on reconciliations, vitality and healing, I only hope that the inner tarot power of the Strength card manifests itself today.

I apologize if this reading makes no sense to anyone but Miss Michele…take from it what you will.

And if you would like a free three-card reading specifically for yourself, please post here and let the wisdom of the tarot guide you through Miss Michele!!