Week one - 24 august 25

Welcome to the new blog. It’s literally just advice from the cards on getting by “this week,” whatever the week it is your brain finds this. 

Today, we pulled three cards: 3/cups (2), Empress (1), Fool (3).

The fact that this blog’s subtitle is “divination at the end of an empire,” it’s funny to see The Empress, here, but I think she’s reminding us that the earth is still alive and kicking and has much to offer. In fact, as we head out of Leo season and into Virgo season, The Empress suggests the coming of harvest festivals and the reaping of what has been sown this summer. “You will reap,” she says, “what you have sown.” Which, in this case, suggests—ironically for me—that what you have been giving your energy two this season is what will be the payer of dividends in coming week(s). 

Flanked by the Three of Cups and The Fool, we’re prompted to consider the way that community that exists without expectation is pivotal for us. That “without expectation” part may seem incongruous, but it’s the most important part. How many of your relationships began with ulterior motives? No shame, no shade; we all do it. But when we look around, we may sometimes realize that the only thing we have in common with certain people is that we both thought that we’d be mutually beneficial in some way. I thought you’d get me a job, you thought I’d get you a book deal—that kind of thing. Transactional relationships actually aren’t bad, but they’re also not friendships. 

Relationships that exist beyond the expectation of anything, the find that will simply grow and evolve because that’s what relationships do, are going to be an special kind of medicine, this week. If we’ve been sowing primarily transactional relationships, however, that’s primarily what will be coming to home to roost, this week. Again, that’s not bad; it’s just what it is. If your work relationships are a focus for you, this is excellent work—but those work relationships are going to need to transcend the mere transactional for them to be truly useful to you, or you’re going to need to supplement them with actual time with loved ones. 

Look for opportunities to reap and glean and gather this week, particular in spaces where you’re loved (and where you love) for the hell of the relationships, not for end goals. 

The other thing that this reading suggests is we’re in the swell of an emotional time (3/cups), which is finally coming to fruition (Empress), but we have to let go of our expectations for the results. Let go of all expectations of results, this week. Go for the ride. Things may surprise us. ​