volition

      I was scrolling through my Tumblr last night and came across a tarot spread that reveals how to get off a bad path or to stay on the path you want. The first card tells what keeps you on your current track and the second tells what will set you on another track. It intrigued me, so I did a reading on myself.

• When the Chess Queen arrives to challenge you, it simply means that you're living too much in your head: planning, scheming, and strategizing what your future will look like and how and when it will unfold. Remember the saying, "Man plans and god laughs"? You cannot know the power and beauty that is meant for you until you let go and ask for Divine guidance. The laws of cause and effect apply here. Don't dictate what you want, as your wants may not be in your highest good. Ask instead for the miracles set aside for you and you alone.

   What does Spirit want for you? Perhaps it's time to let go and turn your life over to the care of a Higher Power. You can never lose when Spirit plays the game of life on your behalf.

• When the Swan Queen appears to challenge you, it's time to stop doubting your inner voice. Don't let your analytical mind prevent you from seeing the miracles that Spirit places in front of you.

   Another message the Swan Queen shows you in the mirror of your life is your fear of change. Why fear what's inevitable? Everything in life changes and transforms from one moment to the next. Holding on to the past only distorts and mangles the natural order of things.

   If you can, in spite of your fear, be gentle with yourself and allow for change. Only beauty will come of it. Most important, a shift in perspective is what's called for now.