This is the year of the Hermit

I was thinking about the theme of the Hermit and my blog about withdrawing our energy from the outside world and finding our inner selves and it occurred to me I hadn’t really described where the pleasure might be ‘coming home to oneself’.

Turning inwards to follow our own light step by step on the path that is right for us.

Because quite often coming home to myself entails listening to rather distraught inner dialogue, anxiety about making the most out of life and worry about not enough time, about friendship, money, not achieving enough, not enough growth……

I thought I need a roadmap to get out of that self and into the grateful peaceful joyful self that walks down the beach at low tide, who can’t believe how cheerful daffodils are.  

Which is why I was watching a NFT Tapping seminar yesterday, as tapping is marvellous for distressing oneself. The theme was on ageing gracefully or rather with vitality, referred to Joseph Campbell’s depiction of the Hermit.  And indeed the architype for this year.  The Year of the Hermit.  The year of turning inwards and follow your own light and be true to yourself. The Hermit has the courage to live life being true to himself. And thereby finds the ‘meaning’ he seeks.   

This is the year we are learning how to be true to ourselves and live the life that is right for us rather than live the life that others think is right. And why there is the need to turn away from the world and its influences in order to find out what do I like? What gives me meaning and satisfaction?

That is the question. Or at least it is my question.

And this morning, on this subject and me needing to write a road map as I thought of it, I pulled The Death card.  The last and only time I pulled this card was when Trumpet my beloved friend of 14 years died.  The end of an era and the beginning of a new.

The death of one self, the death of that ego and the beginning of a new self, that is true to itself.

And certainly DEATH is very much on my mind. Another dear friend has just died. I am so conscious if I am lucky I may have ten good years? How do I want to spend it?

Looking at the Death card I decided NOT like yesterday. Allowing myself to be a victim, which was the conclusion I came up with last night at 3 p.m. in the morning when I looked back at the day and saw how often I felt out of control, was over ridden, disrespected, not valued (taken for granted!) and wasn’t true to myself! I didn’t speak out, hesitated, held back, afraid of making a mistake or ‘it’ coming out wrong and being liked or or.

Well it’s the END of all that.   In Tarot class we talked about the ten of swords, the minor card to the Major Arcana Death card, when its all over, you’ve got to give up trying to control the outcome of things, if you don’t you’ll bleed to death. It’s the death of the ego. Tend of an era and the beginning of a new dawn.

So the roadmap turns out to be….have the courage to be true to yourself! Except…..ha ha…..what if I make a wrong decision, get it wrong? thank goodness I can ask the advice of the Tarot!

For some us….its a long long journey to BE YOURSELF and not care what others think. There’s years of conditioning to undo.

and work less! 

The new era goes to the island midweek because the weather is going to be wonderful and because Riley the dog I am looking after (for nothing!) loves it there.  The new era doesn’t fit into the working week.  The new era charges confidently, delivers powerful tarot readings and doesn’t do therapy. The new era goes dancing. Picks up the phone to let friends know I love them. Makes plans. Makes plans for July! The new era paints for no good reason except it wants to.

Come and have a tarot reading with me online, via Zoom or Whatsapp, the readings are just as personal, the connection as powerful, as seeing me in person.  The difference is you don’t get to spend some lovely time in my lovely flat you can stay home.