By Sarah Taylor
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
…
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And — which is more — you’ll be a Man my son!— Rudyard Kipling, If
This Weekend Tarot Reading is notably different from most, if not all, of the readings that I have done until now, because it doesn’t describe a moment in the past, present or future; it suggests something that we can apply at any time in our lives, and in any situation.
It’s an instruction, simple and to the point — albeit one that we can take or leave — which is this:
Whenever we feel like we are in a situation that is unclear; when we feel scared or unsure of ourselves, of others, of our place in the world; when shadows creep in and strange, perhaps unsettling, thoughts invade our consciousness; when we encounter loss, or we focus on something that seems to look like loss — whenever we catch ourselves in any of these acts that really only serve to separate us from ourselves and from others, that is the time to remind ourselves gently to move inward and seek a sense of centre that will put us back on the path that guides us to the light.
Remember: fear is always about something that hasn’t happened. In which case, it is fear itself, not objective reality, that knocks us off balance. We move into all manner of fantasy when our minds are rushing backward and forward and our emotions go into rollercoaster mode.