Today’s
card is the Five of Pentacles from the Original Rider Waite Tarot. This is the card
of lack and poverty in whatever way we can imagine: Physical health, time, money,
housing, stuff (more tarotdecks J) etc.
I often call this card: My “poor me”
card, because even though sometimes I do feel like the Five of Pentacles,
objectively I don’t have any reason to. I have a house, I have food on the table,
I am healthy and I have time enough to
do the things I love. Conclusion: If I have the energy of this card hovering
over me, it is usually because of the sad stories I tell myself: I am too tired, I am not fit enough, I am too busy, I don’t l have the money to buy myself those beautiful things
other people have etc.
So I asked my cards what to do next and I got the
Four of Pentacles. This was not at all what
I expected. This card is often seen as the miser card, the card of thrift and
greed. At first I thought I should be more grateful for what I do have instead of
letting myself be put down by my own sense of lack. Of course this always a good
thing to do but besides that, this card reminds
me of clinging to the stories I tell myself over and over again. Even though scarcity
is most often experienced in the physical world, I think it usually is the result
of what we think. Imagine all the things the guy in the Four of Pentacles is
telling himself. He is still such a long way from the sharing position of the Six
of Pentacles.
For today I will try to let
go of the internal messages of lack, so the sun
can come out to melt the snow in my card of the day.
Perhaps the Four of Pents is simply saying to be a good manager and steward of your time, energy and health. :) I can feel run down when I don't (the Five). :)
ReplyDeleteYou definitely need to apply good management in the pentacles area these days
DeleteI hope you are ding well
Nice post. The two people in the five are walking towards the four. Maybe the gal in the second card advises us that it is okay to take care of ourselves first.
ReplyDeleteThis is the first time in years I have ever heard someone calling this figure a gal. But it makes sense when reading for ourselves :)
DeleteTaking care of myself first is a lifelong challenge
Never the miser! But a good steward of what he has, and Will have, which is ridiculed in a society of instant gratification.
ReplyDeleteThis is also a card which is often vilified just like your Seven of Swords
Deleteand she/he does treat herself/himself once in a while - those FAB red boots!!!
ReplyDeleteHaha Lol. Yes dressing up or buying something new and luxureaou can be a wonderful act of self care! :D
DeleteGreat post. In this position of what next, I see the 4 of pentacles as saying, "take inventory". You feel down in the dumps with the overcast of the 5 of pentacles upon you, and now it's time to evaluate what you do have and appreciate what you have. Which, I know, is just another way of saying what you've already said in the post. :) It so easy for us to see what we don't have, but to see what we do and be proud of that, well that's tough. Again, love the post. It's always good to be reminded to look upon the situation from another angle.
ReplyDeleteThanks for you kind word Cher. For me this post was also a reminder to pick up my gratitude journaling again.
DeleteI see in this also that when I feel "poor me", I grasp more tightly to material things, to consuming. And that's far from healthy :(
ReplyDeleteI like the Four of Pents as a suggestion to take inventory. As you say, he is telling himself all kinds of stories of lack, while if he actually looked at all he has with gratitude... :)
Yes I tend to raid the cookie jar in times like that :)
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