Inner Contentment and Gratitude Make Dreams Reality
Today we are greeted by the energies of the Nine of Cups. This card is often referred to as the “Wish Card.” It encourages celebrating how far we have come and enjoying life’s pleasures.
This card is also about abundance and blessings. It invites us to see the many blessings that surround us each and every day from the gentle caress of the sun, the beauty of a flower, the smile of a child, the tender embrace of a loved one, the understanding of a friend, water, food, and, of course, financial stability - just to name a handful. It is also an omen of happiness and career success.
Additionally, it is not only a reminder that everything we need is inside of us, but also, that we are capable of and in the process of manifesting all that we need in our lives.
This card is confirmation of what is possible through our inner alignment and coherence. When we are in a heart-coherent state, we magnetize to us all that we need. This may appear as synchronicities, serendipities, and unexpected surprises.
When we are in a heart-coherent state, we are able to access not only contentment, but gratitude. As we focus on gratitude and joy, our focus creates more of these experiences in our lives through our attention and intention. Thus, we are invited to actively bring ourselves into a heart-coherent state each day (or multiple times throughout each day) so that we are not only able to access these feelings, but create more of them for ourselves.
Humans are so accustomed to creating energetic loops out of fear that this invitation may seem silly or strange at first - or even hard or impossible. Yet, these judgments are simply beliefs. And the awareness of such beliefs allows us to question them with curiosity and compassion. It allows us to rewrite the script. Thus, this card is a potent invitation into a new way of being - into our empowerment and sovereignty.
And it begins in the present moment no matter the circumstances in your life up to this point.
This card also brings our attention to anywhere in life we are overindulging, distracting, or avoiding. It asks us to look honestly at what we are feeling and how we are behaving. It invites us to ask questions, be compassionate with ourselves, let go of judgments, learn what we have been taught to believe so that we may choose, forgive where needed, and integrate our aspects into greater wholeness.
Accordingly, this is an invitation into a new emotional balance and stability. It is an invitation into a recalibrated state - a new foundation.
And with this new foundation, we are better equipped to flow with the shifts and changes of life. We are able to tap into joy as a state of being, to abundance as a state of being. We are able to relax more, trust more, surrender more, and move with the energies of life. We are able to embody that life is happening for us, rather than to us - and that we are empowered to create a beautiful, fulfilling, life - we are able to make real our dreams.
And so it is! ✨
Tarot of Dragons, by Shawn MacKenzie