Focus On Present Moment Awareness ~ Tarot for 12 Feb 2017

Present moment awareness is all there is. We can choose to focus that awareness on past issues or future concerns, but either way, where we place our focus is everything. The Hierophant in today’s tarot reading depicts divine wisdom gained from aligning mind, body, and Spirit. He represents the mastery of tradition, structure, and knowledge and suggests spirituality provides the solutions we’re looking for.

The Hierophant sits looking out at the world, his staff in one hand, with two fingers of his other hand pointing toward Spirit. He wears a golden robe with a red cape, a dark orange hat adorning his head. He wears a crescent moon as a talisman supported by two crossed keys signifying both inner awareness and hidden potential. The pillars rising on either side suggest living in balance. In the past, this card referenced the Pope, but now it represents a spiritual teacher, or spiritual alignment and awareness.

Looking at the two surrounding cards, one man is looking to the past while one looks to the future. The 7 of Wands depicts a man holding a staff in a defensive posture while six more staffs appear to attack from below. He is standing his ground with courage to meet whatever obstacles are in his path. Conflict or competition of some kind is occurring and standing firm may be his only option at this point. We’re asked to follow our own goals and to avoid the negative influences of others when this card appears in a reading.

Now the Knight of Cups, the only Court card in the reading, illustrates a Knight dressed for battle looking toward the right holding a golden chalice in his right hand. The suit of Cups is a suit of Elemental Water and indicates emotions and intuition are in play. Our Knight is chivalrous and romantic, passionate as well as ruthless. His attention appears to be on something unseen, perhaps a memory or on future plans. This card can also indicate movement or travel of some sort.

It’s easy to become caught up in either the past or the future. But when we allow our focus to take us there, we interfere with finding creative solutions in the present moment. Our present moment awareness is used to either relive the past in all its subjectivity or view the future with worry and concern. It could be used to create something extraordinary, but all too often we make a different choice.

With The Hierophant in the center and the men in the other two cards looking in opposite directions, the reading gives the feeling of past, present, and future focus. When focused on the past, as the man in the 7 of Wands, we become stuck in conflict or drama, unable to move forward. Conversely, we see with our dreamy Knight of Cups that when our attention is diverted from the present moment, our mind can potentially wander into all sorts of places, but with his focus to the right of The Hierophant, it feels like this is about future events.

Where we place our focus matters. It can determine whether we remain aligned and centered or whether we spend time reacting to everything around us. The Hierophant counsels that for any of us to be of the most service to others we need to align and seek spiritual counsel from within. Our experiences in life can be challenging, but if we align in Source Presence, decisions made from that perspective will reflect a balance that doesn’t happen when fueled by reaction or imagination.

We can convince ourselves of all sorts of things, particularly when the concerns we have are well-founded. Today’s reading tells us to stay aligned, allowing our inner spiritual awareness to guide our decisions. I suppose it’s the spiritual version of keeping your head while others are losing their’s approach. But we’re collectively experiencing a mess right now, born of lies and deception at the highest levels. And it makes sense that we’ll get caught up in debates and no doubt full-scale arguments with people who don’t see things the way we might. All the more reason stay as aligned as possible during all of this chaos.

It’s a balance we must strike between the rage and fear we feel at the systematic undoing of our country. Otherwise, we can have no real positive effect. With all of the nonsense we hear about on a daily basis, we really have to ask ourselves if these media stories are preventing us from seeing the real damage that’s being done. Although I certainly believe everything should be reported, everytime I read something new I immediately ask if there’s something else I should be focusing on.

I know this is an understatement, but something is off here. Russian interference, fascist advisors, and now an odd little man named Miller, the latest to make the rounds on the cable shows. When did we become a fascist country? When did the GOP decide that the Constitution was overrated? That the American people would sit tight while fascists in their party throw our rights up in the air like clay targets to blow away for sport?

No. Now it’s time for the distractions to go away and for our focus to be intense and aligned. We cannot ignore the man behind the curtain, whomever that ends up being because I think that answer still eludes us. Is it Putin or Bannon? Or is it now that Miller character? Or someone else?

The overall numerology of today’s tarot reading is 3 or the alignment of triple aspects. While awareness of the past can and should inform the present, we cannot let it overshadow our focus or we relinquish any control over how the future unfolds. It’s time to keep our focus in the present moment. Our values are at stake. We are the United States of America. The so-called new guy’s regime is going to tear us apart. We cannot let that happen.

Blessed Be.