After the Fool, the next 4 cards of the major arcana are all energy identities & how we perceive the world. We each have all of them inside of us, but we all tend to gravitate more to one than the other.
My personal favorite is the Magician…
Each one of these abilities that we have inside of us carries the code to manifestation (magician), Intuition (high priestess), growth (empress), and discipline (emperor).
Then we begin to interact with the world outside of us. This interaction with how we see ourselves creates this amazing cycle of growth and life long learning that repeats throughout our lives…
intuition, growth & discipline
The Goal of change!
- Pick one Small Goal to achieve
- Get emotional! 5 minutes daily to get excited for change.
- Set Aside 1 Hour every day to give it my best and move into action with intent!
- Repeat daily affirmations!
- Commit to take a step, one day at a time for 22 Days!
Day 3 – The High Priestess
Today my heart told me to go all out and full steam ahead.
My workout was integrating emotions into the Movements with intention and action.
At the end of the day, I sat in silence, and meditated on the victory of this challenge.
Feeling the feelings of completion, discipline, and used this energy to build more excitement into tomorrow’s journey.
Day 4 – The Empress
A day of active rest.
On this journey I was hoping to lose some weight… On this day, I did not follow my nutrition program…
I did go on a normal 30 minute walk and maintained time for rest, recovery…
This is the only purpose of this Journey. Self love, self discovery, building momentum to bring change.
Sustainable growth comes from daily commitment one step at a time.
This journey is not about losing weight, Its about building a routine of self love through fitness!
Day 5 – The Emperor
Today was a test.
After that amazing emotional workout on the high priestess day ended up being too much work on the joints…
I woke up with doms (delayed onset muscle soreness) in my arms.
The shadow has surfaced thru over exertion, passion and Taking it too far too fast…
The test has began… how bad do I want this?
To have this test on this day is a gift of the tarot…
We all face challenges, but a leader will face them, use intuition, find a meaning for growth, move towards the goal with discipline.
I embrace my success and failures in this journey… Lets be honest, the only failure is not finishing or giving up… Discipline and living in the reality of I am a person who never gives up, will bring about the successful change over time, day by day…
and that structure of stability is where I start…
The fool’s Journey now enters the world
Day 6 – The Hierophant
Forgiveness.
Today is another day of extreme soreness.
I walked for 30 minutes and kept my commitment to recovery.
The feelings of changing my plan where beginning to get me thinking anxiously.
I had to remember today’s card and practice self forgiveness and encourage myself to keep moving forward, even though it’s not how the plan was made to work out.
I challenged these thoughts, and my internal beliefs and why is this upsetting me this much….
how did I learn this? who taught me to be upset when I feel like I am not following the plan? Or when I am not reaching my own expectations of myself.
who’s expectations are these? did I give them to myself or am I still operating under a system I grew up in?
Today I delved into this with love and forgiveness.
Day 7 – The Lovers
Commitment creates momentum.
Today was another great day of hitting my daily 30 minute walk, recovery and protecting my workout time.
I walked for over an hour today, am and pm, and decided to love myself for not showing up the way I wanted, but have decided that the past is in the past and I am not that man anymore who could do the many things I was used to…
and that is okay.
I will meet myself where I am at, embrace the place I am in, because I get to begin over again with unlimited potential to gain new insights and grow in new ways.
Today I let go of the man I was, and accept the man I am, integrate with my shadow side and move with intention and commitment in faith that together we will work together for my highest and best self.
I will refer to my shadow as Jimberly.
Day 8 – The Chariot
Momentum carries me forward.
With all expectations gone, today was a great day to walk, stretch, get outside and focus on being in the moment and enjoying the time spent towards this goal.
another am and pm walk, over 60 minutes, eating right, and getting things done at home and at work.
My focus today is all about direction, and action.
The direction just needs to be towards my end goal and I did exactly that today.