😺: Exercising tact and cutting through the bullshit of my own intuitions. I feel like this speaks to my recent change of heart around the“defund the police” messaging. I was initially shocked by the sentiment, and resistant, but when I spent a couple days separating my own onboarding to the idea from the much more nuanced and thoughtful arguments and frustrations around this topic, I came to see how this message is appropriate for this moment in history.
Light: Exercising tact or using diplomacy. Defusing a tense situation. Knowing what to say and how to say it. Making others feel comfortable and confident. Bringing out the best in everyone. Having a way with words. Telling jokes. Possessing a knack for music, math, art, or science.
Shadow: Knowing exactly what to say to destroy another person. Withholding critical information. Using a barbed tongue to upset others. Employing sarcasm. Mimicking others unkindly. Making light of the less fortunate. Being disrespectful. Failing to use the talent you’ve been given.
Today's card. Discernment, or the ability to parse out the life-giving from the parasitic, the medicinal from the poison, the personal North from the guiding light of the masses, is very often earned through a series of indiscriminate choices. You get burned & you learn. It's ok.
NOTES / +TarotGrace, skill, wit, charm, aptitude
+Tarot Journal Notes
Interpretations