Don't let anyone hold you back from getting the wheels in motion.

Here is the 3 Card Focus for the week of: October 11, 2009 – October 17, 2009.
This week’s drawing revolves around the cards: The Emperor reversed, Strength reversed, and The Chariot reversed.

The Emperor, reversed: With The Emperor in its upright position, it is a person that has some kind of authority.  It’s most likely a father figure, the head of the household, or perhaps even a boss.  It’s somebody that is respected.  When The Emperor is in its reversed position, we see a person that is abusing their power.  Perhaps a person that is losing authority.

Strength, reversed: This represents being afraid to face your fears.  Letting fear hold you back from something that has the potential to better yourself.  Fear of reaching a deeper sense of understanding.  This is being afraid and letting your fear hold you back from where you want to be.

The Chariot, reversed: The inability to move forward. There are roadblocks on the way, and they have prevented you from reaching or completing your goals.

Thoughts:  I see a person of authority that is holding you back from completing your goals.  This person is using their power to overpower you.  It’s a person that you may have a lot of respect for, perhaps a person that is talking you down – making you doubt yourself or your abilities.  All of these negative thoughts have brought some fear or anxiety into you.  You may be afraid to pursue your goals, because there’s that fear of failure.  So in return, this has stopped you from moving forward on your journey.

I thought that it was interesting that the cards drawn this week are part of the Major Arcana.  The Major Arcana represents the trials and learnings of life, through The Fool’s Journey.  So, my interpretation is that these are the beginning stages of something grand – and there are basically, there are roadblocks.

Overall, these cards read to me as:  Don’t let somebody bring you down and question your abilities.  Pursue your goals.  There is that fear of failure, but without taking chances, you’ll never know how the situation will end the other way around.  Take the chance and get the wheels turning, this will help you move forward.

Image courtesy of jana_koll from sxc.hu

It's not Me vs. The World.

This will be a new series for future postings.  Instead of doing Daily Tarot Card interpretations, I will be drawing three cards.  These cards will act as focus cards.  I’ll be using these cards as things to concentrate on during the week.

Without further ado, our first drawing for this series is: Strength reversed, 9 of Wands, King of Pentacles reversed

Reading: You’re allowing your emotions to rule the game.  You’ve become paranoid and you think of yourself as wounded.  Although you may realize your shortcomings, you are placing the blame on others.  You’re fighting a battle: “Me vs The World”.  Because of this, you’ve lost the strength in your beliefs.  You’ve become somewhat narrow-minded, unable to see the bigger picture.  Being blocked, you’ve also become extremely lazy.  There’s a lot of work to be done, unfortunately, you don’t want to do the work.  You’d rather sit back, relax, and then reap the rewards of someone else’s completed project.

Thoughts: Stop placing the blame on others, there’s two sides to every story.  You may have had some failures, but you can’t just place the blame on others.  You had some contributions to it.  There is no reason to battle the world, the war only exists in your head.  Get past your wounds and get back to work.

Photo courtesy of vivekchugh from sxc.hu