Every year for the past few years I have chosen one singular tarot card to serve as a lesson, guide, or indication of important themes/experiences I would encounter in the year to come. For 2023, that card is the 7 of Wands.

Hmm. Well it isn’t exactly promising, like the Wheel of Fortune. The 7 of Wands indicates a need to maintain ground gained. In other words, guard against situations/people who might threaten to topple whatever I have built.

The 7’s are all SPIRITUAL LESSON cards, t...

Yoga teachers instruct you to go back to child’s pose at any moment when you are overwhelmed by the practice. Today my spirit guides used this as a metaphor to help me understand the importance of going back to a calm and serene mind when equally overwhelmed by a situation. “The 2 of Swords is your child’s pose,” they said.

 from the Spiral Tarot 

Conflict with someone? Getting into a perfectionist mindset? Just go back to the calm and empty mental space represented by the 2 of S...