This beautiful card was created by Denise Lynn and is a part of her Sacred Destiny Oracle Deck. My thoughts below are inspired by the card, the description in her deck booklet, and also the energy and channeled message from my initial reading at the beginning of the year that came through me for November.
I love that relaxation card popped out for November. How fitting! This tends to be a time collectively when we begin to feel the buzz of the holiday season, but in fact energetically it is actually a time supporting us to slow down, surrender and prepare for the winter months.
The full moon on the card represents the autumn harvest full moon, which symbolizes the inevitability of our success. This card is inviting us into deep trust, to know that when we surrender and move into a place of relaxation, we are held and protected. It is asking us to believe we are supported, even when we can’t see what is coming.
This time of the void and of the darkness can be a more murky, confusing space.
Slowing down is required here.
In relaxation we can sense into the stillness within us and around us. This allows us a greater connection to our senses and our intuition can come more fully online.
It is in this place we can feel deeply into what is necessary for our alignment.
It can be so challenging to move into relaxation energy when there is a lot going on, or the to-do list is a mile long and there are other “shoulds” spiraling.
I witnessed this phenomenon over the last week when my husband was sick and he kept doing chores anyway. It wiped him out more and he crashed! Or, the fact that I seem to need to be in pain these days or on my bleed before I can justify taking a nap.
Why do we sometimes wait until we are out of alignment in order to start taking good care of ourselves?!
Our bodies are wise. The misalignment surfaces so that we are able to see what needs to be reconfigured or shifted.
When we regularly choose into creating space for ourselves and allow our systems to relax, we can notice the early signs of what is actually out of alignment and what is needed before our system shuts down!
The relaxation provides space for the revealing.
The relaxation allows for our systems to be in a place of deep repair, a recalibration and gathering of renewed energy.
Some questions I am asking myself regularly and an invitation for you to explore:
Where am I in “striving” or “pushing” energy?
Where can I invite in small moments of slowing down?
How can I weave even more practices into my day, so that I resource deeply during this time?
As we move deeper into November:
May we create the space we need to allow for our unraveling.
May we continue to trust, even in challenging moments that all is working in our favor.
May we continue to embrace the darkness and all that is being revealed with ease and grace.
May we honor our body and spirit and choose into surrounding ourselves with those people, places and practices that are most nourishing for our soul.
It is safe to slow down.
It is safe to relax without a “valid reason”
It is safe for things to feel messy right now.
Honoring wherever you may find yourself right now during this complex time.
