The Weekly One, 7/1/24: You’re allowed to celebrate.
Even if the win seems small.
Celebrating and reminiscing go hand in hand. This week, we’re invited to celebrate out loud with the people who have supported us in our achievements while beginning to assess what got us here - and what will get us there.
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In The Card: Hip-hip-hooray!
We’re ridin’ high and feelin’ fine with the VI of Wands. Whatever creative or passion-based endeavor we’ve been putting our hearts into lately is going the right way. Fuckyeah!
The energy of the number VI is about connection and community, reciprocity and relationship. You’ve achieved a great thing, and it was likely made possible by the support of your community. Your friends, your family, your partner, your biz buds - whoever you’ve found yourself confiding in and getting pep-talked by - are all celebrating with you in a real way. 💖
This particular VI is one I personally love to see in readings, especially when it comes to business, given the suit of Wands’ natural association with entrepreneurial pursuits. We move so fast sometimes that we forget to actually acknowledge and celebrate our wins, no matter how big or small they are.
As a neurodivergent entrepreneur, I often have a hard time celebrating my achievements because all I can see is the huge list of things still in front of me that I haven’t even touched yet. I also have trouble processing the “hooray!” of the moment because of delayed processing issues where I won’t even register that I’ve done a thing until later. Or an ever-present feeling of “Sure, I did it, but so have others, and it’s way easier for them. This isn’t something to celebrate out loud.”
This card is special because it’s asking you to take the time to pause, acknowledge what you’ve done - EVEN if it seems small or commonplace - and actually celebrate the win. I appreciate that, (and I hope you do too!)
In Between: At the intersection of hard reality and big dreams.
The cosmos is cosmos-ing as usual. Saturn just went retrograde this past SaturNday (🫨) and Neptune is hitting its moonwalk tomorrow. If you remember any of our previous discussions of retrogrades, you’ll remember that it’s a great time to “re-”: revise, review, rework, redo, reclaim, etc.
Saturn is a planet that deals with big life lessons, structure, limits and stamina.
Neptune is dreamy, idealistic and intuitive.
They’re both stationing retrograde in the artistic, intuitive, emotional mutable water sign, Pisces.
Smash all that together and what kind of energy does it create for you right now? And how does it relate to the win you’re allowing yourself meaningful space to celebrate?
There’s a gentle reminder that comes with the VI of Wands as well: “don’t get too cocky, you’re not done yet.” VI is only halfway through the suit, and that means there’s still a ways to go before you reach your destination.
Context is always key here. The VI of Wands has just come from the V of Wands, where you were juggling details and fighting to come out on top. We’re about to transition to the VII of Wands where you may need to defend your ideas and brace for further movement. What does that bring forward for you when you’re assessing the continuation of your path?
In Your Business: Connecting the dots
Alchemy happens when the unforgiving truth collides with our grand visions.
Saturn will be retrograde until mid-November and Neptune stations direct roughly three weeks later in early December. These next five months feel like they hold that challenging-yet-rewarding energy of finding the sweet spot where your future success exists within the context of your current resources.
This week, take your reflections from last week and use them to start assessing where you’re going from here. What do you have to work with? How has your last win set you up to progress further toward your ultimate goal?
Remember that, as an entrepreneur, much of the path you’re traveling may not have been charted before. Use your internal compass to create just enough of the map to get you to that next little step.
Before you know it, you’ll be sharing a whole new world with the people who helped you get this far.
Until next week,
Zoha
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Zoha Abbas is a Writer, Editor, Intuitive Tarot Reader and Business Coach who aims to explore the small business conversations around self-trust, critical thinking, reality checks and forging your (not so straight) path to success in the grey-area of real life. Find out more at zohaabbas.com
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