The Weekly Three, 4/8/24: Feeling stuck vs. feeling through “stuck”.
Before the decision comes discernment. Before discernment, consideration.
Today we catch the tail end of eclipse season with a total solar eclipse in Aries which lands conjunct the trauma-mama Chiron. We’re in the middle of Mercury retrograde and Mars and Saturn will be conjunct on Wednesday.
If you have no idea what I’m talking about, suffice it to say: shit’s kind of intense right now.
You may feel more tender than usual, things might feel a little harder. Information may come to light which throws a wrench in “business as usual” or communication could go entirely sideways.
Whatever’s happening for you this week, the cards offer a moment to consider it all before you emerge from the fog and live to fight another day.
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In The Cards: You don’t know what to do (or you’re doing too much.)
The options are endless with the VII of Cups, and they might all be offering you something you want. Which one do you choose? The question overwhelms. Every one is shiny, every one looks inviting, every one seems to have potential. How can you know which choice is the right choice?
The VIII of Swords stops us in our tracks again. We’re all tied up, boxed in and unsure how to get out of this mess. Your head joins your heart in wondering what do I do what do I do what do I do? But in wondering, also consider: how did you get here in the first place? There are no other living figures in the image of this card, which makes me ask: is this person as trapped as they think they are?
The Empress reversed says the garden isn’t flourishing. The soil’s too dry or too soggy. The seeds are too crowded or were planted in the wrong season. Weeds and aphids are seriously harshing the vibe.
But what else can we expect when our attention is so scattered? Our thoughts and actions are too much, and therefor not enough, and the generative energy of The Empress upright seems to elude us.
In Between: The act of considering
There’s a feeling of being stuck when needing to consider that I don’t think actually is stuckness, but the illusion of it created by capitalism and the obsession to be productive at all times.
“Time is money,” says the voice in our heads, “And the more time you spend considering, the more you can kiss your payday goodbye.”
Except, interestingly, time isn’t money. Money is something you can earn, but time is just time. You always have it (until you don’t and, spoiler: that’s when they bury you.🤷🏽♀️)
So back to this feeling of being stuck…
Is it actually that you’re stuck, or that you haven’t made a choice and moved on? Is it that you’re stuck, or that you need more information before you can make an informed decision to act? Is it that you’re stuck, or that it actually takes time and effort to discern between something that looks shiny and something that actually has value and substance?
In Your Business: Consider what needs to be done
Last week as Mercury began it’s backpedal, I asked you about reassessing. That reassessment might have generated multiple possibilities for you. Whether you need to dial it back and pick a fucking lane or choose something and fucking go already is for you to decide.
But before you decide: consider.
Today’s elcipse, it’s conjunction with Chiron and being a week into Mercury retrograde might be bringing up some crazy shit for you.
In the midst of crazy shit is generally not where you make the best decisions, nor where you’re at your best in taking note of pertinent information.
Today, (tomorrow, maybe the next day too,) you let things unfold. You take care of yourself and think twice before you open your mouth. You nourish your body and your brain in a way that helps you reset.
And you actively consider what’s in front of you.
Until next week,
Zoha
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About The Author:
Zoha Abbas is a Writer, 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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