June 2022 | 8 of Cups

Since January, we have been discussing the concept of “paths” in our monthly themes. These months of work, now blessed by eclipses, retrogrades, and energetic unrest, are bringing us to a breathing point along the route, but not in the way we’d expect. The work many of us have been doing has not been to “stay the course” as we may have intended, but instead to take a collective exhale and sigh out what is no longer serving us, drop all the heavy sh*t, and walk in a new direction. With this, a moving on is in order in whichever areas of your life have been pulsating with personal themes and current astrology. For those curious, peek to where Taurus and Scorpio sit in your chart to discover which houses have been eclipsed this season. Next, search for which house Gemini (to the right of Taurus) sits to make note of where Mercury has been mulling things over with you. Now, research the house meanings and reflect. No stone will be left unturned as these comic trends continue. Be prepared to say “so long” to the very weeds and wilting leaves you have been tending. There is nothing left to revive so, instead, allow it to regenerate. 

The 8 of Cups in tarot is no holds barred. Receiving this notice from the Universe during an eclipse season is a surefire sign something in your life is about to release itself from your grip - through the cracks, out the back door, into the sea of your subconscious - no matter your level of awareness, it is releasing. Through this churning of cosmic tides, you have the will to ask: “what’s my honest truth?”. In our many layers, there is a core of who we are, uninfluenced by those around us and what we think is true. The pruning we have been doing these recent months to understand the path we are on has not been to charge forward in expectation, but to come back to who we are. If your previous truth is feeling small, know it’s time to expand into a whole new one.

While it may seem like we are losing the very things we thought were serving us, it is in fact like a change in the tide, predictable albeit inconvenient. Will you get stuck out at sea, doggy paddling your way back? Will you wash ashore in rough waters? Gently glide on your back to wherever the ether wants to take you? Is any one of these ways wrong or right? Is the shore where we want to be or is the sea a better place to lay for now? 

Metaphors aside, there is a message here for you this month. A takeaway as we reach the halfway point in the year. And while a deep reluctance may surface, know there is healing in this inevitable change. The “plan” is far greater than we are or could ever conceive. To find clarity through this catalyst of change, reflect on how you want your life to look. There is something ready to be let go. If you had your pick, admit to yourself what it would be. Maybe the source of dis-ease in your life is the thing ready to be released or what you’re afraid of losing is the thing holding you back from where you imagine being. Shed the layers and allow the release. 

Drop it all and walk in a new direction. 

June blessings…
x emma

channeled: 5/2722
card: Eight of Cups

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