During the month of July I participated in a Tarot Challenge on
Instagram. The Challenge (#crystaltarotchallenge), hosted by @starlightandskulls, posed 31 questions inspired by different gems and
crystals.
Instagram followers from all over the place rose to the challenge
and conducted personal readings based on the questions posed each day.
For some people, it became deeply personal; so personal that they felt
unable to share the full reading.
I, too, had a few nerves touched in the process. The
challenge pushed me to examine some pretty tender areas and while I was poking
around in them, some shocking revelations came up. It wasn't an easy
process. It was, however, quite enlightening.
Now, I've had readings done for me by other readers many times.
And I keep a daily tarot journal. So I'm familiar with the process
from the perspectives of both reader and client. But this challenge,
opened up something a little different. It tool a while for me to figure
out what it was that made these short daily readings so unusual. I think
it was the fact that the questions were chosen for me. I had to focus on
specific things... things not of my choosing!
So when questions like: What do I need to protect?; What do I need
to distance myself from?; or What will help me to release my fears? came up, I
was had to face some imposing truths.
These are not the typical types of questions that clients ask me.
They are not the typical types of question I ask when I get a reading.
They are the types of questions that made this challenge live up to its
name. I was indeed a challenge! But one that I am glad I undertook.
The self-reflection was cathartic. I got some new
perspectives and some interesting food for thought. This was a profound
exercise and one that I will repeat again sometime. Just not right away.
These Tarot challenges have become quite the phenomenon on
Instagram. There are many people who share them and many people who
participate in them. For now, though, I need to digest the information
and the messages that I received, work through some of the stuff that was
brought up and try to integrate this newfound insight into my Being.
For those of you who may be interested, here are a few links to
some of my challenge readings:
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| Day 12 How can I gain more inspiration? https://www.instagram.com/p/BHxWP6vjcFu/ |
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| Day 21 What do I need to distance myself from? https://www.instagram.com/p/BII-yPqD2Ey/ |
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| Day 28 What will help me to speak my truth? https://www.instagram.com/p/BIa7Jeqjwuq/ |
Many thanks to Liz Reed (@startlightandskulls) for creating this amazing challenge and sharing with us. It was hard work, but good work!
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