One of my faults and flaws is that I tend to be an impulsive person. I sometimes make decisions on the fly, in the heat of the moment, without fully considering the ramifications of those decisions. I feel my emotions deeply, and this can be both a good and bad thing. It can be good because of the depth of emotion and the richness that depth brings with it. It can be bad, when those deep emotions take over every other consideration.
Of late, I’ve been feeling my emotions very keenly because of the life transitions I’ve been going through. Trying to find balance with those emotions has been tough, because of how deeply I’m feeling them and I’ve taken this into account by starting a new practice that I’m going to continue for the rest of my life.
Now when I am feeling strongly about something and I know I need to make a decision, I read the tarot cards as a way of providing a different perspective on my choices. I’m not reading the cards to get a sense of the future. I’m reading them to get a sense of the factors I need to consider before I make decisions. This process is helping me slow down and consider all the angles.
Normally, when I’m not so emotional, I can be more strategic. But when the emotions get stirred up and you feel them deeply, you have to find a way to simultaneously acknowledge them and get some distance and perspective. For me, reading the cards is helping me get that distance and perspective as I go through the life transitions I’m having to figure out.
Anytime you have experiences where your emotions are stirred up its good to recognize that you won’t necessarily be making decisions from the best place. These last couple of months have been months where I have definitely tried to go slow and yet still have found myself going too fast. In the last couple weeks it really hit me…how much my life has changed, and how any decision I’m making right now has to be done from a place of perspective and awareness of the emotions that are in the background, and sometimes foreground.
By using a divination system of some type, what you’re giving yourself is the gift of perspective. It forces you to look at a situation differently, and use the non-emotional parts of yourself to interpret the reading. You might still draw on intuition, but you’re doing it without letting the emotions take over and create a clouded awareness around what you’re making decisions about. For me, taking up this practice is bringing some peace to my decision making process. It’s helping me recognize when I need to take a step back and go slower, which is something I really need right now, because I’m starting my life all over again.
