The Elements of Wellness Spread by Chloe McCracken
This spread works in pairs. How does something affect your wellness, for good and bad, and what can you do about it? Line one - thoughts. Line two - physical reality, spiritual path, and motivation. Line three - emotions.
I decided to break out my beloved old first edition Anna K Tarot. So...without further ado...
How do my thoughts affect my wellness and what can I do about it?
Queen of Cups - Knight of Cups
My thoughts help me master my emotions, but they can also rule me by leading me to overthink or overreact. I can allow myself to be more of a dreamer and less of a dweller on things, someone who wants to control myself and others. I can fix my thoughts on the experience of the rose itself rather than worrying about its cultivation or its thorns.
How does my physical reality affect my wellness and what can I do about it?
Ace of Coins - Lovers
My physical reality remains strong and good, though at the moment a lot of this strength is waiting for development. I can make choices that are of a long term nature and have long term rewards, and that will lead to a happy old age.
How does my spiritual path affect my wellness and what can I do about it?
Page of Cups - Wheel of Fortune
In fact I am still very much a seeker, a novice to the spiritual path. My spiritual path dabbles in the spring of living water, but I don't seem yet to have filled my bowl with it. I can take a tip from the Wheel of Fortune and ladle it up in huge bucketfuls.
How does my motivation affect my wellness and what can I do about it?
Queen of Swords - 6 of Wands
I'm tough from past experience, but this also left me a cynical old bugger and that can certainly affect my wellness! What I can do about it is allow myself to feel good about the things I accomplish, no matter how big or small. 'Imagine what would happen if we obsessed about the things we love about ourselves,' says a meme I read today. Indeed.
How do my emotions affect my wellness and what can I do about it?
Temperance - Queen of Coins
Being on an even keel is a very good thing, but you can also get on such an even keel it becomes a rut. Or like the lady in the picture, you so much want to avoid spilling the water you become afraid to step up onto the next step. What can I do about it? Reap a harvest and enjoy it. Forget balance and go for exhilaration. :)
How can I turn these into aphorisms for this year? Well...how about...
Enjoy the roseness of the rose.
If it will make you a happy old lady, carry on.
Drink deep from the living water.
Let yourself feel good.
Forget balance and go for exhilaration.
Off to write these in my journal. :)
I love the way you turned these into aphorisms! And I really liked the messages, too. You made me laugh with the bucketfuls from the spring of living water. And I like your long-term approach to choices, too. It's not about doing things that you can only sustain for a couple of days or a week, but about finding things that can become a part of your life! :D
ReplyDeleteQuite right. :)
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