Joy-full quote

"If you don't respect you, who will?" - psychic Joy Star

Today's Tarot - Ace of Cups

A reader favorite from last year:

Ace of cups: “inner light”

Respect others by being your true self. It is easier to honor others, respect their path when you are comfortable and confident in your own true path. Authenticity is honesty.

Sometimes it is too easy to forget that “respect” is NOT the same as “agree with”. It is not “conform to”. You can respect a skilled enemy. You can respect a person and their right to choose, even if you oppose the things that they have chosen.

Wishing you a day of dignity and self-confidence, respect given AND received.

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Daily Meditation - King of Wands

King of Wands: Example is the most powerful form of leadership because it is deeply authentic and genuine. Being so, it is respected.

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Can tarot tell if my spell worked?

Q.. Can Tarot tell if a spell I cast on someone worked?

A. No.

Some might think so, but even if it can, I won't.

Here is why I think no...in fact I find the whole thing a bad idea.

I know from our previous conversation that you did the spell without his permission. Like I said then, it is wrong to do tarot readings (or spells or Reiki or any other subtle energy work) behind someone's back and without their permission. True, it is possible to proceed WITH CAUTION AND RESPECT if...and ONLY if....you have an intuitive or etheric sense of that person gives you implicit permission. But given that you said ********** has explicitly asked you in the past not to interfere with him and his new girlfriend, I get the feeling the permission is not there...for either of us. So no, a tarot reading is totally the wrong thing to do in this situation.

Even though your intention is one of "cleansing" and healing, there is a strong element of judgementalism and control in what you are doing.

Also don't forget that spiritual law: what you send to the universe comes back to you threefold. If you try and force YOUR choice, YOUR vision, YOUR idea of what should be onto **********then you open yourself up to having others try to force their choices and vision on you at least magically...you are opening yourself to learn respect for other people's divine life plans in a very difficult way.

Since you are new to the Pagan path, I urge you to find a good, kind teacher to help you with future spellwork. Un-doing a spell is like un-ringing a bell. Like any religion, paganism has ethics and beliefs to be learned and respected if you are to be part of that religion.

And, also, don't forget the Wiccan Rede and the part about do no harm.

How do you know that their being together...as dysfunctional as it seems to you, and as concerned as you may be for your friend...how do you know that their being together isn't helping her? By interfering with him, then wouldn't it be possible for you to harm her? Or what if he, before incarnating in this lifetime, chose to have this experience in order to learn specific spiritual things for himself...in that case, by doing this spell, aren't you harming his spiritual learning?

Perhaps the REAL lessons to be learned here are respect for other people's choices, learning the difference between other's needs and our desires, learning respect for the boundaries of magick, respecting the magical path, respecting your own growth and learning...

BUT and this is important...non-interference doesn't mean ignoring something dangerous or letting them harm themselves. Since you said before that ***************are involved with this, I STRONGLY urge you to get professional advice about what is the best way to help without being c0-dependent or enabling. Learn the right way to help, learn how not to make things worse, and learn how to compassionately walk the pagan path before tossing around spells willy nilly...

Start with the internet, but face to face professional help and real life, experienced, compassionate spiritual guidance is most needed here.

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Words as energy - and respect

Words are energy. What you tweet, text, post and forward in your e-mail all reflect what you want to attract into your life. What you give to the universe returns to you threefold...even on the internet.

Respect for others includes respect for yourself, and your lessons in this lifetime. What are you willing to allow in your life and your inbox? Do you want to be associated with energies like harsh comments toward others, using others for money gain, sexual solicitation, angry caustic political comment or what have you? What energy associations do you form with the words and images you send and receive online?

"All that is required for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing" ~ Thomas Jefferson

King of Coins - trust, respect and psychic ability

Intuition and so-called “psychic ability” is a part of human existence, something we all share. Some are more naturally talented at understanding, clarifying, and communicating that oft-silent, symbolic and dream-like world of spirit and right-hemisphere. These are the ones we call “gifted”.

Yet it is something we all posses in some measure or another. I may not be talented at music, but I can hack out a horrible tune if I have to. Anyone can learn to play an instrument. Only the gifted move us with their music.  The same is true of any human activity. I can learn to change the oil in my car, but that doesn’t make me a talented mechanic. We all need those collective gifts. Just because I like to listen to music doesn’t mean I particularly want to be a musician. Just because I can learn car mechanics doesn’t mean I want to fix my own car. And so it is with intuitive work. Just because you CAN do it, doesn’t mean you want to - so you go see a psychic. And believe me, we who do this a lot are always grateful for that.

Intuition is something we all can do. Sometimes it is nice to have the touch of talent, and a fresh perspective. Even those of us who do this professionally get readings every now and then. It isn’t easy to put emotions and expectations away 100% of the time. So it helps to get other points of view. It is kind of like trying to see the back of your head without a second mirror. Sometimes you need that little extra help. 

Which brings us to the idea of Trust.

Trust is a strong element of intuition. If you are to learn to work with your own intuition, then you must first trust and respect your own feelings.

Intuition is simply a matter of first learning to listen to intuition (spirit, guides, angels, deceased loved ones, the right half of your own brain…however you choose to understand this). Once you are able to hear that whisper, see those images, the next step is to trust yourself. Trust that hearing, feeling, seeing and understanding. If you do not trust the ’source’ of the intuitive information, then you can not use or work with it. If you do not trust yourself and your understanding of that information, then the information is equally useless. If you feel the source of information is you…then both are one and the same.

That is just the esoteric level. On the real-world, physical level, the same principle applies. If you do not trust a reader, or a reading ‘process’ then you simply should not proceed. There may be a valid reason you do not trust something or someone. It might be a scam, or it may simply not be the best path for you. Either way, for intuition to be helpful, an element of trust must be there. If you don’t trust someone to read for you, then you must trust yourself and your own perceptions. If neither of those are present, and you don’t “believe” in psychics or intuition…the answer is simple. Leave it alone and move on to something you do trust. There is never a need for anger, antagonism or taking advantage in a situation like this.

If you trust your own ability…read for yourself. If you don’t care to read for yourself, or don’t yet trust your own ability, find someone to read for you. If you trust them, then deal with them fairly - they have provided a real help to you. You would pay a magician to pull a rabbit out of a hat at a child’s birthday party. You make contributions to ministers and churches who help you through emotional upsets. Intuitive work and guidance is no less. If you trust it enough to seek it, then you should treat the person and reading as fairly as any other part of life. If you don’t trust psychic or intuitive work…then you must respect those feelings and find other avenues to your goals.

Trust is a large measure of respect. If you don’t trust others, you don’t respect them. Distrust for no reason is an injustice to everyone. Treating others with respect is the best way to win trust and respect for yourself.

It is all simple, homespun wisdom we all know…and trust.

May we all trust our feelings. May we all trust our knowing of truth. In the end, may that lead us to trust and respect each other.