Seven of Disks and Ten of Cups
The cards pictured are from the Crowley Thoth Tarot Deck.
We have a Capricorn Full Moon on July 10th, which will help us release and realign as we welcome its potent energy. Our cards are here to support and challenge us as we navigate the days ahead.
Our first card is the Seven of Disks, also known as Failure. Although this card can evoke fear and resistance, it’s genuinely a positive card.
The Seven of Disks means we are open to taking risks. We are about to learn more than we ever could if it were only blue skies ahead. However, we may still feel wary of its energy.
Failing is a messy business. It is hard, uncomfortable, and scary. Whether it’s a failed relationship, business, or personal goal, we often doubt ourselves when we fail.
We think there’s something wrong with us, and we’re doomed to fail forever. We cannot see the light at the end of the tunnel, and how we feel now is how we think we will always feel.
But failures make us much wiser and stronger than successes ever could. They teach us how to love ourselves regardless of our outside circumstances, and they teach us how to persevere when faced with heartbreak.
Failure happens to everyone, regardless of what you see on the outside. Everyone struggles, relationships end, money is lost, and ventures don’t work out.
However, it’s what we do next with those failures that determines our experience. It hurts to fail, and we have to let ourselves feel that. We need to mourn whatever we lost.
But we should also let ourselves feel proud, we were brave enough to try something. We were vulnerable, and we took a risk; we should feel good about that.
When faced with a failure, we can ask ourselves these questions: How can we grow and change to be more successful next time? How can we be kinder to ourselves when we do fail? And how can we manage our fears so they don’t lead to inaction?
Working with these questions will lead us to more strength and wisdom as we move forward. They will help us build a more loving relationship with ourselves.
The Failure card features seven coins arranged in a pattern that resembles eyes peering toward us. There are also beautiful, dark blue feathers that create a lovely pattern. I have always seen these coins and feathers as the face of an owl.
Owls have long been regarded as symbols of wisdom. And to me, that is what failure is all about. It highlights the distinction between being smart and being wise.
Wisdom is a deep and intuitive understanding gained through experience and age. When you share wisdom, others gain insight into their own experiences and can avoid painful mistakes. It is through failure that one becomes wise.
Our next card is the Ten of Cups. This card signifies a sense of contentment and satisfaction. Our desire for more has been satisfied, and we feel perfectly full.
Satiety is a stronger and more stable feeling than that of happiness, which is often wavering and situation-dependent. The Ten of Cups is associated with a sense of groundedness derived from hard work and a commitment to our values.
This sense of contentment is attainable when we dedicate ourselves to nurturing the well-being of our spiritual core, the resilient part of us that remains unwavering. Satisfaction emerges when we align our actions with our authentic selves.
The feeling of wanting ‘more’ is constantly tempting us. What is the next goal, the next thing to buy, the next place to go, or the next thing we need? We are constantly bombarded with what we should desire next.
The energy of the Ten of Cups encourages us to recognize temptations but take a step back before acting. We resist the urge to act on impulse; we avoid purchasing items we don’t need, are not driven by the fear of missing out, and refrain from setting a new goal immediately after achieving one.
We feel like we can move through the world with a deeper sense of contentment. Things come toward us, and we can say yes or no with ease. We are satisfied with the present moment and our present selves.
This is a feeling you can work towards each day by tapping into what is good and lovely in the moment. Through awareness and mindfulness, we come to realize how much we already possess. We don’t feel the tug for more; we are perfectly satisfied.
Under this Full Moon, what can you do to embody the energy of the Ten of Cups? How can you connect with your spiritual center? How can you embrace the feeling of satisfaction?
Mantra for the week: Each day, I have everything I need, and I am becoming wiser and more resilient.
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