The High Priestess and The Empress
How was your week focusing on the Fool and the Magician? Notice which card of the two felt the most relevant. Did you find yourself considering your daily card in the context of this weekly theme?
This week are we working with two of my favourite cards in the deck (don’t tell the other cards : ). We work powerfully with our unconscious through The High Priestess. In this video I use the term subconscious and unconscious interchangeably to refer to the repressed, primitive, instinctual thoughts and ‘mind matter’ that cannot be bought into the conscious mind at will. The Empress is the archetypal embodied Divine feminine (for both men and women), abundant, at peace and one with the heavens and the Earth.
Below are some notes for you to use as a quick reference if you draw these cards and your spiritual practices related to the card. Feel free to do all the recommended practices for each card or if you prefer to focus on one card per week then choose the one which is most calling you and do the spiritual practices for that card only.
The High Priestess
The main themes for The High Priestess are:
- Subconscious mind
- Identified with the Shekinah – indwelling presence of the Divine
- Mystery, stillness
- Time to retreat and reflect
- Spiritual insight
- Intuition, be still
- The veil between worlds is thin
- Hidden power
- Teacher of sacred knowledge
- How do I hear my intuition?
- What is my intuition telling me?
- How is my subconscious creating my conscious world?
The Empress
The main themes for The Empress are:
- Connection with nature
- Being connected to heaven and Earth effortlessly
- Abundance and magnetic (yin) power
- Beauty and femininity
- Fertility
- Be aware of your abundance and the grace in your life
- Pregnancy and birth
Spiritual Practice and Question for Contemplation are:
- Tune into nature, take time to merge.
- How can I embody more feminine characteristics this week?
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