Last year my daughter turned me onto this idea that there is a Major Arcana Tarot card that informs the overarching energy of the year.
One way to think about this is as the TONE for the year on a global scale, reflecting the energy that might be arising.
It’s actually quite simple to learn which tarot card it is for the year. Simply add the numbers of the year together. So, for this year it would be: 2+0+2+4=8
The Card that correlates with the number 8 is STRENGTH.
Immediately that feels heartening, don’t you think? As if it is inviting us to call on our own inner strength, knowing that it’s there for us always. Perhaps it’s an opportunity to cultivate strength even more since we may need this quality as 2024 unfolds.
When I think about accessing strength, one thing that I consider is how can we be firm AND harness our authentic authority, without being aggressive or pushy?
In other words, how can we be gentle and brave?
What might that look like?
Those two qualities are often seen as opposites, but perhaps it is simply that we don’t have many role models for strength on the world stage, people who act from a place of love rather than fear.
Some ways we can embody this kind of gentle strength might be:
1. To set clear boundaries – to know what you want and don’t want to do, and then be
clear about that in a kind way.
2. To state how you think and feel without negative emotions (anger, upset, guilt)
3. To offer support from a place of seeking understanding first without pushing an agenda
or idea onto the other person or situation
4. To genuinely listen and hear what another person in saying
How can you exhibit strength from a place of compassion and kindness?
Any ideas?
It will be interesting to see how strength appears in your everyday life as this year unfolds.
Don’t you think?
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