Category: Mystic Monday

I think this really give me the chills so far. I don’t quite understand how we frame questions in our head sometimes, and I took questions very lightly. I don’t think thoroughly, safe to say I am very simple minded. But thinking *powerful questions* make me raise my eyebrows.

So I brainstormed five powerful questions for myself:

• How do I pursue my creativity in my limited time?
• What type of rest that I should acquire?
• Where do my inspiration come from?
• How do I balance between paid work and passion?
• How do I improve my collaborative effort with others?

I chose the question: How do I balance between paid work and passion?

The card that answers: Knight of Pentacles.

Insight:
I am genuinely excited when the Pentacles court card appeared whenever it is a question related to abundance because first, it felt like the answer is already “You are at balance.” With Knight of Pentacles, I am assured that this will meet in between, where I am going to be paid to work on my passion. I am grateful for the source of abundance that I already have, but I am seeking for the true love in the abundance. Where I will truly love what I do. And Knight of Pentacles arrived to tell me that it is coming for me.

Incremental progress is satisfactory since you know that this is proof that your strategy is working. There is no stopping the Knight of Pentacles—he knows what he wants and will not stop in getting it! Stay true to your noble vision and you will eventually see the results.

What was your experience and what do you discover?
What was amazing is that the card jumped out immediately and I smiled when it opens up. I feel like the person in the card, a masculine figure, is talking to be, to be patient and to deliver his news carefully. This was quite an occurrence, but I’ve never really listen carefully to this specific card. It feels like we couldn’t connect. But this time, it felt amazing.

Moving on to Day 4!

This week I struggled a lot with the idea of freedom. Financial freedom, sexual freedom, mind freedom. And most of all, I think that there is no way out of this struggle. I guess there is no *easy* way out.

So, finally I picked up my Mystic Monday deck for this question. I eased in with Mystic Monday for blunt honesty, and that’s how we vibe. This spread was guided by @groundedbythemoon on Instagram.

So at first I picked up The Devil. The card for attachment issues (I mean, I have it in the form of commitment, ugh). I feel like the Devil rarely appeared for me lately, and I am thankful that I have managed a lot in staying away from things that hurt me. Gotta control the way I respond to things that are sent to destroy me.

I am looking into finding cooperation with people (Five of Wands). Through working together, then we will get to our means. There is no definite relationship and reason to get together with people regardless of their beliefs, but surely, we will find our way.

As we work in the area where we need to deal with people, we forgot to take a break (Four of Swords). The challenge, especially living in the age of smartphones and notifications, is where I hardly find the reason to be free from human and digital interaction. Getting detached is hard, and I am focusing to put away my phone and my computer when I don’t need them.

What does a Sagittarius love the most? Balance with a set of purpose (Temperance). I know exactly freedom and balance come hand in hand. All you got to do is to be patient, and find the right tune to things. And freedom will arrive at your door.

But what is in the way? Being judged, being attached, being co-dependent. A lot of us struggled to be free because of fear of being alone and not having anyone to be on the other side of the door. But what do we *really need* is ourselves (Queen of Swords).

No one is going to save you, you need to do it for yourself.

Anyone who would like to do the spread can check out the question below!

On a sunny Monday afternoon, this deck arrived at my door. So it was called Mystic Monday.

A routine for a tarot reader, to form bonds and emotional connection for their respective tarot deck. So we did heart-to-heart session and understand what can we work together from now on.

The thing about structure (Four of Wands) is I do not want to restrict myself in one definition. I am erin-of-all-trades. And when a foundation is stable and nothing to be cared for, I’m second guessing myself, are we able to move beyond particular definition?

As an anarchist in a state where anarchism is not addressed correctly (not that it has ever addressed correctly anywhere), I see individualism (The Hermit) as the way I manifest the ability to work with others. And as my name, Malikhain (The Empress) gracefully embraces me and reassures me that  everything is fine.

But when will everything be fine, as the world crumbles and we continue to fight each other?

Illusion (Seven of Swords) and Indulgence (Seven of Cups) are among unhealthy needs that I have, as a person living in the bark of capitalism. As the world demands us to indulge in activism and action that requires constant pressure on our sanity, and to be happy once in a blue moon, it’s possible for us not to be cautious about what may happen in the future. Do not get caught off guard.

Maintaining self-care in the capitalist world as an anarchist can be tough, and I invite people to share what best practices can be done to be spend little to zero currency on being happy.