The Hierophant Tarot Card: Knowing how to reach people
The Hierophant is the piece of you that teaches others. This is your ability to hone in on how exactly to reach people. Everybody is different, and different people learn in different ways and need to be presented with the information in different ways. The Hierophant within you is free of ego enough to recognize that your first idea of how to teach somebody may not be the best way to reach them. You understand that it doesn’t have to be your way or no way. You can be flexible and adapt to their ways and needs and get the knowledge across to them. Because of these qualities, you are considered a gifted teacher at whatever it is that you teach and your students appreciate that about you. — Jim Larsen
Judgment Tarot Card: The world is yours, but are you ready for it?
The Judgment card may be asking, “Are you ready? Do you have what you need? Have you learned what you need to know? Have you done what you needed to do?” If the answer to these questions is yes, you may proceed. You’ve reached the end of this path. You’ve accomplished something great. Take the path to your Personal Enlightenment, for example. Have you been through your karmic journey and proven yourself worthy of saying “I did it?”
Before you can take the next step forward to the World where you enjoy the benefits of your accomplishments, you must first be judged, or assessed. Imagine there is checklist of everything you needed to have done- karma to address, personal issues to take care of, help to offer others, selflessness to demonstrate, innovations to originate- all these things we do to live the best life we can live. Have you checked them all off? If so, you are admitted to the end of the journey. Enjoy the World. If Not, what do you still need to work on? Take care of these, and you will have made it. The World will be yours. Judgment is a completely honest assessment. It is not about punishment or vindication. It is about absolute truth. — Jim Larsen
9 of Swords Tarot Card: Dealing With What Bothers You
Look at this poor,unfortunate soul in the 9 of Swords tarot card. This looks like a female, so I will refer to her as “she.” Something is obviously bothering her. Or maybe a whole bunch of things are bothering her. That which bothers her finally pushed her a point of breaking down. It was so much that she finally began to weep. This is what can happen when we absorb too much stress and pressure. This is what can happen when we absorb too much negative energy.
Sure, it can happen that a substantial amount of grief can be dropped on us from out of nowhere, the loss of a loved one, for example. It can also happen though, a little at a time. It can add up to feel like one very big lump of emotional pain. We can be pushed to the point of exhaustion where our defenses are weakened and we just need to get it all out. It looks like that is what this person in the 9 of swords is doing. She’s having a good cry to release the pressure she’s been under.
This can happen to any of us if we are not careful. Rather than push ourselves to this point though, we can take our stress, pressure, and whatever it is that is bothering us a day at a time and a step at a time. Deal with it as it happens. When something is bothering you or making you feel stressed, examine it to figure out what that is exactly and where it is coming from.
You may not be able to eradicate it, but you can find the inner strength to deal with it in the moment before more and more adds up to make it all unbearable. Meditate on your irritations and pain. Find coping techniques. Deal with it all as it happens and you will be amazed at the strength you acquire. It can help you from falling apart like this wretched soul in the 9 of Swords tarot card. — Jim Larsen
