Course/Energy, Meditation, Cleansing, Protection
Lesson 02
Awareness of personal energy
Observe first. Interpret second. Research third.
If you do not notice your own state, you will read your mood as the cards. That is not intuition. That is leakage.
Before you sit with a question
Hungry, furious, heartbroken, half asleep, desperate for a particular answer. All of that sits down at the table with you.
Personal energy, here, means: what is mine, right now? Can I look honestly? If the answer is no, you can still pull a card for yourself as a mirror. You probably should not read for someone else.
How to notice without a ritual
Ask four questions. Have I eaten and drunk water? What emotion is loudest? What do I want this reading to say? Am I trying to get away from my body?
If you desperately want a particular answer, you can still read, but you must write that want down first. Otherwise it will wear the card like a costume.
If you are reading for someone else, add: am I available, or am I hoping their reading will fix my day?
The heartbreak you brought in
You had a row. You pull Three of Swords and decide the universe is confirming doom. Maybe. Or maybe you brought the rain in with you. A personal energy check would have said: I am already in this weather. I will either wait, or I will read this card as a mirror of now, not as a sentence on the whole future.
That check is not a delay tactic. It is the difference between a reading and a mood with pictures.
Practice
State, then pull
Write your state in five lines: body, mood, want, fear, capacity to be honest. Then pull one card. Write what belongs to you and what belongs to the card. If you cannot tell, wait ten minutes, drink water, and look again.
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