Monday, June 2, 2014

Tarot for Self-Care: The Hierophant

           Moonlit Tarot Cards by Meags McGinty
  
Share humanity
We are all part of the dance
Creating culture

The Hierophant represents social spirituality and your connection with humanity.  Make sure that your self-care plan includes spending time with your community, friends, and family.  Humans are social beings!  What do you believe in?  Share your family traditions, cultural beliefs, and individual spiritual practices proudly!  Observe and learn how other people express their spirituality.  Witness the vast diversity and beauty in humanity.  By understanding how other people connect with the divine, you become more tolerant, accepting, worldly, and connected to the universe.  It is important to keep a positive view of humanity.  This positive outlook is essential to loving your life and yourself.  "Power is not personal.  It can only come from a tradition, one with great meaning and deep roots." (Pollack, Tarot Wisdom, 76).

Consider the traditions that you practice including the holidays you observe, the mottos you recite, and the ways you greet others.  What beliefs and values do they honor?  Would you want to change or update any of these traditions?  With your community create new traditions and rituals to honor community values and beliefs.  You could organize an annual parade, create an organizational motto, or make a secret handshake.  Interactions based on shared beliefs and common interests reinforce our social fabric.  By acknowledging and honoring our connection to community and humanity we can confront conflict from a position of strength, consideration, and respect. 

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