Five of Swords - Reversed…

I feel like this card keeps coming up for us both upright and reversed, so I’m beginning to suspect that we need to take a deeper look at the conflicted thoughts that might be burning in our mind. We all know that old saying “Sticks and stones can break my bones, but names can never hurt me.” It’s certainly a nice sentiment and one that likely helped us all get through childhood intact. But, it’s not true, really - is it? Names and words with a negative tone can sting us to the core and though we can play it off like we are stronger than any silly insults that come our way, sometimes those nasty, harmful words become embedded in our brain. So, take a moment today to examine those recurring thoughts about self. When your inner voice starts to sound unpleasant, take note of what is being thought or said. Then re-frame it all in a positive manner and begin to repeat what is actually true about who you are. You deserve to be your biggest fan, - not to allow the long, lost insults of others to cloud your own self-perception. Get active about changing the themes you are clinging to that are not supporting a healthy and positive tone in your life!

“The moment you have a certain thought and believe, you will experience and immediate emotional response. Your thought actually creates the emotion.” - David D. Burns, MD

The Five of Swords (Reversed) from The Modern Spell Caster’s Tarot by Melanie Marquis and Scott Murphy