The Knight of Pentacles - Reversed…

I had to laugh when I pulled the card this morning. It’s clear my deck believes I didn’t quite get the message yesterday. “But deck,” I thought, “I have SO MUCH to do and only a few more days left to get it all done before I am thrust back into the madness of ‘normal’ life.” It’s funny, these days between Christmas and New Year are always a magical in-between in which we can (sometimes) catch our breath and ready ourselves for what may be coming in the new year. It’s a kind of nebulous thin space that allows you to think on the past year and prepare for any change you would like to invite into your life as you push that re-start button on January 1st! Some of us clearly prepare too hard and too much. Every year in this time frame, I wind up getting sick, so perhaps the lecture of my cards holds deeper meaning. Two days in a row, our Knight has crawled out to tell us to SLOW DOWN. Whether it’s illness or exhaustion, we need to listen to our bodies, calm our minds and spirits and get the rest needed to start our New Year right. Perhaps that is just it - this year, preparation is over-rated, but rest is EVERYTHING. I get it. Let’s all do what will restore our spirits most and, if that is nothing…so be it.

“Sometimes doing nothing is doing something.” - Thomas Dewar

The Knight of Pentacles (Reversed) from the John Bauer Tarot