It’s tempting to hold back—especially when being seen has meant being misunderstood. But we aren’t meant to live as spectators. My work exists to invite people back into relationship with life: through meditation, tarot, art, and writing experiences that hold space for connection. Each offering is a small gesture toward re-entry. When we begin to show up, others do too. And that’s how it happens: we co-create something better, together.
Tarot & Meditations August 2023 Newsletter; Where are we going?
In July of 2023, members of the Tarot for Creatives Meetup worked with all four of the knights of the tarot through meditations and a new tarot spread I created to take us further in this exploration. If you missed my live teaching of this tarot spread and our readings of it, I’m going to share it with you here so that you can give it a try on your own!
Looking at the Tarot Knights through the lens of action, it is interesting to think of them as the Chariot cards of their respective suits. It could be argued that this is a reductive way of looking at the tarot knights and the Chariot card, so I want to be clear that I in no way mean to suggest that a Tarot Knight is nothing more than a minor Chariot or that the Chariot is nothing more than a Major Arcana knight. But if you have never given any thought to the similarities between these cards, doing so could add another worthwhile facet to everything else you have learned or intuited about these archetypes.
Read more about the creation of this Chariot and Four Knights tarot spread at https://www.kimberlyessex.com/blog/lammas2023 where I also provide instructions and a sample reading that I did for myself from this spread.
Note: this blog post is part of a Tarot Blog Hop and the topic for Lammas, also called Lughnassadh, was "Where are we going?" So from my post, you can hop over to four other posts on the topic of "Where are we going?" Or you can start from the Master List. Four tarot bloggers participated. If you are also a tarot blogger, let me know and we'll get you connected before the next one!
There will be no Thursday Tarot or Tarot Writing meetups this month as it has become clear that we are in the thick of summer and most people are on vacation or just simply spending more time outdoors rather than on Zoom. Both will resume in September.
Monday Meditations, however, will continue through August and are posted to YouTube for anyone who's been away and would like to catch up. If you haven't already, you can follow my youtube page for updates @tarotandmeditations.
8/07/2023 Ace of Swords Meditation
8/14/2023 Ace of Cups Meditation
8/21/2023 Ace of Pentacles Meditation
8/28/2023 Ace of Wands Meditation
9/04/2023 Two of Swords Meditation
9/11/2023 Two of Cups Meditation
9/14/2023 Second Thursday Tarot Reading Practice (Zoom)
9/18/2023 Two of Pentacles Meditation
9/24/2023 Tarot Writing Workshop (Zoom)
9/25/2023 Two of Wands Meditation
You can sign up for future Tarot for Creatives Events on my Website here: https://www.tarotandmeditations.com/workshops-events
Info on how to book a private Zoom session with me for yourself or a small group of friends can be found here: https://www.tarotandmeditations.com/private-sessions
Any questions? Anything you like to learn about in a blog post or workshop? I am happy to help. Email me at kim@kimberlyessex.com.
xo
kim
tarot & meditations
It’s tempting to hold back—especially when being seen has meant being misunderstood. But we aren’t meant to live as spectators. My work exists to invite people back into relationship with life: through meditation, tarot, art, and writing experiences that hold space for connection. Each offering is a small gesture toward re-entry. When we begin to show up, others do too. And that’s how it happens: we co-create something better, together.
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