MEssage of the Moment

If you added a little too much acid to your day yesterday, you might not be thrilled to see Vinegar today, but Vinegar serves multiple functions. One of these is preservation and maintenance. Vinegar as an apothecary tool can help effects linger and be doled out over time, as with a vinegar infusion. Just remember that it’s not the most pleasant flavor, and you might not win a lot of friends with your slow and steady approach. But that’s okay. We don’t have to delight others all the time, and there’s plenty to experience with the self and Nature today. Vinegar, it should be noted, is one of those bizarre ingredients that somehow both heats and reduces heat (inflammation), offering a nice regulatory function, and that seems important for balancing the intensity of the energies coming in today. Sundays always have the potential for fun and play, and that’s especially true today with the numerical card of the day as the Sun (19) in the larger spread. But it’s really important to dole that out, not unlike that lightning in a bottle from earlier in the week. Lessons from those days of Jars could be coming back with some new perspective.

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A balanced approach will be required for seeing your way through some of the day’s murkiness. It feels a little dark and gloomy, but Measuring Spoons radiate the full color spectrum, and Le Pape feels like an unusually bright point of color in the larger spread. Given that, remember to look for that moments of light and levity. See the full spectrum experience in the day and try to bring something fresh to balance out the grey or the heaviness. Like a dash of spice in a recipe, add some salt with the sweet or acid with what’s heavy. Punch it up a little, be it finding the sweetness in a bitter day or taking some time out to reframe some things that you don’t like the look of on the surface. Don’t be afraid to experiment if needed, but remember that you don’t need to make big changes or add a ton of new ingredients to make a difference. Add slowly and in proportion as needed. A little can go a long way today, but make sure to flavor your day because it looks “no sauce” on the face of it.

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It’s an eye-opening day but hopefully not in a scary way. I expect that for most of us, it will be more energizing than unnerving thanks to the day and season. There’s a lot of chill energy behind that wide-eyed energy of Guarana. As a whole, I feel a sense of vision and self-guidance from these cards. It seems like a good day to sit back and look at the big picture before you jot down your visions for the future. Remember to take the high-altitude approach and not get lost in the weeds. It can be easy and, for some of us, incredibly satisfying to iron out all the details, but they’ll distract you from the real work today, which will benefit from a more far-reaching vision. Show yourself the way and set milestones for yourself if need be. Let yourself be guided with some intentional scaffolding once you’re ready to get specific (and you’ll need to because it can’t all be big picture). Some general guide rails will be enough to keep you on track without forcing you to follow a path that isn’t working for you down the road.

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Learn more about the deck for today’s card from from the Apothecary Spirits Oracle by Eric Maille, Michael Anthony, and Thomas Witholt (me).

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