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What have you been carrying on your back, silently assuming you had no other choice? What option have you taken off the table (and is it really not an option)?
I’ve been thinking about this dynamic a lot lately, because it applies to my own life. And I’m ready to take the cards’ advice.
Coming Up in the Cards
Featured this week is the Osho Zen Deck. Non-traditional but very evocative nonetheless.
Outlook: Six of Swords (The Burden)
Every depiction of this card carries heaviness, but this one really drives it home. You can feel the strain—the effort of trying to move forward while carrying what should not be yours to begin with. This image captures the true cost of continuing under the weight of obligations, expectations, or old loyalties that were never mutual. The ones who handed you the load? Often full of narcissistic indifference, more than content to let you struggle while they let your struggles fuel their ego.
Advice: The Fool
You don’t know what’s coming, but you’re finally open to seeing what life feels like without that burden. Sure, it’s unknown. Maybe a little scary. Maybe a lot scary. But it’s also real. Alive. Unwritten. You don’t need to know every step—you’ll figure it out as you go. That’s what the Fool does best.
Maybe you’ve been carrying a lot. You don’t have to. And maybe you don’t know what life will be like without all that weight—but that’s exactly why it’s worth finding out.
Now, for you:
Have you been carrying a heavy weight? Do you know what it costs to keep doing so? And what might life look like if questioned those assumptions? (Now’s a good time.)
