Through the Slave and Page of Wands, this week we’re being called to confront our feelings about powerlessness. Can we let our passions guide us to a place of surrender? Welcome everyone! For an overview of what I’m doing here, please check out this post all about it
This is a big one for people in recovery, acceptance of things we cannot change, and of what the divine wheel brings forth and takes away in its endless cycle. Freedom comes when we can practice that radical acceptance... Thanks Jenna!
Yes! Surrendering to the point where we are not the ones in the pilot seat and we can let go of the controls. When we do the magic can truly happen, we are not the conductor of the light, we are the receiver of all that is due to us. We can sit back and watch the light show and then bathe in the bliss that surrounds us. Let the fireworks commence. xx
Another interesting pair.... I was imagining if the PofW and the Slave sat down and had a conversation, what would be said? If it was the Knight, I am sure it would arrive in a blaze and free the slave from its bonds. At times one needs to be rescued physically. If it is internally, then it’s a wakeup call or a intervention. But this is the Page. So, I would picture the page radiating curiosity, passion, wonder, creativity. Seeing someone in a slave mindset, s/he/they would say something like, "be curious, interested in your fears and thought patterns. You don't have to like them, but make them your ally, so they are not happening under the radar. Resulting in an unexamined reaction of cowering or believing the thoughts that aren't even true." To me this is learning to not become the reaction and the thoughts, but to create enough distance so we learn not to take this personally. Not as a disassociation, this is about not being a slave to our own inner patterns. This is why curiosity is so important, being passionate about how we relate with ourselves and the world.
I can really identify with what captures and captivates us. I have a long list of what has captured me over the years and some stories about freedom from those particular bonds. When I think about what captivates me, I think about longing (or, I think, what you call here passion). I used to believe that longing would get in the way at best and be dangerous at worst. However, now I look at my longings and desires as the source of wisdom, places of transformation, and the root of myself. I like the word "captivate" in this conversation, and will ponder it as it comes up around my desires. Thank you again for this!
Oooof this is giving me a lot of food for thought and is definitely one I’ll need to sit with and integrate this week…
The Slave is giving me Devil vibes and is leading me into thinking about how I have a tendency to be tethered to my thoughts and almost drown myself in them, but in an addictive “can’t stop myself” way.
However I’ve also been pulling the Page of Wands so much lately (at least once a week!) so this is also a beautiful reflection for me and I love your interpretation of it.
I think this card brings such a lightness to all of this, and the idea of being captivated by something, rather than absorbed into it or tethered by/to it, feels so freeing.
Thank you so much, Kerry! 🤗❤️ I love that you connected the Slave and the Devil...that feels exactly right to me. I've often thought of the Devil in reverse as pointing us to the ways we say "no" to life and "yes" to what keeps us chained. That really is the shadow Slave! And for some reason I can't quite put my finger on, the Devil feels like it has less potential for victim shaming than the shadow Slave so I like this a lot better. Thank you for that insight!
Omg. I was also super worried about the slave and the page. I felt so very uncomfortable at first, but as always, your insight and intuition led us through it and down into the deeper meaning of being captivated and surrendering to the present moment. And now I find myself wondering about the different between being captivated by and being held captive. And all of the nuances of these words and ways of being. Deep, juicy, beautiful, Jenna. ❤️
Thank you, Liz! ❤️❤️❤️ I was so uncomfortable about this at first too. I had several moments of thinking I might just draw a different card. But I know in my soul that Spirit speaks through these cards and this is what was meant to come up this week. I'm so glad it ended on something that felt juicy!
This gave me a chance to rethink some of my think. “Yeah. Once I’m on the plane and in my seat, everything that happens from that point forward is beyond my control. None of the decisions are up to me. It’s a total moment of surrender. And that feels really relaxing to me.”
Oh gosh, it really made me rethink some things too! I'm not sure that I'm quite at the point of being able to surrender all my worrying and control freak thoughts when I'm actually on a plane, but this gives me a framework to shoot for anyway.
Hello Jenna, what an interesting combination this week. I had to read your heading a couple of times first to ensure I read the word Slave right! Slave...Oh to be a slave of my thoughts, to be a slave in an old old relationship that didn't work, to be a slave of a job that I needed an accident to get out of, to be a slave of the should have and should be's.
FREEDOM...
FREEDOM = EQUALITY I wonder if that is at all possible. For all of us to be free we can all feel equal, we can all be treated equally, we can all stand tall on the same side of the road together??? I pray for that.
The Page of Wands was a lovely card to read following this...The innocence and the power together. The acceptance of a gift of divine light in a desert where all around is barren sand. Where the pyramids of kings and power and wealth and ancient lore are behind the Page. This card highlights for me something significant - In the emptiness of the landscape there is such power and beauty in the wand. Sometimes we see our landscape inner or outer as bland, as though there is nothing, and yet there is a WAND there somewhere, we only need to have the eyes of the Page to see it and accept it. Thank you Jenna.
This is so beautiful, Sam! I love your take on the Page. 💖 I've been thinking a lot about the word freedom this week too. I wonder if it can even really be defined because I think it might mean something different to each of us. I also think, for me anyway, that freedom isn't an objective thing, but that I view freedom as freedom FROM something.
I resonate with what you say "freedom from something." And then at the same time, when I am floating in the ocean, for example, I feel so free. When I am sitting on a particular rock and I look out at the unlimited horizon in front of me, I feel so free. For me, it is both...something that Mother Nature provides and something that I free myself from.
Thank you dear one for this conversation and for your post this week. I am choosing FREEDOM within so that my inner cells and breathe out. Blessings to you 🙏
This is a big one for people in recovery, acceptance of things we cannot change, and of what the divine wheel brings forth and takes away in its endless cycle. Freedom comes when we can practice that radical acceptance... Thanks Jenna!
Yes! Surrendering to the point where we are not the ones in the pilot seat and we can let go of the controls. When we do the magic can truly happen, we are not the conductor of the light, we are the receiver of all that is due to us. We can sit back and watch the light show and then bathe in the bliss that surrounds us. Let the fireworks commence. xx
Another interesting pair.... I was imagining if the PofW and the Slave sat down and had a conversation, what would be said? If it was the Knight, I am sure it would arrive in a blaze and free the slave from its bonds. At times one needs to be rescued physically. If it is internally, then it’s a wakeup call or a intervention. But this is the Page. So, I would picture the page radiating curiosity, passion, wonder, creativity. Seeing someone in a slave mindset, s/he/they would say something like, "be curious, interested in your fears and thought patterns. You don't have to like them, but make them your ally, so they are not happening under the radar. Resulting in an unexamined reaction of cowering or believing the thoughts that aren't even true." To me this is learning to not become the reaction and the thoughts, but to create enough distance so we learn not to take this personally. Not as a disassociation, this is about not being a slave to our own inner patterns. This is why curiosity is so important, being passionate about how we relate with ourselves and the world.
Hi Jenna, Emily again,
I can really identify with what captures and captivates us. I have a long list of what has captured me over the years and some stories about freedom from those particular bonds. When I think about what captivates me, I think about longing (or, I think, what you call here passion). I used to believe that longing would get in the way at best and be dangerous at worst. However, now I look at my longings and desires as the source of wisdom, places of transformation, and the root of myself. I like the word "captivate" in this conversation, and will ponder it as it comes up around my desires. Thank you again for this!
Oooof this is giving me a lot of food for thought and is definitely one I’ll need to sit with and integrate this week…
The Slave is giving me Devil vibes and is leading me into thinking about how I have a tendency to be tethered to my thoughts and almost drown myself in them, but in an addictive “can’t stop myself” way.
However I’ve also been pulling the Page of Wands so much lately (at least once a week!) so this is also a beautiful reflection for me and I love your interpretation of it.
I think this card brings such a lightness to all of this, and the idea of being captivated by something, rather than absorbed into it or tethered by/to it, feels so freeing.
Thank you 🤍
Thank you so much, Kerry! 🤗❤️ I love that you connected the Slave and the Devil...that feels exactly right to me. I've often thought of the Devil in reverse as pointing us to the ways we say "no" to life and "yes" to what keeps us chained. That really is the shadow Slave! And for some reason I can't quite put my finger on, the Devil feels like it has less potential for victim shaming than the shadow Slave so I like this a lot better. Thank you for that insight!
Omg. I was also super worried about the slave and the page. I felt so very uncomfortable at first, but as always, your insight and intuition led us through it and down into the deeper meaning of being captivated and surrendering to the present moment. And now I find myself wondering about the different between being captivated by and being held captive. And all of the nuances of these words and ways of being. Deep, juicy, beautiful, Jenna. ❤️
Thank you, Liz! ❤️❤️❤️ I was so uncomfortable about this at first too. I had several moments of thinking I might just draw a different card. But I know in my soul that Spirit speaks through these cards and this is what was meant to come up this week. I'm so glad it ended on something that felt juicy!
This gave me a chance to rethink some of my think. “Yeah. Once I’m on the plane and in my seat, everything that happens from that point forward is beyond my control. None of the decisions are up to me. It’s a total moment of surrender. And that feels really relaxing to me.”
Oh gosh, it really made me rethink some things too! I'm not sure that I'm quite at the point of being able to surrender all my worrying and control freak thoughts when I'm actually on a plane, but this gives me a framework to shoot for anyway.
Truly, just being on a PLANE and FLYING is definitely a control freak thing!
Agreed! 1000%!
Hello Jenna, what an interesting combination this week. I had to read your heading a couple of times first to ensure I read the word Slave right! Slave...Oh to be a slave of my thoughts, to be a slave in an old old relationship that didn't work, to be a slave of a job that I needed an accident to get out of, to be a slave of the should have and should be's.
FREEDOM...
FREEDOM = EQUALITY I wonder if that is at all possible. For all of us to be free we can all feel equal, we can all be treated equally, we can all stand tall on the same side of the road together??? I pray for that.
The Page of Wands was a lovely card to read following this...The innocence and the power together. The acceptance of a gift of divine light in a desert where all around is barren sand. Where the pyramids of kings and power and wealth and ancient lore are behind the Page. This card highlights for me something significant - In the emptiness of the landscape there is such power and beauty in the wand. Sometimes we see our landscape inner or outer as bland, as though there is nothing, and yet there is a WAND there somewhere, we only need to have the eyes of the Page to see it and accept it. Thank you Jenna.
This is so beautiful, Sam! I love your take on the Page. 💖 I've been thinking a lot about the word freedom this week too. I wonder if it can even really be defined because I think it might mean something different to each of us. I also think, for me anyway, that freedom isn't an objective thing, but that I view freedom as freedom FROM something.
I resonate with what you say "freedom from something." And then at the same time, when I am floating in the ocean, for example, I feel so free. When I am sitting on a particular rock and I look out at the unlimited horizon in front of me, I feel so free. For me, it is both...something that Mother Nature provides and something that I free myself from.
Thank you dear one for this conversation and for your post this week. I am choosing FREEDOM within so that my inner cells and breathe out. Blessings to you 🙏