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When the Six of Cups appears reversed, there may be memories that you are blocking.  You may be choosing to only remember the bad parts of your past, and overlooking the good memories.  Or, it may be that your memories are too painful and you are blocking them.  Though it might hurt, letting those memories flow through you may help you in your current situation.  You may be ignoring the kindness someone is trying to share with you or refusing to be kind to someone.  Ask yourself why you have such resistance to letting this person in.  This card can also indicate immaturity.  You may be acting childish in order to avoid an unpleasant situation.  Finally, this card could be a reminder for you to lighten up, stop taking life so seriously.  Let your playful side out!  So, for today only, let “kindness” be your guiding word.  When you let your happiness flow through gentle, friendly interactions with others, that happiness multiplies in the world and will keep coming back to you.  So, reach out to someone from your heart today.  Even the smallest gesture of kindness could make a big difference to them.

The Nine of Cups is a card indicating satisfaction, of wishes coming true and of feeling “on top of the world”.  In fact, you are likely feeling really good about now, or you are going to be feeling good very soon. This is a lovely card, known as Lord of Happiness. It talks about a sense of inner fulfillment and bliss, which radiates outward to touch everybody with whom you come into contact. At a spiritual level, we’re talking about inner harmony, contentment and tranquility – an appreciation of the High Powers, feeling at one with the Universe. This feeling leads to feeling that we are blessed by life. On an everyday level, the card will often come up to mark periods of high achievement, and the resulting sense of pleasure and satisfaction. It will also come up to acknowledge joy and happiness in an emotional relationship. When this card appears, it’s important to make the time to simply enjoy your own feelings, to revel in your sense of calmness and joy.

Matters of security and control are center stage today.  You have reached a point where you feel secure wit your resources, bu you don’t want to chance anything.  You are holding on tight to what you have and refusing to move from your position of control.  You may be protecting your money, your job, your time, your home and possessions, or your material body.  While a sense of security is to be valued, change is also necessary for us to develop.  When you let loose and go with the flow, whether by taking a chance with your money, letting someone else be in charge, or clearing out the unused clutter in your home, you are creating an opportunity to learn, grow and acquire more.  This card indicates that you have a firm foundation.  At this time, sitting firmly may be exactly the right thing to do.  As you move into the future you will have to decide whether you’d like to stay where you are or use your foundation to continue building.

This card might come up when you are denying your inner voice telling you there is something to worry about.  You are acting like everything is fine, but deep inside you have doubts you ought to address.  You may be putting on a brave face when secretly you are afraid.  Or, this card may come up when your fears or nightmares have become seriously disruptive in your life, like when you’ve developed a phobia (irrational fear) or have become insomniac.  This card can also come up once you’ve finally done something about the fear, yet still worry about your feelings.  Perhaps you have told someone what you are afraid of, or wrote about your worries in your journal.  Confessing your fear has freed you from it to some degree.  It might be therapeutic for you to work with your fears and nightmares — write them down, analyze where they come from, peel away the layers to learn about yourself and grow.  So, for today only, it’s time to start getting to the roots of your worry.  There is something you’ve been pushing down or trying to ignore, but it’s not working for you anymore.  Your worries creep in when you’re trying to sleep, disrupt your appetite, create so much noise in your mind.  A good way to start facing what’s bothering you is to write it down.  From there, you can decide if there’s something you can do about it, or choose to just let it go.