THE DEAD END REIMAGINED
Advice for new beginnings (from my oracle cards)
I spent one Sunday afternoon doing an oracle card reading with The Wild Unknown Archetypes deck, created by Kim Krans.
The last card in the spread was to represent 'The Way Out’ of the situation I was looking for clarity on. And for this, I pulled out none other than ‘The Dead End’.
"Greeaaaat" I thought. There is no way out of this one. It is over, for good.
However, Krans' description of The Dead End archetype (also known as The Closed Door or The Final Chapter) was not about being stuck or halted or finished, as I had originally expected it to represent.
Instead, this deck encourages us to consider The Dead End as a force that doesn't stop us completely, but instead just shifts our course, preventing us from moving forward as planned.
The Dead End card's description asks you to contemplate that in stories, our protagonists' lives only really get interesting when they meet a wall or a block in their metaphorical path. What makes their story exciting is that they have to find a new way to progress. A different, unexpected yet thrilling route ahead.
So what if we chose to see our ‘dead ends’ differently? What if we instead decided to look at them all as new beginnings?
Many things have come to a halt, pretty unexpectedly, over the last 6 months. You could argue that this year has been one big mess of a dead end. Most of us have struggled to progress under these circumstances, myself included.
Try to use this card as an inspiration to look differently at whatever ending you have been experiencing lately. Instead of attempting to hold on to what was, instead of resisting the changes in your path, are you able to see the dead end you face as a doorway to a new beginning? Albeit, one you had not planned to walk through.
Allow Krans' description of The Dead End to unearth boundless possibilities for your next steps.
Because we've all heard the saying ‘when one door closes, another door opens’, right?
This week’s recs
Whether you are building a yoga community, nurturing your relationships with new students or just going about your daily life, talking to strangers can be surprisingly beneficial. This article describes how the conversations with people we don't yet know can create a sense of belonging you never would have predicted.
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I've always been a sensitive person. I spent years dividing this aspect of myself into 'good' traits (empathetic, gives better than subpar advice, can read the room) and 'bad' traits (cares way too much about what others think, assumes judgement always, wells up easily). This article, and the tips it provides, inspired me to start thinking outside of that duality. Encouraging instead a mindset of accepting my sensitive self, just as I am.
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