So way back in December 2021, I attended a workshop that centred around looking ahead to 2022 and what it might hold for me. This is technically my fourth post about but this is the final one as I will be writing about the last few months of 2022 and looking at the year as a whole.
Just like the other reviews of this year, I pulled a card for the energy of each month, and then a second one about the resources or obstacles that might pop up in that month. Just reading my notes for each card has had me shaking my head in disbelief because they have been so accurate and I pulled them at the end of December 2021.
For the energy of October, I pulled the Eight of Challenges. With this card, I feel like it was saying that I might want to hide away from the truth, from past hurts. I feel like it was implying that I was wanting to hide away from the truth.
To a certain extent, I feel I may have done this, particularly when I don't want to feel like I'm letting anyone down because I have other things I do at the same time.
I don't like to let anyone down so I try to avoid hurting people that way. Something particular happened in October where I wasn't there for a close friend when they might have needed me but instead, I slept all day with my dodgy sleep pattern that rears its head on a regular basis. I feel bad that I wasn't there when I might have been needed. It's important that I move forward without hiding these hurts and be more open and honest with others because it's only holding me back.
For the resources/obstacles of October, I pulled The Forge. This was rather interesting because it was all about not fighting this transformational time. It was all about transforming my dislike of potentially hurting people in some way. And transformation isn't always a bad thing - if anything, it's good. It's like the seasons: spring transforms into summer, summer transforms into autumn, autumn then transforms into winter, and then winter transforms into spring where the cycle starts all over again. Change is all around no matter what is happening because it is natural.
I needed to change how I dealt with potentially having to let people down. If I can't do something, I have to be honest and say something rather than stewing and delaying the transformation that is possible.
I think this happened but I don't like to be too forward about what is happening within.
For November's energy, I pulled Strength. With this card, I fel like I was being invited to allow others to find strength in me. I have needed to lean on others for support in the past so I know what it means to need support and not receive it. It was during this particular month that I really wanted to hold space for the people around me who allowed me to lean on them and let them lean on me.
To me, any relationship is made better by equal give-and-take, so to know that in the past I have possibly taken more than I've given, I wanted to return the favour and re-balance my relationships. I needed to support those who have supported me and I feel like I did this, especially for those who have experienced a huge life-event.
I knew that I needed to be strong for my friends and there if they needed me.
For November's resources/obstacles, I pulled The Wisewoman. With this card, it very much felt like I had choices to make, regarding the paths that were open to me. I needed to seek the advice of others to make this decision but ultimately it was my decision to make. It was also important that I followed my intuition with this choice and that I went in the direction I felt pulled to or called by.
I don't feel like it was necessarily about choosing between a "light" path and a "dark" path, because we can't have one without the other. We have to allow the light to illuminate the dark so that we can truly appreciate the light that we do have.
I feel like I did this with how I want to move forward, learning how I can help others and serve them in this way.
I know that there is more for me to learn and I'm really excited what the future holds for me.
For December's energy, I pulled the Ace of Boons. With this card, I feel like it was all about whether or not I wanted to take an opportunity that utilised my gifts in a way that allowed me to help others more. I feel like this card was offering me an opportunity but that the choice is ultimately mine whether I take the gift on offer or whether I walk away from it.
Apart from the ring, the oak leaves really caught my attention and I feel like the message from them was saying that the gift was a greater sense of wisdom. Alongside this, I feel like I was given the opportunity to discoveer who it is I am meant to be as well as that the universe is watching every move I make so that it can assist me where necessary.
Oak is also associated with truth and bravery, courage, consistency, confidence, and the ability to overcome all odds.
For December's resources/obstacles, I pulled the Seven of Challenges. I feel like this card is more of an obstacle than a resource, that it came more as a warning that there may be people who want to upset how my life is and where my life is heading.
But armed with this knowledge, I could protect myself and stop the actions of others from disrupting my life.
This is something that I've been working on - not allowing others to disrupt my life anymore than it has to be disrupted. Keeping hold of my own peace but not allowing anyone to take away what is important to me.
I've also been working on my boundaries and not letting anyone overstep them. I'm no longer willing to be taken advantage of so anyone who tries to will end up being cut from my life regardless of who they are.
I also pulled a card for the overall theme of 2022, which was the Three of Spells. This card really stumped me so I had to pull a clarifier card. Once I put the two cards together, the phrase, "Manifest through Gratitude" came to me.
The energy of the Three of Spells is very much about senging wishes, dreams and spells out into the Universe for the Universe to bring into reality. This is more than just tossing a coin into the Wishing Well of life (that's another card completely), because it's also about taking the actions that will allow my dreams and goals to be made manifest in my life.
I don't talk about what it is that I want to do because I don't want to stop or delay their manifestation by sharing with others. But what I'm now realising is that maybe I was telling the wrong people about my dreams in the past. This would explain a lot that happened back then.
Because the Three of Spells confused me, I had to pull a clarifier card and I got the Four of Visions.
This card makes me think about how I used to think, which was very negatively. I wasn't able to see the positives or beauty that surrounded me because I was always focused on what I didn't have.
But there was still the opportunity to expand my viewpoint. This is something that I did in December of 2021 although I didn't recognise this until partway through 2022.
I changed my mentality, my perspective of life and this had a general knock-on effect that I wasn't expecting. I became more positive about situations and was better able to actually achieve things I set my heart and mind on achieving and making manifest in my life. So by focusing on the positives, I have more positivity and this has really made a difference to my whole life.
So all in all, 2022 was very full of lessons and knowledge that I needed to learn and I am grateful for every experience within the last 12 months. I'm looking forward to 2023 holding even more lessons and knowledge, and continuing along my path.
I hope this inspires you to look back on the previous year and how you can move forward with each month. Look back to learn and look forward to put your newly-gained knowledge to good use.
Peace and love to all!!
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