September 2020
Tend to the seeds of your inner abundance.
The month of August brought us an Ace of Pentacles that invited us to commit to moving through the world in a whole new way. We were asked to ground in our intuition and soul knowledge more profoundly than we have before. August asked us to get more acquainted with ourselves: to take stock of who we are in the present, the changes we’ve undergone that have made us who we are becoming, and to evaluate where we are going and what we have to offer. The Ace of Pentacles work of August brought us a new intimacy of self that allowed us to see ourselves more clearly and to meet ourselves with greater compassion. We were invited to lend ourselves the grace of what it is to imagine our lives as abundant rather than accepting the depressed scarcity of the status quo.
September, again, brings us Ace of Pentacles, but with an added urgency to look at how to we tend to the insights of August. We turned the corner and took the first step. We planted the seed. We saw ourselves in a whole new way and committed to moving and prioritizing differently; now we are being asked to get clear about how we nurture these intentions—to get clear about how we can make them a reality in the material world around us. Make a plan to do the work. Where we were asked to distinguish what is ours to cultivate and nourish, we are now being asked to realize how we can harvest the fruits of these new intentions. Now is the time we grow our intimacy with the actions necessary to caretake ourselves, our life’s work, and those around us. In September, we fully step into this work: we learn to fertilize, to cultivate, to lay the foundational soil that will support a lifetime of growth. That which we have to give needs tending. Reaping the abundance of the gifts of our work is a process that happens throughout our lifetime. What role do you play in the community garden of our shared lives? What fertilizer and care can you offer to your own vegetable patch that will help to feed everyone at the table? The work truly is abundant—now is the time to grow our capacity to foster this abundance in ourselves and for others. Dedicate yourself to this cultivation; nurture yourself and those around you. Sustained work leads to sustainable abundance in which everyone benefits.
“Apparition: A Spirit Speak Tarot Deck” by Mary Elizabeth Evans