Wisdom from Mistakes
In order to remain positive when things don’t go so well, we need to understand that mistakes are our best teachers! We all stumble and fall, and when we fall we’re finally challenged to listen to the subtle inner voice that I call “The Whisperer”.
Your inner voice or intuitive guide absolutely requires your unfailing trust to keep you safe on your journey! When you do not listen to your intuitive guide, you might hear this little voice say, “You shouldn’t have done that, you knew it wouldn’t work out”!
The Major Arcana
The Major Arcana are the “Trump Cards” and relate to a significant event that you will experience and assigned with a numerical number. These numbers are associated with the process of growth and evolution you will experience on your journey.
The Trump Cards are related to a “Secret Mystery” that you’ll discover on your journey of personal development through trial and error.
The Major Arcana cards are the destiny cards, each depicting the rapturous joys and doleful sorrows that every man and woman comes to know throughout life’s long course of fortunes and losses.
The Destiny Cards teach basic life lessons through your instructive journey that will test your strengths, values and weaknesses so you will achieve the next level of growth.
You will gain wisdom from the mistakes you will make and these mistakes will make you a stronger person.
Examples of Wisdom from Mistakes Made
#8 Strength: The path of developing inner strength. Strength is associated with using your courage and inner strength to face something unpleasant.
You will face your fears (the beast that roars at you) so it does not devour you, but you will also use your inner strength to face someone who thinks they can push you around.
Numerical number 8: The number 8 is related to using your inner strength and power to achieve personal goals. This will be the time when you are able to see the bigger picture because you have the courage to ride the wave to success, or you have the courage to pull away and find a new wave to ride.
Do you hold back and stay in your comfort zone because you fear making a mistake? In order to leave your comfort zone, you need to look at making mistakes and failing differently!
Fear of making a mistake is normal, just don’t let your fears devour you. Facing your fears is what really matters!
The lesson to be learned comes from the Strength card. Do not allow fear and doubt to control you because it will steal your dreams, or do not let other people push you around and get the best of you!
#7 The Chariot: The path of courage to master emotional control. The Charioteer will resolve his emotional conflict to balance his conflicting emotions and find his direction.
He will take the reins of the chariot in his hands and put the flames out on a difficult emotional situation that is slowing him down.
Numerical number 7: The number 7 is related to a test (the inner emotional conflict).
You will learn NOT to mow down the people who get in your way, rather, you will learn how to sort out your options to win, or repair a relationship, or end it entirely.
Do you get upset when something is not going your way and burn your bridges? When your emotions reach a boiling point, you need to sort out your conflicting emotions. It’s not a good idea to burn your bridges and shoot yourself in the foot because it will only hurt you!
The lesson to be learned comes from the Chariot card. When you burn a bridge, you will limit your opportunities and isolate yourself from other people and you might not be able to go back and cross that bridge again at a later date.
#2 The High Priestess: The path of listening to your higher-self, intuition, hunches, dreams, gut feelings, prayers and mediations.
The High Priestess is your higher-self (the whisperer) and absolutely needs your unfailing trust to protect you on your journey!
Numerical number 2: The number 2 is related to making a choice. Making the right choice is not easy, but making the wrong choice could result in a karmic situation or troubled times.
The number 2 is related to the time when you are pulled in 2 different directions. You are asked to wait for the divine moment when you get a thumbs up from your higher-self to make the right decision to stay out troubled times!
Do you quit something because it’s ‘too hard’ or does the experience make you feel too uncomfortable?
When you feel uncomfortable and too sensitive, your intuition is sending you a message that something is wrong!
The lesson to be learned comes from the High Priestess card. When your intuition is sending you red flags, you need to ask yourself why! Do you need to leave a job, relationship, or leave something that is not working?
#11 Justice: The path of personal accountability and responsibility. Justice is associated with the scales of balance and the time when a karmic experience has been fulfilled, or the time when someone is about to face consequences.
Numerical number 11. The number 11 is related to insight, or the time when you are looking for the truth, or the time when you will experience a revelation of a secret, or experience a karmic experience (the universal law of cause and effect).
Justice is enumerated 11 and associated with the Master Teacher who balances karmic situations. The number 11 = 2 and represents making the right choice, which is not easy to do, but making the wrong choice could result in troubled times.
The number 2 is associated with the time when you are pulled in 2 different directions. You are asked to wait for the divine moment when you get a thumbs up from your higher-self to make the right decision to stay out troubled times!
Do you blame other people when you make a mistake, or do you cover up your mistake because you are not willing to take the fall? When you cover up your mistake instead of owning up to it, you are not accountable. Your cover up will come back and bite you at a later date!
The lesson to be learned comes from the Justice card. You are not crafty enough to pull the wool over someone’s eyes because someone is always watching who is craftier than you are!
#15 The Devil: The path of self-indulgence, temptation and addiction. The Devil is associated with the celebrity of ambition and control.
The Devil will entice you to do things you normally would not do, possibly luring the down the wrong road. You might get stuck in the sticky web and experience a bumpy ride because you did not think something through.
Numerical number 15. The number 15 is related to getting stuck in a situation that is not good for you.
The Devil is enumerated 15 and consists of the numbers: 1 (a new beginning) + 5 (the unpredictable lifestyle change) = 6 (making a heartfelt decision to connect with the right relationship, or to reconcile a situation and restore harmony).
Do you watch others make mistakes and gossip about them? We all seem to end up in a pleasure pit and gossip because we want to build a social bond with others to feel closer, but gossiping might backfire on you at a later date because people always love to talk.
The lesson to be learned comes from the Devil card. Our appetite to gossip is addictive! Do you remember this one? “Don’t say a word to anyone about this”! What happened later?
#9 The Hermit: The path of isolation and solitude to develop something new or to complete what you started, or the time to walk alone to figure something out.
The Hermit needs to analyze a personal crisis to find resolution and will withdraw from a situation to figure something out. He needs to walk alone, meditate and connect with his inner-light. Though his meditative journey, he will connect to the light of wisdom and resolve an existing problem.
Numerical number 9. The number 9 is related to completion. You will move forwards to complete what you need to do in order to understand your situation. You are at the end of a cycle and the time of transition when you need to clear the deck and do whatever it takes to prepare for a new cycle.
Do you live with regrets because of your mistakes, or did your fears stop you from reaching out to achieve your highest potential?
When you looked back at a painful moment, did you see yourself walking alone and stuck in regrets, disconnected, and isolated?
The lesson to be learned comes from the Hermit card. Sometimes we need to change our attitude to see our accomplishments and the distance we have traveled! Regrets become frightful memories when you let your mind wander in the wrong direction.
#0 The Fool: The path of leaping into unknown territories. The Fool will take a risk to experience something new and different.
Numerical number 0: The number 0 is related to the beginning point of your journey.
You are ready to experience something new and leave all limitations because you trust a higher power.
Sometimes, nothing is what it seems to be! Can one mistake change the destiny of your life?
You need to live your dreams and the only way to live your dreams is to take risks.
The lesson to be learned comes from the Fool card.
Happiness is always under your feet and you should not have regrets about the path that did not work out because rejection is your divine protection.
Take a new risk and experience something new and don’t put your dreams on hold!
#18 The Moon: The path of illusion, fear, lies, confusion and mystery. The Moon brings you into the time when you need to sift out all the illusions from the facts when dealing with misleading people or when dealing with a confusing situation.
You need to ask yourself if your mind is tricking you, or if you are dealing with someone who is tricking you and telling fluffy white lies.
Numerical number 18. The number 18 is related to falling for a sob story, or getting tricked by someone, or making someone’s problem your problem and carrying their baggage around and experiencing hardships and learning lessons.
The Moon is enumerated 18 and consists of the numbers: 1 (a new beginning) + 8 (the power to make changes to achieve personal goals) = 9 (clearing the deck and doing whatever it takes to prepare for a new cycle).
Did your experience teach you something about yourself that you needed to work on, or did your experience teach you something about someone else? You always need to do your homework before you leap into something. You probably thought homework was just for students, but guess again, it applies to everything you do!
The lesson to be learned comes from the Moon card. When something does not feel right, it probably isn’t right for you. You will save yourself a lot of grief if you listen to your intuition because you won’t engage in something that isn’t right for you and get hurt!
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