JULY TAROT WELLNESSCOPES
Cancer- Ten of Swords
This month try not to let the little things that may go awry get the best of you. Understand your triggers so you can aptly be prepared to handle them. The Ten of Swords can sometimes also let us know when we are at our breaking point. When we have let all those little things pile up for too long, without taking the time to pause and reflect. This month, make sure if something is bothering you or upsets you, you take the time to understand the root cause, so you can nip it in the bud. That way you won't feel mentally overwhelmed and locked in by those overactive thoughts. The Ten of Swords can also be a gentle reminder of constructive critiscism-- don't get caught up in your thoughts creating to constantly feel sorry for yourself. Remember, you have the power to shift your mood and overcome your obstacles.
Movement- Tai Chi- this will help you get into the flow and move with life. It will help you to understand your energies and how to presently engage instead of blindly reacting.
Food: Hibiscus Tea-- Hibiscus Tea is a tasty beverage but also has copious amounts of health benefits. One of the main benefits is it helps to reduce stress and fights free-radicals. It is also a natural anti-depressant that can lift your mood. Drinking this tea (hot or iced) throughout the month will help you overcome the little snags or triggers that may cause you to feel down.
Leo- Page of Cups
This month is all about focusing on finding and speaking your highest truth. How can you connect more deeply with your voice, especially in regards to your emotions? The page is urging you to open up your throat to act as a channel to clearly communicate your needs and desires. The Pages, the youngest of the court cards, also urge you to be more playful in your approach. How can you use your imagination to gain a deeper understanding of your emotions? What fills your cup and how can you joyfully express that to the world? Don't be afraid to explore your feelings and your voice in an imaginative way this month. Implementing this kind of approach will bring levity and a freedom to allow your emotions to flow more effortlessly.
Movement: Camel Pose-- This pose will help you to lift up your throat and gently open your heart and throat chakra so you can more bravely speak your truth. It stimulates your organs, stretches your entire front body, relieves stress, and helps to get in touch with your deep-seated emotions.
Food: Ginger-- Ginger is an amazing relaxant for the throat, it is an antibacterial, anti-parasitic and ideal for stress assistance. Ginger also aids in speaking your truth, it releases any tension of feeling stifled or forced to hold back your feelings. Use ginger throughout the month help you speak your truth.
Virgo- Queen of Wands
This month is all about standing in your power. Now is the time to shine and harness your inner confidence. Trust in your unique abilities and do not be afraid to show them to the world. The Queen of Wands is able to temper fire (wands suit) and water (Queens suit) because she is self-assured and understands that her passions and emotions drive her equally. Take a cue from the Queen of Wands this month and focus where you can outwardly let your qualities and projects shine. Think of a sunflower standing gloriously in the light and channel that radiant energy. The Queen of Wands reminds us that we have our own unique gifts to offer the world-- how can you let yours shine this month?
Movement: Cycling (preferably outside)-- This exercise outside will allow you to bask in the glory of the sun. You can feel the wind in your hair and the warmth on your skin. It encourages you to tap into your inner power to help you stay coordinated while focusing on many things to keep the bike moving. Often, you also keep your head and chest up high, radiating a sense of confidence and a healthy self esteem.
Food: Oranges-- They are liquid sunshine and encourage to harness that sun energy. Not only are they chalked full of Vitamin C and other anti-oxidants, they instantly boost your mood and help you to stand in your power. Eat a few oranges a day to notice the full effects.
Libra - Knight of Wands
This month is GO time Libra. Knights ruling air (mental) and wands ruling fire (passion) there is no putting out your flame. The knight is urging you to move swiftly in following your passions. How can you use your mental space-- words and thoughts to create firey projects. How can you keep your internal spark going to more deeply connect you to your purpose? Focus on using your thoughts and putting them into action and to illuminate areas in your life. Remember not to be too reckless with this energy, you don't want to get burnt out!
Movement: Sprints (running, biking, rowing etc) This exercise get your blood pumping and your body moving. It encourages you to harness the fire and wind energy and chase, literally, after your dreams. Sprints provide you with bursts of energy, but the pause in between each one allows you to reflect to make sure the next continue on course.
Food: Tomato- Tomatoes are sweet and sour, opposites that complement one another, similar to fire and air. If eaten at the right time, tomatoes and juicy, sweet and indulgent and hit the spot. Just like if fire and air are balanced, your thoughts can bring your passions to life. Tomatoes actually contain a high amount of vitamin C, they are antiviral and anti-bacterial. They stop the growth of tumors and cysts. Eat tomatoes to fill your body with energy and anti-oxidants to keep your system healthy while you charge through this month.
Scorpio- Seven of Cups
Since we are in Cancer season, which is full of watery tides, you, Scorpio also as a water sign, need to be very aware of your feelings. Not only taking into account the ebs and flows in your day to day life, but what activities, places and people help to fill your cup? Sometimes there can be array of opportunities that come our way, but which ones really fill you up and fulfill you? You do not always have to make a decision right away, but be sure when you do, to go with your intuition to create the most gratification. This month try to weed through what comes your way, only picking the ones that truly speak to the depths of your spirit.
Movement: Swimming-- This activity will help you to flow with the currents this month. And flowing with the currents will help you tap into your intuition and to more deeply understand your emotions. When we are checked in with ourselves, we can more easily dissect situations and choose opportunities that align with our highest best. Not to mention, swimming is a great work out as well!
Food: Cucumber water-- It is nourishing, hydrating and reminds you to continue to tap into your watery energy. Cucumbers also remind us that outside appearances are not always showing the full depth of the picture. This urges you to look deeper and beyond the surface before making any decisions. Cucumbers teach us to look deep inside ourselves for the answers we are looking for.
Sagittarius- Ten of Pentacles
The Ten of Pentacles is all about reflecting and standing in abundant gratitude. It is a time to allow yourself to recognize how far you have come and to understand all the efforts, and people who have helped you along the way. For without our ancestors and people who have come before us, we would not be here. Since this card is reversed, how can you openly revel in this abundance? How can you attract and welcome you
Movement: Gratitude Meditation-- Doing a meditation that focuses on gratitude will help to create more abundance in your life. Tapping into a gratitude mindset is one of the best ways to shift your perspective and see life in a new way. A recommended question to meditate on is "what am I grateful for?". As you ask yourself this question, just let whatever thoughts, ideas, images arise and then release them. Continue focusing on this question for the entirety of your meditation. Once finished, notice how fulfilled and refreshed you feel. The more you do this, the more you will realize how much bountiful energy is overflowing in your life.
Food: Strawberries-- Strawberries are a juicy and sweet treat. The red color represents passion and reminds us of the sweet goodness in the simplicities that life has to offer. They are also packed full of nutrients and anti-oxidants that help repair and boost the body.
Capricorn- King of Wands
This month is all about honing and honor your personal power. A double fire sign, this card is oozing passion, creativity, and the ultimate flow of the universal life force energy. How can you step more bravely into your power? How can you firmly and effectively continue on your personal path to confidently achieve your goals? The King of Wands does not waiver, he does not question, he knows with every ounce of his being who he is. He outwardly lets his gifts and confidence radiate. Where in your life can you emulate this energy? What projects and passions embolden you to hone your personal power?
Movement: Rowing-- This exercise helps you to energetically pull your power back to you and then push it outward. It is propelling you forward through the use of your own power (strength, body, mental abilities). Each time you stick an oar in the water and pull it back towards you, envision grabbing your confidence and filling yourself up with it. If you do this on a rowing machine, it is a similar push and pull motion and still evokes the same effect. Once you are filled up, radiate this energy out into the world to manifest your desires and passions.
Food: Celery Juice-- This is one of the most alkalizing juices you can drink. It is also full of electrolytes so it replenishes your body after stressful experiences. Celery helps to release any fear that we are holding on to, especially in our guts. Thus, encouraging us to shed any doubts so we can step fully into our own light.
Aquarius- Three of Pentacles
This month is all about teamwork. Where in your life can you work with others to achieve tangible goals? Feel like you still haven't met the right crew, this is the month! Use the energy of the Pentacles as building blocks to help you ground and attract the right elements, people, funds, etc to bring your dreams to life. The number three is all about creating a strong foundation to build upon. The pentacles suit is focusing on the physical and earthly realm, encouraging balanced and aligned energy. Do not be afraid to ask for help this month. Sometimes we think we need to do it all, but often the best work can come through the meeting of like-minded individuals.
Movement: Tennis-- This sport is a great reminder that working in a team can produce fun and effective results. Playing doubles in tennis encourages teamwork and allows you to feed off of the energy of your partner. The back and forth of the ball over the net in tennis can also encourage you to engage in back and forth conversation with your team to flush out ideas and build lasting results.
Food: Lemons and/or Limes-- These citrus fruits actually have thorns on their branches to protect themselves. This form of self-protection is making sure only the most careful and deserving pick the fruit. This can be the same for working with a team-- some people, or even you, may have your guard up, thinking that you do not need help. What the lemons and limes remind us though, is that the best way to build teamwork and working relationships is to have an open mind to create a symbiosis to build fruitful projects.
Pisces- The Devil Rx
This is the month to unchain from your box of doubts, fears, mental patterns, and behaviors. You have come so far in your personal growth and now is the time to unlock the chains and step free. Stepping away from our stuff can be scary and overwhelming at times, for it is all we have known. But allowing ourselves to break free into the beautiful unknown holds so much wonderful promise. What can you release this month that is no longer serving you? How can you make the conscious decision to let go and open up to something new? Take the leap and watch the magic happen.
Movement: Stairs-- This movement is great for the Devil Rx energy. It keeps you climbing or ascending, coming closer to your higher self and your truth. It is challenging, but empowering and leads you to new heights. Once at the top you can see the world from a new view. Much like when we shift our perspective or raise our consciousness-- we gain a whole new insight to ourselves and the universe.
Food: Grapes-- Grapes help to lift our spirits when we are feeling down or are lacking the motivation to continue forward. They encourage you to have a jovial outlook on life and help you to become braver to allow transformation to occur. They are an amazing liver food, detoxing and ridding your body of any toxins (physically and energetically). Eat them throughout the month to help you overcome any challenges you are faced with.
Aries- New Moon
This month is all about planting seeds and working on new ventures. Now is the time to work on those projects you have always wanted to start. Set the intention and get the wheels in motion. Remember firey Aries, this is a time of planting and nurturing, not harvesting. Take all month to bury your seeds and water them so they can start to germinate in the coming months. Be sure to really be mindful with your intentions so your dreams can grow into strong, beautiful projects. Harness this new moon energy-- a time for new beginnings and inspiration.
Movement: Burpees-- This movement keeps you in one spot while having you jump up and then come back to the earth with a push-up. This motion is a lot like planting and gardening. The up and down movement of digging and putting your body movement into creating space to plant or bury seeds can be channeled as you perform this exercise.
Food: Coconut-- Coconuts magnify anything they touch. They enhance the power and energies of whatever they are paired with. They are an incredibly healing food and coconut water is extremely similar to human blood. The fact that coconuts have similar characteristics to the human body, help to more easily assimilate and produce more powerful results. Eating coconuts during this month can help you harness this energy to pour into the seeds you are planting.
Taurus- Ace of Swords
This month allow your thoughts, words, and imagination take you to new heights. The Ace represents the first initial thought, that first breath. The Ace is an invitation to allow something new come into your life. It does not necessarily guarantee an outcome, but it encourages you to become aware of new opportunities that stimulate and excite you. The Ace of Swords is specifically referencing to opportunities in the mental realm. Where are there more opportunities for expression, writing, and speaking occurring in your life? How can you seize these opportunities to see where the may take you? Pay attention all month to the thoughts and ideas that come to you-- you never know what could be the beginning of something magnificent.
Movement: Rock Climbing-- This exercise allows you to notice the things that pop up to aid you on your path. While rock climbing, you have to look out for the small crevices and rocks that are in your line of sight and are within reach to help propel you to scale upward. Keeping this awareness about you will remind you to implement this energy into your day to day life as well.
Food: Asparagus-- Asparagus starts out as a little sprout on its way to becoming a much larger plant, much like the initial swirlings brought by the Ace of Swords. They represent the small beginnings that can grow into something mighty. They are also organ cleansers and help to remove heavy metals in our bodies. Eat asparagus to help you recognize opportunities that have great potential this month.
Gemini- Four of Wands Rx
This month, take the time to pay attention to areas in your life that are acting in an isolated manner, rather than working together. Where in your life can you merge different aspects to create a union or a celebration? How can you create a union between these aspects to bring about harmony? Even experiences that may not initially seem to go together, re-frame your perspective and see if something new arises to bring you closer to tapping into your full potential.
Movement: Team Sport-- Choose a sport with a group of team members. This will help you to understand the importance of things, ideas, people, energies, etc working together and how beneficial that can be. When we create harmony in different aspects of our lives, we create a richer and more fulfilled union. Working and playing together with team members will aid you to harness this energy in all areas of your life.
Food: Nori-- Nori is truly a team player. Not only does it remove toxins from the oceans, but once harvested and eaten it does not re-release any of those toxins into its new environment (the body). Instead, it continues to absorb and remove any toxins from the organs and blood stream. Nori reminds us that it is important to understand the big picture and to see how its functions can merge to have great impact among varioius experiences.