2018 was weird.
There have been bouts of odd, uncomfortable energy plus lots of weird politics and empaths all around were having their resonant bells rung on a regular basis. Even the usual holiday zeitgeist seemed surprisingly laissez fair this year. The annual Elfcon frenzy could barely flog itself up to a level 4, but I’ll blame that on our newly emptied nest. With no little ones around, all-adult Christmas by comparison really is reduced to alcohol consumption and defending raw cookie dough on social media.
On an energy level, 2018 was filled with groanings of fatigue from the past and early rumblings of transformations yet to come. It would be nice if I could give you some easy Tarot, numerology, astrology, or other mystical explanation for it all, but I got nothing. Even here in woo woo land, stuff just happens, no matter how much we use our magic and intuition to navigate our way through said stuff.
This is a prime example. I pulled a card on Christmas Eve in the hope of finding inspiration for a happy little holiday greeting to post here. Out pops the 7 of cups. The seven of….what the actual wuuut?
Clearly, the energy of the card is about the new New Year and didn’t want anything to do with happy little Christmas greetings. OK. Cool. I can let it sit, abide with it until today. Like any good case of the niggles, this card wasn’t going anywhere.
The first and strongest mental image to come through was all shades of blue and white and gray, like blue skies and snow. But instead of snowflakes, the blue background was strewn with shards of clear plate glass, all with pointy edges, all irregular shapes, all different sizes. The message that came through loud and clear was CHOOSE YOUR SHARD. I think that means this:
2018 was shattering for many people. If it was a good year for you, bless and enjoy. This card and this message is for those who walked a rockier path this past year, if not literally, then emotionally.
Paradigms, self images, expectations, hopes, dreams, self doubts, fears; all sorts of things have been shattered this year for good or for ill. 2019 is not going to let us go back. Pick a piece. Choose your shard. What piece of the old you, the old way, is good enough to bring forward. What piece is your souvenir, your lesson, your cornerstone for the new? All the pieces can’t be put back together. We have to choose what, if anything, is worthy of time and attention. Like any piece of broken glass, that trough-put asks to be handled with card.
The phrase “through put” especially grabs my attention here. It comes from an episode of my favorite show “Mythbusters” when Adam wanted to put the mangled burned face of the old crash test dummy onto the new one as storytelling “through put” or continuity. A thread of the past that puts new things into perspective, and makes the whole story make sense. As shattered at things may have gotten in 2018, the new year 2019 demands it’s through put. It is about transformation, not obliteration. It asks for re-working, not abject discarding. And that is a lovely thing.
If through-put is demanded, that means the original, albeit changed thing had value. Whatever is being transformed has worth, and importance in its original form, or it wouldn’t be so needed now. It feels as if a time of transformation is coming, but one that must be rooted, real, connected to the past and built to last.
The seven of cups is often associated with choosing, and having many options. There is a caution here to not fall prey to “decision paralysis.” Yes, you have options, but take care not to dither or over-think. This is also a lesson in deep knowing. And deep experiencing. Plan, but live. Do, but be.
“Do be do be do” – Sinatra
Never forget to have a little fun along the way too. Part of disruptive energies like this past year is to remind us of what we have forgotten or neglected. Too often that something is laughter and kindness and fun. I hope that a lighter heart is part of the shard we all choose to bring forward into the new year.
Things may seem broken or in need of breaking, but choose a shard, big or small to bring with you as you build something new, something better. The advice is to not try to put it all back the way it was, that would be an impossible waste. Don’t dither or over think your shard choosing. If you mind doesn’t know, your bones will. Deep knowing is there if you take a quiet moment to listen for it. After all this IS a cups card, associated with water, intuition, and deep knowing.
2018 was weird.
That doesn’t mean 2019 can’t be transformed into something better.
Wishing you wonderful transformations and a happy new year!
Sage Sips / TaoCraft Tarot 
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