Shhh! The Secret Unstuck Spread

three cards

Stuck?

What clarity do you need

to get unstuck from people, places, or situation? We’ve all been there:

• staying in a relationship too long

• getting bogged down in a project that sucks the life out of you

• doomscrolling cause you don’t know what else to do

• or anything that makes you feel like you’re living in Groundhog Day

My three-card spread may not solve all of your problems, but it should take you one step closer to unstuckness.

Card Spread: The Clarifying Light

Witching Hour Oracle

Set your intention - this is probably the most important step. If you don’t know what you want . . .

Next, shuffle a tarot or an oracle deck then draw 3 cards in a triangle pattern.

• Card 1 (Left Base): What has been hidden that is now becoming visible

• Card 2 (Right Base): Illusions being burned away by the light

• Card 3 (Top Point): The clear vision emerging for your path ahead.

If your three cards aren’t showing you the path forward, use the journal prompts below. It’s okay to draw more cards to accompany your journal prompts too - I’m all for using whatever tools work.

Journal Prompts

• What truth are you ready to fully see and acknowledge?

• How has your vision of your path shifted in recent months?

• What becomes possible when you see with complete clarity?

My Stuckness

I would tell you that I’ve been stuck on health my entire life, but that’s not true. Somewhere along the line a distant memory filtered into my brain and from there on health became the monster in the room. Using my friend, Thomas Witholt’s Apothecary Spirits Oracle, I drew

1. Guarana

2. Marigold

3. Cerasee

Apothecary Spirits Oracle

Of the three, Marigold is the one I know, as it’s the flower used in Day of the Dead offerings.

Card 1, Guarana, is a card of energy - and it tells me that what is hidden is the massive toll worry takes on my health and my energy. . . . more than I ever imagined. That’s kinda scary, you know.

Card 2, The illusions being burned away (Marigold) are those that tell me I’m doing my best. Instead, Marigold says I’m certainly not doing my best nor am I showing myself enough respect. Ouch.

Card 3, Cerasee, is the vision of the clear path ahead, and it’s one of bitterness UNLESS I change my ways, both in action and in thought.

Ass-kicking, anyone?

Of course, I drew a fourth card for what new thought could change that bitterness to sweet and it was the Measuring Spoons, a card about finding the ‘formula’ for balance. The formula (I drew a fifth card) was Mortar & Pestle - the card of breaking down one thing to create something new.

For me, what needs breaking down are very old, very deeply buried thoughts and ideas. I feel as if my entire mental construct around health needs to be aired out, tossed out, re-examined.

Look, I know we all have those monster issues in our lives. I don’t know about you, but I’m damned tired of thinking about mine. My three cards didn’t solve the problem but they pointed me in the right direction.

Give this spread a go leave a comment.

Nancy