A Day of Errands and Endings
The day began early, gym behind me, with practical tasks calling. I met with a judge to close down an account — the first time we had seen each other in months. Not easy, but necessary.
From there, I tended to small but important details: a pedicure to address old ingrown nails, and a visit to the ear doctor, who cleared my left ear. Even these acts felt symbolic — clearing blockages, lightening the weight carried forward.
Resilience Remembered
During the pedicure, I reconnected with an old friend from my IT recruitment days. He said something simple but piercing: “You’re resilient. No matter what, you just keep going. You’re a resilient motherfucker.”
The words landed. With everything feeling uncertain — not knowing if accounts would process, if loose ends would tie up — that reminder lifted me. Resilience. The thread that keeps me moving.
Threads of the New Earth
I drove to New Earth Café, where the team and I worked on the wireframe for the new website. The design is beginning to take shape — something I’ll see fully in the week ahead. Progress. Flow.
Later, I met with Carol, who offers multi-dimensional mirror readings. She carries a gift for guiding people. I sense she could become part of the New Earth field. Allies keep appearing as the path unfolds.
Departure Looms
By evening, fatigue pressed in. Traffic was heavy; it took nearly an hour to return home. I showed my hosts how to use the Oculus, left behind a few items, packed what I could. At 10 p.m., I lay down for a couple of hours before the 4 a.m. flight.
Sleep was broken. I woke near 1 a.m., feeling on the edge of a dream that wanted to escape. Instead, I rose, finished packing, and drove into the night.
On the road, tiredness caught me — I veered into a bumper, the rental car taking a knock. The bonnet shifted slightly, though I pushed it back into place. A reminder of fragility in transition. I refueled, dropped the car, and pressed onward.
In Transit
On the flight, I slept in fragments, surprisingly enough to sustain me. A documentary stirred me — beauty mixed with longing, opening a hollow space within. It left me reflective, sensing I am exactly where I need to be, even as the unknown pulls.
Arriving in Johannesburg, I settled into the lounge, listening to a podcast on spiritual experience. It reminded me: my book must be written. It is part of the journey, part of the unfolding. My truth is needed.
Closing Reflection
With Dubai now behind me, I feel the Old Earth truly dissolving. A chapter ended. A threshold crossed. Resilience carries me forward. The New Earth calls — daunting, yes, but necessary.
—Tarot Pull–
1. Resilience Remembered — 2 of Cups
Q: What deeper truth is revealed in being named resilient?
A: The 2 of Cups shows that resilience is not only solitary grit but also the capacity to connect deeply. True resilience isn’t about “going it alone” — it is about being able to stand in wholeness so that authentic unions, collaborations, and heart bonds can thrive.
Sub-Q: How can I embody resilience not only as survival, but as creative power?
A: By allowing resilience to be the ground of connection, not just defense. Creative power is born when resilience meets intimacy — when you let others meet you where you are strong, not just where you struggle.
2. Clearing Blockages — 8 of Cups
Q: What is the symbolic meaning behind tending to my body — ears, nails, old wounds?
A: The 8 of Cups is the act of leaving behind what no longer serves. Clearing blockages is more than hygiene — it’s an embodied ritual of release. Each act says: “This, too, I walk away from.”
Sub-Q: How do these small acts mirror the clearing of space for the New Earth?
A: Just as the figure in the 8 walks away under moonlight, each small act mirrors your departure from old burdens. These choices show that the New Earth is built not only in grand visions, but in the quiet leaving-behind of what clogs and weighs.
3. Stern Closures — 8 of Pentacles
Q: What is the higher purpose behind meeting the judge and closing accounts?
A: The 8 of Pentacles is diligence and craft. The higher purpose of closure is discipline: finishing what is unfinished, hammering away at the details that seem mundane but are necessary to build mastery. Closing accounts is part of your apprenticeship in sovereignty.
Sub-Q: How do these endings strengthen my passage into the New?
A: By ensuring no loose threads remain. The work you put into endings makes the fabric of the New stronger. Each account sealed, each paper signed, becomes another brick in your foundation.
4. Allies and Guidance — 6 of Swords
Q: What role do new allies, like Carol and her mirror work, play in this unfolding?
A: The 6 of Swords is safe passage across troubled waters. Allies appear as ferrymen — guiding you gently from one shore to the next. Carol’s gift isn’t to carry you, but to help you cross more steadily.
Sub-Q: How can I discern which guides and gifts belong in the New Earth field?
A: By asking: do they help me move forward in clarity and calm, or do they bind me back into storm? True allies are boats, not anchors.
5. The Cost of Transition — Judgment
Q: What is the message in the exhaustion, accidents, and pressures of departure?
A: Judgment calls you to awakening. The message is that every misstep, every accident, every moment of exhaustion is part of the reckoning — the rising from the grave of Old Earth. These pressures strip away what is no longer yours to carry.
Sub-Q: How do I walk with more care and presence even under strain?
A: By listening to the trumpet of Judgment: wake up. Each trial is an invitation to rise in consciousness. Care and presence come when you treat every moment — even fatigue, even mistakes — as part of your initiation.
6. Longing and Reflection — 9 of Cups (Reversed)
Q: What was stirred by the documentary’s hollow longing?
A: The reversed 9 of Cups reveals dissatisfaction — the sense that even blessings can feel empty if they don’t reach the heart. The longing stirred by the film is a mirror of what is not yet fulfilled within you.
Sub-Q: How can I transform that sense of absence into direction and purpose?
A: By letting the hollow guide you. Reversed, the 9 says: don’t settle for surface satisfaction. Use the ache as compass — a reminder of where deeper fulfillment still calls.
7. Threshold into Johannesburg — Knight of Cups
Q: What does this landing in Johannesburg mark in my journey from Old Earth to New Earth?
A: The Knight of Cups is the quest of the heart. This landing marks not just geographical movement, but a new stage in pursuing your heart’s vision. You arrive not as a refugee of the Old, but as a knight on a mission of love and authenticity.
Sub-Q: How do I carry forward the lessons of resilience, closure, and trust into this next chapter?
A: By embodying the Knight’s qualities: sincerity, creativity, and devotion to truth. Move with the heart as your compass, letting resilience fuel your steadiness, closure free your hands, and trust keep your chalice full.
✨ This spread shows a movement from release (8s of Cups and Pentacles) through passage (6 of Swords, Judgment) into longing (9 of Cups reversed) and then forward momentum (Knight of Cups). Resilience (2 of Cups) is revealed not as solitary strength, but as the ground for new connection.
