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Each time you make a mistake, you have the opportunity to pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and then recalibrate and reassess the situation. This sacred act of soul polishing assists you on your way toward your most lustrous and fully integrated self. This is why the God/dess, your angels, and your spirit guides encourage you to embrace the human experience of making mistakes with joy, openness, acceptance, and gratitude.

By drawing this card, you are the beneficiary of a cosmic secret. True success smiles upon those who are 100 percent willing to fail. Once you master the art of dancing gracefully with mistakes, you will know what it means to be truly free – free to follow your heart, embody your power, and live your dreams.

Just as a bodybuilder uses resistance to grow stronger, the cosmic resistance of life’s obstacles, challenges, and mistakes will shape and mold you into your strongest, wisest, and most radiant self. Trust in the challenges the Universe places in your pathway, and head straight into them even if you feel you have no idea where you’re going, what you’re doing, or why you’re doing it in the first place.

All your favorite artists and athletes started at the very beginning, with zero mastery, and they made thousands of mistakes. Many of the most successful performers were told they did not have natural talent or aptitude for their chosen discipline. This demonstrates the surprising power of mistakes. Repetitive corrections create stronger neuropathways that propel you toward your desired outcome. Successful actions become more deeply ingrained when you’re required to expend more energy to work for them. The same dynamic is at work not only in art and athletics but in every area of life.

A path of abundant “failure” precedes every path of abundant success. If you are not willing to look silly, unpolished, or unpracticed, you will never achieve mastery in any skill, practice, or area of life.

to tap into the wisdom of this card, practice the following movement. Stand on the tiptoe of one foot, with your other leg lifted behind you. Put your arms out for balance. Then cross your eyes, open your mouth wide, and stick out your tongue. Wobbling and losing your balance is absolutely welcome! Whenever you come out of the pose, simply get back into it. Continue for at least a full minute.

This card also comes as a reminder to forgive yourself for anything you’ve done (or not done). If you feel wronged by someone else, this is a time to find peace in knowing that we are each doing our best with what we have in any given moment. We all falter in our integrity, behave without full awareness, or fail to have the purest of intentions in our relations with other people and ourselves, at least sometimes. This is evidence that we are alive. As long as we are here in this physical reality, we have opportunities to learn, grow, improve, and lovingly make corrections to our course.