Open to Possibility

The Whole World is Before You

Developing tunnel vision and investing all your energy into one endeavor can lead to stuckness, rigidity and limitation. While having strong goals can lead to success, flexibility and a willingness to make adjustments is imperative to health, wellbeing and discovering your life’s purpose.

Through failures, difficulties and pain, your attention can often move from obsessions and preoccupations that no longer serve you toward that which doesn’t necessarily invite praise or recognition but offers crucial inner development and fulfillment.

You are being guided to embrace the unexpected. Whatever you are fixated on right now is only one small aspect of the bigger picture of your life. There are several opportunities on the horizon, and they will unfold when you open your heart to new people, ideas and ways of being and approaching life.

Stop trying to control the outcome of your endeavor and hold on to what you have created in the past. It is time for something fresh. Trust that you have refined the appropriate skills and let them lead you forward. The seeds of something new and profound have been sown. It’s time for you to step forward with courage.

Look at past difficulties or disappointments as opportunities to refine yourself, become independent, gain clarity and find new ways of showing up in the world. Even if it sometimes feels like life is caving in on you, focus on taking daring steps with care, astuteness and precision. You will find a way forward.

Healing Practice

To integrate the guidance of this card, you may wish to perform the following healing practice.

Visualization

Sit comfortably and place your hands on your knees. Ask:

-Am I willing to let go of controlling, blaming and judging myself and others?

-Can I permit myself to move forward with trust, love and certainty even if the result is different to the one I imagined?

Imagine three possible new directions for yourself moving forward. Hold them in your mind or write them down so you remember.

Close your eyes, breathe deeply and feel yourself let go of outdated expectations with every exhale. Feel your heart and mind open to the new and novel.

Stand up and take a step forward. Become aware of any tension, pain or limitation around your knees. See this energy as a chain, held by a lock, wrapped around your knees, inhibiting their movement. Imagine each of your possibilities taking the form of a key. Examine the keys and feel their weight. Try each key in the lock until you find the one that fits. Let the energetic chains fall away and visualize throwing them into a purple flame. Put out the flame to complete your healing practice.