4-Governance - The Mystic's Tarot & Oracle Cards - Henry India Holden & Sage Holden

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4 - Governance

The Journey of Governance

The journey now moves into the action phase indicated by the previous cards.

CARD DESCRIPTION: A blue-dressed person stretches out their arm and gazes toward, perhaps a crowd unseen by us. To their left float delicate roses, and a winking coin beneath a Reiki power symbol. Time hangs from waning and waxing crescent moons. In the foreground, Mama Gaia’s green leaves grow into the scene to remind us of our body’s green origins.

SITTING WITH THIS CARD: As you feel into Governance, what does is provoke in you?

Sitting with Governance, this card can make me uncomfortable because of the human world's often problematic use of power. I have to make an effort to have an original response, away from cultural conditioning.
But the flowers and foliage are comforting reminders that I may be captivated by the human dramedy, but I am of spirit and earth. This has so much meaning to me because I trust Mama Gaia.

Governance originates from ancient Greek, kubernáo, meaning to steer or pilot.

WHEN YOU FEEL OUT INTO THE WORLD: Does Governance take on a different meaning?

When I feel out into the world, Governance is a specific version of power that, to me, speaks of responsiveness, cooperation, and accountability, away from "power-over."

WHEN YOU DRAW THIS CARD: Might it invite you examine your relationship with power?

When I draw this card, the Reiki power symbol over a gold coin points out that power isn't control. It is chi, (life force). And it is influenced by changing times and cycles similar to the phases of the moon.

YOU CAN ALSO ASK: What does the idea of claiming my power, the resources that belong to me, and the authority to use those resources mean to me?

I ask of myself to claim ownership: The human world may want to tell me how to write my life and try to edit it, but I'm the author of my journey. The stories I tell myself and others about my journey should by mine.

Ouroboros Family

SYMBOL DESCRIPTION: The symbol is a snake, encircling plants and crystals, eating its own tail. It is crowned by the phases of the moon.

FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS: Dominance, mind, change, chaos, paradox.

What might the Ouroboros symbol mean to you?

To me, the Ouroboros symbol seems mysterious. It tastes of chaos. Like a sword that cuts both ways, it is neither good, nor bad, is dangerous, yet eye-opening. All its characteristics are vital parts of life and are part of the mystery of what often is called "good and evil." The Ouroboros challenges me not to seek an answer but to keep holding space for the cognitive dissonance without trying to resolve it.

Ouroboros Family Kind Cards

4 – Governance
7 – Will
15 – Limiting Belief
16 – Polyrhythmic Universe
25 – Fear

SITTING WITH THE FAMILY IN RELATION TO GOVERNANCE: How might the Ouroboros and its kin cards add to what you see in Governance?

The cards in the Ouroboros Family, to me, encompass something larger than one idea, one goal, one world, because, together, they are inherently paradoxical and perhaps even cyclical occurrences.

Depending on for whom I read and what other cards are on the table, this family may calibrate my lens to guide me to pay special attention to the role determination (#7); mindset (#15); the natural chaos of existence (#16), and anxiety (#25) may play for the querent.

Arithmantic Interlacements

GOVERNANCE INTERLACES WITH:
13 – Transmutation
22 – Wild Cosmos
31 – Natura

YOU MAY ASK:
Depending on the other aspects of the reading, how might it be influenced by these interlacements?

To me, we have the inborn authority to evolve: through change, through transmutation, through our growing understanding of our true role in the life of the universe.