The saying “As above, So below” springs to mind with this months reading and in particular this card. The messaging of grounding has become ever more present over recent weeks and I feel it is important. We are in a time of great change, greater than I think a lot of people (including myself) even realise. A lot of pillars of our society are starting to crumble, but this is creating space and fertile ground for new seeds to be planted to take its place (more on this in cards ahead). Even if we can’t see this new space physically, energetically these pillars have already fallen and are awaiting new things to take its space energetically (reality is slow to catch up to the energetic realms, and all must exist first energetically to be seen in reality). That being said, planting seeds of our desires can only be done when we are grounded. It is easy to spend a lot of time “up there”, in the realm of possibility, in the vortex, in the spiritual planes, or however you want to refer to it; but in order to actually anchor those desires into the reality we are experiencing, we must also be grounded. We cannot seed intentions and change into an earth we are not connected deeply to. As i stare at the image on the card, I am being shown that to manifest change in our reality we must first embody it. Be it before we see it.
I am also being told that as the foundations, or the rug under out feet, starts to feel like its being pulled, or becomes unstable; being grounded to the earth will be important for sanity and to keep us calm. If we want to go higher, reach higher planes, we must be equally as grounded. Spending time in nature, connecting to your body through movement and breath, walking barefoot on the earth or being in bodies of natural water are just a few ways to ground. Meditation can also help you ground if that is your intention.
This card is also representing getting back to our roots and becoming more deeply connected to nature again. The new seeds for change we are planting have a need to also be deeply integrated with nature. Whatever replaces the falling pillars of society must be pillars that work in harmony with nature (earths wellbeing) and our nature (human wellbeing), unlike the current pillars. You may observe in the card there is a face in the tree - I am hearing that earths custodians and the ancestors are ever more present and working to bring back balance in the world. There is a lot to be learnt from our “roots”, our ancestors, a simpler time when we were more connected and in harmony with mother earth. Observe in which ways you are out of harmony with your nature, the way in which your being needs and wants to exist, and also mother earth.