If you are anxious, you can be sure that you are not alone.
Anxiety is often caused by stress, and stress is often caused by uncertainty in our lives. If there are things affecting us that we cannot control, or that feel threatening, then we are stressed and anxious.
Right now, the news and the general mood in the world suggests that there is a lot happening, or that might happen, that is frightening and that is beyond our control.
A lot of the fear and doom is exaggerated or just wrong – misery makes money for the people who peddle it – but it creates uncertainty that stresses us and makes us anxious.
It’s likely that you have normalised a level of stress in your body. You are probably not even aware of it. But it comes out from time to time in the form of headaches, tiredness, snappiness and many other forms of discomfort or distress. Often, it can have a more profound impact, causing high blood pressure, heart disease and other so-called lifestyle conditions that are manifestations of the stress and anxiety that seem to define modern life.
A Tarot reading can help you reduce the stress in your body and in your life.
It can give you a new perspective, helping you to step back from the noise and stress of modern life – other people’s stress and anxiety is toxic and infectious – and re-member yourself. That is, bring your scattered and battered Self back into your body so you can reclaim your place in the Universe.
“You are a child of the Universe. No less than the trees and stars. You have a right to be here.”*
A reading can remind you that you do have control over the things that matter in your world. It can shine new light on decisions that you have to make, or questions you are struggling with.
When we are stressed and anxious, it’s very hard to remember who we are and to reclaim control over our lives. If you want to do that, the clarity, insight and guidance that a professional Tarot reading can bring is a great place to start.
*Max Ehrmann, Desiderata, 1927