Hello Connected Women 💖
May I ask what’s happening in your world of work right now? How are the vibes – are they warming your heart or freezing your blood? This tarot reading will help you to assess the workplace temperature.
After another week in which agression of one kind or another has dominated our news streams, it’s time to think about the energies that are affecting your workplace presence.
News saturation can make it all too easy to pick up on external energies, so they become foregrounded in our interactions with others.
If it’s in the news, we can internalize it, then foreground it, then it seems we become sensitized to the slightest hint of that issue.
Think: how many times have you consciously expressed or responded to unrelated tensions while you’re at work? It’s so easy to do, but I think we’re all better at identifying this in other people than in ourselves. (Yes, I’m looking in the mirror here.)
This week’s tarot reading give us chance to work on bringing supportive values to our interactions with colleagues, changing the narrative from purely task-driven to one that’s both successful and heartfelt.
Card 1 | King of Swords – Thoughts That Rule
In this first tarot card, we go straight to the nerve center of strategic thinking.
The King of Swords is the goal-oriented analyst, the intellectual who finds it effortless to establish control.
At his best, this king is a force for good, exercising sound judgement for the benefit of those he leads and manages. Think: leadership as service.
At his worst, he can be dominant, believing it to be his way or the highway. Reason overcomes all other considerations and empathy goes out of the window. Think: entitled manager.
If you recognize either of these people at work – of any gender – you’ll be nodding sagely right now…
This card may also represent an aspect of yourself. Do you have the King of Swords strengths – or some of his weaknesses?
On a wider level, if a turbulent work situation is posing problems, this card indicates that better management may be needed. It’s time to exercise your strategic strengths, or to request help from someone who can deliver what’s needed.
Now let’s see if the second card in this tarot reading can clarify this for you some more.
Card 2 | Six of Pentacles – The Gift of Giving
Here, a man of faith is giving alms to those who have little. The Six of Pentacles is telling us about the importance of giving and receiving, whatever form that help takes.
At work, it can take the form of professional advice, guidance, or skills. It may also mean supporting someone who isn’t able to perform as well as normal, for personal or professional reasons.
When this card appears in a tarot reading, you may be the person who is giving, or the person who is receiving. Let’s face it, it’s easy to move from one role to another.
If you’re being offered help, are you able to accept it with grace, rather than feeling that a weakness has been exposed? Remember that you’re not defined by your needs, although it’s so easy to feel that way.
Perhaps you’re in a position to help someone else. If so, try to expect nothing back in return, while understanding that they in turn may find help difficult to receive.
‘Paying it forwards’ sums up this ethos very well! Whatever form your support takes, this card says that the act of helping is two-way street, with benefits for everyone involved.
Now let’s take a closer look at those benefits…
Card 3 | Three of Cups – Marking the Positives
It’s easy to see that this is a card of celebration, signifying the joy of being with people in your life – and workplace.
This is the unbridled happiness that comes with fantastic news, a fresh contract, a profitable success, or a get together with work friends. As the song goes, let the good times roll.
This card also indicates that success is here – or is well on the way. Regardless of scale, it’s important not to forget these minor landmarks or let them slip by. Everyone needs to feel the benefit of the ‘up’ days, as it gives us energy to power through the ‘down’ days.
If you’re a leader, be alert for these moments. Acknowledging success can lift the spirits, bringing you all together when hard work has been done.
When you’re working in a team, remember to look sideways and praise the efforts of your colleagues. Do this even if they aren’t the kind to thank you. In fact, do it especially if they’re not the kind to thank you.
And if you’re getting the girls’ night out feels from this card, then absolutely, you should go for it… this tarot reading says that you must!
A Supportive Focus
This week’s tarot reading is all about how we interact with colleagues. Great working relationships are worth their weight in gold adn with all the pressures affecting organizations this year, the benefits of positive team interactions can’t be underestimated.
The King of Swords indicates that although strong strategic managment has never been more important – indeed, it’s been essential for survival after the toughest years in recent times – it mustn’t eliminate the needs of the very people who put plans into action.
The Six of Pentacles is a reminder of the value of offering support where it’s needed. It also shows us that accepting help with good grace is important. This is especially true if you take pride in your independent strength as a strong woman (ahem, you know who you are!).
The Three of Cups shows both that the current times of hardship will pass, but that even while hardship endures, there can be moments to celebrate. Marking successes is another area of mutual support that will help to build the team and carry you all forwards.
Not everyone you work with will feel the same way, but bringing such values to the team – and to your connections outside the organization as well – will assist both yourself and others who are willing to engage on this level. A happy team is a team that delivers 💪 🙂
Can this information help you? I believe it can, as you’ve got this. You’ve REALLY got this.
With love
Jane x
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