Mystic Monkey: The 9 of Wands

Greetings, all! And so commences my card-a-day tarot draw, as I yammered on and on about in my previous post.

I asked the cards what I should be most mindful of today, and the Nine of Wands jumped out of the deck whilst I shuffled. (Oh, and by the by, I’ll be using the Rider-Waite-Smith deck–and perhaps variations thereof–to stick with traditional imagery.)

Looking at this guy, I see he’s gotten his ass handed to him. But he’s still standing (while I’m now desperately keeping Elton John out of my head). He doesn’t look happy, but he’s got resolve (just as I’m resolved to keep Elton John out of my head.). He clutches his staff (no double entendre intended, though these wands are so phallic it’s distracting, amiright?) behind a protective fence, having undergone some hard knocks but rallying and on the defensive. He’s learned a tough lesson and will be stronger for it, ready to finish his mission. For now, though, he’s bandaged and still healing, yet the tiny sprigs of leaves on the wands show his potential for brighter, victorious days. He will venture out into that vast landscape again, but at this time, he takes pause.

I’m not as yet sure how this will apply to me today. I, too, am literally healing as I recover from a sinus infection that’s had me down for the count, pressing pause on life for the most part to get over it. I wonder, though, if there’s something else I must defend myself from, something making me skittish about moving forward. The man in the card looks a bit paranoid to me now, so might I get defensive over an issue of my own making? What am I wary of?

I will leave this to marinate in this guy’s blood, sweat, and tears and return later with any new insights…

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Okay, so the day hasn’t quite ended yet in the UK, but I have since drawn this Affirmators! card (see below), which reinforces the health speculation I had above. Sinus infections are a marathon, not a sprint; I’ve already battled this for over a week, and it won’t be quickly over, but giving myself a low-key day helped me to further lick my wounds, and I’m definitely feeling much better, rarin’ to go on new projects of the personal and professional variety. (Affirmators!, by the way, are the non-affirmation-card-deck person’s affirmation card deck. Feel-goody and wise yet full of more cheek than cheese. I love ’em!)

This afternoon, I also received the online tarot reading that I’d requested earlier this week. I mostly wanted to see how someone else interpreted the cards, but it was truly a two-birds-one-stone situation as I went ahead and asked about my writer’s block. I won’t get into the details of the response, but I definitely take away that I’m close to achieving my goals and just need to get back on the saddle again. That I’ve had victories and suffered some defeats, but it’s predominantly in my mind, so now after my period of self-care, it’s time to go back into battle and complete my quest. I’ve been complacent and need to fire up that wand elemental energy!

Sooo…that’ll do it for today, everyone! This post has been sponsored by the Nine of Wands, and we’ll see what’s in the cards for me next. Until then–Monkey’s on the mend! 🐵

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Oh, and while I consider this exercise a ‘daily’ draw, I may not actually get around to posting every day. I will do my damnedest, though! And also provide…

My chosen crystal pairing: amber + lemon chrysoprase for physical and emotional healing.