Be Your Higher Self: Tarot Pick a Card
There’s a part of you that transcends space and time. This is your higher self, the part of your soul that’s with you in this life and the next. When you’re at your best, that’s when you’re in alignment with your higher self.
If you’ve been directed to this reading, then the universe thinks you can be closer to the greater expression of your soul. All you have to do is look at the piles of cards above. Which butterfly stands out to you the most? That’s your pile and that’s your tarot reading!
After you select your cards, scroll down to your pile or choose below.
Today I’m using the Ethereal Visions Illuminated Tarot and the Starseed Oracle decks (these are affiliate links that support me if you make a purchase). Remember that you have free will. That means you can manifest the positive and avoid the negative of any reading. Now let’s help you ascend and become your higher self.
Pile 1: Blue Butterfly
A Spiritual Awakening
Your first card is Lifting the Veil with the wisdom message of “Questioning everything. Anything unaligned must go.” From this card, I get a strong sense that becoming your higher self is going to be a more spiritual experience than it would be for most people.
Right now, you’re being called to do more spiritual activities. While you’ll often hear someone say that you should try shadow work or yoga as a spiritual practice, I get the sense that your spiritual activities need to be more occult. This doesn’t mean black magic or anything harmful, but certainly more esoteric.
That’s because your goal isn’t to bring your higher self into your physical body but to leave your physical body and integrate with that higher self in another plane of existence.
You’re meant to break down the walls of this world and see the mysteries of another.
Something Coming Your Way
However, I get the sense that whatever activity you’re meant to do is going to be one that’s offered to you. The second card, Four of Cups, indicates that you’re either being offered it right now or you will be soon. It’s not something you plan.
Yes, this card strongly implies some sort of supernatural activity in your environment. However, it is something you can choose to ignore, so it’s likely to be rather persistent messages from a spirit guide or an overwhelming sense that there’s magic or energy around you that is meant to be used.
You may also find yourself being able to take advantage of spiritual activity in something like a ouija board or some sort of spiritual retreat.
My general advice to you is this: the veil around you is thinner than you realize, so make sure that any activities you do have a generally good reputation. A ouija board might be a fun activity… unless you conjure an evil spirit!
If you run into problems, make sure that you’re cleansing your space, pursuing self-care, or enlisting the help of a mystic you trust, whether that’s a good witch or a catholic priest. Pick whatever you believe is the holiest and most effective.
Work Hard for Your Gifts
The last card in your spread is Eight of Pentacles. This is a card of hard and precise work. Even though I sense a strong spiritual connection to your higher self, it’s not always easy to open portals.
Don’t be impulsive and take your time. Only do as much as you feel prepared to take on, and never do an activity that makes you uncomfortable. Trust your intuition here. Your higher self is always trying to help you make a spiritual breakthrough in your life: you just need to listen.
In time, you’ll forge that connection and it’ll become a normal part of your life. I suspect for many who chose this pile that lucid dreaming and astral projection will become strong skills that you’ll possess and be able to use frequently. However, any intense spiritual practice qualifies.
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Pile 2: Pink Butterfly
Make a Natural Connection
I see that your first card is Star Keeper with the wisdom message of “Cosmic ancestor. Seed the light by staying grounded.” You’re either a starseed yourself or someone in your ancestry was. This has resulted in a lot of spiritual energy being infused into your life by proximity and it has influenced your higher self.
I believe this is a good influence and leaning into it will empower you and help you feel more at home with your relationship with your higher self. Instead of having an out-of-body experience, you’d probably benefit most right now through pragmatic rituals.
These pragmatic rituals can be found in traditional religions, but more modern spiritual practices, such as grounding or mindfulness, would also work. The point is that you feel closer to the world around you
That’s because the influence of the cosmic ancestor in your life has given you an orientation where you’re meant to interact with the greater world itself. You have, in essence, inherited a purpose.
Personal Dream
Your second card is the Four of Swords, Reversed. In a reading like this, I always interpret it to mean a spiritual awakening. You’re likely to be very restless in the near future as you integrate your higher self’s desires into your current incarnation.
This means you’re going to implement spiritual practices which aren’t just focused on you, but on what you can do in this world. You may be forging a spiritual connection with nature, but you may also be trying to manifest your higher purpose to improve the world for people.
Be aware that making a connection to the world isn’t necessarily social. Your goal is to make a difference in whatever way you would be most skilled. And it’s going to be empowered by your spiritual connection.
But everyone pursues spirituality differently. Some will take a more mystical approach, while others will take a pragmatic, materialistic focus. Not every Buddhist monk meditates! It’s okay if your spirituality takes a form that makes sense to you.
And indeed, your spiritual awakening here is likely to refer to some sort of eureka moment on how you can better live under the influence of your higher self. Dream big – and then wake up and make it real.
Pursue Your Interests in a Moral Way
The last card in your spread is Two of Swords, Reversed. Although you’re going to have a spiritual awakening and a desire to make a difference in the world, you’ll find that your intuition is confused.
That’s because the influence of the cosmic ancestor is overwhelming. Think of a parent who wants their child to become a doctor so they’ll be rich and respected, but the child wants to become an artist. What your cosmic ancestor wants is not identical to have you and your higher self want.
That’s okay. I think you should respect this influence, but only see it as an inspiration and not an order. You want to make a difference in the world, but you should do that on your own terms according to your own interests. Your higher self needs to integrate with your current life – not erase it.
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Pile 3: Gold Butterfly
Untapped Gifts
With your first card being Star Ancestors and the wisdom message of “Hidden secrets. Lost wisdom. Look a little deeper” you’re being called to see the cosmic connection of your lineage. There’s a high likelihood that you’re a starseed or come from a line of starseeds. Others who chose this pile may have an ancestry of diviners such as witches or astrologers.
What this means is that there are spiritual gifts that have been passed down in your family. If you’re lucky, you’ve already uncovered this. However, most who chose this pile may have yet untapped the spiritual possibilities inherent in their family.
There’s a lot of skill in your ancestry, so whether you’ve uncovered gifts or not there is still so much for you to learn. No doubt your ancestors are even your spirit guides!
You often hear of something called “institutional knowledge” when it comes to systems, such as governments or companies. This is having an inheritance of knowledge so one does not have to start from the beginning without help.
The same is true for you. If you look into your ancestry or commune with your spirit guides, you’re going to benefit from a jumpstart in learning and ascending to your higher self quicker.
Take It One Step at a Time
Your second card is Knight of Pentacles. This is a messenger who’s a bit slow to deliver but is powerful and true when the message arrives. You may feel as if your connection to this ancestral inheritance is difficult to unlock, but that’s because there’s so much to learn that your ancestors don’t want you to be overwhelmed.
Imagine if you were to fully integrate your higher self and memories from every previous life. That could be hundreds or even thousands of people since the dawn of civilization. And perhaps more than that if you’re a starseed! It would be too much to handle. And that’s true with uncovering the institutional spiritual knowledge of your ancestry.
You need to take it one step and a time and make it a part of your routine for it to stick and have a place. Don’t just learn something spiritual and then never attempt to put it into practice.
Your goal isn’t just to superficially learn what your ancestors uncovered but to embrace it and make it part of your life. Otherwise, it will continue to be lost wisdom.
Create a Family Legacy
The third card in your spread is the Nine of Pentacles, Reversed. As you pursue your spiritual discovery, expect some weird things to happen.
Right now, you’re doing your own thing. But the more you commune with your ancestors or try to connect with them, the more they’ll be part of your life. This is both a good and bad thing. Everybody wants to have a big, loving family – but big families tend to lack respect for personal space.
Not to mention you may feel disoriented from the material world. When I say material here, I don’t necessarily mean the natural world (though you’ll experience more supernatural elements), but rather the modern, consumer culture. You’re going to question if your current aims in life are in alliance with your ancestral connection.
You’ll want a continuity of your higher self into this ancestral line. This may mean you’ll have children or support younger family members. However, for those who don’t have children or may not want them, you’ll likely feel spiritually pulled to have your higher self reincarnate into a future relative in the next generation.
Work on some sort of legacy. Not for the world – but for your family. This could be material or spiritual, but it will be rewarding. Your higher self seems to like that continuity.
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