The pleasure of having a tarot reading

Did you know looking at a beautiful view is good for your liver?

Looking at a horizon is specifically recommended for liver health..

Om…….

I didn’t, but what a great excuse to stare into the distance, which is what I found myself doing on a recent trip staying in a stunning place in Mallorca.  I found myself literally staring into the distance as if in a trance?  Hypnotised it felt by the combination of sound and beauty; the blanket of sound from the cicadas and the view that stretched across the valley felt like the Om in meditation and put me under a spell.   It was a wonderful. 

Apparently the reason staring into the distance is good for you is because your eyes have a rest from looking at things close up, like computer screens! I thought staring into space was an old age thing – but now I know its nourishing for my liver and giving it the balance of space, beauty and sensuality versus focusing on what’s directly in front of us, worrying, thinking of achieving things, the to do list, etc etc which is what my brain wants to do most of the time.  So another new habit to include in my growing happiness day by day practice!

In a Tarot reading you might compare this state to the Hanged Man, who is hanging upside being forced to look at life from a completely different view. Staring into space, in limbo. Having to surrender, let go of preconceived ideas, to gain enlightenment.  Become more conscious. See the halo around his head.

Hanging in limbo waiting for enlightenment.

In a tarot reading the Hanged man often suggests a recalibration.  A realignment perhaps.   You’re not going away when you are hanging from a tree.  Time to shed old skin for new.  A fallow period. In limbo and not sure how to emerge.

But I digress from the benefit of enjoying beauty and how nourishing it is to our soul.  And, as it turns out our Liver, which makes sense as it is the organ responsible for the health of our eyes, the Eye of the Soul.   The pleasure of being entranced.  P.S. Chinese medicine says stare at the horizon.

This man looks very pleased with life…..

Which brings me to the nine of cups that I pulled as a reflection card for the day and why I felt I had permission to wax lyrical about enjoying the simple pleasures of life for happiness.  The daily pleasures of beauty and taste and smell and touch. The nine of cups looks very satisfied, he looks happy. Now and then it’s good to indulge ourselves in the pleasures of life. Not all the time but…. savouring these moments can be part of building the habit of experiencing happiness every day and feeling grateful.  So an essential spiritual practice 

Do come and have a tarot reading with me in Battersea or book an online tarot reading.  WhatsApp video and the airwaves are just as effective and connected as being across the table from me.