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Hey Kus! For you, I’ll use the Buddha Tarot to see what might be blocking you, and if it seems like a spirit or person I’ll follow up with scrying to see if I can hone in on who they are.

The Eight of Jewels came up for the question of what’s blocking you from connecting with your past lives. The card art shows a man trying to make something in his forge. He is trying to create something perfect, something different from everything else because he is unhappy with himself as the way that he is now. The message of the Eight of Jewels is that you’re placing too much value on finding out about these past lives in a certain way. The process itself is going to unfold over time naturally, it’s not something that you can force in the way that you expect to happen. Learning more about your past only feels blocked at the moment because of your current approach to it.

So how to unblock things and let these past lives come to you in the way they’re supposed to? For this question, you received the Five of Vajras and the Six of Jewels together. While the Jewels suit is about your values, Vajras centers on the mind. The Five of Vajras is about adjusting your mindset so that you have the right intentions behind your actions. You’re trying to focus on what you need to do in order to access your past lives, but you need to focus instead on why you genuinely want to know about your past lives and what you want to get out of reconnecting with them. The Six of Jewels represents freely and selflessly giving and sharing whatever you have in abundance, which relates to what kind of intentions to set your mind to when investigating into your past lives.

Heya! I’m very sorry for everything you’ve been going through, and really hope you’ll find a way to get the peace and protection from this situation that you need. Also, thank you for your patience in the time it’s taken me to finally get your reading done and written up! To help get some insight, I read from the Buddha Tarot for you.

Given the complexity of your situation, I had a bit of a full on conversation with my deck to try to understand not just what advice you needed but also what was really going on. You provided me with a lot of background on the what of it, but not so much in terms of this guy who is the source of the issues - who is he and why was he doing all these things with such persistence and for so long. So, I’m not sure if you’ve already investigated these questions and already arrived at your own answers, but my deck certainly had some surprising things to say about it.

Though it’s very clear that the impact of these actions has been extremely negative on you for many years in awful ways, my deck was very clear about the fact that it was not done with the intention of harm. Again, I’m unsure whether you have made contact with this person or spirit and tried to find out why they’ve been doing these harmful things to you, but it seems that there may be a deep explanation that it important for you to understand. 

There seems to be some kind of parental or nurturing relationship - perhaps this is someone bonded to you from a past life or they see themselves for whatever reason as your guardian. Whether this is a result of the healing intervention that was done to him or it was already there before that, he seems to have very caring and loving intentions towards you. This is not to undermine what you’ve been through, which was truly awful for you, but perhaps there has been a misunderstanding about why it was happening and who this person or spirit is to you in your life.

When I asked my deck what it is you need to know most to resolve this entire situation for good, you received Amitabha Buddha. He is the embodiment of enlightened compassion, the ultimate form of love and care in an enlightened way. For whatever reason that this being has harmed you for so long and whoever he is, the solution is for you to have compassion and understanding towards him in spite of everything that has happened. If you haven’t already, find a way to make contact and find out the other side of the story. Figure out a way to be compassionate in how you face this situation and defend yourself.

I hope this helps you, and if you’d like me to do a follow up reading on this with more specific questions, I’d be happy to help further!

Hi there! Thanks so much for supporting the Trans Women of Color Collective :) My Buddha Tarot deck has been great in the past on readings related to past lives, so I used it to ask about the past life you’ve been connecting with and what you need to know going forward.

The main theme of your reading is ACTION. You received the Ace of Double Vajras, which is the emblem of karma. Karma in Sanskrit means action, it is what we choose to do that is driven by our intentions and followed by reactions or consequences that often match our intentions in some way. I drew other cards after these three for clarity on this and they were from the Double Vajra suit as well. All calling for you to take action related to this past life. I sense that there is a motherly or mother-figure related to this action, but only you know the specifics of this. My deck decided it was enough to encourage you to take action, especially if there’s already something you’ve been considering doing and doubting yourself on related to this past life.

As for guidance on this past life going forward, my deck provided some warnings to you about getting overly caught up in it the wrong way.

The Death card speaks to the fact that we all die at some point. Our bodies in this lifetime are temporary, and it is necessary to accept this even though it can be difficult to comprehend and unpleasant to think about. Studying past lives can help us understand why we are here in this life and how we can grow spiritually, but it can also hinder us sometimes from appreciating the present moment and current lifetime. Our lives here are fleeting, and it’s important to both appreciate them and remember that they will not last forever.

The last card, Judgment, refers to the Buddha Gautama’s first sermon about the Four Noble Truths. The important lesson for you there is to understand that there is no perfect life. Your past lives had their ups and downs, so does this one, and so will future lives. You will not have a perfect next life without pain and hardship just as you have had in this life too - no matter what past connections you are able to rekindle. Enjoy connecting with your past life, but don’t let “the grass is greener on the other side” misconception make you get too caught up in any life other than your current one.

Hey there :) Thank you so much for donating to the Trans Women of Color Collective! I also appreciate your patience as it took me a while to finally get to this reading.

In the previous message, you asked, “what might help me in my current path of trying to strengthen my psychic abilities? i feel like my psychic senses have some internal blockages that are hindering them and im confused as to what they are or what to do abt them.”

I used my Buddha Tarot deck for you to get some advice on these topics and drew the following two cards:

The Elephant represents what you need to grow and develop your psychic abilities. In Buddhism, the elephant is a symbol of mental strength. At the beginning of one's practice the uncontrolled mind is symbolised by an untamed and unruly elephant who can run wild any moment and destroy everything on his way. You may have also heard this called a “monkey mind.” After practising meditation and taming one's mind, the mind which is now brought under control is symbolised by an elephant strong and powerful, who can be directed wherever one wishes and destroy all the obstacles on his way.

You have psychic gifts, but developing them to the point of great strength and control is going to require a lot of discipline and practice over time. It’s going to take patience and effort to get there! So try not to get too frustrated with yourself as you practice if you’re not getting the resultls that you are hoping for. There’s no need to doubt your abilities, just take it one step at a time :) Don’t push yourself too hard either, or your abilities like an unruly elephant could have unintended impacts on others or yourself.

As for what’s blocking your psychic skills right now, the Seven of Vajras reversed says that you are too busy and focused on things that are distracting you from being able to focus and tap into your intuition. The Seven of Vajras shows the mentality of a workaholic and reveals anxieties about financial security. While career, money, and work may be important priorities in your life right now, you’ll need to learn how to shift gears and find a peaceful relaxed state of mind in order to channel your abilities better.

Stress, anxiety, and worry can be very big barriers to the concentration and state of mind needed for successful psychic readings. Try to find a relaxing environment to practice your readings, maybe add something that you find soothing to your divination routines like drinking tea beforehand or practicing meditation.

LOTUS SUIT: The heart, emotions, desires 

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