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Hi @standamagicman ! Thanks for your patience, it took me some time this week to really find the space and energy to devote to a reading. Worked out well as I was able to spend a lot of time in prayer to my Egun and meditation before this session - and right around the new moon as well, which turns out to have a strong tie to the message of your reading in renewal and the start of some new possible beginnings for you on your path :)

I hope these messages bring you some insight for your work with spirits! Best wishes to you.

1) What could be blocking me from hearing, sensing, and seeing spirits?

Ten of Chalices: Oshunmare & Joseph Cinqué

When you reach out to the spirits, they take notice, they hear you, some of them try to communicate back. And you are hearing and sensing it, but it is lost in the sea of noise and distraction in your mind. It’s like paint on a canvas that is so busy and full of other colors that you can’t find the brush strokes you are looking for. It’s so loud and noisy that you can’t hear what you’re listening for. You need to quiet your mind and your being enough to get in tune with the messages being sent your way.

Oshunmare is the Orisha (spirit of the Yoruba culture in West Africa) who is depicted here as a rainbow snake flying across the sky. On the Ten of Chalices, Oshunmare represents rebirth and renewal. With this, I can feel that you need to turn things some things upside down and be willing to start over to get the peace and quiet necessary to hear the spirits.

Joseph Cinqué gives a lesson on how to do this - he was a slave on La Amistad who revolted, won, and had a chance to fight for the right to be free since by that time the Atlantic slave trade was illegal in the US. Cinqué succeeded, and likewise you must free yourself from old patterns and habits that are holding you back. Speak up for what you need, fight for the quiet and peaceful space that you need. Make time to devote to resting your mind and clearing your head.

2) How can I better hear, sense, and see spirits?

Three of Pentacles: Agé & Benjamin Abnneker

This card speaks on mastery of an art, great ability, skill, craft, and specialization. Agé is a great hunter spirit of indigenous cultures in Benin and Togo. You see him on the card aiming with great precision and focus using his bow and arrow to strike a particular target. Benjamin Abnneker is a skillful masterful of the diaspora, an African American slave who gained his freedom and used his knowledge of astronomy to author a successful series of almanacs.

The message for you is that it takes time, practice, patience, and hard work to gain the knowledge, skill, and mastery that it will take to become a medium or a psychic. The Ten of Chalices told you the first step to solving your issue - learning to quiet your mind so that you can hear spirits and creating renewal in your life to remove the obstacles to peace in your mind. But once that has been achieved, the roads will only be open and clear for you. Then you will need practice to hone your skills for traversing and traveling down those roads.

Hi Tala! Your kind support of the Trans Women of Color Collective is very much appreciated (: Given your situation, I used the African American Tarot to ask several questions and get a sense of whether working the roots could make some positive change for your situation.

The Ten of Pentacles shows the ancestral spirits of Gabon culture, the Ombwiri. This card is telling you that the key to overcoming your insecurities and bringing more self-love and self-care in the ways that you need are through your own ancestors. In the hoodoo working I can do for you, it will definitely be important to ask your ancestors for assistance in that process. If you feel comfortable doing so, I recommend praying to them and asking for help with giving yourself the self-care and feeling the self-worth that you deserve. Also, if you have close friends or family who can listen to how you feel and give you some positive affirmation or support, definitely consider reaching out to them sometime soon.

The King of Pentacles here represents your boyfriend as the legendary conqueror and King Tsoede of the Nupe people in Nigeria. He is believed to have founded the Nupe Kingdom, a very prosperous people. In this deck as the king of the Pentacles suit, he is an embodiment of stability, growth, and success. Lean into your partner as a strong and stable rock of support and care in your life, soak in the comfort and grounding that he brings to your life. Let yourself trust and lean into him, and his strength will be there to hold you up.

Finally, the Empress appeared when I asked about the outcome of doing a working for you to help you with self-love and intimacy in these ways. In this deck, the Empress is represented by the Orisha of love, joy, and sexuality - the beautiful Oshun. As the owner of sweet waters, she is the epitome of the divine feminine, of love, sensuality, passion, and bliss. This is an extremely positive sign for us to go ahead with your working and that working the roots for you would have the intended effect for you and your situation - to feel confident and comfortable in yourself and these areas of your life.

Just cracked open a coconut and prayed to my ancestors to get ready for some divination this evening :D I have five readings waiting in my inbox at the moment, so it’s time to get to work! Then I’ll be closing out with an Obi reading with Egun for myself to get some personal guidance and direction.

So far, $25 has been raised for the Trans Women of Color Collective so I’m excited about that :) Tomorrow I’ll be posting next week’s highlighted organization for impact readings... stay tuned!

For now, get ready to see these impact and need-based readings popping up this evening, and if you’re interested in getting one yourself check out the links below. Will be able to get to any new requests next weekend!

As yall know from my self-reflection/rant earlier this week, I’m tryna pick myself up and dust myself off to get back to blogging and rootworkin around here!

There’s been some impact & need-based reading requests in my queue for weeks now - and I deeply appreciate yall for waiting and for those who understand how it is when personal life things and mental health make it difficult to get to things and sometimes even just to log on. I never wanted to leave anybody hangin all this time, and I haven’t forgotten about your requests.