#magicposting

Pick whatever deck calls to you. You can focus on the stones, or the deck themselves, or both. Now, find your group with the matching stone. They are ordered left to right.

Pile 1:

The shell you have created for yourself is one of distraction through working. You pour yourself into your job, into material wealth and status, convinced that you have to and frankly that it is time better spent than trying to make friends with others. You believe you are meant to be alone, and that friendships are simply too much trouble. Pressure weighs on you from outside sources, possibly family, to be their idea of a 'breadwinner' that can handle it all.

Truthfully, you are lonely, and afraid to reach out in case it fails you. You feel ready to give up on relationships, love, connection; but don't! It's out there for you! You don't have to give up on things so easily just because it didn't work out the first time or because you had a disagreement. You will never please everyone, all the time, so stop trying! Be you! Be firm, and the people that love you for YOU will stay for that!

Coming out of your shell will cause your life to open up. The work you focus so much time into will flourish as you take better care of yourself, and you will become grounded in yourself. Others will see that stability and be drawn to you. You are strong, intelligent, and grounded; you just have to let go of the fixations and fears that cling to your mind.

Pile 2:

The shell you've created for yourself is one of imbalance, and lack of trust. Your sense of worth and self love is low, and your sense of security in the people around you is poor. You find yourself disconnected from the idea of relationships, retreating in on yourself.

But it's beyond that, too. You've lost faith in the world, your future, yourself— You may see no point to it all, and you can't understand why the things that happen to you happen.

There is a world beyond what you've experienced. There is a deep heartbreak, loss, and betrayal that continues twisting the metaphorical knife in your own wound. It's time to let go. The hurt is over, and it can be over. Let the wound heal, and pick yourself up when you've rested. It's over, and something new can come for you.

You'll be alone at first. But it will be better than being with the energy you were before. There is peace to be found in working alone, even if it is not ideal. Look to the future and take care of yourself until the world opens up for you once again. It will.

This reading held a distinct energy and presence. I believe it was a reading guided by a spirit or being in your life that wanted to send you a message.

Pile 3:

The shell you have created for yourself is one lacking faith. You lack faith in your future, in the people around you, in the universe— you become so focused on what you don't have and the wrongs that have been done to you that you lose sight of the good, and in focusing on only what you lack you miss the chance to obtain what you want.

Hard times have come to you in the past and likely in the present as well. In the past you experienced neglect, a lack of help in your weakest moments. Experiencing hardships yet again, you've gotten yourself stuck in the same pattern. Often there is not a lack of helping hands in the world, sometimes you just have to ask for it. It is a scary thing to do, and can fill you with shame— but it is necessary. Reach for help, and help will find you.

To break this shell you must let go of the past and embrace change. You do not need to hold onto these ideas that don't serve you, or the person you think you are. Let them go. Become someone new, someone stronger and kinder and more you.