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Stuck in a Rut? Learn How to Get Out of Your Own Way
(Exploring the wisdom of the 3 of wands card)
I’ve been there before, too. I promise. Creative blocks, a negative rut, a fear based hault on anything productive have allweighed me down before.
The problem is, because I didn’t exactly know how I got into the rut, it was hard to determine how to get out of it. Over the course of practicing the Tarot and developing myself spiritually and subconsciously, I learned how to make changes in certain areas that made all the difference in the world.
The 3 of wands is a fantastic example of how to pull ourselves out of trap of stagnation. It’s a picture of a man facing calm waters with boats floating leisurely by. He stands inside of a triangle of wands planted firmly in the ground, his hand holding one of them.
He has on a cape, as if he is an explorer of some sort, observing a new land or culture. He is getting out of his own headspace and taking in something more expansive.
Wands represent our intentions and the manifestations that we pull from the unseen realm to the seen. Because 3’s are about community, connection and communication, it’s as if he is exploring the intentions and perspectives of others.
Sometimes, the thing that keeps us in a rut is the fact that we’re using the same…
