Warrior Three – Cairn by Cairn

Shadow Work Day 27

What is the main thing I have learned about myself and relationships?

The Sun tells me that I am perfect just the way I am and that it is my right to bask in the warmth of the sun, of the love of people in my life, and in the love of the gods. I am part of a larger community and I am perfect just the way I am no matter how imperfect that may seem. The Sun is also telling me that it is time to leave behind all the things that are keeping me from enjoying my life and that it is time to step forward into freedom.

Dancer Prince tells me that passion is my birth right. I deserve love and passion in my life. However, he also cautions me against losing myself in passion and going over to the dark side. I need to keep my perspective in all things.

Warrior Three tells me that I am not alone. I am surrounded by people who are ready to step forward and help me, if only I ask for help. I do not have to go it alone, but can be part of a team moving forward in life and love. From a romantic perspective, this card tells me that I need to tell the gods what I want and be sincere in asking for it.

Shadow Work–Day 25

What am I settling for in my relationships?

Warrior Three is about waiting and watching. For me, it represents sitting on the sidelines while other people are in center stage. This card is also about teamwork and being part of a larger group. I don’t want to be part of a larger group. I want to be someone’s one and only and not part of a group of friends.

Maker King in this position is about being my own king and being responsible for myself. I enjoy being independent and taking care of myself, but sometimes it gets lonely to be the one that is always responsible for taking care of things.

Death is an interesting card to come up in this position and I’m not sure what it tells me about what I am settling for in relationships. What it may tell me is that I am holding on to things that I should let go of because they are no longer serving my needs. Sometimes in order to move on, we need to let go of things that are holding me back. I’m wondering if this card is telling me that I need to let go of my infatuation with someone and cut that cord so that I can have a deeper and more real relationship. This card is also about shedding and one of my words for this year is shedding as in getting rid of things that no longer serve me. This card seems to be telling me it truly is time to shed those relationships.

Shadow Work–Day 13

How does my shadow influence how I see other people?

Not sure why the cards told me to draw four cards for this question

Warrior Three tells me I like to be distant from other people. I either like to be the center of attention or I like to be on the sidelines. I don’t like to let people in. I also like it when we are focused on an activity or something and not on each other. This pretty much sums up who I am. Everyone things I’m a very gregarious extrovert because I do well in work situations where we are interacting with a goal in mind. We are working as a team to accomplish something and I do great in those situations. It is interacting with people in more casual and relaxed settings that I struggle with.

Dancer Princess tells me that I see other people as being better able to relax and play than I am. I see myself as consigned to a life of drudgery while everyone else gets to have fun. That may just be a reflection of where I’m at right now as I’m sitting here working at 10 pm and my cohorts have all logged off. I’m feeling a little resentful about that right now.

The High Priestess is another card that tells me I like to view people from a distance and set myself apart. Sometimes I see them through a veil as if they aren’t really existing on the same plane of existence that I’m on.

The Moon is the card that leaped out of the deck last and it reiterates the message above that I see people from a distance and almost as if through a veil. The Moon tells me that I see their reflections and don’t truly see them. It is almost as if I don’t see them as fully formed, but see them as existing only in relation to me.

These messages are really profound, but it is going to take me some time to reflect on them as they are incredibly deep.