Candlelight

From the Tarot of the Hidden Realm, the Two of Pentacles; from the Heart of Faerie Oracle, the Queen of Shadows:

In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion.

― Albert Camus

Many of us find ourselves stuck on a treadmill of busyness, always doing with always more to do, but rarely seeing much progress at all. This fey is watching a flower grow. She's connected to Mother Earth and focused on just being rather than doing. She knows a sacred pause can let us actually see what is going on around us rather than living in the future of "what's next?" The Queen of Shadows, who represents introspection, would applaud this fey. She asks us to look at the shiny side of the self we show others, the neglected parts of ourselves, and the the shadowy parts we don't like to acknowledge. We may find the root issue that motivates us to stay busy in an attempt to feel worthy. But as we look within, we should light our way with this candle from Yoshin David Radin: "You have not been put here to be judged or to prove your self-worth, your self-worth is that you exist."