my old boss used to talk a lot about “filling up our cups” - or finding ways to keep ourselves energized to do the job - and i hated it, because, you know, fuck capitalism. that said, it’s one of the first things i thought about when pulling the nine of cups after a morning of anarchist volunteering.
it was not all good - a man definitely explained anarchism to me, and annie and i both got hit on to varying degrees - but mostly, it was good. it was good to labor in service of the uprising, even if it was picking up cigarette butts and remnants of pepper balls or sorting the donated clothes and first aid supplies, even in the still spicy air.
this week, darlings, the nine of cups encourages us to find that which can satisfy us, especially emotionally. it may be labor, it may not be. joy, harmony, bliss - all these things look different for everyone. only you can know what it is for you.
stay strong, stay safe.
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this week’s deck: mesquite tarot
this week’s crystal: milky quartz