Transformation and Change

There is no growth without change. But change can be scary. It means opening up to something new and different, and often involves taking a risk, something many of us aren’t all that comfortable doing. But all of life is about transformation. We are born as babies, grow to be toddlers, then teens, until we transform into adults. Eventually, if we are lucky, we will continue to transform, from young into old, from foolish into wise, from newbie witches into wise old crones and sages. Life is all about transforming ourselves; recreating who we are as we grow and learn and move from who we once were into who we are going to be. You can fight it or you can embrace it, but transformation is going to happen. Isn’t it better to willingly become a butterfly than to struggle to stay a chrysalis forever?

Take some time to think about where you are in your life right now and where you want to end up. What transformations need to happen along the way for you to reach your goals and what are you doing to encourage and support those transformations? What do you need to do differently?

This card is either a confirmation that you are on the right path to successful transformation (in which case, be sure to give yourself a huge huzzah and appreciate all the hard work you’ve put in) or a suggestion that you need to be looking more closely at what you need to do to get there. You will almost certainly know which one. If you have just completed a major task or transition, take time to celebrate your accomplishments before you move on to the next phase of growth and change.

To smooth the progress of transition, sometimes it is necessary to let go of old patterns or situations that no longer work for you. Just like a butterfly crawling out of a chrysalis, there are parts of where you came from that have to be discarded and left behind in order to move on to new ways of being. If you want to do magical work to help with this process, go outside (especially if there is a breeze or wind) or sit inside in front of an open window, a small fan, or anything else that will blow air on you. (If you can’t do either of those things, then move around, dancing or jumping, to cause the air to move around you.) Light a sage smudge stick and let the air waft around and past you. Visualize whatever it is that you need to let go of being blown away with the air and the smoke.