Brigid

many manifestations, embracing all your parts, authenticity

May the serpent wake, bellowing with the rising flame and beckoning the wisdom that awaits your return.

Brigid, one of the most complex and beloved deities of Celtic mythology, is known by many names including Brighid, Brigit, Briggidda and Brigantia. Her lore is equally abundant: she is a goddess of fire and water and is connected with healing, craftsmanship, metalsmithing, agriculture, poetry, motherhood, children, life and death. She is depicted as being many ages, having been known as each aspect of the triple goddess – maiden, mother and crone – but to say she is one thing would be to diminish her beauty and power. Unlike many other pagan deities, she is one of the few to survive Christianity's attempt to erase her influence.

Brigid's appearance in your reading means it is okay to be more than one thing, to change your mind or even be something to one person and a different thing to another. Who you are at work requires a very different person from who you are with friends. Who you were in the past does not have to be who you are today. This card validates your desire to take a different path but also invites you to embrace all parts of who you are, giving each part of your personality room to shine when appropriate.

In the rare event this card falls from the deck in reverse it can mean you are allowing others to put you into a box in which you don’t belong. Being true to yourself is your greatest power.