Today I thought I would like to do a Tarot reading for Australia and share it with you all.

There are three parts to this reading so I will be succinct.

I began with drawing cards that show the major energies: two representing what at a conscious level assists us and what we need to know might trip us up and two cards representing the same but at a subconscious level. The spread has one central card that represents the country’s main energy at this time, which is The Fool. To those of you unfamiliar with Tarot, the main message of the Fool is being free of fear, which is a wonderful card in this situation.

It is not a Pollyanna fearlessness that the Fool represents, rather the freedom that comes when you are unafraid and trusting that the road will rise up to meet you; the energy of stepping into the unknown. Very briefly, there are two polarities in this situation; fear or love. One is helpful and one is not.

The surrounding cards show that as a country we are very aware of the realities. At a conscious level we are feeling grief, shock and sorrow, represented by the Three of Swords. We are also struggling with knowing we don’t know everything we want to: (The Moon). This is the card of mystery and I always see it as a blessing that the light is not too bright. Some things are too hard to look at with a floodlight and the moonlight is gentler. Be careful though as the subconscious can play tricks of you. Both cards are guided by the Fool. The Fool understands that the sorrow is real, hearts will be broken during this process but does not allow this to be crippling. The Fool also tempers some of the more difficult aspects of the Moon.

So at a conscious level, we are doing as well as could be hoped for.

Moving to the subconscious level, we have the Hanged Man assisting us. Even if we are not consciously aware of it, we recognise that we are in a difficult position and we know that ‘It is what if is’. We are to a degree helpless, but safe, if we don’t struggle. This is a time to be patient and there is something else that is sheer magic about seeing this card in this position for our country’s psyche. The Hanged Man is the archetype for gaining wisdom and enlightenment. Many of us are blessed with the chance to experience the world slowing down, stopping even. Even for those of us who still have to work (and huge gratitude and awareness of that sacrifice by the way) are experiencing a slowing down. In this slowing, this unfamiliar stillness, can be found all kinds of wisdom. I probably don’t need to dwell on that; I am sure we are all finding out what is important and what isn’t.

The energy to be aware of that may be a hindrance in our collective subconscious is represented by the 7 of Cups. The imagery in the Rider Waite Deck shows seven cups containing all kinds of strange things. The cups represent our emotions, seven is the number of reflection and analysis and together there is the very real problem of not knowing what is real and what is not.

This is when I think of all the competing narratives flooding social media. Its a bit like choose your own dystopian nightmare in many ways. Once again I am so grateful that at our core, we are a country that is inherently brave and optimistic. The Fool to me has a Christ like energy; wise but fearless no matter how dark the night.

This is only part one of the reading, but I will leave it here so as not to overwhelm you.

The next reading answers my next question: Show me what we as a country, as a community are facing. The third part looks into the highest possible timeline to see how this country of ours will fare. And as I finish writing part 1 I hear on the radio the lyrics… ‘Oh Sherrie, our love holds on, hold on’. So hold on people.