NINE OF CUPS
Devour It -- Your wish comes true. Hidden ramifications. Treats and tasty delights. Having exactly what you want. All the tasty bits. Yum. Yum. Yum. Yes.
SHADOW: Why do you want what you want? What lies at the heart of your desire? Has your dream been held for so long it is romanticized? Is it unattainable? Have you fostered an identity around the struggle for such a thing? What would it mean to strive for something completely new? Can you become still and pleased with what you have before you this very moment? Can you find pleasure in the color, sound, and texture surrounding you? Can you sense the bits of life and magic infused inside of you and outside of you? Can you feel the wildness of the given moment, the path that brought you here, the thousands of generations who lived so you can live and read these very words? Do you feel the sun rise and set inside you? Can you feel the moonlight shine through your eyes? You hold the answer. You are the answer. Will you let yourself be enough?
The black cat with wild yellow eyes holds a bird in its mouth. Nine golden cups surround the cat, echoing the World card. Nine is the number of wish fulfillment. Nine is three to the third power. This is the card of getting exactly what you want.
The Dark Wood required sacrifice. What do you exchange for your heart's desire? We plan, strive, aim for our desire. We show up and do the work and synchronicity occurs. Lucky breaks seem to happen when you lay the groundwork.We sacrifice to gain the things we want. We transform ourselves to reach our goal. Our desires lie outside the spectrum of who we are because in attaining our goals we are required to grow and shapeshift out of previous incarnations. Brushing up against intention and making it real is the evolution of the natural world and yourself.