0: The Fool, Taking the Risk We are in Fool energy right now. - not just when you pull a card, but we can see the energy of the cards at different times. What does it mean to embrace something new, what is blocking that as well? We are in a time of limitless possibility -- Week 2 1: The Magician, Stepping Into Your Power Holding that wand can also be scary, we give our power away to others. What does it mean to embrace our own power? -- Foundational Principle 1: Tarot is an invitation -- Brain chemistry 101 Negativity Bias - brains trained to notice the negative as a way of protecting us from harm. This keeps us from seeing what's good, it sends our brain on a space of contraction - that is all we can focus on (the negative). Once we get into that threatened state, that's all we can see. That's not the best state to find solutions to our problems, or find/make new neural connections in our brains. Second arrow- self-judgment for having / succumbing to negativity bias. B