16. Pulling Cards Self-Reflection

Various types of guidance or reflection card decks exist today, such as Animal Spirit cards, Mudra cards, affirmation decks, oracle decks, and many other symbolic guidance systems. These decks are designed to provide insight, perspective, and reflection that may support your personal growth and awareness.

Each card typically represents a symbolic message, archetype, quality, or theme that reflects aspects of the human experience. When used intentionally, these cards can act as prompts for self-reflection and help bring awareness to patterns, emotions, and situations in your life that may benefit from greater understanding.

 

Pulling a card from one of these decks is is an opportunity to pause, reflect, and explore what insight or message might be helpful for you in the present moment.

When approached with openness and curiosity, these tools can help you slow down, tune inward and consider different perspectives on your current life experiences.

 

Instructions:

  1. Procure the deck of cards you want to work with right now 
    • Select a deck of cards that is calling to you most or use your Testing Technique to determine what deck is best to pull from right now.
    • Explore through the decks listed below or use a different one.
  2. Center yourself
    • Breathe with your heart. Clear yourself and come into a neutral state.
  3. Set your intention
    • Example: "I set the intention to pull the card that is in my highest and great good to receive right now. So be it and so it is."
  4. Use your testing technique or intuition to determine the number of cards that may be most appropriate for your reflection. Pull a card from your chosen deck in whatever way feels best for you. Card pulling options:
    1. Spread the cards out and let your hand be drawn to one.
    2. Hold the deck in your hands and then spilt it in half sensing a weak and strong side. Drop the weak side cards and continue splitting the deck with the strong side until one card remains.
    3. Shuffle until one card pops out at you.
    4. Any other method to select a card.
  5. Reflect on the card you selected.
    • Look at the card and notice your initial response and intuition about the card.
    • Read any message or information associated.
    • Reflect in your Resonate Health Journal.

Different Deck Options:

 

Reflect on the cards you selected for ~5-20 minutes, for the next 2-4 days. *Unless otherwise directed.

  • How may these cards resonate for you in your life right now?
  • Perform this self-reflection again as often as desired and at least in about 2-3 weeks to assess your progress and to gather any new information to continue to support you and your greatest good.
  • Optionally, use your testing technique to determine your optimal frequency and duration to use this reflection.