I made this card intuitively last summer.  I’d had the image of the woman for several months and was in total awe of her, although I couldn’t put my finger on exactly why. I tried her out on several different backgrounds, but this one “grabbed” me the most, so it became her “home.”  I shared this with a friend shortly after I’d created it and she said it looked quite scary to her (perhaps because the woman’s hands are tightly wrapped and the one on the right looks almost like a pincher/claw).  But I never got that feeling from this card (isn’t that interesting?).  I simply loved this woman and was curious about what she had to say to me.

In September 2006, I drew this card in a reading about an upcoming vacation.  At the beginning of this vacation, I did the following interpretation, and its message has stayed with me ever since. Who are you? I am the one who stands tall and strong and is very certain of what lies ahead.  I am the one who is bathed in golden light.  I am the one who is not distracted, who faces forward with focus and vision.  I am the one who lifts my arms to the Sun, to the Source.  I am the one who is strong in myself.  I am the one who knows who I am, who stands strong in my own authenticity, who doesn’t give one iota if anyone thinks I’m too glitzy or too scary.  I am the one who is sure of who I am.  I am the one who is ready, willing and able to pinch/slice away anything that gets in the way of my golden shining powerful authentic self. What do you have to give me? I give you a solid, bright understanding of who you are, and a knowing that you are the protector, the guardian of your own authenticity.  I give you the unabashed focus to stand in the truth and power of who you really are. What do you want from me? I want you to be who you are, at all times and in all places and with all people.  No matter what!  I want you to know that you have the power and ability to get rid of anything that threatens your glorious authenticity.  I want you to stay focused on your authentic self.