Nine of Wands

Keywords: Defense, paranoia, protection, resilience, fatigue, distrust

Yes/No: Undecided

Upright: Life has not been easy for you up to this point. You have had to overcome so many struggles and hardships. This card shows you that the battles are behind you, but you still keep your walls up. You still are in defense mode and still feel like there are going to be more challenges headed your way. You have a hard time letting that guard down because of all that you have gone through, but in tarot nines mean that you are almost to the end, which is good, because you can see that you are wounded and so exhausted. Let the lessons you have learned along the way provide you with the grace you need to begin to trust people and yourself again.

Reversed: You have had so many struggles that you can’t see an end in sight. Each time you start to trust someone, you just get kicked back down. You are starting to only see the bad in people and think that every situation you are in is going to end in defeat again. The wounds you have gotten have definitely taken a mental toll on you and it will be nearly impossible to let that go and trust again.