Originally posted 11th March 2023
I decided to do this blog post slightly differently than usual - I wanted to show a little bit of my tarot style so that the card images could visually enhance what I have to say. I drew the four cards you see above (from the Rider Waite Smith deck by US Games), asking what to show viewers/readers around the topic of suprising things I've learned about healing as an energy healer.
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1. The Hanged Man
Looking at the card image, it's easy to see that one of the meanings is about looking at things from another perspective. Healing processes may involve (or result in) a changed point of view or insight into one's own life stories and patterns. This cognitive processing is part of healing and personal growth and develops self-knowledge and self-understanding. There are other meanings to this card as well, such as delay, sacrifice or not being able to directly influence a situation (see the character's hands tied behind their back?). Related to this, some sessions are about healing something that we did not create or could not affect ourselves.
2. Six of Wands
This card shows a public victory parade, indicating success and something being out in the open (not hidden). Kinesiology healing involves "making the unconscious, conscious" as a way to release blocks and restore wellness. The concept is that various 'stresses' get trapped in the body and can disrupt healthy balance over time. I tell my clients about the blocks I find because it can speed up their healing to do so. We don't always need mental processing but it can help (as in the previous point, with The Hanged Man card).
3. Two of Cups
My interpretation is that the healing effect you get may depend on the person you see. This card can represent healing and an emotional/energetic connection, so it can represent the therapeutic relationship. Sometimes I see the lion in the card as the block or interfering factor that needs healing (that lion looks a bit grumpy to me sometimes). When I was studying kinesiology, all the students practised on each other a lot. It was interesting to experience such different styles of treatment from person to person, even when we had exactly the same training. My personal opinion is that it's ideal to engage a practitioner you get on well with because it is helpful in most cases to have a sense of trust, comfort and compatibility.
4. The Magician
I love that this card showed. For me, the meaning is that we can create a positive effect with energy healing even though we can't see 'energy'. This card can represent the client or the practitioner and is about manifestation - starting the process of getting to your desired result. It shows The Magician bringing the energy of 'heaven' (the intangible) down to 'earth' (material reality), using the variety of skills and tools available to them. Sometimes people think what I do is a bit like being a psychic or a medium. I am not (as far as I know) blessed with those skills at this point! I can't easily explain how or why kinesiology works - I just know that energy healing is effective, going by my clients' results.
Here's an example of how it can look in real life: I recently did a session for a friend. She'd just got back home after a long-haul trip to her family in her country of birth. She had terrible jet lag, her mood was very low and she felt like she was getting sick. The protocol that showed as the one I needed to do was about the brain's control of electrolyte levels and the sense of thirst. I was surprised and I kept checking for interfering energies but there were none. I was doing the session while she slept so I couldn't speak with her at the time either. I completed the energy healing and left a message, telling her what I'd found and asking if it made sense. She later confirmed that she had recently had a terrible reaction to some restaurant food that had caused her to feel extremely thirsty and inflamed. So - it made sense to her even though it didn't make sense to me at the time! That's kind of how it works sometimes, and the method simply asks the body what it needs right now. That's probably why the thirst protocol showed instead of, say, jet lag or mood. She did feel better afterwards, too!
The photo is of the Radiant Rider-Waite Tarot deck by US Games Systems, taken by author.