🎴 Bear Bones Tarot: July 14, 2025

Nine of Swords – Breaking Free from Invisible Cages

This card showed up for me this morning, and whew, did it come with truth on its claws.

And this one? She didn’t just whisper.

She screamed softly, from the back of my mind. The place where the old fears live.

But the truth about rebuilding a career from the ground up? You have to face those old “truths” that aren’t so true anymore and clear the clutter of those old fears.

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🪶 Part 1: For the Writers

The Nine of Swords is the card of invisible entrapment.

It shows up when:

• You feel like you’re doing everything right, but still wake up exhausted.

• You’re second-guessing your own needs or gaslighting yourself into staying small.

• You’re carrying trauma residue, and it’s leaking into your work, your rest, your breath.

But here’s the reframe:

🌕 This card doesn’t just show up to warn you—it shows up to wake you.
It says:
“You’re safe now. But your body doesn’t know it yet. Let’s teach it.”

🕯️ For writers, this means:

• Releasing the need to explain yourself

• Writing without apology

• Resting without guilt

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Today’s Practical Magick:

Ritual Box Breaths – when your thoughts spiral:
Breathe in for 4 – hold 4 – out for 4 – hold 4. Repeat 4x.
Whisper: “I return to now. I am not in danger.. Right now, in this moment, everything is okay.”

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