A Monthly Blog
Creating a practice that feels like a companionship with the Painted Oracle cards takes time and focus. Now, in this very public space, I explore the cards intimate meanings for me and how they deepen my personal understanding of self.
Working with one card for the month, I address how it feels in the moment, the ways in which I am aligned with it, the ways I am not and the possible discoveries there in.
Join me offering your insights as they relate to you.
Trust
December: Trust
Out of all the cards, (I am laughing) this one in particular consistently challenges me. I immediately feel distrust & hesitation and yet, I am aware that my immediate reaction requires that I summon my trust. There’s no irony there, is there?
I don’t know about you, but there are aspects of my life where I have to decide to trust. Yet, there are also other aspects where I blindly trust to a degree that I don’t even realize I am. Is it like that for you?
Each and every time I see this card, I call on my courage, confidence and steadfast conviction. I literally breathe in my intention to trust the situation at hand. I let that breath sink into my extremities, down my root chakra, and then I slowly I exhale. Working with this card, I know I have to activate trust, intentionally, on a daily basis.
When I draw this card I understand that where personal, professional, political & poetic doubts persist, trust is the antidote. This is especially true for my fears around personal and familial well-being. To engage in trust requires I give away the mental digression so familiar to me. In these moments, I ask, “Where can I guide my focus? “
(It goes without saying, I’m also noticing right now as I write in this public space, trust is absolutely essential. In fact, without it, I could not do this.)
To trust in my experience means to express what is without judgement or fear from within myself.
Without trust, it’s so scary like I need to stay put and not ever change.
Okay, December 2025, I equate you with trust.
The card reflects a flow of many ideas and feelings. How they all fit together appears alchemical, an alignment in motion. I can’t pretend to understand its inner workings, and I can’t say how it all shapes out, but trust as radical acceptance is my sign to move forward. Knowing I can’t control life, I trust radical acceptance. What that means for me, I am finding out.
This December, I will celebrate the holiday with a slow gathering of us, without grand expectations. I realize I am exhausted by the traditional materialistic aspects of celebration which feel false to me. I don’t want to do as I always have done. I trust this change of heart.
After the No Kings March, I promised to do weekly activism. As part of this pledge, I am committing to donate each week of December. The organizations I like to contribute to are– FSHD Society, Drs. Without Borders, World Central Kitchen, and the Bellingham Food Bank. I trust every effort matters.
My daily flow sometimes feels dreamy, sometimes productive, sometimes mundane and sometimes like the floor dropping out from under me. I trust in the shapes and sounds of my dance.
Trust offers spaciousness to witness my body, my thoughts and my feelings.
Oh, December you have me on my toes.
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