Yesterday we saw the ruling that trans and non-binary folks are not legally protected from discrimination. I’d like to say that I’m shocked by seeing this and I somewhat am and, at the same time, this is what trans folks have been telling us, have been screaming from the rooftops for years, with only a slither of us even listening, let alone taking action. It’s heartbreaking. This ruling will embolden the already-existing violence to escalate. Now is the time for all of us to consciously meet this moment, crisis plan for what is to come, and show up for trans and non binary folks.

Last night Jay chose the tarot card for us and we divinely received Page of Wands. In the Radical Tarot, Charlie Claire Burgess interprets the Page of Wands as The Student of Fire: The Explorer.

‘Daring, bold, inventive, the Page of Wands invites us to court what lights us up. Via play, study, trial and error, this card is about learning to work with the spark of our creativity, passion and purpose. This Page can show up when we’re feeling uninspired to remind us to have fun.’

‘Any spark needs fuel to catch into a fire’

Fire is fierce, it’s a warrior Spirit and it requires fuel, it requires careful and gentle stewardship to ensure it remains alight and stays safe.

I think about the embers, the glow that remains as the fire is dying and that we need to stir the embers, we have a process, we need to regroup, to restart the fire.

The Page of Wands invites us to find ways to do this work creatively and joyfully. I find it a little harder to write about joy during such a violent time, I sense resistance in my body, feeling sensations in my heart and throat tightening its grip on my access to joy. This is reminding me of the messages we received in last week’s reading:

I wonder in and amongst the pain of the world, the grief and violence we are witnessing on an hourly basis, that we don’t forget to remain open to receive the magic of the world. It is so important to keep rooted in our bliss body as we gently march toward a liberated world.

There is real skill in learning how to hold multiple truths. It is for sure easier said than done. Holding multiple truths that are seemingly binary opposites, two ends of the spectrum, is even harder. The skill of being able to hold the pain, depression and grief in one breath and create enough space for joy and bliss is hard work, especially when pain can make us feel like we have no space at all, like we are suffocating from the lack of space.

That suffocation is real and making space to feel this and grieve is essential and let’s ensure that we don’t let the grief consume us into inaction - I’m mostly speaking to people who aren’t trans and non-binary here as this is my frame of reference. I invite us to together to find ways to resource ourselves into action, into solidarity. Send that email to your MP, share posts on social media, show up to protests, donate to trans organisations. And we also collectively speak this prayer to collective consciousness until is it reality.

An invitation to light a candle and speak this prayer to the fire.

Prayer // Sacred Words for Trans & Non Binary Folks

Fire, God of Change, Spirit, Nature, Collective Consciousness - You Choose

We pray that all trans and non-binary folks be liberated.

With gentle force help us work toward living in a world where trans and non-binary folks experience the utmost respect, joy and bliss.

We take action today with this vision in mind and commit to never losing sight of this clear and beautiful destination in the days, weeks, months and years to come.

Help us each take the time to resource ourselves emotionally, physically and spiritually so that we do not withdraw from movement work.

Help us reckon with our privilege and show up in solidarity for all trans and non-binary folks.

May we be active participants in seeing the fall of empire, knowing that transphobia is a tool of colonial oppression.

Help us to cultivate a deep knowing that liberation is in our reach.

May we believe and act from a place that liberation of all people is possible.

Help us resource hope creating space for it in our being as we grieve.

Fire, God of Change, Spirit, Nature, Collective Consciousness [Your Choice] please hear our prayer and focus the energy we cultivate together to service our vision for collective liberation.

Invitation to bring your hands to anjali mudra (prayer position) and take three deep breaths to close the prayer.

I’m offering up online yoga sessions for trans and non-binary folks either 121 or groups as a means to resource the energy you’d like to cultivate in this moment - maybe it’s relaxation or maybe it’s a more energetic and release of anger that’s needed or maybe it’s a little of both. Come through if you’d be keen theteapotcollective@gmail.com and forward this message to folks you feel may benefit.

In solidarity, with love & care

Amy