Guiding words/ideas:
Slowing down in order to ground an connect; allowing one’s tempo to slow through energetic exchange with the planet; an invitation to engage spiritually; it is a myth that slowing down hinders capacity; greatest capacity comes with proper alignment and pacing; slowing down can connect you with your essential nature.
Channeled guidance:
This beautiful card is a wonderful continuation of ideas and practices from the Six of Pentacles. An overarching theme is slowing down, slowing one’s physical self down in order to ground and connect. When this happens, deep exchange can occur, and the exchange that is being represented in the visuals of this card is between a human and the energy of the planet.
The human depicted is sitting in a cross-legged position. They are quiet, calm, and slowly engaging with the surface that they are resting on, which is the planet. Seven crystalline structures are present and activated below them. Indeed, the material that creates this magical formation is copper, which does come from below the surface of the planet and has tremendous capacity for enhancing and magnifying energy. So this human is in energetic exchange with the planet. They are allowing their tempo and their pace to be impacted by the very planet that gave life to them and sustains life for them. As a human, it is easy to hover on the surface of the planet at a pace that is faster than necessary and not terribly healthy or sustainable. And from time to time, it becomes necessary to adjust that pace. Doing so allows for greater health mentally, physically, and energetically. It also allows one to connect not just with this planet but with other planets and other entities. So it is also an opportunity and an invitation to engage spiritually.
One can do this with practices that are already established, or one can create their own unique way of connecting. Again, the first step in this practice is to slow down. It is a misconception that slowing down hinders capacity. That is a myth. When one is aligned, then one is in their greatest capacity, able to work mentally with clarity and precision, able to physically heal oneself and allow the harmonization of all internal systems, and able to fully connect with all other beings. So even if it is tempting to rush through life, know that this training and these habits are not conducive to proper alignment for human beings in this world. It is only the systems in which you find yourself that have trained you to rush. Slowing down can connect you to your essential human nature.
Plant and metal guidance:
Wild grape (purple of clothing): We are the bubbly magicians of the edges (of forests, our fields and our minds). We share with you our positivity, creativity and trickster capabilities.
Onion skin (light pink/orange skin): We are a reminder of the layering of experience and self. Layering provides complexity and strength, and we invite you to celebrate your unfolding as you discover yourself and your connections to other beings.
Black Walnut (brown ground/earth): The strength of our magic lies in our ability to clear space and provide opportunities for recharging and resetting.
Copper oxide (light blue crystalline circles below figure): I magnify the properties of whatever plants I touch or impact.
Magical Nature Tarot 
