The Vibrant Channeled Creator

Six of Pentacles
According to The Pictorial Key to the Tarot by A.E. Waite, the Six of Pentacles is described as the following:
A person in the guise of a merchant weighs money in a pair of scales and distributes it to the needy and distressed. It is a testimony to his own success in life, as well as to his goodness of heart.
Divinatory Meanings: Presents, gifts, gratification another account says attention, vigilance now is the accepted time, present prosperity, etc.
Reversed: Desire, cupidity, envy, jealousy, illusion.
Today’s tarot card, the Six of Pentacles, is about finding a balance in the give and take in your life and generosity. It’s a sign that you may need to start to donate more of your wealth to the less fortunate.
Or, on a less materialistic level, the Six of Pentacles could mean that you have a great gift that you need to share more. If you possess wise and healing words, speak them more often; if you have a calming aura, be there more to soothe people’s stresses.
Today’s card is telling you that if you have more than enough, give it away to someone to someone in need. When you’re struggling, and someone offers a helping hand, take the help and express your appreciation. This will help keep balance and harmony in your life and the lives of those around you.
What does the Six of Pentacles want you to donate?
This card is a reminder of how good it feels to share. When you have an excess of something that someone else needs, rather than throw it away, give it to someone who actually needs it.
It also wants you to know that it’s not just money that can you can donate. If you don’t need or use something and another person needs it, you should give it away to keep the balance.
Here are some things other than money that you can donate to others:
* Bring food to your local food bank.
* Give away clothing that you no longer wear or fit.
* Spend your spare time to give company to the lonely elderly in nursing homes.
* Use some of your time and energy to reading books for children at the library.
Keep in mind that it doesn’t take a millionaire to be generous and kind to those in need.
Why is it important to donate?
The Six of Pentacles is here to deliver the same message as karma—give out good, and you shall receive good in return. If you are generous with what you have now, people will be helpful with you whenever you find yourself in need in the future and return the favor.
Contributing to your community is a great way to make a positive impact on it. The Six of Pentacles wants you to know that you’re also working towards giving yourself a healthy living environment when you work towards building a healthy community.
Being generous can also be good for your health. It can lower your blood pressure and reduce stress levels. A study conducted by the Queensland University of Technology found out that the more you donate, the lower your stress levels go.
Research done by the University of Oregon also shows that giving to the less fortunate activates the part in your brain that makes you feel pleasure and contentment.
What can you do to give your life the balance the Six of Pentacles asks for?
Get involved with a local charity in your community. Look into what sort of charities are active in your community. Find one that interests you and find out how you can get involved or show your support.
Go through your stuff and figure out what you no longer need. If you feel that your home needs a little purge and clean-up, go through all your things. Figure out what you need and don’t need. Donate anything you no longer use to a local homeless shelter or non-profit organization.
Be accepting of what is given to you. If help is offered to you and you need it, don’t be afraid to accept it. Express gratitude and appreciation for everything you are offered or given. Always respond to kindness with more kindness.

Six of Swords
According to The Pictorial Key to the Tarot by A.E. Waite, the Six of Swords is described as the following:
A ferryman carrying passengers in his punt to the further shore. The course is smooth, and seeing that the freight is light, it may be noted that the work is not beyond his strength.
Divinatory Meanings: journey by water, route, way, envoy, commissionary, expedient.
Reversed: Declaration, confession, publicity; one account says that it is a proposal of love.
We see a ferryman on the Six of Swords. He is pushing his boat through the water so he might deliver his huddled passengers to their destination. All three of the figures on the card are looking away from us: they are focused on the journey ahead.
This card wants us to consider ideas of moving. If a move is coming up for you, then that is the move you should be thinking of. If, however, you moved in the past but have no plans to move now, then it might be the case that you never truly finished your last move.
Making Homes Our Own
Sometimes, moves are exciting, positive things. You are going from the place you live now to an even better place—a place that you look forward to living in. But this is not always the case. There can come times in our lives when we are pushed to move because of factors outside of our control.
We might have to live in certain homes that are not ideal for us or for where we want to be in our lives. It can be especially difficult to make places like this feel like homes, but there are steps you can take to truly embrace the various homes that you will live in in your lifetime.
If this is the case for you, resist the urge to put off making the new place feel “homey” because you don’t want to be there long anyway. You don’t have to invest massive amounts of time and money to make the place feel like yours, but make sure to add some personal touches that will help you to feel prouder about listing this place among the homes of your lifetime.
Transforming spaces into homes can make a substantial difference in how you feel when you are in them, regardless of how “nice” of a place you are in.
Even if you are excited to live in a new place, you may struggle—or you may have struggled—in finishing everything you wanted to do in the move. Might you have an extra box somewhere that still needs unpacking? What about a certain window you said you would get new curtains for?
If the move is coming up for you, then try making a promise to yourself that you will go into it with the energy you need to power through until the new place is truly a home.
If the move is in your past, take some time today to walk around your space and reflect on what you have put off doing. Then, set an actionable goal for completing these tasks.
This Work Isn’t Beyond Your Strength
We may notice in the description of the Six of Swords card that the cargo on the ferryman’s boat is “light”, so it is clear “that the work is not beyond his strength.” Neither is the work you must do in moving beyond your strength.
Whether you have a move in your future or in your past, you have the abilities and the strength to change homes and make your residence the place you want it to be. Moving is more than just putting things in boxes and then carrying them from one place to the next.
In truth, moving involves taking a good, hard look at the life you have built in one place, and then envisioning how you might transform and evolve it in the next place. Today, image how you might take steps to make all of the spaces in your life into homes