VI of Cups Spell
Trick or treat,
down the street,
finding joy in all I meet,
sadness silences and takes a retreat.
We're picking out pumpkins
with our crushes.
We're choosing our costumes
amid the holiday's rushes.
We're hiding under masks just for the fun,
searching, searching for just the right one.
Nobody gives orders on this night.
We're free to dream and scream,
to forget the fight.
Sisters and cousins are gathering tonight,
slicing up hordes of gourds with all our might.
We're making monstrous faces to scare away fright.
We're toasting seeds no one will eat
and roasting marshmallows that are far too sweet.
We light ours on fire until they're black and burned
and blow them out quickly, wishes well-earned.
All the parents will do whatever we want.
All the adults stay silent, not even a grunt.
They'll open the doors, give us candy, but leave us alone.
They'll behave for once, no matter our tone.
For, it's Samhain, All Hallow's Eve,
and these ghouls, demons, and goblins
are too scared to be seen.
Their masks are FOREVER
and way too obscene.
They’re much too cowardly to convene.
Tonight, let's all band together!
All the Eights in the Nether,
pulling each other out,
into the heavens,
throwing out our confessions,
no longer in doubt.
We'll link arms and gallop through the wind.
We'll feel safe from the sinners,
for we haven't sinned.
We'll remind each other that we're safe, again and again.
We'll run through the yards
yipping and zipping,
tripping and slipping,
as fast as we can.
For it's our night, tonight,
and pure pleasure, our plan.
Scream with me!
Dream with me!
Gleam with me!
Run wild into the black!
Let's dance and prance,
meet and eat,
and never, ever come back.
Trick or treat,
down the street,
finding joy in all I meet,
sadness silences and takes a retreat.
HAPPY CHILDHOOD, REMINISCING, RECONNECTING WITH INNER CHILD
Sixes in the tarot concern harmonious relations that have equal effort. When you think of a time where things seemed easy and fun, most people reminisce back to their childhoods, as long as they were lucky enough to have a positive one. If you’re struggling with a difficult emotional moment in the present you might find yourself checking in with your inner child, searching for times of ease and pleasure. You are looking for a connection to the little person inside of you that is filled with joy, play, and excitement. All of your emotions were brimming to the top of filled cups as a kid. Let yourself feel that again…that pure elation of creation. That pure happiness of choosing a Halloween costume, dressing up, and getting delicious treats. Adults weren’t trying to control your every move. It was one of the nights where kids were in charge. Have fun looking back but don’t forget that you can embrace the child within at any moment. Don’t forsake your present by getting stuck in the past, even if it was happy.
Eight’s Insight: Other people might go looking for a lost childhood memory of contentment and wind up in flood of unhappiness because their childhood actually wasn’t too great. If this is you, go back and talk to that little kid and give her/him/they the happy memory for which you’re seeking. Go play with your own kids, pets, or a friend. If you don’t have any of those, play some favorite music from your childhood era and dance. Sing and laugh, even if you don’t really want to do it. Maybe faking it ’til you make it will be just what you need to get through this trying time. Hold hands with that sweet child inside of you and give her what she’s asking for so much. The six aspect of this card could mean there was a relationship that wasn’t what you needed…it was not reciprocated. Maybe it was conditional when it needed to be unconditional. Were you the parent and your parent was the child? Were there too many boundaries? Not any? Not enough safe ones? Tell your inner child that it wasn’t okay what happened. She deserved love, unconditionally, without any weird strings attached. Give her what she needs now. It’s never too late.