Liminal Death, Three of Wands, and the Four of Canes

It’s Death wearing sunnies, so they have to be cool. Again, liminal death, by L0st Vegas. It is telling you that now is not the time for a big change; combined with the (reversed) Three of Wands by Ambi Sun, which notes that beginnings are hard. The Three of Wands is about exploration and growing. When it is reversed, that energy is blocked. 

The first two cards are telling you not to pursue large, grandiose changes. That energy is blocked, whether it's by time, available effort, or even cash. A question to ask yourself is, what small change can you make that doesn’t upset your entire life? I’ll give a personal example: I turned off social media for a week. No Bluesky, no Reddit (unless linked to through Google to answer a tech problem or give a product review), no infinite scroll. Just for a week. A small, liminal change, and it's made a difference. I wasn’t an addict by any means, but it took up time. Without social media, I am bored… and now I have to find things to do. This is a good change for me.

The Four of Canes is a card of stability. Interestingly, the Cat Rocketship version put the Tower in the background. The Tower is about the destruction of a closely held illusion and the inevitable consequences. Perhaps the Four of Canes is providing an off-ramp from a Tower in your life? If giving up social media is the Four of Canes offramp, then the Tower version would be learning at 75 that you missed out on so much due to the infinite scroll.

What small changes do you need to make to stop a situation or behavior from spiraling out of control? When they take a step back, people know what they should or shouldn’t be doing. This is a call for you to self-reflect on the little things.