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Today's Card is Shadow Self - Denial. Projection. Shame. from the Mystic Martian Oracle by Lisa Porter.

Our Shadow Self is a psychological and spiritual perspective regarding the aspects of ourselves that we often either deny, sometimes cannot see, and conceal from public. Every human being and 'Higher Being' has a shadow self. The problem arise when denial or refusal to see the shadow self takes hold as this causes spiritual fragmentation in the psyche and blocks enlightenment and holistic integration.

Shadow selves not acknowledged take on an unaware to semi aware, autopilot type of 'spirit' life of their own, usually resulting in projection when triggered. This is where dark entities subconsciously reside and where Archons can steer and manipulate if a person is not conscious. All dark entities are merely abandoned aspects of all life.

The shadow self typically emerges during early childhood and progressively manifests if not integrated. The shadow self contains anything that we were taught and judged as a small child to see as inappropriate, wrong, shameful or bad, or we were punished or rejected for etc. What we rejected in ourselves is rejected back onto us. These conditions may have been passed onto us through our families, our schools, our communities, our culture etc. The denial of these aspects we do not like or accept in ourselves forces those archetypal aspects of self to be represented. It wanders, not fully conscious, to the 'self' projecting and over-reacting onto others defiantly what they deny in themselves. A basic example of this could be if you angrily over-react towards another who sincerely sad, it is highly probable you have denied and repressed your own sadness.

Facing and owning our shadow self aspects can be challenging, even painful so initially, and requires self-awareness, humility and accountability, while also forgiving ourselves. Shadow work is the true test of self-love. True core healing always contains huge elements of shadow work.

Card meaning: Denial, projection, repressed, childhood wounds, fragmented, over-reacting, triggers, dark night of the soul, shame, self-loathing and addiction.

Reversed: Healing, becoming whole, integration and self-awareness.