Greetings, gremlins, and welcome to our first proper card pull for the month of July!

As it's a new month, it's time to switch up decks, and we're bringing my beloved Believe in Your Own Magic oracle deck out for this month. I'm doing this for a couple of reasons. The first is that it's generally a very good deck for vibe checks, which a lot of my weekly readings tend to be. The second is because of the way some things have sort of shaken out over the course of last week here in the United States. Now more than ever, I feel like it's important for us to focus on what we can do for ourselves and the energy we can bring to things moving forward.

While tarot can absolutely be good for this, I felt like we could all use a bit more encouragement going forward this month.

Now, as always, before we get to this week's reading, please make sure you are all nice and cozy before you continue reading this post. This is not necessarily a reflection of what card will be drawn. In fact, I'm typing this bit before I've even drawn a card. However, I find that coziness helps put me in a better space to receive whatever message the cards may have for me.

Also, please remember that this is a general reading for the collective. It might resonate with you or it might not, and that's fine. Take what you need from this or don't. It's entirely your choice.

Now that we've gone through our reading preamble, let's get into our card for the week and answer our usual question: "What do my followers need to keep in mind to live their best lives this week?"

Our answer comes in the form of Mural, reminding us that we're allowed to be our own first priority sometimes.

It's so easy for us to get bogged down in the chaos of everything or putting other people's needs ahead of our own that we often neglect ourselves. While there is a time and a place for this and sometimes that's absolutely necessary, doing that doesn't allow us that much time to breathe or even tend to our own needs.

Remember, you're important, too. You're not a secondary character in your own story. You're the main character. It's okay to put yourself first sometimes. Besides, if your own energy is depleted, how can you give it to someone else? People cannot possibly run on empty, my dear gremlins.

So this week, make yourself the priority. Work on replenishing your own energy reserves before moving on to someone else. You are more than worth it.

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