Suit 2: power
12 ~ The Core Flame
Come home to your own essential truth.
The Core Flame is the spark of your true strength.
It is not loud or embellished, but quiet, essential, and unshakable. Soberness is its home, the clarity that comes when everything unnecessary falls away.
Stripping life back is not loss; it is an opening. In this place of stillness, your power becomes pure.
This card calls you to return to the heart of yourself, the place where choice is simple, and energy flows without distraction.
Here, your presence is enough. This is not the flame of endurance, but the flame of origin: the seed of all power. It asks you to come home to your own essential truth.
Note for today
Embracing the of the Core Flame's wisdom
Strip it back to the quiet power.
Today invites you to slow down, to shed the noise and all the extra things. Let go of what keeps you scattered, and listen to the quiet that lies beneath. There is a power in simplicity, a grounding in clarity. This is your return to source energy.
Ancient wisdom
The Roots
Soberness is your root. It is the moment you stand stripped of distraction and see yourself in your simplest truth. Power here is not about force, but foundation — the still, deep root that holds you. Let yourself root into clarity, where strength grows naturally. In this stillness, nothing extra is needed; you are already enough. The Core Flame reminds you that what is steady will always outlast what is loud.
Present wisdom
The Spark
The spark of the Core Flame lives in clarity. It is born when you let go of excess and meet yourself without any pretense.
This spark asks you to lean into your essence, to trust that your simplest self contains all you need to ignite your path forward.
In the quiet, a clean fire begins, not wild, but steady. What burns away is only what was never yours to carry.
Future wisdom
The Horizon
When you stand in this clarity, the horizon opens. You no longer move from noise to noise, but from intention to intention. Stripping back creates space for what truly matters to emerge, a horizon shaped by your own truth.
The Core Flame lights the way without distraction, showing you that simplicity is strength. The path ahead is clearer, brighter, and more honest when you walk with nothing to prove.
Embracing the wisdom
Your next steps
Take that moment
Take a moment of stillness today, release one thing that no longer serves you.
Be intentional
Notice where your energy feels scattered and gently draw it back to what matters.
Simplify one thing
Simplify one area of your life this week, creating space for clarity to grow.
Your spark is uniquely you
Honour your own inner spark, the quiet flame at the heart of your power.
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When the layers fall away, your core flame is revealed – steady, simple, and enough.
It is the you that has always been.
Take this with you:
"Soberness isn't stepping away; it's stepping fully into the presence of your own purest power."
Discover the Oneness Oracle deck
The Oneness Deck is slowly coming to life, a collection of oracle cards born from years of gathered wisdom, the love I shared with Rose, and the quiet truths that continue to guide me.
Each card is designed to help you return to connection, with yourself, with life,
and with the unseen support that surrounds you.
The journey begins with the Heart Stone, a reminder to let love be the ground beneath your feet.
More to come!
