Exploration:
While often translated to mean celibacy and renunciation of sensual pleasure, brahmacharya is about keeping one’s thoughts and actions engaged in living our Divinity. In the vedic culture, brahmacharya is also the first of four ashrama (stages of life), where a student is supported to focus their energy on cultivating knowledge, talents and life-skills for living a spiritually grounded existence before engaging in sexual relationships. 

Following an ethical code for your life is the basis of character development, and increases your capacity for integrity in the moment of choice. Daily spiritual practice is essential because by strengthening and maintaining your connection to Source, you’ll naturally live in a spiritual way. High vibration inputs for your body, heart, and mind keep you aligned to your authentic self, creating a feedback loop of discernment and compassion. 

In placing spiritual development at the heart of your life choices, you’ll naturally spread connection, creativity, and generosity. Saraswati embodies this archetype as the Goddess of knowledge, music, art, wisdom, speech, and any activity that purifies and connects to the essence of a person. She reminds us that spiritual wisdom, beauty, and eloquence flow to and from the awakened heart.

If you receive this card it might be asking you to choose what uplifts yourself and others rather than what creates confusion and anxiety. By releasing compulsive behaviors you naturally refine your choices and what you want in life comes authentically – without the ego’s involvement in manipulating or aggressively pursuing objects of desire.