Our Weightless Armor
Full Moon Report ft. the Page of Cups, Page of Swords, and The Fool
Noemí Delgado, cards by Zoe Storz
On this Full Moon in Pisces, I ask the deck, my ancestors, our angels, and the Divine for guidance on Protection.
The Mind: Page of Cups
This card depicts a heartbroken soul who, instead of becoming bitter and closed off, has remained open to the unstable experience of life. Some perceive the Page of Cups to be naive, emotionally reactive, and childish; however, there is an admirable quality to this character’s youthful candor. This card inspires us to shed the hardened layers that we believe are protecting us but are actually weighing us down. How do children protect themselves and the ones they love? By expressing themselves without shame and without discretion. The child-like nature of the Page of Cups indicates that true protection lies in our ability to feel, transmit, and manifest freely—and this requires a certain level of openness. Vulnerability and protection are no longer in opposition.
The Body: Page of Swords
This character is gracefully vigilant, pointing their sword in one direction while looking in the other. The Page of Swords is guided by pure intuition and methodically relies on the messages they receive from their guardian angel. This Page is acutely aware that their guardian angel is not separate from their own being, a mystical intimacy that makes for unconventional lines of communication. The Page of Swords does not invest energy in partitioning what information is coming from their guardian angel and what is being born from their own heart because they know that these divisions are ambiguous. This card teaches us to use our bodies to absorb messages from our own guardian angels. The forces that protect us do not have to live outside of us as long as we are willing to invite them in. Only through movement, dance, and embodiment can we bring our guardian angels close enough to realize that we are mere reflections of them. Imagine how much we can protect others once we trust this corporal wisdom.
The Spirit: The Fool
The Fool is at the beginning of their journey and is therefore unconcerned with danger. This character lacks the mundane seriousness that most of us accumulate as we move through life. The Fool’s playful way of engaging with hazardous experiences may seem reckless, but what if we see it as bravery? The more we are conditioned to live from a place of fear, the more our spirits forget how to play. Does fear provide more protection than taking risks? That’s certainly what they’ll have us believe—but that’s what keeps us from revolting. The Fool inspires fearless play, a protective medicine for our spirits. A defense from becoming lifeless pawns of the state. It is more dangerous to avoid risk than to be disobediently imaginative.
Many of us are made to believe that putting up walls will protect us. In reality, this cuts us off from vulnerable expression… Maybe those who seek to hurt us don’t want us to express ourselves openly because then we would be closer to safety. Maybe they don’t want us to discover that we can share our bodies with guardian angels because then we’ll learn to protect others. They certainly want us to feel too afraid to play so that we’re coerced into buying their medicines. They tell us that protection is always heavy, always outside of ourselves, and always serious. Our armor doesn’t weigh anything because the armor we were born with always uplifts us.
I wish you blessings and protection this moon cycle,
Noemí
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You can read Noemí’s essay “Territory of the Moon Not the State” in issue 1.