🟩 Green Flag Of Gratitude

Green Flag of the Week

This week’s green flag is a soft but powerful one:

✨ “Gratitude transforms the way I see my life.” ✨

This is a collective message  for anyone reading this now who feels it resonate in your chest. It’s an invitation to slow down, notice the quiet blessings, and celebrate yourself, your connections, and even your endings.

Please remember if it dosent apply let it fly meaning take what resonates and leave what doesn't, don’t force this reading to be for you!!

Below is the spread I pulled and how it speaks to this week’s theme.

🌿 Overview

Theme: “Appreciation is medicine.”

When we slip into lack, comparison, or focusing only on what’s broken, we close ourselves off from the magic happening around us. Gratitude is not about ignoring what’s difficult happening in our life it’s about choosing to see what else is here too: support, sweetness, healing, and connection.

This reading is both a collective map and a mirror. As you read, notice where it lands in your body. Each card offers both a pattern for the collective and a personal reflection you can use this week.

1. The Green Flag: What blessing is asking to be noticed?

The Sun (Reversed)

Short summary: Light is still here, even if muted.

In-depth: The reversed Sun says joy may feel quieter than usual this week not the fireworks, more the warm glow. The green flag is that even in uncertainty or heaviness, the rays of light are still breaking through. A small kindness, a moment of laughter, sense of relief, these are proof that joy doesn’t have to be loud to be real.

For the collective: We’re being asked to notice the ordinary sunshine: the simple ways life warms us daily. Gratitude means claiming those small rays as valid, even when shadows exist.

How it shows up: Smiling at someone and receiving it back, feeling warmth in your body after a walk, relief when something stressful eases just a little.

Shadow / Lesson: The shadow is waiting for “big happiness” before allowing yourself to feel joy. The lesson is: happiness is cumulative. Small joys add up to great light.

Practical prompts:

• Each evening, write down one “tiny sunbeam” moment that lit your day.

• Ask yourself: “Am I dismissing this joy as ‘too small’?” If yes, pause and claim it anyway.

2. The Hidden Blessing: What’s easy to overlook?

The Fool

Short summary: Every day is a new chance.

In-depth: The Fool is fresh energy, innocence, trust. The hidden blessing is that gratitude gives us permission to start fresh. When we celebrate what we already have, we stop gripping fear so tightly and that clears the path for curiosity and adventure.

For the collective: This card says: gratitude is a launchpad. It grounds you enough to step forward without overthinking.

How it shows up: Feeling a pull to try something new, lighten up, or release control. A willingness to see something differently.

Shadow / Lesson: The shadow is clinging to old definitions of “success” or “enoughness.” The lesson is to notice the space gratitude creates: you already have, therefore you can also try.

Practical prompts:

• Ask: “Where can I replace control with curiosity?”

• Take one Fool-inspired risk this week: do something playful or new with no pressure of outcome.

3. The Heart of Gratitude: Where are we asked to shift focus?

Five of Pentacles (Reversed) + Five of Cups

Short summary: From loss to recovery, from grief to hope.

In-depth: These cards together hold a strong healing message. The Five of Pentacles reversed shows support arriving after struggle community, doors reopening, help after hardship. The Five of Cups shows that while grief is real, there are still cups standing still love, still reasons to move forward.

For the collective: Gratitude shifts the narrative. From “I don’t have enough” to “I’ve survived, I’ve healed, I still have.”

How it shows up: Remembering how far you’ve come. Noticing resilience. Turning attention from the spilled cups (what’s gone) to the full ones (what remains).

Shadow / Lesson: The shadow is clinging to the story of loss. The lesson is to honor grief but not be defined by it. Gratitude says: “I see what hurt me, but I also see what loves me.”

Practical prompts:

• List two things you once thought were a loss but that gave you wisdom or strength.

• When grief surfaces, ask: “What is still here for me right now?”

4. The Celebration: How do we honor what we have?

Eight of Cups

Short summary: Celebration sometimes means walking away.

In-depth: The Eight of Cups shows a journey of release. Gratitude doesn’t only mean holding, it can also mean letting go of what drains you. To celebrate yourself is to honor that you deserve better, fuller cups.

For the collective: We celebrate what we have by refusing to cling to what doesn’t serve. Walking away is not rejection it’s devotion to your own worth.

How it shows up: Choosing to leave behind a toxic pattern, an old identity, or a role that no longer fits.

Shadow / Lesson: The shadow is thinking leaving equals failure. The lesson is that leaving can be a thank-you: “I honor what was, and I release it to make space.”

Practical prompts:

• Write: “I thank you, and I release you” to one habit, situation, or role you’re ready to leave.

• Ritual: Light a candle or take a walk as a symbol of stepping forward.

5. The Ripple Effect: What grows when we embody gratitude?

Three of Cups + Nine of Cups (Reversed)

Short summary: Gratitude connects us to others.

In-depth: The Three of Cups is celebration, friendship, community. The reversed Nine of Cups reminds us that happiness is not about a solo wish being granted, but joy being shared. The ripple effect of gratitude is togetherness.

For the collective: When we are grateful, we stop hoarding joy as a private trophy and start offering it as shared celebration.

How it shows up: Reaching out to friends, finding reasons to gather, laughing over simple things.

Shadow / Lesson: The shadow is chasing personal satisfaction as proof of worth. The lesson is joy expands when it’s communal.

Practical prompts:

• Share one gratitude with someone out loud this week.

• Plan or accept a small gathering even a coffee chat counts as celebration.

6. The Gift We Share: What gratitude allows us to give

Six of Cups

Short summary: Sweetness, memory, and kindness.

In-depth: The Six of Cups is pure heart energy: nostalgia, generosity, and innocence. Gratitude softens us, making us kinder and more giving. It allows us to pass forward sweetness, creating ripples that bless others.

For the collective: The gift of gratitude is that it keeps us tender. It reminds us of who we are at our most loving.

How it shows up: Giving without expectation. Reconnecting with memories that warm the heart. Offering kindness freely.

Practical prompts:

• This week, Offer a Random

Act of kindness, no strings attached.

• Journal: “What childhood memory still warms me, and how can I recreate that feeling today?”

Bottom of the Deck: The deeper lesson

Queen of Cups (Reversed)

Short summary: Self-gratitude is the anchor.

In-depth: Under it all, the Queen of Cups reversed says: don’t pour endlessly for others while neglecting yourself. Gratitude must begin in the mirror otherwise, it empties you.

For the collective: We’re learning to stop outsourcing worthiness. True celebration includes ourselves.

Practical prompts:

• Ask daily: “What is one way I can thank myself today?”

• Look at yourself in the mirror making eye contact saying “I appreciate me for…” and naming one quality aloud.

🌼 How It All Plays Together for the Collective

1. The Green Flag (Sun R): The light is here it just looks quieter. Claim the small joys.

2. The Hidden Blessing (Fool): Gratitude makes us brave enough to begin again.

3. The Heart of Gratitude (5s): Healing shifts us from lack to appreciation.

4. The Celebration (8C): Release what drains you that’s self-honor.

5. The Ripple Effect (3C + 9C R): Gratitude strengthens bonds, not just personal trophies.

6. The Gift We Share (6C): Gratitude makes us generous, sweet, and connected.

7. Lesson (Q of Cups R): Don’t forget to turn that appreciation inward.

📓 Journaling Prompts

• What’s one “small joy” I can claim today? (Sun R)

• Where am I being invited to replace control with curiosity? (Fool)

• What did I once see as a loss that actually gave me strength? (5s)

• What can I lovingly release to honor myself? (8C)

• How can I let gratitude ripple outward to others this week? (3C + 9C R)

• What sweet memory can I recreate today? (6C)

• How can I thank myself, right now? (Queen of Cups R)

🌞 Weekly Affirmation

“I celebrate the light in small and big ways. Gratitude opens doors, deepens love, and connects me to joy.”

🌻 Closing Thoughts🌻

This week’s green flag is simple but profound: gratitude transforms perception. When you notice small joys, you step into expansion. When you celebrate what you have, you make space to release what doesn’t serve. When you share gratitude, you deepen connection. And when you finally turn that gratitude inward, you root yourself in self-love.

🌻Until Next Week 🌻

Your joy is not conditional. Your gratitude is enough. That is the green flag waving you forward this week.

💚 Personal Closing Note

This pull feels especially significant for me this week with what’s happening in my own life, it’s a mirror and a reminder. Thank you to Viola for inviting me to be apart of the team to write and share these reading for you all. I have so much gratitude for her and her mission!! May we walk forward with open hearts, celebrating not just what we’ve gained, but also the resilience, healing, and love that have carried us this far.

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All my love,

Liz

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