Artwork Description
Swoon – Oracle Deck: Sweaty Boot-Exhaustion
Dimensions: 17 x 11″
Year: 2024
Medium: archival digital print on Moab Entrada 300 gsm
Edition: ed. 1/20
The sweaty boot may be a signal that the world is asking too much of you. Too much work for too little reward. This card signals effort that goes under appreciated. Exertion that taxes you with little respite and no end in sight.
Now this isn’t to say that exhaustion can’t be a beautiful thing. Sometimes it’s the only proper and good state to be in after we’ve given our all. A happy weariness that leads us home from great triumph. Exhaustion is after all the number one sponsor of a truly peaceful night’s sleep. And the pleasure of laying around in bed doing nothing is never yummier than when our efforts at the good fight have earned us a nice lazy spell.
But this card often points to a bone deep kinda weariness. To systems that are set up in unsustainable ways which force us to work harder than we ought to. Or a knowledge that things can’t go on in the way they have been without something breaking.
Exhaustion can be physical or emotional, material or spiritual. Either which way, it’s always a signal that something needs to change. It can be hard to know what needs changing when you’re in this state though, not to mention mustering the energy for
the how.
So let’s start with first things first. Sit down and take a load off honey, ‘cause you need a break.
–Swoon