Burnout, thy name is the 4 of Swords.
This card warns of a shutdown, the kind that *must* be rested through, rather than pushed through. You can’t possibly think another thought and have it be coherent; the knives have GOT to come down just because you need a damn minute.
This might not be permanent. As a matter of fact, it is probably temporary. But the pause is necessary, if you want to keep on moving at all.
The 4 of Cups keeps showing up in my life the last few years. It’s a complicated card for me, because I love the recognition that I really have to slow down and take a pause. I also *hate* to recognize that what I’m doing, the truths that I’m trying to hold, the things I’m protecting myself from by keeping up the fight – honestly sometimes the fight isn’t worth it. At that point, I lay down my swords and regroup.