This card looks harsh, but it is saying not to fear nature and change – sometimes we must be stripped bare before a transformation can occur. Sometimes we must lose almost everything before we can rebuild things the way that will work best for us. Do not run away from this challenge – it will make you better and stronger.
Blessings!
The Journey
Reading Points: It is time to face the inevitable to let the bones be laid bare and acknowledge the deepest aspects of your fears and desires. Do not fear change, because this is also a time of purification and realignment. This change may seem extreme and destructive, but old crops must be cleared for new growth to thrive and static or sterile modes and concepts must perish. A celebration of the past or an acknowledgment of the passing of one part of life may be required. Let the threads of the old slip from your fingers with joyful remembrance and enter this time of withdrawal and renewal with patience and calm.
Roots and Branches: The leap in the dark, the funeral of illusion, Wayland Smith, the dance of death, The Washer at the Ford and the Dark Mother, defleshing the corpse, purification by fire.
The Wildwood Tarot by authors Mark Ryan and John Matthews and artists Will Worthington
Parting the Mists 
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