Portal schmortal. I must admit, I sometimes wonder if these numerology portals are just New Age nonsense. That said, I have paid attention to some of them when intuition nudged me to, especially the triple portals where the day, month and year all carry the same number.
I decided to dig around in memory for when the 7th of July was a triple portal. That would have been in 2023. My memory isn’t great, so I looked through my blog posts over on angelorum from July 2023. It was a busy month of blogging, apparently, and about half the posts no longer resonate.
While I found nothing on the day itself, I did find a 777 portal tarot spread from the 5th of July. If you resonate strongly with number portals, you might wish to take this spread for a spin today.
7/7 Psalm Magic
I also decided to look up Psalm 77. According to Anna Riva, in Powers of the Psalms, this is a psalm to use against despondency and lack of faith.
That kind of synchronicity speaks to me far more than the idea of a numerology portal. In July 2023, I was still in the throes of religious trauma recovery, trying to write my way through it. Hence, the copious amount of blog posts that month. This was and still is my neurodivergent way of coping with any form of trauma.
Looking back, I can see that the real issue wasn’t a lack of faith in God so much as a lack of faith in myself. I hadn’t yet learned to trust my own discernment.
The Chariot
Perhaps that’s why The Chariot came to mind this morning. As the seventh Major Arcanum, and traditionally linked with Cancer, it speaks of harnessing opposing forces and moving forward with intention. The Chariot doesn’t succeed through brute force but through inner alignment. When our will and our deeper purpose pull in the same direction, life begins to move again.
For so long, childhood abuse, abandonment and trauma left my will feeling broken. Without knowing and trusting our own will, we easily fall prey to doubts and despondency.
A Reading About Despondency
Yesterday, I spoke to someone near and dear to me. They were feeling very despondent, so this morning I lit a candle and read the Psalm over their situation. I also pulled some cards for them. I love how clearly the Oracle of the Hekatean Path and the Biblical Tarot spoke to the situation.
The 10 of Wands (here called Candles) testify to the state of feeling at the end of one’s tether and simply not knowing if one has the strength to carry on. The 3 of Swords (here called Feathers) shows that there is a real need to shed some tears. Tears can remove blockages and relieve tension so that we can breathe again.
The final card, the Queen of Wands/Candles, is how I see this person. They are much more resourceful than they think they are, and so very beautiful, artistic and charismatic. Yesterday, I found myself reminding them how very loved they are, and it boggled my mind that someone so stunningly beautiful would ever need such a reminder. Yet that’s what despondency does. It blinds us to our own light.
But it also showed me that they will bounce back very soon, and that filled me with hope. It also reminded me of all the times I bounced back from the pit of despair.
Whether or not 7/7 is really a “portal” almost feels beside the point now. This morning became a doorway for me, not because of numerology, but because it invited me to look back and notice how much has changed. Three years ago, Psalm 77 would have described my own heart. Today, it became a prayer for someone else. That’s the kind of synchronicity I trust. Not one that tells me what to believe, but one that quietly reveals how far I’ve come.
