THE RED WITCH READING #8: When Money Becomes a Shadow
From Doktor Snake:
Money anxiety isn’t just fear — it’s a kind of haunting.
You feel it the moment you wake.
A tightening in the stomach.
A quick mental scan of the bank balance.
A calculation of bills, deadlines, “what ifs,” and the grim geometry of survival in a world that grows more expensive every season.
The anxiety isn’t irrational.
The cost of living is crushing people.
Electricity, rent, food, transport — everything rising except income.
It’s the modern version of standing before an empty winter forest with no firewood.
This reading is for anyone who feels that grinding pressure, who worries they’re falling behind while everyone else seems to be managing somehow.
For anyone who feels ashamed of struggling — even though the economy is the true culprit.
And so the Red Witch speaks.
The Red Witch Speaks:
“Your fear does not mean you are failing.
It means you are awake.”
She says money anxiety binds itself to the mind like fog —
thick, heavy, shapeless.
It clouds decision-making.
It turns every purchase into guilt, every unknown into dread.
But beneath the fog is your fire — the will to survive, adapt, and move.
She reminds you that humans once hunted for meat, nuts, and berries.
Today, the hunt is for money.
The instinct is the same — but the terrain is harsher, colder, digital.
And this creates a distortion of pressure that blurs reality.
“When the mind is tired, numbers become phantoms,” she says.
“They chase you — even when they mean nothing.”
She teaches that you must separate the math from the myth.
The math is your balance, your bills, your income.
The myth is the story your mind writes around it:
“I’m failing.”
“I’m behind.”
“I’m doomed.”
Both feel the same,
but only one is true.
🜂 The Grounding Practice — “The Candle and the Tide”
A short visualisation to reduce money anxiety and restore clarity.
Light a candle (or imagine one if you’re out).
Sit quietly and picture yourself standing on a calm beach.
As the tide comes in, imagine numbers — glowing bank statements, balances in the black, zeros and ones — riding on the foam.
They wash up gently at your feet.
With each wave, say internally:
“Money is movement. I ride the tide.”
This breaks the panic loop.
It restores the internal sense of direction so you can take practical action without fear running the show.
🜃 Reflection
Money anxiety convinces you that you are alone.
But you’re not.
Millions are under the same pressure — good people doing their best in a system designed without mercy.
The Red Witch reminds you:
You are not behind.
You are not collapsing.
You are not cursed.
You’re navigating a difficult world with an honest heart —
and that counts more than you know.
Hold the candle.
Watch the tide.
The path forward reveals itself when the fear stops shouting.
If you’d like a personal Red Witch reading or a money-focused insight,
you can request one here:
👉 https://doktorsnake.com/readings/
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