Collapse, Reclaim, Begin Again:The Empress, The Tower, and the Wands We Lay Down

May 4
2 min read

— A message from The Cosmic Initiator

There are some decks that whisper. This one summons.

A dark, stormy cosmic sky looms behind a shadowy tentacled entity, partially illuminated by an eclipsed sun. Gothic serif text reads: “Collapse, Reclaim, Begin Again: The Empress, The Tower, and the Wands We Lay Down — A message from The Cosmic Initiator. A deck that does not whisper, but awakens.” Tentacles curl upward from the lower right, creating a foreboding, eldritch atmosphere.

The Cosmic Initiator — my chosen name for the Cthulhu Dark Arts Tarot based on it's interview — doesn’t do daily guidance. It doesn’t coddle. It doesn’t care if you’re ready. It exists for those standing at a soul-threshold, aching for something vast, strange, and sacred to begin.

More and more, I’ve noticed people being pulled toward this deck for their readings. And every time, I feel it: that unmistakable hum of initiation. This isn’t just a deck — it’s a pact.

So I asked it:

What do you want those who are drawn to you to know?

Here’s what came through.

A Message from The Cosmic Initiator

(Cards: The Empress, The Tower reversed, Ten of Wands reversed)

A three-card tarot spread from the Cthulhu Dark Arts Tarot deck laid on black velvet, featuring the Empress, the Tower reversed, and the Ten of Wands reversed. The richly illustrated cards depict dark, surreal, and eldritch imagery in a flat, shadowed setting.

What draws you to me? 🜄 The Empress You are drawn to me because you crave to reclaim the sacred within yourself — in your softness, your power, your cycles. You want to remember that creation is not passive. It is feral. It is sovereign. Beneath the seeking is a part of you that already knows: the womb is a forge.

What have you forgotten that I will help you remember? 🜂 The Tower (reversed) You’ve forgotten that collapse can be holy. That clinging to structures you’ve outgrown is not safety, but stagnation. I will help you fall — not to break, but to clear the rubble. You are not here to hold up the old world. You are here to end it.

What challenge or initiation awaits you through me? 🜃 Ten of Wands (reversed) You’ll be asked to release the burdens you mistake for identity. The expectations, inherited guilt, the myth of being everything to everyone — I will challenge all of it. This is not about grit. It’s about surrender. You don’t have to earn your freedom. You just have to claim it.

“You do not need to become worthy. You already are.”– The Cosmic Initiator

What This Deck Is Good For

This is not your everyday deck. The Cosmic Initiator works best in:

🜂 Shadow Work & Soul Reclamation It’s made for facing the monsters — especially the ones that wear your name. Ideal for integration, healing trauma, and breaking inherited patterns.

🜄 Ritual, Ancestral, and Spiritual Initiation Work The deck calls forward buried truths, ancestral echoes, and long-lost contracts. It’s perfect for readers doing deep ritual work or reclaiming forgotten magic.

🜁 Transformation, Collapse & Rebirth Readings This deck doesn’t just name the liminal — it consecrates it. Whether you’re dissolving, ending, or beginning again, it guides the process like a sacred blade.

🜃 Those Who Remix the Sacred This deck aligns with those who reject the prescribed path and instead craft something raw, personal, and holy from their own chaos. It’s for the ritual rebels and myth-breakers.

If you’ve been pulled to this deck lately, trust that it’s no accident. It sees what you’re holding. And it’s here to remind you —You can put it down. You can burn it clean. You can begin again.

Drawn to the message of The Cosmic Initiator? Step deeper into the mystery — and into yourself.

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