The Exiled Returns

Reclaiming the shadow you sent away

Essence

There is a part of you that was sent away—not by force, but by fear.

A shadow self, once deemed too unruly, too much, too soft, too wild.
In truth, it was simply too sacred for a world that didn’t know how to hold it.

You exiled it to survive.
To be accepted. To be safe. To belong.

You learned early that some parts of you were not welcome—so you cast them out, locked them away, buried them beneath who you were supposed to be.

The rage that kept you alive.
The softness that made you vulnerable.
The hunger that felt insatiable.
The grief that had no place to go.

This card arrives as a homecoming.

The part of you that once cowered in exile now returns—not as a threat, but as a teacher.

The shadow does not come to destroy you.
It comes to complete you.