Shame would have to be the most corrosive emotion.

The most crippling.

It can keep you trapped in self-recrimination and low self-esteem for decades.

You can see shame at work in the image above. It’s a feeling of fingers pointing derisively at you, whether they really are or not. Once this emotion has been implanted inside you, there’s no need for others to make you feel bad, you beat yourself up with your own inner voice.

So which Tarot card is this feeling related to?

This one, of course…