Set as the way you can improve your self-love

Set is the bad boy of the Cartouche cards. In mythology, he was the one who killed Osiris, chopped him into pieces and then scattered him far and wide, so Isis couldn’t find him. Plot twist – she did. Historically, he was the enemy of Horus, Osiris’ son. He’s known as the Prince of Darkness and the energies that this card brings along with it are associated with opposition delays and problems at all levels.
Set was something of an agent of chaos, and is historically considered to be a fairly unsavoury character. Only you can know if this aspect of the card refers to how you feel about yourself, or not.
Alternatively, if Set appears in your reading he could be pointing to hold-ups, delays, and opposition that you might have experienced.
It’s important to remember that even though Set is the Egyptian bad guy, he was ultimately defeated by Horus. Horus represents the light, where Set represents the dark. Horus overcame Set (and banished him to rule the chaotic desert), and you can overcome any problems that you are facing right now, should you so desire.
Ironically, when you find Set in your reading, most of the setbacks, worries, and delays that you are experiencing can be put down to some sort of self-sabotage. Yes – there are problems, but when you look closely at them are you totally sure that you’re not a contributing factor?
So, the emotions that you need to acknowledge here are the bad ones. The dark ones that you dislike. There’s nothing good about these emotions, other than the fact that facing them and acknowledging them and eliminating them through shining the light on them, and then accepting them as fact – will free you from being afraid of looking into the dark corners. Once you are no longer expending your energy trying to manage yourself, you will free yourself up for radical transformation and dramatically improved self-love.