Wonderment
giants paint the sky
in delicate strokes
with mystical brushes
stretching
spilled paint
of apricot hues
over a canvas of blue
until the world
dips
into darkness
as twilight approaches
Gideon’s Challenge – Wonderment
Generosity From the Universe
Today’s meditation was a ten minute #DailyCalm session from the @Calm.
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The @GlitterbyInk #OctoberAlchemy26 Challenge
Breathe Prompt for October 14th : Trust
Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.
Today’s draw is the Six of Pentacles, which is traditionally a representation of charity, generosity, sharing the wealth, asking for or accepting help, and balancing the scales between the “haves” and the “have nots” in life.
Sometimes you just have to trust that everything is going to turn out okay, that the universe will provide, and that generosity will prevail.
In my life, I have been in far too many situations where I was on my last leg and out of options. Every single time, it felt like the end of the world.
And yet? I’m still here. Surviving, and occasionally thriving. Okay… more than occasionally these days.
I’m here because I fought to be here, but I’m also here because of the generosity of the universe to provide me what I needed to keep climbing and striving.
The message in today’s Six of Pentacles and Trust prompt is a reminder that it’s not all up to you. You are being given a hand up now and then, even when you might not realize it. These cards encourage us to trust that that with perseverance, that hand up will be there when we need it most.
DECK USED: DARK WHIMSICAL TAROT
October Spooky Season Challenge by @MercuryTarot
Prompt for October 14th : What is unique about me?
Reading Summary: When you land at a fork in your path (Crossroads), you always choose the path that leads towards stability (House), no matter how daunting the obstacles in your way (Mountain).
Take Away: You are singularly focused on stability and security. In your life, your finances, your health, your future… no matter the aspect of your life, your decisions are geared towards that singular goal.
It doesn’t matter to you if the path to the stability that you seek comes with greater obstacles and bigger struggles than the other options available to you. To you, it’s worth the extra trials and hardships to move in the direction of security and stability than to choose an easier path.
As a result, you tend to provide a sense of stability to others who are going through their own trials.
Other elements included in this reading:
Pressed Pansy Flower for Hearing the Heart More Clearly
Garnierite for help in Releasing Anger, Anxiety, and Guilt
Carved Jade Japanese Kitsune for fostering Wisdom and Cunning
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy
DECK USED: GOTHIC LENORMAND
October Prompts by @forgotten.dumpling & @ml.mecham
Prompt for October 14th : an exorcism of lies
I am legion unto my own
with myriad personalities and characters
hidden beneath the surface
(Ten of Clubs)
some clamoring for freedom
(Ace of Clubs)
while others whisper from the dark
spreading rot and decay
in stagnant places
(Three of Spades)
until new chemicals are introduced
to chase away the shadows
created by their lies
(Ace of Hearts atop Five of Spades)
Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Pin Oak Leaf for Strength and Endurance
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy
DECK USED: GOOFY GHOULS PLAYING CARDS
@owlandbonestarot #OctoberinBetween Challenge
Prompts for October 14th
Push – Four of Cups – Push yourself to do the meditation practices that help to balance out your days.
This little ten minute space is just for you and no one else, and is an important part of your day. It allows you to give yourself some time apart and away from the responsibilities and social obligations so often pressing in from all sides. This little break is important.
Pull – Knight of Cups Rx – Pull back against recalcitrance to take these few minutes each day for yourself.
Your resistance to this simple practice is caused by mood, emotion, and/or negativity. None of these things need the validation of avoidance half as much as you need the validation of practicing regularly.
Other elements included in this reading:
Oregon White Oak Leaf for Strength, Stability, and Longevity
Honey Calcite for Optimism and Motivational Boost
Rose Quartz for Gentle Kindness to Self and Others
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy
DECK USED: DARK WHIMSICAL TAROT
I watched a movie (The Unholy) instead of fucking around on my phone during spare time at Ms B’s house.
Gideon’s Challenge – Small Joys
Small Joys
in the cloying
foggy wet
of an
evergreen forest
walk with me
among the trees
and lets play tourist
for with your hand
in mine
our shoes will
trod the path
and as water drops
drip from our hair
we’ll discover
hidden secrets
and laugh
Photo © ZenStatePhotography
Finding Another Way
Today’s meditation was a ten minute self-guided session based on an affirmation card that says, “I’m mysterious as a black cat, with foresight and intuition.”
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The @GlitterbyInk #OctoberAlchemy26 Challenge
Breathe Prompt for October 13th : Listen
Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.
Today’s draw is the Wheel of Fortune card, which is traditionally a representation of luck (both good and bad), changing circumstances, the ups and downs of life, and the cyclical nature of life and the world.
Speaking to a brick wall is a waste of time, no matter how cunning the approach or how sweet the words spoken.
There are always going to be people in life so stuck in their own narrative that they cannot see beyond it, as well as those who simply stubbornly refuse to. No matter how hard you try to share your own view or expand theirs, they refuse to hear you. They refuse to listen, instead deflecting, pandering, or gaslighting their way around actually opening their minds beyond their own stubborn viewpoint.
It’s important to realize when this is happening. Wasting time in this manner serves no one. A better option is to vary one’s approach, look for chinks and cracks where a small amount of information can seep in like a water leak and spread over time.
Breaching these brick walls isn’t about brute force, it’s about the small things that can begin to corrode the mortar over time instead. Think outside the box, be patient, and stop the futility of beating your head against the wall. Find another way. Keep in mind that finding another way might mean opening up to listening to -their- viewpoint with an open mind as well.
DECK USED: THE BLOOD-DRINKER’S DRAW TAROT AND TWIST’S HALLOWEEN AFFIRMATIONS DECK
#DiscordTarotholicsOct2026 Challenge
Prompts for October 12th through 14th
Ghouls: Who in your life needs a bit more acceptance and understanding?
Luck / Mirror – Yourself. You are in need of more acceptance and understanding, most especially from yourself. It is important to incorporate these themes into your everyday routines, allowing acceptance, forgiveness, and understanding to thread through the substrate so that it can become inherent over time.
Poltergeist: What needs to be banished from your life?
Correspondence / Clothing – Ease up on your armor. Hyperactive self defense mechanisms numb you to the world around you and those in it. Take care to diversify instead of doubling down when you’re feeling out of sorts or vulnerable. You still need others, even then, and perhaps even more so than when everything is on an even keel.
Philosophical Question: Why do the living feel a desire to connect with their ancestors?
Resourcefulness / Mannaz – Connecting with our ancestors connects us to what is important in our past and the pasts of those that came before us. Lessons learned can be carried forward instead of being repeated, as long as they aren’t forgotten. Our ancestors connect us to these lessons and knowledge.
Other elements included in this reading:
Pressed Pansy Flower for Hearing the Heart More Clearly
Black Spruce Needles to Boost Self-Confidence and Positive Thinking
Dried Rosebuds for Potential and Beauty Waiting to Unfold
Dried Purple Heather Flowers for Independence and Luck
Smoky Quartz for Introspection and Emotional Balance
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy
DECK USED: EVERYDAY SPELLS FOR BUSY WITCHES DECK
October Prompts by @forgotten.dumpling & @ml.mecham
Prompt for October 13th : how to bury a moment
the lift of an eyebrow
and an uncomfortable pause
an ice cold stare and lack of applause
(Queen of Spades)
not a word said
a mere presence speaking loud
is more than enough to silence the crowd
(Seven of Spades atop Ace of Spades)
a flash of doubt on an offending face
before my chin tips
as we turn to leave this space
(Two of Hearts atop Six of Spades)
Other elements included in this reading:
Staghorn Sumac for Connecting with Nature and the Wild Within
Norway Maple Key for Fostering Strength and Resilience
Clear Quartz for boosting Mental Clarity
Rainforest Rhyolite for Facilitating Calm Transitions
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy
DECK USED: BLOODY LOVERS PLAYING CARDS
@owlandbonestarot #OctoberinBetween Challenge
Prompts for October 13th
Known – King of Wands – You inherently know what kindles your interest and breathes life into your creative spark.
These things pull your inner strings, causing you to stand up and pay attention even when the world is clouded in hues of gray due to depression. The depression may dampen the enjoyment, but if you’re paying attention, the resonance is still there.
Unknown – Seven of Cups – The struggle is not in identifying these things, but in choosing which ones to pursue. Sometimes you get overwhelmed by the sheer number of options, other times you are simply overwhelmed by the act of having to choose at all, even when there’s only one or two options available.
Don’t mistake feelings of indecision and discomfort in making choices with disinterest.
Other elements included in this reading:
Conch Shell Knot for Concentration, Clarity, and Determination
Clear Quartz for boosting Mental Clarity
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy
DECK USED: THE BLOOD-DRINKER’S DRAW TAROT
I let J drive for the errands that needed run today and took a nap in the back of the car.
Gideon’s Challenge – Pleased
Pleased
a little bit of work
a bit of spooky fun
a brief moment
of satisfaction
at a job well done
fleeting but there
the pleasure
in the moment
I just really want
it to linger
a bit longer tonight
Photo © ZenStatePhotography
Sins, Not Tragedies
Today’s meditation was a ten minute self-guided session based on an affirmation card that says, “You are important. You matter.”
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Bless Prompt for October 11th : Gratitude
Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.
Today’s draw is The Tower card, which is traditionally a representation of sudden change, chaotic transformation, destruction, and the tearing down of something within one’s life or beliefs that leaves room for something new to take its place.
When you think back on your life and those catastrophic “shit happens” moments, do you look back with unhappiness and resentment for what you lost? Or with gratitude for the change in direction these moments caused that have lead you to the good stuff in your life now?
We all have regrets. We all make mistakes. We all have things happen in our lives that are out of our control.
The message on today’s Tower card and Gratitude prompt is a reminder that how we look at these instances and situations influence our perspectives on the present and where we are now. Today’s message encourages us to seek out the positives in these situations so that they can lift us up, instead of focusing on the negatives that will drag us down.
DECK USED: AGATHA ALL ALONG TAROT AND TWIST’S HALLOWEEN AFFIRMATIONS DECK
#DiscordTarotholicsOct2026 Challenge
Prompt for October 11th : Do Spread 2
Question for October 10th : Buried Alive – What in your past needs dug up and dealt with?
Reading Summary: With the Nine of Discs reversed, the color connection between its title bar and the anchor card stands out and speaks of a cruel individual (anchor card) stealing one’s joy (Nine of Discs Rx).
There is also a color correlation between the wands in the Nine of Wands card and the skin tone in the Hanged Man that connects up to the anchor card’s orange hues. This communicates a need to stay on the defensive (Nine of Wands) and wait (Hanged Man) when cruelty is present (anchor card). The matching backgrounds in these two tarot cards reinforces the need for healthy boundaries while you watch and wait.
The halo of bones in the anchor card then connects in form to the hanging branches of the tree in the Hanged Man card, indicating that the waiting and watching aspect is extremely revealing, but may require more patience than you’re capable of managing in order to get the full picture.
Take Away: “I wish we could just keep Gid and get rid of that f’ing piss-ant Twist.” (Paraphrased… can’t remember the exact wording.)
It still hurts. At least fifteen years later, and the ache from those wounds still lingers. It isn’t the blow it once was, as I’m no longer the innocent I was back then. I’m not as trusting, and not as free with my friendships or my loyalties. And yet… for some reason, those words still sting.
This is the experience that taught me how important it is to look below the surface of other’s behaviors and pay attention to niggling warning signs instead of writing them off as idiosyncrasies. This experience mad a mess of me, reinforcing unhealthy assumptions and shattering a precious innocence and naivety that I’d previously viewed the world through. And sometimes, not always but sometimes, it still hurts.
Other elements included in this reading:
Green Jasper and Caribbean Calcite Turtle for Calm within Progress
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy
DECK USED: ALL HALLOW TAROT AND TWIST’S HALLOWEEN POSTCARDS ORACLE
One Card Tarot Journal Activity by @mariasofia_astro
Chapter 2 | Entry 12 – Love and Relationships
Affirmation : “I am an attractive person who magnetizes love.”
Prompt : What is a self limiting thought or belief you have about yourself? Use the cards more challenging qualities to help answer this question. How can you release that thought/belief in order to attract love and tenderness? Use the cards more positive qualities to help reframe this thought or belief.
Self-Limiting Thought – “I’m not enough.”
What feelings came up when I pulled this card?
Do I really care about this? Or is this something I only think that I need?
What elements of the card’s meaning resonate with me and this prompt?
Challenging Aspects – I am self destructive. This may not be a part of my nature, but it’s a behavior that the depression I’ve been experiencing since childhood has ingrained within the crevices of my soul.
Positive Aspects – I am aware. I’m aware of my self-destructive tendencies, and I’m aware of my addictive inclinations. I am self aware enough to catch myself and pull myself back from the edge of doing irreparable harm to myself and my life.
What in the artwork spoke to me?
The scissors about to cut off the top of the dolly’s head. Ruining the toys you cherish, and regretting it later. The imagery speaks to me of the temptation to mar what gives joy so that it resonates with how you feel on the inside.
My prompt response and reflections.
In order to release “I’m not enough” thinking in order to attract love and tenderness, it’s important to lean into the self awareness of my self-destructive tendencies. It’s only in fighting back against them and resisting their allure that I can connect with others and receive their love and acceptance, as well as give myself the love and acceptance I need from myself as well. Closing myself off to this self awareness creates a spiral of destruction that ends in being utterly alone and without the love, acceptance and help I need when I need it most.
Other elements included in this reading:
Amber Resin D20 and Agate D6 Dice
DECK USED: POISON APPLE TAROT
@owlandbonestarot #OctoberinBetween Challenge
Prompts for October 11th
Ask – Three of Pentacles – Ask for help. You don’t have to do this alone. There are others eager to be there by your side and lend their skills and expertise, their shoulders and their hands, to your cause.
Answer – Five of Swords – Allow yourself to be wrong. Sometimes when you ask for help, it opens you up to having to confront some of your least likeable qualities. That includes allowing yourself to be wrong about the things you -think- you know.
It means letting others show you there’s another way, another perspective, and that they might have an answer that works far better than your own. Don’t let pride get in the way of hearing what others have to say and the suggestions they may bring to the table.
Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Parmeliaceae Lichen for a “Breath of Fresh Air”
River Rock for Resilience within Life’s Flow
Honey Calcite for Optimism and Motivational Boost
Green Aventurine for Harmony and Balance of the Heart
DECK USED: AGATHA ALL ALONG TAROT
This is a catch up post, and I’m not entirely sure what the self kindness was for this day.
