Wishes Granted
When you
wish
for rain
and the clouds
hear
your whispers
the gift
they give
may
drown away
your desire
but not
the need
for more
because
summer
will be here
soon
Gideon’s Challenge – Wishes Granted
Changing Your Expectations
Today’s meditation was skipped.
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Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.
Today’s draw is the Three of Cups, which is traditionally a representation of friendships, revelry, celebration, and collaboration between those that are linked or alike not just in mind but also in heart.
The Three of Cups has then been combined with an affirmation from the Affirmators! Morning Mantras deck, which says, “Today I’ll notice all the little ways I’m loved, nurtured, and support supported.”
Although the trip that you’re on right now isn’t necessarily entirely yours, that doesn’t mean that you can’t find ways in which to enjoy yourself by connecting with those that are along for the ride with you.
Go out of your way to have a little fun and foster connections with your travel mates. Then take the time to actually recognize and acknowledge not just the fun being had, but also the love, caring, and support you have with those currently at your side.
The message in today’s cards is a reminder that the day doesn’t have to be as dark and dismal and crappy as you think it’ll be. That’s your negative inner narratives talking, and if you let it? It’ll set a pall over the entire day. Remember that sometimes you just have to change it up yourself instead of expecting it to change on its own or not to change at all.
DECKS USED: WAYHOME TAROT AND AFFIRMATORS! MORNING MANTRAS
#DiscordTarotholicsMar2026 Challenge
Prompts for March 26th and 27th
What do you need to take more pride in?
Ox-Eye Daisy, Ten of Cups, Common Ivy – You have a great deal of skill when it comes to clearing the path towards a place of contentment and happiness.
This is an area where you have recently felt as if you have lost your sense of pride, though, especially during the events that happened last Autumn with your business. As a result, you are feeling more listless and less inspired of late.
Feeling hemmed in and powerless is repressing this quality in you, allowing it to be smothered. That doesn’t mean it’s gone. It’s just hard to get worked up and excited about things when there’s no fresh air to breathe.
How can you foster a greater sense of pride in this area?
Bear’s Ear, Queen of Cups, Common Stock – Utilize Spring’s energies to help you nurture back into fruition this skill that you have lost faith in.
Nurturing in this area requires turning one’s energy, efforts, and attention towards its revitalization. Recognize your ability to thrive, even during times when the road is rough. Allow these past experiences to bolster your confidence. This type of nurturing will help you to rebuild what last Autumn’s experience took from you.
Other elements included in this reading:
Japanese Cherry Leaf as a Reminder of Life’s Fleeting Moments
Conch Shell Knot for Concentration, Clarity, and Determination
Gneiss Stone for Patience in Moments of Discomfort
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy
DECK USED: GUARDIAN ANGEL TAROT AND ORACOLO DE MADRE NATURA
@silkandsonder’s Journal Prompts to Feel Like Yourself Again
Prompt No. 7 : What habits help me feel grounded, even if they’re small?
Daughter of Cups – Reminding myself that I am still a novice when it comes to my emotions. Remembering that there is a lot that I don’t understand, and that I also don’t need to understand everything… just experience it.
There’s nothing to “fix” and nothing to “do” when it comes to these emotions. I just need to acknowledge I’m feeling them and resist the urge to try to shove them into a dark corner somewhere.
Ace of Swords – Writing down my new ideas as they come to me. So often in the past I’ve always tried to just remember… and ended up forgetting. Even simple little things that seem like common sense or something really ridiculously easy to remember.
By writing them down, it gives me a sense of security that I’m not going to forget something important or miss out on something that would’ve been a good idea if I’d only managed to remember it when I needed it or have the time for it.
The Sun – Positivity and optimism practices. I don’t always see the results of these practices, but other people do. Others have noticed, even when they don’t realize what I’ve been doing, or what has changed, and they comment on it. That means these practices are working, even if I’m not personally able to see it directly. There’s still success there.
Other elements included in this reading:
Dedodar Cedar Cones for Fostering Clarity and Spiritual Connection
Foraged Parmeliaceae Lichen for a “Breath of Fresh Air”
Conch Shell Knot for Concentration, Clarity, and Determination
River Rock for Resilience within Life’s Flow
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy
DECK USED: WAYHOME TAROT
I bought myself some probiotic yogurt to help ease my stomach a bit. It’s been giving me some trouble the last day or so.
Gideon’s Challenge – Sunset Petals
Sunset Petals
Cold and wet
the rain
awakens life
hidden
beneath the soil
and as green bits
burst forth
life
is renewed
with the buds
that turn
into flowers
in a shock
of color
that catches
the eye
and stirs memories
of summer sunsets
Photo © ZenStatePhotography
Persistence Pays Off
Today’s meditation was skipped.
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Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.
Today’s draw is the Seven of Pentacles, which is traditionally a representation of slow growth, sustainability, domestic harmony, hard work, and practicing patience while the fruits of your labors develop and take form.
The Seven of Pentacles has then been combined with an affirmation from the Pass Around the Smile Positive Guidance Cards, which says, “Trust & Receive ~ Amazing work! Your persistence is paying off. Trust the process and expect to receive very soon.”
It’s extremely difficult not to lose hope when something that you’re invested feels like it’s taking forever.
Yes, there’s something to be said for patience. But, at the same time, patience can only take you so far before you start to lose hope. This is true whether it’s a goal you’re working towards, trauma you’re working through, or growth you’re trying to achieve.
This is where persistence comes into play, as well as trust. Persistence is the application of willpower alongside one’s patience. Combined with trust that the universe is going to allow you to get where you’re going eventually, it is a powerful tool in achieving one’s long-term goals and aspirations.
The message in today’s cards is a reminder that there is more to moving forward than active participation or tight gripped control. Sometimes persistence is required… as well as trust that you will get there when the timing is right and not before then.
DECKS USED: DREAMKEEPERS TAROT AND PASS AROUND THE SMILE POSITIVE GUIDANCE CARDS
@lightningwildflower‘s March Reflection to Action Challenge
Prompt for March 26th and 27th
Identity: What truth about my identity is becoming clearer?
Root of Pentacles and New Moon – You don’t like that you’re beginning to grow a greater tolerance for insincerity and lack of integrity. You don’t want this to become “the new normal” for you and who you are, and you worry that this newfound tolerance will be the beginning of a change that will move you in that direction.
Patience: Where can I practice more patience with myself?
Wheel of Fortune and Autumn – (The cards pulled here chose to expand on the previous question, connecting them together.)
Remember that it is perfectly okay to say “not my circus, not my monkeys”.
If it doesn’t have anything to do with you, there’s no reason to make it have anything to do with you. Get involved in the things that you want to be involved in, and sit out the ones that you don’t. This isn’t a show of a new type of tolerance, but rather a stronger sense of discernment.
Other elements included in this reading:
Staghorn Sumac for Connecting with Nature and the Wild Within
Foraged Parmeliaceae Lichen for a “Breath of Fresh Air”
Scotch Pine Cone for Purging Negative Influences
Orange Aventurine Leaves for Pause and Reflection
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy
DECK USED: THE ALCHEMIST’S TAROT AND STAY WILD TIMING ORACLE
@silkandsonder’s Journal Prompts to Feel Like Yourself Again
Prompt No. 6 : When do I feel the most confident or clear-headed during the day?
Reading Summary: When you are able to sustain a sense of hope and optimism (The Star), this allows you to bend your trajectory (Strength) in a direction that results in happier outcomes (Ten of Cups).
Take Away: Your mental fog and lack of confidence are a direct result of your negative inner narratives, and the negativity and pessimism they instill within your mind, which then bleeds into your emotions and perceptions of the world around you.
The result of this is that it is when you are keeping up on your practices that help combat your negative inner voice, this is when you are the most clear headed and confident. Thus, the “when” of this question is not a specific time of day, but has more to do with what things you do within your day to create space for hope, optimism, and positivity to hold sway.
When you give these qualities space in your life, you do more than just lighten the load of your anxiety and stress, but create a space for a clearer mind in which your confidence can also flourish.
Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Oak Branch with Moss and Lichen for Perseverance
Carved Bamboo Latticework for Positive Outcomes
Clear Quartz for fostering Greater Mental Clarity
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy
DECK USED: DREAMKEEPERS TAROT
I consciously chose ( and remembered!) to bring my DSLR camera with me, which I’ve been neglecting for quite some time. I even remembered the charger for the battery and a couple of spares.
Gideon’s Challenge – Promises
Promises
Clouds kiss
the treetops
concealing
the mountains
behind
gossamer fluff
as they move
in a languid glide
to tease the land
with the promise
of more rain
soon
to come
and I’m eager
to see the green
restored
once more
Photo © ZenStatePhotography
Distorting Reality
Today’s meditation was skipped.
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Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.
Today’s draw is the Five of Pentacles, which is traditionally a representation of tests, trials, struggles, and setbacks in the area of one’s finances, resources, health, home, work, or manifestations. This often translates into themes that have to do with scarcity and times in life when one needs to seek out help from others instead of suffering through alone.
The Five of Pentacles has then been combined with a card from the Affirmators! Evening Mantras deck, which says, “Letting go is the only thing that matters. In letting go – of thoughts, emotions, anxiety, shame spirals – I claim my freedom and make space for what I want to call in.”
Letting go of a sense of scarcity is one of my biggest challenges in life. I struggle with these feelings, even when things are going well… and when they’re not going well, these feelings explode into a near panic of worry and anxiety, dread of eminent failure and harsh self-recriminations.
I do my best to not let that anxiety take control and cause me to act out at myself in reaction. It’s not always easy though. Even when I know I’m overreacting, or that the scarcity I fear isn’t at my doorstep as I think it is in those moments.
The message in today’s cards is a reminder that emotions like to try and screw around with our perception of reality. Just because you feel something doesn’t mean that that’s what’s actually going on. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t feel these emotions, but it does mean that we need to be aware of this tendency so that we act accordingly instead of allowing these emotions to seize control.
DECKS USED: WESTWOOD TAROT AND AFFIRMATORS! EVENING MANTRAS
@lightningwildflower‘s March Reflection to Action Challenge
Prompts for March 24th and 25th
Attention: What part of me needs gentle attention?
Crow and Three of Wands – The part of you that is feeling abused by your inner narrative’s insistence that you should be moving instead of stuck.
It’s important to keep in mind that not all the factors involved are under your control right now. Cut yourself a little slack and remember that you’re doing what you can as you are able; and that’s enough.
Sun conjunct Saturn, Sun sextile Pluto: What personal power am I ready to step into?
Four of Pentacles and Land Guardian – You feel at your best when things are steady and stable beneath your feet.
Don’t forget that you can encourage that feeling to flourish within you by getting out in nature and spending time with the trees and moss. It doesn’t change anything in your life as a whole or the situation, but it changes your perspective to one of greater stability, allowing for less anxiety and stress. These influences can help you in dealing with the issues currently before you, as well as the moments of powerlessness that you’re feeling by not being able to control all aspects of the situation.
Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Douglas Fir Bark for Strength and Resiliency
Dried Red Maple Leaf for Adaptability and Connection
Green Aventurine for Harmony and Balance of the Heart
Desert Rose for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy
DECK USED: THE GOLD STAR TAROT AND THE NATURE ORACLE
#DiscordTarotholicsMar2026 Challenge
Philosophical Question for March 25th : Is courage an inherent virtue or is it learned behavior?
Reading Summary: When we are young (Six of Cups), we don’t see things the same way that we do as an adult (Eight of Swords). We take action without considering consequences. This is not courage, but rather it’s a lack of moderation and forethought (Temperance).
Take Away: Courage comes later in life after we have learned how to think things through before doing them.
Prior to that, those things that we as adults perceived as courage are actually simply impulse and lack of thinking things through. This is because there is no such thing as courage without an acknowledgement of the risk being taken and the consequences involved.
This would indicate that courage is therefore not an inherent virtue, but rather something that has learned along the way. We might learn this earlier or later in life, depending upon our upbringing and experiences along the way, but in the end, it’s not something we are just born with from the start.
Other elements included in this reading:
Bird Figurine for Fostering Hope, Positivity, and Renewal
Foraged Oak Branch with Moss and Lichen for Perseverance
Foraged Lodgepole Pine for Resilience, Growth, and Renewal
Moss Agate for Attracting Opportunities for Growth
Flower Agate for Opening the Mind to New Possibilities
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy
DECK USED: WESTWOOD TAROT
I let J do the lions share of the driving today, and instead napped in the back of the car.
Twisting the Leaf 