Today’s meditation was a ten minute long #DailyCalm session from the @Calm app.

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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 Queen of Cups, which is traditionally a representation of a receptive alpha energy, personality, or person in the area of one’s emotions, relationships, creativity, and intuition. Among other things, this often translates into themes to do with emotional support and advice from a trusted party that is easy to talk to.

The Queen of Cups has then been combined with an affirmation card from the Art from The Heart Pastel Affirmation Cards, which says, “I am capable of achieving anything. I set my mind to, and limitless opportunities are available to me. Life is full of possibilities. The power is within you already, it’s just a matter of using it and directing it to prioritize your goal. Dream, believe, and take action.”

It’s the journeys that have no end that are of the greatest value. These journeys are the journeys of life and the journeys of growth.

That doesn’t mean that our other goals are without value, but it does mean that we need to be able to differentiate between the two and not confuse them. Goals have an end point, a place set in stone that we strive for in order to find accomplishment. This is different than a journey of growth or the journey of life, where the end is not the accomplishment but simply an ending, and instead it’s the journey itself is where the value and accomplishment lie.

This contrast is brought to life today between the Queen of Cups and today’s affirmation card, and it’s this contrast that today’s message lies. Today’s cards are a reminder to pay attention to which things in life are a journey where the journey itself is the reward, and which things that are goals where the reward lies at the end of the journey. These cards encourage us to know the difference and be mindful of that difference in our own efforts and endeavors, so that we can get the most out of life, rather than letting the rewards pass us by unrealized.

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Taurus Last Quarter Tarot Spread
by venus_seafoam on Discord’s Tarotholics

What part of my identity has become outdated?

Five of Pentacles – The mindset of scarcity. For a good portion of your life, you have used a mindset of scarcity to motivate yourself into getting done the things that you need to get done and fulfilling the obligations that are a part of your responsibilities. You are getting into a point now in your life, where that fear of scarcity is unfounded, as the repercussions of scarcity are far less likely these days than they were when you were younger.

What have recent experiences revealed about my true values?

Two of Swords atop Page of Pentacles – You are always going to lean into the potential for long-term security over the guarantee of fleeting pleasures or gains. You value security enough that you are willing to learn new things just to preserve it or foster it in your life, rather than indulging the chaos of fleeting pleasures and pursuits that might put that security at risk.

What am I holding onto simply because it is familiar?

The High Priestess (tipped left) – You have a tendency to limit your intuition and divination abilities specifically because you’re more comfortable with them limited. For example, although you have opened yourself up to mediumship over the past few years, you’re uncomfortable with growth in this area going quickly, and thus still hold onto blockages that are limiting your potential in this area.

What stable quality or foundation should I continue building upon?

The Hierophant – Not only do you respect, value, and search out old traditions and the old ways of doing things, but you seek to carry some of them forward into the future, as well as create your own. Just because you don’t have any family to carry your traditions and passions to the next generation doesn’t mean that they won’t be carried forward by others. Be open to sharing what you learn so that those around you can experience their value and can carry them forward for you.

What identity is naturally emerging as I let go?

Death Rx (tipped right) atop The High Priestess and Five of Pentacles – You are learning that stagnancy is not your friend, and as you let go of your need to see stagnancy as a form of stability, you are being opened up to an adaptability that will serve you well moving forward in times of struggle.

Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Parmeliaceae Lichen for a “Breath of Fresh Air”
Dried Rhododendron Leaf for Fostering Confidence
Dried Cedar Bundle for Protection from Negative Influences
Septarian Stone for Physical and Mental Healing
Gray Agate for Instilling Gentleness, Calm, and Stability
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

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@note.project August Journal Prompts
Prompts for August 7th and 8th

Something I appreciate about this season of life

Five of Coins atop Champion of Swords; Feast or Famine

You’ve gotten to the point in life where you know exactly what you don’t want, and it motivates you to go after what you do.

You’ve come to understand that life is a series of choices and the consequences of those choices. Thus, you better understand how important it is that even the small choices we make in life are made with mindfulness towards where we want to go and who we want to become.

A part of myself I want to reconnect with

King of Coins and The Departure

There was a time in life where your responsibilities couldn’t keep you away from finding your own sense of stability in the things that provide this for you (such as alone time among the trees). In turn, by finding your own sense of stability, you were then able to share that with others on your return from these wild places you visited.

You want to reconnect with that part of yourself that was uncompromising in giving yourself what you need, because in giving yourself what you need you are better able to give others what they need. This requires stepping away from your responsibilities in ways that you have become resistant to in recent years.

Other elements included in this reading:
Yellow Aventurine Dragonfly for Confidence During Change
Dried Red Maple Leaf for Adaptability and Connection
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

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I snacked throughout the day today instead of sticking to my normal eating schedule. I just felt the need to sample and graze my way through the day.