Spring Weeds
Like snowdrops
and crocus
then daffodils
and tulips
the first weeds
of spring
begin to crop up
and be seen
promising
a summer
filled with
dandelion tufts
and hay fever
Gideon’s Challenge – Spring Weeds
Life’s Only Guarantee
Today’s meditation was an eleven minute #DailyTrip session from the @Calm app.
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The @hippiepixie333 #Escapril2026 Challenge
Prompt for April 1st : borrowed time
Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.
Today’s draw is The World card, which is traditionally a representation of the end of a journey, accomplishment, the completion of a time of growth, and transitioning from one path in life to another.
We are all on borrowed time as we move through our lives. This doesn’t mean, though, that we should rush through like we’re on some sort of deadline, but rather that we need to slow down and savor every moment we can of the journey.
Life is better when you slow down to enjoy the little things, and pause to celebrate one’s accomplishments. These moments give our lives meaning, and add flavor to our day to day.
The message in today’s World card and the “borrowed time” prompt is a reminder that the only guaranteed in our futures is that someday we’ll all die. Stop rushing into the future, for you rush towards that end fate in doing so. Instead, do all that you can to enjoy every moment possible of the present.
DECK USED: CLEO DUCK TAROT LIMITED EDITION
@Lionharts #TheAprilTarot Root & Rise Challenge
Prompt for April 1st : Do the Seed & Soil Spread
The Soil : What in my life is ready to grow with me?
Four of Pentacles Rx – A healthier outlook on your finances (and your hoard) is needed. Perhaps it’s time to reevaluate what you have and what you can let go of. A new mindset could make for a better and easier journey.
The Seed : What is just beginning to emerge?
Three of Pentacles – You’ve been working on learning how to ask for help and on working with others instead of taking everything on yourself. Remember that, although this endeavor is a work in progress and has it’s occasional setbacks, you are getting somewhere a little at a time in this area.
The Pulse : Where is energy rising that I can follow?
Page of Cups – Emotions and imagination have their place, and that place is in the here and now. Spring energies are allowing for you to grab hold and ride upon a wave of creativity and emotion; you just have to remember to take them both together rather than picking favorites.
The Space : What is asking me to make space for it?
The Devil – Combined with the Four of Pentacles Rx that was pulled earlier in this reading, what we see here as a request to do a cull of decks from your collection in order to allow space for more to join your collection that better suit your needs and preferences.
The Invite : What am I stepping into as this begins?
Knight of Cups – It may not look like a pursuit of happiness and your dreams in the moment, but that is exactly where you’re headed if you choose to move forward into this endeavor.
Other elements included in this reading:
Staghorn Sumac for Connecting with Nature and the Wild Within
Chinese Silver Grass for fostering Grounding and Nurturing Stability
Dried Cedar Bundle for Protection from Negative Influences
Foraged Parmeliaceae Lichen for a “Breath of Fresh Air”
Bird Figurine for Fostering Hope, Positivity, and Renewal
Conch Shell Knot for Concentration, Clarity, and Determination
Gneiss Stone for Patience in Moments of Discomfort
Moss Agate for Attracting Opportunities for Growth
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy
DECK USED: WORLD OF BUNNIES TAROT
#DiscordTarotholicsApr2026 Challenge
Prompt for April 1st : What do you need to focus on for self-care for today’s full moon?
Reading Summary: Dive into learning the ropes for strategic (Page of Swords) changes that you know need to take place (Death), no matter the emotions that may be trying to keep you where you are (Ace of Cups). The changes that are coming are going to happen whether you’re ready for it or not (Death).
Take Away: When you take the time to learn the ropes involved in whatever changes needs to be made, you allow yourself time to adjust into a certain control over the situation.
This learning process needs to take place, even when you feel like wallowing and stagnancy instead of getting up and moving. If it doesn’t take place, that’s when you end up scrambling during times of change to “catch up”.
Think of it this way… You can still soak in the tub, just take the book with you to read while you’re there.
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”
Foraged Lodgepole Pine for Resilience, Growth, and Renewal
Conch Shell Knot for Concentration, Clarity, and Determination
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy
DECK USED: CLEO DUCK TAROT LIMITED EDITION
I worked on seeing being around those that love me (as that’s where I was today) as a boon instead of something I’d rather avoid.
📆 Transitioning from March to April
Here and Now I Exist – Who you are now, in your entirety.
Kiwi – You are poised on the cusp of letting go of what’s no longer serving you, you’re just feeling particularly shy and timid about it as yet. Still, the opportunity and potential is right there for you to reach out to, waiting for you take a leap.
The Slough – What is to be left in the past as you move forward.
Wild Turkey – Stop trying so hard to focus on finding balance, and instead let it find itself. It’ll do it on its own without your help. Instead, focus on where you want things to go and what you want out of life. Everything else will fall into place.
What Lies Ahead – An ideal state or ideal self you are seeking at this time.
Your Bird – You want to enjoy life more than you are currently, and seek to allow more of your life to be tailored to the things you enjoy and want to experience.
Limitations – Negative influences, opposition, or ill will.
Inca Dove – You are selling yourself short. Work harder to stop listening to that negative inner voice that keeps telling you you’re nothing special.
The Boon – Positive influences, higher guidance, or divine intervention.
Sandhill Crane – You have an extensive and varied amount of knowledge and experience to help support you on your journey. Using this knowledge and experience in your efforts and pursuits is like using “cheat codes” in a video game. It gives you a leg up and allows you to work smarter instead of harder.
The Wound – An unpleasant past experience or event that is ripe for some support and healing.
Turkey Vulture – You still feel some resentment over what happened a few summers ago, and sometimes feel like you are still trapped in that cycle even though life has continued on. It’s time to do some work and reflection on those lingering feelings of resentment, and how you might be able to let them go so you can perceive the present situation with more clarity instead of through the lens of that past experience.
Nostalgia – A positive past experience or event to acknowledge, reflect upon, and enjoy.
Double-crested Cormorant – Stepping into a spiritual path you tailor just for you takes independence and courage, as well as an unerring focus on your own needs and beliefs. Take some time to reconnect with the intrepid soul of the youth that began this journey in the first place.
A Warning – Something coming that can be prevented or overcome.
Monk Parakeet – What feels wrong in your home right now? What needs dealt with or repaired? Even if you have to do it a little at a time and enlist help along the way, now is the time to begin dealing with these issues.
Empowerment – A future opportunity to work toward.
Brown Headed Cowbird – When you ask for help instead of just expecting it to be given, it makes for happier helpers. Know when it’s time to say “no” to doing things on your own and ask others to help you. Doing so allows you more time to do what -you- want with your time and your life.
Message from the Spirit World – Sometimes the benefits of leaning on others to help you go beyond just the help that’s given and the time and energy saved. Sometimes you get to learn new things from them, and other times teach them new things as well.
Message from the Mind’s World – If you hesitate too long, opportunity will pass you by. In the choice between action and inaction, moving toward what you want out of life is always the right answer.
Message from the Physical World – There is more to your spiritual path than thoughts and intentions. Let yourself get outside and into nature more, and as a result the muck of stagnancy will give way to flashes of inspiration. Work on the farm just isn’t cutting it where this need is concerned.
Other elements included in this reading:
Scotch Pine Cone for Purging Negative Influences
Staghorn Sumac for Connecting with Nature and the Wild Within
Conch Shell Knot for Concentration, Clarity, and Determination
Gneiss Stone for Patience in Moments of Discomfort
Picture Jasper for Sense of Proportion and Grounding
Calcite for Gently Calming the Mind and Stimulating Insights
Clear Quartz Man in the Moon for Amplification of Lunar Energies
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy
DECKS USED: BIRDS ORACLE DECK 1 & 2
Gideon’s Challenge – No Snow
No Snow
I want to go
where the snow is
and breathe in
the sharp sting
of crisp air
while footsteps
crunch
and little bits
of fluff
fall to join
the glacier
covered ground
I stand upon
Photo © ZenStatePhotography
Setting Expectations
Today’s meditation was a ten minute #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 Wands, which is traditionally a representation of a receptive alpha energy, personality, or person in the area of one’s passion, drive, willpower, determination, values, and principles. This often translates into themes that have to do with being supportive of others projects and passions, or searching for inner truth within your own values and principles.
The Queen of Wands has then been combined with an affirmation from the Pass Around the Smile Positive Guidance Cards, which says, “Congratulations. Something exciting is coming, and you deserve it!”
You experience more enjoyment in life when you expect more enjoyment out of life. If you’re always stuck, expecting the worst, you end up losing out on the good stuff that could’ve happened because you were too focused on what might.
When we bring enthusiasm into our lives, it helps lighten our experience of life as a whole. In this way, our expectations helped to mold our reality.
The message in today’s cards is a reminder to create the reality that you want to experience by anticipating the arrival of good things to come with eager enthusiasm. This doesn’t mean you can sit on your ass and just expect things to fall in your lap, but it makes the hard work you need to do along the way far more enjoyable.
DECKS USED: BEFORE TAROT AND PASS AROUND THE SMILE POSITIVE GUIDANCE CARDS
#DiscordTarotholicsMar2026 Challenge
Prompt for March 31st : Grab a spread of your choice you’re curious about… and give it a go!
Show Me…
The Present – You are struggling under the weight of your responsibility towards others. Too many people look towards you in order to keep everything they value safe and alive. Better boundaries are needed, even if there’s a good deal of resistance when making them.
Show Me…
A Message from Spirit – This battle you are embarking on is too big to deal with on your own. Allow others to help you plot and strategize your way forward, and when it’s time to take cation, invite them to help carry the load.
Show Me…
Relationship Challenges – Your silence when you are feeling vulnerable isolatea you from others… and isolate them from you. Communication is extremely important in relationships, which you already know. Connect more during these times of vulnerability to strengthen your bonds with others.
Show Me…
Past Influences – Don’t allow your past experiences with betrayal to keep isolated and distrusting of everyone. Paranoia might feel like it keeps you safe, but it also keeps you distanced from others and the potential they may hold to improve your life as a whole.
Show Me…
What to Leave Behind – Leave behind the uncertainty of everything you don’t know or can’t grasp, and instead narrow your focus on what you deem truly important. By narrowing your focus, you can cut out those things that are tapping away your energy with little to no return. This will give you more energy for those things that you truly deem worth putting time and effort into.
Other elements included in this reading:
Japanese Cherry Leaf as a Reminder of Life’s Fleeting Moments
Foraged Parmeliaceae Lichen for a “Breath of Fresh Air”
Foraged Silver Maple Key for Bouncing Back to Thrive
Desert Rose for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy
DECK USED: DIARY OF A BROKEN SOUL DECK AND SHOW ME DECK
@silkandsonder’s Journal Prompts to Feel Like Yourself Again
Prompt No. 10 : What is one small change I could make this week that would help me feel like a healthier happier me?
Note: I had to rephrase this question because, as was established in an earlier reading this month, I need time to redefine what the phrase “feel like me” actually means.
Reading Summary: Allow others to help you choose (The Lovers and the fact one figure reaches to help the other up) positivity and optimism (The Star and her abundant pitchers) over cynicism and stagnancy (King of Pentacles Rx and his jaded, brooding expression).
Take Away: Today’s readings (and not just this one) are a reminder that you are not alone and you do not need to treat yourself as if you are.
Life’s experiences are better and brighter when you share them with others, allow them to help you, and invite them to come along with you on your journey instead of trying to do it all by yourself.
Look at the endeavors that matter to you and seek out ways to invite others in and encourage their participation. In doing so, you don’t just share the work load and stresses involved, but open yourself up to their influences, ideas, and support. That, in turn, helps make everything feel just a bit easier.
Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Lodgepole Pine for Resilience, Growth, and Renewal
Foraged Oak Branch with Moss and Lichen for Perseverance
Bird Figurine for Fostering Hope, Positivity, and Renewal
Rose Quartz for Gentle Kindness to Self and Others
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy
DECK USED: BEFORE TAROT
I managed to get caught up on orders, which I wasn’t sure was going to happen until Thursday.
Gideon’s Challenge – Quiet Moments
Quiet Moments
Dusk slips in
quiet and still
turning skies
into
blushing hues
as light
begins to fade
and we
don’t realize
how late
it’s become
until shadows
blend
into darkness
Twisting the Leaf 