Today’s meditation was a ten minute #DailyCalm session from the @Calm.
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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 Lovers card, which is traditionally a representation of love and relationships, long term contracts, harmonious unions, and making choices that are geared toward what is best for you.
The Lovers card has then been combined with a card from the Lights In Dark Places deck, which says, “You make a difference.”
If you aren’t taking care of yourself, then you aren’t taking care of others. After all, taking care of others takes energy and effort. If you’re unwilling to do the things needed to refill your own “cup” of energy, then you’re running that cup dry until there’s nothing left to give.
The message in today’s Lovers card and affirmation is a reminder that I personally often need to hear, and know many others that need to as well. It’s that efficiently and lovingly caring for others requires giving yourself rest and recuperation.
This means doing the things you love to do, resting when you need rest, giving your body the fuel and movement needed to keep it functional and mobile. These things aren’t optional, especially when expending energy on caring for others.
Take care of yourself, and in doing so the care you offer others will become easier to carry, and improve in quality as well.
DECKS USED: THE VAMPIRE’S TALE TAROT AND LIGHT IN DARK PLACES AFFIRMATION DECK
#DiscordTarotholicsOct2026 Challenge
Prompts for October 22nd through 24th
Creepy: Is the thinning veil something to be feared?
The Veil – The veil is simply another form of the unknown. Many fear the unknown, and by the same turn, many fear the veil. In truth, though, both the veil and the unknown simply contain those things that we don’t yet know… both good and bad.
Therefore, whether the veil is something to be feared or not depends on your perspective and whether you choose to lean into curiosity, or choose to instead lean into the security of what is known.
Jack-o-Lantern: What extra protections may you need as the veil thins?
The Mime (tipped right and blocking The Veil) – Speak up! Communicate what is going on and what you need from others. Not just with those that walk beside you on your path, but also with those on the other side of the veil.
You tend to put up barriers between yourself and those on the other side of the veil during this time when the veil is thin, in order to avoid being overwhelmed. Communication of your needs is a better and healthier way to deal with the added sensitivity and sensory input this time of the year creates for you, though.
What do you need to focus on for self-care for this month’s full moon?
The Hill – Instead of fighting the good fight on those hills you’re willing to die on, during this full moon, hold back and enjoy the day, the grass, the clouds, and the fresh air. Sometimes, indifference to the efforts of others to disrupt your own pursuits and values is a far better response than engaging.
Other elements included in this reading:
Japanese Cherry Leaf as a Reminder of Life’s Fleeting Moments
Rose Quartz for Gentle Kindness to Self and Others
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy
DECK USED: THE ROTTEN TAROT (ORACLE)
October Spooky Season Challenge by @MercuryTarot
Prompt for October 24th : What skeleton hides in my closet?
Reading Summary: You have a tendency to protect yourself against (Bear) social obligations and frivolity (Garden), when in truth it’s the communication coming in from the outside that you try to ignore that’s the real threat (Letter).
Take Away: Letters from G, messages from M, summons and subpoenas to testify…
You look at social situations as the bane of your existence, but the truth is that it’s these other missives that truly have your back up and tensions running high. They add extra tension to each and every other interaction and stressor in your life.
Ease up on your conditioned negative response to spending time with those that are actually good for you and your outlook, and instead cast the blame for your discomfort where it actually belongs.
Other elements included in this reading:
Wasp Hive Segment with Parmeliaceae Lichen for Easing Defense Mechanisms
Foraged Oak Branch with Moss and Lichen for Perseverance
Calcite for Gently Calming the Mind and Stimulating Insights
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy
DECK USED: THE ORACLE OF HALLOWEEN (LENORMAND)
October Prompts by @forgotten.dumpling & @ml.mecham
Prompt for October 23rd and 24th : sky unhitched / melting at the edges
on my back
I lie beneath the boughs
of evergreen trees
(Four of Spades atop Four of Clubs)
gazing up
at swaying pine needles
and the gray skies above
that dip low enough
to thread among treetops
(Jack of Diamonds)
and as wet drips land
to splat upon skin
I muse if the trees are weeping
or if the clouds are melting
one fine droplet at a time
(Seven of Hearts)
Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Parmeliaceae Lichen for a “Breath of Fresh Air”
Moss Agate for Attracting Opportunities for Growth
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy
DECK USED: SPOOKY PUMPKINS PLAYING CARDS
@owlandbonestarot #OctoberinBetween Challenge
Prompts for October 23rd
Hide – Five of Pentacles – You have a tendency to hide when you are struggling financially.
You choose to only share you vulnerabilities when you are seeking help. You hide when you are struggling with resources and finances, though, because you don’t want others to think you’re asking for a hand out.
Reveal – Three of Sword – You tend to reveal when you are struggling with your mental health.
You are much more comfortable sharing you mental health struggles, specifically because you’re far more comfortable asking for help that comes in the manner of emotional support or assistance that isn’t monetary in nature.
Prompts for October 24th
Offer – The Tower (tipped left) – Offer your past experiences up to others to help them in getting through their own challenges. You have a lot of experience and a lot of wisdom earned through those experiences. Don’t be shy in offering this knowledge to others so that they don’t have to repeat the unpleasant experiences that you’ve already gone through.
Accept – Seven of Wands atop Seven of Swords – Sometimes standing up for what you believe in and the values you live by is going to come at the loss of something else of value. It’s a matter of being true to yourself, even when being true to yourself is hard. It’s important to accept this is a part of life, and choose wisely when these situations come upon us.
Other elements included in this reading:
Dried Cedar Bundle for Protection from Negative Influences
Staghorn Sumac for Connecting with Nature and the Wild Within
Moss Agate for Attracting Opportunities for Growth
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy
DECK USED: THE VAMPIRE’S TALE TAROT
I took home with me all the homemade peanut butter candies Ms B made. I don’t trust her not to throw them away because the batch wasn’t “perfect”.
