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
Today’s meditation was skipped.
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.
@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
@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
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.
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
Today’s meditation was skipped.
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.
@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
#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
I let J do the lions share of the driving today, and instead napped in the back of the car.
Secrets
Little wishes
left behind
for those
that need
a touch of
kindness
love
and care
they sit
and wait
to be picked up
turned inside-out
and the
message inside
exposed
Today’s meditation was a ten minute long #DailyCalm session from the @Calm app.
Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.
Today’s draw is The Chariot card, which is traditionally a representation of control, willpower, determination, and the strength of purpose to “take the reins” and steer yourself in the path you wish to follow.
The Chariot card has then been combined with one of the Alice’s Flowers Oracle cards, which says, “You can do it like a steam train or you can do it like you love you, and would want to wrap yourself so gently in the tenderest love. Steam train rides can be fun for sure!… but don’t forget to be very sweet to you.”
Sometimes we get so wrapped up in our determination, or so focused on our end goal, that we forget that self-care is important. Everything breaks down if you don’t take care of yourself. Not just physically and mentally, but everything you’re working for as well.
When you treat yourself gently and give yourself the self-care that you need… and that includes the rest that you need when you need it, the likelihood of your success greatly improves. So does the likelihood of you being able to enjoy it once you’ve achieved what you’re aiming for.
The message in today’s cards is a reminder that no matter how important what you’re doing is, or how much you push yourself or others push you to get things done, you still need rest and care. Don’t forsake yourself and your needs for future goals. In the end, this kind of behavior just slows you down and makes life miserable.
@recoverytrauma_’s Know Myself Questions for Self-Discovery
Light-Hearted but Telling Prompts : Cards used to prompt thoughts and musings.
If I could live in any place in the world where would it be?
Thought Prompts: Regret, Pensive, Advice
I have often dreamed of visiting Finland and Norway, wanting to explore the amazing forests and nature that they have in that part of the world.
I’m not entirely sure, though, if this is just me wanting to run away from the stress in my life to somewhere that is very similar to where I live now, or an actual true desire to see these forests for myself and connect with the nature there.
I have a feeling that I pretty much live just where I want to live if I were to choose anywhere in the world to be. I just regret settling in a city instead of closer to the forests I love. I suppose I still could… but it seems an awfully expensive endeavor when I can easily drive there from where I am now.
What does my “dream day” look like from morning to night?
Thought Prompts: Eclipse, Withdrawal, Acceptance → Moonstruck, Folly, Denial
My “dream day” looks like alone time of the healthy variety that allows me to enjoy nature to its fullest from the rise of the sun in the morning to the rise of the moon in the night.
Camping would be lovely. Camping alone, that is. (I’m not a fan of camping with other people.) This, of course, holds a great deal of danger and risk for me these days, and it’s something I am no longer doing due to the risks outweighing the benefits and pressure of my desire.
It’s just not safe (due to circumstances beyond my control), no matter how much I would love to withdraw from society for a bit, get lost in the woods, and just stay there for the day… or week… or month.
What colors, music, or smells make me feel happiest?
Thought Prompts: Reassurance, Calm, Detachment
The scents of forest and sea connecting, and the music of nature. My favorite place on earth is the Hoh Rainforest and La Push area. Here the colors are rich in greens and blues, grays and browns; earthy and cool. Waves whisper over beaches filled with sand and stone and drift logs, while moss and lichen hang from fragrant evergreen trees, and the forest floor is in a constant state of growth and decay.
It’s wet and ancient, and these sensory experiences are a large part of why I am happiest there.
If my heart had a theme song right now, (what would it be?)
Thought Prompts: Wait, Paralyzed, Powerless
Keep in mind that I’m still struggling with subdrop and craving some more of “the drown” in a desire to force it away.
What’s something I’ve always loved-since I was little?
Thought Prompts: Self-Sufficiency, Contentment, Smugness
My independence and my ability to know myself and what I want, no matter what others may say about it.
Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Parmeliaceae Lichen for a “Breath of Fresh Air”
#DiscordTarotholicsMar2026 Challenge
Prompts for March 24th
How are you doing spiritually at this time?
Ace of Wands; Wheel of Fortune atop Temperance Rx – You’re starting to feel a new spark of inspiration, and thus struggling with the moderation needed to keep things moving smoothly.
It’s really difficult for you to keep yourself from over-burdening yourself with responsibilities when you feel a spark of energy that can be utilized.
It’s hard to acknowledge that you can’t do all the things you want to do with that little spark, and have to “leave space” for the unexpected to come in and trip you up.
How can you improve on this in the week ahead?
The Hermit atop Sux of Wands Rx; Nine of Cups – Remember that it’s better to be alone than to people please for people that don’t matter. Your happiness does not depend on their opinions. Use that spark of energy selfishly for you rather than allowing someone else to monopolize it or take it from you entirely.
Other elements included in this reading:
Pressed Pansy Flowers for Hearing the Heart More Clearly
Staghorn Sumac for Connecting with Nature and the Wild Within
Foraged Scotch Pine Cone for Purging Negative Influences
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy
I brought ice packs with me, trusting my gut telling me I’m going to need them instead if shrugging it off as not important and “just more to pack”.
Twisting the Leaf 