Saying Goodbye
Temperatures cool
and blossoms fade
as only the hardy
remain
splashes of color
shift
from the burst
of floral color
to the autumn flames
of turning leaves
but here and there
you can still find
a bit of vibrant hues
like an echo
of the summer
gone
Roots – What Grounds You
Ace of Swords – The knowledge that you are capable of bringing new ideas to life when you wish to do so. You are not at the whims of fate, but rather can take your ideas and use them to create your own future.
Support From Your Guides
Nine of Swords Rx – Remember that your fears and anxieties are a cage that hold you back. In overcoming them, you are set free.
Support From the Divine Masculine
Six of Swords – You are strong enough to make the changes needed for a better future. Don’t look back. Old habits are left behind for a reason, and picking them up will pull you backwards.
Support From the Divine Feminine
Ten of Cups – Stay focused on what is important to you. Protect the newly born in your life that brings you joy and pleasure.
Support From Your Higher Self
Queen of Cups – Continue to allow yourself to be vulnerable. Being open and vulnerable even through the hard times is the only way to teach yourself to not shut down with these more difficult times, which in turn will help you grow to a point you will no longer feel the need to close yourself off in the future.
Action to Take Now
Two of Cups – Connect with those closest to you that you hold near and dear. Allow them to support you and move along with you at your side in this journey.
Action to Take to Help Move You Through
Three of Discs – Work together. You don’t have to do everything yourself, in fact you shouldn’t. Working together doesn’t just spread out the work load, but brings in other skills and abilities that you don’t personally possess. It is also a bonding experience.
Continued Self – Care
King of Discs – Make sure you are getting the grounding energy you need. It’s important to have a strong and stable foundation to lead from. When you aren’t stable, you have a habit of retreating into yourself and that will not assist you in what’s coming over the next few months.
Today’s meditation was skipped again. I overslept. I’ve been sleeping a bit more than usual lately and apparently I needed it, but it meant that I got a late start on my day and on the drive to the post office.
Today’s draw is the Witch of Pentacles (Knight of Pentacles), which is traditionally a representation of focusing on long term goals and moving towards them at a moderate pace, hard work, and working under an established routine.
I often associate the Knight of Pentacles with a lack of speed. This isn’t always a bad thing, for sometimes when we are reaching for our goals, it’s important to take our time. And there are times that it’s not just important to take our time, but that we are forced to through one circumstance or another.
It’s not healthy to berate and otherwise beat yourself up for this slower pace. Necessary or not, it’s okay to go slow now and then. It’s okay for things to take time.
Today’s cards are a personal message to me to remind me of this. They are saying, “So you’re running late… Who cares, it’s okay. just keep going, and do what you can to mitigate the issue. Don’t beat yourself up over it. There’s no point. And it just makes you feel like crap.”
The #ConnectWithYourDeckChallenge Prompt for the Sacred Grounds Tarot Club
Questions through September 16th thru 18th
How can I silence my inner critic?
Jellyfish and The Wheel – Come to terms with the fact that you are perfectly imperfect, just like everyone else. Sometimes you’re gonna do things aren’t right and sometimes you’re gonna do things wrong, and that’s just the way it is. In fact, that’s the way it supposed to be.
What needs to be different in my life?
Dragonfly and The World – You need to work on instilling more mindfulness into your practice and into your life. More presence within the world around you, and a greater awareness outside of yourself.
How can I love myself more?
Crow and The Lovers – Work on making better choices that help in integrating with your shadow and resolving inner wounds, rather than shutting these things down or pushing them away.
#DiscordTarotholicsSep2021 Challenge Prompt
Questions for September 17
Your Addiction – The Magician and The Sun – Having the ability and autonomy to go after whatever it is that lights me up and makes me happy whenever I want.
This freedom to seek out pleasure as I see fit has made it harder for me to do the things that I don’t like doing, because I’m so focused on what feels good and what I enjoy that I am increasingly more reluctant to focusing on those other things.
How to Introduce Moderation – Ace of Swords atop Nine of Swords, The Star – You need to work on developing some new boundaries for yourself, while keeping a positive and uplifting outlook during the time needed to do the things that you don’t enjoy all that much.
I spoke with my shrink about this last Wednesday. It’s about setting down parameters for things that are a must to do, period. Like feeding the cat. No matter what, every single day I get up and feed the cat. I have to, because the cat has to eat. Other things, such as my smoothie, my tea, and possibly also my meditation, need to be looked at in a similar way. They aren’t things you do because you enjoy them, but things that are simply a necessary part of your day’s structure and can’t be skipped.
I packed myself an extra lunch today for my trip, so that I’d have plenty of food with me and wouldn’t have to stop and spend money to eat somewhere along the way. I also took a nap once I got home.
The Woods
Green fronds
brush
against bare skin
as we pass
on a climb
ever higher
and breathe in
deep
of air fragrant
with the spice
of cedar
blended
with the musk
of dark earth
and tang of fern fronds
Today’s meditation was skipped because it was an orders day but also… it was a holy goddamned 146 orders to be processed and packaged. So yeah. A lot. No time for anything much besides work.
Today’s draw is the Lovers card, which is traditionally a representation of love, unions, and the making of decisions that are right and healthy for you.
The imagery here in this card is very Marsielle inspired with the man who must choose between two women. In the Marseille tarot, these women are often depicted as a love interest and a mother figure, in that age old tug of war that happens in familial relationships.
The thing is? There are a lot of times when making healthy choices isn’t so easy. There’s a lot of different influences out there, a lot of push and pull, and sometimes? A lot of indecision clouding our own judgement. It’s not always easy to know what’s the healthiest option, and it can be hard not to punish ourselves for not knowing which choice is the right choice and being more decisive.
The cards today are a reminder to be kind to yourself, even if you think that you should be able to decide right away. Even if you feel you should be hard on yourself about your indecision or struggles. Don’t. Be kind to yourself and be patient with yourself, and accept that doing the best you can is all that should be expected… and you’re already doing it.
Mr Lionharts’ #TheSeptemberTarot Rise and Fall Prompt
Questions for 16th thru 18th
Looking back to my 2021 so far, what can I be proud of?
Balance and Knight of Wands – You’ve done really well at finding a balance between that all consuming passion to push forward and do more and create more, and your personal needs for self-care and growth.
Something I should give myself more credit for.
Verseau, The Hierophant atop Ace of Swords – You are doing really well at learning to communicate more openly with others and, as a result, connect with them more easily. This, in turn, has made the prospect of communicating with others less daunting and more enjoyable.
How can I build on my earlier achievements of this year?
Germeaux and Five of Cups – Don’t look at asking for help as a failure or something abhorrent. Connecting with others and allowing them to help you will then allow you to foster the growth that you have made thus far this year, and keep it healthy and strong during the overwhelming busy season ahead.
#DiscordTarotholicsSep2021 Challenge Prompt
Philosophical Question: What is humanity’s biggest accomplishment?
Reading Summary: Communication. Intellect. (Ace of Swords)
This then created the ability for humanity to develop the skills needed (Eight of Pentacles) to foster each other as well as support the greater good (The Empress), even when we don’t always agree on the methods (Seven of Swords).
Take Away: Community. This boils down to creating a community and functioning society.
Yes, society has its flaws, but at the same time, it’s what supports humanity through the generations. The communities and society that we have developed and built allows us to support and help each other, grow as individuals and as a group, and gives us the ability to network and connect, expanding our horizons as a result.
I set up my phone to remind me to eat every three hours and made sure that I didn’t skip any of the alerts.
Your Canvas
Paint my skin
the skin I’m in
paint it with
sweet promise
and blooming flush
of bright blush
an echo after
the rough scrap
of whiskers
and graze
of calloused touch
with your kisses
and your claim
Yours
Twisting the Leaf 