Month: January 2022

Success Lives Outside the Box

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Today’s meditation was skipped.

Crimson Eye TarotToday’s draw is The Hierophant Rx atop the Death card. Traditionally, the Hierophant is about tradition, learning the old ways, and knowledge that is passed down overtime from one generation to the next. Reversed, this card often means there is a need to break free of tradition and think outside the box.

The Death card is traditionally a representation of organic change that happens over time. It’s the type of change that develops slowly and can often be seen coming, even if we decide to ignore it instead of face it head on.

I don’t usually take two cards for my card of the day pull, but when these landed on the table they did so definitively and it felt right. And so… here we are.

Today’s pull is about rearranging my living room in order to get shelves put up in the summer. It’s something that I have been thinking about quite a lot over the last week as I plot and plan what I want to do, and have been planning in the back of my mind for the last couple of years.

These cards are an indication that I need to think outside the box in concern to how to get my plans to work. Most specifically, the fact that I want to put the TV over the fireplace, which will take a bit of planning and brainstorming if there are no studs behind that wall as I suspect is the case.

Today’s cards are a reminder that these changes are possible, but they’re going to take a bit of ingenuity, new perspectives, and outside the box ideas in order to accomplish.

DECK USED:  CRIMSON EYE TAROT

#DiscordTarotholicsJan2022 Challenge Prompt
Question: Are all emotions irrational?

Intuitive Night Goddess TarotReading Summary: True emotion is born in the heart (Ace of Cups), and does not come from the head (The Sun). This means that by their very nature emotions are not logical, as the heart is a mystery (The Mystic).

Take Away: We can use our head to puzzle out emotions and make them look rational and logical, but that is not how the heart works. In this way, emotions are always irrational, even if our brains are able to rationalize them after the emerge.

DECK USED: INTUITIVE NIGHT GODDESS TAROT

Personal Inquiry (Not a Challenge Prompt) in Relation to Today’s COTD
Question: Will the “TV above the fireplace” thing work out?

Crimson Eye TarotReading Summary: Collaborate with (Three of Pentacles) people that have been doing this for a long ass time (The Hierophant) and you will be happy with the end results (Ten of Cups).

Take Away:  I’m in the process of looking for a carpenter to help me in this part of the transition process.  These cards indicate that I’m on the right track, and to not try doing this by myself, but seek out help from a professional to make sure it gets done right.

DECK USED:  CRIMSON EYE TAROT

Daily Self Kindness

I took some time to read through and think over this info-graphic by Persephone’s Sister today. She has a point and it feeds into the fact that I have a habit of “putting off” the day-to-day self care tasks far too often and waiting until I need them instead of doing them regularly in order to prevent reaching that point in the first place. It was a new perspective on this problem that I struggle with that I think might help, in the end, with me getting on track with doing more regular self care practices.

Crisis Control vs Self-Care by Persephone's Sister

Weekly Creativity Prompt – Judgement

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Prompt: Pull the card from your deck(s) that matches the card posted below. Compare the imagery between the card provided and the card from your own deck. How would you read them differently and why? Share your card(s) with us and your interpretation differences between the imagery on them cards.

Tarot of the Hidden Spirit - Judgement - Life RenewedTarot of the Hidden Realm – There is more than rebirth in this card. There’s hope.  Hope in the features of the girl and in her seeking gaze, as well as in the delicate unfurling of the seedling in her hand. She offers new life, rich and tender, bright and strong.  New life that will grow into a mighty oak, strong and resilient, if given the chance.  In this card I see the promise of greatness… if we are willing to believe in it and foster it’s growth within us.

The Spacecaster Tarot, Irish Mythology Tarot, I 22 Arcani Fiabeschi

The Spacecaster Tarot – Maat’s scales lie in the background of this card, indicating that the imagery is about being a good person, for it is only then that one’s heart can be weighed against a feather and come out on top. In the foreground, two figures with multiple eyes tell us that we are always watched, and there is nothing you can hide from your own heart. This card asks… What are you doing that is a weight on your heart? Stop pretending it is okay, listen to your heart and make the reparations necessary to lift that weight.

Irish Mythology Tarot – [The oghams on the sides of this card read Nuada.] Depicted in this card is Nuada Airgetlám, a king that lost his arm and his throne, only to be given a new arm by the gods and come back to reclaim his throne once more. It is a story of redemption and homecoming. In this card I see a message that speaks of what you’ve lost along the way on life’s path. What has been left behind that, if reclaimed, can make you feel whole once more?

I 22 Arcani Fiabeschi – Here we have a very classical image of the judgment card, but instead of the figures below looking up towards Gabriel who’s blowing his horn to call them home, they are focused on each other. The figures below are so focused on the physical world around them, that they discount the spiritual side of themselves and of life. This card begs the question… what elements of life are you ignoring that would help you to develop into the person that you want to be?

DECK USED: TAROT OF THE HIDDEN REALM, THE SPACECASTERS TAROT, IRISH MYTHOLOGY TAROT, I 22 ARCANI FIABESCHI

Counting Blessings

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Today’s meditation was skipped.

Lucine Tarot Midnight EditionToday’s draw is the Lovers card, which is traditionally a representation of love and relationships, harmonious unions, and making choices that are geared toward what is best for you.

In this card birds fly together through a portal, both singing of love as they soar.  The imagery here speaks of harmony to me. The harmony one finds in love.

I forget sometimes how lucky I am to have found someone in my life to love so deeply. How magical the fact is that we found each other, and how aligned we are in so many things that matter.

Maybe it is human nature to take the day-to-day for granted, no matter how miraculous it is, but today’s card is a reminder of just how good love is.  Just how good I have it in my relationship with Gideon, and how very well we connect on so many levels.

DECK USED:  LUCINE TAROT MIDNIGHT EDITION

Mr Lionharts’ #TheJanuaryTarot Wheel of 22 Challenge Prompt
Questions for January 11th and 12th

Lucine Tarot Midnight EditionWhat can I do for myself to support my personal well-being in 2022?
Judgement atop Knight of Wands

Prioritize who you want to become over the fleeting passions of the moment. Putting too many pans in the fire at once will be a distraction.  Better to use some discernment and keep your eye on where you want to go and what you want to become than let those more temporary pursuits pull you off track.

What else/more can I do to support my best self this year?
Eight of Pentacles and Four of Wands

Put in the work to make your home happier and more comfortable.  The project to get shelves into your living space is a big one that is multi-faceted and going to take some time to accomplish.  Take things one step at a time and put in the work needed to get things just how you want them to be.  You’ll be happier in the end once it’s done.

DECK USED: LUCINE TAROT MIDNIGHT EDITION

Daily Self Kindness

Gideon and I played today, and spent time just… being together. That togetherness helped my subdrop immensely, making the tightness and knots ease so that it was easier to breathe.

Self-Love Lenormand Reading

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Self-Love Reading - Shadowlands Tarot

Something to love about myself.
Letter and Mountain

The ability to not be held back or restrained by times when I can’t get the information I need. Instead I am flexible enough to find a way around these moments and keep going.

Where can I be more patient with myself?
Man and Child

You’re allowed to be childish sometimes. You’re allowed to set aside the heavy and let your inner child have a little fun. Too often you see your playful self as a ridiculous inconvenience.

Where can I be kinder to myself?
Coffin and Moon

Accept that the depression is not under your control.  You can mitigate it a bit if you catch it in time, but it’s something that happens to you, not a choice you make.  It isn’t your fault.

Energies & strategies to draw on moving forward.
Woman and Rider

Fresh air. Gentle nurturing energy. Keep moving. Lets not revisit the feelings of stymied energy and stagnancy that you experienced last  year.   Instead, keep circling fresh air and energy through your life to gently stir you into keeping moving… inside and out.

DECK USED: SHADOWLAND LENORMAND

Don’t Look Back

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Today’s meditation was skipped.

Wandering Spirit TarotToday’s draw is the Seven of Swords, which is traditionally a representation of getting away with something, themes of betrayal and deception, as well as taking only what you can carry.

It’s this last meaning that I see in today’s card.  The skeleton sneaks off into the night with arms full of swords, but is he watching where he’s going?  No… he’s looking back at those left behind with longing.

The message in today’s card is a reminder not to look back with longing on what you have left behind, you have more than enough to keep you busy.

DECK USED:  WANDERING SPIRIT TAROT

GroundedInMagic’s #Lovers2022TarotChallenge Challenge Prompt
Questions for January 10th

Wandering Spirit TarotWhat can help me see the humanity in those I find difficult to extend love to?
The Magician and The Emperor

Remember that they are them, and you are you. It does not have to be a melting pot of energy all the time, and you have the ability to possess your own energy and not let it mix with others.

From this more detached perspective, you will take what you see as their distastefulness with a less biased view, and thus find it easier to accept them as they are.

What can help me see the potential for change in those I find difficult to extend love to?
Five of Cups Rx and Three of Cups Rx

Accept that it’s okay not to like everything and everyone, and you don’t have to hang out with them if you aren’t into them, no matter what the expectations may be to the contrary.

DECK USED: WANDERING SPIRIT TAROT

Daily Self Kindness

Gideon and I did some comforting play today to help try and ease some of my subdrop.

Don’t Sink… Ride It Out Instead

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Today’s meditation was skipped.

Tarot des ArtcanesToday’s draw is the Seven of Clubs, which is traditionally a representation of fighting for one’s principles, standing up for what you believe in, challenges, and perseverance.

Staying afloat in the storm of other’s expectations and demands can often be a struggle.  Often, it can feel like just giving up or giving in is the better answer or only choice.  The thing is?  When we do this, it takes us not just off course, but off our own path entirely and onto another.

Better to fight to stay afloat in your own ethics and principles, than allow life or people to bully you into taking a different stance than the one you know to be right for you.  That ship in the card’s image can’t sail underwater no matter how much the ocean or the octopus want to draw it under… and neither can you.

DECK USED:  TAROT DES ARTCANES

#DiscordTarotholicsJan2022 Challenge Prompt
Topic: Do Spread #2
Question: How can I avoid falling into the depression pit this spring?

Tarot des ArtcanesReading Summary: There is a very strong connection between the Eight of Diamonds and the Seven of Clubs in the coloration within the two cards and the fact that they bracket a center card that has a completely different color scheme.

These two cards together speak of a need to open one’s eyes and keep them open and aware of what’s around you as you fight forward against what is trying to overtake you. Don’t allow the depression to sneak up on you, but instead be aware when it begins to rear up and act immediately.

They center card instills a level of uncertainty that resides within the Wheel of Fortune, and is a reminder that some things are beyond your control. Combined with the other two cards, this is an indication that you may not be able to fully circumvent the depression on its arrival, but with awareness and willingness to confront it head on instead of allowing it to continue to sneak in, you can mitigate its affects to an extent.

Take Away: The answer here is that I might not be able to fully avoid the depression, but if I stay on top of watching for it’s arrival, and deal with it immediately when it begins instead of hesitating, I can ease the intensity of the depression when it’s at its peak.

DECK USED: TAROT DES ARTCANES

Daily Self Kindness

I am still playing catch up, and I can’t remember what I might have done as a self kindness for today.