Month: March 2022

Fake It ‘Til You Make It… or Not

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Today’s meditation was skipped.

Rosenwald TarotToday’s draw is the Page of Coins, which is traditionally a representation of a receptive omega energy, personality, or person in the area of one’s finances, resources, health, home, or manifestations.

The imagery in this card makes the “coin” that the woman holds look more like a mirror to me. It begs the question… what are you showing the world?

You know that adage “fake it until you make it”?  It’s a common manifestation tool. The thing is?  What are you faking, and are those things really something you want to manifest in your life?  If not… it’s time to let them go.

DECK USED:  ROSENWALD TAROT

The #ConnectWithYourDeckChallenge Prompt by E Roebuck-Jones
Question for March 5th: How am I using my intuition in life right now?

Celtic Spirit OracleReading Summary: It is a strength (Oak) that you use as a doorway to communicate with others (The Gift) in a more peaceful manner (Peacemaker).

Take Away: My intuition helps me in navigating social situations. I’m not particularly skilled at reading people’s facial expressions and body language. By using my intuition I am able to better understand what others are saying (and not saying), and better able to express myself in turn.

In this case, I would say this is more about clairsentience than about intuition, but I believe that intuition also plays a pretty heavy role in things when it comes to trying to communicate with others successfully… especially since at times I turn to the cards to help me in figuring out how to broach a subject or steer a conversation.

DECK USED: CELTIC SPIRIT ORACLE

#DiscordTarotholicsMar2022 Challenge Prompt
Topic for March 6th: Do Spread #1
What do I need to let go of to…

Rosenwald TarotEase My Mind

Nine of Swords and Knight of Pentacles – Stop worrying so much about the slower pace of getting things done. There’s no race, and no finish line that won’t still be waiting for you when you go at your own pace.

The shelves will get done. Getting things reorganized will get done. Stop pushing at yourself and berating yourself for taking things slow. As long as you’re moving… that’s enough.

Lighten My Heart

Temperance and Queen of Pentacles – It’s okay to pick and choose who you support and how you support them. It doesn’t make you an ogre that you can’t support everyone and everything.

This is about some guilt I’ve been feeling about requesting a refund for unfulfilled orders from a deck creator. They are in the Ukraine, which is where the guilt is coming from. The thing is? It’s been two years I’ve been waiting for fulfillment. And $380 is a lot of money to just write off as lost. Some people out there make enough that that isn’t all that much of a financial loss… but I’m not one of those people and I feel like I’ve been swindled.

Free My Creative Spark

The Empress and Justice – You need to let go of the idea that there will be negative repercussions to treating yourself kindly.

DECK USED: ROSENWALD TAROT

Daily Self Kindness

See the cards used in today’s post?  THAT is my self kindness for today. I just got both of those decks in the mail yesterday, and instead of scheduling them into rotation for some point in the future, I decided to use them today.

Gideon’s Challenge

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IMG_9002The Snow Stars

Delicate sparkles
shimmer
upon the ground
with each shift
of sunlight
that filters down
and it looks
like magic
as the air tastes
crisp
and you watch
as powder
shimmers and shifts

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Empowerment Cartomancy Reading

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Empowerment Reading with the Bo-Hwa Playing Cards

How can I be more empowered in my:

Thoughts? – Eight of Clubs – Don’t sit still for so long. Instead act. There is too much time spent thinking and not enough time spent doing.  This causes you to have doubts and stall out, when you could be moving forward.

Words? – Ace of Diamonds -Speak up instead of remaining silent. Stop thinking that people are looking at you negatively when you open up and speak your mind. Don’t worry about that so much, as what you have to say is new to most and more well said than you think.

Deeds? – Six of Spades – Remember that it’s you who chooses when to engage, or when to walk away.

And then:

What will be the outcome if I take this advice?

A stronger sense of (the cat’s eyes are closed) emotional harmony (Six of Hearts) and physical well-being (Six of Diamonds) surrounding a well grounded nurturing of self (Queen of Diamonds, with emphasis on the box in the imagery).

By not indulging in the things that poison your roots and cause imbalance, you allow yourself to build upon a stronger and more solid foundation. A foundation that will allow you to more easily make the choices that are best for you, rather than allowing other’s judgements and influences effect your process.

DECK USED: BO-HWA PLAYING CARDS

Support System

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Today’s meditation was skipped once again.

Visionary Tarot Silver EditionToday’s draw is Queen of Branches (Wands), which is traditionally a representation of a nurturing and receptive alpha energy, personality, or person in the area of one’s drive, passions, determination, willpower, values, and principles. This often translates into themes that have to do with the teaching and nurturing of other’s dreams, aspirations, values, and principles.

The figure here looks away instead of toward the viewer, and for some reason this in some way “turns” the card for me and speaks of not so much how I might be able to teach and nurture those themes mentioned above in others… but who does this for me?

The encouragement here is to reflect on those that support my beliefs, my principles, and my moral compass. Who is it that does not question with objection or derision, but rather with interest and curiosity, fostering your perspectives and encouraging growth rather than trying to discredit or shut you down.

DECK USED:  VISIONARY TAROT SILVER EDITION

Mr Lionharts’ #TheMarchTarot Animal Guide Challenge Prompt
Questions for March 4th thru 6th

Animal Guides CardsAnimal Guide for the Month of March:

Raccoon – Teamwork and finding healthy balance between independence and community, goal-oriented, ingenuity, industriousness, cleanliness, curiosity, adaptability, and equality.

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Visionary Tarot Silver Edition and The Personal OracleWhat is your first impression of me?

The Hanged Man and The Eye – You like to see things from different perspectives, and often pause in order to take those in, because you like to see more and understand more then can’t be perceived at first glance.

This is a part of your natural spirit curiosity. You are eager to explore, to learn, and to understand those things that are still a mystery to you. That is something that you share with the racoon spirit.

What would you like to teach me?

Eight of Branches and The Antler – Move it or lose it. This is a sentiment that has repeated a few times recently, and it is a reminder that even if you are taking small steps?  You can still make progress. So take a small step, and then another.  Any steps are better than none. Frozen in the headlights will only lead to loss, so stop standing still.

What can you help me to realize?

The High Priestess and The Bloom – Your own potential. Especially where your intuition is concerned.

DECKS USED: VISIONARY TAROT SILVER EDITION AND THE PERSONAL ORACLE

Daily Self Kindness

Although I wanted to just rush right home and hop online to get some time with Gideon, I made myself stop to get something to eat, and then take some time to take a nap when I got home while he was still out with family.

Gideon’s Challenge

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IMG_6578The Freak

It’s not a name
full of shame
but a moniker
to wear with pride
for it is only
in being unique
that we are able
to show people
who we really are
rather than
wearing the mask
all the
carbon copies
hide behind

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Calm Comes After the Storm

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Today’s meditation was skipped (again).

Tarot of the Toiling HandsToday’s draw is the Five of Cups, which is traditionally a representation of discouragement and dissatisfaction, disappointment, regrets, and looking at situations from a pessimistic perspective.

Here we see a woman weeping “over spilled milk”.  Instead of picking herself up, cleaning up the mess, and moving on to figure out how to get past this moment, she chooses to crouch down and linger there in the moment instead.  This draws out her pain and doesn’t do anything to help the situation.

And yet… sometimes?  You just have to pause and cry.  Crying can be cathartic. It can be healing.  It can -help- in releasing stress and finding the calm within.  When I look at this card?  That is what I see in this imagery.  She’s not dawdling because she’s lost in the moment, but rather she is purging those negative feelings through her tears so that she can then deal with things more calmly afterward.

DECK USED:  TAROT OF THE TOILING HANDS

The #ConnectWithYourDeckChallenge Prompt by E Roebuck-Jones
Questions for March 3rd and 4th

Oracle des HaïkusWhen am I intuitively confident?

Illusion and Sincérité – You use your intuition to navigate the world and social situations.

In doing so, this allows you to see beneath the masks of others and discern who is honest and sincere, and who is not. You are very confident in this ability, as it’s something that you’ve been doing throughout your entire life.

When am I intuitively insecure?

Evasion and Confiance – When logic tries to step in and muddy the waters of your intuitive voice, it steals confidence from you in the same way that autumn steals leaves from the trees.

DECK USED: L’ORACLE DES HAÏKUS

#DiscordTarotholicsMar2022 Challenge Prompt
Questions for March 3rd and 4th

Tarot of the Toiling HandsWhat is my greatest weakness?

Three of Swords atop The Lovers – Your greatest weakness is in allowing your moods and bouts of depression to pull you away from making healthy choices for yourself.  In these times, your emotions are too overwhelming, and even when you know what the good choices are, you cannot manage to make them.

How can I best improve in the area of this weakness?

Seize control (The Emperor) and “do the thing” (The Chariot), regardless of whether or not you are enthusiastic about it at the time (Knight of Cups).

This is the advice that the shrink has given you again and again, and all the good intentions in the world fall short when, in the moment, you don’t follow through.  Here in these cards we see that the key to following through is in seizing control and forging forward even when your emotions push back.

DECK USED: TAROT OF THE TOILING HANDS

Daily Self Kindness

I’m still playing a bit of catch-up at the moment and I can’t remember what my self-kindness was for this day.