The Eager Moment
My eyes say
“kiss me”
as they linger
on your lips
and my stomach
flutters
light and wild
in anticipation
as you tease
by brushing lips
just lightly
against mine
until I ache
for more
Month: September 2022
Getting a Move On
Today’s meditation was skipped.
Today’s draw is the Eight of Fire (Wands), which is traditionally a representation of swifts action, alacrity, immediacy, and speed.
Sometimes you have to “move it or lose it”, and that’s what today’s card is all about. Not everything can be done at a sedate and slow pace. Flying, for example, as what is seen in the illustration of today’s card, requires lift provided by speed, whether it be the speed of the wind, the speed of the bird, or a combination of both.
In today’s card, we are invited to look in our lives for those things that are requiring our immediate attention. What needs started or done now? What can’t be put off? The Eight of Fire invites us to examine these things, but also to take action to deal with them as well.
DECK USED: FÖRHÄXA TAROT
#DiscordTarotholicsSep2022 Challenge Prompt
Questions for September 16th and 17th
Your Addiction – Medusa – You have a habit of using your alone time in unhealthy ways. Although there is a true need for alone time in your general make-up, it’s not healthy to isolate yourself too much, no matter how tempting that may be.
How to Introduce Moderation – Izanagi & Izanami – Spend more time with those it feels good to be around. Even just allowing them to chill as a part of your life has a positive impact.
You – Page of Swords – You love to learn new things and explore. Imagination has no limits for you and your curiosity is boundless.
Your Annoyance – The Moon – Delays and uncertainty sometimes can get in the way of all you want to explore and pursue. These roadblocks often self inflicted and always frustrating.
What To Do About It – Seven of Coins atop The Chariot – Work on staying enthusiastic through the long haul. Just because you can learn new things (reflects back to the Page) quickly doesn’t always mean that you should. Sometimes it’s better to take your time.
DECK USED: WOVEN WISDOM ORACLE AND DUNGEONS & DRAGONS TAROT
The #ConnectWithYourDeckChallenge Prompt by E Roebuck-Jones
Questions for September 11th, 13th, and 14th
How do I grow from my mistakes?
Eight of Earth – You grow from your mistakes by getting beat over the head by them again and again until you get it right. You’re stubborn, and sometimes that means it takes more than once to learn a better way. There’s nothing wrong with that, it just means you end up with more experiences than most.
When do I trust myself?
The Chariot atop Elder of Water – You trust yourself to guide other’s tempers back to grounded when normally emotionally balanced people tip over into the energy of being stubborn and unreasonable. (Taming Gideon’s inner Grumpus, for example.)
What can I do about the fear of being wrong?
Death – Being wrong is something universal; it happens to everyone eventually. Take these moments when you are wrong not as roadblocks, but as opportunities for change, transition, and/or transformation.
DECK USED: FÖRHÄXA TAROT
I made cornbread to go along with my chili. I really like cornbread and I’ve been craving it for over a week, but the store hadn’t had any until I checked earlier today.
Gideon’s Challenge
Eryngium
Admiration blooms
with prickly spines
and gentle hues
of soft purple shades
that bleed to green
as tiny flowers
stick out
their tongues
to show
admiration
and irreverence
can coexist
as one
Photo © ZenStatePhotography
Spirit Guides Tarot Reading
Card to represent the Spirit Guide with me through this reading.
Seven of Pentacles – This spirit guide has been with you for a very long time, and has been working to guide you into a state of slow and healthy growth with diligence and care. They seek to help you not just survive, but thrive, and work hard to guide you in that direction.
Something this Guide is currently helping me with.
Justice atop Ten of Wands – Learning how to avoid burnout and it’s consequences by helping to guide you into making better choices on how you expend your energy.
What my Guide wants me to know at this time.
Ten of Cups – You can be happy without having everything that you want by sharing what you have with others, and enjoying their company and support in your life. Lean into those that you support, as they are eager to support you as well.
How can I help get myself to this place/goal?
The World – Stay true to your beliefs and the person you want to become, as you stay open to the changes and new journeys that lie ahead. You’ve turned over a new leaf in your life by trying to treat yourself better, and you need to stay the course.
What is holding me back from reaching my goals?
Queen of Wands – Sometimes you can become a little bit too focused on supporting other’s dreams, and in the process you forget to foster your own. Although it is important to you to support those that you care about, make sure that you’re not overdoing it and neglecting yourself as a result.
How can I motivate myself to be more productive with my lesson?
The Devil – Seek out the pleasure in the goal, as well as in the journey to reach it. Your addictive tendencies will take care of the rest.
A way that this lesson will show up in my life in the near future.
Queen of Coins – You will once again be confronted with a need to support others and be that stability in their lives, and will need to make a choice about how you go about doing this so that it will not cause you overwhelm and lead to burnout.
DECK USED: THE PAINTED TAROT
Don’t Be Shy
Today’s meditation was skipped.
Today’s draw is the Page of Cups, which is traditionally a representation of a receptive omega energy, personality, or person in the area of one’s emotions, relationships, imagination, creativity, and intuition. This often translates into themes that have to do with exploring new creative endeavors, letting your imagination free to wander, and revisiting emotions and relationships for further exploration and consideration.
In this card, the brain in the cup corresponds to the pattern of markings on the top of the fish’s head as he winds around the cup’s stem and finds an eye peering out at him from the foliage.
Sometimes when we are so deep in our own pursuits we forget there are others around us… and sometimes we are far too aware. Today’s card is a reminder that we can’t know what others are thinking when they look at us. Don’t stifle your imagination and creativity just because you fear what others might think if they were to see you or are watching.
DECK USED: THE UNTAMED MYSTERY TAROT ILLUSION EDITION
OwlandBonesTarot’s #BothSidesOfTheTarot Prompt
Questions for September 14th thru 16th
What do you believe to be true?
Temperance – You believe that moderation really can work for you if you let it. You struggle a lot with instilling moderation in your life. In your interests and hobbies, in your work. In your physical demands and pain management. In so many areas, you push too hard and too fast. But you know there is another way and believe in it… even if you struggle to implement it in your life.
What may be false?
The Tower – That every change is going to be a huge ordeal or a catastrophe. It might feel that way, but it’s not true.
Finding Balance Between the Two – Le Communicant / Semaine Prochaine – Don’t keep your struggles to yourself. Instead, be open with others. Remember as well that a bit of procrastination can be one way to implement moderation, as long as it’s done in a healthy way.
Do this solo.
Eight of Staves Rx – Slowing down can absolutely be a solo endeavor.
Join forces for this.
Four of Cups – Just make sure that if you start to feel a downward tug on your emotions, that you reach out to others to help lift you back up.
Finding Balance Between the Two – Le Rêveur / Retard Interne – Self awareness is an important step in knowing when you can handle alone time… and when you can’t. If you have your head in the clouds, you may miss the internal warning signs that it’s time for a change.
What do you see as half-full?
The Judgement – You feel optimistic in the fact that you are on your right path spiritually and in your development into a better person. You feel that each day is a step on this journey and positive progress towards self-betterment.
What do you see as half-empty?
Nine of Staves Rx – It is nearly impossible for you to feel safe. Even as you work to tear down boundaries in order to connect more with others, new walls form due to feelings of vulnerability.
Finding Balance Between the Two – Événements Imprévus / Défis / Juillet – Keep in mind that your defense mechanisms are in place due to past events that have happened to you. Your responses to these events and vulnerability that you feel because of them are not unreasonable. It doesn’t make you a bad person to be cautious.
DECK USED: BROKEN MIRROR TAROT MARSEILLE EDITION AND MISSION DE VIE ORACLE W/ EXPANSION
#DiscordTarotholicsSep2022 Challenge Prompt
Philosophical Question: What is humanity’s biggest accomplishment?
Reading Summary: Nurturing strength (Queen of Pentacles) with the ability to listen with empathy (Page of Cups atop Queen of Cups Rx) and take what they hear to offer inspiration (Queen of Wands).
Take Away: In these cards, the biggest accomplishment of humanity is its growing and expanding respect for women, their strengths and their power that lives not in brute force or avid aggression, but in how they relate to others and bend the world to their will in the way that the wind can cause trees to bend without breaking.
DECK USED: THE UNTAMED MYSTERY TAROT ILLUSION EDITION
I said no to helping do a security check of the garage and underground tunnels that are a part of the building. They didn’t really need me and my hip was not going to be able to handle the flights of stairs required.
Gideon’s Challenge
The Wild One
There is a need
for time spent
with bare back
to forest floor
as pine needles
and twigs
poke at the skin
and springy moss
pillows the head
and leaves long
fallen and forgotten
find purchase
in tangled strands
to hitch a ride
all the way home
Twisting the Leaf 