Month: February 2024

Every Day Special

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Today’s meditation was ten minutes long, and was one of the #DailyTrip sessions from the Calm app.

Eldritch Overload Tarot's Justice card and It’s Going To Be Okay 2024 Day-to-day Calendar By Kate AllanToday’s draw is the Justice card combined with the affirmation “You don’t need to be appealing to everyone.”

The message in these cards is that when you are down on yourself, hard on yourself, it has consequences.  The harder you are on yourself and more down on yourself that you are, the harsher the consequences for those thoughts, judgements, and negative mindsets.

Instead, try remembering that the only person you have to impress is yourself, and to do that? All you need is to appreciate one small thing about -you- every day.  One small thing you acknowledge and find beautiful, powerful, wonderful, or special about yourself. Even these small things build up over time like change dropped in a jar, and help swing back against those negative thoughts and the consequences they hold.

DECKS USED:  ELDRITCH OVERLOAD TAROT AND IT’S GOING TO BE OKAY 2024 DAY-TO-DAY CALENDAR BY KATE ALLAN

#DiscordTarotholicsFeb2024 Challenge Prompt
Prompt for February 29th : Grab a spread of your choice that you’ve been curious about… and give it a go!
Spread: The Back On Track Tarot Spread by @pipcardstarot

Back on Track Tarot Reading with the Eldritch Overload Tarot - Eight of Coins, Six of Coins, Knight of Swords

How to forgive yourself for getting “off track”.

Eight of Coins Rx – Work on accepting that everyone needs downtime now and again. Even you.

How to congratulate yourself on whatever you have achieved, no matter how small.

Knight of Swords – Just do it. In order to congratulate yourself on these things, you need to acknowledge their existence and think about them instead of pushing them aside. Draw them into your focus instead, and focus on the congratulations side of things instead of what you could’ve done better.

Where to focus your attention now.

Six of Coins – You need to continue working on being kinder to yourself and others. You’re very good at being generous to other people, but not to yourself, and you need to balance the scales in this area.

DECK USED: ELDRITCH OVERLOAD TAROT

Daily Self Kindness

I spent some time playing with Gideon today, and took a couple of naps. The cold continues on and I’m also taking my Dayquil/Nyquil.

It’s okay. Just… Stay

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Today’s meditation was skipped.

Birds & Flowers Tarot's King of Swords and It’s Going To Be Okay 2024 Day-to-day Calendar By Kate AllanToday’s draw is the King of Swords combined with the affirmation “The world wouldn’t be right without you in it. Stay.”

Yes, you’re stubborn. Yes, sometimes you have your head stuck up your ass.  You’re a force to be reckoned with, and that’s not a bad thing. People depend on your cleverness and leadership, and that’s also not a bad thing.

Don’t give up just because you aren’t “feeling it” at the moment.  Rest is okay, but retreat is not.  So stand tall and stay… tell the world to wait… but stay.  You can take control and plot your course any way you want to.

So stay… and do that.

DECKS USED:  BIRDS & FLOWERS TAROT AND IT’S GOING TO BE OKAY 2024 DAY-TO-DAY CALENDAR BY KATE ALLAN

The #mysticstartarot Challenge Prompt
Questions for February 28th and 29th

Nature Healing Oracle and Claude Monet Tarot's Knight of Pentacles and Ten of SwordsHow should you go forward with my relationship with myself?

Knight of Pentacles and Raccoon – Go slowly and be kind. Use the slow pace to heal the damage done to you in your past and build yourself up from that “not enough” mindset.

With this extra day, how can I give myself some extra love?

Ten of Swords and Horse – You have reached the end of a difficult journey. Instead of rehashing all the things you did wrong along the way, celebrate your victories, and let the blame game and guilt go.

DECK USED: CLAUDE MONET TAROT AND DIVINE NATURE HEALING ORACLE

#DiscordTarotholicsFeb2024 Challenge Prompt
Philosophical Question for February 28th : Does love necessitate action, or can it exist simply as a feeling?

Birds & Flowers Tarot - Seven of Swords, Six of Cups, Queen of Wands, Nine of PentaclesReading Summary: Sometimes, when we are young (Six of Cups), we feel the need to go after each, and every shred of love and foster them into something great (Queen of Swords), even the ones that really should get away (Seven of Swords). But as we get older, we learn to enjoy being grounded as our emotions speak, and are not so tempted to chase but appreciate instead (Nine of Pentacles).

Take Away: It can simply exist as a feeling, but it usually takes us getting older and more experienced with the world and our emotions at large before we are able to leave it alone and let it just be and exist. When we are young, it’s far too easy to fall into the need to chase it or -do- something about it.

DECK USED: BIRDS & FLOWERS TAROT

Daily Self Kindness

This is a catch up post, and I’m not entirely sure what the self kindness was for this day.

🎨 Weekly Creativity Prompt – Queen of Cups

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Prompt: “Pull the Queen of Cups card from your deck(s). Compare the imagery between the card provided below and the card(s) from your own deck(s). How would you read them differently and why?“

Queen of Hearts from the Wizard TarotThe Wizard Tarot – For me, the imagery in this particular Queen of Cups is looking like a representation of the reversed meaning.  Between her expression and the pouring of the cup into the water around her, it feels like this card’s sentiment is “cry me a river”.  She appears so very tired of hearing other people’s feelings and emotions, and it feels never ending to her. In a reading, I would interpret this card as asking the querent if they haven’t perhaps been complaining overly much lately, perhaps to one person in their life in general, and suggest mixing things up by giving them some interaction that isn’t centered around unhappy emotions.

Queen of Hearts from the Fairy Tarot, Mythical Creatures Tarot of Orient, and City Labyrinth Tarot

Fairy Tarot – The queen in this card’s imagery reminds me of the Queen of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland.  She has the potential to be warm and sweet, but there’s a cunning in her eyes that makes you wonder what she’s up to. Just as she has that capability of sweet, she has the capability of getting too wrapped up in her own emotions and desires and thus become selfish.  This card asks you to look at those around you that you perceive as being selfish… what is it that they are lacking? What is it they need in order to balance things out and become caring and supportive people again?

The Mythical Creatures Tarot of Orient – Emotions are often chaotic and wild, the clash and bang around like the sea in the imagery of this card, always moving and often violent. And yet, here we see the Queen of Cups holds steady the jade vase, even among the chaos of the storm. Others, smaller and less steady come to her for stability, and she can provide that for them as well. This card promises emotional stability in the face of chaos, and suggests seeking out those in your life that provide that touch stone for you.

City Labyrinth Tarot – Here a woman sits, quiet and reserved with a glass of wine, as if waiting to chat.  I see here an encouragement to share your feelings with those that will listen and be emotionally supportive to you. Sometimes, the easiest way to sort out one’s feelings is to talk about them with someone else.

DECK USED: WIZARD TAROT, FAIRY TAROT, MYTHICAL CREATURES TAROT OF ORIENT, CITY LABYRINTH TAROT

Heavy Is the Head

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Today’s meditation was ten minutes long, and was a meditation session from YouTube that I was curious about.  During the meditation, my mind wandered to a topic that it seemed to stay on for a bit. That topic being how to accept the phrase “I don’t know”, and how sometimes it is the best and wisest of answer we can give.

I don’t usually have a problem with “I don’t know”. The words come easily to my lips and regardless of the fact that I feel triggered by the words “pissant” and “stupid”? Saying that I don’t know doesn’t usually trigger any of those issues at all.  I know others who are, though, and I spent my meditation considering how I can better accept “I don’t know” from others, and appreciate their vulnerability when they say it.

City Labyrinth Tarot's The Emperor and It’s Going To Be Okay 2024 Day-to-day Calendar By Kate AllanToday’s draw is the Emperor card combined with the affirmation “You are a fighter ever onward.”

You know that phrase “heavy is the head that wears the crown”?  Well, they weren’t kidding.  Being in charge is not always all it’s chalked up to be.  In fact, sometimes, it downright sucks.

It takes a fighter to lead the hoard. That’s a part of what makes a leader a leader.  Don’t forget that it is that inner fight and strength within you that keep not just you going, but others too.  Even on the hard days.

You stand up for yourself. You stand up for others.  You stand up for what is right, and what needs to be done… even in the face of adversity. It’s an important, integral part of who you are.

DECKS USED:  CITY LABYRINTH TAROT AND IT’S GOING TO BE OKAY 2024 DAY-TO-DAY CALENDAR BY KATE ALLAN

#DiscordTarotholicsFeb2024 Challenge Prompt
Question for February 27th : No Brainer Day – What is something simple and easy you can do for yourself?

City Labyrinth Tarot - Ten of Pentacles, Queen of Swords, Eight of Cups, Eight of PentaclesReading Summary: Get your unlisted work listed and on display (Eight of Pentacles).

Remember that an appointment with your shrink (Queen of Swords) can help you in finding contentment and stability (Ten of Pentacles) when frustration has you wanting to run (Eight of Cups).

Take Away: Confession…. I have a lot of jewelry pieces that are done, but not yet listed in my online shops. Like… a lot.  Primarily?  It’s because for me, the listing process is the most boring and tedious part of the entire process.  So I get the pieces made, I get them photographed, I even get the photos prepped and ready to go online… and then I stall out because of the listing process.   The Eight of Pentacles in this reading is about that.  It’s about getting my work seen rather than just done.

And… I’m overdue for a shrink appointment.  I was considering skipping it, but the argument here in the cards that she helps me to find stability and contentment is a good one.  I have to make a call and get an appointment set up.

DECK USED: CITY LABYRINTH TAROT

Daily Self Kindness

Even though I went north, I slept a lot today.  In the truck.  In the car. On Ms B’s couch.  A lot.