Month: February 2024

🌕 Full Moon in Virgo – February 2024

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Tomorrow is the full moon, and like all new moons and full moons, I did a spread aligned to the moon’s current themes as a part of my recognition of the moon’s cycle and influences upon us. Today’s spread is courtesy of Seeds of Shakti.

Virgo Full Moon Oracle Reading with the Timeless Tales Oracle

What medicine does the Virgo Full Moon offer?

Liberation – You are being offered the opportunity to wrest free more independence from those things that tie your hands and hold you down.

What area in my life needs more structure and organization?

Justice – Remember that you get what you give. It’s time to create a cycle of returns.

What lifestyle changes would my body, mind, and heart benefit from?

Greed – Tap into your feelings of FOMO and make sure that they aren’t being allowed to get out of control. Practice moderation, even though it’s not your strong suit.

What project that has been on the back burner forever needs to be revisited and completed?

Fortune – It’s time to begin working on those things that you know will grow your fortune and create success for you. Get draft listings posted in your shop, restock those things that you know people are waiting to come back in stock in your shop, etc.

Full Moon advice from the Minoan Goddess Amalthea.

Secrets – Tend to your own secrets and leave other people’s alone. Remember that other people are not all that much different than you, and their secrets are probably similar as well. There’s no need to go digging.

DECK USED: TIMELESS TALES ORACLE

Emotions are Hard

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Today’s meditation was skipped.

Journey Tarot Deck's Queen of Water (Queen of Cups)and It’s Going To Be Okay 2024 Day-to-day Calendar By Kate AllanToday’s draw is the Queen of Cups combined with the affirmation “Please try not to worry. It will all work itself out.”

Emotions are watery and never stagnant.  That means that they will ebb and flow and be in constant motion. They are not a foundation you can stand steadily upon, but something that swirls around you.

That doesn’t mean that they don’t have your place, and that over time they won’t become familiar and even comforting in their presence.

Let them swirl around you. Experience them, and let them become familiar.

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

Lionharts #TheFebruaryTarot Once Upon a Tarot Prompt
Questions for February 22nd and 23rd

Journey Tarot Deck - Page of Cups, Three of Pentacles, Page of Swords, Two of Pentacles, Six of Cups, Seven of CupsThe Moon: Navigating the Tides
What is currently contributing to the ebbing tide in my life?

Six of Cups – Nostalgia. There are things from your past that have rose up of late that are now beginning to ebb away again.  Needs and wants, dreams you’ve had that are settling into the back burner.  Released and fading.

What can I do to harmonize with the natural flow of my emotions?

Two of Pentacles – Focus on balancing things out. Be glad when those things no longer serving you begin to slide away, as it makes room for something new to take its place. Otherwise, balancing everything becomes impossible as there are too many pieces on the board at once.

How can I skillfully navigate life’s currents, moving with the rhythm?

Three of Pentacles – Lean into others to help you. You don’t have to do everything yourself, and when you try to it sets you out of rhythm with those currents. Better to allow them to to help.

The Sun: Basking in Radiance
In what area can I consciously acknowledge the abundance and gratitude in my heart?

Seven of Cups – Be grateful for all the options that are available to you. You’re not trapped into one choice in most of the aspects of your life.  You’ve forged your life to allow you to always have options open to you in a way that most do not.

What ritual or activity can amplify the abundance of joy that already exists in my life?

Page of Swords – Be open to new ideas. There is more opportunities and options open to you than you can even imagine. If you think outside the box and are open to new ideas, you will have more ways to seek out those things that inspire you.

How can I continue to nurture and expand the already abundant wellspring of gratitude and joy within?

Page of Cups – Continue working on developing your emotional intelligence. It’s a long journey and not an easy one, but when you continue to work on this, you come closer to understanding yourself and what you truly need in life, allowing you to develop goals of your own instead of those ingrained in you from your past experiences and upbringing.

DECK USED: JOURNEY TAROT DECK

Daily Self Kindness

Today’s post is a catch-up post, and I can’t remember what my daily self-kindness was for today.

Gideon’s Challenge

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Roots and BranchesLuck or Fate

How is it
that I became
so lucky
as to find someone
that knows me
so well
that they can see
what I will see
and know
without a doubt
what lies in my heart
is a tangle of
roots and branches

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Strength and Foundations

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Today’s meditation was skipped.

Erotic Tarot's Queen of Roses (Queen of Pentacles) and It’s Going To Be Okay 2024 Day-to-day Calendar By Kate AllanToday’s draw is the Queen of Roses (Pentacles) combined with the affirmation “Everything will work out, you’ll see!”

The posture of the queen in this card reminds me of the phrase “Fake it ’til you make it.”  Her beautiful golden replacement limb on display, she is powerful. But, does she always feel that way?  Probably not.

These cards are a reminder that even when you don’t feel powerful? If you fake it… you’ll make it. Feelings are temporary, but a good foundation helps you stand strong even when you need to sit down.  Stay strong and you will make it through.

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

#DiscordTarotholicsFeb2024 Challenge Prompt
Questions for February 21st and 22nd

Chocolate Lover's Message Cards and Erotic Tarot's Queen of Feathers (Queen of Swords) and Six of Candles (Six of Wands)Philosophical Question: Does love feel different to different people or is it a universal emotion?

Queen of Feathers (Swords) Rx and Chocolate Topping – Don’t be a know it all. In life, you are only able to experience things through your own lens of perception. No matter how long you’ve been around, how much experience you’ve accumulated, or how much you observe others, you are still experiencing all of this through that personal lens. Everyone else has their own lens as well, and it’s not the same as yours.

So, yes, love feels different to different people. This is a part of what makes some people such a great match, and others mix like oil and water.

Be Humble Day – Where in life would it be beneficial for your ego to take a step back?

Six of Candles (Wands) Rx and Organic Chocolate – You can’t please everybody all the time, so stop trying.

DECKS USED: EROTIC TAROT AND THE CHOCOLATE LOVERS MESSAGE CARDS

Daily Self Kindness

I took a nap after I got home from the salon today.  Although the dream sucked? I felt better on the whole for having done so.

🎨 Weekly Creativity Prompt – Envy in the Parking Stalls

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Prompt: “Pull (at least) three cards from your deck and use them to write about the daydream of a vehicle of your choice. (ex: a train or plane, yours or your neighbor’s car, a city bus, etc.)”

Golden Age of Romance Comics Tarot - The Sun, The Star, The Emperor, Two of Cups, Three of Wands, Six of Pentacles, Ace of Wands

Look at her over there tucked in her stall, all beautiful and eager and ready to go at a moment’s notice (Ace of Wands). She’s so clean and cared for, shiny and bright (The Star). I’d purr like a kitten too (The Sun) if I had an owner like hers (The Emperor). He really knows how to pamper her, going out of his way to provide for her needs (Six of Coins). We’d see the world together if he were mine (Three of Wands and Two of Cups).

DECK USED: GOLDEN AGE OF ROMANCE COMICS TAROT

Guilty Pleasures Shouldn’t Be Guilty

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Today’s meditation was skipped.

Romantic Tarot's Nine of Cups and It’s Going To Be Okay 2024 Day-to-day Calendar By Kate AllanToday’s draw is the Nine of Cups combined with the affirmation “Times are tough, but so are you.”

Don’t lose sight of your pleasures and joys when things get tough.

It can be hard to hold onto those joys when everything feels like it’s going to shit.  Focusing on little pleasures can feel wrong in those moments, as if it’s shameful to feel pleasure when everything else is falling apart and there’s so much to do to get things back on track.

It’s those things that make you happy that help in getting you through those difficult times, though, giving you the strength to move forward even when your steps seem unsteady.

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

The #mysticstartarot Challenge Prompt
Question for February 18th, 20th, and 21st

Romantic Tarot - The Hermit, Wheel of Fortune, Ten of Coins, Page of Wands, Three of CoinsWhat are my beliefs about myself?

Ten of Coins and Wheel of Fortune – That no matter what life throws out you, you will come out on top. You know that there will always be ups and downs in life, but you also know that you will survive, and in surviving have the opportunity to re-stabilize once more.

How will these beliefs support me in my relationships?

The Hermit – It allows you to take time apart from others when you need it without worrying you’ll be alone forever. You know that those that are close to you and value you will continue to stay, even when you are struggling, and even when you need time to yourself.

How can I amplify these beliefs about myself?

Page of Wands atop Three of Coins – Allow this security to let you to explore your passions with them instead of alone. Too much alone time is not good for you, no matter how much you would like to languish in it.  Enjoy their time and share with them.

DECK USED: ROMANTIC TAROT

Daily Self Kindness

I didn’t go along on the grocery expedition today, but instead stayed at Ms B’s and took a nap.