Month: May 2024

Finding the Positive for May 29 – 31

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Gay Marseille Tarot, The Little Hermit Tarot, The Animal & Botanical Tarot, and It’s Going To Be Okay 2024 Day-to-day Calendar By Kate Allan

May 29

Today’s meditation was skipped.

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Seven of Cups combined with the affirmation “Being overwhelmed doesn’t mean you’re weak or incapable. We just need a long while to recharge sometimes.”

You may insist in your heart of hearts that you do not need rest and recuperation, but the truth of the matter is that it is a universal fact for all humans.  The more you ignore it, the worse it will get, until the need for rest is so intense and has grown so great that those short rests you could have taken will no longer cut it, and a longer rest is needed.

This is the consequence of ignoring your needs and choosing to see those needs as an obstacle instead of an intrinsic part of being human.  Instead, take care to rest when you need to and give yourself the time you need to recover from life’s trials.  These needs aren’t really up to you, and ignoring them will just make things worse.

DECK USED: THE GAY MARSEILLE AND IT’S GOING TO BE OKAY 2024 DAY-TO-DAY CALENDAR BY KATE ALLAN

May 30

Today’s meditation was skipped.

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Today’s card is the Two of Pentacles combined with the affirmation ” You aren’t ‘too much’ of anything. You are just right as you are.”

I do not usually struggle with the feeling of being “too much” for others. In fact, I swing the other way entirely and struggle with feelings of inadequacy and being not enough.  Either way, though, the “You are just right as you are” part of the affirmation hits home, and combined with the Two of Pentacles is a reminder that you can only juggle so much in life before things fall out of balance.

You don’t have to constantly strive to be more and do more.  People will love you just as you are, without all that “extra” that you are always pushing so hard for.  Don’t let those feelings of inadequacy, (that are actually all in your head, mind you) upset your balance.

DECK USED: THE LITTLE HERMITS TAROT AND IT’S GOING TO BE OKAY 2024 DAY-TO-DAY CALENDAR BY KATE ALLAN

May 31

Today’s meditation was skipped.

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Today’s card is the Seven of Pentacles combined with the affirmation “There’s no room for any self-hate today; you are too beautiful and too precious.”

Today’s cards are a reminder that learning to not listen to your negative inner narrative is a type of growth, and like most growth that really matters?  It’s going to take time. You’ve had decades to learn how to be cruel to yourself, and it’s going to take decades to learn how to be kind to yourself.  Just keep going, every day, one step at a time, one millimeter at a time.  You’ll get there if you keep working at it instead of giving in to those negative thoughts every time they crop up.

DECK USED: THE ANIMAL & BOTANICAL TAROT AND IT’S GOING TO BE OKAY 2024 DAY-TO-DAY CALENDAR BY KATE ALLAN

Finding the Positive for May 26 – 28

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Wisdom of Pooh Tarot, Mythical Creatures Tarot of the Orient, and It’s Going To Be Okay 2024 Day-to-day Calendar By Kate Allan

May 26

Today’s meditation was skipped.

Today’s card is the Two of Pentacles combined with the affirmation “Float. Feel the air around you. Let the universe cradle you for a while.”

Sometimes, the constant juggling of responsibilities and “things to get done” can be exahusting. During those times, it really doesn’t matter how many things are involved. It could be just one small thing, a dozen small things, two big things… it doesn’t matter.  It all starts to feel like too much, growing into this huge undertaking.

The cards in today’s pull are a reminder that it’s okay to ease up on the reigns now and then, especially when feeling overwhelmed.  If you let go and just “float” for a while? It won’t be the end of the world, and you’ll not just feel better for having done so, but return to those responsibilities refreshed and far more capable of dealing with them.

DECK USED: WISDOM OF POOH TAROT AND I”M HERE EMOTIONAL CARE DECK

May 28

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

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Today’s card is the Seven of Wands combined with the affirmation “No negativity today; You’re gettin’ stuff done!”

Don’t let other’s naysaying and obstructive behaviors cause you to steer off-path.  You have certain things you need to get done today, and their negativity will only be a distraction that makes everything more difficult and take that much longer to accomplish.

Instead, just keep your head down and fight for what you want to accomplish and what’s important to you.  Let the rest slide off, and only push back as much as needed when it’s necessary to do so.

DECK USED: METAPHYSICAL CREATURES TAROT OF THE ORIENT AND IT’S GOING TO BE OKAY 2024 DAY-TO-DAY CALENDAR BY KATE ALLAN

Finding the Positive for May 23 – 25

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Vacant House Tarot, Once Upon a Time Tarot, Elf of Heaven Tarot, and It’s Going To Be Okay 2024 Day-to-day Calendar By Kate Allan

May 23

Today’s meditation was ten minutes long, and was one of the #DailyCalm sessions from the Calm app. The topic of the meditation for today was how to deal with repressed emotions, including those that might become repressed if not dealt with in the moment.  The advice in this session really boiled down to not allowing yourself to push said emotions away, but rather sitting with them and dealing with the situations that create them in the moment instead.

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Today’s card is the Page of Pentacles combined with the affirmation “The negative voice in your head isn’t worth your concern. No need to care. Haters gonna hate.”

My progress on learning the skills needed to combat my negative inner narrative has been slow going.

Really. Slow. Going.

That isn’t to say that I haven’t made progress. I have!  Just not at all the type of progress I’m used to managing when working on something.  The Page of Pentacles today is a reminder that sometimes things have to be taken slow, and that in taking them slow, they become far more permanent than if you’d rushed at putting them in place.   Patience is important, and taking things at a slower pace does not equate with failure, no matter how hard those that raised you tried to teach you otherwise.

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

May 24

Today’s meditation was ten minutes long, and was one of the #DailyCalm sessions from the Calm app. The topic of today’s meditation was a story about a man in a hut with no door that is trying to meditate, and a stray cat keeps coming in and climbing into his lap. Every time, he gets up and puts the cat back out, and every time he sits down the cat comes back again. This goes on for a half hour or more. Eventually, he gives up and decides to just sit with it.  The cat comes in, sits in his lap for perhaps a full minute, then gets up and wanders off on its own.

The lesson here being that sometimes meditation is about just sitting with it, whatever “it” might be. Not pushing it away or trying to ignore whatever “it” is, whether it be emotions or discomfort or… even a cat.  Rather, to allow it to exist in that moment with you.

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Today’s card is the Two of Cups combined with the affirmation “You could fail a million times over and you’d still be worth knowing and loving. You’d still belong here.”

These cards are a reminder that those who love you are going to love you no matter what. It’s not about what you can do for them or how good you are at something. It’s not about your successes or failures, or any of those things. They love you.  They want to be around you regardless of your struggles and moments of strife.

DECK USED: ONCE UPON A TIME TAROT AND IT’S GOING TO BE OKAY 2024 DAY-TO-DAY CALENDAR BY KATE ALLAN

May 25

Today’s meditation was ten minutes long, and was one of the #DailyTrip sessions from the Calm app. Today’s session was about how meditation is not always about finding time to make your environment and situation perfectly conducive to a meditation session, but rather about taking those times you’ve found that “sweet spot” with you into the times when there isn’t one.  It’s about taking a pause during a stressful situation and just… relaxing your shoulders while focusing on a slow inhale.  It’s about using the skills learned in the day to day, even when things are at their most stressful or inconvenient, but taking ten seconds.  One breath.  Finding center in that moment, then continuing on.

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Today’s card is the Seven of Pentacles combined with the affirmation “Hey, you are enough as you are today.  You don’t need to prove anything.”

Slow growth is still growth.  Today’s card is a reminder that even on our slowest days, we’re still “enough” and don’t need to prove anything. There’s no need to rush or to push.  Just do what you do and you’ll get there when you get there.

This can be an especially hard lesson for those that are used to picking up new skills easily or learning new things quickly. You get used to that fast pace as you pick up one skill after another, try one new thing after another, and gather more and more experience under your belt.  When you then run across something that doesn’t come so easily, it feels like failure.  It’s not, though. It’s just a different kind of growth. These cards are a reminder to not try to push it, instead just let it come at its own pace.

DECK USED: ELF OF HEAVEN AND IT’S GOING TO BE OKAY 2024 DAY-TO-DAY CALENDAR BY KATE ALLAN

🌕 Full Moon in Sagittarius – May 2024

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Today 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 lightningwildflower.

Full Moon in Sagittarius Oracle Reading with the Inner Child Healing Oracle

How are you being asked to expand your horizons?

Devotion – Instead of sacrificing yourself for the good of others, it’s time to recommit yourself to taking care of yourself and putting yourself first.

What will help you step out of your comfort zone?

Independence – You have become far too ensnared into the habit of waiting for the knowledge of what others need from you rather than focusing on yourself first and prioritizing your own needs.

In what way are you being called to shift your mindset?

Abundance – Work on focusing more on what you do have, rather than on where your feelings of scarcity are settled.

What clarity and wisdom are available to you now?

Leadership – You can’t effectively lead others if you aren’t caring for yourself and your needs. The more you fall into the trap of taking direction from others on what they need, the more you lose sight of your own needs and how to fill them.

Full Moon advice from the Minoan Goddess Amalthea.

Courage – Believe in yourself and take action on these things. Don’t set them on the back burner for later. You’ve got this.

DECK USED: INNER CHILD HEALING ORACLE

Gratitude as a Conscious Practice

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#DailyCalm with the Calm appToday’s meditation was ten minutes long, and was one of the #DailyCalm sessions from the Calm app.

The theme of today’s meditation was about consistency, especially in reference to one’s meditation practice.   And clearly, as is obvious by my posts, this is an issue for me.

I do try, though, and I find it tinged with a taste of irony that this is the topic of the first session as I try to get back into the swing of things.

@the_mystic_star May Tarot Challenge Prompt
I am using this challenge’s prompts as affirmation prompts for my daily card. Not exactly the intended process for the challenge, but I want to give credit for where I’m getting these affirmation prompts from.

Moonlight Tarot - King of CupsAffirmation Prompt for May 11th: Grateful

King of Cups – For me, the King of Cups often refers back to Gideon. He is the emotional floodgates that help me in managing and understanding my emotions. He is my anchor in a turbulent sea, assisting me in making sense out of the chaos.

Today’s card is a reminder of these things, and that gratitude isn’t just something you feel for another, but an actual practice. It’s something you need to consciously visit and acknowledge, and even express to others now and then.

Gideon… My gratitude for you and your love, for your guidance and your help and support and for all that you do for me is something I can never express well enough to make clear to you.  It’s depth is too deep, it’s breadth too wide.  Thank you for being mine, and for having me as yours.  Thank you for being my rock and my anchor when I’m struggling to make sense of things. I may not always seem like I need it, and in fact may seem to even run away from it at times when I fall back on old habits, but I am so grateful for your presence and influence in my life.  I love you.

DECK USED:  MOONLIGHT TAROT

#DiscordTarotholicsMay2024 Challenge Prompt
Question for May 10th and 11th:

Journey Oracle; Moonlight Tarot's Four of Cups and The High PriestessWhat are you ignoring that needs to be dealt with?

The High Priestess and Desire – For a while now you have been able to feel your small side creeping back up from deep within, but you have been ignoring your needs in this area due to your desire to stay in top space.

How can you best begin dealing with what’s being ignored?

Four of Cups and Prepare – Get back on a regular meditation schedule instead of continuing to skip it. That structure is important, especially so when you’re in that smaller mindset. Your meditation practice helps you create a solid foundation for embracing the small within you and letting go of control without it harming you in the process.

In other words, regular meditation makes you more resilient to subdrop.

DECK USED: MOONLIGHT TAROT AND JOURNEY ORACLE

Daily Self Kindness

As you can see, I meditated today for the first time in quite a long time. I also added the “happy baby” pose back into my physio practice today for the first time since my surgery.

Gideon’s Challenge

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Photo-Mar-28-2024,-12-14-43-PMAdoption Day

As we wander
down aisles
of colorful blooms
and seek out
those to take home
it is like visiting
a humane society
and seeing
all those
begging eyes
behind bars
aching
to be picked.
It’s so hard
to choose
just one.

Photo © ZenStatePhotography