Month: August 2024

How We Grow

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Today’s meditation was skipped.

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Steampunk Faeries Tarot and It’s Going To Be Okay 2024 Day-to-day Calendar By Kate AllanToday’s draw is the Ace of Wands combined with the affirmation “Just a gentle reminder – feeling stressed out ≠ being incapable. Anxiety lies about what you can handle.”

Today’s cards are a reminder that sometimes the things that you are most passionate about will not come easily to you. They’ll require hard work and stress and maybe even a bit of overwhelm and burn out to accomplish…. and that’s okay.

Just because it’s hard doesn’t mean it’s not meant to be yours. It means that in working toward these things, you are leveling up in your skills and abilities.  Learning new things, exploring new talents yet to be honed and developed, and obtaining new skills. Not everything in life is meant to come easily… and that’s how we grow.

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

#DiscordTarotholicsAug2023 Challenge Prompt
Question for August 24th, 26th, and 27th

Steampunk Faeries Tarot - Wheel of Fortune, Justice, Four of Wands, TemperanceWhere in life do I need to be serious and buckle down?

Temperance – Keep your theme of financial moderation going. One of the ways that you chase your dopamine fix is through spending money on the things that you enjoy. It’s hard to not give into impulses, but you’re actually getting somewhere with that moderation you started in the spring. Keep it going for a while longer and reap the benefits that will come as a result.

As an adult, where do I take myself too seriously?

Wheel of Fortune – You don’t need to brace yourself every time there’s a shift or change in your life. Change is not always the end of the world, but often can be something uplifting that provides opportunity for better. So stop taking each change that comes your way so seriously and work at going with the flow instead.

How can I ease up in this area where I take myself too seriously?

Justice atop Four of Wands – Take care that you aren’t “cutting off your nose to spite your face”. When changes happen, look beyond your initial reaction of what might make you feel safe and warm, and see what’s beyond the first step to what’s coming after as a result of your actions if you go down that path.

DECK USED: STEAMPUNK FAERIES TAROT

Daily Self Kindness

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

Finding the Positive for August 23 – 25

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Body Health Oracle, Listening to Flowers Oracle, Your Feelings Are Valid Oracle, , Wisdom for Wee Ones Cards, and It’s Going To Be Okay 2024 Day-to-day Calendar By Kate Allan

August 23 – Mental Health Card of the Day

Today’s meditation was skipped.

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Today’s card is the Lymph Nodes card combined with the affirmation “Please take time to recharge yourself today.”

Right.  SO… this morning, a friend of mine woke up blind in one eye.  As in, went to bed with a migraine, and woke up with one eye completely not working. Not even registering a bit of light.  Nada.  Nothing.

As you might imagine, today was filled with medical professionals, waiting rooms, tests, and leading my friend around by the hand all day, guiding them into chairs, etc. (At the end of the day? Still no answers, incidentally, if you were wondering. They’ve been referred to a specialist in ophthalmological neurology.)

The message in today’s cards?  Even when you’re putting your all into fighting the good fight?  You have to rest sometimes.  Make sure, that even in times fraught with stress and too much to do in too little time, that every once in a while you step away and take a few breaths, even if you have to do it while sitting on the can in the restroom somewhere. Those occasional few minutes and deep breaths are important.

DECK USED: BODY HEALTH ORACLE AND IT’S GOING TO BE OKAY 2024 DAY-TO-DAY CALENDAR BY KATE ALLAN

August 24 – Mental Health Card of the Day

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Today’s card is the Wild Oat card combined with the affirmation “Some days are awful, but they always end.”

Yesterday was yesterday. Today is a new day. Don’t let the shit show and stress of yesterday make today’s plans less enjoyable or your confidence crumble.

Although it’s possible not a single thing got resolved yesterday? It doesn’t mean the stress and mess has to carry into today.  Sometimes, you have to leave your stress in the past, take a breath, and move forward. The Wild Oat card says to be open to all that will manifest, acknowledge that what you put into the world is an expression of empowerment, and follow your unique path forward while trusting that you’re headed in the right direction.

In other words? Don’t let yesterday’s shit show make you lose faith in yourself.  Don’t worry that you might end up swerving off course as a result of what’s going on.  Just breath, let go of the anxiety, and trust that it will work out if you just remain true to yourself and who you are.

DECK USED: LISTENING TO THE FLOWERS ORACLE AND IT’S GOING TO BE OKAY 2024 DAY-TO-DAY CALENDAR BY KATE ALLAN

August 25 – Mental Health Card of the Day

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Today’s card is the Overwhelmed card combined with the affirmation “To value wisdom over ignorance is the path to happiness.”

Confession. I hate politics. I mean… really hate them. I hate the polarization.  I hate the social sheep mentality.  I hate how it brings out the worst in people, most especially their willful ignorance and how the media feeds on pushing that willful ignorance further and further in society.

With the US Pres election coming up combined with the fact that I spend a lot of time in doctors offices listening to a wide range of chatting among those sitting in waiting rooms? I get to see just how willfully ignorant people are.

They hear what they want to hear, they believe what they want to believe, then “know the facts” that they want to know.  None of them are happy.  They bitch and moan, gripe and snipe and complain. They assign blame, personality traits (and flaws), and even actions to people they don’t know, have never met, and will never meet.

Today’s cards echo my feelings on all of those.  Overwhelm, and a wish that we could have a way to receive “just facts” rather than conjecture.  A way to weed out the bullshit and emotion in order to see things clearly.   For me?  That means sometimes I need to slip my earbuds in and tune them out, because it’s the only way to let go of the overwhelm listening to them creates and allow calm to take its place… even if just for a bit at a time.  That little bit at a time makes things better.

DECK USED: YOUR FEELINGS ARE VALID ORACLE AND WISDOM FOR WEE ONES CARDS

❤️ Self Care Saturday (On a Sunday)

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These Saturday readings are (not usually) bearing in on any one thing or event in my life, as the question used is asking for a more general outlook. This is a self care exercise, and is not meant as a predictive reading… although that, too, happens on occasion.

The question is… What do I need to focus for self-care through the week ahead?

Self Care Saturday Tarot Reading with The Awakening Tarot and Wonder Land Lenormand

Earth – The Sun – Do what makes you happy and that you know will lead to success. The intersection between these two themes is your sweet spot for the week.

Air – Two of Cups – Holding things together, and making them work together to reap the greatest rewards, means working together. (Like that? I used “together” three times in a single sentence.) Connect and communicate with those closest to you.

Water – Page of Cups – Life can sometimes feel like a shit show. Remember that how you deal with your emotions can make that perception of worse or better. Although you are a novice at this, you have begun developing tools to help you.

Fire – Temperance – Don’t push. Change takes time and, in the case of your business and it’s successful upswing, you want it to go smooth and slow.

Waning – Ring and Crossroads – You continue to be warned about involving yourself in contracts and agreements. Keep in mind that that new path being presented to you is not as good as it sounds. Don’t be fooled into thinking it might be.

Waxing – Lily and Man – Gideon time is import and right now. Make sure you are getting as much as you can.

Take Away – Work on putting your nose to the grindstone to get things done with your business, including having others do their part too.  No need to push or rush, just start directing your energy and theirs in that direction.

Don’t make decisions with your emotions, as they won’t be wise ones if you do, and ensure that you are getting the time with Gid that you need right now.

DECKS USED: THE AWAKENING TAROT and WONDER LAND LENORMAND

Accruing Value

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Today’s meditation was skipped.

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The Healer's Dream Oracle and It’s Going To Be Okay 2024 Day-to-day Calendar By Kate AllanToday’s draw is the Raven Spirit card combined with the affirmation “It’s okay if you’re not where you want to be yet; it’s already impressive how far you’ve come.”

For the second day in a row,  I’ve somehow managed to pull a Raven. Today’s raven has its wings spread as it sores in the sky.  Combined with the affirmation for the day, these cards are a reminder that accomplishments are gained not at the finish line, but with each step we take along the journey.

Yes, the finish line is often the prize, but it’s not where value comes from in one’s journey. That value lies in the experiences and knowledge gained along the way. So don’t worry if you haven’t hit that goal you’ve been aiming for yet, it just means you are being given time to accrue more value along the way.

DECK USED: THE HEALER’S DREAM ORACLE AND IT’S GOING TO BE OKAY 2024 DAY-TO-DAY CALENDAR BY KATE ALLAN

#DiscordTarotholicsAug2023 Challenge Prompt
Questions for August 22nd and 23rd

Adorable Cat Tarot's Four of Cups and Seven of Pentacles, and Gypsy Lore Fortune Telling Cards c 1930As an adult, where am I neglecting myself at this time?

Seven of Pentacles and Business – You are leaning too far into letting things go at their own pace and grow slowly where your business is concerned. Without some more consistent maintenance to drive things forward, you will not continue to succeed as you have in the past.

How can I begin to resolve this pattern of neglect?

Four of Cups Rx and Worry – Worry less and work more. Stop retreating into yourself, and avoiding work in the process. When you worry, instead of hiding away and trying to seclude yourself in a habit of protection, use the energy from that anxiety to be active and get things done.

Other elements included in this reading:
Dried Red Maple Leaf for Adaptability and Connection
Mookaite Acorn for Help with Weighing One’s Options
Agate Acorn for Mental Clarity and Creativity
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: ADORABLE CAT TAROT AND GYPSY LORE FORTUNE TELLING CARDS c.1930

Daily Self Kindness

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

Not Replaceable

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Today’s meditation was skipped.

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North American Animal Wisdom Oracle and It’s Going To Be Okay 2024 Day-to-day Calendar By Kate AllanToday’s draw is the Common Raven card combined with the affirmation “You are important. You matter.”

Crows are clever, but ravens are brilliant.  YOU are brilliant. No one else thinks in the same way you do, no one else sees things in the same way you do.

Those around you depend on your unique perspective to supply new ideas and resolve puzzles in life they are struggling with.  Don’t forget how important you are to them, and how unique you are.

Don’t forget… you are not replaceable. No one else can take your place.

DECK USED: NORTH AMERICAN ANIMAL WISDOM ORACLE AND IT’S GOING TO BE OKAY 2024 DAY-TO-DAY CALENDAR BY KATE ALLAN

#DiscordTarotholicsAug2023 Challenge Prompt
Philosophical Question for August 21st : Which is more real, mind or matter?

Tarot des Ambiguïtés Deck - High Priestess, Emperor, JudgementReading Summary: Intuition and knowing (La Papesse) that gets overrun by material concerns (L’Empereur) comes back to bite you in the ass in the end (Le Jugement).

Take Away: These cards say that it is the mind that creates reality, not matter, and that when you focus too deeply on matter, and prioritize it over the mind and knowledge, that in the end we are lost.

Rolled down into the purest sense, it is saying that knowledge holds more value than money or property, and thus the mind rules over reality with a stronger grip than matter.

Other elements included in this reading:
Pressed Pansy Flower for Soothing Energies
Conch Shell Knot for Concentration and Clarity
Shiva Shell Heart for Wisdom and Discernment

DECK USED: TAROT DES AMBIGUITES

Daily Self Kindness

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

🎨 Weekly Creativity Prompt – Relating to the Cards

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Prompt: “Shuffle your deck of choice, then pull out every ninth card. Of the eight cards now sitting in front of you, which card do you relate to most strongly and why? Of the seven remaining cards, which card do you relate to the least and why? With the six cards left, assign a real person in  your life, a fictional character, a movie, a book, or a song to each of these six cards and then tell us why you made the choice you did for each.”

The Hilda Tarot - Four of Pentacles, Four of Swords, Ten of Swords, Two of Cups, Four of Wands, Three of Wands, King of Pentacles, The Sun

Relate to the Most – King of Pentacles – I might not always admit it, not even to myself, but I have done well at creating a stable foundation for myself and my life, as well as to help provide a sense of stability for others that look up to me for help and guidance.  I may motivate myself with fear and a fixation on scarcity… but in truth? I’m doing better than I often allow myself to acknowledge.

Relate to the Least – Three of Wands – There’s so much going on in my life right now, and it feels like there’s a lot of uncertainty and a lot of things that are up in the air. As I struggle with these issues, I find myself freezing in place and stalling out far more often than I am moving with direction and purpose.

Four of Pentacles – S lives alone, her children living thousands of miles away and showing no interest in her or her well being. She spends her days helping others, driving the elderly to their appointments while she, in her 80s, keeps trucking on.  She wears plain clothing and no jewelry, a discount cane helps her balance on days when she needs it. She drives an old car with many dents that is immaculately clean inside, but at least twenty years old.  And yet, in a box in her crowded little condo, sitting on her dresser beneath an old lamp that’s seen better days is a hoard of secret treasure.  Jewelry glitters in gemstones and gold, tucked into each drawer of the box, the contents neatly itemized and every once in a while? A new piece added.

Four of Swords – Recently injured, he couldn’t wait to get back on his feet and be able to drive again.  J’s experience left him with his arm in a sling and delegated to the passenger seat for two weeks, and every single moment of that time he was in recovery? He was chomping at the bit to be in the drivers seat again.  He gave himself the rest he needed, though, and is healing up well.

Two of Cups – Forty years of marriage and they spent every single day of it together. They worked together, they played together. They didn’t even run to the store or the post office without the other along for the ride.  Forty years with no more than an half-an-acre between them at most. You could see how well they worked together, even when they bickered at each other.  You could see the love in every look, even when one or the other of them was in a mood or being “impossible”.

Ten of Swords – Then one day, forty years ends. One passes away and leaves the other behind. They becomes she, and she is alone. Aching and alone. Heart torn open, left bleeding in the dirt and wishing she could follow him on into the dark, but she is left behind. Lost in the dark and feeling as if there is nothing left to live for.

Two of Wands – Plans are made, but it’s not time yet to jump in.  Lots and lots of plans are made, and eagerness reigns.  Yet? Still, it’s not quite time.  It’s a holding pattern for the girl in the dark red gown with the matching cap on her head. She bounces on her toes, the future before her bright, as she smiles brightly while a small folder is handed over.  Soon… plans will be put into action, and she has so many plans.

The Sun – Toad the Wet Sprocket’s song “Walk on the Ocean” makes me think of summer days filled with nothing but time and the pursuit of laughter and enjoyment. It’s the daydream of summer vacations that I never experienced, but knew others were enjoying.  It is a reminder of the joy of finally getting to experience and enjoy time off myself.

DECK USED: Hilda The Tarot