Month: September 2024

Resting IS Getting Something Done

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Today’s meditation was skipped.

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Wisdom of Ancient Egypt Oracle and It’s Going To Be Okay 2024 Day-to-day Calendar By Kate AllanToday’s draw is the Chepre card combined with the affirmation “Let’s just deal with today. You can deal with tomorrow, tomorrow.”

Preparing for the future is more than plotting and planning and prep work. It’s also about getting the rest that you need so that you can put your all into what’s coming.

Today’s cards encourage taking things easy today and not pushing. You don’t have to get everything done right now. Rest and renewal of your energy and spirit are just as important as active preparation work.

DECK USED:  WISDOM OF ANCIENT EGYPT ORACLE AND IT’S GOING TO BE OKAY 2024 DAY-TO-DAY CALENDAR BY KATE ALLAN

@tarot_juf Een Uitnodiging voor de herfst #SeptemberTarotChallenge
Prompt for September 1st thru 5th

Deck of the Odd Tarot - The Fool, Seven of Wands, Page of Pentacles, The Hermit, Four of SwordsWhat fruits may I harvest from last month?

The Fool – That new fresh air feeling at the end of the month needs to be carried forward. Make sure that you don’t leave it behind.

Now that it is getting darker, which shadow aspects are coming up?

Seven of Wands – Your going to have to deal with your attachment to staying at home and ignite your passion for getting out in nature. With the heat no longer beating down your door, it’s time to step out into the fresh air.

What continues to feed my energy?

Page of Pentacles – Taking things slow is allowing you to get needed breaks right now. The longer processing times and no rush attitude means you are not constantly tapped out.

What old pain still haunts me?

The Hermit – You are still temped by unhealthy alone time and indulge in those activities far too often. Just because it feels good doesn’t mean it is good for you.

This is how I find balance between action and rest.

Four of Swords – Always lean into healthy rest and regenerative activities. You have a tendency to push yourself far too hard. In order to find balance, you need to focus on leaning harder in the other direction to create a counterbalance to that push.

Other elements included in this reading:
Silver Maple Key for Fostering Strength and Adaptability
Rainforest Rhyolite for Facilitating Calm Transitions
Rose Quartz for Softening Jagged Energies
Desert Rose for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: DECK OF THE ODD (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.

Gathering Pennies

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Today’s meditation was skipped.

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I Can Learn With Pooh Early Skills Cards and It’s Going To Be Okay 2024 Day-to-day Calendar By Kate AllanToday’s draw is the Vessel card combined with the affirmation “Hey. You can be a weirdo. You can mess up, a lot. You’ll still be lovable anyway.”

The message within today’s cards is a reminder to not pin your self-worth on perfectionism. Humans are, by nature, not perfect and not meant to be.

Screwing up is how we learn. It’s a part of the human experience. Each time we mess up, it’s like pennies added to a tip jar. A tiny sacrifice of our pride in the moment, which over time adds up to a wealth of knowledge and experience.

DECK USED:  I CAN LEARN WITH POOH ORACLE AND IT’S GOING TO BE OKAY 2024 DAY-TO-DAY CALENDAR BY KATE ALLAN

#DiscordTarotholicsSep2024 Challenge
Philosophical Question for September 4th : What is humanity’s greatest accomplishment?

Oracle Reading with the I Can Learn With Pooh Early Skills CardsReading Summary: Awakening (Pillow) into a species of independent thought (Pooh Reading) that values accruing knowledge (Mixing Bowl).

Take Away: We read. We write. We reason, and seek to learn, know, explore, and build upon what we learn to become not just knowledgeable but innovative.

Humanity’s high intelligence, cognition, and the capacity for reasoning are their greatest accomplishment, for it is these evolutionary factors that allow us all to then succeed at each new accomplishment that comes forth from them.

Other elements included in this reading:
Dried Japanese Maple for Balance and Practicality
Carved Bamboo for Positive Outcomes
Moonstone for Emotional Stability

DECK USED: I CAN LEARN WITH POOH ORACLE

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 – Autumn’s Fall

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Prompt: Pull (at least) three cards and use them to tell us what the trees say as they release their autumn leaves. Then… Pull (at least) three cards and use them to tell us what the autumn leaves say as they fall from the trees.

Kumacchi TarotWhat the trees say as they release their autumn leaves…

Thank you for spending this time with me and enriching my life with your presence. It has been my greatest accomplishment to support and nurture you with my strength (Ten of Pentacles). I wish I could hold onto you forever (Four of Pentacles), but I must release you into the world so that you can dance on the wind (The Sun).

What the autumn leaves say as they fall from the trees...

Our time together has been wonderful (Ten of Cups), and I have taken pride in helping to shelter you from the storms of the spring and summer sun (Nine of Wands). We both knew this day is coming (Two of Wands), but I have to confess that now that it’s here I’m worried about tumbling into the gutter (The Devil).

DECK USED: KUMACCHI TAROT

Judgement and Projection

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Herbana Witch Oracle and It’s Going To Be Okay 2024 Day-to-day Calendar By Kate AllanToday’s draw is The Bark card combined with three affirmation “You’re nice to have around, even when you feel like a potato.”

There is an important divide between the internal and external. What your negative inner self-talk says to yourself is not what everyone else is thinking.  No one else is being hard on you for taking a break or relaxing… it’s just you and your own thoughts doing that.

Others like having you around even when you’re not being productive.  Don’t let your own judgements project themselves on others.  They are not judging you… you are.

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

@mercurytarot #SensualSeptemberTarot Challenge
Prompts for September 1st thru 3rd

The Entropy Tarot and The Liminal Forest OracleWhat is my relationship with sexuality?

Justice and Anger – You still hold onto a lot of resentment around the results of your testicular cancer journey. Instead of reveling in the joys of what you still can do, there is continued resentment concerning the effects wrought by the cancer and treatment. Once banked, this anger was recently stirred back to the surface by the need for HRT to correct imbalances brought on by the long term effects of these past treatments.

What have I struggled with in the past?

Empress atop Knight of Pentacles, Sacrifice – Being kind to yourself by going slow and letting things go. You have been conditioned to believe that you have to do it all, perfectly and quickly. Your reactions to the imperfections of the present are rooted in the conditioning that echoes from your past.

What can this challenge unlock for me?

Knight of Swords and Perspective – This challenge is offering you an opportunity explore new ways to look at and embrace your changed body. The opportunity to see a different perspective, and move forward from the old one.

Other elements included in this reading:
Dried Red Maple Leaf for Adaptability and Connection
Dried Bay Leaf for Protection From Negativity
Carnelian for Courage and Emotional Balance
Rose Quartz for Connecting with One’s Needs
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: THE ENTROPY TAROT AND THE LIMINAL FOREST ORACLE

Daily Self Kindness

I took some time to relax outside while those with me did their own thing that I wasn’t interested in joining in.

It’s Your Party

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Magic Cats Tarot and It’s Going To Be Okay 2024 Day-to-day Calendar By Kate AllanToday’s draw is the Two of Wands combined with the affirmation “It’s your weirdness that makes you wonderful…”

…so do your own thing and don’t worry so much about what others think.

The things you’re into and want to explore aren’t for anyone else but you. They’re your interests and your passions.

Make sure that in planning to enjoy these things that you are focusing on what you want… not what other people will think about it.  Your passions and interests are what they are because they make you happy, and other’s opinions shouldn’t have any bearing on that.

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

#DiscordTarotholicsSep2023 Challenge
Question for September 2nd : What do you need to focus on for self-care for this new moon?

Every Little Thing You Do Is Magic Tarot - Four of Cups, The High Priestess, Three of PentaclesReading Summary: Regular meditation (Four of Cups with The High Priestess) facilitates a better working relationship with others (Three of Pentacles).

Take Away: You are both more tolerable and more tolerant of others when you are doing your meditation practice on a regular basis. It doesn’t just assist you in being better in tune with your intuition, but in being but in better tune with others as well.

It can be difficult to fit this activity into your day. Not because of the time it takes, which is usually only around ten or fifteen minutes. It’s the fact that it’s good for you that’s the problem.  Remember, though. It’s not just good for you… it’s good for others that you do it too.

DECK USED: EVERY LITTLE THING YOU DO IS MAGIC TAROT

Daily Self Kindness

I accidentally took a nap today, and upon waking did my best not to let it ruin the rest of my day.

🌑 New Moon in Virgo – September 2024

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Tonight is the new 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 @Ethony.

New Moon in Virgo Oracle Reading with the Healing Heart Oracle

Where should I focus my energy this season?

Co-Creative Heart – Look for opportunities to involve others in your work, whether that is having them help you with whatever you are working on or teaching them new creative skills that can help you out along the way.

What needs re-evaluation?

Trusting Heart – You are trusting another to have your best interest at heart way too much. Instead of just blindly allowing this other to lead you, use your intuition to guide yourself in these situations.

What is just a distraction that I need to ignore?

Trapped Heart – Make sure you don’t get so wrapped up in feelings of restlessness that you end up taking unnecessary chances with your safety.

Where do I need to get more organized?

Curious Heart – Make sure that you are planning ahead when you decide to go off on an adventure. Combined with previous card in this reading, this is a reminder that due to safety issues that have come up in the past you aren’t always particularly safe when you’re out alone, and thus need to bring someone with you instead of just going off on your own on a whim.

What project would benefit from my full attention?

Rebellious Heart – This answer is an echo back to the second card in this reading. It encourages making sure that others are not being allowed to make decisions for you, and that you’re not yielding just to make things easier for yourself and/or others.

New Moon advice from the Minoan Goddess Amalthea.

Unavailable Heart – Stop trying to avoid triggers and trauma reactions. You need to instead acknowledge them, and work on healing these things, so that they are no longer an issue.

DECK USED: HEALING HEART ORACLE