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

The topic of today’s session was about how we can find comfort and connection in our practice by being mindful during meditation of all the others in the world who might be meditating in that same moment with us. How, even in this very personal thing, that we are not alone but sharing the experience with others through energy and intent.

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@GlitterbyInk #OctoberCauldron24 Prompt
Cauldron of Warming Prompt for October 4th : Vision

Today’s draw is the Four of Bombs (Swords) combined with the affirmation “I have the power to turn any fear into laughter.”

When you are taking moments of rest and using them to consider what has come before and what comes next, make sure that you are not letting your fears and worries hem you in and stifle your potential.

Look at these fears and instead of minimizing yourself, minimize those things that you are afraid of.  See them as small and ineffectual, look at them in a different light and find the humor that lies in being scared of these things.  In doing so, you can let them go and move forward more confidently.

DECKS USED:  THE BINDING OF ISAAC TAROT AND SELF-MADE HALLOWEEN AFFIRMATION DECK

@Lionharts #TheOctoberTarot Season of the Witch Prompt
Question for October 4th : Ever mind the rule of three, what I send forth {pick a card to represent what you want to focus on in this moment} comes back to me {draw three cards}.

What I Send Forth – Work – Focusing on your responsibilities is often your modus operandi. Whether during holiday rush or not, work and your responsibilities take priority and thus ground you even during the busiest or most stressful of times.

Comes Back to Me – Weed Out, Hope, Explosive – The person in your life trying to get under your skin is frustrated by your ability to prioritize work and responsibility over trivial things like emotions or ego. This makes it difficult and frustrating for them to create the affect on you they seek, and thus illicit the response they want from you.

This means that by focusing on work and responsibilities, they have no choice but to either put their true colors on display or back off. In either case, the chaos will be temporary and calm with prevail.

Other elements included in this reading:
Sigil: Sustainable Healthy Energy
Dried Rowan Leaves for Protection
Rose Quartz for Gentle Kindness to Self and Others
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: CUTE AND CREEPY ORACLE

#DiscordTarotholicsOct2024 Challenge Prompt
Philosophical Question for October 4th : Can anyone on the other side make contact when the veil is thin?

Reading Summary: There are a lot of influencing factors that play a part in whether or not someone can come through or not from the other side. Things like despair or conflict can get in the way (Five of Hearts and Five of Pennies), no matter how determined they are to give it a go (Two of Bombs).

Take Away: So, the answer here is no.  Not everyone can be contacted through the veil, even when it is at its thinnest.  Different obstacles such as emotions or conflict can create barriers that can then block that individual from coming through.  These obstacles aren’t just benign blockages, but are able to thwart even the most determined individuals.

Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Deer Rib for Connection through the Veil
Cinnamon Sticks for Boosting Intentions
Moonstone for Emotional Stability
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: THE BINDING OF ISAAC TAROT

@HealingThruTarot’s #httOctoberTarotChallenge2024 Prompt
Prompt for October 4th : What’s falling away this autumn?

The Pack – Your opportunities to work on yourself and delve into the inner workings of your psyche and heart are coming to an end for the year.  You’ve had the entirety of the year to explore, but now these opportunities are drawing to a close for now.

Burrow – You’ve spent a lot of time this year working on getting rest when you can and allowing yourself some time just enjoying instead of constantly pushing yourself.  Your chance to do this is falling away now that the holiday rush approaches, and exhaustion is soon to follow.

Trinity – Juggling multiple priorities and responsibilities is about to become more challenging, the ease of keeping many things in the air at once quickly ending for the year.  As your business picks up, more and more of those priorities outside of your business will need to take a step back until the new year rolls around.

Take Away – All of this is a natural part of the end of the year for you. With the holiday rush approaching, there are a lot of positive and healthy influences and activities that have to be put on the back burner to allow the holiday rush to go off as smoothly as possible. Then, come January, they will resurface to be reestablished in your life once more.

Other elements included in this reading:
Dried Red Maple Leaf for Adaptability and Connection
Foraged Silver Maple Key for Bouncing Back to Thrive
Amazonite for Self Awareness and Facing Truths
Aventurine for Harmony and Balance of the Heart
Rose Quartz for Gentle Kindness to Self and Others
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: EARTH & BONE ORACLE

I taped Rosco over the fire alarm siren on the wall of my condo.  Today was fire alarm checks day. A service comes in and tests the fire systems in the building including the sprinklers throughout the building and the alarms in each unit.

When they test each unit’s alarm, the full-building alarm goes off, which is ear splitting and shrill and comes from a siren installed behind where Rosco is taped.  Taping Rosco over it doesn’t silence the sound, but deafens it enough that it’s not so ear piercing and anxiety inducing.

Proof that sometimes?  A little bondage is just what you need in life.  😂