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The @GlitterbyInk #AprilFinds25 Challenge
Lost and Found Prompt for April 10 : Regret

Today’s draw is the Nine of Swords, which is traditionally a representation of nightmares, anxiety, insomnia, and negativity in one’s thoughts and inner narratives.

How high are your walls? How defensive are you to advice or suggestions that you immediately jump to taking them as criticism or cruelty?

When we misinterpret others input in these ways, we push people away and keep them at arms length. They didn’t have to take the time to bother with you, but did. Why? Could it be because they care either about you, or about the end results of something that you also care about?

If so… why push them away in such a manner when they could instead prove useful or of value to you in the long run?

Today’s Nine of Swords encourages us to not hold people at a distance just because of feelings of unwarranted fear or defensiveness.  You could end up regretting it in the end if you do.

DECK USED:  FOREST REALM TAROT

#DiscordTarotholicsApr2025 Challenge
Prompts for April 7th and 8th

What is your greatest weakness?

Lady’s Mantle – Self-forgiveness and self-compassion are themes that you find difficult to connect with, let alone act on.

How can you release/relieve this weakness?

White Clover – Continue to work at focusing on a more optimistic viewpoint and practicing those things that further this lean into positivity. Activities such as your meditation, connecting with gratitude, and focusing on the present to savor the moment and those things within it can help you to connect more effectively with themes of self-forgiveness and self-compassion.

What is your greatest worry?

Sage – Your greatest worry is that you will miss the signs of approaching trouble, and thus give that trouble an “in” to disrupt your life and your sense of stability.

How can you release/relieve this worry?

Stem – Sometimes protection is less about vigilance and more about the energy you project. If you project the energy of a victim or an easy target, you will be made the victim. On the other hand, when you project strength, you warn off danger even in times when you may not see it coming.

What is your greatest fear?

Black Iris – Your greatest fear is  in being helpless during difficult struggles that escalate from a time of organic change that even though difficult is not destructive, into a full-on mass destruction type of chaotic change.

How can you release/relieve this fear?

Black Cohosh – Allow yourself to accept that changes (even the destructive chaotic ones that feel like the end of the world) are a natural part of life, and something that we all must go through again and again as a part of life’s cycles. Focus on what comes after the end, instead of the end itself.

Other elements included in this reading:
Cedar Smoke Cleansing Bundle for Protection
Foraged Pin Oak Leaf for Strength and Endurance
Dried Rhododendron Leaf for Fostering Confidence
Foraged Norway Maple Key for Bouncing Back to Thrive
Rose Quartz for Gentle Kindness to Self and Others
Aventurine Goddess for Harmony and Balance of the Heart
Selenite Tree of Life Disk for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: THE FLOWER SPEAKS ORACLE

I rested today instead of doing a full orders day in an effort to kick out this cold or whatever it is before it can actually take hold. I’m not sure how well it worked yet, but I’ve definitely gotten a lot of rest.