Summer Breeze
I want to
open windows
and lie down
on the floor
to watch as
summer breeze
makes lights
sway
while the cast of
shadows and light
skim over
my skin
Month: June 2025
❤️ Self Care Saturday (On a Sunday)
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?
Earth – Student of Knives – Don’t shoot your self in the foot. A bit of caution is needed right now. Take care when speaking up and communicating with others that you don’t put your foot in your mouth, especially in relation to things you know nothing about or are not fully informed on. It won’t just cause embarrassment, but could create destabilization of the status quo as well.
Air – The Sun – Work on keeping both your internal and external narratives positive. You may have a stronger tendency to slip into negative thoughts this week, which can then easily bleed outward into your communication with others. So make sure to take extra care to stay positive in order to keep everything moving smoothly in the direction you desire.
Water – Four of Vessels Rx atop Architect of Stones – Keep in mind that feelings and reality don’t really function in the same sphere. Just because things feel uneven and screwed up doesn’t mean they are. You will gain a greater sense of stability this week by meditating more regularly. Do your best not to skip this essential part of each day.
Fire – The Star Rx – Your subdrop is going to be a bit more tenacious than normal this week. Let those people in your life that can help you see that this is happening, and they will focus on helping to lift you up and get you through to the other side.
Waning – Licorice – Training your focus on your misery this week will get you nowhere. Take care that you aren’t falling into cycles that involve self-pity or wallowing in your misery.
Waxing – Echinacae – Again (as mentioned above in the Air position), focus on the positive. Both in the present, as well as through some walks down memory lane with others that can help you resurrect some good memories that have started to fade.
Take Away – Your subdrop is going to cling this week, and it’s going to make you a bit irrational and sensitive. Take care with h ow you react to others and the words that come out of your mouth, and lean on those that support you when you’re feeling vulnerable. Make sure that you pick up on your meditation, as it will help in supporting your sense of stability, and keep up the work you’ve been doing on leaning into positivity and optimism as you’ll need the extra boost from it this week.
Other elements included in this reading:
Dried Rhododendron Leaf for Fostering Confidence
Conch Shell Knot for Concentration and Clarity
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy
DECKS USED: SLOW HOLLER TAROT AND THE POCKET HERBAL
Shifting the Narrative
Today’s meditation was skipped.
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Today’s draw is the Three of Swords, which is traditionally a representation of depression, grief, and disappointments. This theme often seems strange to people, being that it is seated in the Swords suit (which is often all about intellect and the mind), but it is important to remember that how we react emotionally is often rooted in how we think and what expectations we create for ourselves before everything falls apart.
A lot of the cards I’ve pulled this week seem to be about mindset, and this one is no exception. Have you ever villainized another person (even if they deserved it)? I know that I have. My parents and what went on in their house while growing up, and a “friend’ that I trusted deeply that betrayed me in an extremely painful way, are two examples. The thing is, though? This act of villianizing/victimizing can bring about a negative mindset that can then easily tinge our path as we move forward. It changes how we see ourselves, and how we see the world around us… and not in a good way.
The card combination for today is a reminder that it wasn’t all bad. They’re a reminder to not just look back on these painful moments, but also the good ones that precluded them. I’m not saying you have to forgive anyone, or even that you should… I have no idea of your situation and in my opinion some things are simply unforgivable.
What I am saying, though, is that these cards encourage us to claim the good and allow ourselves to break free of the negative victimized mindset. Not necessarily through forgiveness, but through acceptance that it wasn’t all bad. This, in turn, then allows us to focus on positive aspects of the present and future more easily.
DECK USED: VESPER TAROT AND THE HAPPINESS CHEMICALS DECK
@LightningWildflower‘s June Tarot Challenge
Purpose Prompts for June 19th thru 21st
What drives and motivates me?
Sacred Piercing and Spotted Knapweed (allelopathic chemicals) – You are often motivated by your need to use your strength and assertiveness to empower others instead of holding them back. You want to lift others up and encourage them to thrive. This is where the lion’s share of your motivation comes from, as it sparks in you protective instincts and brings to the fore your desire for others to find stability, encouragement, and empowerment in your presence.
How can I go through my days with a greater sense of purpose?
Macaw and Cacao; Desert Verbena (desert pollinator plant) – Flow rather than force. Adaptation is the key to staying connected with your purpose, rather than lost in the weeds at the side of the path. Allow change to flow through your life, and work at adapting to the shifting sands beneath your feet. Fighting against the current or trying to force things to go your way only wastes time and energy.
What will bring more meaning to the mundane or ordinary aspects of my life?
She Wolf of the South and Daisy (heliotropism) – You have been through so much, and this can make it a struggle not to fall into a negative and/or pessimistic mindset. Instead, continue to work on keeping your eye on the positive. The harder that is to do, the more you need it.
Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Cedar Tips for Protection Against Negative Influences
Foraged Wood Fern for Exorcising Negative Influences
Conch Shell Knot for Concentration and Clarity
Gneiss Stone for Patience in Moments of Discomfort
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy
DECK USED: MEDICINE HEART ORACLE AND THE PULCHRUM FLORALIS ORACLE
I allowed Gideon to talk me into playing for a bit even though I wasn’t really feeling it. In the end, I think it helped me feel a bit better than I would have otherwise by the end of the night.
Gideon’s Challenge – Building Trust
Building Trust
You make me feel
warm and fuzzy
and cared for
with light touches
and strong arms
you encourage
me
to open
and let you in
to the center
of my vulnerability
and prove
again and again
I’m safe with you
Photo © ZenStatePhotography
Surface Disruptions
Today’s meditation was ten minutes long, and was one of the #DailyTrip sessions from the @Calm app.
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The @GlitterbyInk #JuneSun25 Challenge
Summer Sunlight Prompt for June 20 : Reflection
Today’s draw is the Queen of Cups, which is traditionally a representation of a receptive alpha energy, personality, or person in the area of one’s emotions, relationships, creativity, and intuition. Among other things, this often translates into themes to do with emotional support and advice from a trusted party that is easy to talk to.
Part of nurturing yourself and others includes patience. You can’ splash around in the water all the time and expect to see your reflection clearly. The more you fuss, the more distorted what you see becomes. That, in turn, distorts what you feel as well.
I just recently got new glasses. I wear progressives, which means the visual range changes each time I get new lenses. Minute changes in where distance transitions to mid-range, and where mid-range transitions to reading range are common when the lenses are made with a new prescription, and almost guaranteed with a new set of frames in a slightly different size or shape.
This creates a need for an adjustment period, not just for the new prescription, but also for where and how your eyes and head move to put different things in focus. It’s easy, during this time to react negatively and think that they messed up the lenses. The discontent and irritation of this makes it hard not to hate the new glasses and want to take them back right now to be fixed. (Thrash around in the water, so to speak.)
Today’s card in combination with the “reflection” prompt encourages us in times like this when we are feeling ot of sorts to not “splash around”. Stay still, reflect, and allow things to come into better focus. Nurture yourself and others by not reacting. Give it some time , consideration, and observation instead. Then, when you can see calmly and clearly, and have a better understanding of all involved, you can act with precision to deal with the problem instead of just whacking at it with emotions.
DECK USED: SUN AND MOON TAROT
@LightningWildflower‘s June Tarot Challenge
Perspective Prompts for June 16th and 18st
What in my life would benefit from a shift in perspective?
Le Pendu and Find Beauty Here – Stop looking for problems and issues at every turn, and instead pause to enjoy the positive. Every situation has a shred of beauty and positivity to share, but you have to be willing to actually look for it. These cards indicate that a part of looking at every aspect and perspective of situation requires you to also look at the positive, not just the negative.
What is a challenge that I might need to consider in a new way?
Seven of Coins atop Seven of Cups; Take Care of Your Energy – Procrastination only moves you further and further away from those things and activities that are healthy for you. The less you do, the less you want to do, and therefore you do less and want to do even less still; and so the cycle continues. Pretty soon, it’s easier and easier to walk away from the things that are good for you instead of actually doing them.
What might an altered perspective allow me to see?
L’amour and What Is Home – Choosing those things that are good for you and also right for you makes life feel more welcoming, and gives you a sense of comfort in the world as a whole as well as in yourself. Seeking the comfort in stagnancy isn’t healthy, even if it feels like sometimes you might actually find it there.
Other elements included in this reading:
Dried Rhododendron Leaf for Fostering Confidence
Shiva Shell Heart for Wisdom and Discernment
Orange Aventurine Leaves for Pause and Reflection
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy
DECKS USED: THE STONE MARSEILLES TAROT AND TEARWATER ORACLE
I came online and spent some time with Gideon and let him soothe the subdrop a bit, instead of crawling into a corner somewhere to hide.
Gideon’s Challenge – Falling From Grace
Falling From Grace
One bounce
at a time
I fall
from hill’s crest
to hit
upon rocks
moss covered
and bare stone
greet my flesh
as I seek
the splash
at the bottom
Twisting the Leaf 