Toe Beans
Little paws
reach out
to invite a pet
and nuzzle
so that little arms
can wrap around
to hug
you in close
as black and pink
toe beans
press warm
into cheeks
and a rough tongue
swipes
at your forehead
Month: June 2025
🎨 Weekly Creativity Prompt – Different Scenarios
Prompt: “The purpose of this activity is to practice interpreting small spreads by combining card meanings, symbols and intuition. We will all interpret the same cards based on a few different (imaginary) situations. A 3 card spread will be posted together with 2 more specific scenarios. It’s your choice which scenario you’d prefer to use, or if you’d rather do a general reading of these cards as for an imaginary querent.”
Scenario 1 – Alba is moving to a new country, and wants to know how to make it go smoothly.
Moving is always difficult, because you are leaving things behind that you otherwise would hold on to. Keep in mind, though, that you are also leaving behind those things that are not working for you, and opening up an opportunity for better, healthier possibilities and opportunities to take their place.
Make sure as you begin to settle into your new home and country that you keep a firm grasp on what you want out of this move. It’s only through steering yourself in the direction you want to go in that you’ll find the success and abundance you seek.
Scenario 2 – Gray wants to figure out some advice for navigating their new job. They just got hired in a competitive field through a temp agency.
No one is going to give you what you want out of this experience. You’re going to have to reach out and grab it for yourself.
Make sure as you start on this new endeavor that you leave in your wake those past habits and tendencies that haven’t worked for you previously. They won’t work for you now, either. By leaving them behind, you “till the soil” of your career and open up space for new growth and success to occur. Just remember, this isn’t a gift. It’s something you’ll have to work at. Determination is what will get you through, so “tighten your bootstraps” and get going.
DECK USED: TAROT OF THE ABYSS
The Honeymoon Phase
Today’s meditation was skipped.
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The @GlitterbyInk #JuneSun25 Challenge
Summer Sunlight Prompt for June 10 : Clarity
Today’s draw is the Lovers card, which is traditionally a representation of love and relationships, long term contracts, harmonious unions, and making choices that are geared toward what is best for you.
The other day a friend and I were contemplating why someone we know stays with, puts up with, and even ended up marrying another someone we know. He treats her like crap, is rude to both her and her mother, and doesn’t do anything to help around the house or marriage other than bring home a paycheck that he more often than not blows on moronic stuff.
The concept of the “Honeymoon Phase” came up in our discussion, and that is exactly what the illustration in this card reminds me of. The Honeymoon Phase, for those that don’t know, is the phase in a relationship (romantic, platonic, or even with inanimate objects or ideas) where that “new and wonderful glow” distorts our perception. Some call it “rose colored glasses”, although, in the “honeymoon phase” it always eventually wears off, inevitably giving way to reality and clarity.
Today’s message is that we are all susceptible to time in the Honeymoon Phase, and a reminder that this is why it’s often a good idea to take your time. Let that dazzle that is hindering your full understanding and clarity of sight to ease off before taking a leap you may later find becomes a huge regret.
DECK USED: SUMMER TAROT
#DiscordTarotholicsJun2025 Challenge
Full Moon in Sagittarius Prompt for June 10th : What do you need to focus on for self-care for this month’s full moon?
Reading Summary: Rest. (All three cats are in lounging positions.) We see you trying to wiggle out of time off. (All three cats are focused intently on the reader with a watchful stare.)
All that chaos going on in your head (the unruly paisley design above both end cats) won’t ease up and shift into some semblance of order (the mandala above the center cat) until you take some time to enjoy the beauty of the world around you (vibrant rainbow hues above center cat vs dull hues in paisley swirls) and give yourself the rest that you need (again, all three cats are lounging).
Take Away: Just because you’ve been doing taxes instead of filling orders over the past week doesn’t mean you don’t still need time off. Make sure that you get your orders done and give yourself the time off that you need instead of talking yourself into skipping it, as you’re trying to do in your head.
DECK USED: HALIA’S DAILY PET BOOKMARK COLLECTION
I got the business taxes done today!!! They’re ready to be dropped off tomorrow.
Gideon’s Challenge – The Adoptees
The Adoptees
In a warehouse
in the heat
pretty baubles
sing to me
with shimmer
in the glow
of stones
and tendrils
reaching
for my own
and when energy
fits just right
home we go
just you and me
Photo © ZenStatePhotography
🌕 Full Moon in Sagittarius – June 2025
Tonight is the full 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 @authorannievazquez
This is a completion stage. Look at how berry much you have blossomed. Honor you!
Granthita Mudra – Take time to truly acknowledge the stability you have created for yourself and those around you. Don’t play lip service to this accomplishment, but rather, use this full moon to shed light upon these things and truly appreciate them.
Envision what you’d like for your future + set sweet intentions.
Amitabha – “…desire: a want for sensory pleasure.” To bring the future you want for yourself to life, you need to connect more deeply with pleasure, and allow yourself to enjoy life and the world around you on a deeper sensory level.
Cut ties with what is holding you back.
Vairocana – Your addictive nature is always going to be a part of who you are. The key is in moderation and prioritizing the future over the temporary rush of dopamine provided pleasure that addictive behavior provides. There are healthier ways to seek out pleasurable moments.
Clean your space, place crystals to charge + pull a card message.
Namskara Mudra – Give yourself permission to love and be loved. It can be hard to allow this type of vulnerability, but it’s a part of your growth and essential to your true happiness.
This is your time to have your cake + eat, it too. Invite in experiences that bring you more pleasure, joy + fun.
Body – Get out of the cloistering enclosure of your head and go outside to spend time in nature. Use this time outside to exercise your body in order to achieve a greater sense of freedom and clarity.
Write 10 things you’re grateful for.
- Spring flowers
- Autumn’s eventual cool down
- Air conditioning
- A dependable vehicle
- People I trust in my life
- My partner and all he does for me
- I’m still alive and mobile
- Squishy soled sandals
- Prozac
- My confidence in what feels right for me
A new portal of opportunity opens for you now.
Sympathetic Joy for Self – Celebrate life more, and what you have less. You never believed you’d live past 20, then 24, then 30… etc and yet here you are. With your depression and suicidal tendencies mitigated, if not always completely under control, you enjoy life more. So make sure that you are celebrating it every chance you get.
Full Moon advice from the Minoan Goddess Amalthea.
Ahimsa – Lay down your defenses and make choices that foster a greater sense of community. There’s no need to be aggressive or defensive right now, so instead of acting out on those feelings, look at why they are there, and seek a greater understanding where these feelings are concerned.
Other elements included in this reading:
Flower Agate Moon for Opening the Mind to New Possibilities
Lemon Quartz Bowl for Clarity, Focus, and a Pocket Full of Joy
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy
DECK USED: PATHWORK ORACLE
Gideon’s Challenge – Disenchantment
Disenchantment
Interesting teacups,
delicious
sugary treats
and different flavors
to try
sometimes
aren’t enough
to keep at bay
the jaded moments
when food
holds no meaning
and flavors
hold no shine
and I don’t want
to take
another bite.
Twisting the Leaf 