Month: July 2025

It’s All Temporary

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Today’s meditation was skipped.

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We'Moon Tarot's Ace of CupsDaily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.

Today’s draw is the Ace of Cups (1 of Water), which is traditionally a representation of the seed of new beginnings in the area of one’s emotions, relationships, creativity, and intuition.

I am currently on a journey of self discovery, where my emotions take center stage as I try to become adept at identifying them, experiencing them, understanding them, and incorporating them into my life. It’s slow going and often frustrating; always confusing. But, that’s today’s challenge, and yesterday’s challenge, and probably tomorrow’s as well.

We cannot predict what is coming. 10 or 20 years down the line. Our lives could be completely different, our struggles could be entirely changed, and those things that we are just now trying to learn could be things we have become experts on, or have been abandoned for something else entirely.

The message in today’s cards is to not give up when things get hard. Our challenges today are for today. The future will hold others, and today’s will fade into the past. Stay present in the moment and experience the pleasures along with the struggles, and when tomorrow struggles come? Adapt and keep going.

DECK USED:  WE’MOON TAROT

#DiscordTarotholicsJul2025 Challenge
Prompt for July 31 : Grab a spread of your choice you’re curious about… and give it a go!
Spread: Folklore Tarot Spread by @newagehipster333

Folklore Tarot Reading with The Fox & Crow Tarot

Feelings that need to be felt.

The High Priestess – What are you hiding? You aren’t allowing yourself to connect with what’s hidden within. You hid it, and you’re the only one that can drag it up into your view. Take some quiet time and meditation, and seek out those emotions that you have been avoiding. They’re right there under the surface, waiting to be acknowledged.

How you can heal, express, and navigate these feelings.

Ten of Pentacles – Remember that these feelings aren’t the end of the world, no matter how much it feels like they are. Nothing you unearth in this exploration is going to destroy all your hard work, nor the stability you’ve built.

Stories that need to be told.

The Sun – Revisit the good times and successes of your past. They will help bolster you through the struggle as you deal with these uncovered emotions that you’ve been hiding from.

How to set boundaries and look after your own energy.

Strength – Do not allow others to take your help for granted. If they can’t be respectful of you and what matters to you, then they don’t deserve your time or attention. These boundaries on your time, energy, and efforts are important, for if you don’t uphold them, others will tap into all you’re willing to give them and more… how much more will depend on how much they can get rather than how much you’re willing to give.

How to trust yourself and your dreams.

The Magician – Be open to accepting and internalizing the fact that you have the capability of dealing with anything that life throws your way. You’ll work it out. You always do.

Other elements included in this reading:
Pressed Pansy Flowers for Hearing the Heart More Clearly
Foraged Wood Fern for Exorcising Negative Influences
Foraged Purple Heather Sprigs for Independence and Luck
Dried Cedar (in Bundle) for Cleansing and Protection
Dried Lavender (in Bundle) for Warmth and Comfort
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: THE FOX & CROW TAROT

Daily Self Kindness

I stayed away from the news today, both online as well as on the tv.  My anxiety is a bit too high, and the news, especially on the political front, just wasn’t helping.

Gideon’s Challenge – Curious Corners

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Deception Pass TrailsCurious Corners

Boots
kick up dust
as we move
along the trail
wondering
always wondering
what’s around
the next bend
and the next
as curiosity
spurs us on
to go farther
and farther still
instead
of turning back

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Unseen Guidance

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Today’s meditation was skipped.

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Matronua Tarot's Two of Swords and Chakra Mandalas DeckDaily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.

Today’s draw is the Two of Swords, which is traditionally a representation of crossroads, difficult decisions, needing more information, seeking inward for answers, weighing one’s options, and sometimes avoidance.

As someone that works in mediumship and is sensitive to energies, I can (at least for myself) definitively say that we are not alone.

Nor, as we move along our path, are our decisions uninfluenced by those that linger.

It’s not that they make choices for us (note: your definition of “they” may vary. ex: ancestors and spirits of the dead, angels, spirit, guides, deity, etc), but they do try to help us and guide us; if we are willing to open up to listening to them.

The message in today’s cards is a reminder that our journey on life’s path is not something we do alone, nor are we rudderless in the sea of life. Yes, we make the decisions on where we go and what we do, but guidance is available if you’re willing to open up and listen.

DECK USED:  MATRONUA TAROT (aka. TAROCCHI ITALIANI DIPINTI A MANO DA VALENTINA DE LUCA) AND CHAKRA MANDALAS DECK

@LightningWildflower‘s July Tarot Challenge
Integrate Prompts for July 28 – 31

The Chef Oracle ReadingWhat lessons from my past are ready to be integrated into the present?

Salt atop Mushroom – It’s through observation that you are best able to protect yourself. Before acting in the same old patterns as the past, stand back and watch first. When you react without this pause, you leave yourself wide open to negative influences.

How can I  honor past lessons without clinging to old narratives?

Thyme – Have the courage to break free of old patterns instead of repeating them. The unknown can be scary, but you need to remember that what you’ve known before isn’t all wine and roses either. There is value and benefit in thinking outside the box and stepping outside your comfort zone.

What positive experiences have had the biggest impact on me?

Butcher – Look at how you learn and develop your skills. Those things you have developed expertise in took a lot of work, but your learning process is unique and can be applied to life in a myriad of different ways.

What have I learned about myself over the last month?

Beef – Over the past month you have gotten a better grasp on where you fit in other people’s lives, and what roles you play not just in their lives but also your own. This boils down to a greater sense of self-acceptance of all that you are.

Other elements included in this reading:
Dried Rhododendron Leaf for Fostering Confidence
Aragonite for Truth and Understanding
Septarian Stone for Physical and Mental Healing
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: THE CHEF ORACLE

Daily Self Kindness

I took time to relax and take a nap at Ms B’s today while I was there.

Gideon’s Challenge – Your Devotion

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Field ChickweedYour Devotion

It is in
your eyes
when you look
at me
Devotion
that steals
the breath
and I wonder
how I possibly
passed muster
to become
your everything
and for you
to allow me
to make you
mine

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Honey vs Vinegar

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Inner Child Deck's Knight of Clouds/Knight of Swords and Inner Joy OracleDaily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.

Today’s draw is the Queen of Swords (Clouds), which is traditionally a representation of a receptive alpha energy, personality, or person in the area of one’s knowledge, education, logic, ambitions, or communication. This often translates into themes that have to do with the people that foster you through tough love and sharp-tongued advice.

Keep those narratives (inner and outer) positive.

Yes, tough love is a thing. Remember, though, that it’s usually not necessary.

Instead of letting your sharp tongue and sharper mind step in and start cutting right out of the gate, take a slow breath and try a softer, kinder, and more compassionate approach first. You can always resort to that sharper edge if needed, but these cards are a reminder that you’ll “draw more flies with honey than vinegar”.

Today’s message is to not be an ass until you actually have to be. It might be more expedient, but it puts people on edge and pushes them away. Take the time to try kindness first. Those hard, sharp edges can come out later if needed.

DECK USED:  THE INNER CHILD DECK AND INNER JOY ORACLE

#DiscordTarotholicsJul2025 Challenge
Philosophical Question for July 30 : What distinguishes knowledge from belief?

The Card of Changes Oracle ReadingReading Summary: Knowledge is the beginning of something solid (Qián). Belief has the ability to not just be wrong (Gǔ), but fool us with deceptions and mistaken impressions if we aren’t careful (Xiǎo Guò).

Take Away: These cards indicate that knowledge is based in truth, which is based in proof.  Belief, on the other hand, is based in one’s feelings and personal understanding, which is not as solid a foundation as truth and proof.

I’d like to add that this doesn’t necessarily mean that belief cannot be knowledge as well, but it requires proof positive to bridge the gap between one and the other.

Other elements included in this reading:
Black Spruce needles to Boost Self-Confidence and Positive Thinking
Dried Purple Heather Flowers for Independence and Luck
Amethyst Buddha for Serenity in Spiritual Connections
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: THE CARD OF CHANGES ORACLE

Daily Self Kindness

I finally gave in and ordered myself a new sleeper earring (I lost the old one) for my unhappy helix piercing. It’s been bugging me for a while, and I need to get something in there that won’t agitate it instead of just hoping it’ll stop on its own.

Gideon’s Challenge – Pandora’s Box

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Mediumship BoxPandora’s Box

A bit of yew
and touch
of cedar
joined with
citrine
and a sliver
of amethyst
and in time
words will slip
past your lips
as you whisper
songs
in my ear

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