Today’s meditation was fourteen minutes long, and was one of the #DailyCalm sessions from the @Calm app.

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Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.

Today’s draw is The Hanged Man (Perspective) card, which is traditionally a representation of taking a pause, considering alternate perspectives, relaxing into difficult situations, surrender, or letting go.

Combined with The Hanged Man (Perspective) card, I’ve included one of @crowtarotmjcullinane‘s Crow Affirmations cards, which says “Influence: I maintain my free will.”

Everyone’s choices, paths, and even personalities are influenced by external forces. And, that’s not a bad thing. There’s a fine line, though, between influence… and control.

I feel that it’s important to delve into perspectives that are not our own. To listen to others opinions, and the reasons on how these opinions come to be. Not to be converted or swayed from my own, so much as to better understand where others are coming from.

Sometimes these interactions provide me food for thought. Other times it just helps me understand others and their reactions better. It also helps me to be a better communicator, and helps me better to define how I think and feel about things.

Today’s message is a reminder that you can strive to see and understand others perspectives without adopting them as you’re own. And doing so, it helps us understand others, as well as ourselves, on a deeper level.

Sometimes setting judgment aside and just listening shows more caring, wisdom, and depth than pushing our own viewpoints and agendas ever could.

DECKS USED:  AUTUMN SEASON TAROT AND CROW AFFIRMATIONS

#DiscordTarotholicsSep2025 Challenge
Prompts for September 26th and 29th

As the warmth of early Autumn draws to an end next month, what needs to be let go of?

The Demon and Heightened Feelings; Grounding – When you need to feel better, lean into grounding practices instead of fleeting dopamine fixes.

The waffling between healthy and unhealthy choices, all dictated by your emotions, needs to come to an end. It’s possible to feel your emotions, experience them, and deal with them; all without it turning into a rollercoaster of unhealthy actions punctuated by momentary healthy ones.

What needs a little more focus and energy to complete before Winter?

Page of Wands Rx atop King of Coins; Open-Heartedness – You’ve struggled a lot with trying to be open to the changes going on with your business and finances, instead of digging your heels in. This effort needs to continue just a bit longer. There are a few more hurdles to come, and you need to keep yourself grounded to ride them out.

Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Silver Maple Key for Bouncing Back to Thrive
Dried Rosebuds for Potential and Beauty Waiting to Unfold
Orange Aventurine Leaves for Pause and Reflection
Carnelian Agate for Inner Drive and Focusing On Aspirations
Desert Rose for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECKS USED: AUTUMN SEASON TAROT AND AKASHA ORACLE

I spent my meditation today with a cold compress (with sodium bicarbonate) over my eyes to help my allergy reaction ease up and the swelling to go down in my eyes.