Day: October 5, 2025

Pulling Teeth

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

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Spirit Tarot's Ten of Swords and Crow AffirmationsThe @GlitterbyInk #OctoberMagic25 Challenge
Maiden Prompt for October 5th : Discovery
Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.

Today’s draw is the Ten of Swords, which is traditionally a representation long journeys coming to an end, painful endings, lessons learned the hard way, deep wounds, and sometimes can indicate loss or betrayal.

The Ten of Swords has then been combined with the one of @crowtarotmjcullinane‘s Crow Affirmations that says “Grace: My inner-strength serves me.”

Take care to deal with the painful bullshit with a combination of strength and grace. Be firm but not bossy. Show others their choices in such a practical way that they can’t be refuted and demand they choose rather than allowing them to hedge.

In doing so, you will discover compliance is easier to obtain than if you let them have wiggle room to squirm out of providing answers.

“Today’s message is to “Be the lion, but prioritize the integrity of the Eagle while doing so.”

DECK USED:  SPIRIT OF HALLOWEEN TAROT AND CROW AFFIRMATIONS

#DiscordTarotholicsOct2025 Challenge
Prompt for October 5th : Do Spread 1

Spirit Tarot Reading

Bat – What is ending at this time that needs your awareness and focus?

Three of Cups – Your opportunity for carefree play and enjoyment is drawing to a close. It’s time to get back to preparing for the holiday rush.

Calendula – Who is a loving constant in your life that needs a bit more recognition?

The High Priestess – Connect with L on the topic of her spiritual practice. Something is going on there that she isn’t sharing, and it’s time to get to the bottom of it.

Owl – What do you need to know right now to trust that you’re on the right path?

The Chariot to Ten of Wands – If you move with determination now, you can avoid getting bogged down later. Don’t let your feelings of overwhelm trick you into thinking you’re in burnout.

Rosemary – What memory from your past needs revisited to guide you in your future?

Five of Pentacles – Remember that it’s okay to need a break from spiritual practices. This need does not reflect badly upon you, your path, or your beliefs. It simply means it’s time for a break.

Black Cat – Where is conformity more of a risk than independent thought?

Queen of Swords (fell atop the) Three of Cups – You are not a people-pleaser, but sometimes you aspire to be. Now is not the time. Tell things how they are, and let others sort out their own thoughts and feelings with the truth in their hands.

Wormwood – While the veil is thin this month, what in your life needs protecting?

Two of Wands Rx – Don’t allow yourself to become distracted from where you want to go with your life and goals. There’s plenty of other things going on, and you need to ensure you stay on point.

Raven – Where can sating your curiosity lead to the resurrection of something you’ve lost?

The Fool – Play and fun are needed. Dive into your creativity and explore new ideas. Along the way you are not just learning, but also playing.

Other elements included in this reading:
Dried Cedar Bundle for Protection from Negative Influences
Desert Rose for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: SPIRIT OF HALLOWEEN TAROT

Daily Self Kindness

This post is a catch-up post, and I can’t remember what my self-kindness might have been for this day.

Gideon’s Challenge – The Crossroads

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Railroad Tracks and CloudsThe Crossroads

Rails wander
to the east
promising
adventure
that the
clouds
sweeping north
counter
with a promise
of magic
and at
the crossroads
I stand
in indecision

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❤️ Self Care Saturday (On a Sunday)

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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?

Self Care Saturday Tarot Reading with The Daydream Tarot and The Ghastly Lenormand From the Grave

Earth – Queen of Pentacles atop Page of Pentacles Rx – Remember that you’re not so much the novice as you feel that you are in this moment. It may feel like you’re starting over, but you have a lot of knowledge under your belt that you wouldn’t have if you were starting from scratch.

Air – Wheel of Fortune – Try to keep in mind that the ups and down of fate have nothing to do with you or your performance. Sometimes it’s just how things fall into place, and other times it’s creating a step forward that you need in order to make a different step later. This means that when shit goes awry, it’s not always your fault, nor has anything to do with you other than you are along for the ride.

Water – The Devil – You’re emotions may drive you towards temptations and bad habits this week. Make sure that you’re keeping an eye on things so that you don’t fall into bad habits that could be harmful and cause problems later down the line.

Fire – Knight of Wands – Burn that torch bright. This week gives you an opportunity to act instead of sitting back on your laurels and waiting. Seize that opportunity when it presents itself, and run with it.

Waning – Tree and Ring – Veer away from making commitments that you can’t keep. That push to get in to see the doctor? The answer is “I’ll try”, not “I will”. Carry that forward into anything that has to do with putting down commitments that you may not be able to keep this week.

Waxing – Tower and Key – Focus instead on trying to spot incoming trouble before it can slip in and start causing problems.

Take Away – Finally!  Movement.  It might be a bit of a slip and slide situation, but movement is something there hasn’t been a lot of in the past month and here you see the ability to start moving again.  Get back in the saddle and start looking for opportunities to improve your situation. Just make sure you’re not committing to anything this week that you can’t later back out of.

Other elements included in this reading:
Septarian Stone for Physical and Mental Healing
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECKS USED: THE DAYDREAM TAROT DECK AND THE GHASTLY LENORMAND FROM THE GRAVE