Day: October 19, 2025

Listen to Your Gut

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Today’s meditation was skipped.

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Tarot de Marseille par Pole Ka's High Priestess Card and Sinister Affirmation CardDaily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.

Today’s draw is The High Priestess (Le Papesse), which is traditionally a representation of intuition, secrets, sacred knowledge, mystery, the subconscious mind.

The High Priestess card has then been combined with an affirmation card from the Sinister Affirmations deck, which says, “Don’t let other people try to change you. Real change comes from a horrifying near-death experience with a werewolf under a full moon.”

Only you know what is right for you. It comes from knowledge in your gut, deep down within yourself. Not from others.

Today’s message is a reminder to listen to your gut and prioritize its messages above what others say or think. It’s important to remember that other people have their own motivations and interest at heart.

You need to focus on your own interests and motivations, instead of allowing others to use you for theirs. This means listening to that inner self that tells you when something is right or something is wrong, either in general or for you specifically.

DECKS USED:  TAROT DE MARSEILLE PAR POLE KA AND SINISTER AFFIRMATIONS

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Prompt for October 19th : Do Spread 3

Oracle Reading with the Oracle of Play and the Oracle of Secrets

Smoky Quartz – How can you best clear negativity from your life and in turn gain greater stability?

Heart of Bunnies – More friends, more time with loved ones, and less solitary time. Alone time is great and comfortable, but if you’re looking to clear negativity from your life, it’s true connection with those around you who love you and you love and turn.

Apple – What insight is needed to improve your physical health at this time?

Prosperity – You are functioning under the assumption of scarcity. Hoarding resources is just taking up space instead of serving a purpose at this time. If you clear out some of the mess, you will feel just as prosperous as you do now, and that anxious edge of scarcity will ease back a bit.

Chrysanthemum – Where do your defenses and boundaries need some bolstering?

No! – Say no more often. It’s the most powerful word in your arsenal when it comes to building boundaries and forcing others to respect them. Stop trying to people please, and instead say no when you need to.

Aquamarine – In what ways can meditation promote more calm and confidence in your life?

Stewpot: Tales from a Fantasy Tavern – When you do not meditate, stress and anxiety have a tendency to build up within you. This causes a jumble of emotions and greater reactivity as a result. Meditation allows this miasma of stress and emotions a chance to try and unravel a bit, so that you can suss out different aspects of the whole and deal with them.

Mint – What factor in your relationships needs some reevaluation and perhaps adjustment?

Bigfoot / The Hermit – The factor in your relationships that needs a bit of reevaluation or adjustment is yourself. Your outlook on spending time with others sucks, and you need to start trying to look at it from a different perspective that holds a value and enjoyment.

Carnelian – In what ways can including more creativity in your life brighten your daily outlook?

Spire: The City Must Fall – Creativity allows you to shine a light on what you truly enjoy instead of what is expected of you.

Pomegranate – What wish of yours is ready to be manifested into reality at this time?

Curson’s Contract – Everyone always wishes for happiness, but perhaps it’s time to reevaluate what happiness really is for you. Not the societal standard or unrealistic values of your youth, but what it truly means for you now and how that aligns with your values.

Other elements included in this reading:
Black Tourmaline for Grounding and Protection
Orange Aventurine Leaf for Pause and Reflection
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECKS USED: ORACLE OF PLAY AND ORACLE OF SECRETS

Daily Self Kindness

I treated myself to going out for spicy cha-shu ramen.  I haven’t eaten out in a long time as prices have just skyrocketed recently. It was a nice change of pace.

Gideon’s Challenge – The Old One

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FountainThe Old One

Trapped
in iron
he watches
the tourists
pass by in
ones and twos
as bent nose
itches
and fountain water
that falls past
his lips
is flavored
by raindrops

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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 Grim Tarock and Wicked Tales Lenormand

Earth – The Fool – Give yourself permission to fuck off a bit this week. Not everything has to be so serious all the time.

Air – Queen of Chaos – Often, other people see chaos while you see opportunity. Instead of keeping this perspective to yourself, help them see the opportunities as well.

Water – Ace of Cups – New emotions don’t have to be scary. They can also be an opportunity for growth, if you’re willing to sit with them for a bit.

Fire – Ace of Wands – Make sure that you’re watching for those opportunities in chaos, instead of discarding them out of hand. There’s more there on offer than you might see at first glance.

Waning – Ship and Fox – Instead of trying to direct the boat, just go along for the ride. Nothing you do at this time is going to manipulate a better outcome or result.

Waxing – Clouds and Book – Don’t be lazy. If you don’t know something, do the research. It’ll be worth the dig.

Take Away – Be proactive in showing others the opportunities that they are missing, as you go along for the ride this week.  Don’t try to push anything one way or another. There’s no need to be stubborn or to be in control this week. Instead, use this week to observe and have a little fun.

DECKS USED: THE GRIM TAROCK AND WICKED TALED LENORMAND