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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 Five of Pentacles, which is traditionally a representation of tests, trials, struggles, and setbacks in the area of one’s finances, resources, health, home, work, or manifestations. This often translates into themes that have to do with scarcity and times in life when one needs to seek out help from others instead of suffering through alone.

The Five of Pentacles has then been combined with the Verdigris Agaric affirmation card from the Mushroom Affirmations deck, which says, “Now is the time to make an impression. Stand out from the crowd and be noticed.”

If you want to foster abundance, you have to stand out above the rest. This is an essential building block to creating a successful business, a successful career, and success in most things that involve others.

This is especially true in a couple of my chosen fields. Whether it’s the jewelry business where the competition is steep and there are a multitude of others out there trying to garner attention for their own product just as I am for mine; or the tarot reading business where it seems every day new competition crops up in the field including waves of new readers undercutting prices, and users of AI that don’t grasp just how deeply nuanced and human the act of reading tarot actually is and thus think that a computer can do it for them.

Today’s message is a reminder that no matter your endeavors, if you are in any kind of a competitive business or effort, the focus needs to be on playing into your strong suits and playing up your skills and abilities. Otherwise, you will get lost in the crowd.

DECKS USED:  STRANGE WORLD TAROT AND MUSHROOM AFFIRMATIONS

The @owlandbonestarot #78DaysOfTarotSpreads Challenge
Temperance Spread

Where are you seeking balance?

Hidden Doors – As new opportunities rise, you seek to find balance between which opportunities you decide to take advantage of and which ones you let pass you by. This means you need to be able to notice them all so that you can make the best choices for you, though.

What requires patience?

Tree Friends atop Wild and Free – Integrating yourself within your friendships and trusting them with your vulnerabilities and your needs takes time. That includes making sure that you’re getting out in nature, even if you know it’s not their favorite thing to join you in doing.

What needs harmonizing?

Write Your Story – You need to better align your wants and desires with the path you choose to tread. Where do you want to go? Who do you want to be? What do you want to experience along the way? Obligation has begun to take up too much of your prioritizing, and it’s time to get back to the roots of who you are concerning your path and practices.

What wants to be integrated?

Guardian of the Fe – You crave to integrate into your life a greater sense of security and safety. You have been stuck in feeling “under attack” ever since the broken shoulder fiasco, with one thing hitting you after another. A greater sense of safety is needed.

Other elements included in this reading:
Deodar Cedar Cone for Fostering Clarity and Spiritual Connection
Foraged Scotch Pine Cone for Purging Negative Influences
Foraged Oak Branch with Moss and Lichen for Perseverance
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: ORACLE OF THE MAGICAL FAIRY FOREST

#DiscordTarotholicsNov2025 Challenge
Prompt for November 19th : What do I need to focus on for self-care for this month’s new moon?

Reading Summary: It’s time to work on creating a better balance (Two of Pentacles) between your disappointments (Three of Swords) and the stability that you have managed to create for yourself and others (Queen of Pentacles).

Take Away: In a previous reading, you were recently reminded that it’s time to start prioritizing your own needs over those of others, including prioritizing authenticity over the expectation foisted upon you and obligations you feel.

The more you lean into that obligation and expectation, the more it will pull you out of balance, and lead you down the road to disappointments that will be harder and harder to bounce back from.

For your self care during this new moon, recommit yourself to your personal authenticity and your path.  Place those values above the need to please others, and let the need to stay true to yourself drive you instead of the obligations you feel toward others.

Other elements included in this reading:
Northern Red Oak Leaf for Fostering Unconditional Love
Dried Rhododendron Leaf for Fostering Confidence
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: STRANGE WORLD TAROT

I did my best to take it easy today because my stomach has been all messed up all day long.