Skewed Prioritization

November 24, 2025November 27, 2025 / Twist the Leaf / Leave a comment

Today’s meditation was a ten minute long #DailyCalm session 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 Three of Cups, which is traditionally a representation of friendships, revelry, celebration, and collaboration between those that are linked or alike not just in mind but also in heart.

The Three of Cups has then been combined with the an affirmation from the Lobilat Rumi Quotes deck, which says, “Peaceful is the one who is not concerned with having more or less less. Unbound by name and fame, he is free from sorrow from the world and mostly from himself.”

It’s our friendships and the time we spend together that matters most. Pursuits towards popularity, fame, consumerism, and monetary wealth, distract us from those things that are truly important in our lives, like spending time with loved ones and enjoying celebrating life with those around you.

The message in today’s cards is a reminder that societal pressures sometimes have a way of skewing our perspectives and nudging us “off track” in our values when we’re not looking. These cards are an encouragement to pause a moment and check in with our values so that we can make sure we are prioritizing what’s truly important above what isn’t.

DECK USED: THE CONSTELLATION TAROT AND LOBILAT RUMI QUOTES

The @owlandbonestarot #78DaysOfTarotSpreads Challenge
The Tower Spread

Where is a storm brewing?

The Sun – This is a message that has been repeated multiple times recently in the cards… too much of a good thing is not a good thing. It’s time to look into those places where you are overindulging and pay attention to the potential for cataclysm that these areas could go through unexpectedly. And for fucksake, don’t forget to put the cover back over your crystal ball!

What can no longer be ignored?

The Magus Rx – You have a tendency to ignore the things that are bothering you until they either go away or come to a head. In this case, it would be better to deal with the fact that you are feeling powerless, and seek ways to improve that situation rather than ignoring it and hoping it will go away.

What foundation is crumbling?

Prince of Cups – It’s time to pay attention to where your trust is feeling a bit wobbly and unsteady. Look at what’s gotten past your defenses and under your skin, and consider if this sneaky bit of erosion is deserved or simply overlooked and needs dealing with.

Where is release necessary?

King of Wands – You need a passion outlet that will allow you to involve others in the process. Something that allows your creative spark freedom to flare, and at the same time allows others to be with you along the way so that you don’t feel so alone in the journey.

What can you rebuild with a clean slate?

Trump – Communication. You work hard to avoid talking politics with others. Especially those close to you that you know have an extreme contrast of opinion to yours. This has managed to preserve those relationships, but for how long when you refuse to communicate with them?

Instead of shutting them out, consider hearing what they have to say. You may be surprised at the shifting tide that’s been going on beneath the surface while you weren’t listening and we checked out.

Other elements included in this reading:
Dried Cedar Bundle for Protection from Negative Influences
Gneiss Wishing Stone for Patience in Moments of Discomfort
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: CORONATAROT

#DiscordTarotholicsNov2025 Challenge
Prompt for November 24th : Advice I need to hear at this time concerning my work life.

Reading Summary: Decisions are needed (Two of Swords). The winds of change are requiring you to make a choice in what things you leave behind and which ones you take with you as you move forward (Seven of Swords). Make sure that you are making choices that are in line with the kinds of success that you truly value (Nine of Pentacles).

Take Away: What are you leaning onto so determinedly, that instead needs to be let go? That is the question being posed by these cards. Where does true satisfaction lie for you, and what is most important to take with you in reaching those goals?

Once you figure this out, you will be better equipped to leave behind the stuff that is not fostering the goals that you wish to achieve, no matter how attached you may have become to the “stuff” in question.

Other elements included in this reading:
Dried Lavender Bundle for Calming and Comfort
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: THE CONSTELLATION TAROT

Daily Self Kindness

This is a catch up post, and I’m not entirely sure what the self kindness was for this day.

Elements in My Practice

November 24, 2025December 7, 2025 / Twist the Leaf / Leave a comment

The prompt for this reading came from one of the Discord servers I’m a member of.

Prompt: Rank the elements based on how often you use them in your practice/how much you connect with them.

elements

This answer differs depending upon which aspect of my practice that we’re speaking about. For this reason, I’ve split this post into three different aspects.

Affinities and how I connect to the elements:

earth – This is the element that I’ve always connected with the strongest. Soil and trees, forests and mountains. Plants and growing things. Grounding and stability.

water – I find comfort here, but not stability. As I crave stability over all else, comfort comes in second. There is an emotional attribute here, but not the sharp emotions that survived the eradication during my childhood years. Instead the emotions here are soft and welcoming.

air – Adaptability lives here for me. I can connect to it and bend to it, but I can’t say that it’s exactly comfortable.

fire – Destruction lives here. This is the element that facilitates the changes that hurt the most and make the most room for new things to come in and grow. Being someone who connects with and constantly craves stability, fire and I don’t have the greatest of relationships.

How often I use the elements in my magical practice:

In my magical practice, they all have their place, and each element is included in one manner or another for all of my spellwork. They are a foundation that requires each of them to contribute to create a “whole” spell.

In this magical practice, there is a fifth element that is not present in my list for affinities, for the element of “spirit” is me. Spirit is the spark within me and the spark within others. It’s the individuality that makes each person different, and makes up the threads that connect each and every living (and not living) thing together.

How the elements present in my divination practice:

In divination, the elements represent different aspects of life. I’ve ordered these in this post in the order of what element is most under our control to what element is least under out control.

earth – The earth element relates to the Pentacles suit in the tarot, and in my divination practice is a representation in divination of the physical world. This includes things like health, hearth and home, money and resources, physical labor, concepts of stability, etc.

air – The air element relates to the Swords suit in the tarot, and in my divination practice is a representation of one’s thoughts, strategies, ambitions, and education. Although our thoughts sometimes run away with us, our plans and strategies are under our control. We choose what we want to learn and plan where we want to go.

water – The water element relates to the Cups suit in the tarot, and in my divination practice is a representation of one’s emotions, intuition, and imagination. Emotions aren’t really something that we have a lot of control over, and our imagination has a tendency to run wild sometimes, seeping through the cracks just like water has a tendency to do.

fire – The fire element relates to the Wands suit in the tarot, and in my divination practice is a representation of one’s “inner spark”. This is our quality of inspiration and enthusiasm. We like what we like. Deep inside we feel what is right or wrong for us. It’s the home of our values, our motivations, and our passions.

spirit – The “spirit” element relates to the Major Arcana in the suit of tarot, and in my divination practice is a representation of the spiritual. It’s about our life journey, the larger picture, and how elements in that larger picture affect us.

As you can see, although the answer differs depending on the aspect of my practice that we’re talking about? There is a theme throughout each element that connects them. That is what makes them a foundational part of my practice as a whole.