Today’s meditation was a ten minute self guided session wherein I visualized my lower body tangled in the roots of a tree as my upper body floated beneath the surface of a lake. The meditation followed the changes of the season from late fall through winter to early spring from that under water perspective.

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The @GlitterbyInk #JanJourney26 Embark to Renewal Challenge
The Arrival Prompt for January 17th : 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 Pentacles (Diamonds), which is traditionally a representation of satisfaction and stability in the area of one’s finances, resources, home, health, manifestations, and the physical world. This often translates into themes that have to do with hard earned success, accomplishments, abundance created through patience and hard work.

You know that saying that the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence? This is true of our ambitions and goals as well.

Take my obsession with stability and security, for example. I grasp, claw, and crawl my way to as much stability as I can possibly manage. But, when you get too much of a good thing? It’s still too much of a good thing. Stability becomes a burden when we get too much of it, and so do so many other things that we want so very badly.

The problem is? We don’t discover what a burden these things are until we’ve managed to obtain them.

The message in today’s “Discovery” prompt and the Ten of Diamonds is a reminder to always consider the pitfalls of the successes that you seek. There is good and bad in every failure and every success. It’s important to look closely at these successes we are aiming for, and make sure that the bad doesn’t outweigh the good at the end of the day.

DECK USED:  PINO ZAC TAROT DE L’AN 2000

One Card Tarot Journal Activity by @mariasofia_astro
Chapter 3 | Entry 7 – Family and Friends
Affirmation : “No matter what family I was worn into, I can create my own.”
Prompt : Think about what the “perfect” family means to you. Create your own definition, without self editing or judgment. Using the tarot card you draw, from the artwork or symbolism to the numerology, imagine what having a perfect family would look and feel like to you.

What feelings came up when I pulled this card?

Yearning. I don’t get a lot of time in life to be carefree and irresponsible, and that includes when I was a kid. As a result, sometimes when I see The Fool card, especially if the character in the card is looking like they’re having a good time, I feel a subtle sense of longing.

What elements of the card’s meaning resonate with me and this prompt?

The theme of The Fool card is often about carefree moments and lack of responsibility, as well as new beginnings. This is something I’ve longed for, even as a child. Unfortunately, I learned early that carefree moments have a steep price that I’m often to not willing to pay.

What in the artwork spoke to me?

This little vampire girl is having a grand old time playing as the sun comes up, her version of Jiminy Cricket asleep on a rock instead of paying attention. She’s about to step into the sunlight, and yet doesn’t seem to have a care in the world.

My prompt response and reflections.

I feel like the perfect family would allow me to enjoy life more and be a bit less responsible all the time. Supportive enough in the ways that matter to allow me to stumble and fall more often without worrying so much about the repercussions that doing so might create.

I also feel that there is no such thing as perfection without a touch of imperfection. Perhaps that imperfection could be some idiot that messes up now and then instead of the selfish, self-serving, and often malicious intent that’s experienced in my own family from time to time.

Other elements included in this reading:
Lace Agate D6 and D20 Gemstone Dice

DECK USED: ADVENTURE ARCANA TAROT

#DiscordTarotholicsJan2026 Challenge
Prompt for January 17th : What do you need to focus on for self-care for this month’s new moon?

Reading Summary: Less consumerism and more time at home (cars eating cars eating drivers in The Lovers card) will keep you out of harms way (Nine of Hearts/Worried Angels) in more ways than one (lots of bumper-to-bumper traffic in the Six of Hearts, and visiting the mechanic that doesn’t know what he’s doing in The Chariot card).

Take Away: Cut back on your spending, and make sure that you are not falling victim to “spring fever”. Just because the sun is shining for a couple of days doesn’t mean it’s time to get out there and do stuff.

You can’t afford the extra trouble and extra expense that will come from spending additional time out and about this week.

There is a high chance of car trouble that will be beyond your means to fix if you ignore the advice given to you in these cards. Do what you have to do, and no more than that. You don’t want to meet the witch doctor mechanic.

Other elements included in this reading:
Deodar Cedar Ceramic Impression for Clarity and Spiritual Connection
Foraged Silver Maple Key for Bouncing Back to Thrive
Conch Shell Knot for Concentration and Clarity
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED:  PINO ZAC TAROT DE L’AN 2000

I didn’t get as much done today at Ms B’s as I had initially planned to do, and left about a half hour early. I have chosen to not feel guilty about either of these things.