Sweater Weather
Lets savor
the limbo
of quiet moments
as the patter
of raindrops
whispers
over the senses
and temperatures
hover
in sweater weather
territory
creating cozy
pockets of time
to linger in
together
Month: January 2026
❤️ Self Care Saturday (On a Sunday)
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?
Earth – Ten of Wands Rx – Overwhelm is trying to sneak up on you. You may be feeling like you can’t put your burdens down in order to take time to reassess, but you’re wrong.
Air – Three of Cups – Communication with your friends and loved ones is key this week. Focus on being open and engaging, and on enjoying your time spent with others instead of taking it for granted.
Water – Justice – As you move through this week, instead of reacting without thought, take a moment to look at what is triggering your emotions, and consider the healthiest and most effective way to deal with those triggers.
Fire – Two of Swords – Before making decisions (or taking action), pause to look over all your options. It’s easy, when triggered or otherwise sparked by an internal flame, to just bound forward without thought. Remember to pause and take a good look around first, instead of jumping in head first.
Waning – Bear and Mountain – Sometimes one’s protective instincts and defense mechanisms create more problems than they do protection. Take care that you’re not allowing your defense mechanisms run the show.
Waxing – Fish and Anchor – Being a bit miserly this week will serve you well.
Take Away – Water and Fire in this reading, along with the Waning position, are echoing off of each other this week, creating a reminder that it can be extremely difficult to not immediately react when we’re triggered. These two positions play off of each other, speaking of the potential for some seriously triggering emotions to rise to the surface, and cause you to want to react without thought of repercussions or what better reactions might be an option for you.
Aside from this, be aware of the overwhelm that’s coming and start setting down what you can in order to head it off, rather than holding on as hard as you can to try and “ride it out”. This especially includes any financial obligations that are not absolutely necessary.
Lean into those you enjoy spending time with to help you through the hard parts.
DECKS USED: FAIRY LIGHTS TAROT AND TIME LENORMAND ARCANUMS
Finding the Positive for January 8 – 10
January 8 – Mental Health Card of the Day
Today’s meditation was an eight minute self-directed session focusing on a phrase posted by @poetryrise which says “Some of us don’t ascend – we root. Like heaven isn’t above, it’s within”.
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The @GlitterbyInk #JanJourney26 Embark to Renewal Challenge
The Journey Prompt for January 8th : Wisdom
Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.
Today’s draw is the Ace of Swords, which is traditionally a representation of the seed of new beginnings in the area of one’s thoughts, intellect, education, logic and reason, ambition, or communication.
In order to start a new journey, sometimes we have to leave the old one behind.
The butterfly girl in this card is crying. And therein lies the truth in letting go, right? As wel as in new beginnings. When we have to let go, sometimes it hurts. Sometimes it feels like we’re not ready. Hell, sometimes it feels like we’re being pierced right through the heart (see that needle pinning her down?)
The thing is, though, we have to go through these emotions in order to move on to something new and different. Growth hurts (seriously, think of puberty, yeah?). Letting go hurts. That doesn’t mean we don’t do it. It means we process these feelings of pain as we do it, and keep going. Sometimes that means communicating our pain to others. Sometimes that means taking a little time to lick our wounds. Regardless, we can’t linger there forever. Sooner or later we have to pull the pin out and step into the new thing we’re letting go of the old in order to reach for.
The message in today’s “Wisdom” prompt and the Ace of Swords is a reminder that we don’t lose the stuff we’ve already learned and experienced, even when we move on to something new. It just means we’re turning our attention in a new direction. Just because letting go of the old hurts doesn’t mean it’s not time to let go.
DECK USED: WONDERLAND JEU DE TAROT DE MARSEILLE
January 9 – Mental Health Card of the Day
Today’s meditation was a ten minute long #DailyTrip session from the @Calm app.
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The @GlitterbyInk #JanJourney26 Embark to Renewal Challenge
The Journey Prompt for January 9th : Control
Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.
Today’s draw is the King of Pentacles (Coins), which is traditionally a representation of a projective alpha energy, personality, or person in the area of one’s financial security, resources, health, home, labors, manifestations, and other elements of the physical realm. This often translates into leadership that creates a grounded sense of stability for others.
You choose, and then others fall into line behind you.
Because you create the stability that so many others depend on, they tend to allow you to lead and follow without question. Remember that it’s important to encourage them to break out and do their own thing now and then, though. Like a parent with a number of children, you can’t be their entertainment all the time. You provide a safe space and food for their bellies, then they provide their own entertainment. Don’t run yourself ragged trying to be the entertainment as well as the stable force in their life.
The message in today’s “Control” prompt and the King of Coins is a reminder that your role in other’s lives might hold a strong element of leadership, but that isn’t an all-encompassing role. You choose what is your responsibility and what’s not. Part of the reason that you sometimes feel overwhelmed is when you try to do too much for others. Today’s card is essentially a reminder to “know your place” and excel at it without worrying about what -more- you could do.
DECK USED: DECK OF THE BASTARD
January 10 – Mental Health Card of the Day
Today’s meditation was an eight minute long #DailyCalm session from the @Calm app.
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The @GlitterbyInk #JanJourney26 Embark to Renewal Challenge
The Journey Prompt for January 10th : Release
Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.
Today’s draw is the Ace of Swords, which is traditionally a representation of the seed of new beginnings in the area of one’s thoughts, intellect, education, logic and reason, ambition, or communication.
Clearly, I’m missing the message, as this is the third time I’ve pilled this card in a week. So, let’s try breaking down this card into the basics.
The Ace of any suit is the seed of that suit. For Swords, that means it is the seed of communication. The seed of ambition. The seed of expanding one’s knowledge. The seed of a battle yet to be fought.
At the seed stage, there are a lot of unknowns. How things will go. What will happen. How you’ll react. What obstacles may come up along the way.
What cuts through this uncertainty is ambition. What assist you in moving forward is communication with self and others.
The message in today’s “Release” prompt, and Ace of Swords card is a reminder that reticence is the saboteur of new beginnings. If you’re unable or unwilling to communicate your ideas, then you’re already lopping your feet off before you’ve even started to walk the path and potential that awakened your sense of curiosity and ambition. Write your ideas out in a journal, share them with others, or otherwise get them out into the air instead of trapped within you. In doing so you give the seeds of your idea, a chance to spread, germinate, and then begin to grow.
DECK USED: DELOS TAROT 2ND EDITION
Gideon’s Challenge – Tiny Triggers
Tiny Triggers
Some days
start smoothly
but like
dominoes
one small thing
triggers
another
and the shit
rolls downhill
and you
go toppling along
in its wake
Photo © ZenStatePhotography
Gideon’s Challenge – Recovery, Not Rest
Recovery, Not Rest
The flooding
is gone
and the fields
will recover
but maybe
some repairs
are needed
before spring
slips in
to steal
the extra time
needed
to recover
Photo © ZenStatePhotography
Gideon’s Challenge – Supported
Supported
You shelter me
even
when I fight
to stand tall
on my own
I know
you are there
leaning in
to offer
support
if I need it
ready to catch me
should I fall
Twisting the Leaf 