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The @GlitterbyInk #FebYOUary26 Moments & Memories Challenge
Prompt for February 4th : Choice
Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.

Today’s draw is the Four of Swords, which is traditionally a representation of taking time to rest, recuperation after a trying time, and stillness for restoration and meditation on the events that have brought you to this place as well as where to go from here.

You have to make the choice to rest when you need it. There’s always going to be more stuff to do.

That’s the thing about being a workaholic, right? There’s always so much to do. Lists and lists of stuff to do. And that’s just the stuff that -needs- to get done. Then there’s the stuff you want to get done, the stuff you’d -like- to get done, and the stuff that you really don’t want to do but you should get done.

All of that… even before we get to the stuff that’s not even related to work. Stuff like food and fun, rest and enjoyment and relaxation.

The fact is, though? No one can “burn the candle at both ends” forever. We all need rest and recuperation, and the longer you put it off? The more time it’s going to take to recover.

The message in today’s Four of Swords and “choice” prompt is a reminder that just like going to the bathroom and putting food in our bodies, rest is important and can’t be put off forever. We either make time for it willingly, choosing when and where it happens so that we get what we need… or our bodies and minds will make that choice for us when it they break down due to neglect.

Better to choose to rest when you can rather than putting it off and having that choice taken from you. So make sure that you are practicing your right to choose, and give yourself the rest and recovery you need when you need it.

DECKS USED: STARLIT GLEANINGS TAROT STARRY EDITION

@ambitiouslyalexa’s February Journal Prompts
Prompt for February 4th :

What I want to feel more connected to

Belonging, Five of Pentacles Rx, Change – You want to feel more comfortable asking for support when you need it.

Times when you need help from others invariably happen during moments of uncertainty caused by change. You don’t have to confront that uncertainty alone. Ask for help from others when you are feeling vulnerable, uncertain, or tapped out.

How to foster a stronger connection in this area

Control, The Fool, Sincerity – Let go of the control that you work so hard to hold onto, and be a little more free with that side of yourself that craves fun.

When you let go of control and decide to be a bit more reckless, you allow more authenticity of who you truly are hidden away inside to escape. This authenticity naturally draws people to you, and that draw is fostered by the fact that at these times when you release control you aren’t holding yourself apart from others as stringently.

Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Oak Branch with Moss and Lichen for Perseverance
Holy Leaf for fostering Strength, Endurance, and Boundaries
Scotch Pine Cone for Purging Negative Influences
Turtle Figurine for encouraging Slow and Steady Progress
Rose Quartz for Gentle Kindness to Self and Others
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: MINDFUL TAROT AND RECLAIM ORACLE EXPANDED EDITION

#DiscordTarotholicsFeb2026 Challenge
Philosophical Prompt for February 4th : Does love feel different to different people, or is it a universal emotion?

Reading Summary – We relate to love through how we have experienced security and contentment in our past lives (Ten of Earth atop Anemesis). This secret knowledge (The High Priestess) is the driving force concerning how we experience love in the present (The Chariot flying off to the right/future).

Take Away – There are similarities because we are all human, but also differences… because we are all human.

These cards speak of past lives, but I think possibly it’s just as true that this answer could speak of our own pasts in -this- lifetime. We understand love through what we have experienced, whether it’s in past lives or in our current lifetime. Thus, it looks and feels different for everyone.

The answer here in these cards is that love is universal in that everyone can experience it, but -how- they experience it is subjective.

Other elements included in this reading:
Staghorn Sumac for Connecting with Nature and the Wild Within
Foraged Oak Branch with Moss and Lichen for Perseverance
Dried Red Maple Leaf for Adaptability and Connection
Bird Figurine for Fostering Hope, Positivity, and Renewal
Carnelian Agate for Inner Drive and Focusing On Aspirations
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECKS USED: STARLIT GLEANINGS TAROT STARRY EDITION

I made J drive because I was tired and wanted to relax for a bit.