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The @GlitterbyInk #FebYOUary26 Moments & Memories Challenge
Prompt for February 10th : Resilience
Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.

Today’s draw is the Queen of Cups (Blue Lotus), which is traditionally a representation of a receptive alpha energy, personality, or person in the area of one’s emotions, relationships, creativity, and intuition. Among other things, this often translates into themes to do with emotional support and advice from a trusted party that is easy to talk to.

I often incorporate blue lotus in my relaxation tea blends. I feel that it’s floral and citrus flavors blend well with chamomile, and can take the edge of some of the more bitter sleep-assisting herbs like valerian root.

The use of this flower on the Queen of Cups makes me think of how it’s easier to relax when you’ve gotten “off your chest” whatever it is that’s bothering you. Letting go of feelings by sharing them helps us to rest better and sleep better, creating a stronger us for tomorrow than we are today while we’re holding onto those feelings.

The message in today’s Queen of Cups/Blue Lotus card and “resilience” prompt is an encouragement to find someone you can unload on. Someone willing and able to lend you their ear when you need to get things off your chest and create space for you. Sometimes all we need is someone to listen. It isn’t about finding someone to solve all our problems, but finding someone willing to help just by listening and being there. If you already have this person in your life? Today’s message becomes an encouragement to utilize them. We are stronger when we’re not weighed down with our bottled up emotions… so bend their ear and let it out. You’ll feel better and stronger for having done so, and thus be more resilient to the days stresses as a result.

DECK USED: WINGED BLOOMS TAROT

@ambitiouslyalexa’s February Journal Prompts
Prompt for February 10th

How I know when I’m overwhelmed

Solar Plexus and Waxing Moon – You experience a rising tension in your solar plexus. It’s very similar to the tension that you feel when you’re in a sub-drop, but with no activities with Gid involved to bring it on.

It also doesn’t hit out of the blue like the sub-drop often does, but instead the tension comes on a little at a time as your overwhelm mounts.

What to do to help myself in these moments when the obvious answer (rest) is unavailable

Sacral and Dream Space – Consider trying to ground yourself with a few minutes of visualization meditation. The Calm app meditations may not cut it in these moments. You need something that involves your senses and allows your focus to lock in on something soothing. Rooting type meditations where you feel your energy digging into soil is a good example, or any type of meditative visualization that doesn’t have you “free floating” but anchored in some way.

Other elements included in this reading:
Orange Aventurine Leaf for Pause and Reflection
Desert Rose for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECKS USED: SOUL TREES ORACLE AND MINI MOONLIGHT POCKET ORACLE

#DiscordTarotholicsFeb2026 Challenge
Prompts for February 9th and 10th

How you can assist yourself in staying safe this season.

Temperance and The Hierophant – Remember that the Iris flower and the Mandarin Duck may reflect balance and devotion, but the Iris also attracts snakes. By the same turn, just as the Lilac flower and the Crane may symbolize spiritual awakening and wisdom, the Lilac flower also speaks of Spring and the crane of enhanced awareness.

Traditional safety precautions are needed and will serve you well, but so will a greater awareness of what is going on around you. Take care not to lose yourself in brain fog, and to trust those outside of your closest circle with careful moderation this Spring.

How you can assist those closest to you in staying safe.

Eight of Swords and The Magician – Don’t turn away when things get difficult. Don’t worry about the thorns or getting entangled in the mess (Blackberries) if others are in need of your help (Lily). You have the tools to ensure assisting without entanglement, as long as you are clear of mind in the process of helping and clearly communicate (Parrot) your intent along the way.

Just as you would help someone tangled up in blackberry vines by announcing each move you make before you do it (ex: “I’m moving this vine”, “you will feel a tug here”, or “I’m cutting this free”), so too do you need to clearly communicate to others -how- you are helping before each effort put in. This allows them to feel reassured in your presence instead of panicking that you might do something they aren’t ready for or don’t want.

Other elements included in this reading:
Pressed Pansy Flowers for Hearing the Heart More Clearly
Conch Shell Knot for Concentration, Clarity, and Determination
Cedar Heart with Feather Moss Sprout for Protection of Understanding

DECKS USED: WINGED BLOOMS TAROT

I took a few extra stops on the way home today just to get out and stretch, as my back was bothering me.