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The @GlitterbyInk #JuneMessenger26 Challenge
Message From My Spirit Guide Prompt for June 14th : Adaptation
Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.

Today’s draw is the Five of Cups, which is traditionally a representation of pessimism, regrets, doomsday thinking, disappointments, and occasionally, failure (or at the very least, the perception of failure).

If you’re not happy with how things are going, perhaps it’s time to change your approach.

We have the unique ability to change our lives in a myriad of different ways. Often, just by adapting our perspective or outlook.

I am extremely guilty of lingering in the disappointment depicted in the Five of Cups. My natural tendencies lean toward pessimism and a negative viewpoint that allows me to “look for and find the problem”.

This makes me spectacular at predicting pitfalls in plans and proposing “what if” scenarios during brainstorm activities. It also makes it extremely difficult for me to turn my perspective around into a more positive outlook or optimistic one.

What I have found, though, is that when I take these efforts towards turning my perspective around into these positive and optimistic themes, I enjoy life more and experience less depression. The message in today’s Five of Cups and the “adaptation” prompt is a reminder that the “flavor” of our perceptions and perspectives is up to us.

If we want to have a better life, we need to work at fostering a better outlook within ourselves. In doing so, we allow those more positive perspectives to permeate our experiences. Does this solve all our problems? No. Absolutely not. What it does, though, is allows us to see them through a lens that is far more hopeful and positive, which in turn helps lift us up a bit higher out of the darker corners we sometimes can slip into.

DECK USED:   ZILLICH TAROT

#DiscordTarotholicsJun2026 Challenge
Prompt for June 14th : Do Spread 2
@de_tarotjuf’s De Zomer In! #detarotjufjunitarotchallenge
Question for June 14th : Which outdoor activity brings me closer to my goals?

Reading Summary: There is a connection between the marigolds in the Anchor Card and the cups in the Four of Cups which speaks directly to the garden that I have growing outside on my balcony and the quiet in peace that I find there. The cups look very much like some of the pots in my balcony, and the marigolds are dead ringer for the ones I have growing among my basil.

The look on the boy’s face as he looks at the fairy in the Anchor Card reflects the same angle of the head and positive emotion as that of the cat in the Four of Cups card, bringing into focus that there is more to the garden than just the plants and soil and pots, but also the creatures that have been invited to live there.

There is a color connection in the gold coin on the Ace of Pentacles and the marigolds in the Anchor Card, along with the cherry blossoms in the Ace of Pentacles and the Iceland poppies in the Anchor Card. These color connections call into focus the new project that I have decided to pursue for next year’s garden and is a reminder that I will want to intersperse flowers and tea herbs as companion plants for the foods that I decide to grow. There it’s no need to entertain thoughts of flowers lost, in other words, for the new idea I am working toward will still include floral and herbal accompaniments.

In the Hanged Man card, we again see the correlation between the cherry blossoms in the card and the Iceland poppies in the Anchor Card. There is also connection between the branch in the Hanged Man card stretching over to join with the branch in the Ace of Pentacles, bringing these two cards together. These connections and correlations are a reminder to pay attention to those companion plant relationships. Take time to do your research. There is a great deal of time between now and then in which two work things out a little at a time. No need to rush.

Take Away: Spend more time in the present nurturing the plants out on your balcony and making the Fae out there happy.

Also, don’t forget to continue to plan for the new garden project coming next spring. You’re being given a lot of time to do research and work on this and get things just how you want them. Don’t waste that time by putting everything off until the last minute. Instead, work at it a little at a time so that you have a plan in place for next spring when it arrives.

DECK USED: THE LUCKY CAT WISDOM TAROT AND STUDIO GHIBLI 100 COLLECTIBLE POSTCARDS SET

The @lightningwildflower June Inner Journey Challenge
New Moon in Gemini Prompt for June 14th : What new idea am I ready to explore?

Reading Summary: The idea that not all the good things that you want do yourself (The Lovers) require you to do them alone (Four of Cups Rx). Sometimes it’s better together just because you’re together (Ten of Discs).

Take Away: Although your time in the forest hiking is one of those things that you miss doing completely on your own, there are plenty of other things you enjoy doing that would be better with others rather than alone.

Instead of giving people the cold shoulder when you decide to go on one of these excursions or do one of these activities, consider inviting others along to discover how they can contribute to the pleasure that the activity has to offer.

Learning to ask for help isn’t the only time that having others around is good for you. If you need that alone time in the woods? Get it. At the same time, though, make sure you are opening up other areas of your life to the presence of others.

Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Oak Branch with Moss and Lichen for Perseverance
Pressed Pansy Flowers for Hearing the Heart More Clearly
Conch Shell Knot for Concentration, Clarity, and Determination
Flower Agate for Opening the Mind to New Possibilities
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED:  ZILLICH TAROT

In the last few days while it’s been raining, I have neglected in using the allergy nose spray prescribed to layer on top of my regular allergy medication for this time of year. I picked that back up today.