Obstacles Are Not Dead Ends

Today’s meditation was skipped.

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Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.

Andersen's Fairy Tales Tarot - Wheel of Fortune

Today’s draw is the Wheel of Fortune card, which is traditionally a representation of luck (both good and bad), changing circumstances, the ups and downs of life, and the cyclical nature of life and the world.

The Wheel of Fortune card has then been combined with the Health from The Life Navigation Deck, which says, “You are Mind, Body and Spirit – a formidable combination! remember to nurture each aspect for a whole and healthy you.”

Keep gratitude in mind for the things you can do and that your body, mind, and spirit continue to allow you to do. Getting older, chronic pain, and physical malfunction are limitations, not insurmountable obstacles. Don’t allow them more weight than they deserve.

A lot of people who develop disabilities or handicaps have a tendency to see these things as “the end” of something they enjoy or life as they know it as a whole. The message in today’s Wheel of Fortune card and affirmation is an encouragement to not allow one’s limitations become the insurmountable obstacles that keep you from a happy and healthy life. These limitations are merely challenges, not ending points.

DECK USED:  ANDERSEN’S FAIRY TALES TAROT AND THE LIFE NAVIGATION CARDS

The @ambitiouslyalexa July Journal Prompts
Prompt for July 11th and 12th

Cartomancy Reading with the Andersen's Fairy Tales Playing Cards

A fear you’re shrinking

Six of Spades and Nine of Clubs

Over time, you’ve been working on shrinking the fear of change and starting over that, for a time, had started to get out of control and cause some problems.

In doing this, you are beginning to understand and absorb that you don’t have to defend yourself so vigorously against change and new beginnings.

Growth requires change, and you are beginning to accept that “bracing for impact” is counterproductive to healthy growth.

A craving you’re exploring

Ace of Hearts and Queen of Diamonds

You are exploring the idea that stability and emotions are not necessarily mutually exclusive, and to explore what stability looks like when one’s emotions are not ignored but supported. Instead, you’re starting to see how stability and emotions can play off each other to make each other stronger instead of tearing each other down. You don’t have to choose one or the other.

Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Lodgepole Pine for Resilience, Growth, and Renewal
Bird Figurine for Fostering Hope, Positivity, and Renewal
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: ANDERSEN’S FAIRY TALES

#DiscordTarotholicsJul2026 Challenge
3-Card Spread Prompt for July 11th
: About loss…

Tarot Reading with the Andersen's Fairy Tales Tarot

What loss are you currently confronting?

Five of Cups – You are in the middle of experimenting with the loss of your pessimistic outlook. As you dive deeper into confronting these tendencies, you discover more and more how they are an unhealthy hindrance you your growth, development, and success instead of the tool you thought that they were.

This is making it easier for you to let go of these pessimistic tendencies and focus on the positive aspects of life, as well as more often and more easily see and appreciate optimistic perspectives.

What healthy growth does this loss offer you?

Queen of Cups – It allows you to see emotion in a healthier way, and thus get to know your own emotions better. This, in turn, makes room for a more caring and understanding approach to your emotions as a whole.

How can I greet this loss with grace?

Three of Cups – Allow others to help support you emotionally by being participants in life alongside you. Don’t close out those that offer you support, even when the support offered may not be your cup of tea.

Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Red Oak Leaf for Fostering Unconditional Love
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: ANDERSEN’S FAIRY TALES TAROT
Daily Self Kindness

This is a catch up post, and I’m not entirely sure what the self kindness was for this day.

Gideon’s Challenge – Wonder

Wispy Clouds

Wonder

quiet moments
start with a pause
and the notice
of something
beautiful
that fills the heart
with wonder
and the lungs
with a breath
permeated
with awe
suspended
for the span
of heartbeats

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