Today’s meditation was a ten minute Daily Calm session from the @Calm app.

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The @GlitterbyInk #NovemberTales26 Oracles & Folklore Challenge
The Call Prompt for November 2nd : Ancestry
Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.

Today’s draw is the Nine of Cups, which is traditionally a representation of themes that have to do with contentment, accomplishment, and satisfaction in the area of one’s emotions, relationships, creativity, and intuition.

I am one of those people in the world that doesn’t know all that much about my ancestry. The thing is? I’m pretty content with that fact.

In fact, regardless of my lack of knowledge of my ancestors, my spiritual practice still includes ancestry work, for I consider “societal ancestors” to be just as valid as those related by blood.

I’ve had people (you know the kinds of people that love to make up rules for others?) tell me that ancestor work is about only your blood ancestry, but I disagree. In my experience, blood or not, those that came before appreciate being approached with respect, consulted, and appreciated. They want to be remembered. They want their failures and accomplishments to be learned from. They want their life and successes celebrated.

In including them in my ancestor work and veneration, I create a sense of community that my personal family’s heritage doesn’t offer.

The message in today’s Nine of Cups and Ancestry prompt is that spirituality doesn’t have to follow the rules set by others. It’s yours and should fit and connect best with you. Unless there’s a safety concern involved (ex: don’t eat poisonous plants or hug the grizzly bear, no matter how much you believe nature is your friend and won’t hurt you), do what feel right and connects for you.

DECK USED:  HERETICAL FATES TAROT

#DiscordTarotholicsNov2026 Challenge
Prompt for November 2nd : Advice you need to hear at this time concerning your personal growth.

Reading Summary: Don’t allow your obstacles (Mountain) to turn the good things coming your way (Stork) into a negative experience (Snake).

Take Away: Keep a close watch and careful but controlling hand on that negative inner narrative in your head and pessimistic tendencies.

Just like when someone pees in the pool and everyone exits the water in response, these negative influences can make everything seem like a shit experience if you let them; even the good stuff.

Other elements included in this reading:
Japanese Cherry Leaf as a Reminder of Life’s Fleeting Moments
Foraged Pin Oak Leaf for Strength and Endurance
Pressed Pansy Flower for Hearing the Heart More Clearly
Pewter Clover Charm for Stirring Up Good Luck
Carved Bamboo Latticework for Positive Outcomes
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: GLIMMER WALKER LENORMAND NIGHT EDITION

November Prompts by @forgotten.dumpling & @ml.mecham
Prompt for November 1st and 2nd : we are parallel lines / tied up in a red string theory

thousands of miles
separate us
(Eight of Clubs)
and yet we move in tandem
like a dance made just for us
(Three of Clubs)
while others watch on
in wonder and want
(Six of Clubs)
of what we have
with each other
(Two of Hearts)
as we prove year after year
(Seven of Diamonds)
that distance is a hurdle
like any other
(Nine of Clubs)
and no more insurmountable
than the rest
(King of Hearts)

Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Oak Branch with Moss and Lichen for Perseverance
Calcite for Gently Calming the Mind and Stimulating Insights
Rose Quartz Heart for Gentle Kindness to Self and Others
Carnelian Agate for Inner Drive and Focusing On Aspirations
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED:  LUCENT ECHOES PLAYING CARD ORACLE

@lightningwildflower’s Challenge
Prompts for November 1st and 2nd

Aim – What intention do I want to carry into this month?

Four of Wands and Waterfall – I want to bring a sense of joy, wonder, and playfulness into my day-to-day this November. I’ve spent months lying to myself about being in a depressive episode.

Now that I’m starting to surface from it, I want to appreciate and enjoy the everyday things that make life happy and comfortable, as well as the everyday wonders that make me smile.

Reflect – What does inner security look like for me right now?

Eight of Cups and Racoon – At the moment, inner security appears as the opportunity to do things at my own pace or not at all if that’s what works for me; shrugging off social expectations and demand when needed to connect with what I need and what makes me happy instead.

Other elements included in this reading:
Japanese Cherry Leaf as a Reminder of Life’s Fleeting Moments
Foraged Acorns for Protection during New Beginnings
Rose Quartz for Gentle Kindness to Self and Others
Clear Quartz for boosting Mental Clarity
Carnelian Agate for Inner Drive and Focusing On Aspirations
Citrine for Energy Lift (easing the weight of heavy energies)
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECKS USED:  HERETICAL FATES TAROT AND THE QUIET KNOWING ORACLE

I’ve been putting voltaren on my right hand and forearm all day today, as well as doing some gentle physio exercises, in an effort to calm down my trigger finger issue.