Today’s meditation was skipped.

Today’s draw is the Strength card, which is traditionally a representation of inner strength, persuasion usually through means of compassion, influence and/or manipulation, and courage.

“Smoothing the feathers” of others.

That’s where this card takes me today.  When we care about others, sometimes smoothing their feathers and helping them to ease up, calm down, or see things in a different light is important.

Sometimes it’s important to do this for those around those we care for as well, in order to help things go smoothly, or protect those we care about, or just to make sure that people aren’t trespassing over set boundaries.

Today’s card is are minder that this task isn’t a bad thing, nor a chore that one should dread needing to deal with.  It’s a show of love and care.  A show of compassion and strength.

DECK USED:  SKELE-TAROT

Mr Lionhart’s Seasons of the Witch Challenge Prompt
Questions for October 4th thru 6th – The Witch

Cauldron, crystals, conjury, what magick sleeps inside of me?

High Priestess and The Heart – Your intuition provides for you with the  ability to delve into secret knowledge, as well as the hearts of others.  It is one of your greatest magical strengths.

As the universe, so the soul, how can I let my magick flow?

Six of Wands and The Fall – Remember that looking to others for validation and approval is folly and can lead to your downfall.

Witch’s brew, ritual or spell, what can I craft {card}…

King of Swords and The Match – Highlight your inner strengths and lead from a place of logic. This is where you shine when in a position of authority.

…where can it help {card}?

Ace of Pentacles and The Clock – Opportunities grow from fertile soil.  Your skills and abilities, as well as those things that you really shine at provide a great deal of opportunity.  But, keep in mind that any opportunity you wish to explore is going to take time to develop into something substantial.

DECK USED: HAPPY HALLOWEEN TAROT AND THE MAD DOCTOR’S ORACLE

#DiscordTarotholicsOct2022 Challenge Prompt
Question for October 4th: Spooked: What scares you?

Reading Summary: It scares you that your efforts (Eight of Pentacles) will not lead to (Imagery in the Seven of Wands) success (Queen of Pentacles).

Take Away: The idea that you could put years or longer into something, all your energy and dedication into developing the skill at something… and then find yourself somehow blocked from reaching your goals.

Investment without reward is one of your greatest fears, especially when that investment encompasses huge swaths of time, effort, and focus.  To put in all that time, effort, and focus only to end up empty handed is something you don’t even like to consider as a possibility.

DECK USED: SKELE-TAROT

I rode on the lumber cart today and made J push instead of walking around the hardware store and letting the floors play hell with my knee, hip, and back.

Today’s meditation was skipped.

Today’s draw is the Justice card, which is traditionally a representation of cause and effect, consequences, repercussions, and can refer to the legal system, penal system, or the law.

The imagery on this particular Justice card makes me think of that saying about letting someone “live rent free in your head”, and that the greatest punishment that we can dole out to those that have wronged us is to forget about them entirely

The card poses the questions… What lives rent free in your head that is doing you more harm than good? How can we let go of these things and leave them in the past?

DECK USED:  THE POE TAROT

#DiscordTarotholicsOct2022 Challenge Prompt
Question for October 3rd: What is your relationship with your ancestors at this time?

Reading Summary: You trust them (The Lovers) to lead you towards the stability and security (King of Coins) that you so desperately crave (Four of Coins).

Take Away: Stability is a need that has been deeply rooted and established in you for a long time, and the road to get there is hard and long.  You trust your ancestors that guide you to have your best interests at heart, and to help you in the journey that will give you that stability you need.

This trust was a long time in coming, and took a lot of reflection.  But, it creates a strong and stable foundation between you and those ancestors.

DECK USED: LE TAROT DE MARSEILLE PAR POLE KA

HealingThruTarot’s October Shadow Work Challenge Prompt
Questions for October 2nd and 4th

What behaviors by others trigger me the most?

Page of Quills – The Know It All is someone that gains a modicum of knowledge and gets a resulting inflated ego. Otherwise known as the Dunning-Kruger effect.

Wheel of Fortune – The Risk Taker is someone that is careless of the affect their actions and behavior have on those around them. This usually leads to what they consider (if acknowledged at all) as collateral damage.

Three of Quills – The Pity Partier is someone that chooses to wallow and lament in their misery rather than do anything about it. Even when others reach out to help, they are stubbornly rigid in their refusal to budge.

How are these triggers helping me grow?

The Know It All – King of Coins – They remind you that true expertise takes time and practice. It is more than reading a book or being good at something, but also involves grounding one’s knowledge in experience and repetition.

The Risk Taker – Five of Wands – They allow you to observe their behavior and how their behavior influences (and often damages) those around them, so that you don’t make the same mistakes.

The Pity Partier – Queen of Wands – They show you how important “fighting the good fight” really is, and are a lesson in fostering your own passions and motivations so you don’t fall into the same behavior.

DECK USED: THE POE TAROT AND LE TAROT DE MARSEILLE PAR POLE KA

I insisted that the men that came to light the fireplace continue to work at it long after they’d wanted to give up.  I’m the last unit in the building on the gas line, and it takes a long time for the air to bleed up out of the lines before I’ll finally get the gas needed to light the pilot light. Usually the workers try a few times then insist I have to get someone in to do an inspection and repair.  This time I forced them to wait and keep trying, and eventually the lines cleared and it lit fine.