Today’s meditation was ten minutes long, and was one of the guided meditations with interval timers for my piriformis stretches.
The topic of today’s meditation was about taking time to let in the beauty and the majesty of the world. To take it in and appreciate it, and allow it to calm you. It was about how sometimes? Even when we feel like we need to act, and act right now, that it’s better to wait and watch, and allow things to unfold at their own pace.
This can be really hard, yeah? But the key in today’s guided meditation was that if we can find beautiful and peaceful things to focus on, it can help us in allowing that space instead of jumping into the fray.
Today’s draw is is the King of Wands, which is traditionally a representation of a projective alpha energy in the area of one’s inspiration, passion projects, drive, and that inner spark of curiosity and invention. This often translates into themes that have to do with authority figures or leadership energy that leads the charge, stirring up those beneath them to lead them into the fray of whatever passionate interest is the focus of the time.
What stands out to me in the imagery of this card today is the pumpkin that is impaled upon the wand that the skeleton king holds. The pumpkin as the drawing on a sugar skull on it, and reminds me of a head on a pike.
What I see in this imagery is that sometimes? Sacrifices have to be made for progress to happen for the greater good. Sometimes? Things or people get left behind. Not because it’s fair or even right… it’s neither. But when you’re the king? You have to think of the greater good. Sometimes that means that things aren’t fair for everyone, and sometimes it means that things that feel wrong happen just to make sure the greater good thrives.
Today’s card is a reminder of why I despise being leader and try to avoid that when I’m able. It’s a reminder of how happy I am not to be those things, and how much comfort and relief I get from that fact.
DECK USED: MADAM LYDIA WILHELMINA’S TAROT
LionHart’s #TheOctoberTarot #SeasonOfTheWitchChallenge Prompt
Question: How can my inner magick support my journey?
Reading Summary: You are the ruler of your own domain (King of Pentacles) and are skilled at the running of it (Eight of Pentacles) because your inner compass keeps things balanced (Justice).
Take Away: I recently came to realize just how unique each home and household is. How in the ecosystem of a home and those that live within it, certain knowledge that is unique to that ecosystem is spread between it’s members. Things like preferences in foods and brands, differences in bathroom times and daily ablution periods, how quickly things run out and how they deal with these things.
How smoothly these things are run and how well this information is shared is dependent upon those involved and whoever the “head” of that ecosystem is that keeps things running smoothly. In my home, that person is me. My need for organization and desire for a sense of security is a part of the magic of who I am, and applying this to my home and those within it helps us all move more comfortably upon our journey, and feel more safe with each step that is taken.
DECK USED: GOTHIC HORROR TAROT
#DiscordTarotholicsOct2020 Challenge Prompt
Question: Forgive / Accept / Honor
Forgive – Nine of Pentacles – Forgive myself for wallowing in a sense of security. It’s been really nice to feel like everything’s taking care of itself for a while and like it’s not on my shoulders to push myself hard as I can. It’s hard to feel like it’s okay to feel that way, though. I have a lot of guilt around letting myself wallow in it for a bit, especially as I try to get myself back in gear now to prepare for the busy season ahead.
Accept – Knight of Wands – Accept that it’s now time to get your ass up and get a move on. Unfortunately, that more relaxed time I’ve been enjoying has come to an end. It’s a bummer, because I’ve just started to enjoy it, but now it’s time to accept that I need to plunge into my work. My creative business will not run itself, and requires a certain amount of preparation to function properly and run well during the holiday rush.
Honor – Ten of Cups atop Jack of Wands – I need to honor what I have learned through how I’ve invested my time over the spring and summer. I’ve put a lot of time and focus on exploring my emotional intelligence and growing my understanding of my own emotions over the spring and summer. I’ve found that I need a bit of rest to find emotional fulfillment, and just how important emotional fulfillment really is. These things that I have learned are very important lessons that I want to honor by carrying forward into the future with me.
What does it mean to honor what I need in order to feel emotionally fulfilled?
The Five of Swords indicates that you need to appreciate how far you’ve come, how much you’ve done, and protect these things.
This protection is not about building walls or anything so stagnant. It’s important to remember that emotions do not thrive when closed up and walled off. So using that type of method that you have often used in the past is not going to work this time around.
Instead, you need to look at a more active style of defense and protection by carrying these things that you have learned with you as you move forward and holding them close as you without suffocating them.
DECK USED: LUIS ROYO’S LABYRINTH TAROT
#MysticStarChallenge October Challenge Prompt
Question: How does my Spirit Guide card relate to my card for the month?
Reading Summary: With the emotional growth that I have been exploring over the spring and summer (Ace of Cups) has also come lessons about how stepping back from pushing myself so damned hard (Temperance) can lead to a stronger sense of emotional fulfillment and completion (Ten of Cups).
The Sun of my Spirit Guide and the Hierophant of my month’s card are providing the path forward (Two of Wands) that will allow me to preserve and foster what I have learned so far on my journey of emotional growth.
Take Away: It is an indication that my Spirit Guide is trying to support me and the growth I’ve managed thus far, as well as the perseverance of what I’ve learned as I move into what is hands-down the most stressful part of my year each year.
DECK USED: TRIONFI DELLA LUNA, TERRESTRIAL TAROT, CARNIVAL AT THE END OF THE WORLD TAROT
#ConnectWithYourDeckChallenge by E Roebuck-Jones
Question: How can better connect with my spirit guide mentors?
Reading Summary: Tap in to what you know and are skilled at (Eight of Pentacles), combined with your childhood experiences (Six of Cups). Examine how you can see this connection differently (The Hanged Man).
Take Away: The message here is about looking a gift horse in the mouth. The thing is? Many of my greatest skills come from those in my past. The experiences and the skills passed down to me that I have utilized to get myself where I am? These are also from the same individuals in my past that I have spent a good deal of time resenting and avoiding. My guides are, in some cases, a piece of my past. They were there then, either in living form or in the ethereal plane… they’re here now too. They have always wanted what is best for me… so maybe it’s time to let go of some of those resentments and discomforts.
DECK USED: GOLDEN AGE OF HORROR COMICS TAROT
A Wander in the Autumn Woods
Today’s meditation was just over ten minutes long and was another of the guided meditation with interval timer added in for the position shifts of my piriformis stretches. It’s been a few days now since I’ve skipped my meditation and those stretches, and I’m still struggling with getting my flexibility back that I lost by skipping two days in a row. It’s not so much that I can’t get into the same stretch as before? It’s that it takes longer for my body to release in those stretches, which means it hurts longer, yeah?
