Daily Focus

Stability Upon Stormy Seas

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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.

Lost Code of Tarot - Four of Coins

Today’s draw is the Four of Pentacles, which is traditionally about stability and gratitude (sometimes to excess, which can turn miserly) for what you have. This is a stagnant sort of appreciation that speaks of not reaching for more, but instead being focused on what you have in the now.

The Four of Pentacles has then been combined with a card from the Messages From the Universe Oracle, which says, “It’s never too late to start over. You have to trust in the magic of new beginnings. They are waiting for you. Notice them, seize them, and appreciate all that you have. Just relax and trust.”

I have mentioned before that I have a tendency to mistake stagnancy and stillness for stability and security. It even shows in my speech. I say things like “brace for impact” or use the word foundation in the context of a “stable” and stationary base.

This is a perspective that I just recently realized is inaccurate, for it turns out true security and stability is created not through stillness and stagnancy, but through awareness and adaptation.

The message in today’s Four of Pentacles and affirmation card is a reminder that freezing in place or bracing for impact doesn’t create stability… it just makes you an easy target. Lean into awareness, observation, and adaptation instead, and you will find stability is more about “developing your sea legs” than it is about refusing to sail in the storm.

DECKS USED:  THE LOST CODE OF TAROT AND MESSAGES FROM THE UNIVERSE ORACLE

#DiscordTarotholicsAug2026 Challenge
Prompts for August 11th and 12th

Tarot Reading with the Game of Thrones Tarot and Herbal Wisdom Oracle

What do I need to focus on for self-care for this month’s new moon?

Nine of Pentacles and Peppermint

Allow your past successes and accomplishments to inspire and motivate you.

You have built a life for yourself, and a business all your own that has thrived for over a decade before the hiccups of this past year. Don’t let current obstacles convince you that you can’t do anything you set that formidable determination of yours to do. Bolster your flagging confidence with your past successes, and allow them to spark your motivation.

Philosophical Question: Which is more real, mind or matter?

Seven of Pentacles atop Eight of Cups; Mint

Matter is more real. Each person’s thoughts, like their emotions, are malleable and can be influenced. That means our perceptions and perspectives are flexible (and personal) and with this, so too is our perception of reality.

Matter, by contrast, is solid. A rock is a rock is a rock. It’s the same rock (and the same hardness) no matter who bangs their head against it. Thus, this is why matter becomes the anchors of reality.

Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Oak Branch with Moss and Lichen for Perseverance
Dried Red Maple Leaf for Adaptability and Connection
Gray Agate Druzy Slab for Stabilizing Energies and Expectations
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECKS USED: GAME OF THRONES TAROT AND HERBAL WISDOM ORACLE

@lightningildflower‘s August Reflections Challenge
Mercury opposite Pluto & trine Neptune, Venus trine Uranus
Prompt for August 11th : Where am I being asked to look beneath the surface of a situation?

Tarot Reading with the Lost Code of Tarot

Reading Summary: Why are you consistently choosing (Seven of Cups) to prioritize other’s expectations above your own (Seven of Wands)?

Just because you are pandering to them won’t create stability (Four of Pentacles); you can only do that by making choices that better align with the goals you want to accomplish (Ten of Pentacles).

Take Away: The dissatisfaction you feel in your relationships with others, and stability you seek in that area, can’t be created by pandering to their wants, needs, and expectations. It can only be accomplished by prioritizing yourself and your goals, choosing to put these things first above the expectations of others.

In doing this, you create a space of authenticity where your own values and aspirations have room to grow instead of being smothered by the demands of others.

Other elements included in this reading:
Black Spruce Needles to Boost Self-Confidence and Positive Thinking
Dried Rosebuds for Potential and Beauty Waiting to Unfold
Dried Purple Heather Flowers for Independence and Luck
Calcite w/ Conichalcite for Amplifying Intuitive Messages
Carnelian Agate for Inner Drive and Focusing On Aspirations
Honey Calcite for Optimism and Motivational Boost
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: THE LOST CODE OF TAROT
Daily Self Kindness

I had absolutely no interest or drive to work on orders today, so I took some time early in the day to rest and relax. This allowed me to get past my moment of resistance and “restart” my day with a better attitude.

Hatred Closes the Mind

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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.

Egyptian Tarot - King of Swords

Today’s draw is the King of Swords, which is traditionally a representation of a projective “alpha” energy, personality, or person in the area of one’s thoughts, intellect, education, ambitions, and communication. This often translates into themes that have to do with someone that has a way with words and is able to use those skills to lead others to their way of thinking, as well as those that are in authority on intellectual topics such as professors, doctors, etc.

The King of Swords has then been combined with the Vision card from The Oracle of the Soul Healing Messenger Cards, which says, “Break free from traditional thinking and embrace, open-mindedness and inclusivity. Explore different angles, gain deeper insights, and understand complex issues comprehensively.”

Yesterday we had a (brief) visitor to the Tarotholics server on Discord that had me thinking about the closed-mindedness of hatred. This person’s particular hatred was Christianity, and to be even more specific… Christians.

Now to be clear, I am not a Christian. I have never been a Christian, and I have very minimal experience and exposure to that religion compared to most of the North American population. Regardless of this fact, I know that there are good Christians out there, just as I know that there are bad ones. I know that not all Christians believe homosexuality is wrong, or that being trans is wrong, or are hypocrites about right and wrong in general.

This person did not know this apparently, or had closed themselves off from listening to and understanding these things. They were rude and abusive to Christians in the same way that bad actors in Christianity are to Pagans and individuals of other ideologies.

How is this okay? In my opinion? It isn’t, of course. They were removed from the server for their abusive rhetoric. But, it got me to thinking about hate, and how hate closes us off.

The message in today’s King of Swords and affirmation card is a reminder that hatred makes people look stupid and closed minded. It makes people unable to see beyond the narrow scope of their own perspective. Hatred isn’t progress, it isn’t strength, it doesn’t heal, and it isn’t cool looking or tough looking. It’s ugly and isolating, and diminishes one’s potential and power. It’s self abuse even as it fosters the potential for also doling out abuse on others. These cards remind us to look at any hate we harbor closely and seek out understanding instead of closing oneself of. Don’t generalize… dig deeper instead.

DECKS USED:  EGYPTIAN TAROT AND THE ORACLE OF THE SOUL HEALING MESSENGER CARDS

@lightningildflower‘s August Reflections Challenge
Prompts for August 9th and 10th

Tarot Reading with the Ignis Arcanae Fire Tarot and Spirit of the Wheel Meditation Deck

Mercury enters Leo – What truth do I need to passionately express?

Eight of Wands Rx atop The Star; Freeze Up Moon

When I am forced to go slow and bide my time, I worry I will lose the opportunity to grow things in the direction I want them to go. Hope does not feel like enough to sustain me during these moments.

A large part of the reason I tend to feel the urge to move quickly and decisively on those things and opportunities that matter to me is the fear that if I don’t, they will be taken away from me.

I’m not sure I’ve passionately expressed this truth, but it’s open and honest, and clearly needed to be out in the open.

Venus trine Pluto, Venus opposite Neptune – What deep desire is coming up for me?

Temperance; Rest and Cleansing Moon

You want to spend time with others, but on your own terms and doing those things that you want to do and enjoy. You would be far more enthusiastic about spending time with others if it could be about you once in a while, instead of always focused on everybody else’s needs and wants. You want those that you know love and care about you to try putting you first now and then, instead of always expecting you to put -them- first.

Other elements included in this reading:
Pressed Pansy Flower for Hearing the Heart More Clearly
Labradorite for a Focus on Mental and Emotional Healing
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECKS USED: IGNIS ARCANAE THE FIRE TAROT AND SPIRIT OF THE WHEEL MEDITATION DECK

#DiscordTarotholicsAug2026 Challenge
Prompt for August 10th : What can I do to help my inner child feel more protected?

Tarot Reading with the Egyptian Tarot

Reading Summary: Offer an olive branch (Queen of Pentacles), but don’t expect it to be quickly or easily accepted (The Hermit Rx). Take your time and practice patience with them (Eight of Wands Rx).

Take Away: You’re inner child has a lot of defense mechanisms in place in an effort to protect themselves not just from the world at large, but from you as well. [Don’t try to protest, you know that negative inner narrative, not to mention the self abuse, punishment, neglect, and self-sabotage tendencies of yours are a thing. They have every right and reason to be wary.]

Offering acceptance and security will help them let you past these defenses to feel safe with you, but only if you’re willing to take it slow and have patience with the time it takes… regardless of how long that is or how incremental movement is in response to your efforts.

Other elements included in this reading:
Dried Rhododendron Leaf for Fostering Confidence
Foraged Silver Maple Key for Bouncing Back to Thrive
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: EGYPTIAN TAROT
Daily Self Kindness

I didn’t really have the time to take a nap today… but I did it anyway.

Growing Out of Alignment

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Today’s meditation was a ten minute long #DailyCalm session from the @Calm app.

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

Tarot of Light - The Hanged Man

Today’s draw is the Hanged Man card (which in this deck has been retitled as The Turnaround), which is traditionally a representation of taking a pause, considering alternate perspectives, relaxing into difficult situations, surrender, or letting go.

The Turnaround card has then been combined with the Outside Opinions card from the Pass Around the Smile Guided Affirmation Cards, which says, “ I don’t let outside opinions or expectations affect my happiness.”

As we move through life, we grow and change. So do the people around us. Sometimes we grow in one direction, and they grow in another. That is not a failing on your part, nor is it a failing on theirs. Instead, it simply means that you have both had separate experiences and processed them differently, and through this you have both grown in different directions until you are no longer in alignment with each other.

This type of situation is especially difficult when it comes to family members and lifetime companions. These are people that we cannot easily discard from our lives or simply stop spending time with just because they no longer align with you and your values.

In these instances, it’s often necessary to make sure that you are seeking validation from yourself instead of from others. Only you know what is right for you. They do not. Thus, even when their opinion is different from your own, it’s important to stand by your values instead of letting others tell you what you should or should not value, feel, or believe. It’s all well and good to listen with an open mind and an open heart, just make sure that you aren’t letting them tear you down and make you feel miserable in the process.

I run into this a lot with Ms B. We are both remarkably stubborn people, and we have extremely different views concerning politics and government. She often tries to bring up these topics and wants me to discuss them with her, but it always ends with tension and discord between us. The problem being is that she always wants my input, which is so different from her own that it ends up being an intense debate instead of a meeting of minds. This doesn’t mean that I stop visiting her or communicate with her less. It means that I put boundaries in place so that we aren’t hurting each other’s feelings or coming out the other end of discussions feeling like we both been beating our heads against the wall. (Sometimes that still happens, but this has more to do with me not sticking to those boundaries as stringently as I could.)

The message in today’s cards is about tolerance. It’s about allowing yourself to know what is right for you, and allowing others to know what is right for them. Just because those aren’t always the same, doesn’t mean that we can’t still love these people in our lives. It just means that we have to be secure in our own values and seek validation from ourselves rather than from them.

DECKS USED:  TAROT OF LIGHT POCKET EDITION AND PASS AROUND THE SMILE GUIDED AFFIRMATION CARDS

One Card Tarot Journal Activity by @mariasofia_astro
Chapter 1 | Entry 19 – Self-Care and Personal Development
Affirmation : “I have goals I want to achieve like [insert one personal goal here].”
Prompt : Think about something you want to accomplish–get married, write a book, finish a marathon, etc. What does the card you draw say about why this goal feels so important to you and your life’s purpose?

Goal : Nurse back to health and further improve my online business.

Tarot Activity from The One Card a Day Journal by Maria Sofia Marmanides - Spiritual Tarot - The Tower

What feelings came up when I pulled this card?

The goal I chose for this prompt had me thinking about the mess with my business and the events that created it’s current predicament in the first place, from the changes that happened last August that delivered my business a serious blow, to the (less visible, yet no less impactful) developments that happened in February that created a second dire impact piled atop the first.

I went through a ton of hopelessness last August and September due to that first blow that hit at the end of last summer. Not only was I surprised (even with the warning signs that had been surfacing), but I felt powerless and that everything I had built was beginning to crumble around me. Even then, I managed to limp through the holiday season only to come out the other end with a second blow that stole whatever hope I had built over those months out from under my feet. The second blow was, in fact, an even bigger surprise than the first, as there were no warnings precluding it.

My first reaction when seeing this Tower card was a moment of reliving these experiences through the echoes of memory.

What elements of the card’s meaning resonate with me and this prompt?

The Tower card is about destruction. It’s about the things you have built falling to rubble due to actions or situations beyond your control. That pretty much perfectly sums up exactly what’s happened with my business over the past year.

This card connects me to that experience, and also to what comes after The Tower. The next card in the tarot after the Tower is the Star card, which is about hope; then the Moon card, which is about uncertainty; and then the Sun card, which is about success.

The presence of the Tower card in this reading tells me that I haven’t quite made it past the effects of the situation and what it has wrought upon what I had built, but that hope may be right around the corner and still lingers within.

What in the artwork spoke to me?

The lightning strike, which speaks to me of destructive situations outside of one’s personal control.

The tower itself, speaking of all I had built and how sturdy I had thought it to be. Man-made efforts, crumbling under a force not within one’s control.

The donkey on its way out the window. Political in nature, it speaks to a feeling of abandonment by the Democratic Party that may have been able to fight back quicker and more strenuously to keep the situation in August from happening or mitigate some of the negative effects of it happening… but didn’t do shit.

The surprised face in the window of the tower, bringing into focus the second surprise that happened in February, which came out of the blue and took me completely by surprise.

My prompt response and reflections.

I think the progression from the Tower through to the Sun that I mentioned above pretty much covers what I feel this card is trying to say. Not just because it focuses on repairing or rebuilding something that I had built and was proud of, but also speaks to my survivors instincts. I am stubborn by nature, and at heart I am a survivor; I don’t like to let go of those things that are important to me, even if that means needing to rebuild at some point. This isn’t the end, it’s just a crap-ass thing that’s happened and that I’ll eventually find a way to move on from, grow from, and thrive once more afterward.

Other elements included in this reading:
Petrified Wood D20 and D6 Dice

DECK USED: SPIRITUAL TAROT

#DiscordTarotholicsAug2026 Challenge
Prompt for August 9th : Do Spread 2
Question : Where is the opportunity mentioned in yesterday’s Self-Care Saturday reading coming from? Where should I train my attention in the week ahead to make the most of it?

Intuitive Tarot Reading with the Tarot of Light

Reading Summary: There is alignment in communication, which shows between the vertical design of the Anchor card and its vertical match in the artwork of the Ace of Angels (Swords). While the Anchor card speaks of stability and home, the Ace of Angel speaks of the magic of new beginnings that can be created through communication with others. These two connect in a way that tells me that the opportunity that my Self-Care Saturday spread was speaking about will be presented to me through my home base and communication with others is the key to unlocking it’s potential.

On the left, we have the Six of Hearts (Cups), which shows no correlation whatsoever with the Anchor card. The face looks blotchy and the pentagram on the forehead almost looks to be carved into the flesh. This speaks of making sure not to allow scars from the past to get in the way of the opportunity that’s coming.

On the right hand side, we have the Two of Trees (Pentacles) who’s eye aligns with the Six of Hearts on the left, and who’s trees and canopy aligns both in structure and color with the wands and canopy in the Anchor card. This indicates a need to protect oneself from repercussions by keeping an eye on those past influences and making sure that they don’t get in the way or pollute your thoughts and feelings concerning this upcoming opportunity.

Take Away: The opportunity mentioned in yesterday’s Self-Care Saturday reading will come from others and through the conduit of communication. Pay special attention to the thoughts and ideas being expressed around you, especially during times when you are in safe and secure places where people feel comfortable sharing more freely. Make sure that you listen with an open mind, and don’t allow preconceptions or experiences from your past to naysay or otherwise hinder your thought process. Be diligent in this, for it’s important to leave those negative experiences in the past instead of letting them drag you down.

DECKS USED: TAROT OF LIGHT POCKET EDITION AND TWIST THE LEAF’S GRATITUDE POSTCARDS ORACLE
Daily Self Kindness

I took a rest after an arduous client reading earlier today instead of ignoring my need for a break and just moving on afterward to the next thing.

It Takes a Village

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Today’s meditation was a ten minute long #DailyCalm session from the @Calm app.

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

Londa Tarot - The Empress

Today’s draw is The Empress card, which is traditionally a representation of a nurturing energy of strength and empowerment without losing that “softer side” in the process, abundance, fertility, the divine feminine, and Mother Earth.

The Empress card has then been combined with a Breathing Techniques card from the Rethink 120 Learning Cards For Mindful Daily Life deck, which says, “Synchronized breathing. Find a partner. Inhale as your partner, exhale, and exhale as your partner inhales. Maintain a smooth rhythm.”

You know that saying about how it takes a village to raise a child? I feel like the same can also be said for taking care of oneself.

It’s not that you can’t raise a child on your own, just like you’re more than capable of taking care of yourself on your own. But, the experience is more enriching and holds a great deal more value when you involve other people in it.

In child rearing, this has to do with the diversity of beliefs, thoughts, emotions, and values that the child gets to experience. In self-care, it has to do with the perspectives and emotions others bring to the table, for they can often see the self-care you are neglecting to provide yourself more easily than you can. Not only that, but sometimes when we neglect ourselves as a form of punishment, it is the caring of others that can pull us out of that unhealthy cycle.

The message in today’s Empress card and accompanying Breathing Techniques card encourages us to invite others into our self-care practices so that we can reap the rewards of having others involved in the process.

DECKS USED:  LONDA TAROT AND RETHINK 120 LEARNING CARDS FOR MINDFUL DAILY LIFE

@note.project August Journal Prompts
Prompts for August 9th and 10th

Tarot Reading with the Honey Knight Tarot and Wisdom of Elves and Fairies Oracle

A hobby or interest I want to make more time for

Seven of Pentacles and The Infinite

Stargazing. Cloud gazing. Forest canopy gazing.

These are the types of activities where you are given the opportunity to allow time to stretch out. In these solitary moments you feel a deeper connection to the earth and the universe, while at the same time are able to bathe in moments of timelessness.

Something that sparks my creativity or imagination

Two of Wands and Mystery

You enjoy the process of planning. The planning stage is often that stage in things where you know very little and there’s much to imagine and be curious about. This curiosity in particular has the power spark to life your creativity and imagination, and is a massive part of why planning is so much fun for you.

Other elements included in this reading:
Pressed Pansy Flower for Hearing the Heart More Clearly
Raw Fluorite for Concentration and Energy Stabilization
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECKS USED: HONEY KNIGHT TAROT AND THE WISDOM OF ELVES AND FAIRIES ORACLE

#DiscordTarotholicsAug2026 Challenge
Prompt for August 8th : What can I do to help my inner child feel seen and heard?

Tarot Reading with the Londa Tarot

Reading Summary: Don’t allow the opinions of others to hold you back or caused you to feel defeated (Ten of Swords atop Six of Wands). Instead, focus on what genuinely catches your interest (Page of Pentacles) and sparks your inner fire (Ace of Wands).

Take Away: It’s the opinions and expectations of others that put your inner child in a space of neglect in the first place. Your childhood was structured to close your inner child off, as you were taught that whimsy and fun weren’t an acceptable use of your time and energy.

For your inner child to feel seen and heard, therefore, you need to be able to prioritize your inner child’s voice above the voices and opinions of those around you. This means allowing yourself to do the things that spark your curiosity and imagination, stir up your curiosity, and that you find fun… instead of always prioritizing other’s values and judgements above these things.

Other elements included in this reading:
Dried Red Maple Leaf for Adaptability and Connection
Dried Rosebuds for Potential and Beauty Waiting to Unfold
Tree Agate for Fostering Peace and Patience
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: LONDA TAROT
Daily Self Kindness

I had some fun with the power washer today. It’s strangely satisfying to use, and a nice chore for when it’s super hot out but you still feel like you need to get something done.

The Passing of Unrealized Rewards

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Today’s meditation was a ten minute long #DailyCalm session from the @Calm app.

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

In2it Tarot Contra Versa Classic Edition - Queen of Cups

Today’s draw is the Queen of Cups, which is traditionally a representation of a receptive alpha energy, personality, or person in the area of one’s emotions, relationships, creativity, and intuition. Among other things, this often translates into themes to do with emotional support and advice from a trusted party that is easy to talk to.

The Queen of Cups has then been combined with an affirmation card from the Art from The Heart Pastel Affirmation Cards, which says, “I am capable of achieving anything. I set my mind to, and limitless opportunities are available to me. Life is full of possibilities. The power is within you already, it’s just a matter of using it and directing it to prioritize your goal. Dream, believe, and take action.”

It’s the journeys that have no end that are of the greatest value. These journeys are the journeys of life and the journeys of growth.

That doesn’t mean that our other goals are without value, but it does mean that we need to be able to differentiate between the two and not confuse them. Goals have an end point, a place set in stone that we strive for in order to find accomplishment. This is different than a journey of growth or the journey of life, where the end is not the accomplishment but simply an ending, and instead it’s the journey itself is where the value and accomplishment lie.

This contrast is brought to life today between the Queen of Cups and today’s affirmation card, and it’s this contrast that today’s message lies. Today’s cards are a reminder to pay attention to which things in life are a journey where the journey itself is the reward, and which things that are goals where the reward lies at the end of the journey. These cards encourage us to know the difference and be mindful of that difference in our own efforts and endeavors, so that we can get the most out of life, rather than letting the rewards pass us by unrealized.

DECKS USED:  IN2IT CONTRA VERSA TAROT CLASSIC EDITION AND ART FROM THE HEART PASTEL AFFIRMATION CARDS

Taurus Last Quarter Tarot Spread
by venus_seafoam on Discord’s Tarotholics

Tarot Reading with The 9th Dimension Tarot

What part of my identity has become outdated?

Five of Pentacles – The mindset of scarcity. For a good portion of your life, you have used a mindset of scarcity to motivate yourself into getting done the things that you need to get done and fulfilling the obligations that are a part of your responsibilities. You are getting into a point now in your life, where that fear of scarcity is unfounded, as the repercussions of scarcity are far less likely these days than they were when you were younger.

What have recent experiences revealed about my true values?

Two of Swords atop Page of Pentacles – You are always going to lean into the potential for long-term security over the guarantee of fleeting pleasures or gains. You value security enough that you are willing to learn new things just to preserve it or foster it in your life, rather than indulging the chaos of fleeting pleasures and pursuits that might put that security at risk.

What am I holding onto simply because it is familiar?

The High Priestess (tipped left) – You have a tendency to limit your intuition and divination abilities specifically because you’re more comfortable with them limited. For example, although you have opened yourself up to mediumship over the past few years, you’re uncomfortable with growth in this area going quickly, and thus still hold onto blockages that are limiting your potential in this area.

What stable quality or foundation should I continue building upon?

The Hierophant – Not only do you respect, value, and search out old traditions and the old ways of doing things, but you seek to carry some of them forward into the future, as well as create your own. Just because you don’t have any family to carry your traditions and passions to the next generation doesn’t mean that they won’t be carried forward by others. Be open to sharing what you learn so that those around you can experience their value and can carry them forward for you.

What identity is naturally emerging as I let go?

Death Rx (tipped right) atop The High Priestess and Five of Pentacles – You are learning that stagnancy is not your friend, and as you let go of your need to see stagnancy as a form of stability, you are being opened up to an adaptability that will serve you well moving forward in times of struggle.

Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Parmeliaceae Lichen for a “Breath of Fresh Air”
Dried Rhododendron Leaf for Fostering Confidence
Dried Cedar Bundle for Protection from Negative Influences
Septarian Stone for Physical and Mental Healing
Gray Agate for Instilling Gentleness, Calm, and Stability
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: THE 9TH DIMENSION TAROT

@note.project August Journal Prompts
Prompts for August 7th and 8th

Tarot Reading with the In2it Tarot Contra Versa Classic Edition and Resurrection Oracle

Something I appreciate about this season of life

Five of Coins atop Champion of Swords; Feast or Famine

You’ve gotten to the point in life where you know exactly what you don’t want, and it motivates you to go after what you do.

You’ve come to understand that life is a series of choices and the consequences of those choices. Thus, you better understand how important it is that even the small choices we make in life are made with mindfulness towards where we want to go and who we want to become.

A part of myself I want to reconnect with

King of Coins and The Departure

There was a time in life where your responsibilities couldn’t keep you away from finding your own sense of stability in the things that provide this for you (such as alone time among the trees). In turn, by finding your own sense of stability, you were then able to share that with others on your return from these wild places you visited.

You want to reconnect with that part of yourself that was uncompromising in giving yourself what you need, because in giving yourself what you need you are better able to give others what they need. This requires stepping away from your responsibilities in ways that you have become resistant to in recent years.

Other elements included in this reading:
Yellow Aventurine Dragonfly for Confidence During Change
Dried Red Maple Leaf for Adaptability and Connection
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: IN2IT CONTRA VERSA TAROT CLASSIC EDITION AND RESURRECTION ORACLE
Daily Self Kindness

I snacked throughout the day today instead of sticking to my normal eating schedule. I just felt the need to sample and graze my way through the day.

How Brightly We Shine

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Today’s meditation was a ten minute long #DailyCalm session from the @Calm app.

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

The Infinite Tarot of Hekate 100 - Prince of Pentacles

Today’s draw is the Knight of Pentacles (Prince), which is traditionally a representation of an active, projective beta energy, personality, or person in the area of one’s finances, resources, health, home, labors, and manifestations. This often translates into a slow moving but determinedly forward moving energy, personality, or person that has their eye on the prize regardless of the slow and steady speed they may be moving at.

The Prince of Pentacles has then been combined with the Expressing Free Will card from The Healing Mantra Deck, which says, “My choices determine how brightly I shine.”

Do you want to be a comet that shines bright in a sudden flash in the sky and is then gone forever? Or do you want to be a star in the heavens burning bright night after night for generations to come?

Both shine, but the former burns out far too fast for me personally, here and gone in an instant. The latter is steadfast, steady, and dependable… energy far more compatible to my own.

I feel that it’s become far more prevalent that people seek these days to fall into the mindset of the comet than the star, or perhaps it’s just that as I strive to embrace the mindset of the star, I am noticing the comets more and more?

Today’s Prince of Pentacles and affirmation encourages us to considering mindset we prefer, why we prefer it, and to be mindful in alighting ourselves to embrace both sides within ourselves even as we try to strengthen one over the other in our day to day lives.

DECKS USED:  THE INFINITE TAROT OF HECKTE 100 AND THE HEALING MANTRA DECK

#DiscordTarotholicsAug2026 Challenge
Prompts for August 6th and 7th

Tarot Reading with the Förhäxa Tarot and Forces of Spirit Tarot

What inner injury from my childhood needs healing?

Temperance atop The Empress; Courage

You crave nurturing mother energy because this was something you didn’t get your fill of as a child.

While the lack of this energy gave you a strength of courage and determination to be independent and fight your own battles, it has left your inner child feeling neglected and bereft.

How can I begin working on healing that injury?

Four of Air and The Return

Consider putting to rest the differences that have created a chasm between yourself and your mother.

Try connecting again with who brought you into this world. Even if the effort doesn’t work out, your inner child feels the need to try after so long separated from her.

Other elements included in this reading:
Dried Cedar Bundle for Protection from Negative Influences
Moonstone for Fostering Emotional Stability
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: FÖRHÄXA TAROT AND FORCES OF SPIRIT TAROT [oracle deck]

@lightningildflower‘s August Reflections Challenge
Prompts for August 6th through 8th

Tarot Reading with The Infinite Tarot of Hekate 100

Venus enters Libra, Venus trine Saturn – How might strengthening a boundary create relationship harmony?

Wheel of Fortune and Nine of Pentacles

There is truth in Rita Mae Brown’s adage that “insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results”.

Success comes from changing things up and adapting your approach, not doing things by rote just because that’s always how they’ve been done.

Beating your head against stone will not break the stone. Don’t wait for that to change on its own. Be proactive. Get a hammer.

Equilibrium – Where can I practice more patience?

The Moon and High Priestess

Listen to your gut when it comes to determining when something doesn’t seem right tor feels dangerous. Don’t berate yourself as a coward or worrywart, instead seek out that gut feeling and trust what it’s trying to tell you. Pause and listen.

Harmony – How are beauty and harmony showing up in my life?

Four of Cups and Eight of Cups

Instead of ignoring the help others offer you, and as a consequence having to deal with anxieties that trigger your need to run, you are choosing to communicate these fears and anxieties with those closest you that you trust to listen and take you seriously.

Other elements included in this reading:
Tree of Life Raku Medallion for fostering Balance and Harmony
Staghorn Sumac for Connecting with Nature and the Wild Within
Foraged Wood Fern for Exorcising Negative Influences
Dried Cedar Bundle for Protection from Negative Influences
Moss Agate Tree for Attracting Opportunities for Growth
Kayanite for helping Balance and Communicate Emotions
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: THE INFINITE TAROT OF HEKATE 100
Daily Self Kindness

I shifted drinking my tea to earlier in the day today. Sometimes it’s hard for me to feel the inspiration to make a cup at night before bed. Earlier in the day might be the answer.