Daily Meditation

Anger As a Conduit

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

The Slow Tarot - Two of Cups and a card from The Nourished Heart Oracle

Today’s draw is the Two of Cups, which is traditionally a representation of connection and unification, mutual attraction, and emotional connections.

The Two of Cups has then been combined with the Anger card from The Nourished Heart Oracle, which says, “Anger is fuel. Recovery is rebellion.”

Sometimes it can be difficult to weed out those that have your best interests at heart from those that don’t. Observation during unguarded moments is a good way to do this; and nothing leaves someone as unguarded as anger.

In these moments we get a true glimpse of what’s going on inside a person as their true selves peek out from behind the mask they generally show the world. (The same thing happens when people get drunk, in fact. Both anger and alcohol have a tendency to lower inhibitions and allow us to get a peek at those hidden parts of others.)

The message in today’s Two of Cups and affirmation suggests when seeking true connections that we choose those who will be angry for you and angry with you, and not those who choose to be angry at you. These cards tell us that these are the individuals that will stick by your side through thick and thin, and lend you the support you need when you need it.

Connecting through anger may be an unorthodox approach to making friends, but it can give us a glimpse at those who truly -are- out friends, and those who use their friendship as merely window dressing.

DECKS USED:  THE SLOW TAROT AND THE NOURISHED HEART ORACLE

September Prompts by @forgotten.dumpling & @ml.mecham
Prompt for September 6th : an obituary of the moon’s orbit

Writing Exercise with the Inuit Art Playing Cards

When fears come true and the bickering is over
(Nine of Spades atop Five of Clubs)

When he finds somewhere else to be
(Jack of Hearts)

We will look back on the times he watched over our dreams
(King of Clubs)

And express mourning of the light lost that was once he
(Three of Spades atop Ace of Spades)

Other elements included in this reading:
Dried Cedar Bundle for Protection from Negative Influences

DECK USED: INUIT ART PLAYING CARDS

@lightningwildflower‘s September Self-Talk Challenge
Prompts for September 5th and 6th

Tarot Reading with The Slow Tarot and Protection Spells Deck

Discipline – Where do I need a little more discipline to achieve a goal?

Queen of Swords atop Ace of Wands Rx; Aphrodite

It’s in the things you are already well versed in that you need to train your focus upon right now. Don’t allow yourself to be distracted by the new and shiny.

Whether this is in matters of the heart or preparing for battle, don your armor with care so that your softness can shine through. It’s okay to care.

Insight – What inner message deserves my attention today?

Page of Wands and Boundary of Protection

Take on new challenges with calm and enthusiasm. Life is an adventure. Be bold and steadfast, gentle and wild of heart.

Other elements included in this reading:
Pressed Pansy Flower for Hearing the Heart More Clearly
Clear Quartz for boosting Mental Clarity
Honey Calcite for Optimism and Motivational Boost
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: THE SLOW TAROT AND PROTECTION SPELLS DECK
Daily Self Kindness

I considered discontinuing this daily self-kindness part of my posts, but decided that I might be getting benefit from it that I’m not readily or easily noticing. Thus, I’ve decided to continue for the time being.

Boundaries for Stability

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

Guardian of the Night Tarot Pocket Edition - King of Wands and the Walnut card from Listening to Flowers Cards

Today’s draw is the King of Wands, which is traditionally a representation of a projective alpha energy, personality, or person in the area of one’s passions, drive, determination, principles, values, and willpower. The King of Wands often indicates themes that have to do with leadership figures or authority figures with the ability to rally others to their causes and draw them in to their own values, principles, and passions.

The King of Wands has then been combined with the Walnut card from the Listening to Flowers deck, which says, “My boundaries are resilient as I encounter external forces. I am protected as I cross over thresholds of change. I trust my sense of awareness to guide me.”

I have a tendency to internally freak out during change. A lot of people can’t notice it from the outside, but on the inside, I am quite literally going “oh fuck! Oh fuck! Oh, fuck!” This is because I struggle with moments of uncertainty, specifically because they feel unstable, and instability is my least favorite of all experiences.

But what if stability or instability during change doesn’t have anything to do with what’s going on around us, but rather, what’s going on within us?

The message in today’s King of Wands and affirmation card ask us to consider… Is it possible to use our boundaries to help us in staying calm and collected during times of change? In using our boundaries in this way, can we then traverse through times of change more smoothly and come out the other side better prepared for what lies ahead?

DECKS USED:  GUARDIAN OF THE NIGHT TAROT INDIE POCKET EDITION AND LISTENING TO FLOWERS DECK

September Prompts by @forgotten.dumpling & @ml.mecham
Prompt for September 5th : my body is an open palm

Creative Writing Exercise with the Pacific Northwest Playing Cards

Physical pain is often a punishment. A slap across the face to bring me back to the present when I forget that I am not as young as I used to be. (Five of Diamonds and Three of Hearts)

This is especially true in times when I am being influenced by my need to create harmony with others by striving to do more and be more, when I am already juggling far too much and struggling to keep everything in balance. (Six of Clubs atop Two of Diamonds)

At these times, my body speaks up to remind me of all that I have done in the past to earn the scars I now wear covering my flesh like the lines of an open palm that then slaps me back down to size in a painful reminder of reality. (Nine of Diamonds and Queen of Spades)

Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Parmeliaceae Lichen for a “Breath of Fresh Air”
Foraged Ponderosa Pine Cone for Resilience and Adaptability
Foraged Lodgepole Pine for Strength, Growth, and Renewal
Labradorite for a Focus on Mental and Emotional Healing
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: PACIFIC NORTHWEST PLAYING CARDS

@jourie.co‘s An Imaginative Life Journal Prompts
Prompt for September 5th : Which story about yourself no longer fits?

Tarot Reading with the Guardian of the Night Tarot Pocket Edition

Reading Summary: Happiness (Ten of Cups) is no longer something to be skeptical about or feared (Nine of Swords). Neither is it an end goal you are seeking to obtain (The World).

Take Away: In younger years, you held a lot of skepticism about happiness and finding a happy and contented life for yourself and others. You saw happiness as something that had to be worked towards and earned.

Over time you have learned that happiness is something that you find in the present moment, though, and not an end goal to be achieved. It’s something you build in the day to day, for yourself first, and through yourself for others as well.

Other elements included in this reading:
Holly Leaf for assistance in Gentling Negative Emotions
Garnierite for help in Releasing Anger, Anxiety, and Guilt
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: GUARDIAN OF THE NIGHT TAROT INDIE POCKET EDITION
Daily Self Kindness

I spent some time organizing unshelved playing card decks today so that I’m ready for next month and have a line up of decks in mind for this one.

Presence as a Gift

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

The Traveler's Tarot - Ten of Pentacles and a card from the Mindfulness Cards

Today’s draw is the Ten of Pentacles, which is traditionally a representation of satisfaction and stability in the area of one’s finances, resources, home, health, manifestations, and the physical world. This often translates into themes that have to do with hard earned success, accomplishments, abundance created through patience and hard work, and reaching a point in that abundance and stability where it is comfortably shared with those around us.

The Ten of Pentacles has then been combined with the Feel the Ground card from the Mindfulness Cards, which says, “Just like the breath, our connection to the Earth is always available to us. I simply pay attention to the feeling of our feet, we can literally ground ourselves at any time. Practice this in different circumstances and in different places so that when you’re facing difficult moments in the future, you have an always-accessible tool to bring yourself back to the present moment.”

Sometimes the security and stability that we offer others has nothing to do with money or wealth. Sometimes it’s in how our presence makes them feel safer, comforted, or more grounded.

This is why the simple act of spending time with others is often overlooked as one of the most valuable gifts you can give to those around you. When you sit at someone’s bedside when they’re sick or come and listen to them when they need an ear, you are providing for them something more valuable than money ever could.

The message in today’s Ten of Pentacles and grounding card is a reminder that these types of contributions to others are just as valuable as, if not more valuable than, gifts or money ever could be. This is because in these moments, you are giving of yourself rather than just offering something of use but without heart.

DECKS USED:  THE TRAVELER’S TAROT AND MINDFULNESS CARDS

September Prompts by @forgotten.dumpling & @ml.mecham
Prompt for September 4th : sipping on the eye of a storm

Creative Writing Exercise with the Strange Tales From A Chinese Studio Playing Cards Hupo Standard Edition

Six of Spades

I stand and watch in silence
as hammer moves to displace
the guts of old brass hinges
from their hidden space
And as the door comes free
he thinks that he has won,
as no protests are spoken aloud
while I mentally prepare to be gone.

Queen of Spades atop Queen of Hearts

In these moments of daydreams,
I find solace and support,
aware that sharp tongues pause
merely to sharpen edges
then come back for more blood.

Other elements included in this reading:
Bird Figurine for Encouraging Hope, Positivity, and Renewal
Rose Quartz for Gentle Kindness to Self and Others
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: STRANGE TALES FROM A CHINESE STUDIO PLAYING CARDS HUPO STANDARD EDITION

@jourie.co‘s An Imaginative Life Journal Prompts
Prompt for September 4th : What part of your life looks fine out does not feel right?

Tarot Reading with The Traveler's Tarot and Contact Oracle

Reading Summary: You have chosen to shut away your past, instead of communicating with others about it and sharing your experiences (Past Life Regression). This makes you appear strong and stable (King of Coins), while on the inside there’s a lot of emotional churning going on that nobody knows about (Ace of Cups with Past Life Regression).

Take Away: You tend to willingly share a lot about yourself and your present, as well as your hopes and dreams for the future, but you very rarely share much of anything about your past.

This is understandable, as there are a lot of emotional traumas and vulnerabilities that still need to be worked through in that area; things that you don’t give others much of a clue about so that you can look far more stable and invincible than you really are.

Other elements included in this reading:
Dried Cedar Bundle for Protection from Negative Influences
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
Rose Quartz for Gentle Kindness to Self and Others
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: THE TRAVELER’S TAROT AND CONTACT ORACLE
Daily Self Kindness

I confirmed the housekeeper’s next visit instead of giving in to the urge to cancel it to avoid the social interaction involved.

Unconditional Love’s Safe Space

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

Threshold Tarot - Eight of Discs and a card from the Crown Power Oracle and Affirmation Deck

Today’s draw is the Eight of Discs (Pentacles), which is a representation of hard work, expertise through practice, honing a skill, quality craftsmanship, handicrafts, and manifestations through skill and hard work. The card is often the embodiment of the “practice makes perfect” adage.

The guidebook for this deck says, “You have, at last, learned to be careful. Perfectionism isn’t as prudent as you think it is…”

The Eight of Discs has then been combined with a card from the Crone Power Oracle and Affirmation Deck, which says, “I am protected. I am safe and loved.”

No one holds you to the same impossible standards and unrealistic expectations as you do yourself.

The perfectionism mindset is impossible to satisfy and unreasonable in its expectations. We have protection from these demands, though, if we choose to rate our performance not on our own unrealistic expectations, but on what others expect instead. Specifically, those that love us unconditionally.

This unconditional love protects us from harsh judgement and censure when we fall short of impossible demands for perfection. By learning to love ourselves in that same unconditional light that others love us, we then create a safe space to not just be wrong now and then, but fall a bit short on the standards we shouldn’t be holding ourselves to in the first place.

The message in today’s Eight of Discs and affirmation card remind us that love is kind and understanding, and can create a buffer between you and your harsh inner narratives. Love yourself enough to create the same safe space and protections for you that others who love you unconditional do.

DECKS USED:  THRESHOLD TAROT AND CRONE POWER ORACLE AND AFFIRMATION DECK

September Prompts by @forgotten.dumpling & @ml.mecham
Prompt for September 2nd : it will be blue again

Creative Writing Activity with the Nezha Playing Cards Dakki Edition

Queen of Hearts and Ace of Clubs

As the weather begins to shift
from summer into fall,
the skies become crowded
with the gray of raindrops to come.

And while one soul mourns the loss
of sun and blue sky above,
another soul dances in delight
at what is soon to come.

Other elements included in this reading:
Dried Rosebuds for Potential and Beauty Waiting to Unfold
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: NEZHA PLAYING CARDS DAKKI EDITION

@lightningwildflower‘s September Self-Talk Challenge
Prompts for September 2nd through 4th

Tarot Reading with the Threshold Tarot and Mushroom Spotter's Deck

Release – Where am I holding myself to a standard that no longer serves me?

Two of Discs and Mica Cap
“You can’t do it alone.”

Just as you are in the process of redefining for yourself what stability means, so too are you in the process of redefining balance. It’s difficult for you to accept that neither include stillness in their execution.

It is easier to keep your footing with a little help from others.

Focus – What part of my life needs thoughtful attention?

Ten of Cups and Chicken of the Woods
“Act with confidence and determination to inspire others.”

Know what you want and go after it unequivocally. Don’t just choose your pursuits with abandon, but instead select them with thoughtful care and attention given to the idea of deep diving with interest, curiosity, and enthusiasm. These qualities are what encourage others to do the same.

Spaciousness – What would make my day feel more spacious?

The High Priestess and Common Mycena
“Create community.”

Allow your gut to have a say in who you let into your inner circle and who you don’t. This doesn’t mean you might not still be wrong sometimes, but you’re far less likely to be disastrously so. By following your gut instead of your head, you create connections that fit together like puzzle pieces, building an entire picture out of those you choose to let in and be involved.

Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Oak Branch with Moss and Lichen for Perseverance
Foraged Ponderosa Pine Cone for Resilience and Adaptability
Foraged Parmeliaceae Lichen for a “Breath of Fresh Air”
Foraged Red Oak Leaf for Fostering Unconditional Love
Dried Rhododendron Leaf for Fostering Confidence
Moss Agate for Attracting Opportunities for Growth
Calcite for Gently Calming the Mind and Stimulating Insights
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: THRESHOLD TAROT AND MUSHROOM SPOTTER’S DECK
Daily Self Kindness

I took it easy today, and even managed a decent nap while at Ms B’s house before dinner.

Cutting Fears Down to Size

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

The Cat's Tarot of Wondrous Journeys' Queen of Cups and card from the Create Brave Cards

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 the Brave card from the Create Brave deck, which says, “ I take action despite my fears.”

The thing about fear is that it’s an emotion, right? That means it’s not always going to be logical. This shows itself most often in the fact that when we fear something, the longer we choose not to confront it, the larger that thing we fear becomes.

It starts off small, but the more we avoid it the more it grows until it feels completely insurmountable, even though in reality it’s size or scope hasn’t changed at all.

The message in today’s Queen of Cups and affirmation card is a reminder that it’s when we confront our fears that we bring them back down to size. By being nurturing and supportive to our emotions, we give ourselves the confidence to deal with our fears and take action despite them, rather than allowing them to control us.

DECKS USED:  THE CAT’S TAROT OF WONDROUS JOURNEYS AND CREATE BRAVE DECK

September Prompts by @forgotten.dumpling & @ml.mecham
Prompt for September 1st : your fingerprints on my future

Creative Writing and Cartomancy with the Peacock Playing Cards

When we first met, I was young and filled with an eagerness to build a life for myself of comfortable solitude. I wanted to believe that I had no need for love, and was busy building a future of stability and comfort… a nest for one. (Two of Diamonds atop Four of Diamonds)

The first time I saw you, my stomach fluttered. My insides felt liquid and unstable, and each time we were in the same room, it happened again and again. You made me feel vulnerable and uncertain in ways I didn’t understand. (Jack of Hearts)

You never promised me everything, as if instinctively knowing that’s not what I wanted. Instead you moved from day to day, encounter to encounter, giving me slivers of happiness and comfort until I couldn’t imagine happiness existing without you as a part of it. (Ten of Hearts)

You became a guiding light, someone I can depend on. Someone I need in my life for things to feel secure and stable. (King of Hearts)

You created for me a safe place I could open up within, be accepted within, and find a love I never realized I wanted, let alone needed. You marked my soul in the process, and placed your fingerprints indelibly upon my future in the process. (Four of Hearts)

I love you. Always.

Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Parmeliaceae Lichen for a “Breath of Fresh Air”
Honey Calcite for Optimism and Motivational Boost
Rose Quartz for Gentle Kindness to Self and Others
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: PEACOCK PLAYING CARDS

@lightningwildflower‘s September Self-Talk Challenge
Mars square Saturn, Mercury sextile Mars Prompts for September 1st

Tarot Reading with The Cat's Tarot of Wondrous Journeys and Schamanische Seelen Medizin

What action feels blocked?

The Emperor and Geburt

The Birth card in this deck proposes that the conditions of your birth are a predictor of the type of life you will lead. For example, if you had an easy birth as a child, your life will be easy, whereas if you had a lot of struggle and had to be pulled forth with forceps, you may find your life fraught with obstacles.

I’m not sure how much I buy into this idea, but when joined by the Emperor card, this card combination speaks of difficulties from the past during formative years holding you back from the healthy leadership you could be demonstrating.

That is to say that unhealthy defense mechanisms and expectations that were drilled into you as a child have a tendency to hold you back in your adulthood, creating unnecessary blockages between you and your goals.

What will help me move through this resistance?

Six of Cups and Engel

To help you move through this resistance, take choice out of the equation when you’re able to do so. Trust, instead, in divine timing and that things will work out how they are meant to without your meddling in the process. Accept that not everything has to be under your control to work out how you want (or in some cases even better than your expectations).

Other elements included in this reading:
Pressed Pansy Flowers for Hearing the Heart More Clearly
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
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: THE CAT’S TAROT OF WONDROUS JOURNEYS AND SCHAMANISCHE SEELEN MEDIZIN
Daily Self Kindness

I ordered pizza for second supper. It’s been forever and I just didn’t feel like having anything I have on hand.

Timelines for Healing and Growth

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

Everyday Witch Tarot - Seven of Pentacles and a card from the Pass Around the Smile Guided Affirmation Cards

Today’s draw is the Seven of Pentacles, which is traditionally a representation of slow growth, sustainability, domestic harmony, hard work, and practicing patience while the fruits of your labors develop and take form.

The Seven of Pentacles has then been combined with the Release card from the Pass Around the Smile Guided Affirmation Cards, which says, “ I am able to release the feelings and situations that are holding me back. I am not attached to them.”

This is part of the reason that growth often takes more time than we are expecting it to take. That release of the things in the past that hold us back is a form of healing that takes time. Thus, growth is slow as a result.

That is why it’s often better to see growth as “it’ll happen in its own time” rather than pushing it. When you push it, you often ignore the healing that needs to take place in order for the growth to be healthy and productive.

The messaging in today’s Seven of Pentacles and affirmation card is a reminder that patience is a quality worth developing. It helps us in our growth, as well as in our healing of past experiences and the wounds that are left behind by them. Being impatient with these wounds only makes them linger and sometimes even fester into something worse.

DECKS USED:  EVERYDAY WITCH TAROT AND PASS AROUND THE SMILE GUIDED AFFIRMATION CARDS

#DiscordTarotholicsAug2026 Challenge
Prompt for August 31st : Grab a spread of your choice you’re curious about… and give it a go!

The Unlived Life Tarot Reading with the Epoche Tarot

A version of myself I never became

Four of Swords Rx – The lazy person I was predicted to become by my father. Alone and lackadaisical. Cut off from others by my choices and preferences. A waste of space.

The story I tell myself about that version

Six of Wands – The story (lie) I tell myself is that I could impress him and gain his favor by not becoming that person. That his acceptance of me and my choices was based upon my performance.

What I grieve about that unlived life

Ace of Swords – It isn’t that unlived life I grieve, but rather that I never got the chance to communicate honestly and openly with my father. I grieve the chances I wasn’t given to connect with him, learn from him, and see eye to eye with him.

What aspects of that unlived life can still be lived now

Page of Pentacles – I am learning how to let go of those judgements thrust upon me and find my own path. One suited to me and stable beneath my feet. One created in the bedrock of who I am rather than who he wanted me to be or expected me to become.

Other elements included in this reading:
Bird Figurine for Encouraging Hope, Positivity, and Renewal
Foraged Ponderosa Pine Cone for Resilience and Adaptability
Dried Cedar Bundle for Protection from Negative Influences
Foraged Lodgepole Pine for Strength, Growth, and Renewal
Foraged Parmeliaceae Lichen for a “Breath of Fresh Air”
Rose Quartz for Gentle Kindness to Self and Others
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: EPOCHÉ TAROT

@lightningwildflower‘s August Reflections Challenge
Jupiter trine Saturn
Prompt for August 31st : What long-term goal feels expansive but also sustainable?

Tarot Reading with the Everyday Witch Tarot

Reading Summary: Rebuilding your concept of stability (Queen of Pentacles) to a place where when struggles arise (Five of Pentacles) they are seen as opportunities for something new and exciting (Two of Wands) instead of end-of-the-road obstacles (Five of Pentacles).

Take Away: You’ve fallen into a habit of catastrophizing things when something goes awry or an obstacle lands in your path. As a result, you seek to return to a better mindset where you can see these obstacles and struggles in a way that benefits you rather than something that destroys your efforts and decimates your goals.

This goal is about not just finding the boon in negative experiences, something you’ve always done but have struggled with lately, but also about reconnecting with a greater sense of flexibility and adaptability. That, in turn, can allow you to capture a greater sense of potential in each step along your journey instead of getting discouraged and letting that discouragement slow you down or hold you back from making the progress you otherwise could have made.

Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Red Oak Leaf for Fostering Unconditional Love
Calcite for Gently Calming the Mind and Stimulating Insights
Honey Calcite for Optimism and Motivational Boost
Rose Quartz for Gentle Kindness to Self and Others
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: EVERYDAY WITCH TAROT
Daily Self Kindness

I went for a hike in the woods today.