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Weekly Creativity Prompt – Different Scenarios

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Prompt: “The purpose of this activity is to practice interpreting small spreads by combining card meanings, symbols and intuition. We will all interpret the same cards based on a few different (imaginary) situations. A 3 card spread will be posted together with 2 more specific scenarios. It’s your choice which scenario you’d prefer to use, or if you’d rather do a general reading of these cards as for an imaginary querent.“

This Might Hurt Tarot - Knight of Swords, Six of Cups, Knight of Cups

Scenario 1 – Nelson just sustained an injury that blinded him. He wants to know how to best take care of his fragile mental health and navigate this new reality.

Charging headlong into the thoughts and ambitions of the past would be folly for you right now (Knight of Swords). Carry forward only the good parts and the loving support you’ve gained from those around you (Six of Cups), and keep your attention on the future. New dreams need to be made, and new goals created. Look for those things that will make you happy and go after them wholeheartedly instead of focusing on what needs to be left behind (Knight of Cups).

Scenario 2 – Dipper is trying to make sense of their new summer home with their relative and twin sister. They come to you for advice on what steps they should take to feel more comfortable.

Seek out memories of the past that you share with these other family members (Six of Cups) and proactively find a way to resurrect them and delve into those activities together once again (Knight of Swords). It’s through this connection to the past and those activities that you shared that those involved can move forward into a happy future together (Knight of Cups).

DECK USED: THIS MIGHT HURT TAROT

Pleine Lune du Chasseur Lenormand Reading

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Pleine Lune du Chasseur Lenormand Reading with the Halloween Lenormand

What should I hunt in order to properly approach the tough times? Que dois-je chasser afin de bien aborder la période rude?

Fox and Spooky Tree – Be smart about your health. Sometimes you slack off in this area… now is not the time.

What reservations should I make for this winter? Quelles réserves dois je faire pour cet hiver?

Ghost Ship and Rats – Don’t plan on going anywhere or taking any other risks that would put you in danger of getting sick.

How to preserve them? Comment les préserver?

Dagger, Creepy Trail, Frankenstein – Use financial concerns as an excuse for the making of difficult but responsible decisions.

Take Away: A proposal to travel presented in a way that will make it difficult to say no is coming. This travel is a risk to your health. Say no, and if need be, use financial concerns and hardship as an excuse for begging off. If it ends up being something you cannot beg off from, make sure to take extra precautions where your health is concerned.

DECK USED: HALLOWEEN LENORMAND

🌕 Full Moon in Aries – October 2022

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Tomorrow is the full moon, and like all new moons and full moons, I did a spread aligned to the moon’s current themes as a part of my recognition of the moon’s cycle and influences upon us. Today’s spread is about the medicine within, and brought to you by Ethony‘s Tarot by the Moon series.

Full Moon in Aries Tarot Reading with the Boo Tarot by Célia Melesville

Where do I need to relax?

Four of Wands – At home. Take time to relax and enjoy the home you’ve worked so hard for. You’ve put a lot of time and effort into making your nest happy and comfortable. It’s your refuge and you need to celebrate this, rather than take it for granted.

Where should I focus my fiery energy?

Page of Wands – Every year you return to this time of preparation before the holiday rush, knowing a little more what needs done, and open to learning whatever can help pave the way for an easier season ahead. Now is the time to focus your passion and fiery energy into this area.

Where do I need to take immediate action?

Six of Swords Rx atop Knight of Wands – When it comes to your own life, you have a habit of detecting trouble and stepping away from it to let it sort of self out instead of getting involved. Now it’s not the time to be letting things go. Dive into them instead and deal with them quickly.

Where do I need to retreat?

Three of Wands – Leave behind your baggage, you don’t have time for it right now, and it’s too heavy to wrestle with at this stage in your journey.

Full Moon advice from the Minoan Goddess Amalthea.

The Moon – Do not let your need for rest make you feel uncertain or give rise to your anxiety over “what if’s” and what might happen. Deal with what’s right in front of you instead, and let yourself have the rest and recuperation that you need.

DECK USED: BOO TAROT

Something Is Missing Tarot Reading

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Something is Missing Tarot Reading with the Lorenzi Tarot

What is missing from my life.

The Fool – Innocence and care free fun. You spend so much time calculating trajectories that you leave little to no time to just cut loose and be worry-free.

Why I’m feeling like I don’t have enough of it.

Five of Pentacles – A lack of this carefree innocence creates a feeling of scarcity that you can’t let go of.

How this affects my energy.

Three of Wands – Those feelings of scarcity push you further along the path that you are already on where responsibility is king and carefree innocence takes a backseat.

How I can feel satisfied about it.

Nine of Cups – Combating these feelings of scarcity and ending this cycle requires pausing to look at and appreciate all that you have accomplished and how far you have come. This appreciation goes beyond acknowledgment, and into actually taking time to enjoy these things.

Where I need to look to find it.

Seven of Cups – The opportunity for innocence, joy, and carefree moments is around you everywhere. It’s not where you look, but in actually opening your eyes and choosing to see.

DECK USED: LORENZI TAROT

Weekly Creativity Prompt – The Emperor

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Prompt: “Pull the Emperor card from your deck(s). Compare the imagery between the card provided below and the card(s) from your own deck(s). How would you read them differently and why?“

The Emperor Card - Tarot of the Hidden RealmTarot of the Hidden Realm – The imagery in this card makes me think of Odin and his two ravens.  I’m not -sure- if that’s intended (although I bet it is), but that’s where my mind goes. His expression and the depth of of darkness he sits in speaks of a man with a great weight of responsibility on  his shoulders. This translates, for me, into an energy, personality or person with a great deal to tend to, deal with, and a lot of responsibilities that take deep thought, solid reasoning, and the whisper of informants to help him stay upon the pulse of what’s going on around him.

The Emperor Card - Tarot Nuages, Garbage Pail Kids Tarot, Le Tarot de Marseille par Pole Ka

Tarot Nuages – Here we have a king, stooped and aged, that sits on a throne among the clouds high above all that he rules over. Untouchable, the figure sees everyone and everything.  The size of this figure and its lofty perch bring to mind the Christian God and his omnipresence.  So very far above the world and looking down, can anyone really understand what he thinks or where he comes from?  Probably not.  They follow him blindly and trust he has their best interests at heart.

Garbage Pail Kids Tarot – On a throne of mice with a leopard’s pelt as his robe, this emperor’s head explodes in a mushroom cloud as he pushes the button.  This card, to me, asks the question of where are you overwhelmed in your responsibilities… and how is this overwhelm affecting your judgements and actions?  How could you make better choices if you take a moment to stabilize rather than simply reacting?

Le Tarot de Marseille par Pole Ka – Dude looks like he’s looking over at the guy next to him thinking “this motherfucker’s an idiot”.  Highly decorated for honor, valor, and more, this general rules with a tight fist and demands excellence from all those around him.  It speaks of demands for perfectionism… and demands that you do more than just follow… but think.  As his gaze clearly says… Don’t be an idiot.

DECK USED: TAROT OF THE HIDDEN REALM, TAROT NUAGES, GARBAGE PAIL KIDS TAROT, AND LE TAROT DE MARSEILLE PAR POLE KA

Grounding Lenormand Reading

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Grounding Lenormand Reading with the Red Hand Lenormand

What will help me, in this moment, to express gratitude?

Lily and Book – If you begin to journal about your experiences, you will be able to look back on them later with clear eyes instead of a clouded memory. In doing so, you can more clearly see what you are grateful for, and be more prepared and able to express that gratitude openly to others.

What will help me, in this moment, to express moments of love in the present?

Animatxs and Goat – To express moments of love more clearly in the present, lean into being more impulsive. You spend too much time worrying about what other people think, and more specifically what your father would think. This worry causes you to hold back on expressing your love.

What will help me, in this moment, to express hope for the future?

Birds and Scythe – Bring your friends in close, and cut loose the naysayers that would get in the way with their doubts and negativity.

DECK USED: RED HAND LENORMAND