🎨 Weekly Creativity Prompt – Differing Perspectives

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Prompt: “Pull the Page of Pentacles 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?“

Mystic Goddess Sigils Tarot - Page of PentaclesMystic Goddess Sigils Tarot – In the center of this card we see a maze, and what appears to me to be the roots of a plant just starting out. This card speaks of the need to develop roots first before growth can begin. It shows the roots at their start, and encourages them to grow to create a stable foundation before continuing on to navigating the maze that is its obstacle to freedom. This card asks us what preparations do we need to put in place in order to create a stable foundation for where we want to end up? The foundation will always be the first step. It warns that sometimes beginnings take time, and thus patience is needed in order for opportunities to grow into fruition.

Page of Pentacles in the Star Trek Tarot, Serenity Tarot, and Cosmic Seeker Tarot

Star Trek Tarot – This card speaks of a continuous curiosity for new knowledge and an urge to advance one’s skills and abilities. It says that no matter one’s age, that curiosity is what creates spice in life, and growth of one’s skills and abilities keeps one fresh and agile, creating strength that can be built on. It encourages not being discouraged when growth takes time. Opportunities for growth are always present, even at times when we don’t always recognize them. The message here is a reminder to be open to those opportunities and eager to explore them, even when you’re feeling jaded or tired.

Serenity Tarot – The figure in this card reflects the traditional imagery in the Rider Waite tradition of tarot. The coil is cherished and admired, valued and the entire focus of the figure in the center of the card. At her feet, growth flourishes. This card speaks of valuing the themes of the pentacles suit.  Home, health, skills, financial stability.  This card says that when you value these traits and themes, growth will come.  Slow and steady, perhaps, but it will come.

Cosmic Seeker Tarot – I struggle with the princess (page) in this card, as there is stagnancy here rather than growth or slow movement. It is as if she holds the coin in her lap, but her mind is elsewhere.  She’s not even touching it.  To me, the imagery in this card speaks of neglecting these important themes that the coin represents.  Are you ignoring your health and changes that need to be made? Are you choosing to not deal with financial obligations? Are you avoiding doing the things that will create a stable foundation for your goals?  This card asks these questions and encourages looking closely within oneself for the answers.

DECK USED: MYSTIC GODDESS SIGILS TAROT, STAR TREK TAROT, SERENITY TAROT, COSMIC SEEKER TAROT

Gideon’s Challenge – Soul Bathing

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Planting RosesSoul Bathing 

No gloves
just dirt
wrist deep
under the nails
and in the grooves
of fingerprints
as hands dig deep
in rich soil
to give life
a new start
and introduce
what will bloom
to it’s new home

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Seek Out the Boon

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Today’s meditation was eleven minutes long, and was one of the #DailyTrip sessions from the @Calm app. Balance vs balancing.

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Practical Tarot's Five of CupsThe @GlitterbyInk #JuneSun25 Challenge
Summer Sunlight Prompt for June 2 : Light
Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.

Today’s draw is the Five of Cups, which is traditionally a representation of pessimism, regrets, doomsday thinking, disappointments, and occasionally, failure (or at the very least, the perception of failure).

And the cards say… you missed the mark yesterday. Try again.

Maybe the bad shit is actually a boon, yeah?  What was in those cups anyway?

I am struggling. It’s hard to admit to that, but there it is. I thought that I had adapted well to the building that went up across the alley from my own, but what I’m finding instead? Is that I feel closed in and constantly bombarded by noises and smells.

What if this experience has a boon to it, though? What if this struggle is teaching me something about myself and what is essential to my wellness and happiness? What if the experience is to help in my growth?

The Five of Cups for today combined with the “Light” prompt asks us to look at our struggles not as discomfort and misery, but to seek out a lighter view and look for the boon. How is this struggle benefiting you, either now, or in the long run? Instead of wallowing in the negative, seek out the positive spin in order to see things from a lighter viewpoint and actually gain something from this negative experience.

DECK USED:  PRACTICAL TAROT

@LightningWildflower‘s June Tarot Challenge
Discovery Prompts for June 1st thru 3rd

Oracle Reading with the Woodland Wizards Game CardsWhat am I learning about myself?

Golden Phoenix – Above all else, you’re a survivor. You might come out the other side emaciated and tattered, but you will rise, survive, and live on to thrive once more. This is true no matter the hurdle or struggle involved.

What new things would I enjoy researching more about?

Mossy Dryad atop Dark Ferret – Take your camera and its macro lens with you and go scurrying through the undergrowth. There is healing to be found in getting lost in the smallest of nature’s wonders.

What have I discovered recently that I want to share with others?

Deadly Vine – Wow. This went really literal. I’ve noticed that there’s some foxglove and tansy growing in the weeds behind the houses on Ms B’s street. I’ve been considering giving the neighbors a heads up, as many of them have young children and pets.

Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Wood Fern for Exorcising Negative Influences
Desert Rose for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: WOODLAND WIZARDS GAME CARDS

Daily Self Kindness

I went out to dinner tonight instead of hiding inside. This is because I recognized that I was trying to wallow in an unhealthy urge (the hiding).

Gideon’s Challenge – Resistance

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Steak DinnerResistance

Comfortable
hiding at home
with the curtains
closed
and the ceiling fan on
the invite feels
unwelcome
and is turned down
at first
until
they speak of flavors
and baked shrimp
appetizers
then
it’s time to go

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Bad Lighting

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Today’s meditation was ten minutes long, and was one of the #DailyTrip sessions from the @Calm app.

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Earth Mother Magic Tarot's Five of CupsThe @GlitterbyInk #JuneSun25 Challenge
Summer Sunlight Prompt for June 1st : Beginning
Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.

Today’s draw is the Five of Cups, which is traditionally a representation of pessimism, doomsday thinking, regrets, disappointments, and occasionally, failure (or at the very least, the perception of failure).

CS Lewis once said, “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.”

The figure in this card trudges into the dark, lit only by a candle and tripping over cups. But if they would just change their perspective, by turning around they would find that the moon will light the way and that not all has been lost.

When you begin something with a negative mindset, it can feel like trudging through the dark with only a candle to light your way.  You struggle to see where you’re going, and trip over things along the way, creating unnecessary setbacks.

Yet, by just changing our own perspective on what we’re doing and how it’s going, we can lighten our load and turn things around.

Today’s prompt and card combo is a reminder that sometimes things aren’t as bad as you think. You just got off to a rough start with your mindset trained in the wrong direction. Take a moment to gather yourself. Take a breath. Look for the good and what’s going well.  Then? Move forward again with this new perspective to guide you.

DECK USED:  EARTH MOTHER MAGIC TAROT

#DiscordTarotholicsJun2025 Challenge
Prompt for June 1st : Do Spread 1

Summer Energies Oracle Reading with the Earth Magic Oracle

How is the rise of summer energies manifesting in my life?

Waterfall – Allow things to come as they will and flow with changes rather than trying to fight them. You don’t have to be calm and serene all the time. Instead, let the situation dictate how much or how little energy is needed from you, and expend just enough to suit those needs.

How can I harness these summer energies for my purposes?

Meadow – Remember that it’s okay to be vulnerable. No one is impervious to stress or outside influence. Be authentic and allow yourself to be open to others. You’ll know intuitively when this isn’t safe, so there’s no need to expend so much energy being on guard all the time.

Where would I be best served in directing these energies throughout the summer months?

Mountain – Greater stability can be gained by learning to allow yourself the vulnerability to let go of control and allow things to move at their own pace. Strength doesn’t always come from bracing for the worst, but also through allowing a mindset of allowance and openness to change.

Take Away: Use this summer’s energies to learn to let go and not try so hard to control every aspect of life. Open up to being vulnerable and letting things move at their own pace, and as a result you will reap the benefits of a greater sense of stability.

Other elements included in this reading:
Pressed Pansy Flowers for for Hearing the Heart More Clearly
Dried Rhododendron Leaf for Fostering Confidence
Orange Aventurine Leaves for Pause and Reflection
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: EARTH MAGIC ORACLE

Daily Self Kindness

I took it easy today, and made sure to keep up on the journal entries that I’m doing to track daily accomplishments even though I really felt like just letting it go.

Gideon’s Challenge

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Sunset over PubTransitions

two lives
three lives
or even four
lived in
a single day
and as
the sun falls
behind treetops
and mountains
yet another life
begins
as we wonder
where
did the day go?

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