The Inner Child
I am a
child at heart
when it comes
to food
with a
sweet tooth
and a love for
sugared cereal
that’s irresistible
delighted by
cartoon characters
on boxes
and the puzzles
and games
offered
on the back
Bolstered By Memories
Today’s meditation was skipped.
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The @GlitterbyInk #DecemberDays25 Beyond the Solstice Challenge
The Archetype Prompt for December 17 : Fierce
Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.
Today’s draw is the Six of Cups, which is traditionally a representation of nostalgia, joyful memories, childhood experiences, and revisiting the past in some way.
Nostalgia is a powerful thing. It can lift you up or it can tear you down. The memories that we decide to keep have the ability to give us a great deal of joy and strengthen confidence, or if we let them, they can create a mindset of trauma and victimization that can be hard to escape.
The message in today’s card and prompt combo is a reminder that we need to carry with us the memories that make us fierce and strong, bolstering us when we need that extra boost to get through the hard parts. Let go of those memories that can hurt us or discredit us or otherwise tear us down. The bad things that happened to us in our past teach us lessons, but they don’t have to be an ever-present open and infected wound that we poke and prod at.
DECK USED: KING’S JOURNEY TAROT CHRISTMAS EDITION
@LightningWildflower December Arcana Challenge
Justice Prompts for December 16th and 17th
How can I align my decisions better with my core values?
Four of Cups atop Three of Cups – Pause before you act. Even with others taking the lead, it’s always up to you to pause and have a little chat with yourself before you act. That moment of reflection is important, especially when you’re letting others take the lead. It’s easy to just follow along, but connecting with what’s right for you needs to always take priority even during these moments when you’re stepping back from making decisions.
Where am I being asked to take greater responsibility?
The Hierophant and Knight of Cups – Make sure you are owning your actions and reactions. Don’t just write off your emotional reactions as something that happens. Having a bad day or a flare of temper is no excuse for behaving badly. Remember that you’re on a learning journey with your emotional intelligence, and that requires you to look at things in a more responsible manner rather than writing them off as “that’s just what happened”. There’s a lot to learn from your emotional reactions.
Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Silver Maple Key for Bouncing Back to Thrive
Japanese Cherry Leaf as a Reminder of Life’s Fleeting Moments
Polar Bear Figurine for Perseverance and Strength
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy
DECK USED: TAROT NOVA KIT
@aplacetodock #Yuletide Oracle Challenge
Prompts for December 15th, 16th, 17th and 20th
What ancestor message is for this holiday?
Eight of Wands – Enjoy the slow down. Usually at this time of year, you’re so busy that you can’t even breathe and have trouble remembering to eat. The slow down this year is giving you an opportunity to enjoy the holidays more than you normally would have the opportunity to.
What task is delegated to Santa’s Elves?
The Hierophant – Let others dictate what holiday traditions to observe this year. Just sit back and enjoy the ride.
What glows from Rudolph’s shiny red nose?
Queen of Coins Rx – You don’t have everything in balance, and because of that, you are the one in need of nurturing this year. Expend less of your energy on nurturing others, and seek out those that are willing to spend their energy on you.
What is my Silent Night candle Christmas wish?
Six of Cups – What you want more than anything is to end up with some positive memories to carry forward with you into the future. You struggle with memory, and need others to keep things fresh or you have a tendency to lose them. You want memories you can hold on to and enjoy in future trips down memory lane with others that you share them with.
Other elements included in this reading:
Pressed Pansy Flower for Hearing the Heart More Clearly
Bird Figurine for Fostering Hope, Positivity, and Renewal
Deer Figure for touching base with Tenderness and Vulnerability
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy
DECK USED: KING’S JOURNEY TAROT CHRISTMAS EDITION
Left to head back home a bit early today, and that’s a very good thing since the road out to get onto the highway was already flooded and they were getting ready to close it down.
Gideon’s Challenge – Fleeting Warmth
Fleeting Warmth
No rainbows
flash colorful
and bright
in the face
of sunbeams
and rainfall
as clouds skim
above
and give peeks
at blue
that disappear
too quickly
to catch
Photo © ZenStatePhotography
Smaller Than They Appear
Today’s meditation was an eleven minute long #DailyTrip session from the @Calm app.
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The @GlitterbyInk #DecemberDays25 Beyond the Solstice Challenge
The Archetype Prompt for December 16 : Bold
Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.
Today’s draw is the Nine of Swords, which is traditionally a representation of nightmares, anxiety, insomnia, and negative thoughts and inner narratives.
Fortune favors the bold, or so they say.
That means even when you’re scared or worried or plague by anxiety… you still move forward and keep going. When you remain still and entertain these fears and anxieties, it allows them to grow and become bigger and bigger, taking over more and more of your life.
The message in today’s card and prompt combination is a reminder that your fears are not as big as you think they are, but you actually have to confront them in order to prove that to yourself. If you don’t? Then they’ll just continue to grow and grow in your mind.
DECK USED: TAROTGAZING DECK
@Lionharts #TheDecemberTarot Fruits of 2025 Challenge
The Magician Prompts for December 16th
A turn of the tide
The Fool – Consider the ways in which you have been foolish or naïve this year, and consider how you can shift this mindset into safer territory. There are better places to allow that foolishness and naivety full reign.
A part to play
Eight of Pentacles – Try looking into at how you can instill fun and play into your work without losing the responsibility aspect in the process. They don’t have to be mutually exclusive.
A truth that can’t hide
Queen of Cups – You need more nurturing than you’re getting, and you may need to provide it for yourself if no one else can step up fill that gap (or get past that natural resistance you have to accepting it in the first place). This is why you continue to crave “mother energy” in your life.
A choice to weigh
Four of Cups – Do you really want to be alone, or is it just what you’re used to? You’re never going to be an extrovert, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t take comfort in the presence of others and enjoy their company when it’s offered.
Other elements included in this reading:
Wood burned Bear for Strength and Fostering Protective Instincts
Foraged Lodgepole Pine for Resilience, Growth, and Renewal
Scotch Pine Cones for Purging Negative Influences
Rose Quartz for Gentle Kindness to Self and Others
Citrine for Energy Lift (easing the weight of heavy energies)
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy
DECK USED: WINTER WAITE TAROT 2019 REVISED EDITION
#DiscordTarotholicsDec2025 Challenge
Prompts for December 16th and 17th
How can you better connect with your intuition and decrease self-doubt?
Four of Swords; Ten of Vessels atop The World – Everything feels better and works better when you get the rest you need. That includes your intuition. You are able to move forward with greater certainty when you have an appropriate amount of rest under your belt and hope in your heart.
Philosophical Question: Is a “wrong” act okay if nobody ever knows about it?
King of Coins and Ace of Staves – These cards first and foremost ask you to define “wrong”. They ask… who decides?
Beyond this, they also speak of keeping in mind that when you start a journey, it’s usually best to start on the right foot. What you build from these beginnings is growth from a seed planted at the start. Thus, when you start with a “wrong” act, the seed that the foundation of what you are growing will be corrupt, and the foundation will not be as strong as that otherwise could be.
Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Parmeliaceae Lichen for a “Breath of Fresh Air”
Dried Red Maple Leaf for Adaptability and Connection
Conch Shell Knot for Concentration and Clarity
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy
DECK USED: TAROTGAZING DECK
I took a nap. I also officially switched my packaging processing company so that I don’t have to travel north to ship out my orders any longer. The company will disperse them to ship from different locations along I-5 for me (a stalker precaution that I’ve been doing myself up until now).
Gideon’s Challenge – Quietude
Quietude
A moment
of evening sun
and a
quite corner
away from
the world
where breath
can be pulled
in deep
and let out
slow
without anyone
invading
personal space
Photo © ZenStatePhotography
Finding the Positive for December 13 & 15
December 13 – Mental Health Card of the Day
Today’s meditation was an eleven minute long #DailyCalm session from the @Calm app.
The session talked about the correlation between gluggavedur (window weather in Icelandic) and how we can deal with our more intense emotions. That is, by observing our inner storms in the same way we would observe a storm raging outside while sitting safe and warm inside. By viewing our emotional state in this manner, we are able to view our emotions more objectively. This allows us to observe strong emotions as they arrive and subside, processing them and acknowledging them without getting caught up in them.
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The @GlitterbyInk #DecemberDays25 Beyond the Solstice Challenge
The Archetype Prompt for December 13 : Tender
Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.
Today’s draw is the Three of Cups, which is traditionally a representation of friendships, revelry, celebration, and collaboration between those that are linked or alike not just in mind but also in heart.
Vulnerabilities make us close ourselves away. It’s a natural defense mechanism to protect ourselves from being hurt when we’re feeling at our most vulnerable, and I am absolutely guilty of this.
The thing is? When we’re feeling tender and vulnerable, that is the time when we should be reaching out to others that we trust to provide us support. Not doing so forces us to deal with these feelings alone, and that in turn causes those feelings to be compounded by that sense of alone-ness.
The message in today’s card and prompt combination is a reminder that our support system is there to support us. That means when you need support? That’s when you need to make sure you are reaching out to them. Let them step in and help you carry the weight of your vulnerabilities, and you may find that their support is not just healing, but helps you find your footing again just a bit faster as well.
DECK USED: VINTAGE CHRISTMAS TAROT
December 15 – Mental Health Card of the Day
Today’s meditation was a ten minute long #DailyCalm session from the @Calm app.
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The @GlitterbyInk #DecemberDays25 Beyond the Solstice Challenge
The Archetype Prompt for December 15 : Serene
Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.
Today’s draw is the Eight of Wands, which is traditionally a representation of action, speed, alacrity, fast paced events or change, or having a target goal in your sights that you are charging towards.
Sometimes you just have to light a fire under your ass and get things done.
Relaxation and taking your time is all well and good as long as you’re able to jump forward and do what needs done now and then. Especially if you fall behind on certain things, it can be important to be able to move quickly and with focus in order to keep everything on track.
The message in today’s card and prompt combo is that it’s absolutely possible to carry those moments of serenity from the quiet, peaceful times into these moments when you need to hop to it and get stuff done. That inner calm does not have to be disrupted just because you need to move a little bit quicker and do a little bit more. Today’s card encourages us to work on retaining that peace and calm, even during moments of activity.
Twisting the Leaf 