Let’s Wing It

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#DailyTrip with the Calm app - Sayadaw U Tejaniya quoteToday’s meditation was ten minutes long, and was a #DailyTrip session from the Calm app.  The session itself was only eight minutes, but I lingered for another two because it felt a little too short.

The session was about doing nothing, and essentially walked you through eight minutes of doing just that… nothing.  It guided you back to that “nothing” again and again whenever the mind starts to stray or the attention begins to be pulled in one direction or another, bringing you back to that “nothing” again and again throughout the session.

You would think a meditation like this would be easy, but it’s not until you actually try it that you realize just how much stuff goes through your head from minute to minute throughout the day.

Moon Void Tarot's King of Wands and It’s Going To Be Okay 2024 Day-to-day Calendar By Kate AllanToday’s draw is the King of Wands combined with the affirmation “I have no idea what I’m doing, but I’m trying anyway.”

“Winging it” really is a thing.  A very useful and extremely helpful thing. It can terrify others (or even yourself) when the question of “what are we going to do” comes up and your answer is “I dunno.  Let’s see what happens!”  And yet?  Some of the absolute greatest successes (and most massive failures) come out of that sense of adventure that allows you to “just wing it” now and then.

Don’t forget about the magic in this. Enthusiasm and winging it can set the world on fire.

DECKS USED:  MOON VOID TAROT AND IT’S GOING TO BE OKAY 2024 DAY-TO-DAY CALENDAR BY KATE ALLAN

#DiscordTarotholicsFeb2024 Challenge Prompt
Question for February 23rd : Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day – What in life makes you deserving of a treat today?

The Roadkill Oracle Deck and Moon Void Tarot - Three of Swords, Page of PentaclesThree of Swords Rx and Sloth – You aren’t languishing, which allows your depression and disenchantment a foothold, but actually doing things today.

It might not be the things that everyone else wants you to do?  But that’s okay.  Do what you want to do. You’re starting something new and getting things done.

Page of Pentacles and Human – You’ve made a choice to be creative today and begin the first steps on a new creative project. Part of this is bringing that project to somewhere you have more time to focus on it, but also there is the part where you actually began the project.

The Treat – Ms B made homemade chocolate chip cookies!

DECK USED: MOON VOID TAROT AND THE ROADKILL ORACLE DECK

Daily Self Kindness

I packed up and took a set of work stuff to Ms B’s today.  It really bothers me that a lot of times when I’m at her house, I’m wasting hours of my day just sitting around so that she has some company for a bit.  By bringing a set of supplies/tools there, I can at least get something productive done during that time, even if I’m working on it a little at a time instead of finishing projects in one fell swoop.

Gideon’s Challenge

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Giant KoiTogether

Lets float along
just you and I
for a little while
together
as the currents
of life
wash by
in ebb and flow
and we let
the world
spin on
without our
interference
or protest

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🌕 Full Moon in Virgo – February 2024

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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 courtesy of Seeds of Shakti.

Virgo Full Moon Oracle Reading with the Timeless Tales Oracle

What medicine does the Virgo Full Moon offer?

Liberation – You are being offered the opportunity to wrest free more independence from those things that tie your hands and hold you down.

What area in my life needs more structure and organization?

Justice – Remember that you get what you give. It’s time to create a cycle of returns.

What lifestyle changes would my body, mind, and heart benefit from?

Greed – Tap into your feelings of FOMO and make sure that they aren’t being allowed to get out of control. Practice moderation, even though it’s not your strong suit.

What project that has been on the back burner forever needs to be revisited and completed?

Fortune – It’s time to begin working on those things that you know will grow your fortune and create success for you. Get draft listings posted in your shop, restock those things that you know people are waiting to come back in stock in your shop, etc.

Full Moon advice from the Minoan Goddess Amalthea.

Secrets – Tend to your own secrets and leave other people’s alone. Remember that other people are not all that much different than you, and their secrets are probably similar as well. There’s no need to go digging.

DECK USED: TIMELESS TALES ORACLE

Emotions are Hard

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Today’s meditation was skipped.

Journey Tarot Deck's Queen of Water (Queen of Cups)and It’s Going To Be Okay 2024 Day-to-day Calendar By Kate AllanToday’s draw is the Queen of Cups combined with the affirmation “Please try not to worry. It will all work itself out.”

Emotions are watery and never stagnant.  That means that they will ebb and flow and be in constant motion. They are not a foundation you can stand steadily upon, but something that swirls around you.

That doesn’t mean that they don’t have your place, and that over time they won’t become familiar and even comforting in their presence.

Let them swirl around you. Experience them, and let them become familiar.

DECKS USED:  JOURNEY TAROT DECK AND IT’S GOING TO BE OKAY 2024 DAY-TO-DAY CALENDAR BY KATE ALLAN

Lionharts #TheFebruaryTarot Once Upon a Tarot Prompt
Questions for February 22nd and 23rd

Journey Tarot Deck - Page of Cups, Three of Pentacles, Page of Swords, Two of Pentacles, Six of Cups, Seven of CupsThe Moon: Navigating the Tides
What is currently contributing to the ebbing tide in my life?

Six of Cups – Nostalgia. There are things from your past that have rose up of late that are now beginning to ebb away again.  Needs and wants, dreams you’ve had that are settling into the back burner.  Released and fading.

What can I do to harmonize with the natural flow of my emotions?

Two of Pentacles – Focus on balancing things out. Be glad when those things no longer serving you begin to slide away, as it makes room for something new to take its place. Otherwise, balancing everything becomes impossible as there are too many pieces on the board at once.

How can I skillfully navigate life’s currents, moving with the rhythm?

Three of Pentacles – Lean into others to help you. You don’t have to do everything yourself, and when you try to it sets you out of rhythm with those currents. Better to allow them to to help.

The Sun: Basking in Radiance
In what area can I consciously acknowledge the abundance and gratitude in my heart?

Seven of Cups – Be grateful for all the options that are available to you. You’re not trapped into one choice in most of the aspects of your life.  You’ve forged your life to allow you to always have options open to you in a way that most do not.

What ritual or activity can amplify the abundance of joy that already exists in my life?

Page of Swords – Be open to new ideas. There is more opportunities and options open to you than you can even imagine. If you think outside the box and are open to new ideas, you will have more ways to seek out those things that inspire you.

How can I continue to nurture and expand the already abundant wellspring of gratitude and joy within?

Page of Cups – Continue working on developing your emotional intelligence. It’s a long journey and not an easy one, but when you continue to work on this, you come closer to understanding yourself and what you truly need in life, allowing you to develop goals of your own instead of those ingrained in you from your past experiences and upbringing.

DECK USED: JOURNEY TAROT DECK

Daily Self Kindness

Today’s post is a catch-up post, and I can’t remember what my daily self-kindness was for today.

Gideon’s Challenge

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Roots and BranchesLuck or Fate

How is it
that I became
so lucky
as to find someone
that knows me
so well
that they can see
what I will see
and know
without a doubt
what lies in my heart
is a tangle of
roots and branches

Photo © ZenStatePhotography

Strength and Foundations

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Today’s meditation was skipped.

Erotic Tarot's Queen of Roses (Queen of Pentacles) and It’s Going To Be Okay 2024 Day-to-day Calendar By Kate AllanToday’s draw is the Queen of Roses (Pentacles) combined with the affirmation “Everything will work out, you’ll see!”

The posture of the queen in this card reminds me of the phrase “Fake it ’til you make it.”  Her beautiful golden replacement limb on display, she is powerful. But, does she always feel that way?  Probably not.

These cards are a reminder that even when you don’t feel powerful? If you fake it… you’ll make it. Feelings are temporary, but a good foundation helps you stand strong even when you need to sit down.  Stay strong and you will make it through.

DECKS USED:  EROTIC TAROT AND IT’S GOING TO BE OKAY 2024 DAY-TO-DAY CALENDAR BY KATE ALLAN

#DiscordTarotholicsFeb2024 Challenge Prompt
Questions for February 21st and 22nd

Chocolate Lover's Message Cards and Erotic Tarot's Queen of Feathers (Queen of Swords) and Six of Candles (Six of Wands)Philosophical Question: Does love feel different to different people or is it a universal emotion?

Queen of Feathers (Swords) Rx and Chocolate Topping – Don’t be a know it all. In life, you are only able to experience things through your own lens of perception. No matter how long you’ve been around, how much experience you’ve accumulated, or how much you observe others, you are still experiencing all of this through that personal lens. Everyone else has their own lens as well, and it’s not the same as yours.

So, yes, love feels different to different people. This is a part of what makes some people such a great match, and others mix like oil and water.

Be Humble Day – Where in life would it be beneficial for your ego to take a step back?

Six of Candles (Wands) Rx and Organic Chocolate – You can’t please everybody all the time, so stop trying.

DECKS USED: EROTIC TAROT AND THE CHOCOLATE LOVERS MESSAGE CARDS

Daily Self Kindness

I took a nap after I got home from the salon today.  Although the dream sucked? I felt better on the whole for having done so.