The Lift
Little pops
of color
bathing
in the sun
lighten
the mood
on a day
filled with
frustrations
and
moments
of irritation
Moderation and Enthusiasm
Today’s meditation was skipped.
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The @GlitterbyInk #NovemberWhispers25 Liminal Dreamland Challenge
Truth-Teller Prompt for November 11 : Midwife
Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.
Today’s draw is the Temperance card, which is traditionally a representation of moderation, balance, slowing down, practicing patience, and can at times represent a connection between the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual.
When a woman is expecting, sometimes they choose to involve a midwife. This midwife is a person who provides guidance for the health and safety of both mother and child. They become a force in the pregnancy that promotes moderation and temperance.
Their guidance is there to help instill not just enthusiasm, but also patience, for a pregnancy is a long journey of nine months and there’s very little immediacy involved.
The message in today’s card combined with the “midwife” prompt is a reminder that even during times when you are very excited and your enthusiasm is high, make sure that you are adding a little bit of moderation and temperance into your approach. That’s not saying to rain on your own parade or ruin the experience, merely make sure that your health and safety are taken into account on the journeys that you choose to go on.
DECK USED: THE GUARDIAN OF THE NIGHT POCKET TAROT
The @owlandbonestarot #78DaysOfTarotSpreads Challenge
The Chariot Spread
Where do you take the lead?
The Seeker, The Drift, The Haven – When chaos reins or things seem out of control, you seek a safe place to find an anchor in the storm and draw others with you to seek shelter there once it’s found.
Where might you exercise self-control?
The Pioneer and Duality – You decide who you are and the person you become. No one else does this for you. It’s all about your choices and how those choices combined together to create the person you become in the future. Therefore it’s important to make your choice choices wisely.
Where can you let go and trust?
The Alchemist and The Persona – As you move forward in your journey there will be both hard times and easy ones. With a concerted effort, you can let go of being on guard all the time, and trust that both your times of struggle as well as your times of boon are providing you the building blocks to grow into who you want to become.
What vision guides your path forward?
The Guide, The Watchman, Preservation – You have absolutely no interest in helping just yourself, but want to help others as well to find lasting safety and happiness. This reflects back to the first question in this reading in reference to where you lead.
Other elements included in this reading:
Oak Branch with Parmeliaceae Lichen for Refresh and Perseverance
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy
DECKS USED: THE SOMNIA TAROT ORACLE SERIES
@thetruthinstory #embracethemagical2025 Challenge
The Descent Prompts 14 thru 16 :
Ashes (Release) – What must burn away so only the essence remains?
Eight of Pentacles and Bear – It’s time to consider cutting down on all those superfluous things you add to your work and business. Look at what’s not doing well and what’s not selling, and release these things so that those that really do shine can thrive. It’s in these things that you’re really good at that you can find a greater sense of stability, but you have to get rid of all the extraneous BS first.
Bone (Essence) – What is indestructible in me, what remains when all else is gone?
Ace of Wands and Elephant – Your passion to help others and to give of yourself is an integral part of who you are. Even when your creative spark is at its lowest, your desire to help and support others continues on.
Root (Origin) – What is the deepest root I must return to now?
Three of Wands and Horse – Always reconnect to within in order to help guide your direction. Acting without that connection to your inner moral compass and deep sense of inner self will only be detrimental to your progress.
Other elements included in this reading:
Dried Red Maple Leaf for Adaptability and Connection
Staghorn Sumac for Connecting with Nature and the Inner Wild
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy
DECK USED: THE GUARDIAN OF THE NIGHT POCKET TAROT AND WHISPERS FROM THE ANIMAL HEART ORACLE
This is a catch up post, and I’m not entirely sure what the self kindness was for this day.
Gideon’s Challenge – The Wharf
The Wharf
A walk
along the pier
with fresh air
in the nose
and colorful
splashes of
floating walls
where people
live and work
side by side
riding
the currents
of life
spent
on the water.
Photo © ZenStatePhotography
Discernment vs Discrimination
Today’s meditation was a twelve minute long #DailyTrip session from the @Calm app.
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The @GlitterbyInk #NovemberWhispers25 Liminal Dreamland Challenge
Truth-Teller Prompt for November 10 : Lineage
Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.
Today’s draw is the Two of Swords (Feathers), which is traditionally a representation of crossroads, difficult decisions, needing more information, seeking inward for answers, weighing one’s options, and sometimes avoidance.
Discernment vs discrimination.
These terms, in my opinion, overlap. It’s like those venn diagrams where two circles overlap to create a third area of combined traits.
I’ve experienced a lot of discrimination in life due to my appearance, my father even more so. I can’t really look beyond him in my personal lineage, as there’s no resources to plumb, but I would imagine that he and I weren’t the first in our family to experience such things.
Through those experiences, “knowledge” has been passed down in how to behave in the company of others, who to gravitate towards (and away from), etc.
The thing is, though, how much of this carried down knowledge taught from generation to generation is actually a value, and how much of it is just bullshit built on prejudice and discrimination?
This happens with even small things like a great grandfather from a long ago war telling his great grandson that Asian people eat with chopsticks. Knowledge which this child carries into adulthood and then is surprised the first time they see a Korean eating rice with a spoon.
With such innocuous misinformation carried forward so easily through decades, it poses the question… how much misinformation are we carrying forward with us that’s not so innocuous?
The message in today’s card and the prompt of “lineage” is a reminder to challenge your preconceived notions and discriminatory knowledge. Every culture has these things they believe about other cultures, every person has these things that they believe about other people. Sometimes we pick them up from society and other times they are carried down through generations in our families.
Today’s message challenges us to not just go along with “the party line” just because it’s what we’ve been taught or what “sounds good”, but to actually explore and make up our own minds through personal experience.
DECK USED: LIVING EARTH TAROT
The @owlandbonestarot #78DaysOfTarotSpreads Challenge
The Lovers Spread
What choice brings you closer to love or self-love?
Five of Swords and Clan of the Moon – When you let go of your fear of exposing your vulnerability, it brings you closer to love and self love. Your fight to stay strong and not let others see your vulnerabilities and weaknesses hold you back from them and the love they have to offer while simultaneously punishing yourself for these vulnerabilities. If you want to be closer to love and self love, you need to work on accepting your vulnerabilities rather than trying to hide them away.
What choice aligns you with your higher self?
The Fool and Entwined Roots – When you choose to allow yourself to stretch beyond your comfort zone, especially in the area of fun and play, it helps in aligning you with your “higher self”. A great deal of your strategizing, planning, and preparations that you do in life are about protection. When you let go of that need to protect, it helps you to connect with something raw and real that otherwise is hidden away from yourself and the world at large.
What choice risks pulling you out of alignment?
Wheel of Fortune and Portal Into the Depths – Allowing yourself to fall into negative narratives when things aren’t going the way you expect them to opens you up to dipping into depression and pulls you out of alignment with your path and purpose.
What choice will expand your growth?
Ten of Swords and Desert Seclusion – Making the choice to move on from moments of defeat and failure instead of wallowing in the pain helps you to expand your growth. When you choose to keep moving instead of wallowing in your misery, you are able to recover faster and look back to find the boon that much sooner than you otherwise would.
Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Oak Branch with Moss and Lichen for Perseverance
Beak Hazel Branch for Sustainable Growth and Grounding
Dried Red Maple Leaf for Adaptability and Connection
Ammonite for a Sense of Stability During Times of Change
Orange Aventurine Leaves for Pause and Reflection
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy
DECKS USED: THE MYTHICAL CREATURES TAROT AND LIFE’S SEASONS ORACLE
@LightningWildflower November Tarot Challenge
Earth and Water “The Fours” Prompts for November 10th thru 12th
Four of Pentacles
What am I holding onto too tightly?
Four of Wands and Selkie – This question should be what aren’t you holding onto too tightly. You’re stubborn to a fault. You want to do things your way, you want them to look your way, and you want things to be your way… and your formidable will has a tendency to push for just that.
It is that formidable will that you need to let go of, though. Especially if you want to remain comfortable in your own home and more comfortable overall in the world. Being too rigid will not serve you well.
Four of Cups
What is distracting me from recognizing new opportunities?
The Hierophant and Garden – You spent too much worrying about how things should be done instead of thinking outside the box and exploring new methods. It’s true that sometimes it’s easier to just fall back on old traditions and all that came before, but if you do this too often it becomes a bad habit.
What would getting out of my comfort zone look like?
King of Pentacles and Gold – Getting out of your comfort zone more often would lead to a journey of self discovery towards a greater sense of “self”. As a result, as you learn to accept more of yourself, you learn to value yourself more.
Other elements included in this reading:
Staghorn Sumac for Connecting with Nature and the Wild Within
Foraged Parmeliaceae Lichen for a “Breath of Fresh Air”
Foraged Ponderosa Pine Cone for Resilience and Adaptability
Carnelian Agate for Inner Drive and Focusing On Aspirations
Desert Rose for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy
DECK USED: LIVING EARTH TAROT AND FOLKLORE ORACLE
I managed to get my tax updates finished today, which feels like it lifted a huge weight of my shoulders.
Gideon’s Challenge – The Bite
The Bite
Rain is
always cold
here in
this place
and the sea
has a frigid
bite
to it
when you
decide
to take a leap
and dive in
for a dip
Photo © ZenStatePhotography
Be Loud
Today’s meditation was a ten minute long #DailyCalm session from the @Calm app.
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The @GlitterbyInk #NovemberWhispers25 Liminal Dreamland Challenge
Truth-Teller Prompt for November 9 : Whisper
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 Wands, which is traditionally a representation of the first active step in a journey, progress towards a goal, and the seizing of opportunities.
When you want to accomplish something, you need to step beyond the silence. Action requires boldness. It requires moving beyond watching and waiting, beyond planning into actually stepping up and stepping forward.
When the time to act arrives, it’s no longer time to whisper and go about silently doing all the planning and preparation. Beginnings require more than that. They require stepping out of that safe space and being loud.
The message in today’s card is that you can only plan for so long before there’s nothing left but to step out of your shell and actually start moving. That place of planning and whispers may feel safe, but it can only get you so far before you have to step out of the shadows and take action. Lingering in that safe space beyond that point just creates unhealthy stagnancy.
DECK USED: THE TAROT OF DÜRER
#DiscordTarotholicsNov2025 Challenge
Prompts for November 9th thru 11th
Do Spread 2 : Advice I need to hear at this time concerning my ambitions.
Reading Summary: There is a color correlation between the ram’s clothing in the King of Pentacles and the hyssop flowers in the anchor card, which draws the attention to the base of the ram’s throne. This connection speaks of a need for a strong foundation in order to back up the success that you seek (as seen in the dog in the background of the Ten of Pentacles, who is also close in color match with the hyssop card.
In the Three of Wands, there is no blatant correlations aside from that of the vertical wands standing tall, which connects to the trees in the King of Pentacles and the stalk of the hyssop in the anchor card; standing tall in the center of its own card. There is also a slight color connection between the Three of Wands background and the anchor card’s background. These factors communicate a need for action after you get your foundation in place. You have to be able to stand strong first, before movement can begin towards your dreams and aspirations.
Take Away: This message expands on the Card of the Day message pulled this morning, which is that you can only go so far with planning and preparation before you actually have to start moving towards your goals and take action. The reminder here is that you need to make sure that that foundational planning and preparation is in place first. Don’t jump the gun just because you want to get there faster.
My Desire – Goldenrod – You want to ensure that you are going in a healthy direction, and try to prioritize this above everything else.
An Obstacle In My Path – Lemongrass – Your negative inner narratives and your drive toward addiction and excess are your greatest obstacles when trying to set yourself on a healthy direction.
The Solution – Clary Sage – Focus on clarity of mind and self-awareness. You need to be able to see clearly what you’re doing and the motivations behind your actions in order to circumvent these less healthy tendencies and habits.
Other elements included in this reading:
Japanese Cherry Leaf as a Reminder of Life’s Fleeting Moments
Foraged Silver Maple Key for Bouncing Back to Thrive
Foraged Parmeliaceae Lichen for a “Breath of Fresh Air”
Cedar Mandala Charged for Predictive Clarity
Aquamarine for fostering Wisdom and Clarity
Rose Quartz for Gentle Kindness to Self and Others
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy
DECK USED: WOODLAND WARDENS TAROT AND WILD MEDICINE CARDS v2
@LightningWildflower November Tarot Challenge
Earth and Water “The Threes” Prompts for November 7th thru 9th
Three of Pentacles
What challenges do I usually face when collaborating with others?
The Hanged Man and A Light In the Forest – While happy to listen to other people’s perspectives and try things their way, you often find that others are not willing to do the same for you. They either want to take control, or they want you to take control and lead them. You have found that, in your experience, collaboration very rarely results in an actual give-and-take from both parties.
Where in my life would I benefit from calling in support?
Ace of Cups and The Gingerbread House – You are quite unskilled when it comes to understanding new emotions. Although this is your journey and your challenge, you would benefit from not going off on it alone.
Three of Cups
What can I celebrate with my community or chosen family?
Page of Wands and Branch of Summoning – Share new discoveries on your path of learning, and doing so well draw in those that share your same passions. This makes it a learning experience for everyone involved and something all enjoy.
Other elements included in this reading:
Staghorn Sumac for Connecting Deeper with Nature and the Wild
Foraged Beech Pods for Realizations that Foster Personal Growth
Japanese Cherry Leaf as a Reminder of Life’s Fleeting Moments
Foraged Parmeliaceae Lichen for a “Breath of Fresh Air”
Gneiss Stone for Patience in Moments of Discomfort
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy
DECKS USED: THE TAROT OF DÜRER AND THE FOREST OF ENCHANTMENT ORACLE
I made Miss Luna come lie down with me in the bed instead of letting her stay where she wanted to on the couch because I was feeling needy and wanted her cuddles.
Twisting the Leaf 