The Neglected
Sometimes
neglect
offers its own
kind of growth
as the wild
takes over
where culture
and care
leave off
to fill
the spaces
left alone
and abandoned
❤️ Self Care Saturday (On a Sunday)
These Saturday readings are (not usually) bearing in on any one thing or event in my life, as the question used is asking for a more general outlook. This is a self care exercise, and is not meant as a predictive reading… although that, too, happens on occasion.
The question is… What do I need to focus for self-care through the week ahead?
Earth – Nine of Pentacles – Celebrate your accomplishments. This is a time of harvest, and you should be paying attention to what you have brought in and how to preserve it through the winter months. Remember that this includes practices of gratitude and enjoying the fruits of your laborers.
Air – Seven of Cups Rx – Don’t worry so much about making choices right now. Just go with the flow and observe. Sometimes the right answers will land in your lap if you just give them time to sort themselves out.
Water – The Magician Rx – Remember that you don’t have to be in control all the time, and this is especially true with concern to your emotions. Sometimes they swirl in their own direction, and you’re just left to ride it out instead of trying to fix it.
Fire – Nine of Swords – Mistakes are a part of the process when you’re learning something new. Make sure that you’re not being too hard on yourself or falling into “end of the world” thought patterns in these moments.
Waning – Fox and Fish – Don’t go along with it just because you think it’s clever. I’m not sure what this is in reference to at the moment, but it looks like some kind of “get rich quick” scheme that you need to avoid when it comes up. Keep your distance and don’t buy into the hype.
Waxing – Cross and Scythe – Take care this week to make choices that will cut down on your feelings of being burdened.
Take Away – This week is going to challenge your need for control, and if you take care with your actions, may help you in learning to let go and go with the flow more, instead of trying to steer everything with an iron grip. Work on connecting with a mindset of gratitude and setting fears of scarcity aside will help with this. Don’t go adding more to your plate right now. You have enough responsibilities and obligations to contend with at the moment.
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Navigating the Path
Today’s meditation was a ten minute long #DailyCalm session from the @Calm app that focused on the ancient Greek concept of sophrosyne, which is described as a healthy approach to moderation based on a deep sense of self-awareness.
“(The sophrosyne) philosophy begins by acknowledging our excesses and then mindfully recognizing the difference between need and want. Once we recognize how and why we over-consume, sophrosyne suggests that we focus on what we’ll gain rather than what we’ll lose by changing our habits. With this mindset, moderation isn’t a constraint on our wishes and pleasures, but rather it’s a source of balance, health, and peace. Of course, change takes time and effort, and it’s important that we face our excesses with patience and compassion; especially if we slip up. So, the next time you have the urge to binge watch or shop or feast keep in mind the philosophy of sophrosyne and start by asking is this a need or want?” – Tamara Levitt
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Truth-Teller Prompt for November 8 : Threshold
Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.
Today’s draw is the Seven of Cups, which is traditionally a representation of themes having to do with having a plethora of options to choose from, all of opportunity’s doors being open upon one’s path, and at times being overwhelmed by the sheer number of choices available in the moment.
Choose your path wisely. It can be difficult sometimes to consider which direction to take in life, especially if you have multiple options to choose from.
When you stand on the threshold of a new opportunity, it’s wise to pause and consider instead of leaping into action right away. That doesn’t mean that you should stay there forever, considering which one you want, but it does mean that you need to consider which of your options is best suited to you and the possible repercussions of your choices.
The message in today’s card combined with the prompt “threshold” is a reminder to think before you act. Each and every decision we make hold consequences and repercussions, and make up the steps we take on our life’s path and the directions on which that path leads us. When presented with a new opportunity, make sure that you are considering these factors when making your decisions.
DECK USED: AKASHIC EYE TAROT
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The Hierophant Spread
Where do you seek meaning?
The Pig – Your fear of scarcity often drives you to overindulge. You then seek some kind of meaning in those over indulgences, in an effort to create value where otherwise there would be very little.
Who can you learn from?
The Dragonfly – You can learn from anyone and everyone that creates value in your life in some way. It is in their contribution and your gratitude that these lessons reside for you.
What do you believe in?
The Salmon – You believe that every discomfort has a higher purpose in life; that each trial is a lesson, and every failure includes a boon.
Where do you conform?
The Wasp – You believe that your doctors know better than you. This includes both those that treat you physically, as well as mentally. Although you may ask questions (mostly in order to further your own education rather than to disagree or argue), you are usually willing to trust and follow their advice and suggestions when provided.
What traditions do you follow?
The Chameleon – There are no traditions out there that you follow to the letter. You believe in adaptation in order to keep traditions going, which helps adjust them to new situations and new generations. It’s not about remaking anything or changing it, for at heart it is still the same tradition, just adapting it for better a fit and to keep it alive even as the world changes.
Where do you commit?
The Walrus – You’re committed to protecting both your own and others vulnerabilities. This is the reason that your spiritual practice, and especially your tarot practice, often focuses on empowerment.
Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Oak Branch with Moss and Lichen for Perseverance
Foraged Ponderosa Pine Cone for Resilience and Adaptability
Desert Rose for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy
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Death Prompts for November 7th
Let Go – Virgo, Queen of Swords, Book of Shadows – Your struggles with your memory make it hard for you to let go of the things that are not written down, as you fear forgetting them.
As you just went through a depression through the month of September and first week of October, you have a lot of missing time at your heels that your logical brain wants to pick at and try and bring back to the surface for posterity.
Let go of this idea, and consider seeing this time just past your depressive episode as a time of rebirth and renewal.
Find Support – Candle, Seven of Coins, Toad – Healing takes time and honesty. Honesty with yourself and honesty with those that you choose to let help you on your healing journey. When you hide away your pain, your scars, and your vulnerability, it only delays the healing that you could otherwise experience.
Dig Deeper – Priestess, Five of Swords, Moon Cat – Seek out supportive and empowering messages when you are feeling defeated. It serves no one, and prevents healing when you pick on and berate yourself instead of providing words of hope and support during these times.
Also, consider reaching out to the Minoan goddess Amalthea in these situations, as this is a way in which you could begin to explore your connection to her in more depth.
Other elements included in this reading:
Pressed Pansy Flowers for Hearing the Heart More Clearly
Japanese Cherry Leaf as a Reminder of Life’s Fleeting Moments
Rose Quartz for Gentle Kindness to Self and Others
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy
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I had “real food” for dinner (mac n cheese), instead of allowing myself to just snack on junk all evening as I was tempted to do.
Gideon’s Challenge – Waffling
Waffling
Tipping one way
than another
like water
sloshing
in a bowl
emotions
climb the sides
seeking the lip
and escape
beyond
but I refuse
to let them
spill
Photo © ZenStatePhotography
True Excellence Takes Time
Today’s meditation was a twelve minute long #DailyCalm session from the @Calm app.
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Truth-Teller Prompt for November 7 : Echoes
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 Pentacles, which is traditionally a representation of hard work, expertise through practice, honing a skill, quality craftsmanship, handicrafts, and manifestations through skill and hard work. The card is often the embodiment of the “practice makes perfect” adage.
When we think of the skills that we have, how often do we look back at how we got here? Or do we just take it for granted that this is where we are?
The thing is, the skills we’ve honed and the things we are good at, we are good at because we have worked to make it that way. Nobody starts off as an expert or with nowhere to grow from. We all start off at the beginning and learning the basics, and then build up more skill and more technique overtime. The echoes of these learning experiences are carried forward with us as we get better and better at something. The longer we work at it, the more echoes of the past support our skills and abilities in this area.
Today’s card and the corresponding “echoes” prompt are a reminder to go easy on yourself when you’re starting out on something new. You’re not meant to be good at it from the start. Instead, you’re meant to build up to being good at it over time. There will always be others that have been doing it longer than you and that are better at it than you are; just as there will always be others that I’ve been doing it for less time than you and are not as good at it as you are.
Allow yourself to grow and develop at your own pace instead of comparing yourself to everyone else. True excellence takes time.
DECK USED: MYSTERIOUS FOREST TAROT
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Philosophical Prompts for November 5th and 12th
Is it possible to truly experience anything objectively?
Eight of Swords and Puzzle
My understanding of the Achilles and the tortoise paradox (which is Zeno’s Paradox that is referenced in the illustration on this card) argues that the fastest runner (Achilles) can never overtake a slower tortoise if the tortoise is given a head start. The paradox works by breaking the race into an infinite number of smaller steps: Achilles must first cover the tortoise’s head start, but in that time, the tortoise moves a little further. Achilles must then cover that new distance, during which the tortoise moves again, and so on, creating an infinite number of steps where Achilles never quite manages to cover the distance and surpass the tortoise.
This card indicates that no, it’s not possible to experience anything from a completely objective perspective. In our mind, we always have preconceived notions created through past experience and other information that we have learned overtime. Although, that is not to say that new experiences can’t change these preconceive notions. Still, they are always there from the start and need to be dealt with along the way.
What harsh truths does humanity prefer to ignore?
Five of Cups and Balance
My (very layman’s) understanding of the continuum hypothesis is that it poses that there are different sizes of infinity depending on what is used to fill the infinite space (different types of numbers). Natural numbers then creating the smallest sized infinity, and real numbers the next size up, with no other size variation of infinity that lies between them.
Diversity. Humanity often prefers to avoid seeing things from outside their own “box” and take things in from any perspective other than those that align with their own. This takes work, and being willing and able to set aside your own preconceived notions in order to try and see things from a completely different angle then what you believe to be true. Most people are unable to do this and many refuse to even try.
Other elements included in this reading:
Dried Rhododendron Leaf for Fostering Confidence
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy
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The Emperor Spread
What boundary can you create?
Eight of Pentacles – Don’t push yourself to work fast or hard right now. Instead, take things slowly and develop you skills over time. You have a tendency to push too hard, and it’s time to look at creating some boundaries that create space for you to go at a slower pace and be a bit easier on yourself through the development process.
Where can you delegate?
King of Wands – You lead and inspire many with your passion projects and journey. Invite them in to participate instead of leaving them watching in the wings. They are waiting for an invitation to be at your side and work alongside you.
Where or how can you create structure?
Strength – Focus, for the time being, on shoring up your own personal foundations. Your footing has been shaken lately, and you need to work on building up a greater sense of stability to replace some of what was lost. In doing so, you will feel more at ease.
Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Oak Branch with Moss and Lichen for Perseverance
Foraged Ponderosa Pine Cone for Resilience and Adaptability
Desert Rose for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy
DECK USED: MYSTERIOUS FOREST TAROT
I made sure to make extra food today so I could have leftovers for tomorrow.
Gideon’s Challenge – The Red Tree
The Red Tree
Sun drenched days
are fading
into the past
as rain clouds
and overcast skies
begin to dominate
the days
and yet
every so often
pops of color
continue to amaze
in flashes
of autumn hues
Twisting the Leaf 