The Spice of Life

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Tarot The Green Codex Deck - Queen of Wands, Princess of WandsThe @GlitterbyInk #NovemberWhispers25 Liminal Dreamland Challenge
Deam-Weaver Prompt for November 4 : Exploration
Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.

Today’s draw is the Princess (Queen) of Wands, which is traditionally a representation of a receptive alpha energy, personality, or person in the area of one’s passion, drive, willpower, determination, values, and principles. This often translates into themes that have to do with being supportive of others projects and passions, or searching for inner truth within your own values and principles.

There’s been a lot of warnings in the cards lately about overwhelm, burnout, and taking on new projects and passions when your plate is already full.

Today’s message tells us that sometimes going after those passions are what makes life interesting in the first place. Even if that means that we’re going to have to let go of something else and leave it in the past in order to make room.

The message in today’s card is a reminder that exploration is the spice of life. It’s what makes things fun and interesting. That means sometimes you have to let go of something else to make room for it… because otherwise life becomes dull and boring, or a torturous slog.

Maybe it’s time to consider what you want to let go of so that you can make room for something new and interesting.

DECK USED:  TAROT THE GREEN CODEX

#DiscordTarotholicsNov2025 Challenge
Questions for November 4th and 8th

Tarot Reading with the Acéphalous: The Erotic Tarot of Georges BatailleWhat do I need to focus on for self-care for this month’s full moon?

Six of Coins and Victim (Page) of Daggers – Instead of worrying so much about what this new pursuit that you are being encouraged to explore actually is, sit back and let it come to you in its own time. Allow it to flow into your vision from the periphery and begin to explore it once it has arrived on its own terms.

Advice I need to hear at this time concerning my personal growth.

Eight of Wounds and Ten of Daggers – Letting go hurts. That doesn’t mean it doesn’t need to happen. In fact, the truth is that this is one of those things that has to happen no matter how much it hurts. Pay attention to what you’re grasping onto so tightly and ask yourself why. Is it fear of the pain of letting go?

Other elements included in this reading:
Deodar Cedar Ceramic Impression for Clarity and Spiritual Connection
Onyx Stone Fox for Identifying and Connecting to Truth
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: ACÉPHALOUS THE EROTIC TAROT OF GEORGES BATAILLE

The @owlandbonestarot #78DaysOfTarotSpreads Challenge
The Magician Spread

The Magician Tarot Reading with the Green Codex Tarot and The Voynich Tarot

What is your true potential?

Two of Swords – Deep down in your core, where your true essence lies, you have a skill for cutting through the bullshit to help yourself and others make choices with a clear head and clear vision.

What energy are you receiving?

Seven of Pentacles – Right now the energy you are receiving is the energy of slow growth. You are learning how to become more patient with yourself, and with how you move along your path and develop over time.

Which tools best serve you to harness that energy? (3 Cards)

Devil – Know your weaknesses and your addictions. Through self knowledge you are able to circumvent self-destructive behavior that can otherwise get in your way and slow things down even further.

Page of Thorns (Swords) – Accept that you don’t know everything and you still have a long way to go.

Ace of Fungi (Cups) – Focus on the journey you’ve undertaken concerning your emotions and learning how to understand and sit with them rather than burying them. As this tool grows, it will become more useful to you day by day.

How do you claim your power?

Nine of Swords Rx – You can claim your power by letting go of your fears, and not allowing your anxiety or the “what if” thinking to rule you. These are the things that truly hold you back from your true potential.

What are you ready to manifest?

The Lovers – A healthier future committed to opening up rather than shutting down. Growth through reflection and self-exploration.

Other elements included in this reading:
Pressed Pansy Flowers for Hearing the Heart More Clearly
Bird Figurine for Fostering Hope, Positivity, and Renewal
Gneiss Stone for Patience in Moments of Discomfort
Desert Rose for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: TAROT THE GREEN CODEX

Daily Self Kindness

I took a walk instead of the car today, just to get a little fresh air and time outside.

Gideon’s Challenge – Detritus

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Messy DeskDetritus

Collected bits
of this and that
from forest floor
and other bits
as earthen energies
blend together
scattered
over the table
waiting
to lend
their magic
to whatever cause
awaits them

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🌕 Full Moon in Taurus – November 2025

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Tomorrow morning 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 @thewitchsfix

Full Moon in Taurus Tarot Reading with The Lantern of the Sage Tarot

Where in your life needs sealing; the cracks where energy and warmth escape?

Knight of Swords – You often worry about speaking up too quickly, or sharing your opinions and then having to shove your foot in your mouth after. Past experience has told you that to move quickly with what you want to say means that you may end up backtracking instead of moving forward. Your lack of confidence in this area is depleting to your energy, and takes up too much of your time and concern.

What simple acts of maintenance could make your days gentler?

Five of Discs Rx – You spend a lot of time worrying about what you don’t have and need to do rather than just reaching out and asking for help. You would do better to ask for help regularly (even when you possibly don’t think you need it), which would allow you the space to be kinder to yourself and help establish a practice of letting others contribute rather than taking it all on your own shoulders.

Where have you mistaken constant effort for care, when true care might be rest?

Two of Batons – You don’t have to have everything planned out. It’s okay sometimes to just wing it.

What are you ready to protect, to keep safe through the wintering ahead?

Ten of Batons Rx atop The Magician – Protect yourself from burn out. Every year, the winter months are a struggle of overwhelmed and encroaching burnout as you work your way through the holiday rush. This year, with everything in the business much slower, you have the opportunity to treat yourself better and avoid the ugly repercussions of a more chaotic holiday season.

Full Moon advice from the Minoan Goddess Amalthea.

Six of Batons – Work on being more self-aware when you are people pleasing, and why.

Other elements included in this reading:
Goat Figurine as Sympathetic Representation of Amalthea
Foraged Purple Heather Sprigs for Independence and Luck
Black Spruce Needles to Boost Self-Confidence and Positive Thinking
Dried Rosebuds for Potential and Beauty Waiting to Unfold
Foraged Silver Maple Key for Bouncing Back to Thrive
Cream Quartz Stone for Amplifying Intentions and Mental Clarity
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED:THE LANTERN OF THE SAGE TAROT

A Full Dance Card

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Today’s meditation was a twelve minute #DailyTrip session from the @Calm app.

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Richard Black Tarot - Ten of WandsThe @GlitterbyInk #NovemberWhispers25 Liminal Dreamland Challenge
Deam-Weaver Prompt for November 3 : Curious
Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.

Today’s draw is the Ten of Wands, which is traditionally a representation of overwhelm, burnout, struggling under too much responsibility, and can indicate a need to do some prioritizing and delegation.

As unfortunate as it is, sometimes we just can’t sate our curiosity, no matter how much we want to.

It’s all about the numbers, honestly. I’m a curious person at heart, always interested in learning and trying out new things. Always ready to explore something that strikes my interest… and there’s a lot out there that strikes my interest.

Sadly, though, there’s only so many hours in a day, days in a week, and weeks in a year… and my dance card is already full to overflowing.

This is disappointing, because there’s so much more I want to do, see, learn, and experience.

The message for today is a reminder that you can only take on so much. No matter how much you want to take on more, sometimes you already have so much going on that you just can’t. When you try, you flirt with overwhelm and burn out, which can end up causing problems with everything you have on your plate and are currently juggling.

Pick and choose the curiosities you decide to explore carefully, because you can only have so many of them at once. The rest either have to wait or be discarded.

DECK USED:  R BLACK TAROT

The @owlandbonestarot #78DaysOfTarotSpreads Challenge
The Fool Spread

The Fool Tarot Reading with the Victoria Regina Tarot

What is pure in your life?

Seven of Cups – Options. You are given lots of options because you have taken paths in life that allow you to have earned these options. They aren’t just sprung upon you, but rather built towards… and when, each of your cups approaches full, it’s then time to do some weeding.

What are you curious to explore?

Seven of Swords – It’s difficult being the good guy all the time. Sometimes you just wanna dip into the dark side and see what you can get away with. (Yes, I have the good sense not to take this path, no matter how curious I sometimes get to see what it would be like.)

What magic is possible if you leap?

Two of Swords – The magic of free will and autonomy. There is empowerment and making your own choices, but that means actually -making- choices instead of being frozen in place as you waffle with choosing.

Where are you trusting?

Nine of Wands – You are working on letting go of being so defensive… and protective. Trying to rely more on faith rather than your own diligence and watchfulness.

What risk is worth taking?

Eight of Cups – Walking away from those things that are not suited for you and only cause you frustration is a risk worth taking. By doing so, you are opening up space for those things you are curious about to step in and fill the gap.

Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Oak Branch with Moss and Lichen for Perseverance
Japanese Cherry Leaf as a Reminder of Life’s Fleeting Moments
Staghorn Sumac for a Deeper Connection to Nature and the Wild
Flower Agate Moon for Opening the Mind to New Possibilities
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: VICTORIA REGINA TAROT

@LightningWildflower November Tarot Challenge
Earth and Water “The Twos” Prompts for November 4th thru 6th

Tarot Reading with the Richard Black TarotTwo of Pentacles

How can I prioritize what’s most important so I don’t feel like I’m juggling too much?

The Lovers – “You can’t be a generous lover all of the time.” Sometimes? You have to be selfish and go with what’s best for you instead. That means prioritizing what’s best for you above the need to people please or fulfill expectations from outside sources.

Two of Cups

How can I deepen my connections with others?

The Star – Don’t lose hope in the innate goodness of others. It can be hard to stay connected to that hope sometimes, but without it you end up closing people out instead of welcoming them in.

What does true partnership look like to me?

The Sun atop Eight of Wands Rx – Longevity is key. For you, a true partnership is someone at your side to take the slow and often arduous journey towards happiness and success with. You don’t want or need a “flash in the pan” passion, but instead to you true partnership is someone that moves with you each step of the way.

Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Red Oak Leaf for Fostering Unconditional Love
Conch Shell Knot for Concentration and Clarity
Yellow Aventurine for a Boost of Confidence
Desert Rose for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: R BLACK TAROT

Daily Self Kindness

I was struggling a bit with motivation today, and cut myself a little slack on getting orders done as a result.

Gideon’s Challenge – Autumn Decay

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DecayAutumn Decay 

The last
of the flowers
begin to rot
falling
one by one
as leaves
cling
just a little longer
to their branches
holding on
as the winds
begin to
tug
in an effort
to set them free

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At the Threshold

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Today’s meditation was a ten minute long#DailyTrip session from the @Calm app.

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The Kinner Tarot - Four of PentaclesThe @GlitterbyInk #NovemberWhispers25 Liminal Dreamland Challenge
Deam-Weaver Prompt for November 2 : Portal
Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.

Today’s draw is the Four of Pentacles, which is traditionally about stability and gratitude (sometimes to excess, which can turn miserly) for what you have. This is a stagnant sort of appreciation that speaks of not reaching for more, but instead being focused on what you have in the now.

Miserly behavior can be the threshold to security and stability… it can also be the threshold to greed in the need to hoard. There’s a fine line between the two sometimes, and it can be really easy to cross over from one into the other.  That line is often defined by fear, and whether we allow our anxieties to seize control, or we do what is needed to face and control our fears.

Today’s message is a reminder that fear causes healthy behaviors to turn into unhealthy ones. The message in today’s Four of Pentacles combined with the “Portal” prompt is an encouragement towards self awareness, and knowing which side of the threshold you stand on… and to begin exploring how to get back to the healthy side of things if you’ve stepped over the edge to the other side.

DECK USED:  THE KINNER TAROT DECK

#DiscordTarotholicsNov2025 Challenge
Prompt for November 2 : Do Spread 1

Tarot Reading with Bard's Arcana The Tarot of Shakespeare

What influence does each of these themes have in your life?

Fate – Ace of Cups atop The Sun – You are happiest when you have a direction, but the freedom to choose your path for yourself. This, somehow, doesn’t take away from the feeling of success or accomplishment when you reach the end of the road, because the journey was about the journey… not about reaching its end.

Destiny – The Devil Rx – You see this viewpoint as extremely unhealthy. It can be so easy to just give in and allow yourself to be the train running endlessly on tracks set out before you. This lack of choice, though, is unhealthy for you and makes you feel as if life isn’t worth it in the end.

Chance – The Moon – Chance is like Change… filled with uncertainty. You struggle with uncertainty and, like in the shadows cast by the moon, you often need to use instinct and intuition to guide you in these moments. The uncertainty makes chance feel like it is not your friend, and yet it is through chance and the uncertainty it brings that your intuition grows stronger… and so do you.

Other elements included in this reading:
Black Spruce Needles to Boost Self-Confidence and Positive Thinking
Dried Rosebuds for Potential and Beauty Waiting to Unfold
Dried Purple Heather Flowers for Independence and Luck
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: BARD’S ARCANA – THE TAROT OF SHAKESPEARE

@thetruthinstory #embracethemagical2025 Challenge
The Descent Prompts 11 thru 13 :

Tarot Reading with The Kinner Tarot and The Storm Cloud OracleShadow (Reflection) – What in me is cast into shadow and wants to be seen?

Justice and Three of Swords – You are willing to self-sacrifice for fairness. Some people want everyone else to behave and follow the rules while they themselves fuck off and do whatever they want. This is not how you work.

Although it’s not something that is often seen or recognized by others, it’s one of those things that you wish people would see more often and try to follow by example… even if you’ve given up on that happening.

Descent (Surrender) – What am I being pulled down toward, asked to yield into?

Two of Cups Rx atop Page of Cups; The Crescent Moon – It is uncomfortable for you to share your emotions, especially those that you find new and uncomfortable. If you give into sharing, though, it will get easier with time as you gain momentum in this area.

Labyrinth (Uncertainty) – Where am I wandering without clear direction?

Ace of Pentacles and The Poisoned Chalice – New opportunities are all well and good, but only if you’re not already standing there with a full plate and nowhere to add more on.

If you want to take advantage of a new opportunity, that’s fine; just make sure it’s going to be a good one and that you let go of something else so that you can make room for this new thing. Otherwise, it will just result in overwhelm and burnout, which will suck the life (and enjoyment) right out of that new opportunity you’re interested in exploring.

Other elements included in this reading:
Dried Rhododendron Leaf for Fostering Confidence
Orange Aventurine Leaves for Pause and Reflection
Montana Moss Agate for Connecting Self to the Divine
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: THE KINNER TAROT DECK AND THE STORM CLOUD ORACLE

Daily Self Kindness

I slept in this morning.