Your Stare
I flush pink
for you
as your gaze
holds fast
making cheeks
turn rosy
and color rise
along my nape
and a twitch
of upturned corners
come to lips
before teeth tug
lower swell
This? Is all yours.
Summer Soul Glow Lenormand Reading
Relax – Take a mini break from doing this.
Mice and Snake – Undermining your own confidence through use of self-destructive tendencies based in picking yourself apart a little bit at a time. There’s no need for this, and its possible if you take a break from it for a time, that the urge to do so will ease off and it will become less of a common occurrence in your life overall.
Reflect – Make time to sit alone and think about this.
Tower and Key – This is an echo of this week’s Self-Care Saturday spread, and encourages you to step back and observe rather than involving yourself form the get go. There is much more that you need to see that will only visible from a place on the sidelines.
Refresh – Find time to do more of this.
Fox and Clouds – Be clever in how you confront confusion and uncertainty. There’s lots of out-of-the-box thinking that’s needed, and you’re more than capable of the task, but in order to do so you’ll need to suspend snap judgements and actually take the time to pause and reflect on the issues prior to trying to deal with them.
DECK USED: ANTIQUITARIAN LENORMAND RESURRECTED
Out of Character Moments
Today’s meditation was skipped.
Today’s draw is the Five of Wands, which is traditionally a representation of conflict, tests, trials, and struggle in the area of one’s passions, drive, determination, principles, values, and willpower.
In the imagery of this card, others watch on from the left while a man filled with determination and fervor prepares to beat on one fallen but still pushing towards rising. It reminds me of the saying “this is the hill you choose to die on”… meaning there are some things that we are closed minded about and will not change our minds no matter what, even if we’re wrong, and even if others try to force us.
The watching faces to the left and the abject violence of the man with the club also feel as if there is a warning here about acting out of character in the face of frustration in these types of situations, and the impression that such out of character acts can give others, no matter how right we may be.
The message in today’s card is to take care that you don’t go overboard or let yourself fall into acting out of character when trying to get your personal perspective across to another. Some people will refuse to see, even if you beat them over the head with it.
DECK USED: LONELY DREAMER TAROT
The #ConnectWithYourDeckChallenge Prompt by E Roebuck-Jones
Questions for September 4th thru 6th
How can I work on building my confidence?
Knight of Wands and Protect Your Ideas – Put value into those things that you are passionate about by protecting them from others who might take them as their own. You gave away a lot to the world, but you don’t have to give away all your good ideas as well. Instill value in them instead.
How can I speak my mind more clearly?
Ten of Swords and Bliss – Communication struggles and troubles of the past that you have already overcome still hold you back. Remember that you already learned from these mistakes and the struggles that they created. There’s no reason that you will repeat them now that you have learned these lessons, so don’t let them dampen your enthusiasm and cause you to hold back.
What makes me “bulletproof”?
Seven of Swords and Research – You are clever, cunning, and a strategist at heart. Your methods are based in logic with a foundation in knowledge. Being able to circumvent subjective emotions and influences allows you to see things clearly and always come out on top.
DECK USED: DRAGONS TAROT AND UNIVERSAL DRAGON ORACLE
#DiscordTarotholicsSep2022 Challenge Prompt
Questions for September 5th and 6th
What are you ignoring that needs rooted out and dealt with?
Reading Summary: Your need to be in control (The Emperor) is getting out of hand and overwhelming you (Ten of Wands) . You need to make sure that you’re interests and passions remain fluid and open in order to be able to touch upon the joy that they can bring you (Page of Wands atop The Sun).
Take Away: Focus on being less rigid and easing your grip on your control of everything around you. There is more strength in flexibility and going with the flow than you will ever find in rigidity, and it opens the door for joy to flourish too.
What makes you feel…
Excited – Six of Swords – Opportunities to take the initiative to make life better for myself, or to help and/or guide others into doing the same.
Happy – Five of Pentacles Rx – Times when your sense of security flourishes, and your feelings of scarcity have faded into the background.
Calm – Six of Wands Rx – Independence. The ability to make your own choices and choose your own path. The knowledge you are able to stand on your own with confidence.
DECK USED: LONELY DREAMER TAROT
I asked for help with orders today instead of doing it all myself.
Gideon’s Challenge
To Feel Small
A blade of grass
makes the ant feel small
A sapling stretching tall
makes the grass feel small
A hill of forest green
makes a single sapling small
and when mountains tower
it makes the hill seem small
and then above it all
the blue sky stretches wide
and even a single cloud
makes the mountains small
like the ant
and the blade of grass
Photo © ZenStatePhotography
Kindling the Fire Within
Today’s meditation was skipped.
Today’s draw is the Animal of Blood (the equivalent of the Knight of Wands), which is traditionally a representation of an active beta energy, personality, or person in the area of one’s drive, willpower, motivations, values, principles, and determination.
What more primal motivation is there other than the base determination to survive? Here in the imagery of this card we see that most primal instinct spurred into action as a giant angry bear towers over a man with a spear in hand. Only through determination and willpower backed by that basic desire to survive can the man make it out of this situation.
Today’s card asks us to examine where in our life do we need to fight for survival? What is it that needs our attention? What needs us to pour our energy into it in order to make it happen?
Are you safe? Are your needs being met? If not, what fire within you needs to be lit in order to make sure these things become a priority and are taken care of?
DECK USED: THE PRIMORDIAL TAROT
Mr Lionhart’s #TheSeptemberTarot Between Dusk & Dawn Prompt
Questions for September 4th thru 6th – SLOW DOWN
In what area could I slow down to honor my personal space?
Take some time to examine what you think you know (Eight of Swords). You are being too rigid in places where you could afford to loosen up (Six of Pentacles).
Being able to loosen up can sometimes take trust. If you’re too tense, things just don’t go smoothly and not everybody gets what they need. In order to achieve harmony and truly honor your personal space, there needs to be a good balance between trust and caution, not blind resistance.
What is something that I would be better off without {for now}?
For now, make sure that you’re focusing on what you need and want rather than the collective around you (Six of Wands Rx). You have the ability to fulfill those needs (The Magician), but not if you’re constantly trying to people please others all the time.
What can help me embrace a calmer flow in support of personal balance?
Knight of Pentacles and Four of Pentacles – Slow down and enjoy the ride.
DECK USED: SERPIERI TAROT
#DiscordTarotholicsSep2022 Challenge Prompt
Topic: Do Spread 1
Question: How can I help “moving day” go more smoothly this week?
Reading Summary: Pay attention to the uncertainty running rampant on moving day (Anchor card). You can help others see the positive aspects of what is developing and lift up their spirit from one of uncertainty into creative abundance (Spirit of Jewels and Bones of Jewels look up and to the left toward the red Abundance card). You are there to lend stability, understanding, and assistance during this time of uncertainty (Man of Nature looks directly at the Anchor card, and the Anchor card looks back at him in turn).
Take Away: Your presence will provide a grounding affect for others that are feeling the anxiety of moving day as it takes place. Use this influence to help those in need of it see the opportunities for abundance and creative self expression that the day is providing.
DECK USED: THE PRIMORDIAL TAROT AND THE GRATITUDE POSTCARD SET
I had a nice nap to recharge today and have tried to take it easy and let myself relax a bit today.
Gideon’s Challenge
Seeking Relief
Summer heat
lingers
and it is only
in the deep shadows
of the forest
that relief is found
as no breeze
touches boughs
and leaves
do not rustle
for the heat builds
in stillness
until even the air
shimmers with it
Twisting the Leaf 