I Need… I Want…

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Today’s meditation was skipped (again). Although, I did take some extra time to just relax for a bit earlier today. Just a half hour or so lounging on the bed relaxing with Miss Luna.

La Muci's Fairy Tale TarotToday’s draw is the King of Swords, which is traditionally a representation of a projective alpha energy, personality, or person in the area of one’s thoughts, intellect, education, ambitions, and communication.This often translates into themes that have to do with someone that has a way with words and is able to use those skills to lead others to their way of thinking, as well as those that are in authority on intellectual topics such as professors, doctors, etc.

What I see in this cards is a reminder to “use your words and speak what you need”. That the right hand cloud on the card looks a lot like a heart indicates that this is about love and relationships, and I think it is a reminder of just how -hot- Gideon finds it when I make it clear what I need between us… sexually.

DECK USED:  LA MUCI’S FAIRY TALE TAROT

#DiscordTarotholicsMar2022 Challenge Prompt
Questions for March 5th and 7th

Visions In the Liminal SpaceHow am I doing physically at this time?

No Vacancy and The Divine Mother – You need to make room to be more kind to your body. There’s no room for more on  your plate right now. Focus, instead, on making sure that you are giving yourself the kindness and understanding that you need.

How can I improve upon where I am physically over the week ahead?

Until All Are Free None Are Free and There And Back Again – More time outside in nature is needed. Make the time.  This has been a very strong and present theme in the cards over the past week or so, and seems to be becoming more and more common to find surfacing in readings of late where what is needed in my life is asked in one way or another.

I hear you. I’m trying.

DECK USED: VISIONS IN THE LIMINAL SPACE

The #ConnectWithYourDeckChallenge Prompt by E Roebuck-Jones
Questions for March 6th and 7th

La Muci's Fairy Tale TarotHow am I blocking my intuition?

Two of Cups atop Six of Swords – Your hope and desire to trust in the good and all people is drowning out your intuitive voice.

Pay closer attention to warning signals your intuition is giving you about people who try to get close to you that are insincere. This will allow you to walk away before you get hurt.

What could I change to switch on more of my intuition?

Queen of Wands and The Fool – Be more supportive of your curiosity. Have more fun exploring and discovering the world around you and the things that interest you.  Your inner spark is fed by having a thriving adventurous spirit.

DECK USED: LA MUCI’S FAIRY TALE TAROT

Daily Self Kindness

I stayed up late with Gideon because I needed… um.  Well because I wanted to sate my needs rather than forcing myself to be patient and wait until the day after tomorrow.

Gideon’s Challenge

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IMG_9198The Awakening

As water ripples
and laps at the shore
I hear your words
whisper
through my senses
again and again

I need you

And I know
that I will never
be the same
as your words
awaken
an echo
within my soul

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❤️ Self Care Saturday (On a Sunday)

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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?

Refine & Play Tarot, Heroine's Journey Oracle, Forest Path Lenormand

Earth – The Hermit and Refuge – Take refuge in some healthy alone time. Get out in nature and get some fresh air and exercise.

(End of Day Note:  I did exactly that today, and I’ll make sure to do so again later in the week. I know that I need it, and the cards are being very adamant about it lately. It’s time to step up on the amount of time I’m spending among the trees.)

Air – Two of Pentacles and Rescue – You’ll need a little help to keep your inner narrative in balance this week. Allow others to come to your rescue in this area. Don’t push their help away.

Water – King of Swords and The Vixen – Be clever and watchful. There are things coming that have the potential to upset your peace. Use your cleverness and skills with strategy to work through these issues, instead of allowing them to become a festering emotional mess within you.

Fire – Seven of Swords and Three of Stones – Again we see a need for cleverness and strategy this week, indicating that whatever it is that has the potential to upset your peace has to do with something you feel passionately about. Outsmart those that might try to take what’s yours and ask for help if needed.

Waning – Rider and Bouquet – Just accept that this week has a great deal of potential to be stressful.  Crap ass news may land on your foot when you’re not looking and you’ll have to deal with the fallout that comes from it.

Waxing – Fox and Clover – It is through your cleverness and ingenuity that you will create the “luck” you need to get through the week ahead.  Lean into these qualities in yourself and let them guide you.  If you do so, you may be able to avoid the ugliness seen above… and if not, it will help guide you through it so that you come out the other end on a positive note.

Take Away – When things get rough, step away and strategize. Work it through and take a moment to step into nature so that the earth and trees can pull your anxious energy from you. This will allow you to deal with what comes more calmly.

DECKS USED: REFINE & PLAY TAROT, HEROINE’S JOURNEY ORACLE, FOREST PATH LENORMAND

Fake It ‘Til You Make It… or Not

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Today’s meditation was skipped.

Rosenwald TarotToday’s draw is the Page of Coins, which is traditionally a representation of a receptive omega energy, personality, or person in the area of one’s finances, resources, health, home, or manifestations.

The imagery in this card makes the “coin” that the woman holds look more like a mirror to me. It begs the question… what are you showing the world?

You know that adage “fake it until you make it”?  It’s a common manifestation tool. The thing is?  What are you faking, and are those things really something you want to manifest in your life?  If not… it’s time to let them go.

DECK USED:  ROSENWALD TAROT

The #ConnectWithYourDeckChallenge Prompt by E Roebuck-Jones
Question for March 5th: How am I using my intuition in life right now?

Celtic Spirit OracleReading Summary: It is a strength (Oak) that you use as a doorway to communicate with others (The Gift) in a more peaceful manner (Peacemaker).

Take Away: My intuition helps me in navigating social situations. I’m not particularly skilled at reading people’s facial expressions and body language. By using my intuition I am able to better understand what others are saying (and not saying), and better able to express myself in turn.

In this case, I would say this is more about clairsentience than about intuition, but I believe that intuition also plays a pretty heavy role in things when it comes to trying to communicate with others successfully… especially since at times I turn to the cards to help me in figuring out how to broach a subject or steer a conversation.

DECK USED: CELTIC SPIRIT ORACLE

#DiscordTarotholicsMar2022 Challenge Prompt
Topic for March 6th: Do Spread #1
What do I need to let go of to…

Rosenwald TarotEase My Mind

Nine of Swords and Knight of Pentacles – Stop worrying so much about the slower pace of getting things done. There’s no race, and no finish line that won’t still be waiting for you when you go at your own pace.

The shelves will get done. Getting things reorganized will get done. Stop pushing at yourself and berating yourself for taking things slow. As long as you’re moving… that’s enough.

Lighten My Heart

Temperance and Queen of Pentacles – It’s okay to pick and choose who you support and how you support them. It doesn’t make you an ogre that you can’t support everyone and everything.

This is about some guilt I’ve been feeling about requesting a refund for unfulfilled orders from a deck creator. They are in the Ukraine, which is where the guilt is coming from. The thing is? It’s been two years I’ve been waiting for fulfillment. And $380 is a lot of money to just write off as lost. Some people out there make enough that that isn’t all that much of a financial loss… but I’m not one of those people and I feel like I’ve been swindled.

Free My Creative Spark

The Empress and Justice – You need to let go of the idea that there will be negative repercussions to treating yourself kindly.

DECK USED: ROSENWALD TAROT

Daily Self Kindness

See the cards used in today’s post?  THAT is my self kindness for today. I just got both of those decks in the mail yesterday, and instead of scheduling them into rotation for some point in the future, I decided to use them today.

Gideon’s Challenge

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IMG_9002The Snow Stars

Delicate sparkles
shimmer
upon the ground
with each shift
of sunlight
that filters down
and it looks
like magic
as the air tastes
crisp
and you watch
as powder
shimmers and shifts

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Empowerment Cartomancy Reading

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Empowerment Reading with the Bo-Hwa Playing Cards

How can I be more empowered in my:

Thoughts? – Eight of Clubs – Don’t sit still for so long. Instead act. There is too much time spent thinking and not enough time spent doing.  This causes you to have doubts and stall out, when you could be moving forward.

Words? – Ace of Diamonds -Speak up instead of remaining silent. Stop thinking that people are looking at you negatively when you open up and speak your mind. Don’t worry about that so much, as what you have to say is new to most and more well said than you think.

Deeds? – Six of Spades – Remember that it’s you who chooses when to engage, or when to walk away.

And then:

What will be the outcome if I take this advice?

A stronger sense of (the cat’s eyes are closed) emotional harmony (Six of Hearts) and physical well-being (Six of Diamonds) surrounding a well grounded nurturing of self (Queen of Diamonds, with emphasis on the box in the imagery).

By not indulging in the things that poison your roots and cause imbalance, you allow yourself to build upon a stronger and more solid foundation. A foundation that will allow you to more easily make the choices that are best for you, rather than allowing other’s judgements and influences effect your process.

DECK USED: BO-HWA PLAYING CARDS