Distracted Musings
Sitting in the car
waiting
as I stare
at the A&W
family
on the building
across the way
and wonder
what distracted
the artist
from the
consistency
they’d begun
Gideon’s Challenge – Splash Zone
Splash Zone
Raindrops fall
to hit earth
in hard splats
splashing mud
around
until everything
is wet
and covered
in earthen bits
of soil
and droplets
of rain
that patter softer
than the rest
Photo © ZenStatePhotography
Finding the Positive for December 10 – 12
December 10 – Mental Health Card of the Day
Today’s meditation was skipped.
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The @GlitterbyInk #DecemberDays25 Beyond the Solstice Challenge
The Artisan Prompt for December 10 : Vibrant
Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.
Today’s draw is The Magician card, which is traditionally a representation of capability, potential, resourcefulness, action, and manifestation. This often translates into themes having to do with being in possession of all of the skills, abilities, and tools necessary to reach one’s goals and accomplish one’s ends. It’s about being capable and skilled, resourceful and gifted with what is needed to get the job done.
The greatest tool at your disposal is your brain.
The Magician is filled with the energy of innovation, having all the tools needed to do what needs done. Well the most valuable of those tools isn’t experience or anything in particular that you own. It’s your brain.
Common sense and innovation are the key to any and all other “tools” at one’s disposal. If you can’t think? You can’t -do- what needs done.
The message in today’s card and prompt combination is a reminder that it’s your mind that shines brightest when it comes to solving problems. Don’t forsake yourself or your ingenuity. Don’t call yourself stupid, lean into willful helplessness, or forsake your innate ability to problem solve. Be creative. Use your brain. That’s what it’s there for.
DECK USED: COASTAL CROW & RAVEN TAROT
December 11 – Mental Health Card of the Day
Today’s meditation was skipped.
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The Artisan Prompt for December 11 : Gilded
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 Pentacles, which is traditionally a representation of satisfaction and stability in the area of one’s finances, resources, home, health, manifestations, and the physical world. This often translates into themes that have to do with hard earned success, accomplishments, abundance created through patience and hard work.
What makes your life worth living? What cycles in life return to the surface again and again, creating value where it felt like value was lacking?
That’s the questions that I see this card asking us today. It’s in the star that shines so brightly in the center like a symbol of hope and positive outcomes, and the circle of ornaments and deer that encircle the star, speaking of abundance and fruition.
The thing is? We can’t always have everything we want. And if we could? Just imagine how boring that would be. Instead, or good fortune comes in cycles, creating a balance between good and bad… and it’s up to us to focus on the good and give it the true credit in our lives that it deserves.
The message in today’s card combined with the “gilded” prompt is a reminder that our abundance and good fortune are only as valuable as we allow them to be. If we disregard them, then they hold little value in our lives. But, if we take time to acknowledge and celebrate these things, they have the ability to shine more brightly and lift us up even during times when we’re struggling.
DECK USED: WINTERBELL TAROT
December 12 – Mental Health Card of the Day
Today’s meditation was a ten minute long #DailyCalm session from the @Calm app.
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The Artisian Prompt for December 12 : Abstract
Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.
Today’s draw is the Six of Coins (Pentacles), which is traditionally a representation of charity, generosity, sharing the wealth, asking for or accepting help, and balancing the scales between the “haves” and the “have nots” in life.
Lots of people look at generosity as a nice idea, but not something they can practically do. I get this, as I too struggle in certain areas where I would normally want to be generous.
The thing is, though? Maybe that means we’re looking at generosity in a closed-minded way. How many things have you thrown away this week that someone else might have possibly used? Did you throw them away because they held no use? Or did you toss them because it was “too much trouble” or inconvenient to find a way to donate them to others that could use them?
Food, blankets, cardboard boxes others could use for gifting, bottles of water, electronics, winter wear, old shoes, socks, even leftovers. All of these things can be donated or given away to others that could use them… and yet we throw them away out of convenience.
The message in today’s card and prompt combination is a reminder that generosity is not an abstract concept. It simply takes a little effort to make it work. Even those just scraping by -can- contribute to others and help them by offering time or support instead of money, food, or goods. It’s up to each of us, though, to carry those abstract thoughts of generosity forward into reality. Otherwise? They’re just a nice idea that nobody’s actually doing.
DECK USED: MYSTICAL TAROT OF THE SAINTS
Gideon’s Challenge – Atmospheric River
Atmospheric River
Fields
once green
turn into lakes
as the rain
keeps coming
and the world
becomes wet
and empty
yet neighbors
band together
to ensure
you’re not
alone
Photo © ZenStatePhotography
Gideon’s Challenge – The Cling
The Cling
Warnings come
with the
raindrops
and the clouds
that cling
low
among the hills
promising
more wet
than
we’ll know
what to do with.
Get ready
for the flood
Photo © ZenStatePhotography
Seeking Celebration
Today’s meditation was a ten minute long #DailyCalm session from the @Calm app.
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The @GlitterbyInk #DecemberDays25 Beyond the Solstice Challenge
The Artisan Prompt for December 9 : Festive
Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.
Today’s draw is The Sun card, which is traditionally a representation of success, optimism, positivity, fun and frivolity. In my path, the Sun is also a symbol of male vitality, virility, and warmth.
There’s always something to celebrate. Sometimes we don’t feel like it, and sometimes our negative inner narratives keep us from being able to see it… but there is always something to celebrate.
Today’s message from the Sun card combined with the “festive” prompt is a reminder to not sink so far into the negative self talk going on in your head that you forget to look for the good stuff all around you. Sometimes looking for these things takes more work than others times, but it’s there for you to find if you work at it. Not only that, but like so many other things in life, the more you work at it, the easier it becomes.
DECK USED: STORYBOOK CHRISTMAS TAROT
#DiscordTarotholicsDec2025 Challenge
Prompts for December 8th and 9th
Where could you direct your focus this week to be more understanding?
Nine of Swords Rx and Ten of Pentacles – In a repeat of the message in the card of the day pulled for today, these cards are a reminder not to listen to the negative inner voices telling you about everything that’s wrong and everything you’re doing wrong, that you’re not enough, or everyone else is stupid, etc.
Instead, look at those things that you are being given the opportunity to celebrate and where abundance lies in your life. When anxieties and depression are are weighing you down, it can be hard to find and appreciate these positive things in your life, but they’re still there. You just have to look for them and take a moment to appreciate them. Don’t disregard them to listen to that negative inner voice instead.
When harsh judgments and fear lead thoughts are pushed to the back, it allows you to be more open and understanding, both to yourself as well as other others.
What can you do to feel more fulfilled in your day-to-day life?
Five of Swords Rx and Knight of Wands Rx – Stop looking at everything you do as a battle that you have to run into full speed ahead. Yes, some difficult things in life do feel that way. You don’t have to turn everything you do into that kind of a dynamic, though.
Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Acorns for Protection during New Beginnings
Foraged Lodgepole Pine for Resilience, Growth, and Renewal
Rainforest Rhyolite for Facilitating Calm Transitions
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy
DECK USED: THE MYSTIC GNOME TAROT
@Lionharts #TheDecemberTarot Fruits of 2025 Challenge
The Wheel / Transition Prompts for December 7th thru 10th
What is ready to move the moment I stop resisting?
Six of Candy Canes (Wands) atop Five of Icicles (Swords) – A lot of the times when you people please you are participating in a self-defeating cycle. Although you aren’t a people pleaser for everyone and everyone, you are for a select few. When you let go of this need to please them, you will better be able to give yourself what you need.
What cycle is closing with or without my permission?
Six of Icicles (Swords) – If you don’t start moving on your own concerning those things that it’s time to let go of, life is going to rip them from your grip instead.
What timing can I trust instead of trying to control?
The Moon – When feelings of uncertainty rise up, instead of jumping into action right away, take a pause and see if it will work itself out instead. You can always step in once you’re sure that your hand in things is needed, instead of jumping in from the start.
What change has already begun beneath the surface?
The High Priestess – Your intuition is already working to try and balance out your need to please others and your own personal needs that you’re not fulfilling. You merely need listen a little more closely.
Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Parmeliaceae Lichen for a “Breath of Fresh Air”
Dried Rhododendron Leaf for Fostering Confidence
Die-cut Fox Figure for Strategic Thinking and Clarity
Conch Shell Knot for Concentration and Clarity
Gneiss Stone for Patience in Moments of Discomfort
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy
DECK USED: STORYBOOK CHRISTMAS TAROT
I took a nap to recharge today after finishing up some spellwork done as part of a holiday gift.
Twisting the Leaf 