Sky Gazing
Paradactyl
dragon head
or little poppet
put to bed
dancing horses
in the sky
and unicorns
prance with pride
imagination
going wild
so much to see
so little time
Morning Bonus Read – Throat Center
My Throat Center Energy Right Now
Ten of Swords – You’re on the cusp of a transformation concerning how you communicate with others. But right now it just feels like you can’t say a damned thing right. It’s sort of like Mercury Rx, except that you’re learning from your mistakes and will use them in that transformation to adapt to a better method as you grow.
Tension I’m Currently Holding In This Area
The Sun – There’s been a good deal of pressure from the cards (and spirit guides through the cards) to be happy and really sink into the feelings of joy you experience, as well as to express that joy with others. The thing is, you’re not quite there in your growth yet, so this pressure feels a bit premature.
How I Can Release This Tension
King of Pentacles atop Queen of Swords – Suit yourself. Take the advice being given as just that, advice. Take it as a heads up on what’s coming instead of a push for the change to happen right this minute. Do your own thing, work at it a little at a time. There’s no rush.
How I Can Better Express Myself
Eight of Pentacles – You’re on the right path. Just keep working at it. Communication and it’s different avenues and intricacies takes time and practice to improve at. Some people are more natural at it at others. You’re one of those that needs to work at it. To others it might seem like one of your strong suits, but in truth it’s something you’ve worked hard at all your life, and will continue to struggle and learn as you go, perfecting and adjusting with each step along the way.
Something I Must Accept As Truth
Knight of Wands atop Death – Organic change is something you can always see coming if you’re paying attention, but you haven’t been paying attention. You’ve been off in your own little world doing your own shit and not watching where you’re going. Be present and pay closer attention to what you’re doing and where you’re going, and as a result the changes and adaptations you go through as you move forward will go a lot more smoothly.
How Can I Follow My Life’s Purpose
Four of Pentacles – Focus on staying grounded and on steady footing as the world moves around you, like a tree stands still and strong in the winds and seasons of the years that pass. You can revel in those seasons, in the storms and the wind, the sunlight and the rain… but stand strong and stand tall. Stay rooted. Everything else will flow and you will adapt as you go.
DECK USED: BRUEGEL TAROT
Cut And Run? Maybe Not
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oday’s meditation was just over twelve minutes long and was one of the Calm app’s guided meditations. As usual, I combined that with an interval timer for my piriformis stretches, and I included extra forearm flexor stretches as well as my arms have been feeling a bit tight lately.
The focus of today’s meditation was a bit weird today. I didn’t really understand it. It was about posing the question “what is this?” into your meditation, but not directed toward any one thing. More to open up a sense of curiosity and linger in it?
I’m not sure if this is something I’m capable of doing without having a target for that curiosity, and I feel that I didn’t really manage to do the meditation properly, although I did manage to meditate regardless by focusing on my breath and the waterdrop tones that I had playing in the background.
Today’s draw is the Six of Swords, which is traditionally a representation of moving on to a better place not due to frustration or irritation (that would be the Eight of Cups), but rather in the seeking of something healthier and better than what you’ve left behind. This makes this card’s theme one of transition and change, and leaving one’s baggage behind to begin anew.
What I see in the imagery of this card today is fear and escape, which fits well with the theme of the Six of Swords. In the imagery we see a home, perhaps a vineyard or farm, that has been taken over by militia men. The owner sees what is happening and is fearful, he seeks to slip away and sneak off… escape the chaos before things go from bad to worse.
Combined with the Thera-Pets card for today, the message that I see in these cards is that it’s important to evaluate when it’s time to cut and run, and when to stand your ground and ride it out. Don’t underestimate your strength in these moments, and if something is truly important to you, don’t run from the responsibility or the conflict that might come from standing your ground in those moments.
DECK USED: CENT PROVERBES TAROT AND THERA-PETS EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMAL CARDS
The #httSelfImprovementTarotChallenge Prompt
Question: Where do I need to be more nurturing to myself?
Reading Summary: Lots of earth, lots of grounding (Queen of Coins), lots of nurturing (The Empress)… take your time (Temperance)
Take Away: I need to step away from trying so hard to balance everything and give myself some forest bathing time. Temperance, earth, and grounding, when combined together? 100% equals forest bathing. Not a hike where you push your body and work hard… temperance. A slow meander, some quiet alone time. Perhaps some time lying in a bed of moss watching cedar fronds sway and clouds shift above them. Regardless. Where I need to be more nurturing is in allowing myself more time to get out in nature, and truly take my time and savor my time there.
DECK USED: MY GARDEN TAROT
#DiscordTarotolicsApr2021 Challenge Prompt
Philosophical Question: What is Divinity?
Reading Summary: Individual (Nine of Pentacles). Guidance (Three of Wands). Wisdom (King of Swords).
Take Away: In these cards, Divinity is something that is unique and different for each person, and yet universally something that provides both guidance and wisdom when needed.
Although each and every person may experience Divinity differently, what we see here is that beneath all of those different opinions and experiences, there is a universal truth in that guidance and wisdom remains when all the differences are rinsed away.
DECK USED: CENT PROVERBES TAROT
Late night super hot play session with Gideon. No more need be said.
Gideon’s Challenge
The Shy One
“I see you”
I say
as she hides
among the leaves
and I ease down
into the grass
to lie beside
her hiding spot
and chat away
a warm afternoon
in the shade
of evergreen trees
Photo © ZenStatePhotography
Weekly Creativity Prompt – Spring Love
Prompt: Draw up to three cards and use them to share with us a real or fictional springtime walk outside. Feel free to daydream and go into detail!
Fresh air whispers over bare skin as we walk hand in hand in the darkness of spring’s twilight. Fingers laced and palms pressed close and warm, one against the other as sweet scents of cooling asphalt blend with salty sea air and evergreen’s crisp bite in the nose. (The Lovers)
Turned from their path your steps turn big body into smaller and crowd close. Feet stumble backward as hands reach to steady surprised clumsiness. Hands that touch cheeks and throat, shoulders and hips. Brick to back and tension high, kisses are taken instead of given, devoured in a moment of possession and gluttony. (The Emperor)
A long fingered tug on belt loop. “Lets go home,” he says. (The Devil)
DECK USED: FORESIGHT TAROT
Support Systems and Strength
Today’s meditation was skipped. I had planned to feed Luna then go on into the other room and meditate, but as soon as I was moving around the apartment apparently I was fair game for every little thing that everyone needed to talk to me about. It just didn’t get done because by the time I got a few minutes to myself? It was time to get online and spend some time with Gideon. SO yeah. No meditation today.
Today’s draw is the Ten of Cups, which is traditionally a representation of emotional satiety that goes beyond just self satisfaction and spreads to a harmony with others.
The key to this card and what moves it beyond the solitary satisfaction of the Nine of Cups, is that it is about how your satisfaction and positive emotions are shared with others. Just as what we see here in the card is three cats… instead of one.
When combined with the Thera-Pets card for today, what I see here is a reminder that no man is an island unto themselves.
Being strong isn’t just about you. It’s about who you choose to surround yourself in, and the choice to allow these people in your life to have an active part in helping achieve happiness, harmony, and enjoyment in the every day. It’s about letting them in and allowing them to help when you need help. It’s the support system that you build for yourself that helps create the happiness and resilience needed to stand tall in even the biggest of storms.
DECK USED: CUTE CAT TAROT AND THERA-PETS EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMAL CARDS
#ConnectWithYourDeckChallenge by E Roebuck-Jones
Question: What energy am I attracting in my life at this time?
Reading Summary: Consumerism over gratitude (Nine of Phoenixes), hedonism (Bacco), and sorting things out in your head (Five of Eagles).
Take Away: Reevaluation of my more “freewheeling” tendencies (which are all consumerism based). The energy that I’m attracting into my life at this time is all about looking at what I’m doing and weighing its value. Where am I placing my energy, my attention, and my money? What is diverting my attention away from a mindset of gratitude. What am I hiding from that I am using these things to distract myself? It’s time to start digging and find the answers to these questions.
DECK USED: MARZIANO TAROT
#DiscordTarotolicsApr2021 Challenge Prompt
Question: What kind of person do you truly want to become?
Reading Summary: Capable (Magician). Serene and comfortably wise in the area of my personal emotions and those of others (King of Cups atop The World). Well balanced (Two of Pentacles).
Take Away: This is a glimpse of what I hope to accomplish through the emotional growth that I am exploring in myself at this time and have been working to foster in myself over the past year or so.
With this growth I hope to become more confident in my ability to understand and accept my emotions, and understand and react to the emotions of others. I also hope to find a better way to balance the softer sides of myself and the harder more cutthroat sides of my nature.
DECK USED: CUTE CAT TAROT
Gid and I had a talk today about our balance between the Dominance and submission and other aspects of our intimate relationship. It felt… really good. I’m not sure if he feels the same, but I feel like we aired some stuff that hadn’t been aired before and that I’m really glad to have heard and now know.
