Cuddle Time
Little miss
snuggle bum
all comfy
and happy
cuddled up
with her puppy
and unwilling
to give up
her spot
although
she might share
if you ask
nicely
❤️ Self Care Saturday (On a Sunday)
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?
Earth – King of Candles (Wands) Rx – It’s time to take stock of what you are putting your energy into and if it’s really what you want to be putting your energy into. Consider where would it be better to sit back and watch, rather than participating let alone taking the lead.
Air – Five of Candles (Wands) Rx – Take care not to allow yourself to be drawn into conflict this week. It won’t end well for you if you do. This is one time when it’s better to walk away and deal with it later than to engage now just to “get it over with”.
Water – Five of Good Cheer (Cups) Rx – Really lean into your positivity and optimism exercises this week. You need the extra uplift to help keep your pessimism from dipping into dark places and dragging you along for the ride.
Fire – Queen of Candles (Wands) – Enthusiasm is an important part of making it through the holiday season with health and good cheer intact this year. Look for those things that you can enjoy, and encourage others to do the same.
Waning – Fish and Ship – The less amount of travel you do this week, the better. It could be costly for you if you’re not careful to keep excursions to the minimum.
Waxing – Whip and Paths – Practice a little more discipline this week to keep you from being distracted by flights of fancy and overfilling your plate with the opportunities on offer.
Take Away – Make sure that the enthusiasms you decide to participate in this week in order to keep your spirits high are things that still move you in the direction that you want to head as you get closer to the new year and what lies beyond. Choosing to travel during the flooding that’s going on could be more costly than you realize. If and when staying home as an option, do that instead of taking the risk.
DECKS USED: YULETIDE TAROT AND VINTAGE YULETIDE LENORMAND
Gideon’s Challenge – Distracted Musings
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
Photo © ZenStatePhotography
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 @GlitterbyInk #DecemberDays25 Beyond the Solstice Challenge
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
Twisting the Leaf 