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We Are All Freaks

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Today’s meditation was a ten minute #DailyTrip session from the @Calm app.

“While a certain amount of worrying may be necessary, worried thoughts (generally) become more worried thoughts. What we pay attention to can become our whole life.”

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Under the Bed Tarot's Knight of Wands and Halloween Affirmation CardsThe @GlitterbyInk #OctoberMagic25 Challenge
Crone Prompt for October 16th : Wisdom
Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.

Today’s draw is the Engager of Wands (Knight of Wands), which is traditionally a representation of a projective beta energy, personality, or person in the area of one’s drive, passions, willpower, principles, inspiration, or enthusiasm. This often translates into themes that have to do with rash behavior and a go-get’em attitude toward the things that matter to that person.

The Knight of Wands has then been combined with a Halloween Affirmation card that says, “Halloween reminds me to be my unique self.”

Be you… enthusiastically and unapologetically.

We are all freaks.  All of us.  And, that it’s those of us that embrace this and make it our own that find the confidence to show our true selves to the world at large.  This takes courage and enthusiasm, and a willingness to be different.

Today’s message is an encouragement to lean into your differences instead of trying to “fit in” with the crowd.  Embrace those things that make you unique, and don’t be shy about them.

DECKS USED:  UNDER THE BED TAROT AND TWIST’S HALLOWEEN AFFIRMATIONS

@LightningWildflower October Tarot Challenge
Fire and Air “The Sixes” Prompts for October

Tarot Reading and Lenormand Reading with the Under the Bed Tarot and Lenormand della LunaSix of Wands

What is a creative way to celebrate a recent accomplishment?

Clouds, Death, Lady – Take some time to examine how you really feel about the recent changes taking place. Your emotions need to be brought out and sorted through rather than just brushed under the rug. Give yourself the gift of listening to them with nurturing engagement rather than disregarding them outright. Just because it seems you are trapped into the changes taking place, and as a result are working on adapting, doesn’t mean how you feel about it all doesn’t matter.

Six of Swords

What is a gradual change that’s taking place in my life?

House, The Tower, Garden – The restructuring going on in your life right now affects a number of areas of beyond just your business, spilling over into house and home, your friends and acquaintances, and even your tolerances where others are concerned. It’s not so much the obvious change that needs  your attention so much as these smaller ripples outward that it has caused, which manifest in a more gradual and less obvious ways.

How can I move more easily through times of transition?

Fox, Enactor (King) of Cups, Lily – Keep in mind that wearing your heart on your sleeve doesn’t have to be a weakness. It can also be a strength and a strategy depending on how it’s used. It allows others to see your intentions and the values that drive your decisions clearly, leaving no room for misunderstandings.

Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Red Oak Leaf for Fostering Unconditional Love
Foraged Wood Fern for Exorcising Negative Influences
Mandala for Foresight and Predictive Veracity
Orange Aventurine Leaves for Pause and Reflection
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECKS USED: UNDER THE BED TAROT AND LENORMAND DELLA LUNA

Daily Self Kindness

This post is a catch-up post, and I can’t remember what my self-kindness might have been for this day.

Vengeance is Mine… or Not

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Today’s meditation was a ten minute long #DailyTrip session from the @Calm app.

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Le Tarot de Marseille par Pole Ka and Sinister AffirmationsThe @GlitterbyInk #OctoberMagic25 Challenge
Crone Prompt for October 15th : Peace
Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.

Today’s draw is The Tower card (La Maison Dieu), which is traditionally a representation of sudden change, chaotic transformation, destruction, and the tearing down of something within one’s life or beliefs that leaves room for something new to take its place.

The Tower card has then been combined with an affirmation card from the Sinister Affirmations deck, which says, “The best revenge is living well-connected to powerful supernatural forces hell-bent on the destruction of your adversaries.”

Sometimes the vengeance you want or need has to be delivered by forces outside yourself.

Bad things can happen when we decide to take such endeavors as revenge into our own hands. Mishaps like in the picture, for example. Perhaps they pushed the first person off the window only to have someone they care about go diving after them. Or, just as possibly, we go too far due to our emotions, and then the debt to balance the scales is back on us and we must experience misfortune again as a result.

The message in today’s cards is a reminder that vengeance does not provide peace. It creates chaos, and much like sending a set of scales swinging, it can come back and punch you in the face.  On the other hand, if we wait and watch? We may find that that natural need for balance in the universe is going to deliver that blow of revenge for us, we just have to be patient and wait for it to happen naturally. No reason we can’t enjoy it when it does, though.

DECK USED:  LE TAROT DE MARSEILLE PAR POLE KA AND SINISTER AFFIRMATIONS

#DiscordTarotholicsOct2025 Challenge
Prompts for October 14th and 15th

WIsdombyKK's Halloween Tarot ReadingMummy – What thoughts or feelings are you getting tangled up in and struggling with?

Justice atop Two of Cups – You know that it’s time, but you are struggling to reach out and make peace with someone that hurt you deeply. You want to return to the trusting and copacetic relationship that you had before, but all that’s happened makes that unlikely.

Crypt – What secrets are you hiding tucked away in the dark?

Queen of Cups and Page of Pentacles Rx – You crave emotional nurturing from a mother-like figure. The problem is that the times you’ve experienced this have been fleeting and never seem to stay the course. This disappointment is making it harder for you to deal with the above mentioned feelings you are struggling, and putting forth the effort to make peace with the person that hurt you.

Other elements included in this reading:
Dried Rosebuds for Potential and Beauty Waiting to Unfold
Dried Purple Heather Flowers for Independence and Luck
Black Spruce Needles to Boost Self-Confidence and Positive Thinking
Desert Rose for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: WISDOMBYKK’S HALLOWEEN TAROT

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Prompt for Gathering (community) : Who or what is gathering around me now?

Le Tarot de Marseille par Pole Ka and Gothica I Playing Cards Nocturnal EditionReading Summary: Don’t allow yourself to become overly focused on protecting yourself right now (Ten of Clubs and Nine of Wands). The direction you’ve chosen (Three of Wands) is stable and well thought out (Queen of Diamonds atop Ace of Spades).

Take Away: You chose to let yourself go with the flow of things this season when it comes to your mediumship practice. That means allowing yourself to stay open instead of raising defenses at each new experience.

Stay on course, and ground yourself well. There’s potential here if you allow it to play out, and don’t let your feelings of uncertainty (and/or fear) interfere.

Other elements included in this reading:
Pressed Yew Tips for Ancestral Connections
Conch Shell Knot for Concentration and Clarity
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: LE TAROT DE MARSEILLE PAR POLE KA AND GOTHICA I PLAYING CARDS NOCTURNAL EDITION

Daily Self Kindness

I didn’t really want to spend the money, but I bought myself a new pair of work boots today because the old ones have been falling apart for a while now.

Without Waders

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Today’s meditation was a ten minute long #DailyCalm session from the @Calm app.

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The Halloween Tarot's Knight of Pumpkins (Knight of Pentacles) and Halloween AffirmationsThe @GlitterbyInk #OctoberMagic25 Challenge
Maiden Prompt for October 14th : Acceptance
Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.

Today’s draw is the Knight of Pentacles, which is traditionally a representation of an active, projective beta energy, personality, or person in the area of one’s finances, resources, health, home, labors, and manifestations. This often translates into a slow moving but determinedly forward moving energy, personality, or person that has their eye on the prize regardless of the slow and steady speed they may be moving at.

The Knight of Pentacles has then been combined with a Halloween Affirmation card that says, “Some days are awful, but they always end.”

One step at a time. Just keep your eye on the ball and you’ll get through it. Sometimes to get where you’re going you have to wade through the sewage in your sandals.  It sucks. It’s gross. It’s a bad f’ing day all the way around and feels like a slog through hell that takes forever.

The message for today is that regardless of how miserable it is? You get through it. You come out the other side.  Time marches on, and so do you. And maybe, just maybe? Tomorrow will be better. So don’t give up.

DECK USED:  THE HALLOWEEN TAROT AND TWIST’S HALLOWEEN AFFIRMATIONS

#DiscordTarotholicsOct2025 Challenge
Philosophical Questions for October 8th and 15th

Tarot reading with The Halloween Tarot and Autumn Night LenormandWhy do the living feel a desire to connect with their ancestors?

Clover, Six of Ghosts, The Gate – It’s about belonging and connection. People don’t like to feel like they’re being left out, and they crave a feeling of belonging. Memories gathered that they think can be of value are treated like treasure. This is especially true when those memories make them feel like they belong, and provide a taste of connection to something that they otherwise wouldn’t have as a part of their own personal history.

Is there an afterlife? (dig deep for a detailed answer)

Caged Heart, Five of Imps, Star – These cards indicate that for those that are trapped on this side of the veil by love or conflict; absolutely. As for whatever comes next beyond the veil, it’s all about hope and faith and finding a way forward beyond these things that hold us trapped within the “afterlife” previously mentioned.

These cards seem to be referring to what I see as “ghosts” as the afterlife, and that what comes beyond that “afterlife” as something else.  I didn’t at first understand what I was reading here in these cards, but when I consider it in the scope of reincarnation, it makes sense that only those that linger would be considered in an “afterlife” type state.  This is a bit of food for thought for me today.

Other elements included in this reading:
Pressed Yew Tips for Ancestral Connections
Gneiss Stone for Patience in Moments of Discomfort
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: THE HALLOWEEN TAROT AND AUTUMN NIGHT LENORMAND

Daily Self Kindness

I managed to borrow a charging cord at work to charge my phone enough to check in with Gid.

Feed Your Light

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Today’s meditation was eleven minutes long, and was one of the #DailyTrip sessions from the @Calm app.

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Midnight Boulevard Tarot's Queen of Wands and Sinister AffirmationsThe @GlitterbyInk #OctoberMagic25 Challenge
Crone Prompt for October 13th : Conviction
Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.

Today’s draw is the Queen of Wands, which is traditionally a representation of a receptive alpha energy, personality, or person in the area of one’s passion, drive, willpower, determination, values, and principles. This often translates into themes that have to do with being supportive of others projects and passions, or searching for inner truth within your own values and principles.

The Queen of Wands has then been combined with an affirmation card from the Sinister Affirmations deck, which says, “You deserve to have it all – career, relationship, a collection of enchanted cloaks, a haunted castle guarded by a pack of faithful hellhound, and the ability to transform into a bat so that you can menace those that have crossed you.”

In order to foster what you want in life and inspire within yourself the motivation and passion to get there, you have to actually know what you want. This takes a certain level of exploration of self and deep consideration.

It’s those that have done the work in considering what it is exactly they really want in life and who that want to become that become an inspiration for others. This is because, in inspiring yourself, you inspire them as well.

Today’s message tells us that self-exploration is both scary and wonderful, and reminds us to not let fear of the unknown shy you away from the answers you seek. In seeking those answers to what is uniquely a part of who -you- are and what -you- need, you have been given the potential to live a richer and happier life, and encourage others to do the same.

DECKS USED:  MIDNIGHT BOULEVARD TAROT AND SINISTER AFFIRMATIONS

@LightningWildflower October Tarot Challenge
Fire and Air “The Fives” Prompts for October 13th thru 15th

Tarot Reading with the Totem Tarot and Sexcraft OracleFive of Wands

How can I navigate conflicts without making matters worse?

Queen of Swords and Authority – Use your authority to build people up instead of tearing them down. Your tongue can be sharp, and your moments of judgment can be harsh, but if you want to navigate conflicts without making matters worse, a softer approach is often needed.  Being blunt may be a way to expedite things, but it doesn’t make any friends along the way.

What lesson might a current challenge teach me?

Emperor and Luxury – Enjoy what you can when you can. It doesn’t matter if you’re the one calling the shots or the one behind the scenes, there’s always going to be issues, problems, and struggles involved. That can keep you distracted from pleasure and joy if you let it. The key is to look beyond those struggles to find pleasure and joy in the moment anyway.

Five of Swords

When is it okay to act in self-interest, and when is it selfish?

Temperance and Betrayal – Self-interest requires a modicum of moderation and balance. When you are acting in your own self-interest there is moderation, and when you swing beyond that moderation it can easily become selfishness.  An indication of the latter is in the results, as selfishness has a tendency to damage relations with yourself and/or others.

Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Purple Heather Sprigs for Independence and Luck
Foraged Silver Maple Key for Bouncing Back to Thrive
Pine Tips Ceramic Impression for Longevity and Sustainability
Clear Quartz Man in the Moon for Amplification of Lunar Energies
Flower Agate Moon for Opening the Mind to New Possibilities
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECKS USED: TOTEM TAROT AND SEXCRAFT ORACLE

#DiscordTarotholicsOct2025 Challenge
Haunted Prompt for October 13th : What is currently hanging over your head that needs attention?

Midnight Boulevard Tarot ReadingReading Summary: Gluttony and sloth (Nine of Cups imagery) have consequences (Justice) that include pulling you away (Six of Swords) from loved ones (Two of Cups Rx).

Take Away: “When you punish yourself you punish those you love right along side you.”

That’s the phrase that popped into my head when looking at these cards. The thing is?  Wallowing isn’t healthy. Not for me, at any rate. It leads to closing myself off and retreating inward, because when I wallow (even in the good stuff) for too long, I get too comfortable and then don’t want to move.  Then, stagnancy sets in.  What is pleasurable then becomes a form of punishment, because I’m withholding from myself what I need; which is movement.

This is a pattern I’m familiar with.  This reading is bringing that pattern to my attention (and maybe yours too, dear reader!) as something to watch out for, and to remind me that in giving into this pattern I’m hurting myself. Punishing myself… and not -just- myself, but (unintentionally) those around me that care about me as well.

Other elements included in this reading:
Conch Shell Knot for Concentration and Clarity
Gneiss Stone for Patience in Moments of Discomfort
Smoky Quartz for Introspection and Emotional Balance
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: MIDNIGHT BOULEVARD TAROT

Daily Self Kindness

I gave in to a craving for veggies today and made stir-fry veg on rice, even though I didn’t really feel like cooking and wanted to just snack on junk instead.

Better Weaving with Others

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Today’s meditation was ten minutes long, and was one of the #DailyCalm sessions from the @Calm app.

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The Graveyard Bar Tarot's Two of Cups and Halloween Affirmation CardThe @GlitterbyInk #OctoberMagic25 Challenge
Mother Prompt for October 12th : Surrender
Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.

Today’s draw is the Two of Cups, which is traditionally a representation of connection and unification, mutual attraction, and emotional connections.

The Two of Cups has then been combined with a Halloween Affirmation card that says, “I’m a master Weaver of abundance, spending a web of prosperity.”

You may be the master weaver of abundance, but unlike the spider? You can’t (and shouldn’t) do it alone. You have people in your life who depend upon you and the abundance that you create, but you need their support in order to spin that web of prosperity.

It can be hard to let go, surrendering control in order to invite others to help. Especially for someone who is used to being an in control, or uses control as a defense mechanism to protect them from disappointment or other issues.

The thing is? They know that you need their support. They’re just waiting for you to ask for help, because they’re already on board and ready to go, and don’t want to step in and step on your toes doing so without an invitation.

The message in today’s cards is a reminder that true prosperity is built together, not on your own. Lean into those closest to you that share your values and also benefit from your work, and draw them into the process to shoulder some of the burden.

DECK USED:  THE GRAVEYARD BAR TAROT AND TWIST’S HALLOWEEN AFFIRMATION CARDS

#DDSiscordTarotholicsOct2025 Challenge
Prompt for October 12th : Do Spread 2
@thetruthinstory #embracethemagical2025 Challenge
Prompt for Lantern (guidance) : Where is light being offered to me in the dark?

Tarot Reading with The Graveyard Bar Tarot and The Alchemist's OracleReading Summary: As you look towards your purpose (Seahorse Scales) and what will make you happy (Nine of Cups), make sure that you are keeping in mind that balance is needed (Two of Pentacles) in the plans you put in place (Seahorse Scales, again).

Take Away: You need to remember that you can’t just fall back on “this is how it worked before so it’ll work this way again”.

You were younger that first time around, and you had a lot more energy on your side. You need to do things in a healthier way this time in order to create a better balance upon your future path.

Again, we have a message reminding you to use your past experiences and knowledge gained there to your advantage in the present.

Other elements included in this reading:
Dried Rosebuds for Potential and Beauty Waiting to Unfold
Dried Purple Heather Flowers for Independence and Luck
Black Spruce Needles to Boost Self-Confidence and Positive Thinking
Koi Spirit Paintings on Bamboo for Good Luck through Perseverance
Rose Quartz for Gentle Kindness to Self and Others

DECK USED: THE GRAVEYARD BAR TAROT AND THE ALCHEMIST’S ORACLE

Daily Self Kindness

I put acrylic back on my thumbnails today to make wirework easier. I’d removed it during September due to the jewelry shop being closed down. Now that I’m doing orders again, it’s much easier with reinforced thumbnails.

Blood, Sweat, and Tears

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Today’s meditation was ten minutes long, and was one of the #DailyTrip sessions from the @Calm app.

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Soul Splash Tarot and Sinister AffirmationsThe @GlitterbyInk #OctoberMagic25 Challenge
Mother Prompt for October 11th : Devotion
Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.

Today’s draw is the Queen of Swords, which is traditionally a representation of a receptive alpha energy, personality, or person in the area of one’s knowledge, education, logic, ambitions, or communication. This often translates into themes that have to do with the people that foster you through tough love and sharp-tongued advice.

The Queen of Swords has then been combined with one of the Sinister Affirmations cards that says, “Don’t be too hard on yourself about your weaknesses. We all have them. Dracula can’t even go outside during the day and he’s still the immortal prince of darkness.”

Sometimes sticking with something in order to become adept at it requires a bit of injury and healing along the way. It’s those that, even when they fight through the pain come out the other side intact with experience gained, show their true devotion to whatever it is they were focused on achieving. The scars are simply proof of lessons learned along the way, as the pain of the experience begins to fade into memory.

The message in today’s cards reminds us that true success is never achieved without sacrifice. Blood, sweat, and tears go into our work, and when we come out the other side we are sometimes scarred by the experience, but triumphant in our achievements and/or what’s been gained along the way.

DECKS USED:  SOUL SPLASH TAROT AND SINISTER AFFIRMATIONS

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The Storeroom Prompts

Tarot Reading with the Nigredo Tarot and The Midwest Gothic OraclePreserve – Ace of Cups and The Swing – You may be looking for a bit of balance in your emotions, but don’t swing so far the other way that you end up not feeling anything because you’re holding yourself still and stagnant. Emotions need movement, even when that movement feels unsteady or uncertain.

Store – The Hanged Man and The Lonely Highway – Put away your judgment and stay open to others and their perspectives. Sometimes holding back on judgment can feel like you’re being smothered, but in truth, you’re not being smothered you’re just opening up to seeing more than your own point of view.

Protect – Justice and The Dunes – It takes longer to do things “the right way”. That doesn’t mean the right way isn’t the exact path that you need to take for the rewards that you seek. You need to make sure you are protecting that path, because the longer time period means it’s more open to problems and the negative impacts of intrusion by outside sources… or your own self-destructive tendencies.

Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Red Oak Leaf for Fostering Unconditional Love
Dried Rhododendron Leaf for Fostering Confidence
Septarian Stone for Physical and Mental Healing
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECKS USED: NIGREDO TAROT AND THE MIDWEST GOTHIC ORACLE

#DiscordTarotholicsOct2025 Challenge
Trick or Treat Prompt for October 11th  : What consequences await a choice yet to be made?

Soul Splash Tarot ReadingReading Summary: Avoid trying to be the “smartest guy in the room” (Knight of Swords), and instead hang back and pay attention (The Hanged Man). In doing so, you might discover something that sparks your own interest and passions (Knight of Wands), far more than whatever you were going to share in the first place.

Take Away: When you speak out of turn, you miss out on all that you could learn by staying quiet. Make sure as you move into your day (or week) that you are staying quiet more than you are speaking. You don’t want to lose out on that knowledge and perspective that’s going to be on offer to you if you stay open to it.

Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Silver Maple Key for Bouncing Back to Thrive
Ammonite for a Sense of Stability During Times of Change
Gneiss Stone for Patience in Moments of Discomfort
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: SOUL SPLASH TAROT

Daily Self Kindness

I took a nap at Ms B’s today.  For some reason after I ate, I felt really flushed and it made me sleepy. Instead of fighting it, I chose to just go with it and have a nap.