Affirmators! Evening Mantras

Endings and New Beginnings

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Today’s meditation was an eleven minute #DailyCalm session from the @Calm app.

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Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.

Denizens of Earth Tarot - Ten of Air - Ten of Swords

Today’s draw is the Ten of Swords (Air), which is traditionally a representation long journeys coming to an end, painful endings, lessons learned the hard way, deep wounds, and sometimes can indicate loss or betrayal.

The Ten of Air has then been combined with an affirmation from the Affirmators! Evening Mantras deck, which says, “it doesn’t matter how old I am or what’s going on in my life — epiphany is always waiting just around the corner (which is why I guess it’s good to sleep with the night-light).”

It’s important to remember that all endings are also new beginnings. When we let go of something that has been a part of our life, it opens up room for something new to take its place.

This is where new ideas and epiphanies take root and are given the space to grow.

Consider, for example, the aloe plant. It propagates by “birthing” babies at its base. Too many babies at its base means that the main plant may die off, creating a cluster of plants that essentially kill off its past to make room for future growth.

The message in today’s cards is a reminder that it’s okay to mourn what you’re losing, as long as you don’t hold onto it past its usefulness. You have to let it go in order to make room for something better to slip in and take its place.

DECKS USED: DENIZENS OF EARTH TAROT AND AFFIRMATORS! EVENING MANTRAS

@lightningwildflower‘s March Reflection to Action Challenge
Prompts for March 30th and 31st

Tarot Reading with The Bone Tarot and The Supreme's Small City Oracle

Venus enters Taurus: What brings me comfort, pleasure, and joy?

Percolate, Two of Wands, Straight Ahead

It brings me comfort to have time to percolate (think things over and consider in-depth).

It brings me pleasure to be offered choices, instead of being backed into a corner where it feels that there are none.

It brings me joy when the path that feels right for me is clear and easy to discern, without winding turns that create moments of self doubt.

Looking Back: What am I proud of myself for navigating in the past month?

Ace of Swords atop Ace of Wands Rx; Off Season

Allowing myself the time and space to think and plan, and work on the strategic part of things, instead of jumping into new projects to distract myself from the issues at hand.

I’ve taken this business slump as an opportunity to study, learn, and improve instead of an opportunity to hide from my problems.

Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Ponderosa Pine Cone for Resilience and Adaptability
Conch Shell Knot for Concentration, Clarity, and Determination
Carved Jade Japanese Kitsune for fostering Wisdom and Cunning
Carnelian Agate for Inner Drive and Focusing On Aspirations
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECKS USED: THE BONE TAROT AND THE SUPREME’S SMALL CITY ORACLE

#DiscordTarotholicsMar2026 Challenge
Prompts for March 29th and 30th

Tarot Reading with the Denizens of Earth Tarot

How can you connect more strongly with the invigorating energy of Spring’s arrival?

The Empress atop Ten of Earth; Ten of Water

If you foster a nurturing attitude toward your needs and wants, you will in turn feel like you have everything you could need or want at your fingertips.

Abundance comes from a place of grounded nurturing, not self directed cruelty or abuse.

What do you need to focus on for self-care for the upcoming full moon?

Six of Water and Four of Air Rx

Look back on those things in your past that have brought you joy, and instead of falling into new habits of languishing in your free time, revisit these past activities and rekindle your passion for them.

Walks and photography with real camera. Time in nature and visits to stony beaches, digging in the dirt and noticing the little details of nature like the intricacies of moss and lichen. Rest isn’t always about sleep, it’s about those things that rekindle your inner spark.

Other elements included in this reading:
Staghorn Sumac for Connecting with Nature and the Wild Within
Black Spruce Needles to Boost Self-Confidence and Positive Thinking
Japanese Cherry Leaf as a Reminder of Life’s Fleeting Moments
Dried Rosebuds for Potential and Beauty Waiting to Unfold
Dried Purple Heather Flowers for Independence and Luck
Rose Quartz for Gentle Kindness to Self and Others
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: DENIZENS OF EARTH TAROT
Daily Self Kindness

I made sure to get some time with Gideon today. The day felt like a big ass exercise in frustration, but I managed to get some time with him, which helped balance things out a bit.

Distorting Reality

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Today’s meditation was skipped.

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Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.

The Westwood Tarot - Five of Pentacles

Today’s draw is the Five of Pentacles, which is traditionally a representation of tests, trials, struggles, and setbacks in the area of one’s finances, resources, health, home, work, or manifestations. This often translates into themes that have to do with scarcity and times in life when one needs to seek out help from others instead of suffering through alone.

The Five of Pentacles has then been combined with a card from the Affirmators! Evening Mantras deck, which says, “Letting go is the only thing that matters. In letting go – of thoughts, emotions, anxiety, shame spirals – I claim my freedom and make space for what I want to call in.”

Letting go of a sense of scarcity is one of my biggest challenges in life. I struggle with these feelings, even when things are going well… and when they’re not going well, these feelings explode into a near panic of worry and anxiety, dread of eminent failure and harsh self-recriminations.

I do my best to not let that anxiety take control and cause me to act out at myself in reaction. It’s not always easy though. Even when I know I’m overreacting, or that the scarcity I fear isn’t at my doorstep as I think it is in those moments.

The message in today’s cards is a reminder that emotions like to try and screw around with our perception of reality. Just because you feel something doesn’t mean that that’s what’s actually going on. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t feel these emotions, but it does mean that we need to be aware of this tendency so that we act accordingly instead of allowing these emotions to seize control.

DECKS USED: WESTWOOD TAROT AND AFFIRMATORS! EVENING MANTRAS

@lightningwildflower‘s March Reflection to Action Challenge
Prompts for March 24th and 25th

Tarot Reading with The Gold Star Tarot and The Nature Oracle

Attention: What part of me needs gentle attention?

Crow and Three of Wands – The part of you that is feeling abused by your inner narrative’s insistence that you should be moving instead of stuck.

It’s important to keep in mind that not all the factors involved are under your control right now. Cut yourself a little slack and remember that you’re doing what you can as you are able; and that’s enough.

Sun conjunct Saturn, Sun sextile Pluto: What personal power am I ready to step into?

Four of Pentacles and Land Guardian – You feel at your best when things are steady and stable beneath your feet.

Don’t forget that you can encourage that feeling to flourish within you by getting out in nature and spending time with the trees and moss. It doesn’t change anything in your life as a whole or the situation, but it changes your perspective to one of greater stability, allowing for less anxiety and stress. These influences can help you in dealing with the issues currently before you, as well as the moments of powerlessness that you’re feeling by not being able to control all aspects of the situation.

Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Douglas Fir Bark for Strength and Resiliency
Dried Red Maple Leaf for Adaptability and Connection
Green Aventurine for Harmony and Balance of the Heart
Desert Rose for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: THE GOLD STAR TAROT AND THE NATURE ORACLE

#DiscordTarotholicsMar2026 Challenge
Philosophical Question for March 25th : Is courage an inherent virtue or is it learned behavior?

Tarot Reading with The Westwood Tarot

Reading Summary: When we are young (Six of Cups), we don’t see things the same way that we do as an adult (Eight of Swords). We take action without considering consequences. This is not courage, but rather it’s a lack of moderation and forethought (Temperance).

Take Away: Courage comes later in life after we have learned how to think things through before doing them.

Prior to that, those things that we as adults perceived as courage are actually simply impulse and lack of thinking things through. This is because there is no such thing as courage without an acknowledgement of the risk being taken and the consequences involved.

This would indicate that courage is therefore not an inherent virtue, but rather something that has learned along the way. We might learn this earlier or later in life, depending upon our upbringing and experiences along the way, but in the end, it’s not something we are just born with from the start.

Other elements included in this reading:
Bird Figurine for Fostering Hope, Positivity, and Renewal
Foraged Oak Branch with Moss and Lichen for Perseverance
Foraged Lodgepole Pine for Resilience, Growth, and Renewal
Moss Agate for Attracting Opportunities for Growth
Flower Agate for Opening the Mind to New Possibilities
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: WESTWOOD TAROT
Daily Self Kindness

I let J do the lions share of the driving today, and instead napped in the back of the car.

Lighting the Way

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Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.

Bianco Nero Tarot - The Moon Card and Affirmators! Evening Mantras

Today’s draw is The Moon card, which is traditionally a representation of uncertainty, illusion, anxiety, fear, the unknown, and the subconscious.

The Moon card has been given, combined with an affirmation from the Affirmators! Evening Mantras deck, which says “Focus on the happy, not the crappy.”

Stop allowing your fears to take the lead!

Uncertainty and the unknown have a tendency to start off small and grow quickly until they take over everything else. Pretty soon, those fears are massive and the unknown seems insurmountable.

This is what causes stagnancy, and allows our fears to become the main focus in our lives.

The message in today’s cards is a reminder that the positive aspects in your life have the ability to help light your path when things seem dark and scary. In doing so, it can help you in overcoming your fears, as it keeps those fears from growing. This requires a choice that has to be made again and again, though, to actually focus on those positive aspects and allow them to light your way through the dark.

DECKS USED: BIANCO NERO TAROT AND AFFIRMATORS! EVENING MANTRAS

#DiscordTarotholicsMar2026 Challenge
Prompt for March 21st : Do the Spring Equinox Spread

Spring Equinox Oracle Reading with the Roots and Wings Oracle

Tulips – Loyalty / Forgiveness: Where do I need to practice forgiveness to foster stronger loyalty?

Crafty – Don’t judge so harshly those that have acted in self-serving ways. If these actions weren’t meant to hurt you, but only allow this other person to get ahead in some way, perhaps it’s time to let go of the resentment and unhappiness they had inadvertently caused you.

Robin – Compassion / Patience: How can I give myself more compassion and patience?

Journey – Accept that you still have a long way to go in your journey. There’s still a lot to learn. Stop expecting yourself to already know and understand the lessons life hands you before you’ve even have had a chance to learn them.

Rose Quartz – Unconditional Love: How can I be more open to offering unconditional love to others?

Gratitude – By acknowledging the gratitude that is their due, and expressing gratitude freely.

I’ve run into a number of people that see “gratitude” as a bad word, but in reality, it is simply opening yourself up to acknowledging your good fortune and where that good fortune came from. Appreciation doesn’t carry with it a debt.

Rabbit – Fertility / Abundance: How can I encourage more abundance in my life this Spring?

Bound – Ease up on your tight grip of control and release yourself to be more open both with others and with new experiences. When you hold the reigns so tightly, you end up closing yourself off from “going with the flow”. It’s that “flow” that allows for new experiences, unexpected pleasures, and joyful moments.

Aquamarine – Calm / Courage: What do I need to help me to stay calm and courageous in the face of adversity?

The Sun – Hope and optimism. When you continue with these practices that allow you to foster hope and optimism in your outlook and your day-to-day life, they also provide you with the tools needed confront adversity with a more calm and courageous outlook.

Butterfly – Transformation: What sort of transformation is waiting for me this Spring?

Death – You are going to need to shed some of your past accomplishments in order to move forward into new ones that the future holds for you. Things change… even when you don’t want them to. Letting go creates far less obstacles to growth than trying to hold on so tightly.

Clover – Luck / Protection: Where in life will luck play into protecting me from potential harm?

Inner Vision – Prioritize your intuition over reason and logic. If it comes down to a debate between intuition or reason, lean into your intuition without hesitation. You won’t be sorry.

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

DECK USED: ROOTS AND WINGS ORACLE

@lightningwildflower‘s March Reflection to Action Challenge
Mars trine Jupiter Prompt for March 21st : What risk feels aligned and worth taking?

Tarot Reading with the Bianco Nero Tarot

Reading Summary: Forsake your moments of comfort and contentment (Nine of Cups Rx) to go after (Six of Swords) something greater (Ten of Pentacles).

Take Away: Bed rotting and stagnancy may feel “good” in a very temporary sense, but they are getting you stuck in a rut that does nothing for your movement on your path and your future outlook.

Instead, take the risk of getting going on doing something about this unhealthy tendency, so that you can revitalize your movement towards a better future and further progress on your path.

That means if you’re going to lie down for a nap, you take a nap, not spend the time fucking around on your phone. It means disposing with the temptation to doomscroll instead of meditate. All of these small negative influences hiding behind the ruse of “comfort” and “relaxation” are not getting you anywhere.

Other elements included in this reading:
Scotch Pine Cone for Purging Negative Influences
Foraged Oak Branch with Moss and Lichen for Perseverance
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: BIANCO NERO TAROT
Daily Self Kindness

I took a break earlier to do a little play time with Miss Luna.