Giving the Trajectory a Nudge

Today’s meditation was skipped.

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Alice In Wonderland Tarot - Justice

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

Today’s draw is the Justice card, which is traditionally a representation of balance, cause and effect, repercussions and consequences, give and take, and can often indicate the law or legal system.

The Justice card has then been combined with an affirmation from the Ask and It Is Given Cards, which says, “My slightest improvement is of such great value. There is tremendous value when you are able to deliberately cause even the slightest improvement in the way you feel, for even in that small emotional improvement, you may have regained a measure of control. You no longer feel powerless. And so, your trek back up the Emotional Scale is now not only possible, but it is relatively easy.”

Everything in life has a cause-and-effect to it, and that includes our emotional well-being. Mental health and emotions, when broken down into the most scientific of terms, are our brain’s relationship with the chemicals that move through it. Therefore, we are able to influence our emotions (to an extent) through manipulation of those chemicals through our actions and choices. This doesn’t mean we can fully reverse certain conditions, but it does mean that we can help turn things around onto the “right track” and let trajectory take it from there with just a little encouragement along the way.

The message in today’s Justice card and affirmation are a reminder that if we do these little things that turn sadness into happiness or improve our life or our emotions, even in just small ways, it creates an opening for better things to insert themselves into the trajectory of your emotional progress and life. In this way, we are allowed the freedom to adjust these parts of our lives in small ways to make things better for ourselves.

Consider… What little thing can you do to lift your spirits today, even it’s just by a little bit?

DECKS USED:  ALICE IN WONDERLAND TAROT AND THE ASK AND IT IS GIVEN CARDS

#DiscordTarotholicsJun2026 Challenge
Prompt for June 28th
: Do Spread 3
Deck Note: Because this deck only contains positive cards, I am using reversals in the cards to create the opposing sentiments and diversify the deck.

Oracle Reading with the Faerie Guidance Oracle

What does uncertainty feel like to you?

Rejuvenation Rx – Uncertainty has a tendency to create hesitation for you, which leads to you feeling bogged down and unenthusiastic. This lackluster state can have the effect of putting everything on hold and creating a feeling of stagnancy where you are unable to see the potential being offered in these moments of uncertainty.

How do times of uncertainty impact your physical body?

Magic Rx – Because uncertainty makes it difficult to spark enthusiasm in a general sense (see above), it also makes it difficult to spark the enthusiasm needed for physical activity.

Your body needs this physical activity in order to stay flexible and mobile, so these moments of uncertainty can often have a detrimental effect on your mobility by cutting back on your enthusiasm for physical activity. Less activity means reduced mobility, which then cycles back around to even less activity in a vicious cycle.

How do times of uncertainty impact your physical reality?

Meditation – Although the stagnancy involved in times of uncertainty and the hesitation you feel during those times is not particularly healthy for you, it gives you an opportunity for reflection that you would not otherwise get. These moments of quiet allow you to identify things within yourself that need your attention. This self reflecting provides awareness that you can then eventually find the motivation to act on.

What do you need to say to yourself to help you in acknowledging and alleviating your feelings of uncertainty?

Discovery – Remember that these moments of hesitation are not worthless, and that you experience them is not necessarily a bad thing. It is through these moments that you discover new things about yourself and the world around you that you otherwise wouldn’t. Therefore, try not to be too hard on yourself. These moments aren’t as useless as they first appear.

What do you need to accept about others to help you acknowledge and alleviate your feelings of uncertainty?

Strength – You do not need to shy away from asking for help. Those that love you and care about you are there for you, and all you need to do is ask. You are not being an inconvenience by giving them the opportunity to participate in your life and it struggles. Instead, they are eager to step in and lend a hand because you are a piece of their heart.

Focus on your feelings of uncertainty. Pick a color that stands out the strongest to you in the card pulled. How does this color (and how it’s used in the card) make you feel?

Love – Blue is the color of calm. Often, when we see cards that are themed after love they contain a lot of pink or red. Although this does convey those emotions, I often find that these cards lack a calming influence. For me, love needs that calming influence.

In this card, blue is used instead of pink or red, and I feel that it covers that calming influence that I don’t find in a lot of those other “love” cards. It reminds me that one of the greatest self-care gifts that I can give myself is fostering those things in my life that create calm for me, so that I can think more clearly and not be overrun by emotions that just make everything that much more difficult

Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Parmeliaceae Lichen for a “Breath of Fresh Air”
Pressed Pansy Flower for Hearing the Heart More Clearly
Citrine for Energy Lift (easing the weight of heavy energies)
Rose Quartz for Gentle Kindness to Self and Others
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: FAERIE GUIDANCE ORACLE

The @lightningwildflower June Inner Journey Challenge
Mars enters Gemin & Mars sextile Jupiter Prompt for June 28th
: What new paths am I being called to explore?

Tarot Reading with the Alice In Wonderland Tarot

Reading Summary: Stop fighting the battles inspired and lead by your fears (Nine of Flowers atop Seven of Spears Rx). If you’re unwilling to be open to those things that others have to teach you (The Hierophant Rx), you’re going to miss out on a good part of the fun that goes along with the learning process (Page of Cups).

Take Away: There’s a lot you’re holding back on because you’re worried or uncertain. There’s also a lot that you feel like you’re in battle with for the same reason (uncertainty and fears).

It’s time to take a step back and ascertain what is being driven by your fears.

Once you’ve identified what they are, you can then begin the process of letting them go so that you can enjoy the journey more and get more out of it (and those around you) with each step you take.

Other elements included in this reading:
Staghorn Sumac for Connecting with Nature and the Wild Within
Pressed Pansy Flower for Hearing the Heart More Clearly
Bird Figurine for Fostering Hope, Positivity, and Renewal
Clear Quartz for boosting Mental Clarity
Desert Rose for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: ALICE IN WONDERLAND TAROT
Daily Self Kindness

This is a catch up post, and I’m not entirely sure what the self kindness was for this day.

Abandon the Boring

Today’s meditation was a ten 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.

Таро Евы - Eight of Cups, and Grateful AF Cards

Today’s draw is the Eight of Cups, which is traditionally a representation of withdrawal, abandonment, or letting go of things, situations, or people in your life that are just not working out for you emotionally.

The Eight of Cups has then been combined with the Pesto card from the Grateful AF Cards, which says, “Naming a food to sound like it’s a magical trick was an amazing idea. On top of that pesto tastes good on everything. Stick a cucumber in it and PESTO!, It’s yummy AF!!”

Look at the girl in the card, abandoning the security and stability of wealth to go on an adventure with her cat, many ghosts and uncertainties on the horizon, waiting for her among the shadows of the woods.

The thing is? As much as I focus on stability and security? When you focus on it too much, it becomes stagnancy. It becomes old. It becomes boring. It becomes unhealthy. We -need- a bit of adventure and diversity in our lives in order to keep the blood flowing and our energy moving. It can’t all be about safety and security… even for someone like me that’s often hyper-focused on that theme.

The message in today’s cards is an encouragement to abandon the boring. Life is more fun when you think outside the box and add a little amusement and creativity into your world. Allow your imagination to stretch and grow, and allow yourself to experience new things now and then, and see old ones in a new light.

DECKS USED: ТАРО ЕВЫ (by Ukrainian!) AND GRATEFUL AF CARDS

#DiscordTarotholicsFeb2026 Challenge
Prompts for February 19th thru 21st

Tarot Reading with the Secret Garden Tarot and Alice In Wonderland Oracle

What your comfort zone feels like.

Ten of Swords; Too Many Tears – You find comfort in endings.

Specifically those endings where you have given all of yourself to the point that rest isn’t just relief, but also its own sort of pain (muscle spasms and discomfort, etc). This tells you that things have turned out how they are meant to be.

Even in failure, you find this understanding reassuring and you find comfort in knowing that you really did do all you could.

When is it safest and healthiest to linger in your comfort zone?

Nine of Cups; The Mock Turtle – When you stay long enough to find the boon, so you can “dress your experience up” into something positive, even when things don’t turn out as you want or expect. Allowing yourself to acknowledge the boon makes it easier to move forward with a positive mindset of acceptance.

When is it healthier to break free of your comfort zone?

Three of Swords; Growing and Growing – When the pain and disappointment hold you back from growth, it’s then healthier to break free and move on without that closure that gives you comfort.

If you can’t find a way to grow from the experience, it’s better to move on than linger in the negative space. You can always revisit and look for the boon later on after you’ve had more time to process.

Other elements included in this reading:
Japanese Cherry Leaf as a Reminder of Life’s Fleeting Moments
Foraged Parmeliaceae Lichen for a “Breath of Fresh Air”
Foraged Silver Maple Key for Bouncing Back to Thrive
Foraged Acorn for Protection during New Beginnings
Moss Agate for Attracting Opportunities for Growth
Gneiss Stone for Patience in Moments of Discomfort
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECKS USED: SECRET GARDEN TAROT AND ALICE IN WONDERLAND ORACLE

@ambitiouslyalexa’s February Journal Prompts
Prompt for February 20th
: One thing that brings me comfort

Tarot Reading with the Таро Евы

Reading Summary – Knowing that you’re not alone (Hermit Rx) in your efforts to balance the burden (Two of Pentacles) of life’s overwhelming struggles and upsets (Ten of Wands).

Take Away – You may struggle to ask for help, but that doesn’t mean that you’re not grateful and comforted by the fact that it’s there for you when you need it.

You may push yourself far beyond your own means to try and deal with it yourself first, but the fact someone is there to have your back when you need it allows you to not freak out when you -have- to ask for help, because you know that help will be there for you and you won’t be refused or turned away.

Other elements included in this reading:
Staghorn Sumac for Connecting with Nature and the Wild Within
Chinese Silver Grass for fostering Grounding and Nurturing Stability
Scotch Pine Cone for Purging Negative Influences
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: ТАРО ЕВЫ (by Ukrainian!)
Daily Self Kindness

I refused to do anything that would challenge my back or hip today. They’ve been a bit sore and I’m trying to avoid them going into a full flare-up.

❤️ 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?

Alice in Wonderland Tarot, The Faux Tarot, Alice in Wonderland Lenormand

EarthNine of Wands atop Eight of Cups Rx, The Fog – Take a minute to pause, listen, and pay attention when something comes along to put your back up. Don’t allow the cloud of your emotions to let you miss something important this week or walk away from something would be beneficial in the end.

AirThe Wheel of Fortune and The Loop – Remember that things are not always going to turn out how you expect them to. It’s okay for things to change along the way, and sometimes when they do they turn out even better than you expected in the first place.

WaterEight of Wands, The Spirit atop The Spiderweb – This is an echo of a reading that was done yesterday, which speaks of the need to look into what motivations are driving your unhealthy behaviors, and to look at what you truly need to feel nurtured rather than what you think you should need.

FireSeven of Swords and The Raven – You may be tempted to resort to some underhanded behavior this week to get ahead. In an echo of the Earth position in this reading, make sure you don’t act impulsively but instead check in with yourself before taking any action.

WaningBirds and Coffin – Pause before you do anything rash. This includes cutting people out of your life.  Make sure that it’s really the right decision before you act. It could be beneficial to put it off a bit to look at things a bit more closely.

WaxingShip and Tower – A lot of what you need to deal with right now is a solitary endeavor.  It’s okay to do things on your own when needed, as long as you remember it’s not supposed to be an all-the-time thing.

Take Away – Be wary of irrational or impulsive actions this week. Go with the flow and don’t let yourself react without a bit of reflection and consideration this week.

DECKS USED: ALICE IN WONDERLAND TAROT, THE FAUX TAROT, ALICE IN WONDERLAND LENORMAND