Today’s meditation was just over ten minutes long, and was a guided meditation in the Calm app with the addition of an interval timer for my piriformis stretches.
The topic of today’s meditation was twofold. It began with a slow, full body scan that started at the top of the head and ended at the tips of the toes, with slow breaths throughout the process to breathe relaxation and release tension in each body part you’re focusing on at a time.
The second part of the meditation was a discussion on compassion, and how being compassionate includes not just how you treat others but also how you treat yourself. This is something that I personally struggle with and although I fully agree… I still struggle with. But, I’m working on it.
Today’s draw is the Emperor card, which is traditionally a representation of being “the boss”, authority, and themes concerning structure, responsibility, and “the greater good”.
Okay so, what stands out to me in the imagery of this card is the two figures in the card. I say this because they oddly echoed back in my mind to the show I’ve been watching on Netflix recently and how Eun-Hyuk used Hyun Cha to go get things for him and protect the people of the Green Roof Apartments.
Hyuk stands back through so much of the series and rarely puts himself in any kind of danger, but sends Hyun in again and again, sometimes for important things… but often just for trivial shit.
The reminder in these cards is to make sure that you are treating others fairly and kindly, no matter how above them you are. They may be there to help, they may be there to protect you… they may be there to serve in some way. But they are still human and just as deserving of respect and kindness as you are.
DECK USED: BONESTONE & EARTHFLESH TAROT
#DiscordTarotolicJan2021 Challenge Prompt
Question: What concession can you make to provide for yesterday’s inner child craving?
Reading Summary: Work on changing (Death) how you look at stability and success (Nine of Pentacles), and you will find better balance and harmony with your inner child (Two of Cups).
Take Away: The thing is, that it isn’t so much about that there is or isn’t stability and success in my life but my perception of that stability and success.
Convincing that inner child that it is safe and secure will require taking a look at how I see these values and what they really mean, and redefining that into something more attainable than the expectations my father beat and berated into me throughout the majority of my life both as a child and as an adult.
DECK USED: WAYWARD DARK TAROT
Purefield.Healing’s Taking My Power Back Challenge Prompt
Question: How can I increase my power in the most ethical & aligned way?
Reading Summary: Focus on learning (Heart of Stars) how to take only what you need (Seven of Stars) and leave the rest behind (Ten of Stars).
Take Away: Moderation is not my strong suit, but I am working on it in certain areas of my life. These cards indicate that it is through clearing out those things I no longer need and taking with me only that which I do, I can increase my power as a result. I like this idea and I’ve actually been feeling the urge to purge in a number of areas lately. In fact, I’ve sent a number of bags of crap to Goodwill this week, and a number of them out into recycle bins as well. I have no doubt that if the urge continues, so too will that trend.
Today’s meditation took place after a soak in the tub and was just over eleven minutes long. It was another of the guided meditations from the Calm app with added interval timer for my piriformis and forearm stretches.
Twisting the Leaf 