Bumbleberry Hollows Tarot

Refuse to Fall In Line

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

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The @hippiepixie333 #Escapril2026 Challenge
Prompt for April 27th : steady ground 
Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.

Bumbleberry Hollows Tarot - Four of Cups

Today’s draw is the Four of Cups, which is traditionally a representation of dejection, refusal of assistance, contemplative moments, meditation, and feelings of apathy.

It’s okay to say no when you need to.

I’m not sure if I’m an alcoholic or not, but I know that back when I drank, I had a tendency to do my heavy drinking when it was very unhealthy to do so. That is to say, I had a tendency lean into alcohol when I was angry or emotionally overwhelmed. When something came up that I didn’t feel like I could handle, my first thought was “where is the vodka”.

Gideon was the one that noticed this tendency and pointed it out to me. We had a discussion about it and how unhealthy it is, and that was when I stopped drinking. Well, other than a slip up a couple years later, at any rate.

I admit that it’s not always easy to say no. What I have found, though, is that I enjoy life more without that influence in it. It makes saying no a lot easier than it would otherwise be; no matter who’s pushing or what pressure I’m under at the time.

The message in today’s Four of Cups and the “steady ground” prompt is a reminder that it’s okay to say no. If the decision to say no is healthy for you, then stop giving in and step away instead. Whether it’s about alcohol or anything else that you would be better off saying no to. Say no. Let those who are pressuring you into saying yes figure out some other solution than expecting you to fall in line with their expectations.

DECK USED:  BUMBLEBERRY HOLLOWS TAROT

@lightningwildflower‘s April Energetic Shifts Challenge
Prompts for April 27th and 28th

Tarot Reading with The Bunny Tarot

Clarify: What lesson is becoming clearer?

Page of Wands atop Four of Coins Rx – Enthusiasm alone is not enough to get you there.

The fact of the matter is that you’re getting older, and if you don’t allow your source more time to ground and stabilize (not just between activities but during them), you pay a price for that. There are consequences for that.

This means you need to practice a little extra moderation mixed in with your enthusiasm. Otherwise, the consequences can be quite painful.

Venus trine Pluto: What deep desire am I ready to explore?

The Moon, Seven of Coins atop Nine of Wands Rx – A deep desire you’re ready to explore right now involves the idea that just because things feel uncertain sometimes during a journey doesn’t mean that you have to be constantly on guard.

Bracing for impact is a natural response, but holding that tension through the entire duration of uncertainty isn’t healthy. After all, not every moment of uncertainty is a breeding ground for something negative to take root.

Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Wood Fern for Exorcising Negative Influences
Rose Quartz for Gentle Kindness to Self and Others
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: THE BUNNY TAROT

@Lionharts #TheAprilTarot Root & Rise Challenge
The Rise Prompt for April 27th : Where am ready to go beyond what feels familiar?

Tarot Reading with the Bumbleberry Hollows Tarot

Reading Summary: Go ahead and jump right in (Temperance Rx) when it comes to new opportunities coming your way (Ace of Pentacles)… after having evaluated if they’re right for you of course (Judgment).

Take Away: This advice is contrary to most of the advice that the cards tend give you, which is to warn you against overloading yourself.

In this instance, through, it’s saying that at this time there is an opportunity that is going to present itself to you that you need to jump at.

The Ace in this reading is indicating that this is one opportunity, and does not involve leaving yourself open to all opportunities.

In order for you to judge which opportunity is the right one, you will need to consider where you want to go and who you want to be as you grow and develop over time.

Other elements included in this reading:
Rose Quartz for Gentle Kindness to Self and Others
Calcite for Gently Calming the Mind and Stimulating Insights
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED:  BUMBLEBERRY HOLLOWS TAROT
Daily Self Kindness

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

A New Day… Starting Now

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IMG_9836Today’s meditation was just over twenty minutes long and was the ninth installment of the Mantra Meditation course that is being offered on the Oak app.

The meditation included the longest silent time so far and it was really nice right up until the last three minutes when L decided she HAD to interrupt, didn’t like my answer on where the thing was she was looking for, and immediately snarked at me in a very bitchy manner which immediately turned my own calm into an inner snarl of irritation.

So yeah.  That sucked.

Bumbleberry Hollows Tarot and Thera-Pets Emotional Support Animal CardaToday’s draw is the Knight of Swords, which is traditionally a representation of an active beta energy, personality, or person in the area of one’s intellect, aspirations, thoughts, and communication.

I really like these two cards together and the message was so clear that it felt like there was no missing it, especially considering my experience with my sister this morning at the end of my meditation.

What these two cards today say to me is, “Go hack the shit out of this fish and get it all out, then take a deep breath and step forward into the next moment, where you can start anew.”

Why, after all, does it have to be that each day is a new day?  Why wait until tomorrow.  Why not start now, or in a few minutes, or in an hour?

Get out what’s frustrating you, get out those emotions that are dragging you down or irritating you or frustrating you.  Work them out, through exercise or some other way. Expel them through blood or sweat or tears… or all three.

Then take a breath, and move on.  Start again, and make the next time better than than the last.

DECK USED:  BUMBLEBERRY HOLLOWS TAROT AND THERA-PETS EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMAL CARDS

The Marching Into Darkness Tarot Challenge Prompt
Question: Thinking back to a time when I passed judgement on someone else, how was that really about me?

Baby Tarot

Reading Summary: I’ve known a few people in life that have sticky fingers and seemed to see stealing not as a crime or something wrong, but justified in one way or another (Seven of Swords).  I’ve watched them as they have done things like steal from others or shoplift, then just move on if everything is perfect and they’ve done nothing wrong (facial expression in The World). In my case, such an act would cause worries, anxieties, and nightmares (Nine of Swords) and I’ve always wondered how others were able to do this type of behavior and not suffer the same.

Take Away:  My moral compass and ethics are very uniquely my own and no one else’s.   I understand this just as well as I understand that there are things I see no wrong in that others might consider morally corrupt, and things others see nothing wrong in that I personally view as morally corrupt. Sometimes it can be difficult to keep this in mind, though, when you see someone do something that is so far outside the realm of “okay” in your own moral compass and ethics that it seems like something that ‘should’ be universal… but isn’t.

DECK USED:  BABY TAROT

#DiscordTarotolicsMar2021 Challenge Prompt
Question: How can I best improve in the area of my greatest weakness?

Bumbleberry Hollows TarotReading Summary: Walk away from (Eight of Cups) impulsivity and distraction (Knight of Wands) and focus on your emotional growth (Ace of Cups).

Take Away: I need to focus upon  my emotional growth and developing my emotional intelligence instead of allowing this, that, and the other to distract me away from this pursuit.

My business, in particular, offers me a great many distractions that speak to my interests and passions, but if I allow myself to get too wrapped up in too many of them, then everything else goes out the window including my self care and seeking that growth that I’ve been working on getting in touch with and fostering for more than a year now.

DECK USED:  BUMBLEBERRY HOLLOWS TAROT

Daily Self Kindness

I’ve prepped my day pack to head out for a hike tomorrow.