Business Class Tarot

Those Rose-Colored Glasses

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The @hippiepixie333 #Escapril2026 Challenge

Prompt for April 16th : spring again

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

Business Class Tarot - Four of Wands

Today’s draw is the Four of Wands (Product 4), which is traditionally a representation of one’s passionate love for the security and welcoming energies of home. This often translates into themes that have to do with homecoming, celebrating home and stability, as well as relaxation in comfortable spaces.

We’re all searching for “home”, and every new thing is a hopeful possibility that that perfect fit might’ve been found. When you think you find it, is it really perfect, though, or is it just better than where you came from and so it seems that way in the moment?

Relationships aren’t the only thing in life that goes through a “honeymoon phase”. Finding the fit that feels like home is almost always about leveling up or upgrading from what you had before… but not always.

To find that fit, we have to look beyond the rose-colored glasses of newness. Sometimes that can be harder said than done. Sadly, those rose-colored glasses usually only wear off after you’re already stuck.

The message in today’s Four of Wands card and the “spring again” prompt is a reminder that new is exciting and it’s okay to indulge in that excitement, but also make sure to stay aware that you’re looking at the situation through rose-colored glasses which sooner or later are going to wear off. Make smart decisions (even during that time when you’re immersed in the happy glow of newness) that help to protect that comfortable fit you think you have found.

DECK USED:  BUSINESS CLASS TAROT

One Card Tarot Journal Activity by @mariasofia_astro

Chapter 6 | Entry 12 – Spiritual Development

Affirmation : “I trust my instinct when something doesn’t feel true.”

Prompt : It’s said that most advice people give his autobiographical (learned through personal experience). Consider the possible autobiography of the card you draw, then think about the worst advice this card could give you. Reflect on why it feels untrue and where you store that feeling in your body. This exercise is a good lesson and trust in your instincts and knowing when something being said to you is not aligned with your inner truth.

Tarot Activity from The One Card a Day Journal by Maria Sofia Marmanides - The Millennials Tarot - Death / The Sushi

What feelings came up when I pulled this card?

My first reaction was, “Ohhhh that looks like a bad idea.”

I found it interesting that they used sushi for the Death card. This immediately brought up lots of different ideas about how those two elements could connect, stirring my curiosity and creative thoughts.

What elements of the card’s meaning resonate with me and this prompt?

Sushi is one of those foods that has to be served fresh. Very, very fresh. It loses it ability to be safely eaten quickly. First the smell shifts, then the taste turns, and within moments after that it can cause severe food poisoning.

It’s a balance of time and temperature. There is no set time limit for how long it will stay good, because the temperature drastically changes the window of time for food safety.

What do you know for sure, is that it is going to go bad… you just don’t know exactly when. Just like death. We all know it’s coming for us, we just don’t know when.

What in the artwork spoke to me?

Actually. The artwork made me hungry. This, in turn, make me think of all of those different places that I have tried over the years for sushi, and how many of them have been failures.

There’s a reason I don’t eat sushi anymore, other than from one place that I found that seems to be consistent in their freshness. It doesn’t mean that I don’t like it… it just means that I don’t trust the establishments that are serving it.

My prompt response and reflections.

The worst advice this card could provide is, “Go ahead and eat. It’s fresh! It might smell a little like fish, but it’s supposed to smell that way.”

I feel a rejection of this advice through a slightly backward tug in the area of my chest as if my body wants to lean away, as well as in the feeling of an eyebrow wanting to rise in skepticism even though I don’t allow it to.

Other elements included in this reading:

Agate D20 and D6 Stone Dice

DECK USED: THE MILLENNIALS TAROT

@lightningwildflower‘s April Energetic Shifts Challenge

Mars sextile Pluto, Mercury conjunct Neptune Prompt for April 16th : What deep inner strength is being activated for me?

Tarot Reading with the Business Class Tarot

Reading Summary: You are feeling the need to stand guard over (Product 9) what you feel creates the stability and security you and others depend upon (Money Assistant) from others who may try to out-do your efforts with their own (Product 5 Rx).

Take Away: There is such a thing as healthy competition. The problem is, what you’re feeling right now doesn’t feel like healthy competition.

It feels like an attack. Thus you have put up your defenses in response, in order to protect the stability and security you have built in your life.

This defensive reaction is a deep inner strength that rose up to the fore without you realizing it. It might be worth taking some time to figure out what triggered it in the first place.

Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Oak Branch with Moss and Lichen for Perseverance
Dried Cedar Bundle for Protection from Negative Influences
Black Tourmaline for Grounding and Protection
Carnelian Agate for Inner Drive and Focusing On Aspirations
Calcite for Gently Calming the Mind and Stimulating Insights
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED:  BUSINESS CLASS TAROT
Daily Self Kindness

I didn’t really have the time for it, but I took a short nap anyway. I was just too tired.

Don’t Overload Yourself

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IMG_2285Today’s meditation was ten minutes long and was a guided meditation from the Calm app with added interval timer for my pirifomis stretching.

The focus of today’s meditation was about consistency in one’s practice.  This is something that I really struggle with and I don’t think it has anything to do with the time it takes to do the meditation. The meditation went through the benefits of a regular meditation practice, as well as time management techniques on how to help fitting a regular practice into your every day.

The thing is?  I don’t think that my recalcitrance has anything to do with time.  I think it has to do with my self-destructive tendencies. I think that like so many other things such as my occasional disenchantment with food, my occasional risk taking behavior, and temptations to harm  myself stretched out over the length of my life… the avoidance is another way to neglect myself and otherwise hurt myself.

Business Class Tarot and Less Anxiety Affirmation CardsToday’s draw is the Ace of Pentacles, which is traditionally a representation of the seed of new beginnings and awakening opportunities in the area of one’s finances, resources, work, home, health, and other manifestation abilities.

Sometimes it can be hard  when toiling away at our job or starting a new project, or even just working to support ourselves or our loved ones, to remember that there are opportunities all around us all the time.  The thing is?  Even those that are good at spotting those opportunities can’t jump on every single one of them.   We have to pick and choose.

Today’s cards are a reminder of that process of making choices. We choose what happens in our lives, and we choose where we go.  When opportunities arrive, we choose whether to jump on them, or let them slide by.  One of the keys to a healthy and happy life is making absolutely certain that we don’t jump on so many of those opportunities that we run out of the space and time to give ourselves the rest and self care we need along the way.

DECK USED:  BUSINESS CLASS TAROT AND FLOWER FORTUNE CARDS

CoffeexTarot’s Self Love For The Summer Prompt
Questions for June 12th & 13th

Salt + Sea Energy OracleHow can I be kinder to myself?

The Flamingo and The Crab – Let go of your recalcitrance when it comes to allowing others to work with you. Remember that others are there to support you and you don’t have to do it alone.

Pay attention to opportunities to do things in an unusual way. Don’t get so stuck in the mud did she miss out on something that should be much easier than it is when doing it the old way.

How am I limiting my self-love?

The Seahorse and Sunrise – Let go of doubts and just trust. Your intuition has never served you wrong, so twisting in the wind instead of just allowing it to lead is useless.

Also, you need to start doing your daily devotion and gratitude practice again and making sure that you’re fitting in your meditation in the morning. Stop putting it off.

DECK USED:  SALT + SEA ENERGY ORACLE

#DiscordTarotolicsJun2021 Challenge Prompt
Topic: About peace…
Question: How can I best foster a healthy peace in my life during my time of rest this week?

Business Class TarotReading Summary: You’re spending too much time stressing (Nine of Swords) over not advancing as fast as you want and getting where you want to go (Knight of Pentacles) instead of celebrating your achievements so far (Six of Wands).

Take Away: More celebration and less stressing is very important.  You can’t go into a restful week with your brain filled with “should have done” and “should do” thoughts.

Let go of these thoughts and the stress that they create.  Get out of your head and stop worrying so much about where you’re going.  Look, instead, at how far you’ve come.  If you need help with that?  Gideon would probably be more than happy to rehash all your accomplishments from the past couple of years in order to show you just how far you’ve come.

DECK USED:  BUSINESS CLASS TAROT

Daily Self Kindness

I went through a number of Witches’ Box subscription boxes that I’d been putting off opening up and going through, and included Gideon in the process.  It was really nice doing it with him and far more fun than doing it alone.