I can be…
Crossroad and House – …secure and stable during times of transition.
Even when…
Ship and Moon – …your emotions are all over the place.
Because…
Tree and Fish – …you have strong roots and flexible branches.
cartomancy
The “Glow Up” Tarot Spread
So, I made this Glow Up Tarot Spread for someone who was looking for a specific thread and couldn’t find what she needed, and I figured that I’d share it here in case anyone else would like to give it a try as well.
I had to do a good bit of reading and research for this particular spread, because when I started out, I had no idea what “Glow Up” actually meant.
Glow Up is a term used to indicate a positive personal transformation, typically one involving significant changes in appearance and style and often also growth in confidence and maturity. It is a transformation for the better that involves aspects of improving the mental, physical, and emotional aspects of oneself. They can be natural or planned, quick or long-term work.
In other words? It appears to essentially be a newer term for “self-improvement“.
Burn It All Down Tarot Reading
What would be helpful to burn down in my life?
Ace of Cups and Six of Swords – Your tendency to try and run away from your emotions. Especially the new ones that you don’t understand. It would be helpful to bring that tendency into check instead of letting it dictate your behavior out of habit or fear.
How can that destruction move me forward?
Eight of Wands Rx and Two of Wands – Allowing yourself to stay in the moment of those new emotions instead of running from them can create a less chaotic push and shove in your life over all, resulting in more steady footing for the journey yet to come.
In what area will I then need to rebuild?
Six of Coins and Queen of Wands – Fostering a new passion for generosity towards yourself and others can allow you the room you need to grow and understand without the pressure to always be on top of everything.
DECK USED: BIX TAROT
Spring Awakening Lenormand Reading
What part of your life is ready for a fresh start?
Ring and Birds – Seek out those things in your life that feel unstable. A “Fresh Start” does not mean discarding, but rather breathing fresh air into something gone old and tired. Projects gone stagnant. Look for those things that are feeling flighty, chaotic, without an anchor. This spring is a time to bring some stability to those areas.
What needs to be nurtured to bring that a new beginning to fruition?
Key and Coffin – Connect with your grief over the ideas and projects that haven’t worked out, and give yourself permission to grieve them and then let them go. It’s okay to write them off as a loss, just make sure you deal with how you feel about it as you do so.
What can come from tending to this potential?
Lily and Scythe – Results come from sticking to the straight and narrow on this. You can have that fresh start, and find a great deal of enjoyment and pleasure in it, but only if you put in the work to make it what you want it to be. That means allowing yourself to feel your feelings, and dealing with letting go so that the way is clear for that fresh start to develop and begin.
DECK USED: SPARKLY LENORMAND
Mushroom Wisdom Lenormand Reading
What qualities or characteristics make me unique?
Stork and Letter – Your ability to transform the hearts, minds, and lives of others with just a few profound words. This isn’t something that happens all the time, but it is pure magic when it does. These are moments that you don’t even realize are happening until someone comes back later to share with you their experience.
How can I work with others in mutually beneficial ways?
Ship and Stars – You can inspire others to reach for their dreams and foster hope in their hearts, even when there is physical distance between you and them. Never forget the power of your influence over others and use it to help lift them up, whether they are near to you or far away.
In what way am I being called to spread out and grow?
Man and Fish – Work at moving beyond gender roles in your thought processes. You might do this in many ways already, but there are just as many ways that you are stuck in the quagmire of old systems and need to break free.
How can I live in unity with my surroundings?
Lady and Anchor – Connect with those women in your life that are there for the long haul and find a sense of stability in the fact that they are not just there for you, but aren’t going anywhere.
DECK USED: THUMBELINA’S LENORMAND
Doing Too Much Lenormand Reading
Why do I have so much to do?
Ring and Key – Because you feel that the key to success lies in the responsibilities and obligations you pile up on yourself. Thus you continue to pile on more and more of them in order to push yourself towards the success you want to achieve.
What prevents me from lightening my load?
Lily and Book – Past experience has shown you that this method works again and again. You worry that that means it’s the only method that will and struggle to see past what this past research/experience has taught you.
What would it be like if I did less?
Rider and Birds – At least at first, it would feel like you are losing your grip on the organization and order that you’ve worked so hard to build in your life. In time, this chaos would become the new norm tho, and you would learn to adapt to it and continue moving forward.
Twisting the Leaf 