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The Pivot of Anxiety’s Voice

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Today’s meditation was skipped.

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

Questeros Tarot's Five of Pentacles and a card from the Pass Around the Smile Guided Affirmation Cards

Today’s draw is the Five of Pentacles (Orbs), which is traditionally a representation of tests, trials, struggles, and setbacks in the area of one’s finances, resources, health, home, work, or manifestations. This often translates into themes that have to do with scarcity and times in life when one needs to seek out help from others instead of suffering through alone

The Five of Orbs has then been combined with the Sensitivity card from the Pass Around the Smile Guided Affirmation Cards, which says, “ I embrace my feelings of sensitivity and know that I can protect myself from negative energy.”

Reminder! It’s okay to freak out now and then when things aren’t going the way that you think that they should be going. The key here is to make sure that you don’t fall into the negative thought patterns that turn a small or medium sized problem or hiccup into an end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it event.

Being sensitive gives our lives of depth and exposes us to an array of emotions that we avoid otherwise not have the opportunity to explore. In opening yourself up to being sensitive, though, there is also a trap waiting where anxiety can turn things from normal sensitivity into catastrophizing.

It’s such an easy slope to slide down too; suddenly some problem that may be peripheral, or maybe right in the center of things but isn’t particularly catastrophic, becomes the end-all of everything.

The message in today’s Five of Orbs and the Sensitivity card is a reminder to keep an eye on when agitation and anxiety begin to turn the tables for you, and that pivot begins to blow something out of proportion. By being aware of when anxiety begins to introduce negative influences into your emotions, you can help to circumvent these more extreme and chaotic reactions.

DECKS USED:  QUESTEROS TAROT

One Card Tarot Journal Activity by @mariasofia_astro
Chapter 5 | Entry 2 – Health and Body
Affirmation : “I honor my mental well-being.”
Prompt : Under times of stress we all have certain coping mechanisms. Can you identify what yours are? What can the tarot show you about how helpful those strategies may or may not be to your mental health?”

Coping Mechanism : One of my biggest coping mechanisms during stress is to withdraw into myself and deaden my more vulnerable emotions.

Tarot Activity from The One Card a Day Journal by Maria Sofia Marmanides - Legend of Zelda Tarot - The Hanged Man card

What feelings came up when I pulled this card?

This card came out of the deck reversed, and while I don’t usually use reversal when working with the activities from this book, there are significance in the reversal in this instance.

Amusingly, I felt a sense of betrayal at the appearance of this card. I don’t usually get my favorite card in such a negative context as provided here in this reading. It’s a silly reaction, but then emotions are very rarely logical.

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

The Hanged Man card is about stepping back. It’s about distancing yourself from a situation in order to observe things from a different perspective.

While the defense mechanism mentioned above can absolutely be seen in this light, the fact that it was turned upside down indicates that while I am, in fact, distancing myself from the situation by stepping back emotionally… what’s missing is seeing the extra perspectives that should be picked up with this action.

Instead, with the card reversed, we see that in stepping back I am closing myself off instead of opening up. This means that I end up stuck with only my own perspective to circle around and around in my head and get mixed up with the negativity and anxieties that linger there, instead of seeking out more positive perspectives and outlooks that could be more helpful.

What in the artwork spoke to me?

The Hanged Man’s eyes are closed, at the same time the little furry gremlin on the ground at his head has its eyes wide open in an anxiety-like stare. Neither the Hanged Man’s close eyes nor the gremlins’ open ones seek any outside perspectives. Combined with the appearance of anxiety in the yellow eyes of the gremlin, this speaks of getting lost in one’s own perspectives and opinions, and allowing anxiety to hold sway rather than the seeking of alternate perspectives this card usually represents.

My prompt response and reflections.

The withdrawal and closing off defense mechanism may protect me from outside sources that could hurt my feelings or touch on my vulnerability, but it also closes me off with the most vicious monster of all which is my own mind and the negativity and pessimism that lie there. This negativity and pessimism is always ready to speak up and put a negative cast to anything and everything at the smallest provocation on a good day, let alone on a bad one where my anxiety then swing the door open wide for it to step in and make a mess.

Other elements included in this reading:
Amber Resin D25 and Banded Agate D6 Dice

DECK USED: LEGEND OF ZELDA TAROT

#DiscordTarotholicsAug2026 Challenge
Prompt for August : Do Spread 4
Focusing on the SPIRITUAL aspects of your life and growth this season

Tarot Reading with the Questeros Tarot - King of Cups, Six of Pentacles, Knight of Swords

Seeds Sown: What seeds for my spiritual health & growth planted in the Spring have flourished and grown strong?

King of Cups – You are connecting with and sharing more with Gideon. He is your “emotion guru”, often helping you to work through and sort out your feelings when they become overwhelming or confusing. Since the spring you have been working to open up more and withdraw less when things get emotional. In doing so, this helps you be less chaotic in your spiritual practices, for there is less stagnancy to work through.

The Chaff: What seeds have not flourished and need to be let go to encourage healthy growth in other areas?

Six of Pentacles Rx – All for one and one for all has not served you well. Remember that it is okay to lend your experience and formidable knowledge to others where able. Help them to grow and thrive through sharing what you have in abundance, instead of keeping your own council.

The Harvest: How can I best prepare now to reap the benefits of a positive and healthy harvest in the Fall?

Knight of Swords – Stay sharp and be ready to swoop in at a moments notice. Take care to think strategically, and not act on impulse.

Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Oak Branch with Moss and Lichen for Perseverance
Flower Agate for Opening the Mind to New Possibilities
Clear Quartz Point for boosting Mental Clarity and Focus
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: QUESTEROS TAROT
Daily Self Kindness

I took a little time to just lie on the couch and space out. I can’t really call it meditation, but I needed a little silence and stillness, and was too scattered to manage an actual session.

Little Things and Pocket Change

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Today’s meditation was a fifteen minute long self-guided visualization session while listening to JW LoFi’s Fog track.

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

Ancestral Path Tarot's Sun card and a card from the Rethink 120 Learning Cards for Mindful Living

Today’s draw is The Sun card, which is traditionally a representation of success, optimism, positivity, fun and frivolity. In my practice, the Sun is also a symbol of masculine vitality, virility, and warmth.

The Sun card has then been combined with a Mindfulness Practices card from the Rethink 120 Learning Cards For Mindful Daily Life, which says, “Mindful Tea Ceremony: Mindfully brew, a cup of tea. Pay attention to the process of boiling the water, selecting the tea leaves, and steeping them. Sit down and savor each sip, noticing the aroma, flavors, and warmth. Engage your senses fully and embrace the moment of relaxation and nourishment. The goal is to create a ritual of presence and self-care, finding tranquility in the simple act of drinking tea.”

Not all goodness in life comes from career, success, or monetary rewards. Sometimes just spending time with another can create a sense of well-being, as can making a cup of tea.

The key in life’s celebrations and positive moments doesn’t lie in the accolades of others or the garnering of material goods. Instead, it lies in the mindfulness to acknowledge the good stuff… even the little stuff that’s good. In doing so you choose to brighten your day one nibble-sized piece at a time.

The message in today’s Sun card and Mindfulness Practice card is a reminder that like pocket change tossed in a jar, all the little good things begin to add up over time. As they do so, they change your perception of each day that passes into something a little brighter and lighter than before. These cards encourage us to take the time to be mindful of those small good things in our life instead of letting them pass us by unnoticed or ignored.

DECKS USED:  ANCESTRAL PATH TAROT AND RETHINK 120 LEARNING CARDS FOR MINDFUL DAILY LIFE

@note.project August Journal Prompts
Prompt for August 22nd and 23rd

Oracle Reading with the Life Design Cards

A choice that feels aligned with the person I want to be

Seek your inner wisdom

I don’t want to be someone who looks to others for validation, but neither do I want to be unfeeling to their opinions and perspectives.

Instead, I wish to tap into my intuition, inner moral compass, and gut instincts and allow them to have priority. Yet, at the same time, still listen to what others have to say with an open mind so that I see and understand their perspectives on the situation.

I want to know who I am, and be unshakable in that authenticity to the point where considering others perspectives, opinions, and ideas doesn’t change that sense of comfortable security, but broadens my horizons and understanding of the world around me and the people therein.

A relationship I want to nurture more intentionally

Make a plan and take action

I want to tap into the inspiration and motivation that creates action with a flavor of curiosity and interest, rather than approaching creativity with a feeling of reluctance and dissent.

Often it feels like I’m stuck in the mire of slow movement and stagnancy to the point where it sometimes seems like I’m not getting anywhere or doing anything at all. It’s hard to be mindful of one’s accomplishment during this time when it feels like nothing is getting done.

Writing down the things that I am doing helps to shut down that inner voice telling me that I’m doing nothing, but it does not inspire me with motivation and get me off my ass to change things up and do more. As a result, I would like to find a way to more deeply nurture my relationship with motivation, inspiration, and curiosity.

Other elements included in this reading:
Staghorn Sumac for Connecting with Nature and the Wild Within
Rose Quartz for Gentle Kindness to Self and Others
Moss Agate for Attracting Opportunities for Growth
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: LIFE DESIGN CARDS

@lightningwildflower‘s August Reflections Challenge
Sun enters Virgo
Prompt for August 22nd : How can I bring intention to my daily routines?

Tarot Reading with the Ancestral Path Tarot

Reading Summary: Don’t be tempted to run off with “a bunch of trinkets” you haven’t earned and that hold little meaning for you (The Devil atop Seven of Swords). That path only leads to more uncertainty (The Moon). Instead, seek out the things that make you truly happy (Nine of Cups), and share those things with others (Three of Cups).

Take Away: Hoarding things that hold very little sentimental value or meaning for you can easily take up a great deal of your time and attention if you let it. It’s important to remember that if something doesn’t bring you joy then there’s no point in having it. Nor is there much point in having it if all you’re going to do is stare at it and not share it with others or otherwise enjoy it.

The key to a greater sense of purpose and intention in your daily routines is to fill these routines with substance and meaning. If you’re just collecting stuff to do just for the sake of having stuff to do, but that stuff has no meaning to it, then of course there will be less intention within these routines. It is better to have less to do and more meaning, than it is to have more to do but less meaning.

Other elements included in this reading:
Japanese Cherry Leaf as a Reminder of Life’s Fleeting Moments
Black Spruce Needles to Boost Self-Confidence and Positive Thinking
Dried Rosebuds for Potential and Beauty Waiting to Unfold
Dried Purple Heather Flowers for Independence and Luck
Norway Maple Key for Fostering Strength and Resilience
Calcite for Gently Calming the Mind and Stimulating Insights
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: ANCESTRAL PATH TAROT
Daily Self Kindness

I ordered sushi at the place that never fails to always serve good sushi when we went out to dinner today.

Missing Flawed Trend

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Today’s meditation was skipped.

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

Erenberg Tarot's Eight of Swords and a card from the Art From the Heart Affirmation Cards

Today’s draw is the Eight of Swords, which is traditionally a representation of willful ignorance, self-imposed restrictions, turning a blind eye (especially when it can be harmful to self), and entertaining a victim mentality.

The Eight of Swords has then been combined with a card from the Art From the Heart Affirmation Cards, which says, “I have control over my perceptions, decisions, and actions. When you consciously choose to fill your day with the highest priority actions – those that truly matter to you – you created deeply meaningful and inspiring life.”

Sometimes it’s difficult to open ourselves up to our own faults and flaws. We lash out at others without realizing having done so, we allow snark to get in the way of genuine conversation, etc. These things happen. It’s a part of being human.

Stress, anxiety, or a hyper focus on a particular thing or theme can blind us to unhealthy ways of dealing that can leave us (and those around us) floundering instead of coping.

This is why it’s important to work at looking outside yourself and your own perceptions to enlist a greater perspective. In doing so, we are given the opportunity to adjust our approach into something more caring, kind, and open. The key is in wanting to do this, though, instead of falling back on unhealthy defense mechanisms.

The message in today’s Eight of Swords and affirmation card is a reminder that it’s important to open our eyes and look honestly at how we are treating ourselves and others. Are we leaning into abusive self defensive maneuvers? If so, it’s time to be honest about that and seek a better way do deal.

DECKS USED:  ERENBERG TAROT AND ART FROM THE HEART AFFIRMATION CARDS

@lightningildflower‘s August Reflections Challenge
Venus opposite Saturn
Prompt for August 21st : How can I honor both desire and responsibility?

Oracle Reading with the Runs of Sea and Sand Deck

Reading Summary: Don’t waffle (Haste) when asked to make a decision (The Boat), go with your gut (The Deep).

Take Away: Your intuition always knows. Think of how many times you’ve followed your gut and it’s been right… and how many times you’ve -not- followed your gut and looked back later to realize that you absolutely should have in the first place.

If you catch the whispers of your intuition when they speak deep inside you, it will tell you which direction to turn. The key, is in the fact that this guidance comes in a whisper. You have to listen for it.

Let that quiet intuitive voice be your guide, and take care not to allow logic and reason (or fears and uncertainty) to step in and usurp its position in the lead.

Other elements included in this reading:
Conch Shell Knots for Concentration, Clarity, and Determination
Great Scallop Shell for the Flowing with Beginnings and Endings
Cowrie Shell to Connect with Wealth and Fertility
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: RUNES OF SAND AND SEA DECK

#DiscordTarotholicsAug2026 Challenge
Prompt for August 22nd : Where in life do I need to be serious and buckle down?

Tarot Reading with the Erenberg Tarot

Reading Summary: Lean into those things that you have excelled at and still have more room to advance (Eight of Pentacles). This isn’t about winning or losing (Five of Swords Rx), nor about doing things the way they’ve always been done (The Hierophant Rx).

Take Away: It is in creating and sharing your artistry that you truly excel. These cards indicate it’s time to look beyond the ways you have heretofore been going after this pursuit, and to stop looking at it as a pass or fail endeavor.

Work at viewing your creativity an adventure and an exploration, for it needs to be treated as such. Dive in with the excitement of exploring something new and letting your curiosity run rampant, instead of tripping over feelings of obligation or responsibility.

Just because you make money through your creative spark doesn’t mean it has to feel like a chore.

Other elements included in this reading:
Dried Cedar Bundle for Protection from Negative Influences
Green Calcite for Finding Balance Within the Self
Citrine for Energy Lift (easing the weight of heavy energies)
Carnelian Agate Mushroom for Focusing On Aspirations
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: ERENBERG TAROT
Daily Self Kindness

I’m putting extra effort and mindfulness into tempering my negative inner narrative, especially in reference to how it starts to reflect how I see the world around me and those in it.

To Unburden the Soul

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

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

Wheel of the Year Tarot - Nine of Swords and The Healing Mantra Deck

Today’s draw is the Ten of Swords, which is traditionally a representation long journeys coming to an end, painful endings, lessons learned the hard way, deep wounds, and sometimes can indicate loss or betrayal.

The Ten of Swords has then been combined with Sharing Shame card from The Healing Mantra Deck, which says, “When I share my deepest pain, I give myself permission to be.”

Sometimes, when we trip over one of our own triggers, or someone else trips them for us, it can feel like the end of the world.

Yesterday I had that experience for myself when my closest friend spoke words to me that echoed the insidious negative self talk that has whispered in my head for decades.

He did not use these words in the same context as that narrative in my head, and yet because I’ve heard that narrative all day every day for years on end, when the words came out his mouth, I immediately heard them in the same context as that narrative.

As a result, even though we talked things out after my panic subsided from this experience, I spent the rest of the day quietly bleeding on the inside while pretending I was fine.

It wasn’t until I got home and could be alone that I allowed myself to cry, but even then it wasn’t until I shared with someone (Gideon) what was going on in my head and what I was feeling that I started to feel as if I was becoming a bit more steady.

And here’s where the message in today’s Ten of Swords and affirmation card come into focus. Sometimes when you’re hurting, keeping that pain to yourself only prolongs the hurt and uncertainty. Am I magically all better now that I’ve talked out what was going on in my head with someone? No, I admit that I’m not; but it does help. It helps to share, even when we don’t want to and would prefer to just crawl up in a corner alone somewhere to lick our wounds.

DECKS USED:  WHEEL OF THE YEAR TAROT AND THE HEALING MANTRA DECK

@note.project August Journal Prompts
Prompts for August 19th through 21st

Cartomancy Reading with Yoga The Spiritual Liberation Playing Cards and Vicious Garden Game Cards

Something I want to make more space for in my everyday life

Bloomeria, Nine of Spades (Rubber Plant), Clotted Murff

Strength training, hiking, and other activities that push at your current limits.

You want to participate in more of the activities that foster physical stability, aware that in doing so you give your body a chance to feel better and flourish, and also ease some of your gut health problems in the process.

Fear and uncertainty hold you back, as well as your unwillingness to work through the additional pain involved.

Something I want to spend less energy on

Two of Spades (Snake Plant) atop Two of Diamonds (Gerbera Plant), Wumplebud

You want to spend less of your energy waffling in indecision to the point that that indecisiveness begins to upset the balance of everything in your life.

Indecision spreads and overpowers one segment of life at a time. It starts off small, and grows so quickly and easily that it begins choking out the good stuff in your life in no time flat.

A boundary that supports my well-being

Three of Hearts (Poinsettia Plant), Scuttlebloom

Take care you are not bending over backward just to please others. Groveling for their attention and good favor is not healthy for you or them.

Remember that it’s possible to course correct with dignity, instead of by debasing yourself or your values.

Other elements included in this reading:
Pressed Pansy Flowers for Hearing the Heart More Clearly
Dried Red Maple Leaf for Adaptability and Connection
Gneiss Stone for Patience in Moments of Discomfort
Carved Rhyolite Leaf for Facilitating Calm Transitions
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: YOGA THE SPIRITUAL LIBERATION PLAYING CARDS AND PLANTS DECK FROM THE VICIOUS GARDENS BOARD GAME

@lightningildflower‘s August Reflections Challenge
Steadiness Prompt for August 20th : What does steady progress look like for me?

Tarot Reading with the Wheel of the Year Tarot

Reading Summary: A little uncertainty and discomfort (The Moon) while still being in tune with what’s right for you (The Lovers). Focusing less on what feels good (Knight of Cups Rx), and more on what feels right (The Lovers).

Take Away: Steady progress means slowing down in order to become more in tune with what truly aligns with who I am and who I want to become, instead of allowing uncertainty and discomfort to cause me to halt, or the temptations of pleasure to tempt me into charging forward without a clear direction.

Sometimes it’s hard to accept that what -feels- good isn’t always what’s right for us. This is true with activities, with people and relationships, and with the choices we’re confronted with every day.

It’s only in slowing down that we are able to feel our way through what is right for us… and what isn’t.

Other elements included in this reading:
English Elm Seeds to Encourage Flexibility During Growth
Cave Aragonite Stalactite for Fostering Tolerance and Understanding
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: WHEEL OF THE YEAR TAROT
Daily Self Kindness

I talked to J today about how the words he said yesterday hurt me.

The Ride Along

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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.

Star Power Tarot - The Lovers

Today’s draw is The Lovers card, which is traditionally a representation of love and relationships, long term contracts, harmonious unions, and making choices that are geared toward what is best for you.

The Lovers card has then been combined with a card from the In This Moment Mindfulness Affirmation Cards, which says, “In this moment, I flow with life and let go of control.”

Every day we make choices in what we engage in, and what we choose not to engage in. Sometimes those choices are good ones… and sometimes not so good.

Usually, the not so good choices in this area, come about because we let our emotions or the demands and expectations of others take over our decision-making process, and during times when others are making decisions or pushing expectations upon us that do not align with our authentic selves or our desires on who we wish to become.

The message in today’s Lovers card and affirmation are a reminder that it’s okay to let go of control once in a while. Just make sure that when you do, that it’s during time when you can continue to float for a time along the path you’ve chosen for yourself, and not get pulled off course.

DECKS USED:  STAR POWER TAROT AND IN THIS MOMENT MINDFULNESS AFFIRMATION CARDS

#DiscordTarotholicsAug2026 Challenge
Prompts for August 19th through 21st

Tarot Reading with the Unofficial Shel Silverstein Tarot and Strange & Eerie Cryptid Creatures Oracle

Philosophical Question: Can we understand good without evil?

Ten of Cups Rx and Hugag

No. Like many things in life, humanity has trouble understanding certain concepts without something in opposition to compare it to.

This doesn’t mean that there can’t be good without evil, though, only that we cannot understand one of these concepts fully without being able to make a comparison to the other.

As an adult, where am I neglecting myself at this time?

Ten of Wands and Tsmok

You are putting too much pressure and unreasonable expectation upon yourself instead of doing what comes naturally to you. In doing so, you are neglecting needs that have been with you throughout your entire life and you know are necessary to be healthy and happy.

Stop trying to juggle and put the burdens down now and then so that you can get the time in nature that you need

How can I begin to resolve this pattern of neglect?

Death and Yowie

Stop ignoring your needs to get out and nature among the trees and connect with the soil and roots. Ignoring these needs will not make them go away or fade. It just makes being able to fulfill them seem more illusive.

Other elements included in this reading:
Staghorn Sumac for Connecting with Nature and the Wild Within
Foraged Parmeliaceae Lichen for a “Breath of Fresh Air”
Dried Cedar Bundle for Protection from Negative Influences
Conch Shell Knot for Concentration and Clarity
Green Aventurine for Harmony and Balance of the Heart
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: THE UNOFFICIAL SHEL SILVERSTEIN TAROT AND STRANGE & EERIE CRYPTID CREATURES ORACLE

@lightningildflower‘s August Reflections Challenge
Awakening Prompt for August 19th : What part of me feels more awake or aware today?

Tarot Reading with the Star Power Tarot

Reading Summary: The judgy bitch (Judgment and Empress Rx) and the problem solver (Magician) that insists the old ways are the best ways (The Hierophant).

Take Away: Why break the wheel? If it’s not broken, why fix it?

The above was written this morning when I first pulled these cards. Indeed, the judgy bitch and problem solver were both very much awake and aware today.

Conflict happened due to the former, and was resolved (I hope) because of the latter. Things were broken that I didn’t realize were broken… things need fixing that I hadn’t realized needed fixing.

Now, the judgy bitch is living in my head picking me apart, and the Empress Rx is a reminder that I can allow my negative inner narratives to bleed me dry on these words spoken that were not meant in the way they were heard and taken… or I can be kind to myself and try to let it go.

Other elements included in this reading:
Staghorn Sumac for Connecting with Nature and the Wild Within
Conch Shell Knot for Concentration and Clarity
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: STAR POWER TAROT
Daily Self Kindness

When I got home and could have some time to myself (with Gideon), I bawled my eyes out concerning something someone said that severely tripped my triggers earlier today.

The Inhale and Exhale of the Universe

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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.

The Seed Taroracle - Wheel of Fortune and the Messages From the Universe Deck

Today’s draw is the Wheel of Fortune card, which is traditionally a representation of luck (both good and bad), changing circumstances, the ups and downs of life, and the cyclical nature of life and the world.

On the Wheel of Fortune card is also the phrase, “The magic happens when you believe.”

The Wheel of Fortune card has then been combined with a card from the Messages From the Universe deck, which says, “Your life is about to start to move quickly in some areas. Events that seem to have been on hold suddenly propel forward. Move with the flow and be mindful of what needs your attention most.”

Life is a series of cycles. Sometimes things move slow, and sometimes things move so slow that they feel like they’re not moving at all. Then, at other times, they speed up and move so fast that it feels like you can’t even keep up.

The acceleration and deceleration are all a part of the natural ebb and flow of the world around you and its energies. It’s like the world breathing in and out. This isn’t something that we can stop, nor is it something that it is healthy for us to try and prevent.

Instead, the healthiest course of action is to go with the flow. Be adaptable, and allow your own activities and energies to align with those of the world around you. Time, after all, is a subjective perception.

The message in today’s Wheel of Fortune card and affirmation is an encouragement to seek alignment with the universe and its cycles instead of resisting them. Rather than stubbornly trying to perceive things the way you want them to be and in doing so forcing them into a box that doesn’t fit, try working to let go of your resistance and go with the flow instead.

DECKS USED:  THE SEED TAROCLE AND MESSAGES FROM THE UNIVERSE DECK

@lightningildflower‘s August Reflections Challenge
Recalibration Prompt for August 18th : What will help me reclaim my sense of direction?

Cartomancy Reading with the Hyakki Yagyō Playing Cards Seimei Edition

Reading Summary: Utilize your creativity (Queen of Clubs) as a time to restore harmony (Six of Diamonds) and balance (Four of Spades) where disorder and discord has taken root (a lack of odd numbered cards).

Take Away: Once upon a time, your creative spark was something that you took great joy in and a type of play that you could indulge in and explore without guilt or discomfort. You reveled in your creativity, finding each new idea and inspiration and adventure you were eager to explore.

It’s time to return to this attitude towards creativity. In doing so, it will help you to also reclaim your sense of direction that has been lost since losing touch with this joy you once experienced and enjoyed.

Other elements included in this reading:
Staghorn Sumac for Connecting with Nature and the Wild Within
Dried Cedar Bundle for Protection from Negative Influences
Gneiss Stone for Patience in Moments of Discomfort
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: HYAKKI YAGYŌ PLAYING CARDS

@note.project August Journal Prompts
Prompts for August 17th and 18th

Tarot Reading with The Seed Taroracle - Wheel of Fortune and Inner Tree Intuitive Oracle

A routine that helps me feel more like myself

Death and Healing

You are learning to get in touch with your authenticity by going through a process of healing and self exploration. Stop looking forward to the end of the journey.

Healing takes time. You are not just exploring and healing from those things that hurt you and the wounds you carry, but there is also healing involved in the grief of letting these things go.

You will get the most out of the experience by living in the moment and savoring what’s happening right now, rather than looking ahead to whatever comes next.

A habit I want to continue building

Nine of Cups atop Nine of Swords; Diversity

Your deck collection is massive, and the idea of downsizing does not bring you joy.

Stop listening to the negativity from your inner narratives (occasionally fed by outside sources) and instead use the diversity of your collection to keep you interested and invested in the self exploration, healing, and helping that are the foundations of your practice.

You are learning to tune out that negative inner voice and the naysaying of others that have no business being in -your- business in the first place. Keep it up. Fuck’em if they don’t get it. It’s not for them. It’s for you, and your enjoyment.

Other elements included in this reading:
Dried Rhododendron Leaf for Fostering Confidence
Gneiss Stone for Patience in Moments of Discomfort
Calcite for Gently Calming the Mind and Stimulating Insights
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: THE SEED TAROCLE AND INNER TREE INTUITIVE ORACLE
Daily Self Kindness

I pushed myself to get my ass online today so I could spend some time with Gid instead of wallowing in the “meh” of subdrop on my own.