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Future Scenarios

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

Fungjai Tarot - Six of Wands

Today’s draw is the Six of Wands, which is traditionally a representation of public accolades, societal expectations, people pleasing, and peer pressure.

The Six of Wands has then been combined with the Reversed Sirens card from the Nowbits Oracle, which says, “When you leave your body and go into the future in your mind… it might feel pleasant at first (depending on the future you’re visiting), but soon enough you may start to feel quite uncomfortable… almost to the point of hearing sirens. Not to worry, this is just your body saying: “come home please, I need you here with me”. And I KNOW you’re the kind of love that will come running to that call. Visit the futures that excite you! Visit the ones that make you come alive! But don’t forget to come back home. Travel out, Travel in. Repeat. This way what you’re actually doing is pulling your future INTO you, a little closer and closer each time, melding little pieces of it with your present self all the while. Reversing those sirens until they feel like CELEBRATIONS.“

When you imagine the future and daydream about your goals and ambitions, are you imagining a future where you are accomplishing and experiencing the things that you want to experience? Or are you imagining accomplishing goals and ambitions others have put upon you?

When considering these scenarios, which do you think will result in a happier and healthier you?

The message in today’s Six of Wands and Reverse Sirens card is a reminder that the things we set our sights on in the future are the things we end up moving towards in our present. Make sure when contemplating these future scenarios and your goals that you’re focusing on what will make you happy in the future, instead of just what others are expecting of you.

DECKS USED:  FUNGJAI TAROT AND NOWBITS ORACLE

The @lightningwildflower June Inner Journey Challenge
Jupiter enters Leo Prompt for June 30th : How can I step into the most radiant version of myself?

Tarot Reading with the Maruco Animal Tarot

Reading Summary: Put some passion and enthusiasm (King of Wands) into getting your house (Four of Wands) in order (The Emperor).

Take Away: Your house is a mess. In it’s current state, it drags you down and creates a deep sense of dissatisfaction for you. That means that it’s time to do something about it.

To step into the most radiant version of yourself, this is the first step. Get going on putting your home to rights, and enlist others to this goal because it’s a big job and is going to take some time.

Note: In this reading the Aquarius result on the spin of the Zodiac Wheel is an indication concerning who you need to engage most in assisting with this endeavor. (That would be J.)

Other elements included in this reading:
Zodiac Wheel in Aquarius (indication of person in one’s life)
Staghorn Sumac for Connecting with Nature and the Wild Within
Carnelian Agate Mushroom for Focusing On Aspirations
Moonstone for Fostering Emotional Stability
Citrine for Energy Lift (easing the weight of heavy energies)
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: MARUCO ANIMAL TAROT

#DiscordTarotholicsJun2026 Challenge
Prompt for June 30th : Grab a spread of your choice you’re curious about… and give it a go!
Spread: Figure Out the Feeling Spread by JuniperDivination
Feeling: Increased Anxiety and Restlessness

Tarot Reading with the Fungjai Tarot

What is triggering this feeling?

Three of Wands Rx – Immobility. You’ve had a number of false starts this spring and summer, but no true momentum. Although things aren’t necessarily stagnant, it feels like the water just churns and churns but never flows.

What this feeling is trying to tell me?

King of Swords Rx – You are expecting too much and being too hard on yourself. Unrealistic expectations are at the root of your restless anxiety.

One thing that might help right now

Wheel of Fortune atop Five of Wands (tipped left) – Look at the times in your past where you have struggled and fought against fate. This is not the type of force you can fight against, as your past has proven. Work at opening up to go with the flow instead. At least half of that churning in the water is just you thrashing around instead of swimming with the current.

Other elements included in this reading:
Staghorn Sumac for Connecting with Nature and the Wild Within
Conch Shell Knot for Concentration, Clarity, and Determination
Gneiss Wishing Stone for Patience in Moments of Discomfort
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: FUNGJAI TAROT
Daily Self Kindness

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

Creating Balance Through Small Joys

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Arcana Malleus' Tarot - Two of Pentacles

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

Today’s draw is the Two of Pentacles, which is traditionally a representation of juggling responsibilities, work/life balance, and prioritization.

The card has then been combined with an Elie Wiesel quote from the Gratitude Insight Cards, which says, “For me, every hour is grace. And I feel gratitude in my heart each time I can meet someone and look at his or her smile.”

Take care that you are being mindful to notice and enjoy the good stuff going on around you. That good stuff can be as big as a success or surprise, or it can be as small as someone else’s smile or a pretty flower. When we allow ourselves to see these small joys instead of ignoring them, it can help balance out the influences of the more negative aspects of life that come our way.

The message in today’s Two of Pentacles and affirmation quote is an encouragement to include more of these small joys in your life to help balance out both shitty moments that can’t be avoided is an encouragement to include more of these small joys in your life to help balance out both shitty moments and experiences that can’t be avoided.

DECKS USED:  ARCANA MALLEUS’ TAROT GOLD EDITION AND GRATITUDE INSIGHT CARDS

#DiscordTarotholicsJun2026 Challenge
Philosophical Questions for June 17th and 24th

Oracle Reading with the Cast of Characters Deck

Are we ever morally obligated to take action?

“My life has never allowed much opportunity to travel. I dream of…”

No. But that doesn’t mean that doing so, or not doing so, doesn’t create its own situation or have a hand in creating the person you are to become.

By holding back instead of taking action, it can mold you and/or your life in directions that are not the ideal you were hoping for for your future self.

Under what circumstances are we morally obligated to take action?

“I received a gift for 23andMe. I was so surprised to find out…”

When something within us tells us it’s important to act, we should listen. We each have our own inner sense of right and wrong that I refer to as our “moral compass”.

If we feel something is wrong, and we do not want to turn our future into more consequences than dreams, then when our moral compass twinges it’s important for us to act instead of staying disengaged.

Why do people feel the need to distract themselves from reality?

“I want to write plays, but it turns out poetry has…”

Distractions are often how we discover new passions and things we enjoy or are interested in, as well as discovering those things that we don’t like or don’t want to experience or be involved with.

The world would be a less interesting and far more uninspiring place without the distractions that allow us to see the potential for something different and something more.

Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Silver Maple Key for Bouncing Back to Thrive
Foraged Parmeliaceae Lichen for a “Breath of Fresh Air”
Bird Figurine for Fostering Hope, Positivity, and Renewal
River Rock for Resilience within Life’s Flow
Clear Quartz for boosting Mental Clarity
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: CAST OF CHARACTERS DECK

The @lightningwildflower June Inner Journey Challenge
Mercury Retrograde, Full Moon in Capricorn Prompt for June 29th : What message from the past is resurfacing?

Tarot Reading with the Arcana Malleus' Tarot

Reading Summary: If you refuse to follow your heart (The Lovers), you will fail both in your efforts towards creating stability for yourself and others (Ten of Pentacles Rx) , and will instead continue to repeat the past (Six of Cups).

Take Away: It may seem counterintuitive, especially considering your upbringing and past achievements, but if you really want to create stability for yourself and those around you, it will require something else besides just hard work and determination.

Instead, in order to find that stability and sustain it, it needs to be grown from a place of love and authenticity instead of from just doing what you need to do to get things done.

It’s in changing your bad habits and unhealthy patterns, and reaching for something better for yourself, that you can then create the kind of balance and stability you really want to achieve.

Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Parmeliaceae Lichen for a “Breath of Fresh Air”
Carved Bamboo Latticework for Positive Outcomes
Beech Pods for Realizations that Foster Personal Growth
Foraged Red Oak Leaf for Fostering Unconditional Love
Garnierite for help in Releasing Anger, Anxiety, and Guilt
Citrine for Energy Lift (easing the weight of heavy energies)
Desert Rose for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECKS USED:  ARCANA MALLEUS’ TAROT GOLD EDITION

@de_tarotjuf’s De Zomer In! #detarotjufjunitarotchallenge
Prompts for June 27th through 30th

Oracle Reading with the Sacred World Oracle

This is the kind of silence I want to experience

Spider – You wish to be able to sit in the splendor of your creative efforts and be happy with their completion.

Although the accolades from others are nice, and appreciated, they are not needed when it comes to your creativity and those things you create. Instead, you desire to enjoy and appreciate these creations on your own and feel a form of self satisfaction from the experience.

How can I lighten my sense of responsibility?

Snake – Stop taking the responsibility on your shoulders for things that are not yours to deal with or claim.

Like the snake Nidhogg and Yggdrasil’s tree roots depicted in this card, these responsibilities that are not yours to deal with can end up depleting the resources that you need to be healthy and happy.

What intention do I want to sow?

Crab – You want to work on connecting more with your inner self, and in doing so better understand your emotions as well as your vulnerabilities.

How do I celebrate the end of this month?

Carp atop Dove – Allow yourself to trust in serendipity. Not everything has to be planned out peace by peace with every ending guaranteed. Sometimes trust in the universe is the only answer, and the only path to happiness and success.

Other elements included in this reading:
Handcrafted Sigil for Healthy Sustainable Energy
Pressed Pansy Flower for Hearing the Heart More Clearly
Carnelian Agate Mushroom for Focusing On Aspirations
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: SACRED WORLD ORACLE
Daily Self Kindness

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

Giving the Trajectory a Nudge

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Alice In Wonderland Tarot - Justice

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

Today’s draw is the Justice card, which is traditionally a representation of balance, cause and effect, repercussions and consequences, give and take, and can often indicate the law or legal system.

The Justice card has then been combined with an affirmation from the Ask and It Is Given Cards, which says, “My slightest improvement is of such great value. There is tremendous value when you are able to deliberately cause even the slightest improvement in the way you feel, for even in that small emotional improvement, you may have regained a measure of control. You no longer feel powerless. And so, your trek back up the Emotional Scale is now not only possible, but it is relatively easy.”

Everything in life has a cause-and-effect to it, and that includes our emotional well-being. Mental health and emotions, when broken down into the most scientific of terms, are our brain’s relationship with the chemicals that move through it. Therefore, we are able to influence our emotions (to an extent) through manipulation of those chemicals through our actions and choices. This doesn’t mean we can fully reverse certain conditions, but it does mean that we can help turn things around onto the “right track” and let trajectory take it from there with just a little encouragement along the way.

The message in today’s Justice card and affirmation are a reminder that if we do these little things that turn sadness into happiness or improve our life or our emotions, even in just small ways, it creates an opening for better things to insert themselves into the trajectory of your emotional progress and life. In this way, we are allowed the freedom to adjust these parts of our lives in small ways to make things better for ourselves.

Consider… What little thing can you do to lift your spirits today, even it’s just by a little bit?

DECKS USED:  ALICE IN WONDERLAND TAROT AND THE ASK AND IT IS GIVEN CARDS

#DiscordTarotholicsJun2026 Challenge
Prompt for June 28th : Do Spread 3
Deck Note: Because this deck only contains positive cards, I am using reversals in the cards to create the opposing sentiments and diversify the deck.

Oracle Reading with the Faerie Guidance Oracle

What does uncertainty feel like to you?

Rejuvenation Rx – Uncertainty has a tendency to create hesitation for you, which leads to you feeling bogged down and unenthusiastic. This lackluster state can have the effect of putting everything on hold and creating a feeling of stagnancy where you are unable to see the potential being offered in these moments of uncertainty.

How do times of uncertainty impact your physical body?

Magic Rx – Because uncertainty makes it difficult to spark enthusiasm in a general sense (see above), it also makes it difficult to spark the enthusiasm needed for physical activity.

Your body needs this physical activity in order to stay flexible and mobile, so these moments of uncertainty can often have a detrimental effect on your mobility by cutting back on your enthusiasm for physical activity. Less activity means reduced mobility, which then cycles back around to even less activity in a vicious cycle.

How do times of uncertainty impact your physical reality?

Meditation – Although the stagnancy involved in times of uncertainty and the hesitation you feel during those times is not particularly healthy for you, it gives you an opportunity for reflection that you would not otherwise get. These moments of quiet allow you to identify things within yourself that need your attention. This self reflecting provides awareness that you can then eventually find the motivation to act on.

What do you need to say to yourself to help you in acknowledging and alleviating your feelings of uncertainty?

Discovery – Remember that these moments of hesitation are not worthless, and that you experience them is not necessarily a bad thing. It is through these moments that you discover new things about yourself and the world around you that you otherwise wouldn’t. Therefore, try not to be too hard on yourself. These moments aren’t as useless as they first appear.

What do you need to accept about others to help you acknowledge and alleviate your feelings of uncertainty?

Strength – You do not need to shy away from asking for help. Those that love you and care about you are there for you, and all you need to do is ask. You are not being an inconvenience by giving them the opportunity to participate in your life and it struggles. Instead, they are eager to step in and lend a hand because you are a piece of their heart.

Focus on your feelings of uncertainty. Pick a color that stands out the strongest to you in the card pulled. How does this color (and how it’s used in the card) make you feel?

Love – Blue is the color of calm. Often, when we see cards that are themed after love they contain a lot of pink or red. Although this does convey those emotions, I often find that these cards lack a calming influence. For me, love needs that calming influence.

In this card, blue is used instead of pink or red, and I feel that it covers that calming influence that I don’t find in a lot of those other “love” cards. It reminds me that one of the greatest self-care gifts that I can give myself is fostering those things in my life that create calm for me, so that I can think more clearly and not be overrun by emotions that just make everything that much more difficult

Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Parmeliaceae Lichen for a “Breath of Fresh Air”
Pressed Pansy Flower for Hearing the Heart More Clearly
Citrine for Energy Lift (easing the weight of heavy energies)
Rose Quartz for Gentle Kindness to Self and Others
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: FAERIE GUIDANCE ORACLE

The @lightningwildflower June Inner Journey Challenge
Mars enters Gemin & Mars sextile Jupiter Prompt for June 28th : What new paths am I being called to explore?

Tarot Reading with the Alice In Wonderland Tarot

Reading Summary: Stop fighting the battles inspired and lead by your fears (Nine of Flowers atop Seven of Spears Rx). If you’re unwilling to be open to those things that others have to teach you (The Hierophant Rx), you’re going to miss out on a good part of the fun that goes along with the learning process (Page of Cups).

Take Away: There’s a lot you’re holding back on because you’re worried or uncertain. There’s also a lot that you feel like you’re in battle with for the same reason (uncertainty and fears).

It’s time to take a step back and ascertain what is being driven by your fears.

Once you’ve identified what they are, you can then begin the process of letting them go so that you can enjoy the journey more and get more out of it (and those around you) with each step you take.

Other elements included in this reading:
Staghorn Sumac for Connecting with Nature and the Wild Within
Pressed Pansy Flower for Hearing the Heart More Clearly
Bird Figurine for Fostering Hope, Positivity, and Renewal
Clear Quartz for boosting Mental Clarity
Desert Rose for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: ALICE IN WONDERLAND TAROT
Daily Self Kindness

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

River Rafting

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

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The Heart's Path Tarot - Ten of Cups

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

Today’s draw is the Ten of Cups, which is traditionally a representation of feelings of completion, connection with others and harmony in those connections, and is often considered as the “happy family” card.

The Ten of Cups has then been combined with an affirmation card from the Pass Around the Smile Positive Guidance Oracle cards, which says, “Ride the Wave: You can choose which waves to ride and this is a good one. Allow it to flow.”

The fun of river rafting is in going with the flow. Whether you do this in an inner tube on your own, or on a raft with others, the fun is in riding the river and allowing it to choose your path. You’re not there to fight the current and try and go in the other direction, but instead to enjoy the ride.

Life is also like this at times. We can’t be in control of every situation, event, or experience. Sometimes the best thing we can do is let go of control and allow ourselves to just go with the flow. In this way, we can sit back and relax and enjoy rather than always having to make decisions and choose which direction to go.

The message in today’s Ten of Cups and affirmation card as a reminder that often the greatest joys in life come when you’re not in control, and instead just going with the flow; no matter whether this is on your own or in the company of others. Today’s message encourages us to just give it a try and see how it feels.

DECK USED:  THE HEARTS PATH TAROT AND PASS AROUND THE SMILE POSITIVE GUIDANCE ORACLE CARDS

@de_tarotjuf’s De Zomer In! #detarotjufjunitarotchallenge
Prompts for June 23rd through 26th

Divination Reading with the Loonacy Game Cards

Which dream calls for visibility?

One Way Or Another

Although you’re often encouraged to let go of expectations and allow yourself to be a bit more free spirited, don’t forget that the dreams that you are truly determined to accomplish need to at least be out in the open.

If you aren’t acknowledging your dreams and desires, and putting them out there in the universe, then you don’t have the assistance of the universe in achieving them. It’s only once you state what you want that you can garner the assistance needed to get there in a timely manner, without having to overextend yourself in the process.

What attention do I want to give to my senses today?

May Wonders Never Cease

Don’t forget to bring your earbuds with you today, as well as an audiobook queued up and ready to go. There is a wondrous world of curiosities and new experiences awaiting you in these books. Reading is perfect for the days when things are just a little too slow or stressful, and you need a bit of distraction from reality.

Which quality within me calls for care in the sun?

She Who Laughs Lasts

Take time to savor the sunshine and allow it to lift up your spirits. You may not enjoy the heat, but you do enjoy a bit of sunshine now and then, and it can help in dispelling the heavier emotions that hold you down and keep you from laughing more often. Even just a little bit of sun can help with this. It doesn’t have to be a lot.

What kind of adventure lies hidden in my neighborhood?

The Ice Skating Girl

Once it’s not so hot outside, taking a walk in your neighborhood can be a good way to connect with the community that you live in while still being a somewhat solitary activity. Currently, the heat makes the hills unbearable and means there’s just too many people out there to really enjoy the activity, but once it cools down that will change.

Other elements included in this reading:
Dried Red Maple Leaf for Adaptability and Connection
Carnelian Agate Mushroom for Focusing On Aspirations
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: LOONACY GAME CARDS

The @lightningwildflower June Inner Journey Challenge
Release Prompt for June 27th : What burden am I ready to release?

Tarot Reading with The Heart's Path Tarot

Reading Summary: Don’t allow your feelings on aging (Judgement compounded by the Page of Cups atop Three of Swords Rx) to hold you back from going after the things you enjoy (Knight of Cups).

Take Away: As you creep towards your fourth decade on earth, you’re starting to experience your first negative feelings in relation to aging. Through your 20s and 30s, you really didn’t have much of an opinion on this. As you reach towards your 40s, though, you’re starting to worry that you might lose your appeal to your partner or start to weaken in ways that could affect your way of life.

These cards encourage you to let go of those fears, and to instead work on stealing as much enjoyment in your life as you can. Don’t allow your fears of what’s to come to hold you back from these things.

Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Wood Fern for Exorcising Negative Influences
Dried Cedar Bundle for Protection from Negative Influences
Conch Shell Knot for Concentration, Clarity, and Determination
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: THE HEARTS PATH TAROT
Daily Self Kindness

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

Free Spirit Seeking

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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.

Tarot Deck Created from Soulcards 1 & 2 - The Fool

Today’s draw is The Fool card, which is traditionally a representation of innocence, carelessness, carefree enthusiasm, and new beginnings.

The Fool has then been combined with the Willy-Nilly affirmation card from the Nowbits Oracle, which says, “Don’t be afraid to live willy-nilly. Or at least to make lots of room for it. Your future self knows the magic of this! Don’t believe me? Think you always need a plan? Did you PLAN your greatest loves in life? Did you know HOW you were going to connect with those loves before it happened? I didn’t think so. See what I mean? willy-nilly can lead to a lot of great stuff.”

It doesn’t make a lick of logical sense, but it’s true all the same. Someone who dances to life’s drums with joy, enthusiasm, and trust in the universe can be just as (if not more) happy in their life than another who meticulously plans out every event and accomplishment.

So why wouldn’t we choose more joy? What is holding us back from letting go and living a little more freely? And, if we did, how would it feel and what would be different?

The message in today’s Fool card and affirmation encourages us to ask these questions, as well as reminding us that we don’t have to control every little aspect of our lives. It’s okay to let go and have some fun now and then.

DECK USED:  SOUL CARDS 1 & 2 (TAROT MODIFICATION)

One Card Tarot Journal Activity by @mariasofia_astro
Chapter 3 | Entry 4 – Family and Friends
Affirmation : “My perspective as an individual matters, no matter what my role is in a group.”
Prompt : Families are often best understood by those in them. If you had to describe your family to someone you’ve never met, how would you do so? Use the card you draw to aid in your understanding of your family and inspire your description.

Tarot Activity from The One Card a Day Journal by Maria Sofia Marmanides - Quarry Tarot - The Hanged Man

What feelings came up when I pulled this card?

Isolation. Aloneness. I can’t say loneliness, but a feeling of being on my own.

Combined with this came a need to understand what is going on around me, but being unable to “make heads or tails of it”.

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

Usually when I think of contemplative isolation, it’s the Hermit that comes to mind.

In this pull, though, the contemplation is less about personal soul searching and more about trying to understand one’s surroundings from the point of a bystander. The Hanged Man is that bystander, tasked not just with making sense of the things and people around him but also handicapped in that process.

What in the artwork spoke to me?

The Hanged Man is bleeding. This speaks of the situation being one that hurts the observer (me), even when not directly involved in the situation.

The crow in the tree gives the impression there is a timeline involved. Time is running out to find a way to make things better.

My prompt response and reflections.

My family is scattered and the lines of communication are broken. Everyone is waiting for someone else to make the first move, and are so stuck in their own perspectives that even in isolation, it’s all they can see.

I am also guilty in this. They are unwilling to help me see things from their perspective, and thus I’m unable to let things go and take the first steps in reconciliation. I feel like I have a need to understand before I can move past it and bridge the gap.

Other elements included in this reading:
Petrified Wood D20 and D6 Dice

DECK USED: THE QUARRY TAROT

The @lightningwildflower June Inner Journey Challenge
Prompts for June 23rd through 26th

Tarot Reading with a Tarot Deck Created from Soulcards 1 & 2

Offer: Where do I need to offer myself compassion?

Temperance – Stop beating yourself up for not doing more. You do a lot. Perhaps it’s time to start logging your daily accomplishments again in order to get a handle on your expectations and negative perceptions of what you aren’t getting done each day, and instead impress upon yourself how much you actually are doing.

Listen: What message will arrive if I slow down and listen?

Three of Wands – Your head is so full of plans and “what if” contingency strategies that your missing out on the opportunity to act.

Put down the drawing board, take a big breath, and clear your mind… you’ll then find it much easier to take that first step.

Sun square Neptune: In what way am I confusing fantasy and reality?

Seven of Cups – You are entertaining too many “wishful thinking” and “what if” anxieties in your decision making process. Try writing these things down and then crossing out the unrealistic from the list.

Speak: How can I speak out with greater confidence?

Nine of Cups – Take a moment to connect with those things in your life that really make you happy and give you comfort. This is the foundation to speak from, as it allows you to draw on the joy that these parts of your life have to offer.

Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Oak Branch with Moss and Lichen for Perseverance
Conch Shell Knot for Concentration, Clarity, and Determination
Carnelian Agate for Inner Drive and Focusing On Aspirations
Citrine for Energy Lift (easing the weight of heavy energies)
Desert Rose for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED:  SOUL CARDS 1 & 2 (TAROT MODIFICATION)
Daily Self Kindness

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

Finding the Positive for June 23 – 25

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The Venus Morningstar Tarot's King of Pentacles, Asceticism Tarot's Page of Cups, American Renaissance Tarot's Six of Wands

June 23 – Mental Health Card of the Day

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.

Today’s draw is the King of Pentacles, which is traditionally a representation of a projective alpha energy, personality, or person in the area of one’s financial security, resources, health, home, labors, manifestations, and other elements of the physical realm. This often translates into leadership that creates a grounded sense of stability for others.

The card has then been combined with an affirmation card from the Pass Around the Smile Positive Guidance Oracle Cards, which says, “Balance: Take a closer look at where your energy is going. Prioritize and balance what is important to you.”

Where does stability actually matter, and where is it simply indulgence hiding behind a mask of stability and comfort?

I have found that I like to languish. That is to say I like to “bedrot” or just sit around fucking around on my phone and letting the time slip by as I do so. I feel like at one point this was actually considered just “relaxing with a book”, except that these days I don’t think the content we consume on our phones or the games we play on there really count as enriching in the same way a book would.

Instead, this languishing really holds no enrichment value and is simply a wasting of time. Time that could be used to relax in ways that are enriching such as going outside to take a walk, reading a book, etc.

The message in today’s King of Pentacles and affirmation card is a reminder that sometimes what’s comfortable isn’t as stabilizing as we want it to be. Are our go to methods of relaxation really relaxing us and allowing us time to rest and recover? Or are they simply causing us to hover in a moment of suspension?

These cards encourage us to examine more closely our indulgences and prioritize those of quality over those that aren’t. Consider which ones foster healthy stability in our lives, and which ones are simply wasting our time and energy without giving us anything we need in return, then lean into the former and do less of the latter.

DECKS USED: THE VENUS MORNINGSTAR TAROT AND PASS AROUND THE SMILE POSITIVE GUIDANCE ORACLE CARDS

June 24 – Mental Health Card of the Day

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.

Today’s draw is the Page of Cups, which is a representation of a receptive omega energy, personality, or person in the area of one’s emotions, relationships, creativity, or intuition. This often translates into themes that have to do with emotional growth, second chances relationships, or exploring one’s creative pursuits.

The card has then been combined with an affirmation card from the deck, which says, “To receive what I want, I must not push against (the) unwanted. This is an expanding Universe, and all things must be allowed. In other words, for you to understand and experience what you desire, you must understand that which you do not desire, for in order to be able to choose and focus, both must be present and understood.”

The affirmation pulled for today bugs me. I both agree with the concept and disagree with the sentiment expressed within today’s affirmation card.

Yes, experiencing both sides of an experience, not just the good but also the bad, can absolutely create a greater depth of understanding. This is undeniably true. One can never truly understand the depths of clinical depression, for example, without having experienced it and come out the other side, or the torments of an abusive relationship without having been on one, etc.

At the same time? This affirmation seems to be saying you shouldn’t try to avoid these experiences, but lay down and let them happen instead of doing what you can to avoid or escape them. That is the sentiment I disagree with.

So, how does the Page of Cups factor into all of this?

It’s all about learning how to see others with empathy and kindness, and accepting that we can’t know how others feel, no matter how much we might intellectually understand the issue. Not everyone needs to experience every bad thing to give others the space and validation for what they’ve gone through. All it takes is a little kindness.

The message in today’s Page of Cups and affirmation card is a reminder that we can’t know what others have gone through or are going through. We can’t feel what they feel and know what they’ve endured. We can only approach them with the same kindness that we hope they would approach us with, and with the understanding that each of us has our own trials and tribulations, struggles and past with which to learn and heal from.

DECKS USED: ASCETICISM TAROT AND ASK AND IT IS GIVEN CARDS

June 25 – Mental Health Card of the Day

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.

Today’s draw is the Six of Wands, which is traditionally a representation of public accolades, societal expectations, people pleasing, and peer pressure.

The Six of Wands has then been combined with a Denis Whitley quote from the Gratitude Insight Affirmation Cards, which says, “Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, worn, or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.”

Just as happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, worn, or consumed… it also cannot be purchased. Not with money, nor through acts of people pleasing. Allowing others’ praise and admiration to be the foundation of your self worth means that you are depending on others to supply you with the pieces of happiness that should already be yours.

The message in today’s Six of Wands and affirmation is a reminder that joy and happiness are our right. They aren’t something others can own and dole out to us, nor something we can “purchase” from others through people pleasing. Happiness is in validating ourselves, celebrating ourselves and our accomplishments, and taking joy in the present and those things we enjoy. It has nothing to do with who does or doesn’t approve. Only your own approval truly matters in this regard.

DECKS USED: AMERICAN RENAISSANCE TAROT AND GRATITUDE INSIGHT AFFIRMATION CARDS