#DeDonkereGodinTarotChallenge

The Commingling of Skills

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Today’s meditation was skipped.

Jupiter Power Tarot's Three of Pentacles and the Cozy Comfort Cards for Sad and Anxious MomentsToday’s draw is the Three of Pentacles combined with the affirmation “You are good enough.”

A lot of times when asking for help, it’s hard not to feel like we’ve failed because we couldn’t do whatever it is on our own.  I struggle with this feeling a lot, and I know I’m not alone in this.

The thing is?  People aren’t meant to do everything alone and on their own.  It’s when we combine forces that we really shine, as each person brings a different element to the table and when those elements, skills, and expertise are combined? Magic happens.

Asking for help doesn’t mean that you’re not enough. It means you appreciate what other people bring to the table and have to offer.

DECKS USED:  JUPITER POWER TAROT AND COZY COMFORT CARDS FOR SAD AND ANXIOUS MOMENTS

#DiscordTarotholicsFeb2024 Challenge Prompt
Prompt for February 11th : Do Spread 2
Question: Why is my top side sparking so hot right now?

Lauren Marx Art Postcard Set and Jupiter Power Tarot - The Magician, The Tower, King of Cups, King of WandsReading Summary: You are feeling less like everything is falling apart [the tangled grass is a color match with The Tower reversed; although the  grasses are tangled, they are not restraining the roseate spoonbill settled upon them] and more interconnected with Gideon than ever [King of Cups;  here again we see a connection between the pattern of movement in the roots of the face, and in the grass, connecting the roots to the foundation that the bird stands upon so that it can feed as needed and get what it needs] which sparks your passions [King of Wands], and allows you to feel empowered [The Magician, combined with that The Magician flower faces forward into the future].

Take Away: This roleplay character you are using at the moment and the current play makes you feel very secure in yourself. In many ways, he’s a lot like you, which allows you to pull out those inner urges that are usually suppressed and share them openly with Gideon at this time.

DECKS USED: JUPITER POWER TAROT AND LAUREN MARX ART POSTCARD SET

Daily Self Kindness

I took time to unwind and breathe after a very stressful situation earlier in the day.

It Could Be Worse

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The Importance of Smaller StepsToday’s meditation was twelve minutes long, and was a self guided meditation focused upon the “importance of smaller steps” message in the graphic attached to this post.

It’s a topic I struggle with a  lot, and I particularly like this graphic used to demonstrate the concept, as there are a lot of times that my brain just refuses to believe that smaller steps (and thus a slower approach) is really the best way to get where you want to go.

Luna's Kuromi Tarot's Five of Cups and It’s Going To Be Okay 2024 Day-to-day Calendar By Kate AllanToday’s draw is the Five of Cups combined with the affirmation “All shapes are good. All shapes are pretty. Yes, including yours.”

Be grateful for the body you have. It could be worse.

Whether your body is full of curves or rigid planes, whether it’s mobility challenged or easy to get around. No matter the “flaws” you see in your appearance, whether it be the size or shape of your nose, your ass, or any other part of your anatomy.

It could be worse.

Be grateful for what you have. Do a thoughts-ploration of all the ways that it could be worse.  Really look it over… and then be grateful it’s not that bad. Appreciate what your body does for you instead of constantly feeding it thoughts of disdain and disappointment. It’s good enough… just as it is. You are good enough… just as you are.

DECKS USED:  LUNA’S KUROMI TAROT AND IT’S GOING TO BE OKAY 2024 DAY-TO-DAY CALENDAR BY KATE ALLAN

de_tarotjuf’s #DeDonkereGodinTarotChallenge Prompt
Question for February 18th, 9th, 11th, and 19th

My Little Tarot, My Little Pony Tarot, Nine of Cups, Ace of Cups, The Fool, The High Priestess, Page of Pentacles, Eight of WandsWhat am I avoiding about myself?

Page of Pentacles atop Eight of Wands – Your desire to push and go faster is within yourself. It’s not anyone else doing the pushing. It might’ve been bred and nurtured by your past, but in your present, it’s only you holding yourself back from slowing down.

If you put as much enthusiasm into doing things in a new way at a healthier pace as you do looking back on the past and how you did things before, you will turn things around instead of feeling like you’re in limbo.

I learn to recognize my own worth.

Nine of Cups – By finding those things that bring you a sense of positive satisfaction and indulging in them, it can allow you to better recognize your own worth. Your worth is not about how much you can do or how far you go. It’s not about wealth or responsibility. Your worth is about what brings you joy and the person you are on the inside.

This way I can remain myself, even though it is difficult.

The Fool Rx atop The High Priestess – Allow your intuition to help you choose when you cut loose, and when you need to buckle down. This shouldn’t be a choice made by fear or worry as you have a tendency to do, especially when your stressed.

This is how I am loving to myself in difficult times.

Ace of Cups – As the theme of yesterdays meditation encouraged, allow yourself to feel your feelings and experience them. Even the uncomfortable and unfamiliar ones. You don’t have to analyze them, or have an excuse for them to be there. Just allow them to be there, feel them out, and accept them for their presence in the moment.

DECK USED: MY LITTLE TAROT

#DiscordTarotholicsFeb2024 Challenge Prompt
Question for February 10th : Umbrella Day – Where do you need to focus on including a bit more protection into your life?

Luna's Kuromi Tarot - Six of Coins, Ace of Swords, Six of CupsReading Summary: Make sure when offering (Ace of Swords) your assistance to others (Six of Coins) that you don’t let nostalgia and fond memories (Six of Cups) get you in over your head (Kuromi goes from being taller than Baku to being shorter than him).

Take Away: Take care with those you want to help out that you retain the higher ground so that you don’t end up manipulated.

It’s very easy for people to use fond memories and things of that nature to pressure you into shifting your boundaries. It’s important that you are more careful in this area and work on firming up those boundaries more.

DECK USED: LUNA’S KUROMI TAROT

Daily Self Kindness

Although I was feeling -quite- uninspired, I managed to start getting laundry done today, which I’ve been putting off for a bit now.

You Are Loved

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#DailyCalm with the Calm appToday’s meditation was ten minutes long, and was one of the #DailyCalm sessions on the Calm app.  In this session, it spoke about  how sometimes when you meditate, just as thoughts often surface to play havoc with your practice, so too do emotions sometimes rise up to do the same.

It invited the listener to use this opportunity to experience your emotions and then let them slide by, rather than trying to immediately push them away. It likened emotions during this time to a crying baby, and how we would not try to force the baby to stop crying, but rather simply sit with it and hold it until the crying passes.  The discussion then reminds us that emotions do not need a narrative, or story, or reason for being.  They just are… and it’s okay to simply experience them and let them then move on without analyzing them.

Ideal Soulmate Tarot's Temperance card and It’s Going To Be Okay 2024 Day-to-day Calendar By Kate AllanToday’s draw is the Temperance card combined with the affirmation “you’re worth loving.”

Sometimes, feelings of worthlessness, unworthiness, or depression can make you feel like a barren tree standing out in the open, vulnerable and alone.

Remember during these moments that it’s important to be kind to yourself, to go easy on yourself, and cut yourself a bit of slack. You are loved even when you take a break.  You are loved even when you are doing nothing.

You are not alone.  You are loved.

DECKS USED:  IDEAL SOULMATE TAROT AND IT’S GOING TO BE OKAY 2024 DAY-TO-DAY CALENDAR BY KATE ALLAN

The #mysticstartarot Challenge Prompt
Questions for February 8th thru 10th

Man's Heart OracleWhat are my low vibrational feelings about myself?

Assistance – You often feel that needing help from others makes you weak and vulnerable. This blinds you to the fact that giving is a form of love and you are being given love when others offer to help you, just as you are giving love when you give them the opportunity to do so instead of shutting them out.

How have these feelings sabotaged my relationship with myself?

The Balance atop Suppression – They bind you into unhealthy patterns of imbalance. You end up putting too much on yourself, thus then working yourself too hard, instead of letting others help you so that you can have a healthier balance of work and rest.

How can I best release these toxic feelings?

Volcano – Lean into love.  Remember that those who are trying to help you are showing you their love. Remember, too, that when you ask for help you are showing them your trust and your love in return.

DECK USED: MAN’S HEART ORACLE

#DiscordTarotholicsFeb2024 Challenge Prompt
Question for February 9th : What do you need to focus on for self-care for this new moon?

Ideal Soulmate Tarot - Justice, Knight of Wands, Queen of WandsReading Summary: Punitive results (Justice Rx) will come from lack of action (Knight of Wands Rx). Your dreams need a little nudge to succeed (Queen of Wands).

Take Away: This new moon announces the arrival of a time when movement is now needed in those things that you want to grow and thrive. Instead of sitting still and doing nothing, which in the end will give you an unsatisfactory but well-deserved end result, get in touch with what you want to achieve and begin to foster it into growth.

DECK USED: IDEAL SOULMATE TAROT

Daily Self Kindness

No work today while at Ms B’s.  I didn’t even fix the uneven shelf that I want to fix. Instead I laid around and did pretty much nothing.

Don’t Listen

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Today’s meditation was skipped.

Modern Love Tarot's Five of Cups and It’s Going To Be Okay 2024 Day-to-day Calendar By Kate AllanToday’s draw is the Five of Cups combined with the affirmation “You are made of star stuff. You are beautiful.”

Stop spending so much time feeding into your negative inner narrative and it’s opinions on just how much you are lacking.  That negative narrative’s sole purpose is to tear you down and make you miserable. It’s a liar and the words it whispers in your ear are toxic and unhealthy for you.

Don’t listen.

DECKS USED:  MODERN LOVE TAROT AND IT’S GOING TO BE OKAY 2024 DAY-TO-DAY CALENDAR BY KATE ALLAN

de_tarotjuf’s #DeDonkereGodinTarotChallenge Prompt
Questions for February 2nd, 22nd, 5th, and 13th

Modern Love Tarot - Four of Wands, The Star, Nine of Cups, Six of Pentacles, King of SwordsI may discover this in the depths of my subconscious.

Four of Wands atop Nine of Cups  – You are at your happiest and most content when you were at home.

What is an irrational fear that I carry?

King of Swords – Pissant syndrome. Being perceived as stupid, annoyingly superfluous, and a big joke by others. You have carried this fear since the Mox betrayal happened all those years ago, and it still lingers on.

This way I can embrace fears.

The Star Rx – You don’t have to look at them with hope that they are wrong. Instead, try looking at them with logic and you will see that these fears are baseless.

This way I can see and live through patterns, and change them if necessary.

Six of Pentacles – By taking care to be generous with both yourself, and with others, no matter your situation… or theirs.

DECK USED: MODERN LOVE TAROT

Daily Self Kindness

Even though it was an orders day, I was able to roleplay with Gideon all day as well.

You Deserve Happiness Too

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Today’s meditation was thirty minutes long and self guided during the stretching and physio that I do for myself every day.  I needed to put a little extra focus into the process today, as my back is feeling a bit more unhappy than usual today.  I combined meditation into the practice as a way to use breathing exercises to help breathe through the pain of the stretching process.

Hong Kong Tarot Stick Edition and It’s Going To Be Okay 2024 Day-to-day Calendar By Kate AllanToday’s draw is the Ten of Cups combined with the affirmation “You don’t have to be ‘on’ all the time. You’re good to have around, even when you’re quiet.”

It can often be exhausting if you are constantly pushing yourself to do for others, entertain others, and all around give others what they want without considering your own needs and desires.

These cards are a reminder that you deserve to be happy too, and that people aren’t going to mind as much as you think they will if you put that as a priority in your life.

DECKS USED: HONG KONG TAROT STICK EDITION AND IT’S GOING TO BE OKAY 2024 DAY-TO-DAY CALENDAR BY KATE ALLAN

#DiscordTarotholicsFeb2024 Challenge Prompt
Philosophical Question for February 7th: Is the desire to be loved an innate human desire?

Hong Kong Tarot Stick Edition and Alfons Maria Mucha OracleReading Summary: People need connection (Two of Cups and the sun dipping to kiss the woman in card 13), but that connection does not need to be romantic in nature (solitary figure in card 22 combined with Ace of Brushes).

Take Away: These cards indicate that the desire to be loved is not a universal human desire, but rather that the need for connection is.  Some get that connection through romantic love, while others find a connection to others more rewarding when it is platonic and based on mutual interests.

DECK USED: HONG KONG TAROT STICK EDITION AND ALFONS MARIA MUCHA ORACLE

Daily Self Kindness

As mentioned above, I took extra time today to do some additional stretches and help limber up my back a bit, as it was feeling especially uncooperative this morning.

Forethought and Planning

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Kei Tarot Love's Justice card and It’s Going To Be Okay 2024 Day-to-day Calendar By Kate AllanToday’s draw is the Justice card combined with the affirmation. “Anxiety lies. You’ve got today handled.”

Just make sure you keep in mind that cause and effect is in play today and behave accordingly.

This doesn’t mean you can’t deal with whatever comes or that you need to change your plans on what you are wanting to get done today. It does mean, though, that some forethought is needed to avoid any untenable situations.

DECKS USED:  KEI TAROT LOVE AND IT’S GOING TO BE OKAY 2024 DAY-TO-DAY CALENDAR BY KATE ALLAN

The #mysticstartarot Challenge Prompt
Questions for February 4th thru 7th

Kei Tarot Love - Star, Six of Wands, Three of Pentacles, Six of Pentacles, Eight of WandsWhat are my overall feelings about myself?

Six of Pentacles atop Eight of Wands, Restrained Moon Charm – You feel that you can short change yourself on self-kindness and there won’t be any repercussions.

Personal Note – I know that this is an untruth, and yet my behavior bears out this belief regardless.

What are my high vibrational feelings about myself?

Three of Pentacles Rx and Starfish Charm – Clinging to others does not serve you well. You are confident that you are capable of doing “it” (whatever that “it” may be) all yourself and are not dependent on others for help or input.

Personal Note – Although my stubborn independence is a good thing and a thing of strength, I often  have a tendency to take this too far and forget to ask for help when it could be beneficial to me to do so.

How will these feelings support me in my relationships?

Star and Acorn Charm – You inspire hope in others and, in doing so, a sense of positivity within yourself. It’s a positive feedback loop between you and those in your life, inspiring growth on both sides.

How can I amplify these positive feelings about myself?

Six of Wands Rx and Dragonfly Charm – To amplify positive feelings about yourself, work on changing direction to please yourself more and others less.

Take Away From This Reading – Stop trying to please everyone else and lean into putting yourself first.

DECK USED: KEI TAROT LOVE

Daily Self Kindness

We put up shelves in Ms B’s garage today, and I made everyone else work while I played director and supervisor today.  Other than drawing little marks on the walls with a pencil? I sat on my ass.