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Good Omens Tarot Reading

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Good Omens Oracle Reading with The Empty Cup Oracle and Prosperitea Game Cards

Manifest: What positive energies or opportunities are manifesting in my life right now?

Flying Fish and Assam (Camellia sinensis var. assamica) – You do not have to be grounded all of the time. It’s healthy for you to cut loose and try new things. Step outside the box and follow the occasional urge that you would normally write off as frivolous or out of character.

Embrace: How can I recognize and embrace the good omens around me?

Pinky Promise and Chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla) – Work on becoming more aware of what’s really worth your energy and on easing your grip on everything else. When you are overburdened and distracted, it can be difficult to keep your gaze on the path to the person you want to become. Step back from the stress and burden enough to keep that path forward in your sights.

Note… a big part of that person you want to become included continuing to lean into positivity and optimism in order to counteract your pessimistic tendencies.

Align: What actions can I take to align myself with positive outcomes and blessings?

Diving Helmet and Rooibos (Aspalathus linearis) – Relax, stay calm, and breathe deeply. Use the tools you know work to promote the sense of grounded calm that you need in order to be receptive to good things.

DECK USED: PROSPERITEA GAME CARDS AND THE EMPTY CUP ORACLE

🌕 Full Moon in Pisces – August 2023

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On Wednesday is the full moon, and like all new moons and full moons, I did a spread aligned to the moon’s current themes as a part of my recognition of the moon’s cycle and influences upon us. Today’s spread is brought to you by EmeraldLotusMystic.

Full Moon in Pisces Tarot Reading with the Francois Georgin Épinal Tarot Revived c1860

How is my subconscious affecting my everyday habits?

Eight of Swords – You are ignoring things that would be better acknowledged and dealt with. Avoidance happens, but you need to make sure you aren’t avoiding dealing with the things that are important.

What past life karma am I needing to feel?

Three of Coins – You have always struggled to work with others instead of doing things on your own. A part of this lifetime’s lesson is learning how to collaborate instead of always leaning in to doing things solo.

How can I find balance between my mind, body, and spirit?

Four of Cups – Meditation is key. Get back to it.  You cannot find balance without it.

What do I need to clear out (remove) at this time?

Six of Swords – Get rid of the idea that running away is a solution. Sometimes you have to stick around and resolve things instead. Your current situation is one of those times.

What is something I should say?

Ten of Coins – Tell those around you how grateful you are for them in your life and how wealthy, fortunate, and secure they make you feel. Although you don’t take them for granted, it can feel like it sometimes because you tend not to verbalize how much you value their presence in your life.

How can I connect with divine guidance at this time?

Five of Wands – Be open to opinions and methods that are not your own. Others have ideas too that are just as valid as yours.  Don’t squash their ideas outright, nor “talk over them” with your own.

Full Moon advice from the Minoan Goddess Amalthea.

The Hanged Man – Listening does not mean acting. No action need be taken… just listen and allow others to feel heard.

DECK USED: FRANCOIS GEORGIN ÉPINAL TAROT REVIVED c1860

What Is a Boundary? Tarot Reading

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What is a Boundary Tarot Reading with the Tarot of the Owls

Be aware – Knight of Wands – It’s important to stay aware of the situation at hand without charging forward without thought, riding on the wings of your passion. Observation does not always require action. As Ms B becomes stronger, this is especially true. You need to let her struggle a bit while you watch on, instead of being right there to do for her every moment.

Of what is – Four of Swords – The recuperation process is well underway. Just make sure that even during rest times you are encouraging small progresses and plotting for larger ones. Give yourself down time when you can so that you can help motivate her later when she’s flagging.

Unacceptable and – Five of Swords – Butting heads gets no one anywhere right now. Instead of pushing your agenda and the things you want to see happen, and getting push back in return… choose your battles.

Normalize saying no – Justice – That way when you do actually speak up and say no about something? It’s listened to without objection, instead of seen as something that can be argued against.

Do what is best for you – Page of Cups – It is a challenge for you to identify your emotions and emotional needs. This is something you’ve been working on and developing over the past few years, but you are still just at the beginning of this journey. Just do what you can to stay in touch with these things.

And know that it’s not your – The Hanged Man – It’s not always necessary to see things from everyone else’s perspective. Sometimes your own is all that’s needed.

Responsibility to sacrifice – The Moon – When you sacrifice too much of yourself, you lose yourself in the process.  Losing your way in the dark because you’ve let too much of yourself be taken over by others is a bit of a risk right now. Make sure that you are not sacrificing your own needs too often or you could fall into this trap.

Yourself for others – The Hermit – Don’t forget your alone time and how important it is to you and your well being. Stay in touch with yourself and what’s going on inside (as encouraged in the Page of Cups above). These things are needed right now.

DECK USED: TAROT OF THE OWLS

Mercury In Virgo Retrograde Oracle Reading

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Mercury in Virgo Retrograde Oracle Reading with the Water Temple Oracle

Mercury is in retrograde from August 23rd thru September 14th this year. For more information on this phenomena, check here.

How is perfectionism affecting my life?

Rebirth – You are in the process of reevaluating the value of perfectionism, and how placing so much value upon it is affecting you emotionally. This is a time of rebirth for you, allowing you to see what needs changing in your behavior and begin the process of acceptance that change needs to happen and begin thinking about how to go about making those changes. Awareness truly is 9/10ths of the battle.

How can I rectify being overly critical, especially when communicating with others?

Endings – Remember that others have the option of walking away if they don’t like how the conversation is going. Therefore, if you want them to value what you have to say, it needs to be presented in a more palatable manner. Otherwise, you have lost before you even truly have had a chance to begin.

What is the perceived gain of being hyper critical? What is the reality?

Growth – The perceived gain in being hyper critical of yourself is that that demand for perfection creates opportunities and room for growth. That by being a perfectionist it helps advance your goals.

Preservation – The reality is, though, that it instead creates stagnation. Instead of moving forward, perfectionism slows things down to the point that you remain within the range of the status quo instead of advancing.

A message from Mercury.

Fate – Your struggle with perfectionism is a lesson you need to experience and learn from in this life cycle. Don’t ignore it, or you will have to repeat it the next time around.

A message from Amalthea.

Detachment – You are on the right track in your method of detaching yourself from the perfectionist inclinations when you identify them rising up in unhealthy ways.

DECK USED: WATER TEMPLE ORACLE

Cleansing Breath Lenormand Reading

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Cleansing Breath Lenormand Reading with the Gwai Lenormand

What do you take in?

Masculine and Mice – “The best laid plans of mice and men / Often go awry.” Hold close to your heart the knowledge that things -will- go awry and changes will happen, and that you are capable of riding out these changes because you are strong, capable, and adaptable.

What do you hold?

Rider and Clover – Keep moving and things will continue to look up. Slow down and get comfortable, and the positive progress stops. As much as you want to get comfortable, it’s much better to steer your own progress rather than allowing fate to step in when it feels you’ve gone stagnant and make movement happen in your life.

What do you release?

Birds and Mountain – Don’t trust or depend on gossip. It will only get in your way of you do. Word of mouth is great for a lot of things, but don’t allow it to stand in your way or hold you back from doing the things you want to do.

DECK USED: THE GWAI LENORMAND

Relationship Check-In Tarot Reading

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Relationship Check-In Tarot Reading with the Witches Tarot

How are things going between Gideon and myself at the moment?

Six of Wands atop King of Swords – She’s trying to keep the realm going by plating the lead with others in writing and storytelling. He is, in fact, a wordsmith, and does very well at keeping everyone happy and entertained.

Two of Pentacles atop Six of Pentacles – While you juggle being far too generous with your time and energy. You are trying to juggle your responsibilities and this generosity, and it is taking a lot out of you to do so.

Eight of Wands Rx – Your relationship is currently in a slowdown time as a result. You both have to cool your jets right now, no matter how much you wish it could be otherwise.

DECK USED: WITCHES TAROT (TRIMMED)