June 16 – Mental Health Card of the Day
Today’s meditation was skipped.
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Today’s cards are a combination of the Desert Sky card and the Four of Pipes (Swords).
I read somewhere, once upon a time, that minimalism in decor was so popular among high powered executives because it gave them a counterbalance to the chaos of “too much” in their lives when it comes to stress and responsibility.
That is what the Desert Sky card reminded me of today when it was pulled. That need for a moment of emptiness to counterbalance the chaos in our lives. For me, I often find that moment in my meditation practice, but that is far from the only way to find it. Even just looking out over a desert filled with so much open space and nothingness can give us that, or staring up at the vast openness of a clear blue sky.
Combined with the Desert Sky card, the Four of Swords card reminds us that rest and recuperation is just as important as energetic drive and motivation. We need both. Not one or the other, but both. For you cannot go into the world head long and full bore all the time. You have to sit down and rest sometimes too. That’s what balance is all about.
DECK USED: POT TAROT AND LOOK UP LOOK IN CARDS BY MARI ANDREW
June 17 – Mental Health Card of the Day
Today’s meditation was skipped.
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Today’s card is the Eight of Earth (Pentacles) combined with the affirmation “It’s okay to feel lost sometimes. All we can do is move forward in a direction that makes sense to us and hope for the best.”
Over the course of our lives, we all develop skills that are honed over time and effort. Sometimes, we take these skills for granted, though, and when that happens, it can be hard not to feel rudderless and a bit lost.
The combination in today’s cards speaks of that feeling, and offers us a reminder that those skills we’ve learned, developed, and honed over time are still there. They’re there even if we take them for granted, and the inspiration and motivation that created them still lives there within those skills. It’s okay to feel lost and just keep doing what you’ve been doing all along. After all, it’s what you’ve been doing all along that honed those skills for you in the first place.
In time, you’ll be able to focus on them again, realize them and stop taking them for granted, and you’ll realize that you’re as lost as you felt you were, but moving along your own unique path all along.
DECK USED: THE LAST OF ITS KIND TAROT AND IT’S GOING TO BE OKAY 2024 DAY-TO-DAY CALENDAR BY KATE ALLAN
June 18 – Mental Health Card of the Day
Today’s meditation was skipped.
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Today’s card is the Page of Pentacles combined with the affirmation “Today’s a better day because you exist.”
There are always going to be days where all we want to do is hide away from the world. Everyone has them (some just hide from the rest of us it better than others do). Today’s affirmation combined with the Page of Pentacles is a reminder that we have something to offer the world and those around us, even on the difficult days.
We are all learning, and we’re all growing, a little at a time. When we share ourselves with others, we give others the opportunity to learn from us, and they in turn give us an opportunity to learn from them. You share what’s special about you, even on the days when you don’t feel special at all, and they share what’s special about them. It’s a pretty fair trade… even on days when you’d rather hide away.
Twisting the Leaf 