Ethereal Dreams Tarot

Finding the Positive for August 25 – 27

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Tarot de Jacques Vieville Editions SIVILIXI, A Grieving Tarot, and Tarot of the Hidden Realm

August 25 – Mental Health Card of the Day 

Today’s meditation was ten minutes long, and was one of the #DailyTrip sessions in the @Calm app.

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@FatMumSlim August #FMSPAD Challenge
Prompt for August 25th : Something Starting With 8 | #FMS_825
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 Coins, which is traditionally a representation of juggling responsibilities, work/life balance, and prioritization.

[Note: The Eight of Cups was not a draw, but rather it was the first “8” card come to in the deck for the “Something Starting with 8” prompt.]

OK, let’s be clear. Nothing starts with eight. Even the Eight of Cups (or any 8 in the tarot); far more went on well before we ever get to the eight. This is true in just about anything (with the possible exception of the birth of octuplets).

Beginnings are births, and what comes after are lessons, trials, obstacles, imbalances, and experience; which eventually leads you to Eight.

You can’t get there without experience, and a massive part of that experience is all about balance. After all, you don’t just decide to walk away from something you’re invested in (which is what the Eight of Cups is all about) without having gone through some sort of imbalance that has built up to the point where the endeavor is no longer worth your while.

Today’s message asks us to examine those imbalances; before walking away if you can… or after if you need that distance to see things more clearly. In examining what has caused our reaction to bail on something that at one time was important to us, we can learn more about ourselves and how to possibly foster a better balance in future endeavors.

DECK USED: TAROT DE JACQUES VIEVILLE EDITIONS SIVILIXI FRANCE

August 26 – Mental Health Card of the Day

Today’s meditation was a ten minute self-directed session based upon the affirmation “You deserve the best. The foggiest of cemetery strolls. The silkiest coffin lining. The most haunted of castles. The fiercest of hellhounds. Don’t let anyone tell you you’re just a recluse the townsfolk tell stories about – you are an immortal countess with a horrifying secret.”

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@FatMumSlim August #FMSPAD Challenge
Prompt for August 26th : The Last Photo I Took | #FMS_LASTPHOTO25
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.

If you don’t use it, you lose it. That’s what happens when you stop doing the things that you love. You lose them.  (This includes riding a bike by the way. That skill is not universally, retained, regardless of the saying to the contrary. Take it from someone who had to do the relearning.)

Sometimes, I’ve let go of hobbies and the skills associated with them with the knowledge and acceptance that if I pick them back up later, I’ll have to relearn them. It happens. I do a lot of creative exploration and you just can’t keep up on all of them all the time.

One in particular that this is not the case for, though, is photography. My treasured SLR camera gathers dust more often than not these days; not out of a lack of interest or an intent to let it go… but due to the lure of convenience. My cellphone, after all, is already on my person and has a very good camera. As good as my SLR with a macro or telephoto lens? No. But a hell of a lot lighter and more convenient.

And… as this convenience, seduces, I fumble a bit more with the SLR; my skills with it becoming less adept as I sacrifice quality again and again for the convenience that the camera on my cellphone provides.

I’m not sure I’m happy with the trade-off.

Today’s message is a reminder that you get what you give. If you’re not willing to put in the extra work and put up with a little inconvenience, don’t be surprised when your skills grow rusty and quality starts to decline.

DECK USED: A GRIEVING TAROT AND SINISTER AFFIRMATIONS CARDS

August 27 – Mental Health Card of the Day

Today’s meditation was ten minutes long, and was one of the #DailyCalm sessions in the @Calm app.

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@FatMumSlim August #FMSPAD Challenge
Prompt for August 27th : A Colour That Calms Me | #FMS_CALMCOLOUR25
Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.

Today’s draw is the Four of Wands, which is traditionally a representation of one’s passionate love for the security and welcoming energies of home. This often translates into themes that have to do with homecoming, celebrating home and stability, as well as relaxation in comfortable spaces.

No. It’s not yellow! (ref: today’s “color that calms me” prompt).  A “color” that calms me is home. Not just the home that provides a roof over my head, though, but the people that color my life with moments of joy. The trees that stand tall and the fallen nurse logs that I am welcomed by each time I step out into nature.

Speaking of…. when I travelled across the US back in my trusty (now gone) Jeep, there was one thing that stood out to me the most in every place I visited as determining how comfortable and “at  home” I felt in each location.

It was how much wild green the locations had. Not the manicured lawns and landscaped gardens, but the wild green of forests and ferns and towering trees. I found that in the places without these wild green spaces, I never truly felt comfortable… comforted… or at home.

Today’s message (and the wild mental ride that got us here) is a reminder that “home” is not your house (although it could be).  It’s a feeling of comfort, safety, and belonging. It’s those places and people for which you are the missing piece of the puzzle, and when you slip into place it’s a perfect fit worth celebrating.

DECK USED: TAROT OF THE HIDDEN REALM

Finding the Positive for August 13 – 15

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Mindscapes Tarot, Life is Like a Board Game Tarot, Outgrow Yourself Tarot and Oracle, and The Az Oracle

August 13 – Mental Health Card of the Day 

Today’s meditation was skipped.

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@FatMumSlim August #FMSPAD Challenge
Prompt for August 13th : Something That’s Changing | #FMS_CHANGING25
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 Swords (Two of Spires) which is traditionally a representation of crossroads, difficult decisions, needing more information, seeking inward for answers, weighing one’s options, and sometimes avoidance.

I enjoy hiking. Whether it’s a difficult climb or a meandering shinrin-yoku, being out among the trees is my happy place. I would live among them if I could… although at this point, the only chance of that ever happening involves a tent and trespassing.

Pendulum UseSometimes, when I am feeling particularly overloaded though, I struggle to make even the simplest of decision (like where to go to visit the trees). At these times, it’s easy to get caught in a freeze and end up doing nothing.

Often, that’s exactly what happens. I end up not going, and I’m worse off for it. Other times, I pull out my trusty pendulum and let chance decide. Because, the thing is? It doesn’t matter where I go, as long as I go.

Today’s message is that freezing in place is not the answer; movement is. Even if the act of making the choice feels like too much. Close your eyes and take a step forward anyway. You can’t get out of your current circumstances or feelings of overwhelm by stewing in them.

DECK USED:  MINDSCAPES TAROT

August 14 – Mental Health Card of the Day

Today’s meditation was a self-directed ten minute session, focused upon the theme of “Bread & Butter” from The Az 2 Oracle card (shown) by @Sunni_Chapman and a quote from the guidance that came with that card.

That guidance says, “People frown on bread and butter things, as if the more you struggle the greater you are… don’t they know they’re already great?”

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@FatMumSlim August #FMSPAD Challenge
Prompt for August 14th : In the Kitchen | #FMS_KITCHEN25
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 Pentacles, which is traditionally a representation of satisfaction and stability in the area of one’s finances, resources, home, health, manifestations, and the physical world. This often translates into themes that have to do with hard earned success, accomplishments, abundance created through patience and hard work.

Groceries are so damned expensive that a trip to the grocery store these days often causes a churning worry in my stomach.  I can’t help it.  Due to metabolic issues, food is something that we cannot go without in this house, and it’s only when my pantry is full that I truly feel things are right in the world.

That full pantry is getting harder and harder to accomplish these days; even with being fed away from home twice a week these days.

There are ways, though, to make the food stretch.  Rice and potatoes are a big one, but so too are slow cookers.  The thing is?  It takes more strategy to inspire that “the kitchen is full of food” feeling, but it -can- be done with some adjustments.

Today’s message is a reminder that a sense of wealth and security is about more than just money.  Sometimes it takes figuring out what -really- makes you feel secure, and working “outside the box” to make sure that those needs are being met.

DECK USED: LIFE IS LIKE A BOARD GAME TAROT AND THE AZ ORACLE

August 15 – Mental Health Card of the Day

Today’s meditation was skipped.

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@FatMumSlim August #FMSPAD Challenge
Prompt for August 15th : Soft Focus | #FMS_SOFTFOCUS25
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.

You know that saying “light of fire under your ass”? Well the woman in this card doesn’t look all that happy about the situation, does she?

Held in place by tangled hair that feels a lot like the burden of obligation, no amount of public accolade is going to turn that frown upside down. Nor does whatever victory she’s after seem it all worth it.

Today’s message is a reminder that we do things for ourselves first and foremost; just like putting on your own oxygen mask in an airplane before helping others with theirs.

If something is not good for you, why are you doing it? Is your own sense of obligation keeping you there? Maybe, if so, it’s time to put yourself first and pull your ass out out of the fire.

DECK USED:  OUTGROW YOURSELF ORACLE AND TAROT

Finding the Positive for August 10 – 12

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Cracked Amethyst Tarot's Three of Pentacles, Ocean from The Sky Tarot's Justice Card, The Theoi Tarot's Justice card, and The Az Oracle

August 10 – Mental Health Card of the Day

Today’s meditation was a self-directed ten minute session, focused upon the “Lost & Found” card from The Az  Oracle (shown) by @Sunni_Chapman and a quote from guidance that came with that card.

That guidance says, “If you feel a little lost, or lost about certain things, just ask yourself: what exactly am I looking for? … when you’re following your own directions, it’s just a process of discovery, you feel to go this way… you see what that looks and feels like… and depending on how it does, you make another move. You just keep following the feeling of the thing you are looking for. You’re not worried about getting it “wrong”, cause you’re moving by what FEELS RIGHT.”

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@FatMumSlim August #FMSPAD Challenge
Prompt for August 10th : My Reflection Today | #FMS_REFLECTION25
Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.

Today’s draw is the Three of Pentacles (Stones), which is traditionally a representation of teamwork, collaboration, working together, and themes to do with bringing in help and/or outside expertise in order to get something done.

One is no good without the others. Just look at the picture in the card for proof. One stone does not an arch make. Two could make an arch, but it would be wonky and sad. The third stone needs the other two; you could even say that it is the arch… But it wouldn’t manage that alone.

Life is like that. You can make do on your own, but to achieve true excellence you need others there to support you.

That support could be teaching you a new skill, or lending a shoulder to cry on, or helping out on a project… or just cheering you on from the sidelines. It all boils down to teamwork in the end, though.

Today’s message asks us to reflect on how others contribute their support in our own lives, and how we do so for others as well. There’s a massive interlocking safety net of support out there, connected from person to person. Where do you fit into that net? How do you contribute to it? Where are you benefiting from it?

DECK USED: THE CRACKED AMETHYST TAROT AND THE AZ ORACLE

August 11 – Mental Health Card of the Day

Today’s meditation was a self-directed ten minute session, focused upon the “You Know What?” card from The Az  Oracle (shown) by @Sunni_Chapman and a quote from guidance that came with that card.

That guidance says, “…so when someone doesn’t like me, then they get to go off and be them and I get to go off and be me. It’s a happy thing. We are not all meant to hold hands in this life… Celebrate people not liking you; it means you get to be more you and they get to be more them.”

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@FatMumSlim August #FMSPAD Challenge
Prompt for August 11th : What I Wore | #FMS_WHATIWORE25
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.

Some days you just can’t say anything right. How well do you wear the embarrassment of being wrong? Do you get all red faced and awkward? Do you get stubborn and stick to your guns even though you know you’re wrong? Do you apologize and concede with grace?

Someone once told me when I was very young that “there is nothing wrong or bad in being wrong; it just means that you are learning something new.” As a kid with an extremely thirsty brain, I took this message to heart.

Still, depending upon how others act about you being wrong, it can make it hard to concede. Let’s face it, no matter how graceful we are about being wrong, some people can’t be right without being ugly about it, and their asshat reactions can inspire a negative reaction in us.

We can stop them from turning us ugly too, though.

Today, I was wrong about something and the person I was dealing with was a jerk about it. I responded gracefully with an “oh! I’m sorry. You’re right! I didn’t know that.” To which they replied “No shit you f’ing moron. Stupid (racist pejorative here).”

I very much wanted to snap back at them, but instead, I put my “mental raincoat” on and let his insult roll right off like a raindrop. I managed to hold my temper, smile, and replied “thanks for teaching me something new” and walked away.

Why? Because they are clearly having a bad day and determined to continue having a bad day. Why should they be allowed to make me have a bad day too?

Today’s message is a reminder that cause-and-effect may be how the world balances itself out, but there are times when you can choose not to participate and let the negative that comes your way slide right off you like rain off a raincoat. You just have to choose to do so.

DECK USED: OCEAN FROM THE SKY TAROT AND THE AZ ORACLE

August 12 – Mental Health Card of the Day

Today’s meditation was a self-directed ten minute session, focused upon the “Reflection” card from The Az 2 Oracle (shown) by @Sunni_Chapman and a quote from guidance that came with that card.

That guidance says, “Sometimes you just need to stare it down cold and take it all in without flinching. Just watch it, whatever it is, without forcing yourself to perform or react.”

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@FatMumSlim August #FMSPAD Challenge
Prompt for August 12th : A Tiny Detail | #FMS_TINYDETAIL25

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

Today’s draw is The Tower card, which is traditionally a representation of sudden change, chaotic transformation, destruction, and the tearing down of something within one’s life or beliefs that leaves room for something new to take its place.

Like a game of Jenga, sometimes all it takes is a tiny detail to go awry, and everything falls apart.

The thing is, though?  Maybe that means that what we were building wasn’t really all that great to begin with. If it was, shouldn’t it take more than one little detail to send it all tumbling down?

If that’s the case, then maybe the destruction is a blessing in disguise.  Better it fall apart now than later after we’ve put even more work into it, right?  Now we can start over and build it even better the second time around… or, perhaps start something else entirely new that we’ll be happier with in the long run.

Today’s message is a reminder that breaking a few eggs is a part of the process of finding what’s right for us and what works.  When we fail and things fall apart, we learn from these experiences.  Those lessons prepare us to do better and create something truly able to stand strong in the chaos.

DECK USED: THE THEOI TAROT AND THE AZ 2 ORACLE

Finding the Positive for July 23 – 25

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Tarot of the Hidden Realm's Four of Wands, Sprites & Beasties Tarot's Hierophant card, and Goose Tarot's King of Pentacles

July 23 – Mental Health Card of the Day

Today’s meditation was a self directed ten minute long session based on the included graphic by @Sunni_Chapman; which has a figure holding a bunch of dandelion tufts as if to make a wish and says “I’m doing exactly the right things, because I’m doing what I want. Doing what you want is the right thing, if you want to get what you want.”

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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 Four of Wands, which is traditionally a representation of one’s passionate love for the security and welcoming energies of home. This often translates into themes that have to do with homecoming, celebrating home and stability, as well as relaxation in comfortable spaces.

Combined with today’s meditation, the card pulled for today really brings home to me just how often I’m not doing what I want. Because… what I want? Is to be at home. Honestly?  That’s all I want, even as unhealthy as that might be.

I say that because there was a time in my life where I was living as a shut-in.  I could barely make it to the store and back, and it’s -very- easy to imagine slipping back into that inclination, especially lately when I feel like all I really want to do is hide away from the world.   Why exactly is that?  I think it’s because I feel overwhelmed.

All.
the.
time.

Coming home, therefore, at least gives some little small modicum of relief from that feeling.  I mean, it’s still there, but there’s this comfort in stepping into a private familiar space that’s yours.  I savor that feeling every single time I step through my front door.  Every time the katy bar is put into place. Every time my ass hits the couch cushions or my body settles on the bed.

The message for today is a reminder not to take these comforts for granted.  Savor them.  A moment of appreciation is needed for those things in life that just feel -good-… even the small ones.

DECK USED: TAROT OF THE HIDDEN REALM

July 24 – Mental Health Card of the Day

Today’s meditation was nine minutes long, and was one of the #DailyTrip sessions in 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 Storyteller (Hierophant) card, which is traditionally a representation of traditions, spiritual guidance, long standing institutions, teachers and guides, and themes that deal with conformity and social norms.

When I meditate, a lot of times, I have a tendency to focus more on the inhale than the exhale. I noticed this tendency today while meditating, as the session encouraged visualizing the inhale as drawing in light and energy, and the exhale as releasing stress and tension.

It made me wonder, what other experiences and/or benefits am I missing out on in life by doing things my own way instead of exploring traditional methods? After all, traditional methods became traditional, carrying on through generations, for a reason.

The message in today’s cards is to be open to exploration of long held traditions. You might feel certain that your own way of doing things is a better fit for you, but this isn’t actual fact (and is instead just your own assumption) until you actually give those traditional methods a try.

DECK USED: SPRITES & BEASTIES TAROT AND CHAKRA MANDALAS DECK

July 25 – 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 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.

For me, today is an order catch-up day. Having stepped away from processing orders for a handful of days, they have understandably built up in the background and need to be caught up on.

I used to try and do my catch-up all in one shipment. I’ve come to realize that that’s not doing me much good, though, for as soon as I’m caught up I then need another break.

So instead, I now split the outstanding orders into two piles. The more difficult time-consuming orders in one pile, and the rest that can be done easily and be quickly knocked out in another. The more difficult pile, I work on over the span of a weekend, giving me plenty of time to get them all done and ready to ship out in my Tuesday shipments. The pile of easy ones, I prep for a Friday shipment because I usually only have Thursday (or sometimes just Thursday night) in which to get them done.

Although I hate that this means catching up takes more time, it significantly reduces my stress and energy expenditure.

Today’s King of Pentacles card combined with the affirmation. “Go easy on yourself. Life is not a speed run.” is a reminder that part of being responsible and taking care of those responsibilities, is a responsibility to take care of yourself. It’s okay to do things at your own pace. The world will fall in line behind you if your boundaries give them no other option.

DECK USED: GOOSE TAROT AND WILDLING WISDOM ORACLE

Finding the Positive for July 3 – 5

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Medieval Feathers Tarot's Five of Cups, Agni Roerich Tarot's The Moon card, and Royal Animals Tarot's Ace of Wands

July 3 – Mental Health Card of the Day

Today’s meditation was skipped.

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The @GlitterbyInk #JulyJoy25 Challenge
Celebration of Joy Prompt for July 3 : Freedom
Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.

Today’s draw is the Five of Cups (Eastern Meadowlark Feather), which is traditionally a representation of pessimism, regrets, doomsday thinking, disappointments, and occasionally, failure (or at the very least, the perception of failure).

It takes a village to raise a child, or so they say. The thing is? That’s not all that it takes a village to do.

I’m an introvert and a pessimist. This means that in general, I’m not a fan of society and often to look at humanity with an overly critical eye.

To me? I feel people should “live by example”, and I very often feel that people don’t do this anymore. More and more we see people behaving badly with entitlement as their excuse. Even those in power that should be setting an example for others seem to have lost that “live by example” creed that used to be integral to good leadership.

Today’s message is a shift in perspective on this pessimistic viewpoint, and encourages considering that freedom allows us to act as we see fit and feel is right. This freedom allows us to make mistakes, and like a child raised by an addict that will never touch drugs themselves as a result, teaches us by a different type of example. These days, more and more, it appears that we are being shown the consequences of acting foolishly, rather than the shining example of what good looks like. Regardless, the lessons are still there.

DECK USED: THE MEDIEVAL FEATHERS TAROT

July 4 – Mental Health Card of the Day

Today’s meditation was skipped.

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The @GlitterbyInk #JulyJoy25 Challenge
Celebration of Joy Prompt for July 4 : Happiness
Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.

Today’s draw is the Moon card, which is traditionally a representation of uncertainty, illusion, anxiety, fear, the unknown, and the subconscious.

What is happiness? I have a hard time answering this question, whether it’s for myself, or in an “in general” sense.

Inability to answer this question in a general sense is not surprising, as I think that happiness is subjective. But, I’ve often wondered why I’m unable to answer this question for myself. Is it the issues within my upbringing? Is it my pessimistic tendencies? Is it my battle with depression? Maybe uncertainty plays a role? What is it that creates the disconnect in being able to identify what happiness means for me?

I don’t know. And, I don’t know what happiness looks like for me. Or maybe I do… and just I’m unable to identify it as happiness in the same way I struggle to learn to identify so many of my emotions.

This meander through uncertainty is brought to you by The Moon card, which encourages us to bring our uncertainties “out into the light” now and then to observe and consider… even when doing so leaves is as “in the dark” as ever in the end.

DECK USED: AGNI ROERICH TAROT

July 5 – Mental Health Card of the Day

Today’s meditation was skipped.

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The @GlitterbyInk #JulyJoy25 Challenge
Celebration of Joy Prompt for July 5 : Inspiration
Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.

Today’s draw is the Ace of Wands, which is traditionally a representation of the seed, start, or new beginnings in the area of one’s passion projects, inspiration, drive, willpower, and determination. This often translates into themes that have to do with budding new interests and new passion projects.

I am not a big fan of structure. Which honestly, is a bit odd because I often seek it out and thrive under it.

In my conversation with my shrink the other day, we were discussing how I feel a great deal of guilt over times when I languish. You know, just relax and do nothing but play on the phone or what not.

In our conversation, she reminded me (and not for the first time) that everyone needs downtime. That is, time to not be productive. Even me. She encouraged me to try combating the guilt I feel with a greater show of intention. Specifically, by scheduling my languishing, rather than just “squeezing it in” at the expense of all those other things my brain says needs to be done.

I’ve never looked at languishing as something you might intentionally schedule (instead of time stolen from other pursuits). I’m going to give it a try, though. Maybe in doing so, I’ll find myself feeling a little less guilty about doing something that feels good and I enjoy. Or… that’s the hope at least.

DECK USED: ROYAL ANIMALS TAROT

Finding the Positive for June 27 – 29

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Gaian Tarot's Queen of Wands, Pop-Up Tarot's Strength Card, and Peanuts Tarot's Six of Cups

June 27 – Mental Health Card of the Day

Today’s meditation was eleven minutes long, and was a self guided session focusing upon a little piece of affirmation art by @ve_kiss_klech that said “Wishing you a good day free from whatever hell you’re brain says should be happening.”

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Today’s draw is the Guardian of Fire (Queen of Wands), which is traditionally a representation of a receptive alpha energy, personality, or person in the area of one’s passion, drive, willpower, determination, values, and principles. This often translates into themes that have to do with being supportive of others projects and passions, or searching for inner truth within your own values and principles.

I know what I’m supposed to be doing to day, but it turns out? I’m not doing it.

It turns out, in fact, that the world is not going to fall apart if I step away for a moment from what has to be done to enjoy something else that heals the ache and feeds the soul.

Sometimes? Structure is smothering, and without an occasional swirl of fresh air to feed our inner fire? That heavy structure can start to suffocate our inner spark.

The message here in today’s draw is a reminder that sometimes we need to break free from duty and structure in order to nurture that spark of inner fire within us all.

DECK USED: GAIAN TAROT REDFEATHER 2ND EDITION (trimmed)

June 28 – Mental Health Card of the Day

Today’s meditation was ten minutes long, and was one of the #DailyCalm sessions from the @Calm app. Today’s session dealt with grounding, and using the sensations in your hands as a focus in order to draw yourself back in when you’ve started to become distracted by thoughts or other stimuli.

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Today’s draw is the Strength card, which is traditionally a representation of inner strength, persuasion usually through means of compassion, influence and/or manipulation, and courage.

Play to your strengths… but not to the expense of trying something new.

We all have our own unique talents. The world is a vast kaleidoscope of differences among humanity, and its that variety of differences that make life interesting. That means that the skills, abilities, knowledge, and interests you hold make you unique. A piece of the massive puzzle that is humanity as a whole. You fit into this puzzle not by being the same as everyone else, but because of your uniqueness… just like jigsaw puzzle pieces.

We are all seeking that “perfect fit” in the grand scheme of things. The more we explore and learn about ourselves, the closer we come to finding that “perfect fit” in the world.  Today’s message encourages us to explore our strengths. Not just the ones we know about already, but also those we’ve yet to discover. Don’t be afraid to experiment, explore, and try new things. You never know what’s going to fit until you give it a try.

DECK USED: THE POP-UP TAROT

June 29 – Mental Health Card of the Day

Today’s meditation was skipped.

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Today’s draw is the Six of Cups, traditionally a representation of nostalgia, joyful memories, childhood experiences, and revisiting the past in some way.

When I was growing up, TJ (my parent’s pagan parenting mentor’s best friend) used to tell me wild stories about all the things that Z (my parent’s pagan parenting mentor, turned my spiritual mentor) got up to in  her youth.

Z has taught me a lot of things over the years, and has been integral in my (and my sister’s) development into the people we are today. But it was TJ that did the lion’s share of teaching me about “authenticity of self”.

All his walks down memory lane with me as his audience taught me the value of letting who we really are shine against all odds.  Because Z is an amazing woman. She’s strong, intelligent, empathetic… but even she made mistakes along the way. Even she had a wild side. And, despite her wild side being completely different than how everyone else was rebelling at the time? Even she experienced peer pressure as well.

Yet, through all of that, she became the amazing woman who has been my sister and I’s guide from a young age of 9 or 10 right through to today, decades later.

The message in today’s cards is a reminder that without the past, there is no future. Don’t try to erase the past. Within it resides not just how we’ve gotten to where we are, but how we’ve become who we are, as well as the foundation we need develop into the person we want to become.

DECK USED: PEANUTS TAROT