Forest Bathing Cards

Digging Deeper for Discovery

/ Twist the Leaf / Leave a comment

Today’s meditation was skipped.

•    •    •    ◈    •    🌷    •    ◈    •    •    •

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

Solis Occasum Lux Bromalis - Ace of Wands and the Forest Bathing Cards

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.

The Ace of Wands has then been combined with a card from the Forest Bathing deck, which says, “As you stroll through the forest, I invite you to listen to nature’s musical tapestry. The big sounds usually overshadow the more subtle ones. I wonder what you will hear…”

What magic are you missing in the world around you by taking things at face value and not paying closer attention? What more can you see when you stop assuming, and instead truly listen and look deeper at what’s going on around you?

There is so much that is remarkable and passion inducing in the world that we pass by every day without even noticing. Worlds within worlds of sound and life we never see. Layers upon layers of depth within people that we never truly get to know.

The message in today’s Ace of Wands and affirmation card is a reminder of these layers, and an encouragement to look beyond just the surface level of not just other people, but of our experiences as well. In doing so, you never know what treasures you may uncover and what new passions you may discover.

DECKS USED:  SOLIS OCCASUM LUX BRUMALIS TAROT AND FOREST BATHING CARDS

One Card Tarot Journal Activity by @mariasofia_astro
Chapter 3 | Entry 18 – Family and Friends
Affirmation : “I welcome opportunities for fun.“
Prompt : Picture the card you draw as a friend you are going to spend the day with. What fun activities are you doing together? What are you talking about? Wearing? Feeling?

Tarot Activity from The One Card a Day Journal by Maria Sofia Marmanides - Gold Moon Major Arcana - The Moon card

What feelings came up when I pulled this card?

I felt myself slip into the “advocate” role that I am both familiar with and enjoy. I like to help people, and this Moon card gives me an opportunity to do that.

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

The Moon is about uncertainty and the unknown, and often about how fears can cause our perception of something to blow out of proportion.

What in the artwork spoke to me?

The figure in this card looks a lot like the High Priestess. It spoke to me of the fact that the fears are rooted in perception and perspective instead of solid logic and fact. That tells me what is needed here is a good dose of stability.

My prompt response and reflections.

We are going to go hiking. (While wearing appropriate hiking attire, of course.)

Frankly, we would be going hiking with any number of the cards I might have pulled, because it’s what I want to do. This card’s fear and uncertainty wouldn’t dissuade me in this activity. Instead, it would inspire me to assist them in getting over their fears.

As we hike, we would talk about their fears and worries, and I would help them to see that these things aren’t as huge and insurmountable as they seem.

I would show them through encouragement and the stability in my presence that they are safe and help them to find enjoyment in the activity so that when they think back in the future they will have a positive memory to bolster them.

Other elements included in this reading:
Honey Resin D20 Die
Banded Agate D6 Die

DECK USED: GOLD MOON MAJOR ARCANA

#DiscordTarotholicsMay2026 Challenge
Prompt for May 22nd : What can you do today to assist in getting more out of life?

Tarot Reading with the Solis Occasum Lux Bromalis Tarot and Fractals of Nature Oracle

Wheel of Fortune, Eight of Coins, Ace of Coins

Work on seeing the cyclical ups and downs of life by the opportunities they present instead of what you feel like you want to run away from. Change is not your enemy, so stop treating it like one and see it as the catalyst for growth and betterment that it’s meant to be.

Prompts for May 23rd and 24th : Do Spread 2
Question: How can you better utilize your free time with yesterday’s question in mind?

Anchor Card : The Celestial Bloom

“The internal dawn requires no battle against the dark; it asks only that the mist of uncertainty be allowed to lift.”

Reading Summary: The coins in the Ten of Pentacles and the Anchor card echo each other in shape and form. This speaks to the key to successes you seek lying in the disbursement of fears and anxieties surrounding change.

In The High Priestess card, she holds above her head a cloud that connects in its design to the frosty petals of the Celestial Bloom in the Anchor card. There is promise here that even when things fall apart, wither and fall away, or otherwise meet to be discarded, stability will live on.

The Two of Swords resembles scissors coming to snip the Celestial Bloom‘s unseen stem. Decide what to cut away, but don’t go overboard.

Take Away: Today is “trim the lilac tree” day, which comes but once a year. My balcony garden needs some tending, and today’s a good day to get out there and get some of it done.

DECK USED: SOLIS OCCASUM LUX BRUMALIS TAROT AND FRACTALS OF NATURE ORACLE
Daily Self Kindness

I actually did trim the lilac tree on my balcony today, as well as deadheading the flowers and the weeding.

The Rugged Bouquet

/ Twist the Leaf / 1 Comment

Today’s meditation was a nine minute long #DailyTrip session from the @Calm app.

•    •    •    ◈    •     🌷    •    ◈    •    •    •

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

WayHome Tarot's Seven of Pentacles and Forest Bathing Cards

Today’s draw is the Seven of Pentacles, which is traditionally a representation of slow growth, sustainability, domestic harmony, hard work, and practicing patience while the fruits of your labors develop and take form.

The Seven of Pentacles has then been combined with a Forest Bathing card, which says, “When visualizing a bouquet of flowers we often imagine a lovely arrangement of perfectly proportioned colorful flowers. I invite you to create a bouquet using the fallen bits and pieces of nature you encounter along your path. I wonder what will be revealed…”

Like the activity described in the Forest Bathing card, our lives are much like a bouquet of random things collected along the way from day to day. It’s not some perfectly arranged spray of flowers and ornamental greenery, but rather the beauty of something more rugged and natural that comes together over time.

Each experience picked up adds to the whole, and what at first may look like a mishmash of random things, when brought together ultimately creates something beautiful.

The message in today’s Seven of Pentacles and the affirmation card is a reminder that whether events in our lives are small and feel consequential, unpleasant, or beautiful on their own… When added to our lives as a whole, they create something unique and beautiful. Our lives are all unique and beautiful.

DECK USED:  WAYHOME TAROT AND FOREST BATHING CARDS

#DiscordTarotholicsMay2026 Challenge
Prompts for May 20th and 21st

Tarot Reading with Le Tarot Côme and Ask the Cats Oracle

Philosophical Question: What is happiness?

Three of Swords and In or Out

Happiness is savoring one’s life while step-by-step making the choice to lean into the positive instead of wallowing in the disappointments, painful experiences, victim mindsets, and the pessimism these things can create.

What path moving forward can help you attain more happiness in life?

King of Cups and The Dingus

Continue allowing your partner to help in teaching you how to have fun, and how to experience the positives that come from feeling your feelings instead of forsaking them.

Other elements included in this reading:
Pressed Pansy Flowers for Hearing the Heart More Clearly
Citrine for Energy Lift (easing the weight of heavy energies)
Carnelian Agate for Inner Drive and Focusing On Aspirations
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: TAROT CÔME AND ASK THE CATS ORACLE

@ambitiouslyalexa May Journal Prompts
Prompt for May 25th : A simple pleasure I want to protect

Tarot Reading with the Wayhome Tarot

Reading Summary: The banishment of unpleasant things (all three reverse cards – Justice, Hierophant, and Five of Cups) that have spending time with my partner creates for you (Father of Cups).

Take Away: You have a tendency to fixate on fairness, or rather the lack of fairness in the world around you. This makes it extremely difficult for you to see positive perspectives or connect with optimistic thinking.

Spending time with your partner allows you to connect to the world around you with a more positive outlook, and to see things from their perspective instead of the negative perspective you are used to. This doesn’t necessarily take away your own perspective, but helps to round it out so that it doesn’t all look quite so bad.

He is aware of this tendency in you to lean towards the pessimistic, and is always happy to not just accept how your mind works, but provide alternate perspectives for you to consider without trying to force anything upon you.

The blend of acceptance and guidance often goes unnoticed and underappreciated, but it’s something that you treasure a great deal.

Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Oak Branch with Moss and Lichen for Perseverance
Rose Quartz for Gentle Kindness to Self and Others
Black Tourmaline for Grounding and Protection
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: WAYHOME TAROT
Daily Self Kindness

I taught Ms B how to make recipe cards on the computer, and then created a “back up” file so that when she messes up the template I can just refresh it back to the original instead of trying to repair it later.

❤️ Self Care Saturday (On a Sunday)

/ Twist the Leaf / Leave a comment

These Saturday readings are (not usually) bearing in on any one thing or event in my life, as the question used is asking for a more general outlook. This is a self care exercise, and is not meant as a predictive reading… although that, too, happens on occasion.

The question is… What do I need to focus for self-care through the week ahead?

Self Care Saturday Tarot Reading with the Wind Rose Tarot and Forest Bathing Cards

Earth – Three of Wands – Do the stuff. You’ve plotted and planned and everything’s in order in your head now; you just need to do the stuff. Get your goddamn taxes done!

Air – King of Pentacles – Also taxes related… Keep your mind in the game and make sure everybody is on the same track as you as you in getting everything put together for the accountant. Demand their participation. Communicate your needs. This is about them too, and you don’t have to do it yourself, so make sure that they are on board and doing their part.

Water – The Empress – Don’t neglect your emotional health this week. Make time for the things that help you feel better than you did before you started them.

Fire – Ace of Swords – Communication is the end-all-be-all for the week. As noted in the Air position above, you need to make sure that you are expressing what you need and how you need it, so that others can help in fulfilling those requests and demands. Don’t allow them to tune you out or shut you down.

Waning – “Have you ever pondered the flavor of forest air? Be adventurous! Open your mouth wide and take big bites of air. I wonder what you will taste.“

“Meticulous and Calculated” is the name of the game this week. A carefree devil-may-care attitude will not get you where you want to go. Don’t be greedy, and don’t be careless.

Waxing – “I invite you to lift your eyes towards the sky and imagine yourself freely soaring like a bird taking in the grand perspective from above. I wonder what you notice…“

Train your attentions on what you want to accomplish and allow your focus to remain there. Make sure that you are paying attention to what is going on around you and how things are coming together (as well as where they’re not) to find cracks and fissures in the plan.

Take Away – This week needs to be about getting your taxes done and turned in before the end of May rolls around. You can get this done in a few days if you really put your mind to it and involve others in the process. You don’t have to do it all yourself, so don’t take it all on your own shoulders. Use the freedom that comes with delegating tasks to others to take a closer look at what’s going on and what needs to change in this area moving forward.

DECKS USED: WIND ROSE TAROT AND FOREST BATHING CARDS