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Fresh Start Lenormand Reading

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Fresh Start Lenormand Reading - The Chelsea Lenormand Red Edition

What is beginning to emerge in my life?

Book and Cross – The ability to add more skills and knowledge under your belt. There’s more to learn, and you are beginning to research all the avenues available to you to make this new venue of research into a success.  This is about the research I have been doing in making myself a functioning commerce website.  There’s a lot of options out there and a lot to learn to make things work.

How does this represent a fresh start for me?

Heart and Letter – Think of this as a love letter to yourself. By bringing this into being, you are giving yourself a sense of security that you have been lacking. It is an act of self-care and a message of self-love as you begin to work at providing for yourself something you’ve recently discovered that you desperately need.

How can I support this new cycle of growth?

Clover and Bouquet – Positivity and an optimistic outlook.  You need to not just see this new cycle as a self-kindness, but put to work the efforts to stay positive in order to keep things open for growth so that you don’t close down, close up, and end up becoming stagnant.  That positive outlook and energy will help keep things on the right track and flowing smoothly.

DECK USED:  CHELSEA LENORMAND RED EDITION

Aquarius Season Lenormand Reading

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Aquarius Season Lenormand Reading - Mythical Folklore Lenormand

What needs innovating.

Snake and Crossroads – Escapism is not the answer to anything. When you fall into times of excess sleep, screwing around with games on your phone, and spacing out for no reason… what are you trying to run away from?  What are you hiding from?  It’s time to take a look at these habits and look at finding not only what’s spurring them on, but ways to turn those tendencies around so that they do not become unhealthy habits (as they have done in the past).

Where to be self-reliant.

Stars and Bouquet – You make beautiful and inspired jewelry. You take breathtaking, eye catching photos. You create beauty out of nothing and share it with the world in so many ways. Be confident in your creativity, in your skills, and in the belief that they are not just worthy of admiration but that others will truly love what you create and share with the world.

Where to think outside the box.

Tree and Clover – You need to look at the things you are doing to sustain and improve your health, and begin looking at them in a different way. This isn’t about changing what you’re doing, but it’s about not seeing them as chores or inconveniences. It’s about turning a more positive outlook to these things so that they become joys instead of something to slog your way through.

Where I could use some positive reinforcement.

Letter, Mountains, Stork – Change is not easy and when you are set on making changes and end up with news news landing in your lap that lead to roadblocks? It can be extremely hard to see past those moments to stay motivate for that change that you’re striving for.   Remember that setbacks doesn’t mean a dead end.

DECK USED: MYTHICAL FOLKLORE LENORMAND

Mercury Retrograde Self-Reflection Reading

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Oracle of Mystical Moments

Mercury is in Retrograde from January 14th thru February 3rd. As the planet of communication, when Mercury goes into retrograde, it can often affect people by shifting their perspectives and abilities when it comes to one’s communication with others, including family and friends, work, social media, and more. Admittedly, I don’t often experience these affects personally, but I liked the spread. 😉

What perspectives need to be reviewed?

Mermaid’s Love – Take some time to reflect on your relationship with Gideon and just how well you fit together like puzzle pieces.  One’s strengths support the other’s weaknesses and vice-versa.  In this relationship, you are equals for each brings something to the table that is unique and that the other needs. Combined, you become more complete than either of you are when apart.

Ways I can work through any mental blockages.

Eva – Don’t allow yourself to hide away that which needs to be seen and known.  Secrets, especially those kept from yourself, are poisonous and can not just set you back but incapacitate you entirely, depending on what they’re about.  Pay attention and be aware of what you are hiding from.  Awareness is the first step to finding resolution and a better path forward.

How can I bring in more conscious thought practices?

Moondance – Work on that optimism that helps you see life through a more magical lens.  Only when you’re able to see the beauty around you are you at your best, and only then will you be more easily and with more confidence be able to balance the hard parts with the easier ones.

Ways I can be more clear and concise with communication.

Queen Bee – Be strong.  Be supportive.  You don’t have to choose one or the other.  Gentle your sharp tongue to provide a more nurturing energy that can lift people up, even as you remain strong on your boundaries and expectations.

What thinking patterns or ideas do I need to release?

Touch the Sky – Unhealthy alone time is awfully tempting, even during times when things are going well.  It’s that lingering in bed, those stolen moments retreating into the games on your phone, the temptation to nap when you don’t need one and linger in the limbo of waking instead of returning to face the day head on.  None of these are good for you, and you need to work at making healthier choices no matter how tempting those unhealthy ones are in the moment.

Main lesson from this Mercury Retrograde.

Like a Bird – How to balance your motivation in a more healthy way. You are capable of succeeding even when you’re not pushing yourself like some kind of slave driver.  It doesn’t mean you’re stalling out, and a slower pace doesn’t mitigate success or create stagnancy as long as you stay motivate to keep moving forward… no matter the pace you take to get there.

DECK USED: ORACLE OF MYSTICAL MOMENTS

Self-Love Lenormand Reading

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Self-Love Reading - Shadowlands Tarot

Something to love about myself.
Letter and Mountain

The ability to not be held back or restrained by times when I can’t get the information I need. Instead I am flexible enough to find a way around these moments and keep going.

Where can I be more patient with myself?
Man and Child

You’re allowed to be childish sometimes. You’re allowed to set aside the heavy and let your inner child have a little fun. Too often you see your playful self as a ridiculous inconvenience.

Where can I be kinder to myself?
Coffin and Moon

Accept that the depression is not under your control.  You can mitigate it a bit if you catch it in time, but it’s something that happens to you, not a choice you make.  It isn’t your fault.

Energies & strategies to draw on moving forward.
Woman and Rider

Fresh air. Gentle nurturing energy. Keep moving. Lets not revisit the feelings of stymied energy and stagnancy that you experienced last  year.   Instead, keep circling fresh air and energy through your life to gently stir you into keeping moving… inside and out.

DECK USED: SHADOWLAND LENORMAND

(Late) Winter Solstice Lenormand Reading

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Spread for Winter Solstice - Yuletide Lenormand

Darkness – Sorrow & Brokeness

Whip and Ring – These cards cast a spotlight upon the unhealthy influences of your addictions and self-destructive tendencies.  In the darkest of times it is these things that harken home the feelings of “sorrow and brokeness” in your life.

Promise – Rebirth of the Sun

Clouds and Kitten – Lack of confidence and feelings of uncertainty can warp our feelings of security in those we trust. Allow the light of the sun to shine upon these clouds of uncertainty and burn away their influence so that you can see those that are true and loyal to you with a clear and unfiltered gaze instead of one clouded by fear.

Integration of Dark and Light

Evergreen and Candy Cane – Through shadow work you can find the healing magic needed to take control of your past and move past it, but it won’t be quick or easy to accomplish. Bring the darkness out into the light.

Gift of the Dark

Humbug, Slegh, Cross – Do everything you can to mitigate issues on your trip home. The travel will be a struggle with all the snow and ice on the roads right now, and the snow that is predicted still to fall. You don’t want to end up stranded or dealing with the expense of a costly auto repair.

DECK USED: YULETIDE LENORMAND

Deserving of Happiness Lenormand Reading

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Deserving of Happiness Lenormand Reading - Slavic Folklore Lenormand

What makes me think that I don’t deserve happiness?

The Letter and The Rodent – Corrosive messages from family that I’ve received throughout my youth having stuck with me all this time.

Why don’t I trust joyful moments in my life?

The Tower and The Ring – I feel an obligation to always watch out and protect. That means being aware of the ways in which you can be fucked over and watching for them. It is my responsibility to do this, and it means that joyful moment are often looked at with suspicion instead of taken at face value.

How can I understand that I deserve happiness?

The Bear and The Moon – Treat yourself as you would others. Be kind.

How can I forgive myself for believing that I don’t deserve happiness?

The Wolf and the Man – Another reminder to treat yourself kindly. Choose to be your own best friend.

Some reasons why I’m deserving of happiness.

The Child and The Fox – That child that resides inside you needs care, no matter how difficult they may be to reach.

Moving Forward / Words of Encouragement

The Key and The Grave – You can let go of these unhealthy habits, move on from them, and find a better way. Make the voice to break free.

DECK USED: SLAVIC FOLKLORE LENORMAND