Today’s meditation was a ten minute self-guided session based on an affirmation card that says, “I’m mysterious as a black cat, with foresight and intuition.”

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The @GlitterbyInk #OctoberAlchemy26 Challenge
Breathe Prompt for October 13th : Listen
Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.

Today’s draw is the Wheel of Fortune card, which is traditionally a representation of luck (both good and bad), changing circumstances, the ups and downs of life, and the cyclical nature of life and the world.

Speaking to a brick wall is a waste of time, no matter how cunning the approach or how sweet the words spoken.

There are always going to be people in life so stuck in their own narrative that they cannot see beyond it, as well as those who simply stubbornly refuse to. No matter how hard you try to share your own view or expand theirs, they refuse to hear you. They refuse to listen, instead deflecting, pandering, or gaslighting their way around actually opening their minds beyond their own stubborn viewpoint.

It’s important to realize when this is happening. Wasting time in this manner serves no one. A better option is to vary one’s approach, look for chinks and cracks where a small amount of information can seep in like a water leak and spread over time.

Breaching these brick walls isn’t about brute force, it’s about the small things that can begin to corrode the mortar over time instead. Think outside the box, be patient, and stop the futility of beating your head against the wall. Find another way. Keep in mind that finding another way might mean opening up to listening to -their- viewpoint with an open mind as well.

DECK USED:  THE BLOOD-DRINKER’S DRAW TAROT AND TWIST’S HALLOWEEN AFFIRMATIONS DECK

#DiscordTarotholicsOct2026 Challenge
Prompts for October 12th through 14th

Ghouls: Who in your life needs a bit more acceptance and understanding?

Luck / Mirror – Yourself. You are in need of more acceptance and understanding, most especially from yourself. It is important to incorporate these themes into your everyday routines, allowing acceptance, forgiveness, and understanding to thread through the substrate so that it can become inherent over time.

Poltergeist: What needs to be banished from your life?

Correspondence / Clothing – Ease up on your armor. Hyperactive self defense mechanisms numb you to the world around you and those in it. Take care to diversify instead of doubling down when you’re feeling out of sorts or vulnerable. You still need others, even then, and perhaps even more so than when everything is on an even keel.

Philosophical Question: Why do the living feel a desire to connect with their ancestors?

Resourcefulness / Mannaz – Connecting with our ancestors connects us to what is important in our past and the pasts of those that came before us. Lessons learned can be carried forward instead of being repeated, as long as they aren’t forgotten. Our ancestors connect us to these lessons and knowledge.

Other elements included in this reading:
Pressed Pansy Flower for Hearing the Heart More Clearly
Black Spruce Needles to Boost Self-Confidence and Positive Thinking
Dried Rosebuds for Potential and Beauty Waiting to Unfold
Dried Purple Heather Flowers for Independence and Luck
Smoky Quartz for Introspection and Emotional Balance
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED:  EVERYDAY SPELLS FOR BUSY WITCHES DECK

October Prompts by @forgotten.dumpling & @ml.mecham
Prompt for October 13th : how to bury a moment

the lift of an eyebrow
and an uncomfortable pause
an ice cold stare and lack of applause
(Queen of Spades)

not a word said
a mere presence speaking loud
is more than enough to silence the crowd
(Seven of Spades atop Ace of Spades)

a flash of doubt on an offending face
before my chin tips
as we turn to leave this space
(Two of Hearts atop Six of Spades)

Other elements included in this reading:
Staghorn Sumac for Connecting with Nature and the Wild Within
Norway Maple Key for Fostering Strength and Resilience
Clear Quartz for boosting Mental Clarity
Rainforest Rhyolite for Facilitating Calm Transitions
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED:  BLOODY LOVERS PLAYING CARDS

@owlandbonestarot #OctoberinBetween Challenge
Prompts for October 13th

Known – King of Wands – You inherently know what kindles your interest and breathes life into your creative spark.

These things pull your inner strings, causing you to stand up and pay attention even when the world is clouded in hues of gray due to depression. The depression may dampen the enjoyment, but if you’re paying attention, the resonance is still there.

Unknown – Seven of Cups – The struggle is not in identifying these things, but in choosing which ones to pursue. Sometimes you get overwhelmed by the sheer number of options, other times you are simply overwhelmed by the act of having to choose at all, even when there’s only one or two options available.

Don’t mistake feelings of indecision and discomfort in making choices with disinterest.

Other elements included in this reading:
Conch Shell Knot for Concentration, Clarity, and Determination
Clear Quartz for boosting Mental Clarity
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED:  THE BLOOD-DRINKER’S DRAW TAROT

I let J drive for the errands that needed run today and took a nap in the back of the car.

Today’s meditation was a ten minute self-guided session based on an affirmation card that says, “Whatever you manage to do is enough.”

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The @GlitterbyInk #OctoberAlchemy26 Challenge
Bless Prompt for October 7th : Memory
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.

Don’t let the expectations of those in your past influence how you treat yourself in the present.

We learn a lot of lessons in our lifetime. Some of them are easy to grasp, others we end up repeating over and over.

For me, one of the lessons I find I’ve yet to fully learn is how to shut out the past from creeping into my present judgmentalism towards myself. It’s as if I absorbed all those unreasonable and unrealistic expectations that others placed upon me and made them my own expectations and demands for myself.

The message in today’s Six of Wands card and Memory prompt asks us to consider where our harsh self-judgements really come from, and if they are really worth holding onto or if it’s time to let them go.

DECK USED:  PENNY DREADFUL TAROT AND TWIST’S HALLOWEEN AFFIRMATIONS DECK

#DiscordTarotholicsOct2026 Challenge
Philosophical Question for October 7th : Do ghosts exist?

Feledir – Industriousness. There are times when a soul lingers because they still have something to do. This task can be great or small, but they ultimately linger until they can either let it go or it’s completed.

Netling – Flighty and frivolitous. Sometimes people’s souls linger simply because they want to stay and play and explore a bit more. Emotional attachments may keep them anchored, but their souls ultimately linger out of sentimentality and an emotional connection with others that they have no desire to break.

Anarach – Forced to linger due to closed thinking. These spirits tend to stay not necessarily because they want to, but rather because they are too stubborn to give up control. This is different than having a task to complete, for it’s more about refusal to accept their new path than anything needing to be completed.

Take Away: Yes, ghosts exist, and clearly many more of them than we realize. These cards show that the soul may linger for a variety of reasons, the three above listing off some of the most common.

Other elements included in this reading:
Bird Figurine for Encouraging Hope, Positivity, and Renewal
Dried Cedar Bundle for Protection from Negative Influences
Gray Agate for Instilling Gentleness, Calm, and Stability
Desert Rose for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: SHADOWMYTHS MALOCHI MONSTER DECK

October Prompts by @forgotten.dumpling & @ml.mecham
Prompt for October 7th : stalked by my cravings

there is peanut butter in the pantry
and leftovers in the fridge
but it’s the ice cream in the freezer
I reach for in a pinch
(Jack of Clubs)

at the drive through window
it’s not juice or water I want
but chocolate milk or soft serve
that will really hit the spot
(Three of Clubs)

the healthy options are there,
and they don’t get thrown away,
but it takes much longer to go through them
when my cravings are holding sway
(King of Clubs)

Other elements included in this reading:
Roots and Branches Design on Cedar for Interconnectivity
Dried Purple Heather Flowers for Independence and Luck
River Rock for Resilience within Life’s Flow
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED:  LURKING PLAYING CARDS SILVER VEIL EDITION

@owlandbonestarot #OctoberinBetween Challenge
Prompts for October 7th

Question – Two of Swords – Make sure you are questioning the big decisions. Especially the ones that seem easy and obvious, but could have far reaching ramifications.

Take some time to think on things, rather that becoming impatient and choosing blindly just to get the selection making process out of the way.

Trust – Three of Pentacles – Not every problem can be decided on as a group.

If you have a true opinion and know your choice is the right one, sometimes consulting others can confuse the issue more than they help. Trust, in these instances, that you know the answer instead of reaching for outside input.

Other elements included in this reading:
Bird Figurine for Encouraging Hope, Positivity, and Renewal
Foraged Pin Oak Leaf for Strength and Endurance
Green Aventurine for Harmony and Balance of the Heart
Desert Rose for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: PENNY DREADFUL TAROT

I didn’t head out first thing in the morning as I’d originally planned, but instead allowed myself to have a slow and easy morning before hitting the road..

Today’s meditation was a ten minute self-guided session based on an affirmation card that says “You are a whole person. You are complete.”

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The @GlitterbyInk #OctoberAlchemy26 Challenge
Burn Prompt for October 5th : Reclaim
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.

When things fall apart, which they inevitably always do, it’s important not to spend too much time in the grip of panic or grief.

Instead, we need to pull ourselves out of our emotional response and begin the plan to rebuild.

Spending too much time in surprise, panic, or grief holds us back from recovering from the blow that has been dealt. If we want to reclaim what we have lost and build something better on that land that has been stripped down to bare, then we need to get in gear and start moving instead of sitting and staring at the devastation that was wrought.

The message in today’s Tower card and Reclaim prompt is a reminder that although grief has its place, as well as stunned moments of silence, it’s only when we move to rebuild that we are able to reclaim the momentum we had prior to the chaos and destruction we’ve faced.

DECK USED:  PERFECT ORGANISM TAROT AND TWIST’S HALLOWEEN AFFIRMATIONS DECK

#DiscordTarotholicsOct2026 Challenge
Prompt for October 5th and 6th

Zombies: What new opportunities are rising up at this time?

Spider Shrooms On the Hunt

Pay attention to those that appear to be trying to control you through manipulation. If you feel like you’re being jerked around, there’s a very good chance that’s exactly what’s happening. These particular situations offer you an opportunity you wouldn’t otherwise have.

Creaky Hinge: What doors need opened to allow these opportunities to enter?

King of the Hippies Hoping the Newfangled Treatment Works

You will have the opportunity to turn the tables on those that are attempting manipulation, but only if you are paying attention so that you know what’s going on with a clear head and strategy at the fore in your mind.

Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Parmeliaceae Lichen for a “Breath of Fresh Air”
Clear Quartz for boosting Mental Clarity
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED:  CREATURES OUT OF THE SUBCONSCIOUS CARDS CHIPBOARD EDITION

October Prompts by @forgotten.dumpling & @ml.mecham
Prompt for October 4th and 5th : hungry wolves eat anything / feed me truth

I don’t want to hear
pretty words and half truths
(Jack of Hearts)
nor listen to you lie to yourself
(Jack of Clubs)
for these fictional stories have no “juice”
no nutritional value to dispense
(Three of Spades)

I want you to feed me the truth
that’s not built but is always there
(King of Diamonds)
threaded beneath the lies
and steady beyond compare
(Ace of Diamonds)

Other elements included in this reading:
Pressed Pansy Flower for Hearing the Heart More Clearly
Black Tourmaline for Grounding and Protection
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED:  COUNT CHOCULA PLAYING CARDS

@owlandbonestarot #OctoberinBetween Challenge
Prompts for October 5th

Less – Queen of Ampules Rx – Stop being so hard on yourself. Emotional self abuse is not the answer.

From the treatment you experienced within your youth, you know that emotional abuse doesn’t motivate nor solve anything. Nor does it beat perceived flaws into submission or make anything better.

More – Knight of Flutes – Invite more enthusiasm and play into your life. It will play into your strengths and allow you to set this type of self abuse aside.

Diving into the things that interest you and becoming inspired by them keeps you from wanting or needing that harsh “guidance” that isn’t guidance at all.

Other elements included in this reading:
Oregon White Oak Leaf for Strength, Stability, and Longevity
Rose Quartz for Gentle Kindness to Self and Others
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED:  PERFECT ORGANISM TAROT

I took today off to recover from my “vacation”. This was planned into my schedule to make sure I could bounce back, and it was glorious sleeping in this morning.

Today’s meditation was a ten minute self-guided session based on an affirmation card that says, “Depression lies. There is no circumstance that’s unchangeable. There is no situation that is ever hopeless.”

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The @GlitterbyInk #OctoberAlchemy26 Challenge
Burn Prompt for October 4th : Ignite
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 Pentacles, which is traditionally a representation of the seed of new beginnings and new opportunities in the areas of one’s finances, resources, health, labors, manifestations, and the physical world.

New opportunities come and go at lightning speed. There will always be another opportunity coming along the line when you pass one up and allow it to pass you by.

The key to choosing what opportunities you decide to partake in resides within. When an opportunity ignites something within your soul, sparking your interest, curiosity, or ambition… that is when you’ve found an opportunity worth pursuing.

The message in today’s Ace of Pentacles and Ignite prompt as a reminder that no one can seize every opportunity that comes their way. The key to a healthy and happy life is in listening for the inner spark that tells you an opportunity is made just for you and worth pursuing.

DECK USED:  SPIRIT OF HALLOWEEN TAROT AND TWIST’S HALLOWEEN AFFIRMATIONS DECK

One Card Tarot Journal Activity by @mariasofia_astro
Chapter 5 | Entry 9 – Health and Body
Affirmation : “I release stressful situations I cannot control.”
Prompt : When you think about what stresses you out mentally or physically, what energy does the card you draw offer for you to tap into when you are starting to feel overwhelmed?

What feelings came up when I pulled this card?

To be fair, I’m not a fan of this particular card in this particular deck. I think because the figure in the card looks quite a bit like my father in my opinion.

For that reason, my first reaction was a touch of disappointment when the card showed up. It was then followed by a sense of rightness when I processed that this card is the Strength card, as I feel that Strength’s themes fit this prompt well.

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

The Strength card is often about inner strength, rather than brawn and force. It speaks of knowing when to play a situation to your advantage rather than trying to push or force things to go the way you want them to go.

Thus, by playing up to our strengths, we are able to come out ahead even in situations where we have no control.

What in the artwork spoke to me?

As mentioned above, the figure in the card reminds me of my deceased father for some reason. I’m not even entirely sure why… perhaps something in the cheekbones and mouth?

The figure is wise and gray, and combined with the snow on the ground, this speaks of a long journey through many changes (autumn leaves).

The earring he wears speaks to me of a vast array of experiences in their past, while the out-held card offers insight. The cane implies to me that while the journey has been long, they continue to be self-sufficient, providing for themselves even now (blueberries in the background).

The figure’s massive eyes feel like they see everything, and yet time and accrued wisdom have given them the inner knowledge and strength to know when to act and when to hold back.

My prompt response and reflections.

When you start to feel overwhelmed, it’s important to tap into that inner strength that keeps you strong and gives you the wisest this course of action, rather than simply laying back and letting things happen to you or fighting against them.

It’s in connecting with your inner strengths that you do neither of these things, but instead adapt to the situation in a way that will allow you to come out on top rather than crushed beneath the wheels of change.

Other elements included in this reading:
Amber Resin D25 and Banded Agate D6 Dice

DECK USED: HALLOWEEN TAROT

#DiscordTarotholicsOct2026 Challenge
Prompt for October 4th : Do Spread 1

Bat – What is ending at this time that needs your awareness and focus?

Building – Like every season around this time of year, when you reach October, it’s time to put away the creative edge to your business and projects, and prepare to be swept up like a leaf in the storm as the holiday season approaches. Make sure that you are finishing up any projects that need to be finished during this time so that you’re ready for the whirlwind to come.

Calendula – Who is a loving constant in your life that needs a bit more recognition?

Will – Remember when you butt heads with J that he’s only speaking up because he cares. He’s not actually trying to be a pain in the ass or make things harder for you, but rather he is trying to make sure that your best interests are being considered and that your well-being and needs are being met.

Owl – What do you need to know right now to trust that you’re on the right path?

Spirit – You are getting more brave when it comes to confronting your fears, but make sure you also continue to protect yourself against them rather than being lackadaisical in that protection and ending up regretting that choice later. For example, don’t put off or skip altogether the bug bombing of your home. It does more good than you realize.

Rosemary – What memory from your past needs revisited to guide you in your future safety?

Courage – Remember that leopards don’t change their spots and vipers don’t blunt their fangs.

You may not remember all the details of why you have cut someone out of your life or now treat them as if they are in need of being held at arms length, but that doesn’t mean that behavior should be changed or is wrong. What it means is that you need some help in revitalizing the memories of that time so that you can reconnect with the reasons why.

Black Cat – Where is conformity more of a risk than independent thought?

Reflextion – Don’t allow the demands for conformity to shift you away from what you know to be true about yourself and your authentic presentation of yourself to others. You do you, and if others have problems with it, remember that those problems belong to them and are not your concern.

Wormwood – While the veil is thin this month, what in your life needs protecting?

Protection – Make sure that you have refreshed your regular wards and protections before the cooler half of the month arrives.

Raven – Where can sating your curiosity lead to the resurrection of something you’ve lost?

Vitality – It is through your curiosity that you connect most strongly to your creative inner spark and the enthusiasm you feel for life. When your curiosity is at a low, these things tend to wane. Look for those little glimmers of curiosity within you in the day-to-day, and you can then find the flames of vitality by following those little sparks.

Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Oak Branch with Moss and Lichen for Perseverance
Calcite for Gently Calming the Mind and Stimulating Insights
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED:  CREATURES OF THE MOON STORYTELLING ORACLE

@owlandbonestarot #OctoberinBetween Challenge
Prompts for October 4th

Listen – Five of Cups atop The Empress

Pay attention when your pessimism and negative inner narratives start to affect your self-care.

Speak – Six of Pentacles

Counteract these negative influences towards self-care with an extra amount of generosity towards yourself.

This includes reminding yourself that those inner narratives are liars, and expressing what’s going on to others you love and trust so they can help you in pushing back against those thoughts.

Other elements included in this reading:
Pressed Pansy Flower for Hearing the Heart More Clearly
Oregon White Oak Leaf for Strength, Stability, and Longevity
Rose Quartz for Gentle Kindness to Self and Others
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED:  SPIRIT OF HALLOWEEN TAROT

I got up early and went for a walk so I could enjoy a little alone time before we all pile back into the car again.