Hush tarot

The Benefits of Silence

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

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Hush Tarot -Ace of SwordsThe @GlitterbyInk #SeptemberSoul25 Challenge
Seeds of Intention Prompt for September 17th : Expansion
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 Swords, which is traditionally a representation of the seed of new beginnings in the area of one’s thoughts, intellect, education, logic and reason, ambition, or communication.

I have “foot in mouth disease”. That is to say that I have a great amount of skill at “saying the wrong thing at the wrong time”. My saving grace is that every once in an extremely rare while, I also say just the right thing at the right time.

The illustration on today’s card looks like a Knight, but is actually the Ace of the suit. This reminds us that sometimes it’s better to not speak, for we don’t know as much as we think we do. When you leap forward to be the first one to speak, you miss the opportunity to listen, observe, and learn.

The message in today’s card is a reminder that the wise listen first, then speak. Don’t be so eager to open you mouth before you’ve gathered all the facts… including the ones you didn’t yet know existed. When you take a moment to listen first, you expand your horizons beyond your own knowledge.

DECK USED:  HUSH TAROT

@de_tarotjuf Time for Yourself
#detarotjufseptembertarotchallenge
Prompts for September 17th and 18th

Woodland Wardens Oracle Reading with the Hush Tarot -Ace of Cups, Eight of Swords Tarot ReadingHow can I clarify my goals?

Ace of Cups; The Bobcat and Blackthorn – Take the time needed to get in touch with your emotions. Your goals require more input than just good logical reasoning. You need to allow your emotions input as well, and not just on the end results you’re looking to achieve, but also about the journey to get there.

As emotions are not your strong suit, it’s important to take extra time to make sure they are being included. This connection cannot be rushed.

What energizes me when I think about them?

Eight of Swords; The Spider and Passionflower atop The Marten and Foxglove – The ability to block out the world and turn your focus fully on your creative spark and the endeavors born from it. Creativity is your way to play, and through it you enjoy things more. To energize and motivate you toward your goals, creativity needs to be included, in the same way seasoning interspersed throughout food makes the meal taste better.

DECKS USED: HUSH TAROT AND WOODLAND WARDENS ORACLE

Daily Self Kindness

I gave in and allowed myself half a pain med earlier today.  I just couldn’t get it under control.

Finding the Positive for November 4 – 6

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Hush Tarot, Mana-Fest Dark Weave Tarot, Majick Cottage Oracle, and It's Going to Be Okay 2024 Day-to-Day Calendar

November 4 – Mental Health Card of the Day

Today’s meditation was skipped.

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@GlitterbyInk #Novelember24 Challenge
One Word Book Title Prompt for November 4th : You

Today’s card is the Ten of Cups combined with the affirmation “The future will not be a disaster. You have anxiety, sorry.”

Anxiety is a bitch. It’s one of those things that makes the world feel out of control.  Unfortunately? It’s also one of those things that comes from within.  Anxiety, in my experience, is created by our own inner narratives and allowing ourselves time to dwell on the “what if” scenarios that situations in our life present to us.  “What if” is a fine line.  It can be a saving grace that helps us prepare for what lies ahead, but it can also be anxiety inducing and create a feeling of helplessness or powerlessness within us if we let it get out of control.

The message in today’s cards is that the power lies within you to moderate these tendencies to focus on “what if” scenarios. The Ten of Cups is a reminder that when we instead turn our focus to pleasurable thins that we enjoy and seek out support from others in indulging in those things… we have the ability to win the battle with the anxiety that “what if” can cause.  Maybe not 100% of the time, but small step by small step and, over time, those steps can then become larger and last longer.

DECK USED: MANA-FEST DARK WEAVE TAROT AND IT’S GOING TO BE OKAY 2024 DAY-TO-DAY CALENDAR BY KATE ALLAN

November 5 – Mental Health Card of the Day

Today’s meditation was approximately fifteen minutes long, and was self-guided based upon the Lindsay Kite quote “Loving your body isn’t thinking your body looks good. It is knowing your body *is* good regardless of how it looks.*

I don’t think there are really all that many people out there in the world in this day and age that don’t struggle with body image. Whether you feel you are too big or too small, too tall or too short. Whether you wear scars or you deal with a disability, don’t like your hair or your skin or your teeth or your eyes.  In today’s society where the “image of perfection” has become more and more unrealistic, society has created a sort of pandemic of body image issues.

My topic in my meditation practice today, I focused on how my body serves me instead of on all the ways it doesn’t or can’t.  It feels really impossible to get past all those things it can’t do sometimes, and I felt that it was important to work at setting them aside and, instead, appreciate that I -am- in fact still mobile and have a decent amount of flexibility. That I can still work, and that those things my body doesn’t allow me to do I can adapt to and get done in different ways.

It felt good to look at my body in this way, even if it was a struggle.  I’ll keep trying, though.

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@GlitterbyInk #Novelember24 Challenge
One Word Book Title Prompt for November 5th : Brave

Today’s card is the Knight of Swords combined with the affirmation “It’s a big old world. There is absolutely room for you here.”

In today’s card, my eyes keep being drawn down to the Dionaea muscipula (Venus Flytrap) in the lower corner, and the ant that is far too large for it to take a bite out of.  A’right… and the fact that our knight has forgot his pants also did not miss my notice.

I mean, just sayin’?  But what kind of chaos has to be going on here for someone to go running out to confront the world with their hat, face shield, and spear in hand… but no pants? I mean, that shawl is half-assed protection at best. Clearly, this guy didn’t think things through.  Everything else has sharp teeth and hard shells, and here’s the knight charging forward into the fray all squishy and juicy with very little protection.

What these cards say to me is that everyone makes mistakes. Sometimes? We’re impulsive… and that’s okay.  At least as long as no one gets hurt, at any rate.  Don’t beat yourself up for your mistakes and impulsive moments.  There’s no reason to call yourself names and berate your existence. Instead, learn from these experiences so that you can do better next time.

DECK USED: HUSH TAROT AND IT’S GOING TO BE OKAY 2024 DAY-TO-DAY CALENDAR BY KATE ALLAN

November 6 – Mental Health Card of the Day

Today’s meditation was skipped.

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@GlitterbyInk #Novelember24 Challenge
One Word Book Title Prompt for November 6th : Trust

Today’s card is the Align card combined with the affirmation “You can be grateful and depressed at the same time. You are not a bad person for struggling to find joy in things right now.”

There are times in life when it feels like you are all alone against the world, backed into a corner and without recourse as the universe seems to stand against you.  This is, sadly, a part of life, and it’s natural to feel depressed during these times and struggle with seeing the good in these situations.

It’s important, though, to always connect with those things you -are- grateful for, even when you feel like you’re at your wit’s end. Sometimes, we have to take a breath and just trust that the situation we’re in and the depression and disenchantment we are feeling is temporary, and that in the long run? The world will keep on moving forward and everything is going to be okay.

DECK USED: MAJICK COTTAGE ORACLE AND IT’S GOING TO BE OKAY 2024 DAY-TO-DAY CALENDAR BY KATE ALLAN

Keep Fighting

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

Honestly? I can’t remember what the meditation was about.  I listened to the whole thing, followed the breathing exercises, et al. Unfortunately, whatever the message was behind today’s session… it didn’t stick, since I can’t remember a single bit of it.

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Hush Tarot's Five of Swords and It’s Going To Be Okay 2024 Day-to-day Calendar By Kate AllanToday’s draw is the Five of Swords combined with the affirmation “No matter how awful today is, you get to curl into bed at the end of it.”

Some days are just fucked and there’s nothing you can do about it except keep fighting. Keep going. Thrash your way through the weeds and obstacles and do what you can to stay on your feet and come out the other side victorious.

The cards for today are a reminder that there’s an end to that fight.  It might not feel like it in the moment, but don’t give up.  Once you’re victorious, that rest that comes afterward will feel that much more sweet for having made it through.

DECK USED:  HUSH TAROT AND IT’S GOING TO BE OKAY 2024 DAY-TO-DAY CALENDAR BY KATE ALLAN

#DiscordTarotholicsSep2024 Challenge
Prompt for September 30th : Grab a spread of your choice that you’ve been curious about… and give it a go!
Spread: So You’re Uncomfortable ~ A spread for sitting in discomfort rather than running from it

Okay, so the first time I did this spread today, I was just off from having been talking to a friend about the death of her father and… welp.  Lets just say that I’ve done this spread twice today, because the first time I did it was too close to the phone call and the reading accidentally ended up being about her and her situation.

Here is the second attempt, which is mine… and far lighter than the first time around.

So You're Uncomfortable Tarot Reading with the Hush Tarot - The Hermit, Six of Pentacles, Knight of Cups

A tension point.

Six of Pentacles – A lack of generosity towards yourself. You are unable to treat yourself as kindly and fairly as you treat others, and spend far too much time beating yourself up mentally and emotionally while pushing yourself to fulfill unreasonable expectations of excellence and perfection.

A truth about your discomfort.

The Hermit – You do this to yourself, and by closing yourself off to others, it only perpetuates the pattern.

Something you can do to stay present.

Knight of Cups – Acknowledge and stay in touch with your needs and wants. Go after them instead of setting them aside. They are just as important as your responsibilities and ambition. Perhaps you need to consider that they aren’t just as important… but more important and should be prioritized as such.

Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Western White Fir Tip for Staying True to Self
Foraged Red-Stemmed Feather Moss for Attentive Understanding
Carnelian Agate for Warmth and Courage
Cedar Smoke Cleansing Bundle for Protection
Desert Rose for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: HUSH TAROT

Daily Self Kindness

I hopped back on the meditation train… two days in a row now!

Stand Up

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Today’s meditation was skipped.

Terra Volatile and How to Be a Wildflower DeckToday’s draw is the Five of Swords, which is traditionally a representation of tests, trials, and conflict in the area of one’s intellect, education, logic, ambition, or communication. This often translates into themes that have to do with competition at work, arguments, and the drive to win and come out on top of the situation.

The message here, when this card is combined with the affirmation card for today, is to remember that not all journeys are meant to be easy.  Sometimes you have to fight to move forward and keep life interesting.  It won’t all just land in your lap.

DECK USED:  TERRA VOLATILE AND IS AND HOW TO BE A WILDFLOWER DECK

Tarot Nerd’s Better Boundaries Tarot Challenge Prompt
Questions for November 28th thru 30th

Kindred Fauna Oracle and Hush TarotWhat resentment(s) am I holding onto that need to be released?

Eternity and Six of Wands atop Four of Pentacles

Life is fleeting. Security is fleeting. The approval of others is fleeting. I hate that it feels like nothing is permanent. There is no way go grasp and hold on to those things we love and take comfort in.

What compromise have I made that is in need of reevaluation?

The Sentinel and The Hanged Man

Seeing others perspectives doesn’t need to be a restraint for you. You don’t have to adopt their perspectives as your own in order to understand where they are coming from.

What do I trust about myself that will help me going forward?

Your Spirit Guide and Nine of Pentacles

You are well seated and familiar in listening to the voice of your intuition. Spirit guides speak through this language as well. Allow yourself to trust what you have worked so hard for so long to develop.

DECK USED: KINDRED FAUNA ORACLE AND HUSH TAROT

#DiscordTarotholicsNov2021 Challenge Prompt
Topic for November 30th: Grab a spread of your choice that you’ve been curious about and give it a go!

Terra Volatile

A card to represent me this past year.

The Star Rx – Struggling with staying positive. It has not come easily to me this year and there has been a lot of difficulties and slip ups along the way.

A soul lesson I was learning this past year.

Five of Wands – How to be more effective in getting across what I feel is important. And that inner conflict can be far more destructive and disruptive than outer conflict.

How this soul lesson changed me.

Four of Swords Rx – It showed me that rest is more than being idle. Idleness is not enough to restore and recuperate.

Something that held me back this past year.

Ten of Wands atop Seven of Swords – There is a great deal of uncertainty residing in the Seven of Swords here in this imagery. It seeks of allowing myself to become overburdened by feelings of uncertainty concerning my direction forward and methods of getting there.

Something that I ignored this past year.

The Moon – It didn’t work and held me back, but I was trying very hard to ignore my feelings if uncertainty and self doubt.

Something I should be proud of.

The Temptation – Identifying where I am slipping off track with my addictions and making efforts to begin rectifying the issue.

DECK USED: TERRA VOLATILE

Daily Self Kindness

Still playing catch up from over a week ago.  I just don’t remember.

Hopes and Dreams

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Today’s meditation was less than ten minutes, but I did manage to do just a bit when I first woke up.

Terra Volatile and How to Be a Wildflower DeckToday’s draw is the Ten of Cups, which is traditionally a representation of emotional satiation. This goes beyond the solitary satisfaction we see in the Nine of Cups and speaks, instead, of an emotional completion that is both healthy and includes others. This card is very often referred to as the “happy family” card.

The couple in the imagery of today’s cards are not destitute, but neither are they wealthy. The man is depicted describing to the woman the beautiful and happy life they could have together, and they are both wrapped up in this visage.

In the affirmation card, there is then a reminder that dreams are important. Not the dreams you reap during REM sleep, but the kind that involves hopes and goals for the future.

The message here in todays cards is a reminder to look forward with hope and optimism, for it is through these sentiments we find the building blocks that will eventually take us there.

DECK USED:  TERRA VOLATILE TAROT AND HOW TO BE A WILDFLOWER DECK

Mr Lionharts’ #TheNovemberTarot Solitary Tarot Challenge Prompt
Questions for November 26th

Mystic Mushrooms Oracle and Hush TarotWhere or how can my passions help me grow in life?
Pearl Oyster (Pleurotus Ostreatus) and Queen of Pentacles

Blending your spirituality with your passions will breathe nurturing new life into both.

Also, make sure you are giving back to those that support and nurture you. Gideon is adrift without you, as you are the nutrients in his soil.

How can I start applying this to what I love today?
Graceful Bolete (Austroboletus Gracilis) and The Wheel

This is something you need to consciously choose to take action on, no matter your mood or how you are feeling, rain or shine.

It is your discomfort with your emotions that is causing you to hedge, procrastinate, and avoid.

DECK USED: MYSTIC MUSHROOMS ORACLE AND HUSH TAROT

#DiscordTarotholicsNov2021 Challenge Prompt
Questions for November 26th & 27th

Terra VolatileAdvice I need to hear at this time concerning my family relations.

Two of Swords and Six of Coins – Choose generosity. Be kind even when your first reaction and instinct is to slap back. Instead, take a moments pause and a breath, then in that moment of balance, choose to be better.

Cleanse This – The Hermit and King of Cups – Gideon needs your time and attention. Don’t leave him all alone in the dark.

Ground This – Seven of Wands and Four of Coins – You can’t both spend and save. It doesn’t work.

Release This – The High Priestess atop The Chariot – Let go of your impatience to connect with the unseen and unknown. It will come in its own time, and pushing will only cause problems.

DECK USED: TERRA VOLATILE

Daily Self Kindness

I forced mother to take a break from her shopping and sit at a table in a cafe to eat instead of continuing to rush rush rush. Which meant I got to sit down and take a break.

Spiritual Check-Up Tarot Reading

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Spiritual Check-Up Tarot Reading - The Hush Tarot

What is my social well-being like right now?

Seven of Cups Rx – I want to step away instead of dealing with it or making choices. I’m not particularly social to begin with, which is not helping this reaction as all I want to do is retreat.

What is my emotional well-being like right now?

Five of Pentacles – Scarcity and loss. This answer is not surprising considering that I’m dealing with the loss of a loved one at this time. He’s gone and… there is so much that I have lost with his passing. So much that will be missing going forward.

What weakens my spirit?

The Tower – Knowing something will feel unmanageable, and thus can be chaotic. This feeling of helplessness creates a weakening of spirit for me.

What can I do to support my spirit?

Three of Cups – Be open with others instead of shutting down. A burden shared is a burden halved, and all that. Work on allowing others to uplift my spirits instead of wallowing in sadness is an important part of this process.

What can others do to support my spirit?

King of Wands – Letting others help me in getting done what needs done allows them to support my spirit and gives them a clear and easy path to helping me in getting through this time of loss.

What strengthens my spirit?

Queen of Pentacles – The need (and ability) to support others in a physical manner. To feed them, provide for them, and give them stability to grow from.

DECK USED: HUSH TAROT