John Bauer Tarot

Expressions of Love

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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.

Maya Land Collage Tarot - Ten of Pentacles

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, and reaching a point in that abundance and stability where it is comfortably shared with those around us.

The Ten of Pentacles has then been combined with an affirmation from the Miracle Mantras deck, which says, “I give and receive love freely.”

I provide stability. Everyone has a “love language” by which they naturally express love to others. For some it’s touch, or words of support, or gifts, or service. For me, it’s stability.

This doesn’t mean that I express my love through giving people money. It’s not as limiting as providing resources either, although sometimes that’s part of it. It’s that I provide those around me with a sense of security. They feel safe with me. They feel stable with me. I help others find and experience (sometimes in small ways and sometimes larger) that feeling of grounded stability we all need now and then.

The message in today’s cards is an encouragement to look at and take some time to explore how you express love. Not just romantic love, but love given freely to others in a language that is an intrinsic part of your nature.

DECK USED:  MAYA LAND COLLAGE TAROT AND MIRACLE MANTRAS AFFIRMATION DECK

#DiscordTarotholicsJul2026 Challenge
Philosophical Questions for July 8th

Tarot Reading with the John Bauer Tarot and Jaguar Kei Oracle

What is strength?

Seven of Cups Rx and House of Otter

Strength lies in knowing when to fight loud and wild for your convictions, and when to approach things with a softer and gentle tone.

Strength means listening to the past and learning from it, carrying those lessons forward into the future instead of leaving them behind.

Strength means no man is an island and, in supporting each other, we strengthen each other individually and as a whole.

Where does strength come from?

Knight of Swords and Balsamic Moon

Strength comes from the lessons learned both individually and as a community as we stumble our way through the dark of uncertainty.

Strength comes from allowing ourselves to look at the past and accept that we don’t (and can’t) know everything, but are still eager to learn what we can.

Strength is born within the seeds of curiosity.

Other elements included in this reading:
Dried Red Maple Leaf for Adaptability and Connection
Foraged Oak Branch with Moss and Lichen for Perseverance
Clear Quartz for boosting Mental Clarity

DECK USED: JOHN BAUER TAROT AND JAGUAR KAI ORACLE

The @ambitiouslyalexa July Journal Prompts
Prompt for July 8th : A desire you’re done shaming

Tarot Reading with the Maya Land Collage Tarot

Reading Summary: The Page of Pentacles and Eight of Swords both look back in the direction of the Six of Cups.

Your shame resides in your past (Six of Cups) and those things you have tried to put behind you, ignore (Eight of Pentacles), and yet learn from (Page of Pentacles).

Take Away: It’s time to examine what in your past you’re hiding from and the unresolved experiences that lie there in relation to others’ impossible expectations and demands.

You were able to stand strong in who you are and what you liked back then, so why are you shaming yourself for it now?

Ref: queerness, softness, “feminine” interests

Other elements included in this reading:
Dried Cedar Bundle for Protection from Negative Influences
Foraged Lodgepole Pine for Resilience, Growth, and Renewal
Scotch Pine Cone for Purging Negative Influences
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: MAYA LAND TAROT
Daily Self Kindness

This is a catch up post, and I’m not entirely sure what the self kindness was for this day.

❤️ Self Care Saturday (On a Sunday)

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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 Neutral Vibes Tarot, John Bauer Tarot (Trimmed Naked), and Whisper Lenormand

Earth – Ace of Cups and The Sentinel – Stand strong against unhealthy spending that is spurred on by your emotions. There’s a time and a place for this type of thing, and this week is not the time to indulge in such behavior.

Air – Four of Cups and Inspiring Visitation – Make sure you are taking care to not let yourself wallow in complacency this week. Be inspired instead and discover just how much it lifts you up to get a few things done.

Water – Justice and Elixir Thief – Actions have consequences, and what you do has an effect on you. But, make sure that as you work at moving out of the feelings of dawdling complacency and into action that you don’t go overboard.

Fire – The High Priestess and Visitor’s Warning – Listen to your gut, even if what it says sounds unreasonable or illogical. There are entities whispering in your ear that know far more about what’s coming and what to do about it than you do.

Waning – Mountain and Woman – Stop allowing emotions to isolate you from others. You don’t have to hold yourself so far apart, and doing so is not helping your moods.  You may not -feel- like hanging out, but doing so has a positive influence on your moods and emotions, so do it anyway.

Waxing – Child and Lily – If you want to continue to unwind and slow down a bit as you get older, you have to do the work now to get you to that place of security in the future. This week will be a good time to use your youthful energy to create the stability you need later in life.

Take Away – It’s time to wage war against the dawdling and complacency that has spun you out into a holding pattern of procrastination. Get moving, but don’t overdo it.  Lean into time with others, and make sure you are listening to your intuition instead of ignoring its whispers.

DECKS USED: NEUTRAL VIBES TAROT, JOHN BAUER TAROT (trimmed naked), WHISPER LENORMAND

Sparking Motivation

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Today’s meditation was skipped.

Fifth Spirit Tarot - King of WandsToday’s draw is the King of Wands, which is traditionally a representation of a projective alpha energy, personality, or person in the area of one’s passion, drive, willpower, enthusiasm, and inner spirit.

Like many of the cards that have come up over the past couple of weeks, here we see another reminder that I need to sieze control of my energy, my emotions, and my motivations… and set them to work.

I  have direction.  I have a goal.  It’s about motivation, and lighting that spark to get things moving, as well as inspiring others to work with me toward those goals.

DECK USED:  FIFTH SPIRIT TAROT

The #ConnectWithYourDeckChallenge Prompt by E Roebuck-Jones
Questions for July 1st thru 3rd

Neutral Vibes Tarot and the John Bauer Tarot (Trimmed Naked)Do I believe I am creative?

Two of Swords and The World – Yes! In fact, it is something you prioritize highly in your life regardless of where you are on your path.

Why?

Temperance Rx and Four of Coins – You are constantly bombarded by creative ideas and inspired to explore them all, to the point that you have made your creativity an integral part of how you provide for yourself and build stability in your life.

A card to describe my creative self.

The Moon – Always exploring and trying new things, sometimes your creative endeavors are more about feeling your way in the dark while learning something new than about knowing what you’re doing or where you’re going with it. It creates a sense of uncertainty and exploration as you weave your way through the dark.

Three Oracle Cards:

The Creativity I Want – Upper Right – Inspiration and dreams in the quiet of the night.

You want to feel secure in your creativity. Creativity is a way of exposing yourself to others. This part of yourself is vulnerable, and you wish to feel safe in exposing these vulnerable parts of yourself to the world.

My Blockage – Center Right – Stagnancy, and comparing the present to the past, which exacerbates the emotional issues that drag you into a standstill.

Action – Lower Right – Stop blowing things out of proportion. You have the ability to control how many projects you invest in at one time, as well as how you go about doing them. Don’t invite more in at one time then you can comfortably deal with.

DECK USED: NEUTRAL VIBES TAROT AND JOHN BAUER TAROT (trimmed naked)

#DiscordTarotholicsJul2022 Challenge Prompt
I Forgot Day – What have you forgotten (or willfully ignored the need) to do that needs to be put back into your routine?

Fifth Spirit TarotReading Summary: You need to “seize the day” where your home life and stability are concerned (King of Pentacles). Get the restructuring done in your home (The Tower) before time runs out and you’re left with no time left (Justice) to work on it this year.

Take Away: I’ve been procrastinating on getting the stuff done where the shelves for my tarot decks are concerned for quite some time now. Wallowing in those feelings of complacency and dawdling instead of actively pursuing completion of the school.

This reading is an encouragement to get going on this project and get it done, or I will run out of time before the holiday rush arrives and not be able to get it done until next year.

DECK USED: FIFTH SPIRIT TAROT

Daily Self Kindness

Imodium is my friend today, and I didn’t just think about taking it while hoping my stomach would stomach would stop cramping, I actually -took- it to help ease off the discomfort.