Lavish Earth Crystal Affirmation Cards

Just Go For It

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

William Blake Tarot's Knight of Swords

Today’s draw is the Knight of Swords (Child of Science), which is traditionally a representation of a projective and active “beta” energy, personality, or person in the area of one’s thoughts, intellect, education, ambitions, and communication. This often translates into themes that have to do with pursuing one’s goals related to their education, actively seeking one’s goals, action and decisiveness, and at times can indicate impulsivity without thinking things through.

The Knight of Swords has then been combined with the Ametrine card from the Lavish Earth Crystal Affirmation deck, which quotes Anita Brookner to say, “ All good fortune is the gift of the gods, and you don’t win the favor of the ancient gods by being good, but by being bold.”

Sometimes, even if the outcome is unlikely to be in your favor, you just have to make a plan and go for it anyway.

Impulsivity has its place, and planning is never foolproof, but the important part is often in stepping up and taking action. This is how things get done, how we learn new things, and how we turn dreams and ideas into reality.

The message in today’s cards is to go for it. If you have an idea that’s been percolating in the back of your mind and you’ve been hesitating on taking action, perhaps now is the time. After all, you’re not getting anywhere by just thinking about it.

DECKS USED:  THE WILLIAM BLAKE TAROT OF THE CREATIVE IMAGINATION REVISED EDITION AND LAVISH EARTH CRYSTAL AFFIRMATION DECK

One Card Tarot Journal Activity by @mariasofia_astro
Chapter 5 | Entry 7 – Health and Body
Affirmation : “My physical body is part of this earth.”
Prompt : Take a walk today or get outside in nature in some other way. Make a deliberate intention to commune with the physical world. Before you go, draw a card and see what symbols or keywords come forward. After getting into nature, reflect on whether you encountered those symbols or keywords during your experience.

Tarot Activity from The One Card a Day Journal by Maria Sofia Marmanides - Starless Sea Tarot - Strength

What feelings came up when I pulled this card?

Curiosity. Pulling the strength card in relation to going for a walk or getting out in nature today sparked curiosity for me. It made me wonder what I might encounter in this excursion.

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

The Strength card is often focused upon inner strength, persuasion (usually through means of compassion), influence, manipulation, and courage.

This is written before my excursion out in nature, and in this moment the Strength card speaks to me of getting my ass out there and doing it. I’ve spent a lot of time procrastinating myself out of the visits in nature that I know I need. This is a form of neglect of self brought on by self-destructive tendencies. I will, though, find the time and energy to do this activity today. No excuses.

What in the artwork spoke to me?

The mouse in this card is doing the workload of an ant. Alone in his endeavor, he works to coax his burden up over the obstacle in his path in an effort that seems insurmountable. And yet, if we peek at the background on the right side of the card, we see only grass and flat ground.

This card’s imagery indicates to me that there is an easier way to go about things if you’re willing to pause and utilize your surroundings to figure out what that easier way is instead of stubbornly narrowing your focus to the method you’ve already chosen.

My prompt response and reflections.

The imagery and it’s message turned out to be quite fitting for me and my excursion outside today. I took one of the easier hiking trails in some lowlands near the Nooksack River, and although I chose one of the open paths, it turned out to be washed out about a mile in. The trail was a loop, and turning back was a much longer option at this point than continuing on.

Instead of going with either option, I went off trail for a bit (with my compass in hand to ensure I didn’t end up turned around), to skirt around the washed out and flooded area, then return to the path on the other side further up the trail.

Other elements included in this reading:
Sodalite D20 and D6 Gemstone Dice

DECK USED: STARLESS SEA TAROT

#DiscordTarotholicsJan2026 Challenge
Prompt for January 31st : Grab a spread of your choice you’re curious about… and give it a go!

Oracle Reading with the Whispers of Why Oracle and The Wreck Deck

What I want right now

Betrayed… Because There’s Wisdom You Haven’t Found Yet – You want to understand the motivations of others. It’s not enough to just say “they’re a dick/bitch” and move on. You want to understand what actually brought about those moments of betrayal that you’ve experienced from others.

What I need right now

Anguish… To Help You Break Free From Fear – Instead of focusing on why these betrayals happen, you need to instead focus on your grief. It’s not lack of understanding that creates the fear of trying again, but rather the lingering pain caused by not properly grieving what you lost.

How to bridge the gap between want and need

The Pressure of People Who Love You… Because It’s Not About the Outcome – Stop judging outcomes based on other people’s weights and measures. The cruelest voice in your head is the one echoing painful words said by those in your past who you were supposed to be able to trust to love you unconditionally.

Other elements included in this reading:
Scotch Pine Cone for Purging Negative Influences
Foraged Parmeliaceae Lichen for a “Breath of Fresh Air”
Foraged Oak Branch with Moss and Lichen for Perseverance
Rose Quartz for Gentle Kindness to Self and Others
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECKS USED: WHISPERS OF WHY ORACLE AND THE WRECK DECK
Daily Self Kindness

I’ve been fitting in little naps over the last few days (including today) in an effort to catch up on my sleep a bit.

Misinterpretations

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

Interim Tarot 1st Edition Beyond Borders - Five of Wands

Today’s draw is the Five of Wands, which is traditionally a representation of conflict, tests, trials, and struggle in the area of one’s passions, drive, determination, principles, values, and willpower.

The Five of Wands has then been combined with the Pearly Ammonite card from the Lavish Earth Crystal Affirmation deck, which quotes Anais Nin to say, “ Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”

Not all conflict is external. How many times do we misinterpret what we see in our head? Once a week? Once a day? Once an hour or a minute?

In tarot we have a thing called the “stalker card”. This is a card that repeats again and again throughout a person’s personal readings because we are missing the message. The card keeps coming over and over until we find a way to interpret the message that gets across what’s trying to be said. This is because just because you got “a message” doesn’t mean that you have gotten “the message”.

The mind does this too. It will repeat patterns of thought and bring up certain subjects over and over until we find what it is our brains are trying to tell us that we’re missing.

The message in today’s card is a reminder that sometimes those repetitive thoughts continue to play us because we haven’t found the meaning in them yet that’s waiting to be discovered. Don’t shove them away, but pause and listen instead. What is being said (or not said) that you’re missing? What message in a meeting is seeking getting your attention?

DECKS USED:  INTERIM TAROT AND LAVISH EARTH CRYSTAL AFFIRMATION DECK

One Card Tarot Journal Activity by @mariasofia_astro
Chapter 1 | Entry 16 – Self-Care and Personal Development
Affirmation : “I accept with grace that certain events have led to feelings of regret or disappointment.”
Prompt : Think about an event that didn’t turn out the way you wanted or expected. What does the card you draw say about why that event happened, the way it happened, and how you can release any negative associations you have with this outcome?

Tarot Activity from The One Card a Day Journal by Maria Sofia Marmanides - Hollow Knight Essence Tarot - Judgement Card

What feelings came up when I pulled this card?

I’m not sure what the name of this feeling is.

It’s when all eyes are on you and there’s a moment of surprise, and then something similar to shyness. Your head dips and your stomach stinks a little bit as you retreat slightly from all those gazes pointed your way. Trepidation, maybe, with a hint of embarrassment? That’s not quite right, but I don’t have the words for it.

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

The Judgement card is often about our lifelong path, as well as who we are and want to become. It can also, quite literally, be about judgements; our own or that of others.

The meaning of this card begs the question… Through whose eyes are you viewing this event, and through whose judgments are you perceiving it? Are you really disappointed in the outcome? Or is that disappointment because you feel someone else would be disappointed?

What in the artwork spoke to me?

The artwork for me (today, at least) is all about those big black open eyes, inscrutable and all staring out of the card in my direction. The figure on the throne looks out at me, but so does the throng below and around her.

My prompt response and reflections.

A lot of the harsh judgments and disappointments you direct toward yourself are bred through unreasonable expectations of your performance. These unreasonable expectations are not yours, but are usually spurred on by what you learned from others in your past to be “acceptable”.

When thinking of these disappointments and failures, then, it’s important to get in touch with and examine how you truly feel about them, rather than connecting with what you believe you’re supposed to feel about it.

Other elements included in this reading:
Metal and Enamel D20 Die
Banded Agate D6 Die

DECK USED: HOLLOW KNIGHT ESSENCE TAROT

#DiscordTarotholicsJan2026 Challenge
Philosophical Prompts for January 21st and 28th

Tarot Reading with the Interim Tarot 1st Edition Beyond Borders and Petit Lenormand Delvinia

Is it true that pleasure is the root of all true evil?

Mice, Four of Cups, Dog – Good and evil are counterbalances that often lie in subjective perspectives, rather than in grounded definitions.

Evil is its own entity, and although its roots are often fed by pleasure, evil does not originate from pleasure.

Are all emotions irrational?

Bear, Ace of Wands, Moon – Although often arbitrary and capricious, sometimes emotions are a rational response to what is going on around us and what we value.

This means that although our emotions can often be irrational, there are certain situations where they are rational as well.

Other elements included in this reading:
Scotch Pine Cone for Purging Negative Influences
Foraged Parmeliaceae Lichen for a “Breath of Fresh Air”
Bloodstone for Encouraging Fearlessness
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: INTERIM TAROT PETITE LENORMAND DELVINIA
Daily Self Kindness

I’m going to bed early tonight instead of fighting to stay awake, in the hopes that I can possibly catch up on a little sleep.