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Raindrops and Pennies

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Today’s meditation was skipped.

@the_mystic_star May Tarot Challenge Prompt
I am using this challenge’s prompts as affirmation prompts for my daily card. Not exactly the intended process for the challenge, but I want to give credit for where I’m getting these affirmation prompts from.

Mirasol and Cassie of the Year Tarot - Nine of Water, Nine of CupsAffirmation Prompt for May 6th: Fulfilled

Nine of Cups – Sometimes fulfillment comes in, simply finding the things that make you happy and taking the time to enjoy them.

Why hold back on these things? Stop punishing yourself by withholding them, and instead enjoy them to their fullest.

And don’t forget that the little things are just as important as the big ones.  Maybe even more important, because they build up over time like raindrops and pennies.

DECK USED:  MIRASOL AND CASSIE OF THE YEAR TAROT

#DiscordTarotholicsMay2024 Challenge Prompt
Question for May 6th: How could you benefit from adding more fun into your life?

Mirasol and Cassie of the Year Tarot - Five of Cups, The Moon, Four of Swords, Knight of CupsReading Summary: By actively engaging in the things that bring you joy (Knight of Cups), you give yourself a new way to renew and recover (Four of Swords) from times of dissatisfaction (Five of Cups) and uncertainty (The Moon).

Take Away: This ties into the card of the day that I did for today as well.  It’s about enjoying those things you find pleasure in or that spark a sense of joy in you.  It doesn’t have to be big things, even little things will do.

By doing so, you foster a sense of confidence within yourself, and help make the bad stuff seem just a little bit less important, and a little bit less chaotic and catastrophic as well.

DECK USED: MIRASOL AND CASSIE OF THE YEAR TAROT

Daily Self Kindness

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

The Opium Grannies

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Today’s meditation was skipped.

@the_mystic_star May Tarot Challenge Prompt
I am using this challenge’s prompts as affirmation prompts for my daily card. Not exactly the intended process for the challenge, but I want to give credit for where I’m getting these affirmation prompts from.

Viola Lux Umbra Tarot - Six of PentaclesAffirmation Prompt for May 4th: Wisdom

Six of Pentacles (Daffodils and Oriental Poppy) – Balance requires a give and take.

I am reading a mystery/thriller right now where a gardening club of 58 old ladies grew poppy flowers in their gardens with seeds bought from a garden center, and then started making tea from them, only to discover… they all end up addicted to opium.  By mistake, of course. It was a sideline in the actual storyline, but today’s card brings this to mind.

These little old ladies all went in together to turn themselves in, and the police didn’t know what to do with them all.

Sometimes? You just have to forgive.  You just have to be generous enough to let something go, because that’s what’s best for you… and that’s what’s best for them too.  Note that I said sometimes. Still… generosity is important. It keeps things in balance.  So sometimes?  That forgiveness is exactly what’s needed.

DECK USED:  VIOLA LUX UMBRA TAROT

#DiscordTarotholicsMay2024 Challenge Prompt
Prompt for May 5th: Do Spread 1

Viola Lux Umbra Tarot - Wheel of Fortune, Queen of Pentacles, Six of Pentacles, Six of Wands, Page of CupsWhat positive quality do I have that others admire?

Page of Cups atop Wheel of Fortune – You are always open to learning new ways of doing things, and have a habit of collecting that knowledge to help make though good times and bad.

What positive quality do I wish I had that I admire in others?

Six of Wands – The seemingly effortless ability to make others happy and enjoy doing it. You do not thrive on people pleasing, and you are under the impression it would be less of a burden if you did.

What step(s) can I take now to work toward developing that quality in myself?

Four of Pentacles– No steps. No movement. This is not meant to be your path. Stability and security are where your focus needs to lie, and you can’t have those while pinning your sense of well-being and success on others and their opinions.

What step(s) can I take to make the positive qualities I already have shine brightly?

Queen of Pentacles – Make sure that you nurture both yourself and others from a place of grounded stability. If you don’t feel stable?  Then it’s time to focus on re-rooting into your foundation, for it’s only when you are stable that quality care can be offered.

DECK USED: VIOLA LUX UMBRA TAROT

Daily Self Kindness

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

Creating Abundance

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Today’s meditation was skipped.

@the_mystic_star May Tarot Challenge Prompt
I am using this challenge’s prompts as affirmation prompts for my daily card. Not exactly the intended process for the challenge, but I want to give credit for where I’m getting these affirmation prompts from.

Witchy Magic Tarot - The EmpressAffirmation Prompt for May 3rd: Abundance

The Empress – Take care of yourself. Give yourself the nurturing that you need instead of withholding the love and self kindness that you crave.

Everything feels just a little bit better when you’re taking care of yourself and treating yourself kindly. The rain smells better, the heat is a little less, the flowers a little brighter, your troubles a little lighter.

Use self care to give yourself a sense of abundance that your normal tendency to fear scarcity often causes you to lack in your day to day life.

DECK USED:  WITCHY MAGIC TAROT

#DiscordTarotholicsMay2024 Challenge Prompt
Questions for May 2nd thru 4th

Witchy Magic Tarot - The Fool, Eight of Wands, Page of WandsWhat in life lights fire to your creative spark?

Eight of Wands – The energy of active progress. You like to get so involved in a project that every step forward feels like one celebration on top of another. This is also known as Dopamine Chasing.

How can you connect more strongly with that creative spark?

Page of Wands – Have fun when exploring new things. Don’t be so worried about the addictive side of the equation, and instead tap into that sense of adventure that a new pursuit can bring.

What can you do today to assist in getting more out of life?

The Fool – Embrace the tomfoolery. It’s okay to have fun and be silly. Let yourself go there today.

DECK USED: WITCHY MAGIC TAROT

Daily Self Kindness

I took my new fox with the heavy butt that Gid gave me for my birthday with me for the ride today and napped with it in the back of the truck.

The Mask of the Untouchable

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Today’s meditation was skipped.

@the_mystic_star May Tarot Challenge Prompt
I am using this challenge’s prompts as affirmation prompts for my daily card. Not exactly the intended process for the challenge, but I want to give credit for where I’m getting these affirmation prompts from.

Cat Folk Tarot - Seven of WandsAffirmation Prompt for May 2nd: Serene

Seven of Wands – Fighting the good fight does not always mean a physical fight. Sometimes it’s about finding peace and calm in the throes of conflict.

The important thing to remember is that when you find calm within yourself, you don’t then use it to ignore and avoid what’s going on around you.

Instead, use that calm as a tool to hold true to what you value and keep moving along your own path, with your sites on what matters most to you personally.

Don’t use it to ignore, but to take action instead.

DECK USED:  CAT FOLK TAROT

@Lionharts #TheMayTarot Moon Magic Prompt
Questions for May 2nd and 3rd

Cat Folk Tarot - Page of Wands, Six of Pentacles, Queen of Wands, The EmperorHow can I approach current transitions in my life?

Page of Wands and Six of Pentacles – Approach these transitions with an open mind towards exploring new passions, and a sense of generosity that allows you to make mistakes along the way without punishing yourself for them. Nobody is perfect at something new right out of the gate, and you shouldn’t be expecting yourself to be either.

How can I tap into my intuition and inner guidance to navigate this phase of transition/transformation?

Queen of Wands and The Emperor – Make sure that you are seizing on opportunities to nurture your passions and share them with others along the way. It is important that you connect these passions to others instead of just to yourself, and include them in your process, while taking the opportunity to teach them with each step forward.

Take Away – You are learning a new skill related to your creative work this month. Instead of learning on your own and teaching others later on how to do it so that they can help you, teach them as you learn. Some of their input will help you keep you from feeling discouraged, and and help find solutions to the learning process more quickly. You’re still the one in charge, but you’re taking them with you on the journey instead of making them wait.

DECK USED: CAT FOLK TAROT

Daily Self Kindness

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

Confidence and Success

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Today’s meditation was short, and done during the procedure at the doctor’s office to remove the cyst on my shoulder then stitch me up.

@the_mystic_star May Tarot Challenge Prompt
I am using this challenge’s prompts as affirmation prompts for my daily card. Not exactly the intended process for the challenge, but I want to give credit for where I’m getting these affirmation prompts from.
Affirmation Prompt for May 1st: Beauty

Animal Botanical Tarot - Ten of PentaclesTen of Pentacles – “Success brings confidence, and confidence brings success.” Look at all that you have accomplished in life and how you share it with others. It is a beautiful sight, and one that those around you recognize and appreciate as well.

Pride is a form of self-appreciation, especially when not over-inflated but instead examined through the lens of true accomplishment.

Take a moment to appreciate the glow. Bask in its beauty.  It’s okay to take pride in what you’ve done and allow it to bolster you.

DECK USED: ANIMAL BOTANICAL TAROT

@Lionharts #TheMayTarot Moon Magic Prompt
Prompts for the Challenge Prelude

Animal Botanical Tarot - Ten of Cups, Temperance, The World, Judgement, Two of Pentacles, Five of PentaclesWhat theme or lesson will be prominent for me during this month of working with the Moon?

Five of Pentacles and Two of Pentacles – Lessons having to do with learning how to balance out moments in life where you feel you are not getting enough instead of using those feelings of scarcity of a way to punish yourself.

In what way, area or form will the May Moon illuminate or guide my magical journey?

Judgement and The World – This month’s moon can help in allowing you to see more clearly not just what you have accomplished, but also where you want to go from here.

What path or opportunity could open up for me by embracing the guiding energy of the Moon?

Ten of Cups and Temperance – The gift of moderation on emotional matters can be yours if you are willing to embrace the Moon’s guidance this month, allowing for a happier overall outlook as a result.

DECK USED: ANIMAL BOTANICAL TAROT

Daily Self Kindness

I went in and had a cyst that had become infected removed, advocating for myself that it’s done now by my family doc, instead of being put off so that I could be sent to a specialized clinic.

You Come First

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Today’s meditation was skipped (again).

Tarot of the Absurd's Ace of Wands and It’s Going To Be Okay 2024 Day-to-day Calendar By Kate AllanToday’s draw is the Ace of Sticks (Wands) combined with the affirmation “You are enough as you are today.”

The illustration in this Ace of Wands speaks of the passion in caring for oneself, of cradling that inner light within you and making sure that you are being cared for and loved.

With the affirmation, it is a reminder that sometimes the spark of one’s passions isn’t projected outward, but inward. Sometimes, there is a need to love yourself most, and let everything else take a back burner as you turn your focus inward.

When you do that? You become your passion, and you kindle that passion within you that can then be fostered and grow into something greater.

DECK USED:  TAROT OF THE ABSURD

#DiscordTarotholicsApr2024 Challenge Prompt
Prompt for April 30th: Grab a spread of your choice that you’ve been curious about… and give it a go!

Dark Fae Tarot's Beltane Oracle Reading with the Seasons of the Witch Beltane Oracle

The buds which are flowering in my garden.

Boundaries – You are in the process of reestablishing boundaries that have become soft over time, seeking out where the lines now need to be drawn and getting them fitted into place.

Celebrating and embracing the joy of friends & family.

Honey – Take care not to be pulled into troubles you need to be no part of. The sweetness of these relationships in your life can sour quickly to something painful and bitter if you do.

Taking in the fresh dew of Spring mornings.

Chant – It is when you connect most strongly to who you are that others are drawn to you most strongly.

Everything that I am releasing as the days grow longer.

Goddess – Let go of self doubts and connect with that depth of self within you. Your inner self, that part of you that is very uniquely you.  The restraints against it need releasing so that it can shine more brightly.

DECK USED: SEASONS OF THE WITCH BELTANE ORACLE

Daily Self Kindness

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