March 6 – Mental Health Card of the Day
Today’s meditation was skipped.
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Today’s draw is the Page of Pentacles, which is traditionally a representation of a receptive “omega” energy in the area of one’s finances, resources, health, labors, home life, and manifestations. This often translates into themes that have to do with work apprenticeships and learning a new ability or skill.
When combined with the affirmation “From your feelings of gratitude come abundance”, the message that I see in today’s cards is that even when you are at the beginning of a journey? It’s important to appreciate where you are and what you’ve accomplished.
This sense of appreciation (also known as gratitude, although some have warped that term into something ugly of late it seems) means that you know where you stand and have solid footing in that position. It means that you appreciate those that have helped you to get to where you are, as well as your own work in the process. It means that even as you look forward into the accomplishments you still plan to make? You also acknowledge how far you’ve already come.
The message in today’s cards is all about fostering that appreciation, and the feelings of abundance it creates in your life. You know… so you don’t feel like a starving artist scraping your way by your fingernails… or whatever path (if not artist) that you choose for yourself.
DECKS USED: ORIENTAL DRAWING TAROT BLUE DRAGON EDITION AND LE PETIT ORACLE DE STEF’
March 7 – Mental Health Card of the Day
Today’s meditation was skipped.
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Today’s draw is the Ace of Cups, which is traditionally a representation of the seed of new beginnings in the area of one’s emotions, relationships, creativity, and intuition.
When combined with the affirmation “Your heart is a fire, and sometimes, it can burn you”, the message that I see in today’s cards is a reminder that experiencing new emotions can be overwhelming. That doesn’t mean that we stop and bury them or tuck them away.
Instead, it means that we need to work through them and familiarize ourselves with them. Just like when we’re learning a new skill or a new job, learning our emotions and familiarizing ourselves with brand new ones we’ve never experienced before takes time. It makes us feel vulnerable and sometimes at-odds with our experience.
Today, we are reminded to sit with these feelings and allow them time to become familiar instead of pushing them away, burying them, or otherwise giving up on them. They’re new, but you’ll get the hang of them if you stick with it.
DECKS USED: FIND YOUR MAGIC TAROT AND THINK ORACLE
March 8 – Mental Health Card of the Day
Today’s meditation was twelve minutes long, and was one of the #DailyTrip sessions from the Calm app. I really liked this session, and I saved it to return to again in the future. The topic was on how we are not failures at meditation when our minds wander. The goal of meditation, as described in this session, isn’t to keep your mind blank, but to train your mind to return to a meditative focus again and again when it wanders. Therefore, each time your mind wanders and you realize it, then bring it back to your meditative focus? You are actually excelling rather than failing.
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Today’s draw is the Hierophant atop the Queen of Cups (called the Dormitory of Missions in this deck).
- The Hierophant card, is traditionally a representation of tradition, spiritual guidance, long standing institutions, teachers and guides, and themes that deal with conformity and social norms.
- The Queen of Cups, is traditionally a representation of a receptive (and often nurturing) “alpha” energy, personality, or person in the area of one’s emotions, relationships, creativity, or intuition.
These cards for today are a reminder that calling ourselves failures is an emotional response to a situation where things are not going as we want them to. It doesn’t help anything or fix anything, it just makes us feel worse. Together, the Hierophant and the Queen of Cups combine to speak of taking the advice of those in the know and using to foster a better sense of kindness and understanding towards yourself.
This, then, ties in with the meditation session I had today as well, and as a whole, speaks of a need to make sure that when things don’t go as we want them to, that we lay off the self blame. Listen to those that tell you it isn’t a failure, that it isn’t your fault, or that you should try again with a different perspective or method. That negative voice in your head? It’s a novice. These external influences that are encouraging you know better… so take that outside advice to heart and run with it.
Twisting the Leaf 