Remembering the Sweet Fool Tarot

Don’t Let Them Rust

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#DailyCalm with the Calm app - Charles Dickens quoteToday’s meditation was twelve minutes long and was one of the #DailyCalm sessions with the Calm app.  The session today was a “loving kindness” practice that had to do with directing loving kindness first toward yourself, then towards loved ones, and then towards those that have wronged you or irritate you in some way.

Interestingly, they said that the directing feelings of loving kindness towards those that wronged you would be the hardest part of the practice, but for me?  It was directing that energy and sentiment towards myself.

Remembering the Sweet Fool Tarot, Eight of Pentacles, Eight of Hills, and It's Going to Be Okay 2024 Day-to-Day Calendar by Kate AllanToday’s draw is the Eight of Hills (Pentacles) combined with the affirmation “As tempting as it may be, you can’t hate yourself into health.”

There is truth to the saying that depression is a form of self hatred. Over the years you have been in therapy you have developed a great many skills to help you with your depression.

These cards are a reminder that those skills are always available to you, and always improving with each use. Don’t let them get rusty. Use them, and use them often, even during times when you’re not in the grip of a depressive episode.

DECK USED:  REMEMBERING THE SWEET FOOL TAROT AND IT’S GOING TO BE OKAY 2024 DAY-TO-DAY CALENDAR BY KATE ALLAN

#DiscordTarotholicsJan2024 Challenge Prompt
Questions for January 25th and 26th

Remembering the Sweet Fool Tarot and Reflections Mindful Ritual CardsWhat is your greatest vice you’re not consciously aware of?

Nine of Cups and “What if you embraced it for what it is instead of dwelling on how you think it should be.” – Slugabedery. Procrastination. Dallying in stagnancy because of an enjoyment that comes from the contentment involved in those moments.

What is a positive thing in your life that you are overlooking?

Four of Hills (Pentacles) and “Let go of the urge to understand or control. There is peace in surrender and trust that all is in alignment.” – You don’t have to work so hard for the stability you seek. It will come to you naturally, if you let it.

DECK USED: REMEMBERING THE SWEET FOOL TAROT AND REFLECTION MINDFUL RITUAL CARDS

Daily Self Kindness

I took a much needed nap today even though it’s an orders day. I also  had the most magnificent turkey sandwich for lunch. Like, really amazing.

❤️ 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.

Remembering the Sweet Fool Tarot - Six of Cups, Queen of Hills, Queen of Pentacles, Sun, Four of Cups - and RootWeaver's Vintage Lenormand

The question is… What do I need to focus for self-care through the week ahead?

Earth – Queen of Hills – Focus on fostering your stability this week. Save instead of spend. Meditate instead of worry. Give yourself what you need for a better sense of security and stability.

Air – Six of Cups – Continue to consider those things you have done in the past and carry forward those that have served you well before and can be repeated. Make sure when you do so that you keep your sights on the positive. Don’t get lost in the dark.

Water – The Sun – Continue to hold space for fun and optimistic thinking. This is an echo of the “don’t get lost in the dark” mentioned in the previous card. It’s important to continue to counterbalance those negative tendencies of yours so they don’t get out of hand.

Fire – Nine of Cups Rx – Don’t settle for this lull in your business being the new norm. Remember, that things will get better, you just have to keep working at it and not give up hope.

Waning – Snake and Star – Stop allowing your negative inner whispers corrupt your efforts towards positive thinking and optimism. That snake in the grass needs to be left behind so that hope and optimism can have a chance to shine through.

Waxing – Ring and Heart – Make a commitment to lean into being a kinder and more loving person, not just to others but to yourself as well.

DECKS USED: REMEMBERING THE SWEET FOOL TAROT AND ROOTWEAVER’S VINTAGE LENORMAND 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION