self help with tarot cards

Free Spirit Seeking

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Today’s meditation was a ten minute #DailyCalm session from the @Calm app.

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

Tarot Deck Created from Soulcards 1 & 2 - The Fool

Today’s draw is The Fool card, which is traditionally a representation of innocence, carelessness, carefree enthusiasm, and new beginnings.

The Fool has then been combined with the Willy-Nilly affirmation card from the Nowbits Oracle, which says, “Don’t be afraid to live willy-nilly. Or at least to make lots of room for it. Your future self knows the magic of this! Don’t believe me? Think you always need a plan? Did you PLAN your greatest loves in life? Did you know HOW you were going to connect with those loves before it happened? I didn’t think so. See what I mean? willy-nilly can lead to a lot of great stuff.”

It doesn’t make a lick of logical sense, but it’s true all the same. Someone who dances to life’s drums with joy, enthusiasm, and trust in the universe can be just as (if not more) happy in their life than another who meticulously plans out every event and accomplishment.

So why wouldn’t we choose more joy? What is holding us back from letting go and living a little more freely? And, if we did, how would it feel and what would be different?

The message in today’s Fool card and affirmation encourages us to ask these questions, as well as reminding us that we don’t have to control every little aspect of our lives. It’s okay to let go and have some fun now and then.

DECK USED:  SOUL CARDS 1 & 2 (TAROT MODIFICATION)

One Card Tarot Journal Activity by @mariasofia_astro
Chapter 3 | Entry 4 – Family and Friends
Affirmation : “My perspective as an individual matters, no matter what my role is in a group.”
Prompt : Families are often best understood by those in them. If you had to describe your family to someone you’ve never met, how would you do so? Use the card you draw to aid in your understanding of your family and inspire your description.

Tarot Activity from The One Card a Day Journal by Maria Sofia Marmanides - Quarry Tarot - The Hanged Man

What feelings came up when I pulled this card?

Isolation. Aloneness. I can’t say loneliness, but a feeling of being on my own.

Combined with this came a need to understand what is going on around me, but being unable to “make heads or tails of it”.

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

Usually when I think of contemplative isolation, it’s the Hermit that comes to mind.

In this pull, though, the contemplation is less about personal soul searching and more about trying to understand one’s surroundings from the point of a bystander. The Hanged Man is that bystander, tasked not just with making sense of the things and people around him but also handicapped in that process.

What in the artwork spoke to me?

The Hanged Man is bleeding. This speaks of the situation being one that hurts the observer (me), even when not directly involved in the situation.

The crow in the tree gives the impression there is a timeline involved. Time is running out to find a way to make things better.

My prompt response and reflections.

My family is scattered and the lines of communication are broken. Everyone is waiting for someone else to make the first move, and are so stuck in their own perspectives that even in isolation, it’s all they can see.

I am also guilty in this. They are unwilling to help me see things from their perspective, and thus I’m unable to let things go and take the first steps in reconciliation. I feel like I have a need to understand before I can move past it and bridge the gap.

Other elements included in this reading:
Petrified Wood D20 and D6 Dice

DECK USED: THE QUARRY TAROT

The @lightningwildflower June Inner Journey Challenge
Prompts for June 23rd through 26th

Tarot Reading with a Tarot Deck Created from Soulcards 1 & 2

Offer: Where do I need to offer myself compassion?

Temperance – Stop beating yourself up for not doing more. You do a lot. Perhaps it’s time to start logging your daily accomplishments again in order to get a handle on your expectations and negative perceptions of what you aren’t getting done each day, and instead impress upon yourself how much you actually are doing.

Listen: What message will arrive if I slow down and listen?

Three of Wands – Your head is so full of plans and “what if” contingency strategies that your missing out on the opportunity to act.

Put down the drawing board, take a big breath, and clear your mind… you’ll then find it much easier to take that first step.

Sun square Neptune: In what way am I confusing fantasy and reality?

Seven of Cups – You are entertaining too many “wishful thinking” and “what if” anxieties in your decision making process. Try writing these things down and then crossing out the unrealistic from the list.

Speak: How can I speak out with greater confidence?

Nine of Cups – Take a moment to connect with those things in your life that really make you happy and give you comfort. This is the foundation to speak from, as it allows you to draw on the joy that these parts of your life have to offer.

Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Oak Branch with Moss and Lichen for Perseverance
Conch Shell Knot for Concentration, Clarity, and Determination
Carnelian Agate for Inner Drive and Focusing On Aspirations
Citrine for Energy Lift (easing the weight of heavy energies)
Desert Rose for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED:  SOUL CARDS 1 & 2 (TAROT MODIFICATION)
Daily Self Kindness

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

Finding the Positive for June 23 – 25

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The Venus Morningstar Tarot's King of Pentacles, Asceticism Tarot's Page of Cups, American Renaissance Tarot's Six of Wands

June 23 – Mental Health Card of the Day

Today’s meditation was a ten minute #DailyCalm session from the @Calm app.

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

Today’s draw is the King of Pentacles, which is traditionally a representation of a projective alpha energy, personality, or person in the area of one’s financial security, resources, health, home, labors, manifestations, and other elements of the physical realm. This often translates into leadership that creates a grounded sense of stability for others.

The card has then been combined with an affirmation card from the Pass Around the Smile Positive Guidance Oracle Cards, which says, “Balance: Take a closer look at where your energy is going. Prioritize and balance what is important to you.”

Where does stability actually matter, and where is it simply indulgence hiding behind a mask of stability and comfort?

I have found that I like to languish. That is to say I like to “bedrot” or just sit around fucking around on my phone and letting the time slip by as I do so. I feel like at one point this was actually considered just “relaxing with a book”, except that these days I don’t think the content we consume on our phones or the games we play on there really count as enriching in the same way a book would.

Instead, this languishing really holds no enrichment value and is simply a wasting of time. Time that could be used to relax in ways that are enriching such as going outside to take a walk, reading a book, etc.

The message in today’s King of Pentacles and affirmation card is a reminder that sometimes what’s comfortable isn’t as stabilizing as we want it to be. Are our go to methods of relaxation really relaxing us and allowing us time to rest and recover? Or are they simply causing us to hover in a moment of suspension?

These cards encourage us to examine more closely our indulgences and prioritize those of quality over those that aren’t. Consider which ones foster healthy stability in our lives, and which ones are simply wasting our time and energy without giving us anything we need in return, then lean into the former and do less of the latter.

DECKS USED: THE VENUS MORNINGSTAR TAROT AND PASS AROUND THE SMILE POSITIVE GUIDANCE ORACLE CARDS

June 24 – Mental Health Card of the Day

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.

Today’s draw is the Page of Cups, which is a representation of a receptive omega energy, personality, or person in the area of one’s emotions, relationships, creativity, or intuition. This often translates into themes that have to do with emotional growth, second chances relationships, or exploring one’s creative pursuits.

The card has then been combined with an affirmation card from the deck, which says, “To receive what I want, I must not push against (the) unwanted. This is an expanding Universe, and all things must be allowed. In other words, for you to understand and experience what you desire, you must understand that which you do not desire, for in order to be able to choose and focus, both must be present and understood.”

The affirmation pulled for today bugs me. I both agree with the concept and disagree with the sentiment expressed within today’s affirmation card.

Yes, experiencing both sides of an experience, not just the good but also the bad, can absolutely create a greater depth of understanding. This is undeniably true. One can never truly understand the depths of clinical depression, for example, without having experienced it and come out the other side, or the torments of an abusive relationship without having been on one, etc.

At the same time? This affirmation seems to be saying you shouldn’t try to avoid these experiences, but lay down and let them happen instead of doing what you can to avoid or escape them. That is the sentiment I disagree with.

So, how does the Page of Cups factor into all of this?

It’s all about learning how to see others with empathy and kindness, and accepting that we can’t know how others feel, no matter how much we might intellectually understand the issue. Not everyone needs to experience every bad thing to give others the space and validation for what they’ve gone through. All it takes is a little kindness.

The message in today’s Page of Cups and affirmation card is a reminder that we can’t know what others have gone through or are going through. We can’t feel what they feel and know what they’ve endured. We can only approach them with the same kindness that we hope they would approach us with, and with the understanding that each of us has our own trials and tribulations, struggles and past with which to learn and heal from.

DECKS USED: ASCETICISM TAROT AND ASK AND IT IS GIVEN CARDS

June 25 – Mental Health Card of the Day

Today’s meditation was a ten minute #DailyCalm session from the @Calm app.

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

Today’s draw is the Six of Wands, which is traditionally a representation of public accolades, societal expectations, people pleasing, and peer pressure.

The Six of Wands has then been combined with a Denis Whitley quote from the Gratitude Insight Affirmation Cards, which says, “Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, worn, or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.”

Just as happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, worn, or consumed… it also cannot be purchased. Not with money, nor through acts of people pleasing. Allowing others’ praise and admiration to be the foundation of your self worth means that you are depending on others to supply you with the pieces of happiness that should already be yours.

The message in today’s Six of Wands and affirmation is a reminder that joy and happiness are our right. They aren’t something others can own and dole out to us, nor something we can “purchase” from others through people pleasing. Happiness is in validating ourselves, celebrating ourselves and our accomplishments, and taking joy in the present and those things we enjoy. It has nothing to do with who does or doesn’t approve. Only your own approval truly matters in this regard.

DECKS USED: AMERICAN RENAISSANCE TAROT AND GRATITUDE INSIGHT AFFIRMATION CARDS

Just As Deserving

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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.

Quill & Ink Tarot - Four of Swords

Today’s draw is the Four of Swords, which is traditionally a representation of taking time to rest, recuperation after a trying time, and stillness for restoration and meditation on the events that have brought you to this place as well as where to go from here.

The card has then been combined with an affirmation from The Az Oracle, which says, “When I look at you like this and you say ‘awwww.!‘… that is the sound of your heart flying open in a fraction of a second, that’s all the time it takes. THAT is the POWER of LOVE. The most powerful force on earth. How then, could anyone doubt love’s ability to change every. single. thing. (just as quickly)”

Giving yourself love is just as important as the love we give to others. When we fall in love with a puppy, when our heart expands at the sight of a squirrel… don’t forget that this love is something that shouldn’t just be directed towards others (or other things), but also towards the self.

One of the ways that we expressed love for ourselves is in allowing ourselves the rest and recovery we need. One of my greatest self-punishments lies in refusing to allow myself to rest and recover. Instead, always push-push-pushing forward and demanding more from myself.

Over time, I have learned to ease up a bit in this area. I don’t push myself through cycle after cycle of overwhelmed burnout, one after another. Instead, I try to give myself the space and grace to take things at an easier pace.

That said, I have not yet managed how to overcome my need to punish myself with sneakily passive aggressive acts of self abuse. I’m working on it though, and if this is an issue that you have as well, I hope you’re working on it too.

The message in today’s Four of Swords and affirmation is a reminder that rest, recuperation, and times of recovery are a kindness given to oneself that we all deserve. After all, how did we get overwhelmed in the first place if not by pushing too hard? Give yourself the same love that sparks to life within your interactions with the world around you, for you are just as deserving of it as that cute little puppy, squirrel, or other people in your life.

DECKS USED:  QUILL & INK TAROT AND THE AZ ORACLE

@de_tarotjuf’s De Zomer In! #detarotjufjunitarotchallenge
Prompts for June 20th through 22nd

Tarot Reading with the WilderWoven Tarot and Sacred Trees Oracle

Which relationship calls for more openness and fresh air?

Queen of Wands and Gog & Magog

Share with a greater sense of openness, honesty, and clarity how you feel and what inspires you with those that offer a give-and-take with you. It’s only those within balance with yourself that deserve this greater connection to your vulnerabilities, as well as your passions.

The joy I may simply allow myself to feel today

The Moon and The Tree of Strength

Appreciate your hidden strengths without the need to act or force that strength upon yourself or others today. Allow this inner strength to not just become an awareness within you, but suffuse you so that you know that even during moments when you are feeling uncertain you will still find the strength to stand strong and steady.

This challenge calls for transformation

Seven of Cups and The Twisted Oak (Snoegen)

When given options, it’s always important to prioritize those things that you actually want to have priority. If you have the option between languishing at home or getting out in nature, and you want nature to be a priority, then you need to make sure that that’s what you’re choosing when the opportunity presents itself. Don’t just think about it… stand up and actually choose it whenever the opportunity arises.

Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Oak Branch with Moss and Lichen for Perseverance
Foraged Wood Fern for Exorcising Negative Influences
Gneiss Stone for Patience in Moments of Discomfort
Clear Quartz for boosting Mental Clarity
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: WILDERWOVEN TAROT AND SACRED TREES ORACLE

The @lightningwildflower June Inner Journey Challenge
Reflect Prompt for June 22nd : What brings me comfort and helps me feel safe?

Tarot Reading with the Quill & Ink Tarot

Reading Summary: The understanding that my feelings of scarcity (Five of Pentacles) are a choice of perspective and not actual reality (Two of Swords Rx), and that if it truly becomes a reality, I am more than capable of doing something about it (Knight of Wands).

Take Away: It used to be (once upon a time) that those feelings of scarcity -were- a reality. I know what it is to be without food or safety, to have no roof over my head, and to feel as if even if help was available that I was undeserving of it.

When I feel scarcity these days and panic comes roaring up to greet it, it’s an echo of those past experiences more so than the reality I am currently in. It’s fear of returning to those times when scarcity was real.

I know, too, that should scarcity come calling, I would find my way out of it just as I did in my past.

These things bring me comfort and help me to keep a grip on reality so that my anxiety doesn’t tumble out of control when money gets tight or struggles rear up in my path.

Other elements included in this reading:
Pressed Pansy Flower for Hearing the Heart More Clearly
Black Spruce Needles to Boost Self-Confidence and Positive Thinking
Dried Purple Heather Flowers for Independence and Luck
Conch Shell Knot for Concentration, Clarity, and Determination
Carnelian Agate for Focusing On One’s Aspirations
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: QUILL & INK TAROT
Daily Self Kindness

I proposed a new idea to Gid today that I was a bit hesitant to bring up for us to explore in play.

Rust Removal

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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.

The Wild Wisdom Tarot - The Devil

Today’s draw is The Devil card, which is traditionally a representation of temptation, struggles with moderation, harmful excesses, addiction, and self-harm.

The Devil card has then been combined with a Dalai Lama quote from the Gratitude Insight Cards, which says, “The roots of our goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.”

Sometimes it’s far easier to ignore the good things and focus on the bad ones. It becomes a habit that reaches beyond pessimism and starts to bleed negativity into our outlook of life as a whole.

From this lack of appreciation for the positive and good things in life the roots of negative outlooks and pessimism begin to spread and grow until they permeate every aspect of our lives.

The same process is true in reverse. When we focus on the positive and appreciate the goodness around us, it is those roots that grow and spread instead of the negative ones.

The message in today’s Devil card and affirmation are a reminder that we have control over how we see the world. Just like rust can eat way at metal, negativity can become a habit that eats away at the good in our lives. These cards encourage us to look at those places in our lives where this has begun to happen, and consider how to stop the spread by creating new habits that are healthier to replace the old unhealthy ones.

DECKS USED:  THE WILD WISDOM TAROT AND GRATITUDE INSIGHT CARDS

@Lionharts #TheJuneTarot Follow Your North Star Challenge
Prompt for June 21st : Summer Solstice Spread

Oracle Reading with the Tarocchi Celtici

Thrive: What is ready to thrive during the second half of 2026?

Rovo / Bramble – You have the opportunity to spark a new sense of enthusiasm for the parts of your life feeling a bit lack luster of late. Just have a care that you don’t go overboard. Dopamine is a wonderful thing, but it runs the risk of addiction without a bit of caution in regard to your excesses.

Lead: What part of myself is meant to lead this phase forward?

Frassino / Ash – Focus on being prudent and cautious when it comes to your finances. It’s often far too easy to toss money around when enthusiasm sparks, but you need to act in this area with good judgement and care.

Will: What holds the most promise for the months ahead?

Quercia / Oak – Following the advice above offers you the opportunity to grow your sense of security while still instilling in your life the chance to delve deeper into your experiences and emotions.

Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Oak Branch with Moss and Lichen for Perseverance
Carved Bamboo Latticework for Positive Outcomes
Moss Agate for Attracting Opportunities for Growth
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: TAROCCHI CELTICI

The @lightningwildflower June Inner Journey Challenge
Sun enters Cancer Prompt for June 21st : What part of my home and family needs my attention right now?

Tarot Reading with The Wild Wisdom Tarot

Reading Summary: Your home and family needs you to show them what it means to stand strong (Strength) in the middle of chaos (Lightning Strike), and come out the other end still thriving (Strength), regardless of what life throws at you in the moment (Wheel of Fortune).

Take Away: The cards have been warning against the arrival of chaos and destruction for a few days, pumping you up for its arrival and providing you with advice on getting through difficult times.

These cards continue with this theme, encouraging you to tap into the survivor energy that lives within you and “show them how it’s done” as you move through the upcoming difficulties and chaos.

Turn your time and attention to making sure your confidence is being bolstered and you’re shoring up your reserves of stubborn determination and perseverance.

Other elements included in this reading:
Black Wood Kitsune Carving for Cleverness and Ingenuity
Foraged Lodgepole Pine for Resilience, Growth, and Renewal
Conch Shell Knot for Concentration, Clarity, and Determination
English Elm Seeds to Encourage Flexibility During Growth
Clear Quartz for boosting Mental Clarity
Desert Rose for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: THE WILD WISDOM TAROT

#DiscordTarotholicsJun2026 Challenge
Prompt for June 21st : Do the Midsummer Spread

Midsummer Oracle Reading with the Herb Notes Flash Cards

Horse: What can I do to build up my inner courage to live life with more honesty and integrity?

Lavender – Work on staying calm. If you want to build up your courage, part of doing that is ensuring that your anxiety is under control. You have the tools that you disposal to help keep your anxiety under control, but only if you’re willing to use them. Whether that courage is used to live life with more honesty and integrity, or to confront fears you’ve long carried, finding that calm in the first place is the answer.

Daisy: How can I insert more innocence and purity into how I view the world?

Raspberry – Stop looking at everything from the lens of “here we go again”. Remember that a fresh perspective can always help in clearing out the dust and cobwebs of a jaded mind. Open yourself up to seeing things from a new angle.

Lapis Lazuli: How can I be more honest with myself about my good and bad traits?

Mullein – Stop trying to ignore them. Things like this don’t go away just because you refuse to acknowledge them. Instead, it’s through your attention and an effort toward control that you can find a more honest view of both your good and bad qualities. Tighten down a little in this area for more clarity.

Citrine: In what ways can I work at expressing my creativity more?

Hops – Use creativity time as a cool down activity instead of holding the expectation that it’s something that will ramp you up. Creativity doesn’t always have to be an excitable activity or an exhausting someone. Sometimes it can just be chill and relaxing… if you let it.

Snake: How can I use my creativity to help foster fresh energies and a sense of rebirth?

Oregano – Creativity, even when used in the calming ways mentioned above, helps get your “juices flowing” in gentle ways, stirring up within you energy and enthusiasm that has become stagnant. Just do the creative things, even the little ones, and it will help kindle new energies within you and bring old ones back to life.

Heather: How can I invite more good luck into my day to day life?

Linden – Stop bracing for what might happen. There’s too much tension in trying to brace for impact. Instead, allow for awareness without seizing control in an unforgiving fist to try and protect yourself and others. You’re suffocating everything that way. Ease up.

Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Parmeliaceae Lichen for a “Breath of Fresh Air”
Calcite for Gently Calming the Mind and Stimulating Insights
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: HERB NOTES DECK
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 Modern Mysteries Tarot and Seaborn Kipper

Earth – Ten of Wands – Take care that you aren’t adding too much to your plate this week. The obligations and responsibilities you currently have are already more than enough. Make sure you aren’t adding more straw to the camel’s back. Even the smallest of additions could end up being that “last straw”.

Air – Five of Pentacles atop Seven of Pentacles – Don’t allow slow progress to make you feel like you aren’t getting anywhere. This is an illusion created by your negative inner narratives. Don’t buy into the story.

Water – Six of Cups – Nostalgia can’t take the place of having a good time in the present, so don’t try to make yourself fit in that box. Instead, seek out joy in the present. Will it look the same? No. But that doesn’t mean it won’t be just as good.

Fire – The Hanged Man – Put your focus toward waiting and watching this week, instead of jumping the gun to act.

Waning – Sad News and Hope Great Water – Do not allow disappointments to drag you down this week. There will be a transition from hope and possibility to a feeling of failure. Take care not to slide down that slippery slope into a negative headspace.

Waxing – Official Matters and Playful One – Step away from the seriousness of the situation and get out into activities that allow you to put serious matters aside for a little while. In doing so, things may look far more manageable and less dire on your return to them.

Take Away – Pressure, whether internal or external, is going to make it hard for you to say “no” to extra responsibilities and obligations this week. Make sure you -are- in fact saying no. Protect your well-being and emotional healthy by ensuring you are getting the space you need… by saying no. Instead, seek out things that make you feel good and distract you from your stressors. Even small things can make a big difference in this area.

Other elements included in this reading:
Carnelian Agate for Inner Drive and Focusing On Aspirations
Green Aventurine for Harmony and Balance of the Heart
Citrine for Energy Lift (easing the weight of heavy energies)
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECKS USED: THE MODERN MYSTERIES TAROT AND SEABORN KIPPER

The Ebb and Flow of Progress

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

Cat's Inner Voice Tarot - Nine of Swords

Today’s draw is the Nine of Swords, which is traditionally a representation of nightmares, anxiety, insomnia, and negative thoughts and inner narratives.

The card has then been combined with an affirmation from the Ask and It Is Given Cards, which says, “You will never cease to be; new desires will be constantly born within you. Source will never stop answering your desires, and your expansion is, therefore, eternal. And so, you may begin to relax if, in this moment, there is something you desire that has not yet come to fruition.”

Just because you’re not actively advancing towards your goals, doesn’t mean that you’re not still moving in the right direction.

When there is a lull in activity, it can sometimes feel like you are failing or things are falling apart. Your worries and doubts rise to the surface to plague you and try and push you towards action, sometimes even when inaction is actually the smarter choice.

In these moments it’s important to remember that not all progress is made through active participation. Sometimes we need a pause for everything to catch up and fall into sync. Sometimes we need time to process, and that processing is in itself a sort of movement, even if it’s not active movement.

The message in today’s Nine of Swords and the affirmation card is a reminder that progress is a cycle of ebb and flow. There are fast times, and there are slow times, and both have good reason for being a part of the process. Don’t fight those slow times just because they give rise to your anxieties. Instead, trust that even during the slow time you are still making progress.

DECKS USED: CAT’S INNER VOICE TAROT AND ASK AND IT IS GIVEN CARDS

The @lightningwildflower June Inner Journey Challenge
Reframe Prompt for June 20th : How can my sensitivity be a strength?

Oracle Reading with the Modern The Divination Deck for These Times

Reading Summary: It’s in confronting our fears (The Melting) that we give birth (Birth) to the strength needed to confront the unknown (the chick in the Birth card staring into The Void).

Take Away: Our sensitivities and vulnerabilities are often considered weaknesses, primarily because they are usually triggered by the things we fear.

The truth is, though, that when we confront our fears instead of hiding from them, we illuminate those things we fear and pull them out of the unknown to be more easily seen and understood.

Out in the open, our fears are rarely the massively overwhelming thing that they pretend to be when overblown by our mind’s eye. This new perspective at seeing our fears in the light can then create strength where once there was weakness.

Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Red Oak Leaf for Fostering Unconditional Love
Green Jasper and Tiger Eye Turtle for Confidence within Progress
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: MODERN THE DIVINATION DECK FOR THESE TIMES

#DiscordTarotholicsJun2026 Challenge
Philosophical Questions for June 3rd and 10th

Tarot Reading with the Cat's Inner Voice Tarot and Paws of Furry Game Cards

Do people need other people for true happiness?

King of Cups and Mean Cat

Learning to regulate our emotions and experience the wider scope of their spectrum requires interaction with others. I think a better question is to first divine what “true happiness” really means.

These cards, however, do indicate that it is only through our interactions with others that we can experience the diversity of emotions necessary to actually identify true happiness in the first place, though. So in that context, and under those conditions, the answer is yes, people do need other people for true happiness.

What is something you believe, but cannot prove?

Wheel of Fortune and Cool Cat

I believe that the world, and in fact, the universe as a whole, are constantly seeking balance, and that the good things and bad things that happen are simply another expression of this effort.

The problem with trying to prove this, though, is even when you sit back and chill, you are unable to observe all of the different minute adjustments being made by the universe in its effort to flex, shift, and otherwise adjust with its efforts to find a balance. We are on the ride, but we don’t get to see all the moving parts.

Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Oak Branch with Moss and Lichen for Perseverance
Pressed Pansy Flowers for Hearing the Heart More Clearly
Citrine for Energy Lift (easing the weight of heavy energies)
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECKS USED: CAT’S INNER VOICE TAROT AND PAWS OF FURRY GAME CARDS

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Prompts for June 17th through 19th

Oracle Reading with the Animal Allies Oracle

Which memory can I allow to heal with sunlight?

Monkey – You were not allowed to be playful as a child, and joy nor enthusiasm was encouraged. As an adult, this makes you far harsher on yourself than necessary, especially when feeling silly or playful. This prompt and the monkey encourages you to indulging your playfulness by taking it outside and setting it free.

Which gift or talent emerges when I step outside?

Horse – When you allow your authentic self to shine, you show others the freedom involved in true authenticity, and the strength that is built through determination and endurance in the face of the obstacles that may get in your way. These qualities shine brightest in the places where you are most comfortable, such as in the fields at work or out in the woods among the trees.

Which connection with myself needs restoration?

Butterfly – Change and transformation used to be a part of life that you prided yourself on adapting to and shined at with flexibility and grace. Over time, though, you have become more comfortable within stability you have created, and you have lost a bit of the adaptability that you once prided yourself on. It’s time to reconnect with that more adaptable self instead of digging in your heels when change comes calling.

Which connection with another needs restoration?

Raccoon – Bring back the playfulness and the “family” connection that this playfulness contributes to your relationships.

An example of this is when you were caring for Ms B during her time without the use of her arms. There was a lot of joking and playfulness involved that helped lighten the mood so that the embarrassment wasn’t so sharp and both you and her were able to keep each other afloat emotionally through the hardship.

This type of playfulness can be instilled in your relationship with her, and with others, even now. In doing so it creates tighter bonds between you and them.

Other elements included in this reading:
Scotch Pine Cone for Purging Negative Influences
Zodiac Wheel (on Gemini) for Connecting with Duality
Citrine for Energy Lift (easing the weight of heavy energies)
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: ANIMAL ALLIES ORACLE
Daily Self Kindness

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