self help with tarot cards

Occasional Treats vs Feelings of Neglect

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Today’s meditation was a nine minute long #DailyTrip session from the @Calm app.

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The @GlitterbyInk #MarchMoments26 Challenge
The Edge of Wonder Prompt for March 2nd : Transitional
Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.

Food Fortunes - The Lovers / The Dog card

Today’s draw is The Lovers card (The Dog), which is traditionally a representation of love and relationships, long term contracts, harmonious unions, and making choices that are geared toward what is best for you.

You know what? There are certain situations in life where a hotdog is the only thing that’ll do. I know, I know… Not healthy. Or, well, a mystery meat at best.

Sometimes, though, it’s easier and better to give into your craving than deny yourself. Because sometimes when those cravings happen, they happen for a reason that goes beyond just “ooh, that would taste good”.

Denying yourself in these moments can lead to grazing, binge eating, and other habits that come from feeling like you’re neglecting something in yourself.

The message in today’s Lovers card and the “transitional” prompt is a reminder that sometimes self-care is about treating yourself once in a while. As long as it’s once in a while and not all the time.

DECK USED:  FOOD FORTUNES

@lightningwildflower‘s March Reflection to Action Challenge
Prompts for March 1st and 2nd

Tarot Reading with the Rare Triumphs Tarot and Crystal Ball Pocket Oracle

Looking Forward: What energy am I carrying into this new month?

Ace of Wands and Go – Remember that the upswing of Spring energies is something that you can grab hold of and ride upon.

Use the stirring of new life that Spring provides to create inspiration, and then ride Spring’s energies to act on those sparks of inspiration instead of sitting on them to let them percolate.

Mars enters Pisces: Where am I being asked to act with intuition instead of force?

Ace of Swords and New Direction – Stop using logic to try and plow forward through obstacles.

Everything doesn’t have to be so damn hard all the time. Ease your path forward by listening to your intuition more and allow it to choose your direction instead of always leaning into logic, reason, and strategy. By doing so, you allow yourself to “go with the flow” more instead of having to fight every step of the way forward.

Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Parmeliaceae Lichen for a “Breath of Fresh Air”
Conch Shell Knot for Concentration and Clarity
Desert Rose for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECKS USED:  RARE TRIUMPHS TAROT AND CRYSTAL BALL POCKET ORACLE

#DiscordTarotholicsMar2026 Challenge
Prompt for March 2nd : What do you need to focus on for self-care for this month’s full moon?

Tarot Reading with the Food Fortunes deck

Reading Summary: Remember that you are still a neophyte when it comes to understanding your emotions and dealing with them (Page of Drinks). When you are feeling out of sorts, there are better options than solitude (Five of Drinks). Take these moments as a sign that it’s time to reach out to others (Two of Drinks).

Take Away: As mentioned in a previous reading on another day, solitude is not your friend at the moment. You may enjoy alone time, but it’s not always healthy for you. Instead of retreating, reach out to others. Share with them what’s going on, and let them help you in sorting out your emotions.

Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Lodgepole Pine for Resilience, Growth, and Renewal
Turtle Figurine for encouraging Slow and Steady Progress
Rose Quartz for Gentle Kindness to Self and Others
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED:  FOOD FORTUNES
Daily Self Kindness

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

Unrecognized Wealth

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Today’s meditation was skipped.

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The @GlitterbyInk #MarchMoments26 Challenge
The Edge of Wonder Prompt for March 1st : Threshold
Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.

The Numinous Tarot - Ten of Pentacles - Ten of Tomes

Today’s draw is the Ten of Pentacles (Tomes), which is traditionally a representation of satisfaction and stability in the area of one’s finances, resources, home, health, manifestations, and the physical world. This often translates into themes that have to do with hard earned success, accomplishments, abundance created through patience and hard work.

I love myself a good library. It’s full of so much potential and so many things that I don’t know, but that are right of my fingertips to find out.

For me, libraries are magical places, and books on paper are magical things. Don’t get me wrong, I think digital books and audiobooks have their place. For me that place is in the fiction category for audiobooks, and the deck guidebooks category for digital.

When it comes to actual research, non-fiction, and learning new things, though, it’s all about the print books. There is a tactile sensation to learning things in books that you cannot get through digital or audiobook. If I read a physical book on a subject, that tactile experience allows me to reference different parts of the book, depending on how many pages are on each side, where in a page something appears, and how many pages it feels like I’ve turned. This means that later on down the road (even years later) if I need to reference this material, my tactile memory will be able to help me find these particular sections and excerpts. Because of this, I can usually find what I’m looking for within seconds, or minutes at most.

In a digital book however, there is no tactile memory involved. If I need to go back later to find an excerpt or to reference a particular portion of the book, I have to guesstimate where in the book it was because there’s no tactile guidance to help me find it. This process then takes at least twice as long for me… and sometimes much longer. Especially if I cannot remember the exact wording of what I was looking for, so there’s no way to search it.

This is one of the many reasons that in my opinion, libraries represent a wealth that we cannot get through any other source. A wealth that is shared with others in our community. It can be enhanced by digital offerings, but it shouldn’t be replaced by them.

Today’s Ten of Pentacles card combined with the “threshold” prompt asks us to consider where in our life are we taking for granted a source of wealth in our lives, and why aren’t we stepping forward to take advantage of that opportunity?

DECK USED:  NUMINOUS TAROT

#DiscordTarotholicsMar2026 Challenge
Prompt for March 1st : Do Spread 1
With Spring approaching, it’s time to start cleaning out the old energies of hibernation and stagnation that Winter can often bring. In this spread, look for those thoughts and things that need to be let go in order to allow yourself to flourish this Spring.

Tarot Reading with the Numinous Tarot

What do I need to let go of to…

Ease My Mind – Mystic of Vials (King of Cups)

Instead of allowing your emotions to overwhelm you and make you retreat into your shell, work on reaching out to those that help you in your journey to learning about your emotions and allow them to guide you when you are feeling vulnerable and uncertain.

When you do so all of the anxieties and “what if” thinking becomes much quieter and easier to deal with, instead of overwhelming you. Control isn’t the answer.

Lighten My Heart – Eight of Bells (Swords)

Stop hiding. Turning a blind eye and pretending something doesn’t bother you doesn’t make it go away. Nor will it solve the problem. Yes, now and then it will resolve itself. Unfortunately, more often than not all it does is allow things to grow and become worse before you have to deal with them, creating more work and stress for you in the end.

Free My Creative Spark – Mystic of Tomes (King of Pentacles) atop Dreamer of Candles (Page of Wands)

Accept that it’s okay to make mistakes and not have all the answers.

Let go of the concept that you need to be right all the time. You know that’s not true. A part of learning and growing is accepting that you don’t know everything, and accepting the challenge of seeking those answers.

Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Parmeliaceae Lichen for a “Breath of Fresh Air”
Foraged Silver Maple Key for Bouncing Back to Thrive
Chinese Silver Grass for fostering Grounding and Nurturing Stability
Green Aventurine for Harmony and Balance of the Heart
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED:  NUMINOUS TAROT
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 Enchanted Tarot and Dreamflow Lenormand

Earth – Three of Pentacles – Make sure you aren’t trying to deal with everything all on your own. Remember that just because others don’t do things the way that you do or it takes them longer to do it than it would you, doesn’t mean that it’s not helping… because you’re still not the one having to do those things.

Air – Queen of Pentacles – Combat your pessimistic thoughts and negative inner narratives by leaning into those things that help to nurture a greater sense of stability in your life.

Water – Five of Pentacles – Remember that an upheaval in your emotions and experiencing uncertainty (as you often do during subdrop) have a tendency to exacerbate your feelings of scarcity. That doesn’t necessarily mean that the scarcity in your life has increased, only that it feels like it has.

Fire – Four of Hearts (Cups) – Skipping your meditation is not helping you in any way, shape, or form. Give yourself the self-love that you need right now by working on stepping back into the practice.

Waning – Key and Moon – Although it’s often easy for you to say “I don’t know”, some people don’t take that well and try to bring you down in those moments. Rather than handing them the key to your emotions and how to influence them, allow your “I don’t know” to stand as a strength instead.

Waxing – Child and Man – There is maturity in looking back at what has worked and what hasn’t, and learning from those experiences so that you don’t repeat them.

Take Away – You’re flirting with subdrop at the moment, and that makes all the bad things feel a little worse. Keep in mind that these are emotion driven sensations, not a shift of reality. Give yourself the loving kindness you need to find stability during this struggle, and invite others to help you in keeping up with your responsibilities.

DECKS USED: ENCHANTED TAROT AND DREAMFLOW LENORMAND

📆 Transitioning from February to March

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Month End Check In Oracle Reading with the Witch Whispers Oracle

Here and Now I Exist – Who you are now, in your entirety.

Oracle Power – You have lots of questions right now, and very few answers. Use your intuition and the tools that you disposal to help illuminate the path forward, so that you don’t feel like you’re wandering blind and alone in the dark.

The Slough – What is to be left in the past as you move forward.

Soul Whispers – Stop with the soft doubt that keeps you from listening more closely to your intuition. Hold your chin high and pay attention, instead of ducking your head to ignore the changes that are going on not just around you, but within you as well.

What Lies Ahead – An ideal state or ideal self you are seeking at this time.

Invite Love – You’re seek to connect in a more tender, loving, and nurturing way with others. You are aware that this is outside your norm, but you’re seeking to develop a new norm that allows for love and connection with a greater sense of ease.

Limitations – Negative influences, opposition, or ill will.

Moon Bathing – Too much alone time is not your friend right now, and will lead to a greater sense of uncertainty instead of the grounding stability you’re looking for. You need to do the activities that help you to be empowered within times of uncertainty, not exacerbate the issues you have during these times.

The Boon – Positive influences, higher guidance, or divine intervention.

Cleansing – Fresh air and a good cleansing will do you and your environment good right now. Take time to assist the flow of air in its clearing out stagnant energies left, ignored and forgotten for too long.

The Wound – An unpleasant past experience or event that is ripe for some support and healing.

Teatime – Remember that not everyone understands culture and traditions that are not their own. You can’t expect people to follow the paths that are well-known to you, when they have never been on them before.

Nostalgia – A positive past experience or event to acknowledge, reflect upon, and enjoy.

Blossoming – Take time this month to remember your past awakenings. Not just the glowing success of finding the light, but also the struggles that got you there in the first place. After all, every daffodil must first breakthrough ice, brave the frost, and thrive within the frozen ground before it can grow tall and bloom.

A Warning – Something coming that can be prevented or overcome.

Potential – Don’t lose sight of where potential lies. If you’re not paying attention to it, the opportunities that presents for you will pass you by. Remember that not everything has to be achieved against the grain. Sometimes you can just go with the flow.

Empowerment – A future opportunity to work toward.

Green Witch – Spring is coming, and with it is the opportunity to get out in nature and connect with the green once more. Get your ass outside, and revel in the new life stirring in every moment of the month ahead.

Message from the Spirit World – Part of the cleansing that happens in the Spring is the potential for you to get out in nature and let it cleanse you within. It’s not all about housework all that sort of thing, but rather the fresh air that Spring offers to your spirit as well.

Message from the Mind’s World – There’s more to life than logic and strategy. Make sure that you are allowing your heart as well as your intuition to weigh in when you make decisions.

Message from the Physical World – Share those times that you would usually go alone with someone else, and allow them to see the benefits you reap from this time in nature. In turn, they will be more likely to help in pushing yourself to go when you are feeling otherwise uninspired to do so.

Other elements included in this reading:
Pressed Pansy Flowers for Hearing the Heart More Clearly
Western Hemlock Cones for Balance During Disruptions
Dried Red Maple Leaf for Adaptability and Connection
Foraged Oak Branch with Moss and Lichen for Perseverance
Ferruginous Quartz Crescent for Enhancing the Evolution of Self
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: WITCH WHISPERS ORACLE

Weeding Out the Toxicity

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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 China Doll Tarot - Judgement Card and Love Affirmations

Today’s draw is the Judgement card, which is traditionally a representation of judgements, one’s inner calling and chosen life path, and looking back on one’s life to consider how they feel about the path they’ve taken and who they have become.

The Judgement card has then been combined with the “Forgiveness” card from the Love Affirmations deck, which says, “I release resentment and embrace forgiveness as the key to freedom.”

Carrying resentment with you is like carrying a toxic seed buried within your body. It is giving the person or thing that you resent room in your brain, your heart, your future, and your well-being.

Remember that the opposite of love is not hate, but indifference. Thus, to truly purge someone or something from your life, it’s important to let go of the influence they have over your emotions.

This is where forgiveness comes in. It’s not about forgetting what happened or opening yourself up to letting it happen again. It’s about purging the toxicity that lingers within after these experiences so that it can’t hurt you anymore.

The message in today’s cards is a reminder that as we move closer and closer to the end of our lives and the people that we want to become by the time we get there, part of the process is learning how to forgive and let go so that we’re not carrying these toxic moments with us any longer.

DECKS USED: THE CHINA DOLL TAROT AND LOVE AFFIRMATIONS

@ambitiouslyalexa’s February Journal Prompts
Prompt for February 28th

Oracle Reading with the Mushroom Folk Oracle

What I want to carry forward

Unicorn Pinkgill – Authenticity and integrity.

“You are capable of everything that is presented or asked of you – this is why it is coming your way in the first place.” – Guidebook

It’s in connecting with who you truly are and what you want out of life and from yourself, that you find the strength to take on the obstacles along the way. Take care to bring authenticity and integrity with you in your journey, and you will always find the strength to keep going.

How to ensure this does not become a burden

Gnomes – Trust in others to help you along the way.

“Being grateful for all the little things in life is a magical way to improve any situation, which in turn attracts more abundance.” – Guidebook

Remember that you’re not alone and that those were keeping in your life will accept you for who you are rather than wanting you to change to be someone else.

Due to your introverted nature, sometimes you feel like they’re just too many people in your life, and those people feel like responsibilities weighing up upon you. In truth, these people are an abundance in your life that can help to carry you through and help lift part of the load of responsibility off of your shoulders… if you let them.

Other elements included in this reading:
Polar Bear Figurine for fostering Strength and Courage
Foraged Purple Heather Sprigs for Independence and Luck
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: MUSHROOM FOLK ORACLE

#DiscordTarotholicsFeb2026 Challenge
Prompt for February 28th : Grab a spread of your choice you’re curious about… and give it a go!

Tarot Reading with the The China Doll Tarot and Culturae Animalis Playing Cards

I wear this armor
Nine of Hearts, Page of Pentacles top Ace of Swords, King of Clubs

Sometimes you take things slow not because that’s the speed they need to be taken, but rather because you’re worried if you don’t that you may forget something along the way that will be detrimental to your success in the end. This overly cautious behavior is a protection against “screwing up” something you want to complete perfectly.

To hide this longing
Two of Spades, The Lovers, Eight of Clubs

It’s taxing for to always be responsible for more than just yourself. That extra caution and slowness is often in order to ensure everyone is on board and you’re not forgetting anyone’s needs or wants along the way.

The secret longing you are hiding within this effort is that you want to be able to make the decisions that are best for you without the hesitation that comes with ensuring other people’s welfare as well.

Other elements included in this reading:
Dried Hoya Leaf for Inward Exploration
Foraged Wood Fern for Exorcising Negative Influences
Picture Jasper for Sense of Proportion and Grounding
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: THE CHINA DOLL TAROT AND CULTURAE ANIMALIS PLAYING CARDS
Daily Self Kindness

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

The End Is Not the End

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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.

Ever After Spell Tarot - Eight of Wands and Because Art Heals deck

Today’s draw is the Eight of Wands, which is traditionally a representation of action, speed, alacrity, fast paced events or change, or having a target goal in your sights that you are charging towards.

The Eight of Wands has then been combined with Abbott Handerson Thayer’s Angel card from the Because Art Heals deck, which says, “Thayer’s Angel embodies calm strength & quiet divinity. Painted after personal loss, it reflects how love endures beyond form, an unseen presence that steadies us in grief.”

Sometimes letting go isn’t the answer. Instead, the answer is holding on to how we feel, even as we move on into something else.

Whether it’s the loss of a person, the loss of a job, the loss of an ability or a hobby… etc, just because it’s not ours any longer doesn’t mean we have to stop loving it. For example, maybe you loved to crochet but now arthritis makes it so you can’t anymore. Does that mean you have to no longer love the art of crocheting? No. It might mean you can’t do the creating yourself, but you can still appreciate the art and skill of others, and even share your knowledge with them.

The message in today’s cards is an encouragement to let the love you feel for the things that matter to you exist… even in those times when you have to let go in some way and move on. That love doesn’t have to be discarded, but can be allowed to linger for as long as you want or need it to.

DECKS USED: THE EVER AFTER SPELL TAROT AND BECAUSE ART HEALS DECK

#DiscordTarotholicsFeb2026 Challenge
Prompt for February 26th and 27th

Oracle Reading with the Tarot de Sade Oracle

What to look forward to as we begin to head towards spring.

Priest and Officer – More structure and discipline.

These two qualities work together to keep things not just moving in the right direction, but also stable and secure. Stable and secure are qualities that you very much enjoy, so welcome in the increased structure and discipline when it steps into your life, for it will help you keep that stable foundation that you enjoy so much if you’re willing to cooperate.

How to connect with the warmth to come during the lingering cold.

Ardent Desire – Indulge in what brings you pleasure.

Now is the time for indulging in a bit of hedonistic pursuits of the physical variety. Accept and wallow, enjoy to your heart’s content. There’s a bit of extra time to indulge right now, and you should do so while the opportunity is there for the taking.

Other elements included in this reading:
Japanese Cherry Leaf as a Reminder of Life’s Fleeting Moments
Foraged Parmeliaceae Lichen for a “Breath of Fresh Air”
Rose Quartz for Gentle Kindness to Self and Others
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: TAROT DE SADE (ORACLE)

@ambitiouslyalexa’s February Journal Prompts
Prompt for February 27th : One thing I’m grateful I’ve learned

Tarot Reading with the Ever After Spell Tarot

Reading Summary – Connecting with your emotions (Ace of Cups) as you have been working on over the past few years, makes it easier to spot when somebody’s trying to fuck you over (Seven of Swords Rx), and take defensive steps when necessary (Nine of Wands).

Take Away – Over the past few years you’ve learned to listen to your emotions, not just your intuition, when interacting with others. Especially when allowing others to get close to you.

This added level of awareness allows you to better sense when something has gone awry, and when those trying to get close to you don’t have your best interests at heart. It’s an extra level of awareness you weren’t able to utilize before.

Other elements included in this reading:
Scotch Pine Cone for Purging Negative Influences
Black Tourmaline for Grounding and Protection
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: THE EVER AFTER SPELL TAROT
Daily Self Kindness

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