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❤️ 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 Adorable Cat Tarot and Pooh's Adventures Lenormand

Earth – Two of Pentacles – You just got called out for your cards in another reading done today for always having to be in control of every little thing. Remember that sometimes control isn’t the answer, but instead of going with the flow is the best way to keep your balance.

Air – Seven of Wands – Keep your priorities, values, and principles in focus this week. You may feel like they’re coming under attack, and maybe they are. Just remember that standing strong with your values needs to be your main focus this week. Even if it feels like the entire world is against you.

Water – Knight of Cups – Allow yourself to have those things that you want and enjoy. Too often you withhold from yourself those things that you most enjoy. Consider indulging this week, and it will be a nurturing balm for your emotions.

Fire – The Chariot – Do it, and do it now. Procrastination is not your friend in the week ahead. If things need to be done, make sure they’re getting done. In doing this you exerting control over the direction things go in moving forward. This is where you need to focus your need for control this week.

Waning – Letter and Bouquet – That good news that’s incoming this week is not the good news that it appears to be at first glance. Make sure that you read the fine print instead of just accepting it openly as the gift it’s being presented as.

Waxing – Dog and Coffin – Remember that not all acquaintances can be a loyal friends. It’s okay to let people go when they break your trust or it feels like they are not loyal to you in a way that you need. Embrace releasing these people back to the universe to find their “better fit”.

Take Away – This week is all about redirecting your need for control over everything to a specific task. That task being not allowing your procrastination to take the lead and not fighting against the currents carrying you forward. Focus on what’s right for you, whether that’s activities or choices or the people you allow to take up your time and share space in your life. Take care to spot the fake flowers and weed them out instead of allowing them to crowd out new growth.

DECKS USED: ADORABLE CAT TAROT AND POOH’S ADVENTURES LENORMAND

❤️ 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

❤️ 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 Herbal and Spiced Culinary Tarot and Simple Daily Divination Pocket Lenormand

Featuring quotes from the Herbal and Spiced Culinary Tarot Guidebook

Earth – Nine of Mushrooms (Wands) – “Stay resilient and think about what armor you need to put up to fortify you as you cross the finish line of a milestone in your life.”

Be on guard this week, and make sure that your boundaries are in place and in good repair. You are reaching a place in your journey where you need to make sure that you rest… yet stay alert. Both are needed in order to succeed in what you want right now. Don’t ignore the warning signs of approaching problems, especially problems caused by mistaking the nature of another for safe instead of problematic, but also don’t ignore your need to recoup while you can.

Air – Page of Tools (Swords) – “You are a sponge for knowledge right now, so take that energy to learn as much as you can and don’t be afraid to be curious.”

Research what you want and need to know. You’ve been struggling with a particular company/service lately. Combined with the card in the Earth section of this reading, perhaps it’s time to start researching other options and looking into different resources rather than depending upon one that has repeatedly managed to put you on unsteady footing.

Water – Compost (Death) – “At this pivotal moment… consider how you can alchemize the lessons of your past to and reinvent yourself.”

You are creeping up on a subdrop this week. It’s time to look at how you’ve dealt with these moments of angsty vulnerability in the past, and consider turning over a new leaf in how you move forward in dealing with them in the present and future. It’s going to take time and practice to change those defense mechanisms, but the first step is to start trying.

Fire – Knight of Cups – “It’s okay if you can’t explain why you need to make a certain decision-if it defies all logic, and you need to do it anyway, trust your decision.”

Trust your gut and just do it if it feels right instead of trying to talk yourself out of it. As you know already, your intuitive spark doesn’t always listen to reason… and yet it’s always right. You need to hear this encouragement right now. Don’t let your brain start picking things apart, as it’ll just lead to unnecessary (and possibly even harmful) procrastination.

Waning – Book and Stars – Stop trying to prove yourself right, and just let it go. This message connects with the card in the Fire position of this reading. Listen to your intuition and prioritize it over your brain’s interference. Sometimes it’s okay to just yield right away, even when you don’t necessarily agree.

Waxing – Scythe and Ring – Proceed with a great deal of caution when it comes to making any kind of commitments this week, no matter whether they seem like something good to commit to or not. There may be small print involved that could end up cutting deep if you’re not careful.

Take Away – Trust your gut this week, and back away from any commitments that might try to come up. Put them off for now. Instead, focus on shifting away from those things (and services) that are causing you problems by doing research on other avenues… and allow yourself to reach for better and healthier methods of dealing with the subdrop that you know is coming.

DECKS USED: THE HERBAL AND SPICED CULINARY TAROT AND SIMPLE DAILY DIVINATION POCKET LENORMAND

❤️ 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.

(Yes, I had to choose PINK for Valentines Day.)

Self Care Saturday Tarot Reading with The Lovely Omens Tarot and Lilac Lenormand

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

Earth – King of Cups – Your emotional stability lies within the company you keep this week. Make sure that you are getting enough time with Gideon to keep yourself on an even keel, and allow those you trust with your emotions to step to lend a little extra support to keep everything feeling on an even keel.

Air – Two of Swords – Some important decision-making is coming up in the week ahead. Make sure that you don’t jump the gun when the time comes, but instead take the time needed to linger and think over things before making a final decision. A little extra time to make sure you’re making the right choice isn’t going to hurt anything.

Water – Four of Wands – Savor the people and places in your life that feel like “home” to you. Like spending time with Gideon as mentioned in the “Earth” position of this reading, putting a bit of extra focus into savoring these people in your life is going to help you to find greater stability in your emotional well-being.

Fire – Eight of Swords – Sometimes when you are feeling overwhelmed or emotional, you like to bury your head in the sand and retreat. Make sure you don’t do this right now, or you may end up missing something important that you really need to know. You don’t have to act or interact right now, but make sure you’re at least paying attention so that you can take action later.

Waning – Tower and Star – No matter how much it feels like it might be, solitude is not your friend this week. Don’t hold yourself apart and think everything will be okay if you just hide and let things pass on by. Retreating is not the answer.

Waxing – Clover and Grave – Find hope in the void left behind by letting go of something that felt important to you. There’s a boon in freeing up space in your life. Make sure you’re not taking that boon for granted.

Take Away – You may spend most of this week feeling tender and emotional. You are going to need the presence of others in your life to help lift you up and keep you from slipping into solitude and unhealthy stagnancy. Make sure they know you need the help this week, and ask them to help you find the boon in letting go of those things that are no longer sustainable.

DECKS USED: THE LOVELY OMENS TAROT AND LILAC LENORMAND

❤️ 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 Oracle Reading with the Магия Сердца Oракул and Romantic Lenormand

Earth – Maniac – Take extra care with the unpredictable this week. The unexpected has a way of rearing its head when you least expected… that’s why it’s called the unexpected. Make sure that you are taking measures to protect yourself, especially physically and financially, at this time. Be aware of your surroundings, and make sure you’re taking people with you when you go out. High alert modus operandi for stalker situations is needed right now. If there are precautions that can be taken, don’t brush them off this week. Take those extra precautions and stay alert.

Air – Narcissism – There is no such thing as too much self-love right now. Hold yourself in high regard during the week ahead, and allow your opinions to hold weight above those of others whose opinions might be harmful if internalized, as well as above those negative interjections from your inner narrative.

Water – Embryo – You are feeling small and vulnerable right now. Allow yourself to be cared before by those that love you, rather than trying to deal with everything yourself. Regardless of what you were told in your youth, sometimes it’s okay to sit back and let other people carry the load and the stress.

Fire – Happiness – Get wrapped up and doing the things that make you happy. It’s okay to now and then close out the outside world and focus on these things that bring you joy. This intense sort of focus you excel at can allow you to really sink into these joyous moments if you’re willing to allow it.

Waning – Key and Stork – Remember that you don’t have to have all the answers all the time, and that it’s perfectly all right to send people off to find their own answers instead of providing those answers for them.

Waxing – Ring and Fox – Make sure that you are sharing your vulnerabilities and soft side with those that are committed to being a healthy and positive part of your life. Look at everyone else looking for commitments from you with a heavy dose of suspicion this week. Hidden agendas abound.

Take Away – There’s a pretty significant warning here about commitments, sneaky shit, and staying on alert to protect what keeps life stable for you. Don’t ignore warning signs, and make sure you are doing your due diligence in protecting yourself and what’s important to you. Lean on those you trust to help in this endeavor… as well as in supporting you during moments of emotional vulnerability.

Seek out joy and sink into those things that you enjoy. Let the world (but not your safety) take a back seat to this focus in the week ahead.

DECKS USED: МАГИЯ СЕРДЦА OРАКУЛ (Buy Ukrainian!) AND ROMANTIC LENORMAND