tarot and psychology

Cutting Fears Down to Size

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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 Cat's Tarot of Wondrous Journeys' Queen of Cups and card from the Create Brave Cards

Today’s draw is the Queen of Cups, which is traditionally a representation of a receptive alpha energy, personality, or person in the area of one’s emotions, relationships, creativity, and intuition. Among other things, this often translates into themes to do with emotional support and advice from a trusted party that is easy to talk to.

The Queen of Cups has then been combined with the Brave card from the Create Brave deck, which says, “ I take action despite my fears.”

The thing about fear is that it’s an emotion, right? That means it’s not always going to be logical. This shows itself most often in the fact that when we fear something, the longer we choose not to confront it, the larger that thing we fear becomes.

It starts off small, but the more we avoid it the more it grows until it feels completely insurmountable, even though in reality it’s size or scope hasn’t changed at all.

The message in today’s Queen of Cups and affirmation card is a reminder that it’s when we confront our fears that we bring them back down to size. By being nurturing and supportive to our emotions, we give ourselves the confidence to deal with our fears and take action despite them, rather than allowing them to control us.

DECKS USED:  THE CAT’S TAROT OF WONDROUS JOURNEYS AND CREATE BRAVE DECK

September Prompts by @forgotten.dumpling & @ml.mecham
Prompt for September 1st : your fingerprints on my future

Creative Writing and Cartomancy with the Peacock Playing Cards

When we first met, I was young and filled with an eagerness to build a life for myself of comfortable solitude. I wanted to believe that I had no need for love, and was busy building a future of stability and comfort… a nest for one. (Two of Diamonds atop Four of Diamonds)

The first time I saw you, my stomach fluttered. My insides felt liquid and unstable, and each time we were in the same room, it happened again and again. You made me feel vulnerable and uncertain in ways I didn’t understand. (Jack of Hearts)

You never promised me everything, as if instinctively knowing that’s not what I wanted. Instead you moved from day to day, encounter to encounter, giving me slivers of happiness and comfort until I couldn’t imagine happiness existing without you as a part of it. (Ten of Hearts)

You became a guiding light, someone I can depend on. Someone I need in my life for things to feel secure and stable. (King of Hearts)

You created for me a safe place I could open up within, be accepted within, and find a love I never realized I wanted, let alone needed. You marked my soul in the process, and placed your fingerprints indelibly upon my future in the process. (Four of Hearts)

I love you. Always.

Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Parmeliaceae Lichen for a “Breath of Fresh Air”
Honey Calcite for Optimism and Motivational Boost
Rose Quartz for Gentle Kindness to Self and Others
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: PEACOCK PLAYING CARDS

@lightningwildflower‘s September Self-Talk Challenge
Mars square Saturn, Mercury sextile Mars Prompts for September 1st

Tarot Reading with The Cat's Tarot of Wondrous Journeys and Schamanische Seelen Medizin

What action feels blocked?

The Emperor and Geburt

The Birth card in this deck proposes that the conditions of your birth are a predictor of the type of life you will lead. For example, if you had an easy birth as a child, your life will be easy, whereas if you had a lot of struggle and had to be pulled forth with forceps, you may find your life fraught with obstacles.

I’m not sure how much I buy into this idea, but when joined by the Emperor card, this card combination speaks of difficulties from the past during formative years holding you back from the healthy leadership you could be demonstrating.

That is to say that unhealthy defense mechanisms and expectations that were drilled into you as a child have a tendency to hold you back in your adulthood, creating unnecessary blockages between you and your goals.

What will help me move through this resistance?

Six of Cups and Engel

To help you move through this resistance, take choice out of the equation when you’re able to do so. Trust, instead, in divine timing and that things will work out how they are meant to without your meddling in the process. Accept that not everything has to be under your control to work out how you want (or in some cases even better than your expectations).

Other elements included in this reading:
Pressed Pansy Flowers for Hearing the Heart More Clearly
Black Spruce Needles to Boost Self-Confidence and Positive Thinking
Dried Rosebuds for Potential and Beauty Waiting to Unfold
Dried Purple Heather Flowers for Independence and Luck
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: THE CAT’S TAROT OF WONDROUS JOURNEYS AND SCHAMANISCHE SEELEN MEDIZIN
Daily Self Kindness

I ordered pizza for second supper. It’s been forever and I just didn’t feel like having anything I have on hand.

Timelines for Healing and Growth

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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.

Everyday Witch Tarot - Seven of Pentacles and a card from the Pass Around the Smile Guided Affirmation Cards

Today’s draw is the Seven of Pentacles, which is traditionally a representation of slow growth, sustainability, domestic harmony, hard work, and practicing patience while the fruits of your labors develop and take form.

The Seven of Pentacles has then been combined with the Release card from the Pass Around the Smile Guided Affirmation Cards, which says, “ I am able to release the feelings and situations that are holding me back. I am not attached to them.”

This is part of the reason that growth often takes more time than we are expecting it to take. That release of the things in the past that hold us back is a form of healing that takes time. Thus, growth is slow as a result.

That is why it’s often better to see growth as “it’ll happen in its own time” rather than pushing it. When you push it, you often ignore the healing that needs to take place in order for the growth to be healthy and productive.

The messaging in today’s Seven of Pentacles and affirmation card is a reminder that patience is a quality worth developing. It helps us in our growth, as well as in our healing of past experiences and the wounds that are left behind by them. Being impatient with these wounds only makes them linger and sometimes even fester into something worse.

DECKS USED:  EVERYDAY WITCH TAROT AND PASS AROUND THE SMILE GUIDED AFFIRMATION CARDS

#DiscordTarotholicsAug2026 Challenge
Prompt for August 31st : Grab a spread of your choice you’re curious about… and give it a go!

The Unlived Life Tarot Reading with the Epoche Tarot

A version of myself I never became

Four of Swords Rx – The lazy person I was predicted to become by my father. Alone and lackadaisical. Cut off from others by my choices and preferences. A waste of space.

The story I tell myself about that version

Six of Wands – The story (lie) I tell myself is that I could impress him and gain his favor by not becoming that person. That his acceptance of me and my choices was based upon my performance.

What I grieve about that unlived life

Ace of Swords – It isn’t that unlived life I grieve, but rather that I never got the chance to communicate honestly and openly with my father. I grieve the chances I wasn’t given to connect with him, learn from him, and see eye to eye with him.

What aspects of that unlived life can still be lived now

Page of Pentacles – I am learning how to let go of those judgements thrust upon me and find my own path. One suited to me and stable beneath my feet. One created in the bedrock of who I am rather than who he wanted me to be or expected me to become.

Other elements included in this reading:
Bird Figurine for Encouraging Hope, Positivity, and Renewal
Foraged Ponderosa Pine Cone for Resilience and Adaptability
Dried Cedar Bundle for Protection from Negative Influences
Foraged Lodgepole Pine for Strength, Growth, and Renewal
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: EPOCHÉ TAROT

@lightningwildflower‘s August Reflections Challenge
Jupiter trine Saturn
Prompt for August 31st : What long-term goal feels expansive but also sustainable?

Tarot Reading with the Everyday Witch Tarot

Reading Summary: Rebuilding your concept of stability (Queen of Pentacles) to a place where when struggles arise (Five of Pentacles) they are seen as opportunities for something new and exciting (Two of Wands) instead of end-of-the-road obstacles (Five of Pentacles).

Take Away: You’ve fallen into a habit of catastrophizing things when something goes awry or an obstacle lands in your path. As a result, you seek to return to a better mindset where you can see these obstacles and struggles in a way that benefits you rather than something that destroys your efforts and decimates your goals.

This goal is about not just finding the boon in negative experiences, something you’ve always done but have struggled with lately, but also about reconnecting with a greater sense of flexibility and adaptability. That, in turn, can allow you to capture a greater sense of potential in each step along your journey instead of getting discouraged and letting that discouragement slow you down or hold you back from making the progress you otherwise could have made.

Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Red Oak Leaf for Fostering Unconditional Love
Calcite for Gently Calming the Mind and Stimulating Insights
Honey Calcite for Optimism and Motivational Boost
Rose Quartz for Gentle Kindness to Self and Others
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: EVERYDAY WITCH TAROT
Daily Self Kindness

I went for a hike in the woods today. 

A Different Angle

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

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

The Fablemaker's Tarot - Seven of Wands

Today’s draw is the Seven of Wands, which is traditionally a representation of fighting for one’s beliefs, standing up for one’s principles, and confrontations that challenge one’s values.

The card has then been combined with the Breath of Fire card from the Rethink 120 Learning Cards For Mindful Daily Life, which says, “Exhale rapidly, and inhale through your nose, pumping your belly. Focus on the exhale being active in the inhale being passive.”

When confronted with challenges, sometimes it helps to think outside the box.

For example, where we often see our inhale as being the active part of breathing and the exhale being the passive, in the Breath of Fire exercise we switch up these assumptions, and in the process bring to light a whole different perspective on what is often an involuntary a day-to-day experience.

We can take that same approach with challenges, and in the process experience a completely different perspective that gives us better leverage to understand what’s going on around us and better able to stand our ground as a result.

The message in today’s Seven of Wands and Breathing Techniques card is a reminder that it doesn’t always behoove us to take challenges on head-to-head. Sometimes we need to take a step back and think outside the box in order to stand strong against opposition that we know to be detrimental to us or those things we value.

DECKS USED:  FABLEMAKER’S TAROT (non-lenticular) AND RETHINK 120 LEARNING CARDS FOR MINDFUL DAILY LIFE

One Card Tarot Journal Activity by @mariasofia_astro
Chapter 5 | Entry 15 – Health and Body
Affirmation : “I am strong and capable in mind, body, and spirit.”
Prompt : Belief in your own capabilities beyond the physical. Your personal beliefs can shape how you see yourself and the world. What are you capable of that you don’t currently see or fully appreciate about yourself? Draw a tarot card to discover the answer.

Tarot Activity from The One Card a Day Journal by Maria Sofia Marmanides - The Spacecrafter Tarot - Death card

What feelings came up when I pulled this card?

I had a bit of an “ugh” response when I first saw the Death card show up in reference to this prompt. It’s not an objection to the card or its answer though, but more of a response to the topic of change itself.

The thing is? I know I don’t handle change well. I know, too, that the lessons that are a part of this time in my life involve learning how to better deal with change.

Because of that, the topic comes up a lot at the moment… and that’s where my “ugh” factors in.

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

The Death card is about slow, organic change. It represents letting go of the old so that what’s new can flourish and grow.

I struggle with that process of letting go. I think that a part of this is that I spent so much time striving for stability that once I got some I find myself wanting to hold onto it and protect it at all costs. Unfortunately, that tendency creates unhealthy stagnancy.

Comic Illustration by @emi_boz

What in the artwork spoke to me?

The base of the reaper looks like a tree trunk with broken roots, referencing that “everything is falling apart” feeling that often comes with change.

The pile of bones behind the reaper feels like it speaks on how the change represented in the Death card is gradual. Like a skeleton falling apart one bone at a the instead of all at once. (I just stumbled upon the Emi Boz illustration to the right an hour earlier on IG, and it also came to mind.) Each bone in the Death card seems tossed aside, and there’s always more to take their place.

The reaper’s one big eye wearing a party hat feels like a reminder to celebrate these losses instead of mourning them, speaking of the importance of finding the boon in situations of loss.

My prompt response and reflections.

You can, in fact, handle change without falling apart at the seams. When you learn how to better accept the losses involved and see more easily the positive aspects of these moments when you release something in order for something else to take its place, you will be better equipped to handle change and accept it with grace and open arms.

Other elements included in this reading:
Rose Quartz D20 and D6 Gemstone Dice

DECK USED: THE SPACECASTER MAJOR ARCANA TAROT DECK 2ND EDITION

#DiscordTarotholicsAug2026 Challenge
Prompt for August 30th : Do Spread 2
Question : What the hell did I do to my hand, and what is needed to help it recover?

Tarot Reading with The Fablemaker's Tarot and Twist's Gratitude Postcard Oracle

Reading Summary: First and foremost, the sword in the anchor card very much looks like Rod of Asclepius (the medical staff with the snake). This alone speaks of an actual medical issue that needs tending rather than some sort of reference pain or “in my head” ailment (ie: synesthesia, other pain blowing my perception out of proportion, etc.)

It all started with an uncomfortable position, the Hanged Man reversed sleeps even when in defiance to gravity. His outfit is a color correlation to the sword in the anchor card, speaking of a stiffness ignored during Thursday night’s inability to sleep. The Hanged Man‘s posture is also a connection to the sword in the anchor card through the rigidity of both posture and sword, indicating both stiffness in the injury as well as that patience will be needed for things to ease up.

You tried multiple different positions, each more unsatisfactory than the last. The bright red surrounding the covered cup in the Seven of Cups correlates to the color of the sword in the anchor card, speaking of one of these many positions being the culprit of your current discomfort.

There is also a color connection between the Seven of Cups and Ten of Cups Rx that indicates a need to take care with your sleeping positions going forward to avoid worsening the condition.

Take Away: Although a valid medical issue, the main problem indicated here is stiffness that needs some time to ease up. As with most stiffness, this is an inflammation problem.

You should consult with your sports medicine doctor to set yourself up with a brace or splint, depending on what he thinks would be best, to assist you with your patience as well as to protect the finger from further injury while sleeping. Anti-inflammatories are your friend; take time to find wherever the Diclofenac gel ran off to.

DECK USED: FABLEMAKER’S TAROT (non-lenticular) AND TWIST’S GRATITUDE POSTCARDS ORACLE
Daily Self Kindness

Dug around until I found a tube of Voltaren to use on my finger. It seems to be helping. Much more than my initial try with ibuprofen.

Looking at What’s Hidden

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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 Family Tarot Deck - The High Priestess and Art From the Heart Affirmation Cards

Today’s draw is The High Priestess card, which is traditionally a representation of intuition, secrets, sacred knowledge, mystery, the subconscious mind.

The High Priestess card has then been combined with an affirmation from the Art From the Heart Affirmation Cards, which says, “I am beautiful. I am worthy. I am enough. Always remember that who you are as a gift. There has never been anyone quite like you. Recognize your words, start embracing who you are, and love yourself.”

One of the key elements in my spiritual practice is self discovery and self betterment. Sometimes, that means that I look at some pretty dark, hidden sides of myself and seek to understand them. This allows them to be seen, if only by me, and accepted (even if not allowed to run free.. you know, for the safety of myself and others).

Sometimes, getting to know these secret parts of myself comes with pain, discomfort, and disappointments. At these times, it’s important to not allow those parts to fool me into thinking they are the whole, and thus causing me to look at my entire self in the same light that I do those hidden pieces.

The message in today’s High Priestess card and affirmation is a reminder that we are all made up of parts. Some parts are hidden, and others are put on display. That doesn’t make some of them more valid or acceptable (to you) than the others. It just means the hidden parts are just for you. Give them attention too.

DECKS USED:  THE FAMILY TAROT DECK AND ART FROM THE HEART AFFIRMATION CARDS

@note.project August Journal Prompts
Prompt for August 29th through 31st

Cartomancy Reading with the Holy Shrump Sporelust! Playing Cards

A goal or dream I want to take a small step toward

Ten of Spades – Starting over. Essentially, that’s what I’m in the middle of doing. Rebuilding from the ground up with the pieces left over from the destruction of the past year.

It’s the small steps that I’m struggling with.

What soft intentional living looks like in my everyday life

Seven of Diamonds – Harmony and harvest. Having what I need when I need it instead of feeling the snapping teeth of scarcity (whether real or imagined) always at my heels.

What I want to make more room for in the season ahead

King of Diamonds – I want to make more time for the things that foster a sense of stability in myself, and through that in others as well. It is when I am feeling at my most stable and secure that those around me do too.I like providing that feeling of stability for myself and others both.

Other elements included in this reading:
Dried Purple Heather Flowers for Independence and Luck
Honey Calcite for Optimism and Motivational Boost
Flower Agate for Opening the Mind to New Possibilities
Rose Quartz for Gentle Kindness to Self and Others
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: SPORELUST! HOLY SHRUMP PLAYING CARDS

@lightningildflower‘s August Reflections Challenge
Prompt for August 29th and 30th

Tarot Reading from The Family Tarot Deck

Self-Compassion – How can I practice greater self-compassion?

King of Swords, Faith Rx (The Lovers Rx), The Moon

Take control and direct the narrative where it needs to go when things are feeling hopeless and uncertain.

Giving freedom to unhealthy habits during these times only leads to more uncertainty, creating a cycle that’s then more difficult to break than if you’d stayed on top of those inner narratives and unhealthy behaviors from the start.

Anticipating – What energy do I want to carry into September?

Eight of Cups Rx and Eight of Wands Rx

Slow down, stay, and savor. You want to fix things instead of running from them, even if the effort takes far longer than you’d normally be comfortable with.

Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Parmeliaceae Lichen for a “Breath of Fresh Air”
Gneiss Stone for Patience in Moments of Discomfort
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: THE FAMILY TAROT DECK
Daily Self Kindness

I took a nap in the back of the car on the way back from taking Ms B’s friend to the airport.

The Potential In Adversity

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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.

Fanuna's Tarot - The Hanged Man and The Healing Mantra Deck

Today’s draw is The Hanged Man, which is traditionally a representation of taking a pause, considering alternate perspectives, relaxing into difficult situations, surrender, or letting go.

The Hanged Man card has then been combined with the Honoring Adversity card from The Healing Mantra Deck, which says, “A fire reveals a path of renewed direction once the burning is complete.”

If all you do during unexpected events is try to mitigate their effects and respond to what’s emergent, you are missing out on the opportunity to find how the situation could benefit you.

Even disastrous chaos comes with an aftermath, and within that aftermath new things grow. Instead of trying to turn back time or mitigate damages, sometimes it’s beneficial to look at what’s happening and find the boon.

The message in today’s Hanged Man card and affirmation is a reminder for us not to get so caught up in the moment when things are going awry or adversity arises that we lose track of the potential that that moment holds for us.

DECKS USED:  FANUNA’S TAROT AND THE HEALING MANTRA DECK

#DiscordTarotholicsAug2026 Challenge
Prompt for August 28th and 29th

Tarot Reading with the Femme la Florale Tarot and Riley Sheehey Playing Cards

Where do I need to foster more joy and happiness in life?

Three of Pentacles and Ace of Spades

Cooperation between you and others works best when you are open in your communication with them. This makes for a happier work environment, as well as a more cohesive team relationship between you and the others. Keep in mind that closing yourself off stunts the team as a whole and lowers morale, making life and interactions far more difficult than they need to be.

How can I encourage that joy to flourish in my future?

Death Rx atop Six of Cups; Eight of Hearts

Focus on fostering balance in areas of joy and happiness through building new things together, as opposed to trying to sustain what’s already been done.

Don’t allow your team to rest in stagnancy. Invite new ideas and innovation instead, and share your own with them as well.

Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Oak Branch with Moss and Lichen for Perseverance
Calcite for Gently Calming the Mind and Stimulating Insights
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: FEMME LA FLORALE TAROT

@lightningildflower‘s August Reflections Challenge
Lunar Eclipse in Pisces, Mercury & Sun square Uranus
Prompt for August 28th : How can I embrace change without losing myself?

Tarot Reading with the Fanuna's Tarot

Ten of Wands Rx – Stop taking everything upon your shoulders alone. Put down the burden and let it burn if you need to. You can always pick up the pieces that are left over later on and create something new from them.

Five of Wands – Turn moments of conflict with others into brainstorming opportunities. Let everyone be heard and discuss opinions and options instead of arguing or shutting others down.

Justice Rx – Don’t expect everything to be fair all the time. It’s a part of not being able to please everyone all the time that there’s going to be times someone gets the short end of the stick. Sometimes it will be you, and sometimes you need to let it be someone else.

Other elements included in this reading:
Dried Cedar Bundle for Protection from Negative Influences
Bloodstone for Encouraging Fearlessness
Carnelian Agate for Inner Drive and Focusing On Aspirations
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: FANUNA’S TAROT
Daily Self Kindness

I took my time with my work load today instead of trying to push to get things done more quickly as I usually would.

One Step at a Time

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Today’s meditation was a fifteen minute self-guided visualization session while listening to a loop of Kip Mazuy’s Bird Song track.

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

Otherkin Tarot's Temperance card In This Moment Mindful Affirmation Cards

Today’s draw is the Temperance card, which is traditionally a representation of moderation, balance, slowing down, practicing patience, and can at times represent a connection between the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual.

The Temperance card has then been combined with an affirmation from the In This Moment Mindful Affirmation Cards, which says, “In this moment, I lovingly forgive myself and others.”

It is hard to let go of unreasonable expectations. When you’ve spent the majority of your life pushing yourself to do more and be more every single day, it is hard to let go of that mentality and forgive yourself for doing less.

I feel like in this moment of transition between unreasonable expectation and grounded performance, that the forgiveness should be lain at the feet of the abuse you have done to yourself up to this point by expecting so much more than as reasonable. What I find, though, is that in order to reach that part of myself that has been abused, I first have to forgive myself for “slacking off”.

Yes, I know that it’s not actually slacking off, it’s reevaluation of expectations and being more reasonable in how far we’re willing to push ourselves. But in the moment it does feel like slacking off. And, in my experience, I find that this needs to be forgiven first in order to reach that part of myself abused by previous behavior and find it open to giving forgiveness as well.

The message in today’s Temperance card and affirmation is a reminder that easing up on your expectations of yourself is not a failure. It’s not something frivolous, nor is it slacking off. It’s called self-care… and you need to forgive yourself for needing self-care first and foremost, or the guilt may keep you from being able to make the transition stick.

DECKS USED:  OTHERKIN TAROT AND IN THIS MOMENT MINDFUL AFFIRMATION CARDS

@lightningildflower‘s August Reflections Challenge
Prompt for August 26th and 27th

Tarot Reading with the Fine Line Tarot and Evy Benita's Trading Cards

Clarifying – What confusion is starting to clear?

King of Swords and Oceanic Manta Ray

You’re beginning to see more clearly that you don’t have to be a harsh task master in order to get things done. By focusing on grace, and prioritizing it over blunt force, you are able to get more done and at the same time charm others in the process.

Sun conjunct Mercury – What have I been overthinking lately?

Four of Swords Rx and Ocellate River Ray

You focus far too much upon what you’re not getting done during times of rest and solitude. Even during these times of rest, you aren’t losing full sight of what’s going on around you, so there is no need to be worrying over the things that can take care of themselves for a little while while you recoup.

Other elements included in this reading:
Pressed Pansy Flowers for Hearing the Heart More Clearly
Foraged Parmeliaceae Lichen for a “Breath of Fresh Air”
Desert Rose for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: FINE LINE TAROT AND EVY BENITA TRADING CARDS

#DiscordTarotholicsAug2026 Challenge
Prompt for August 27th : What do I need to focus on for self-care for this month’s full moon?

Tarot Reading with the Otherkin Tarot

Reading Summary: Be kind to yourself (Six of Pentacles) in the face of disappointment (Three of Swords) or discomfort (Five of Pentacles).

Take Away: It’s important to remember that it’s not the end of the world if things don’t go as planned. Give yourself a little bit of grace in these moments instead of beating yourself up for them (as you have been over the past week).

Holding onto these more negative thoughts and perspectives will just get in your way.

Instead of focusing on what went wrong and the potential repercussions that may arise from what went awry (such as scarcity and other hurdles), direct your focus toward bringing things back into balance with a healthy dose of adaptability and forgiveness.

Other elements included in this reading:
Dried Wood Fern for Exorcising Negative Influences
Black Spruce Needles to Boost Self-Confidence and Positive Thinking
Dried Rosebuds for Potential and Beauty Waiting to Unfold
Dried Purple Heather Flowers for Independence and Luck
Rose Quartz for Gentle Kindness to Self and Others
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: OTHERKIN TAROT
Daily Self Kindness

I had peanut butter jelly instead of lasagna leftovers because I didn’t want to have to try and tackle heartburn or acid reflux later.