tarot and psychology

Balancing Stability and Motion

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Today’s meditation was skipped.

The Victorian Romantic Tarot - Four of PentaclesToday’s draw is the Four of Pentacles, which is traditionally a representation of stability and security in the areas of finance, resources, hearth and home, health, and manifestations. It’s about conservation of resources and creating a sense of security by having what one needs.

The imagery in this card feels like a reminder that even in areas of stability and security, we need a little bit of balance.  Too much… and we end up weighed down and stagnating… too little and there’s no stability at all.

The card today is a reminder that you need motion as well as stability… it’s not an either-or situation.  Rather, it’s important to have a balance of stillness and movement.  Don’t get so focused on stability that you forget and end up weighed down.

DECK USED:  THE VICTORIAN ROMANTIC TAROT

@the_mystic_star February Tarot Challenge Prompt
Question for February 12th : How can I heal myself so that I am able to increase the love I have for myself?

Fairytale Oracle CardsLittle Red-Cap – Trust is the key to any good relationship. It’s hard to find other people to trust, but you should be able to trust yourself without question. Remember that your inner child was betrayed a great deal. You have the opportunity and ability to restore their trust in you, but you need to stand up to those negative inner narratives in order to show them that you intend to protect them from those harsher parts of yourself earned from your past.

The Frog Prince – Integrity is what is used to create trust. That includes the trust between your adult self and your inner child mentioned above. Be honest with yourself, and honest with your inner child. Change is not easy, but it’s important to make it clear that you’re trying.

How King Midas Lost His Ears – Intention is the glue that makes the changes you want to make stick within your life. Intention and willpower make those things you want to change become a part of the future instead of just the whims of the moment.

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#DiscordTarotholicsFeb2023 Challenge Prompt
Questions for February 13th and 14th

The Victorian Romantic Tarot - Ace of Swords, King of Swords, Five of Swords, Queen of CupsIn what moments do you connect most strongly with your true self?

Ace of Swords and King of Swords – You often connect most strongly with your true self when you are thinking clearly and executing a plan. Strategy in motion allows you to really shine.

How can you foster a more constant connection with your true self?

Five of Swords and Queen of Cups – Give yourself a break when things go awry. By doing this, you provide yourself with a form of emotional stability that you would otherwise miss out on.

DECK USED: THE VICTORIAN ROMANTIC TAROT

Daily Self Kindness

This is another catch-up post, and I cannot remember what I might have done as a self-kindness for the day.

Adventures Away From Home

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Today’s meditation was skipped.

Golden Age of Romance Comics TarotToday’s draw is the Sun card, which is traditionally a representation of happiness and joy, success, fun, and taking pleasure in the little things. In the tarot, the Sun card is the awakening to light’s reassurance after the confusion and uncertainty found in the Moon card.

The imagery in today’s card reminds me of the exercise that I did after the holiday rush this year. Not the whole romanticism in the card’s imagery, but the fact that these two have stepped -away- from the world of responsibility and normal life to do something fun and different, without those influences to push guilt upon them.

The card pulled today is a reminder that it’s okay to cut loose and have a little fun sometimes… and there are times when it’s especially important to do so -away- from your day-to-day environment.

DECK USED:  GOLDEN AGE OF ROMANCE COMICS TAROT

@the_mystic_star February Tarot Challenge Prompt
Questions for February 8th thru 11th

Price of Love OracleWhat card symbolizes the love I have for myself?

Know Your Worth – It is through knowing your own worth that you find the value and confidence needed to love yourself.  You have been taught you must earn love, and even in yourself there are many times when this pattern continues.

How can I increase the love I have for myself?

Detachment – Disconnect with past lessons that have devalued you in the past.  You’re seeking new ways forward and in order to invite them into your life, you have to let go of the past mistreatment.

How can I improve my relationship with myself?

Sparks – Give yourself the chance to have a bit more fun, and to do things that make you smile and spark a feeling of excitement for you. You spend far too much time serious.

How can I reduce the barriers to loving myself?

Follow Your Heart – Instead of putting up roadblocks to your happiness and the love that you can connect with in others, allow yourself to open up.  It’s okay to be vulnerable.

Advice on this topic from Amalthea.

Grief & Sadness – Take this advice to heart, even when you’re not feeling at your best.

DECK USED: PRICE OF LOVE ORACLE

Daily Self Kindness

This is a catch-up post, and I cannot remember what I might have done as a self-kindness for the day.

The Gratitude Postcards Oracle Set

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The Gratitude Postcards Oracle Set

I had someone ask me the other day what the “Gratitude Postcards Oracle Set” is that I sometimes use in my readings. I figured it was something others might find interesting. So here it is!

Essentially, this is a collection of postcards, art prints, and other thank you notes that I have collected over the years from kickstarter deck campaigns, indie deck purchases, etc. It bothered me that they were all just sitting around and not being used in some way, and I couldn’t bring myself to throw them away.

So now, I cut them all down to the same size, round the corners, and put them all together to use as a deck of cards for readings. The deck is ever-expanding as new thank you cards and prints come in.

The Gratitude Postcards Oracle Set

The box is currently just a handmade box, but I’m looking for something more permanent and fitting. I just haven’t found it yet.

I currently have about 200 of them, perhaps a bit over that now. I often use them in a type of reading that I call an “anchor card” reading, where I use the postcard as the anchor, and use connections in the imagery between the post card and the other tarot or oracle cards I pull to do the reading itself.

The Gratitude Postcards Oracle Set

Providing Comfort and Stability

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Today’s meditation was skipped.

Cats of Aux Tarot - Ten of PentaclesToday’s draw is the Ten of Pentacles, which is traditionally a representation of accomplishments and abundance, and sharing that abundance with those around you.

The image in today’s card feels like a reminder that sometimes providing stability doesn’t come from providing for others. It doesn’t have to be about rent or money. Sometimes it’s about comfort and environment, contact and care.

Support and stability comes in all kinds. You may not be able to always give great gifts or help out financially, but you provide a sense of comfort, safety, and stability to a lot of people. Sometimes, that’s even more valuable than anything you could accomplish with monetary means.

DECK USED:  CATS OF ARX TAROT

@Lionharts #TheFebruaryTarot Queen of Cups Challenge Prompt
Questions for February 10th and 11th

Romantic Tarot, Fated Oracle, and Voie de la Découverte IntérieureWhat are my three best personality traits?

Seven of  Swords – Your ability to know what’s right for you. Peer pressure and indecisiveness are very rarely an issue for you because you follow your gut on what’s right for you, and leave behind what isn’t.

Nine of Cups – Your constant seeking of satiation. This trait often pushes you too hard, but at the same time? It ensures that you are always moving towards something good and seeking out what will make you happy.

Knight of Pentacles – Your determination to keep going. Your willingness to try new things, and keep trying, even when it feels like it’s taking longer than you’d like to get where you want to go.

How am I guided to use them?

All three of the cards in this part of the exercise speak of your romantic relationship with your partner and how to use these qualities in that relationship. (My brain was on him and it skewed the reading, and I decided to just go with it.)

Sexual Chemistry – Just as mentioned above.  You found what works for you and go with it, discarding what doesn’t as nothing more than things that aren’t of interest.  There’s no pressure to do things you don’t, and if there was, you wouldn’t stand for it.

Karmic Relationship – So many times, people think of “karmic” as being something bad, and yet in your case it is just the opposite. Through your skills at appreciating what works for you and willingness to seek it out. You are also willing to share that goodness with others, and through sharing, you also receive.

Sacred Friendship – Others are here to support you so that you do not have to push yourself so hard. They can assist you in staying at a steady pace instead of constantly trying to force yourself to move faster and get more done on your own. These friendships are sacred, not for what they can do for you… but for the caring and support that goes both ways in the process.

How can I nurture my passions today?

Don’t hold yourself back from the things you want (Résistance). Instead, allow them to fill you up (Lumière) and sate you from the inside out (Amour). You hold yourself back as a form of self-punishment.  Instead, nurture your passions by leaning into those things that light you up, warm your heart, and make you happy.

DECK USED: ROMANTIC TAROT, FATED ORACLE, VOIE DE LA DÉCOUVERTE INTÉRIEURE

#DiscordTarotholicsFeb2023 Challenge Prompt
Questions for February 9th thru 11th

Cats of Aux Tarot - King of Cups, Five of Cups, Five of Wands, The FoolWhat is one of your most positive qualities?

Five of Cups – This card encourages you to see your natural inclination towards pessimism as a positive quality. It allows you to not be taken by surprise when unpleasant things happen, and helps you in being prepared for the future.

How can you help the positive quality flourish in your life?

King of Cups – In order for this quality to remain positive, you need to have the guidance of somebody who can identify when it is going into a negative space and effecting you emotionally, and is there to help keep you on a more positive track in its usage. Gideon often fills this role for you.

What is one of your least positive qualities?

The Fool – Sometimes you enthusiastically dive into things without thinking them through first. This often ends up with you feeling overwhelmed when you later find yourself with too much on your plate at once.

How can you utilize the least positive quality to your benefit?

Five of Wands – That enthusiasm has the ability to stir others up into a passion, if you share it with them, instead of putting it all on your own shoulders. They may go about adding their help and energy to the cause in different ways than you’re used to, just make sure you’re open to those differences.

DECK USED: CATS OF ARX TAROT

Daily Self Kindness

This is a catch-up post, and I don’t remember what I might have done as a self-kindness on this day.

The Forgotten Cartomancy Reading

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The prompt for this reading came from one of my Discord servers and is as follows: “Let’s talk to our divination tool of choice about what we’ve forgotten!”

Urban Legends Playing CardsWhat have I forgotten that needs remembering at this time?

Three of Diamonds and Seven of Spades – Working together is the way forward, and not something to be moving away from right now. Just because the holiday rush is over doesn’t mean that they don’t still want to help, or that you don’t still need that help that they’re offering.

What do I need to forget about that I’m holding onto?

King of Swords and Queen of Hearts – Rigidity and a sharp tongue is not nurturing. If you want give yourself the support that you need, you can’t be harsh with yourself all the time.  Soften the tone of your inner voice and give yourself some comfort and support instead.

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Novices and Potential

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Today’s meditation was skipped.

Spiritual Tarot - Page of PentaclesToday’s draw is the Page of Pentacles, which is traditionally a representation of a receptive omega energy, personality, or person in the area of one’s finances, resources, health, home,and manifestations. This can often translate into themes that have to do with learning new skills for work, new or resurfacing opportunities in one’s finances or resources, learning how to thrive with a handicap or disability, or recovery from illness.

This particular soldier does not look particularly thrilled, prepared, or… well, okay. He looks like a bit of an idiot actually, from the expression on his face.

We are all idiots sometimes. Especially when in the midst of trying something new. This guy is not war hardened, nor particular ready to go… but he has potential. And that is what today’s card is about. Potential.

The message in today’s card is that it’s okay to look like an idiot when learning something new. It’s a part of the process.

DECK USED:  SPIRITUAL TAROT

#DiscordTarotholicsFeb2023 Challenge Prompt
Question for February 8th: Philosophical Question – Why do people fear failure, even though they learn and grow from their mistakes?

The Path of the Illuminated Soul OracleReading Summary: Because change is hard (The Wind Chime), especially when combined with the fear that one’s failure may corrupt something good in their lives (The Snake In the Grass).

Take Away: Sometimes when we mess up or fail at something, it can have the potential to roll downhill and mess up other things in our lives. That “collateral damage” can be painful and very destructive.

Fear of this happening combined with the struggle concerning the changes that can be wrought often make it hard to just accept failure, even when it’s a part of the learning process.

DECK USED: THE PATH OF THE ILLUMINATED SOUL ORACLE

@Lionharts #TheFebruaryTarot Queen of Cups Challenge Prompt
Questions for February 7th thru 9th

Spiritual Tarot - Ace of Pentacles, Queen of Pentacles, The Emperor, Seven of Cups, Eight of PentaclesWhat practical advice can you offer me about my current path or journey?

Eight of Pentacles – The more time and attention you put into honing your skills, the more skilled you become. You can do anything your heart desires if you are willing to put the time and attention into it that it needs.

Where should I follow my intuition?

The Emperor – Being a leader means that you do things your own way and guide others in the process. Allow your intuition to be the key to what “your own way” entails.

Why is this important for me?

Seven of Cups – This is important because there are a lot of choices out there and sometimes they all seem like good ones. Your intuition can help you sort the wheat from the chaff.

What can I be grateful for about my life today?

Queen of Pentacles – You have those in your life that provide for you a sense of support, security, and stability… and those that you provide this for as well. It gives you a sense of “place” in this world.

How has this helped me?

Ace of Pentacles – It allows you to open up to opportunity when it presents itself in ways that would be a struggle previously.

DECK USED: SPIRITUAL TAROT

@thetarotprofessor Self Love Challenge Prompt
Questions for February 10th

The Path of the Illuminated Soul OracleI am worthy of happiness because…

The Pocket Watch – …we all are. We are all worthy of  happiness, and need it as we move upon our life’s path. It is a part of what life is all about, and although it is not a constant state that we can have all time time, it is one that is sprinkled along the path for us to discover and enjoy along the way.

What can I start saying yes to in order to claim my happiness?

The Universal Healer – Smiles, laughter, and fun. Lean into optimism and positivity even when your natural inclinations are pulling hard in the other direction.

DECK USED: THE PATH OF THE ILLUMINATED SOUL ORACLE

Daily Self Kindness

Ahhhh this is a catch-up post, and I cannot remember what it was that I did for a self-kindness on this day.