tarot and psychology

Fun and Games

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Today’s meditation was skipped.

Granny's Postcards Tarot - Page of CupsToday’s draw is the Page of Cups, which is traditionally a representation of a receptive omega energy, personality, or person in the area of one’s emotions, relationships, creativity, and intuition. This often translates into themes that have to do with the resurfacing of old relationships, delving in to explore new creative endeavors, and the growth of one’s emotional intelligence.

In the imagery of today’s card, the fisherman is off-balance, and there’s a risk that the fish he’s caught on that fishing line is going to pull him right into the water. He might be having a good time, but there is a level of danger here.

I’ve been a little stressed over the last few days about the performance of my business over this valentine season. Sales have been very slow compared to usual at this time of year, and that brings up lots of worries and lots of imagination on what could be going wrong, and how my business could be affected long-term.

The message in today’s card is to take care not to let your emotions and imagination run away with you.

CrowSister’s #DeckStudyTenTrueWords Prompt
Prompt: Distill your reading of the card to your ten truest words.

It’s all Fun and Games
until things begin
going awry

DECK USED:  GRANNY’S POSTCARDS TAROT

Daily Self Kindness

I decided to give myself a bit of a break for a few days and just do the card of the day pull instead of all the challenge questions I usually do.

Obstacles, Not Roadblocks

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Runic Tarot - Four of PentaclesToday’s draw is the Four of Pentacles, which is traditionally a representation of stability, grounded energies, stagnant control, miserly behavior, and conservation of resources or funds.

Well, that ship isn’t going anywhere.

Here in this card we see a figure that has become stranded. They sure as hell aren’t going to be sailing away any time soon, and thus the stand on the shore, stuck and stagnant because their ship is no longer available to them.

The message in today’s card is about looking at where you have been stymied by events beyond your control, and how you can roll with these punches instead of remaining stuck in place as the world moves on around you.

CrowSister’s #DeckStudyTenTrueWords Prompt
Prompt: Distill your reading of the card to your ten truest words.

Missteps happen…
Don’t allow cement boots to dry
Keep moving

DECK USED:  RUNIC TAROT

Lionharts’ #TheJanuaryTarot 2023 Year of Evolution Challenge Prompt
Question for January 24th: Where or in what area can my strengths help manifest my best 2023? (Draw a card for each strength card you drew.)

The Witching Hour OracleIngwaz – Transform – By allowing yourself the space to grow and time to do it in its own time, you allow yourself the freedom to grow without hindrance and come out the other side whole instead of “half baked”.

Dagaz – Explore – Moments of epiphany and your ability to quickly grasp new concepts and roll with them allows you the freedom to explore more fully the world around you and new pathways available to you on  your journey.

Kenaz – Purification – Your curiosity and creativity allow the waters of life to flow around you and continue to purify themselves instead of becoming stagnant and rancid. This constant shifting keeps life interesting, clearing out the old and the boring for fresh perspectives again and again.

DECK USED: THE WITCHING HOUR ORACLE

#DiscordTarotholicsJan2023 Challenge Prompt
Question for January 24th: Global Belly Laugh Day – What can you do today to bring more laughter into your life?

Runic Tarot - Queen of Wands, The Fool, Queen of CupsReading Summary: Put down your ambitions and motivations (Queen of Wands Rx). Throw caution to the wind to have a little fun (The Fool), and it will help both yourself and others take your minds off your stressors (Queen of Cups raising her cup to The Fool).

Take Away: Laughter makes the heart happy and healthy, and allowing yourself some carefree time to indulge in fun with others is the best way to make sure you are getting the laughter you need.

Set aside your worries and responsibilities and play the fool now and then.  It allows others to see the lighter side of your nature, and gives you the stress relief you need to return to your responsibilities reinvigorated.

DECK USED: RUNIC TAROT

Daily Self Kindness

I rode on the lumber cart today instead of walking around the hardware store so that my ankle wouldn’t act up any more than it already is.

Don’t Wanna Know Lenormand Reading

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Blue Night Lenormand

Something you left behind.

Lily and Coffin – You have made peace with your loss of the loved one that passed recently. There was some guilt over your atypical grieving process and how others might perceive it, but you processed through it well and have moved past it.

Something you’re doing now.

Mice and Bear – Undermining authority figures is not usually your style, but desperate times call for desperate measures. There’s a good chance this isn’t going to turn out how you want, but no one can fault you for trying.

How you’re living honestly.

Broom and Stork – You are willing to look at those things you don’t like about yourself and work on them.  This process requires an acceptance of your flaws, for only when you can accept that there’s a problem can you begin the long process of transformation and healing.

DECK USED: BLUE NIGHT LENORMAND

Ideas and Inspiration

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Today’s meditation was skipped.

Stitchery Witchery Tarot - King of SwordsToday’s draw is the King of Needles (Swords), which is traditionally a representation of a projective alpha energy, personality, or person in the area of one’s thoughts, intellect, education, ambitions, and communication.

The man sews by hand in neat stitches, radiance glowing from his head as he works.  This is clearly something he does often and well, and yet the radiance around the head also indicates that there is more here.  Ideas and inspiration flowing freely and ready to be applied to his work.   Others think he is brilliant for a reason… because he is able to translate those sparks of inspiration into something beautiful.

Where in your life to you transform ideas into something beautiful?  For me, it’s in my work with jewelry.  Today’s card asks us to look at these activities and allow inspiration to flow freely.  Don’t choke it up with worries or nay-saying… allow it to flow into a process that might bring those ideas to life for all to see and admire.

CrowSister’s #DeckStudyTenTrueWords Prompt
Prompt: Distill your reading of the card to your ten truest words.

Before manifestation
breathes its first breath
comes ideas
and inspiration

DECK USED:  STITCHERY WITCHERY TAROT

Lionharts’ #TheJanuaryTarot 2023 Year of Evolution Challenge Prompt
Question for January 23rd: What are my current biggest strengths? Draw up to 3 cards.

Runic Odyssey Oracle Pocket EditionIngwaz – Your openness to growth and willingness to let that develop at its own speed. Patience isn’t one of your strong suits, but the fact that you’re willing to try and let things develop at their own speed provides you with a potential for growth you wouldn’t otherwise have.

Dagaz – Your ability to seize upon moments of realization and epiphany and adapt with them rather than allowing them to create blockages and hurdles. By being able to adapt more freely when these “epiphany moments” appear, you continue to evolve rather than growing stagnant.

Kenaz – You are clever and intelligent, and you use these qualities in ways that create a spark of inspiration for your creativity to flourish. This allows creativity to be a part of your life in a variety of aspects and incarnations rather than one or two, and with each creative endeavor you pursue and experience you garner, your skills and abilities continue to grow.

DECK USED: THE RUNIC ODYSSEY ORACLE POCKET EDITION

#DiscordTarotholicsJan2023 Challenge Prompt
Question for January 23rd: Measure Your Feet Day – Who in your life could you understand better by putting yourself in their shoes?

Stitchery Witchery TarotReading Summary: Ms B (Queen of Buttons… literally) could be understood better by looking at things from (The Hanged Man) a more emotionally anchoring and supportive role (King of Chalices).

Take Away: She is full of feels… so many that she doesn’t know what to do with them all.  By putting yourself in her shoes, you are better able to see what she needs and provide that for her.

This, in turn, is healthier for you because you won’t feel like you are jumping through hoops and getting nowhere. It will provide you direction and allow you to offer help where it is needed instead of expending time and energy where it is not.

DECK USED: STITCHERY WITCHERY TAROT

Daily Self Kindness

This is a catch-up post, and I can’t remember what my self kindness might have been on this day.

Unexpected Mercy Moments

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oday’s meditation was skipped.

Mystic Gnome Tarot - Queen of PentaclesToday’s draw is the Queen of Pentacles, which is traditionally a representation of a receptive alpha energy, personality, or person in the area of one’s finances, resources, home, health, manifestations, and the physical world. This often translates into a supportive or nurturing energy or entity in the areas of one’s health, home, and financial responsibilities.

Sugar Daddy.  Yeah, it’s a bit of a strange interpretation for the Queen of Pentacles, and yet… somehow, it fits.

This question asks what do the authority figures in your life allow you to get away with?  And why? Did you get pulled over and get by with only a warning instead of a ticket?  Do something at work that should have gotten you fired but it only earned you a talking to?  What is it you’ve managed to step away from unscathed due to the mercy of the authority figure you thought was going to skin you alive… but instead showed you a hint of humanity?

Take some time to consider these circumstances in your life and why they turned out as they did.  Did the experience help to humanize the authority figure in question?  Do you look at them differently now?  Is that a good thing?  Or is it just confusing?

DECK USED:  MYSTIC GNOME TAROT

Lionharts’ #TheJanuaryTarot 2023 Year of Evolution Challenge Prompt
Questions for January 22nd

Druid Wisdom CardsWhat is left underutilized that could help me attract good things?

The Hermit’s Home and Ritual of Water – Clean your damned house or get a housekeeper in to do it. As much as you hate housework, putting it off just results in a situation that aggravates both you and your allergies.

How am I asked to utilize this dormant energy, strength, or skill?

Welsh Waters and Stone of Memories – See it as a self care exercise in grounding and centering your energies. Everything feels a little bit better when your environment is at its best.  It’s time to move back into that feeling instead of trying to ignore that it’s something you need.

DECK USED: DRUID WISDOM CARDS

#DiscordTarotholicsJan2023 Challenge Prompt
Topic for January 22nd: Do Spread 2
Question: What can I do at this time to work at heading off the encroaching depression?

Mysterium Cards and the Mystic Gnome TarotAwareness is key (Anchor card).

There is a color coordination between the darkness in the anchor card, and the cloak that the Five of Cups wears, as well as in the raging lion in the Strength card. This speaks of not allowing yourself to fall into the darkness by entertaining your natural pessimism. It has the ability to influence you if you let it.

There is also a color connection and a radiant lightness in the right hand side of the anchor card, which contains the windows and the book, and in the Seven of Wands. This indicates a need to lean into the light, and rely on what you have learned to keep you from falling into that dark pit. You’ve experienced the benefits of focusing on optimism firsthand, and now it’s time to use that experience to keep depression’s darkness at bay.

DECK USED: MYSTIC GNOME TAROT AND THE ART OF PIXAR POSTCARD SET

Daily Self Kindness

This is a catch-up post, and I can’t remember what my self kindness might have been on this day.

The Path to Now

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IMG_E0418Today’s meditation was ten minutes long, and was one of the #DailyCalm sessions from the Calm app.  This meditation focused on vulnerability, and how being vulnerable does not make you weak, but rather it makes you strong.

Vulnerability is often a choice, and when you choose to be vulnerable and show your true self, it can be terrifying.  Courage, is not the absence of fear, but rather moving forward bravely despite the fear you feel.  And thus, choosing to allow vulnerability in your life becomes a strength… never a weakness.

Lord of the Rings Tarot - Nine of RingsToday’s draw is the Nine of Rings (Pentacles), which is traditionally a representation of wealth and accomplishments, gratitude and comfort, and the pleasure of having done well for oneself. This is a solitary pleasure, that moment of adjustment where you are doing well but are not yet comfortable to the point you are then ready to share the wealth (which comes later on in the Ten of Pentacles).

Today, I see the arrival of this card as my daily pull as a reminder to be grateful for all that has been accomplished.  Sometimes, when business is slow, it can be hard to be grateful or acknowledge how far you’ve come, too focused on how far you still want to go.

This card is a reminder that its important to appreciate what came before and how you’ve done, how far you’ve come.  Don’t always be looking ahead to what’s next… sometimes it’s important to be present in the moment instead.

CrowSister’s #DeckStudyTenTrueWords Prompt
Prompt: Distill your reading of the card to your ten truest words.

Acknowledge and appreciate
the journey already taken
and accomplishments achieved

DECK USED:  LORD OF THE RINGS TAROT

Lionharts’ #TheJanuaryTarot 2023 Year of Evolution Challenge Prompt
Question for January 21st: In what area can honoring my true self help me manifest the best?

In2it Angel OracleNuriel – Honoring your true self can help you to connect more strongly to your spiritual path and the practices that are a part of that journey.

Zadkiel – Honoring your true self can help you to accept your limitations and adjust to them instead of punishing yourself for them.

Gabrielle – Honoring your true self can help you to continue to explore your new awareness of (and connection with) your spirit guides and Amalthea.

Take Away: By honoring your true self, you allow yourself a  closer connection with your spiritual path and the divine.  You give yourself the support needed to explore new paths, and to know which ones are right for you… and which ones aren’t.

DECK USED: THE IN2IT ANGEL ORACLE

#DiscordTarotholicsJan2023 Challenge Prompt
Question for January 21st: What do you need to focus on for self-care for this new moon?

Lord of the Rings Tarot - Ten of Rings, Four of Rings, Five of WandsReading Summary: Remember that stability (Ten of Rings) and security (Four of Rings) looks different for everyone (Five of Wands).

Take Away: What works for you isn’t always going to work for everyone else, and what makes you feel safe and stable often won’t be the same for everyone else either.

For self care this new moon, make sure that you are focusing on what -you- need, and let other people deal with their own needs in this area.  You don’t have to be the provider of stability for everyone… just focus on your needs and the rest will take care of itself in its own time. If there are those in your life that rock the boat about it?  Then they’re being selfish and need to focus on fulfilling those needs for themselves instead of expecting you to do it for them.

DECK USED: LORD OF THE RINGS TAROT

Daily Self Kindness

This is a catch-up post, and I can’t remember what my self kindness might have been on this day.