These Card of the Day readings are a mental health exercise (suggested by my shrink) used to help counterbalance my natural tendency toward pessimism, negative inner narratives, and depression. The request posed to the cards is, “A positive message to carry with me throughout my day and foster perspective.”
November 27
Today’s meditation was skipped.
Page of Cups – “Every time you thought life would defeat you, you were wrong.” The Page of Cups is about creativity and self expression. It’s about the emotions and learning how to connect with them as well as with others. Today, it’s a reminder that your emotions are not insignificant, and that it harms you and your outlook on the world when you try to bury them. This doesn’t mean that you have to sink in and wallow in them, especially when those emotions may not be all that positive… but it means you need to be open to learning how to better acknowledge them instead of trying to push them away.
DECK USED: TAROT OF UNKNOWN SHADOWS AND CHRISTMAS AFFIRMATION CARDS
November 28
Today’s meditation was ten minutes long, and was one of the Daily Calm sessions from the Calm app. Its topic was self consideration.
The meditation session pointed out how thoughts of self-judgement, berating ourselves, and telling ourselves we are not enough in our self-talk aren’t things we would say to others. It spoke of self-compassion involving creating a space within ourselves free of judgement where we can respond to our frustrations and failures with kindness and care. It finished with a reminder that when your inner voice starts in with criticisms, to counter them with love.
Nine of Pentacles – “You are doing enough. It’s going to be okay.” Stop pushing the narrative of how much you have to do and are lacking, and instead pay attention to how far you’ve come and how much you’ve accomplished. Celebrate your wins… even the small ones. Don’t let them go by unacknowledged.
Twisting the Leaf 