tarot for self care

The Cold and Calculating Mindset

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Today’s meditation was skipped.

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The @GlitterbyInk #JuneMessenger26 Challenge
Message From My Spirit Guide Prompt for June 12th : Vision
Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.

Botanica Tarot Full Bloom Edition - King of Swords

Today’s draw is the King of Swords (Camellia), 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. This often translates into themes that have to do with someone that has a way with words and is able to use those skills to lead others to their way of thinking, as well as those that are in authority on intellectual topics such as professors, doctors, etc.

Cut out what stands in the way of you fulfilling your ambitions.

Sometimes, when going after our ambitions, we have to view the world around us with a cold kind of clarity that allows us to cut out sentimentality and other obstacles that may get in the way to the end goal.

This kind of cold calculation and determination is often how we get the things done that are really important to us. At the same time, it is also important to remember not to reside within this type of headspace too long, for it can begin to sap away at your humanity and compassion.

The message in today’s King of Swords and the “vision” prompt is a reminder that cold determination has its place and is an excellent tool to get done something that you need or want to achieve. It is not, however, something that is healthy to adopt full-time. Doing so blocks out the “good stuff” that life has to offer, which may hinder you from discovering new goals and ambitions to pursue.

DECK USED:  BOTANICA TAROT FULL BLOOM EDITION

One Card Tarot Journal Activity by @mariasofia_astro
Chapter 2 | Entry 20 – Title
Affirmation : “I love love in all its forms and iterations.”
Prompt : Love has many definitions. It means many different things to many different people. What does it mean to you? Draw a card to help guide your reflection.

Tarot Activity from The One Card a Day Journal by Maria Sofia Marmanides - Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Tarot - The Lovers card

What feelings came up when I pulled this card?

My first reaction when The Lovers card came out was a sardonic “how apropos” type of dry humor. After all, what other card would be more fitting to this prompt?

I then turned more contemplative.

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

The Lovers card has a couple of different meanings, and since I have a variety of different thoughts and feelings about love, this is pretty accurate in my case.

This card often represents connection, unity, and contractual obligation. It is commitment to another, and it’s sometimes considered the “marriage card” for this reason.

The Lovers card also often has to do with making the choices that are right for you, rather than the ones that are expected of you. This is more of a Marseille tarot interpretation, but I have a tendency to often blend that tradition with regular Rider Waite Smith.

That blend between both traditions is where I personally land in my own feelings concerning love.

What in the artwork spoke to me?

I like how in this card the two figures are back to back. It feels like each is giving the other space to really connect with their heart, represented by the woman holding her flowers to her heart, and hear what their heart has to say prior to making a commitment to be together.

Above, the cupid has his bow drawn, but he has yet to loose his arrow, giving the two figures the space that they need to sort out what their heart desires as well, and if the step they are about to take is going to be a good fit for them.

My prompt response and reflections.

When you blend the Marseille and RWS traditions of tarot, as mentioned above, what you come up with is that the obligations, contracts, unions, and commitments that you decide to commit to in life should be those that fit you personally rather than something you are doing just to fulfill expectation.

We love who we love, regardless of what others expect from us, and sometimes regardless of what we expect from ourselves. Our hearts have a mind of their own. They can’t be reasoned with by our brain, and like all emotions, logic plays no role here. Our hearts encourage us to gravitate towards those things that are a right fit for us, regardless of expectations to the contrary.

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

DECK USED: DEMON SLAYER KIMETSU NO YAIBA TAROT

The @lightningwildflower June Inner Journey Challenge
Prompts for June 9th through 12th

Tarot Reading from the Botanica Tarot Full Bloom Edition

Venus conjunct Jupiter: How is abundance, joy, or love expanding in my life?

Page of Pentacles / Daisies – You are learning how to take things slower and appreciate the present more, rather than always rushing towards the next thing that needs to be done. In doing so, you enjoy more of the world around you, and this opens you up to experiencing more joy and abundance in your life.

Mercury square Saturn: What mental pattern is limiting me, and how can I shift it?

King of Pentacles Rx / Oak – Remember that stability is not created through stagnation. Too often, bracing in stillness feels like the stability that you’re looking for. In truth, though, all it’s doing is causing stagnation and knocking things further out of balance. True stability comes from being able to bend and flex with the winds in a storm like a tree and its branches.

Soften: How can I soften my inner critic?

High Priestess / Elderflower – You know the sound of the difference between truth and deception, including when it resides within your own inner voice. You also have a tendency to lean in to self abuse.

When your inner critic comes roaring to the surface, it’s important to pause and remember to seek out truth rather than what is convenient or self-depreciating.

Your familiarity with self-destructive narratives mean that you find it easy to accept negative inner talk without thought or consideration. The High Priestess and elderflower combo reminds you to connect with your inner nurturer and intuition to help you soften those narratives into something that rings true… instead of familiar but damaging.

Balance: What would emotional balance look like today?

King of Swords / Camilla atop Four of Cups / Pitcher Plant – Take care not to get sucked into emotional upheaval. It’s okay if you seem a little cold on the outside today, as it will help you stay balanced on the inside.

Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Oak Branch with Moss and Lichen for Perseverance
Scots Pine Cone for Purging Negative Influences
Dried Cedar Bundle for Protection from Negative Influences
Conch Shell Knot for Concentration, Clarity, and Determination
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED:  BOTANICA TAROT FULL BLOOM EDITION
Daily Self Kindness

This is a catch up post, and I’m not entirely sure what the self kindness was for this day.

Finding the Positive for June 9 – 11

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Star Wars Tarot, 78 Shades of Orange Tarot, and Masters of the Universe Tarot

June 9 – Mental Health Card of the Day

Today’s meditation was skipped.

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The @GlitterbyInk #JuneMessenger26 Challenge
Message From My Spirit Guide Prompt for June 9 : Endurance
Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.

Today’s draw is the Two of Swords, which is traditionally a representation of crossroads, difficult decisions, needing more information, seeking inward for answers, weighing one’s options, and sometimes avoidance.

I have an elderly friend in my life that is extremely stubborn. The moment someone looks at her (in her late 70s) and tells her that she can’t do something because of her age or physical condition, etc? She immediately goes into opposition mode and has to prove them wrong. To the point that I’ve personally had to train myself to say “I’d prefer you didn’t do that alone” rather than “you can’t”.

That’s the thing about getting old, yeah? It’s not that the elderly can’t do the things that younger people do, but rather that it costs them a lot more to do them and is far more dangerous due to the risk of brittle bones and easy injuries. Their endurance and resilience has taken a hit, but the determination is still there… especially when their pride or stubbornness is triggered.

The message in today’s Two of Swords and “endurance” prompt is a reminder that just because we can do something doesn’t necessarily mean that you should. It’s important to not let pride and stubbornness push us into doing things that might be better done by others… or at least better served by asking for help.

DECK USED: STAR WARS TAROT

June 10 – Mental Health Card of the Day

Today’s meditation was skipped.

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The @GlitterbyInk #JuneMessenger26 Challenge
Message From My Spirit Guide Prompt for June 10 : Transform
Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.

Today’s draw is the King of Wands, which is traditionally a representation of a projective alpha energy, personality, or person in the area of one’s passions, drive, determination, principles, values, and willpower. The King of Wands often indicates themes that have to do with leadership figures or authority figures with the ability to rally others to their causes and draw them in to their own values, principles, and passions.

Careful how you use the power you wield. Your enthusiasm can be a boon or a detriment, and the only way to make sure that the former (boon) doesn’t transform into the later (detriment) is through mindful awareness of the effects of you words and actions have upon the world around you and those in it.

The message in today’s King of Wands and the “transform” prompt is a reminder that our inspiration and passion can transform the world around us. For that reason, it’s important to make sure we are careful where we allow our passions and inspiration to lead us, as well as those that join us.

DECK USED: 78 SHADES OF ORANGE TAROT

June 11 – Mental Health Card of the Day

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The @GlitterbyInk #JuneMessenger26 Challenge
Message From My Spirit Guide Prompt for June 11 : Wisdom
Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.

Today’s draw is the King of Wands, which is traditionally a representation of a projective alpha energy, personality, or person in the area of one’s passions, drive, determination, principles, values, and willpower. The King of Wands often indicates themes that have to do with leadership figures or authority figures with the ability to rally others to their causes and draw them in to their own values, principles, and passions.

Passion isn’t enough. Anyone can be motivated by their passions, and can rally others to their cause with that passion and inspiration. The thing is, though, that passion just isn’t enough to lead well. Lead… yes; but to lead well also requires wisdom.

The message in today’s King of Swords and the “wisdom” prompt is a reminder that leadership is more than just being at the front of the line that everyone else follows behind. It means taking the time to consider how your leadership affects others, and how it can either lift them up or beat them down. Leadership is absolutely about passion and inspiration, but the best leaders mix wisdom into the process to ensure all under their leadership are well and fulfilled along the way.

DECK USED: MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE TAROT

Ancestral Knowledge

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The @GlitterbyInk #JuneMessenger26 Challenge
Message From My Spirit Guide Prompt for June 8th : Resilience
Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.

Witches Wisdom Tarot - The Shaman - Death card

Today’s draw is the Death (Shaman) card, which is traditionally a representation of gradual organic changes, loss, slow moving transitions, and letting go.

It is up to the living to honor the dead, all that they went through, and all that they did that we will benefit from.

It’s true what they say about history repeating itself once we forget it. The efforts and trials and struggles that our ancestors went through are how we have come to be as evolved and “well off” as we are today, both as people and as a society.

Even if you don’t do ancestry work or have any interest in your personal ancestors, it’s important to honor and acknowledge our societal ancestors as a whole and what they have done for us, the trials they have gone through that brought us to this place, and the life in progress they have helped us to achieve. We are where we are, both the good and the bad, because of the ancestors that came before us, their accomplishments and their failures.

Someday our strength, resilience, good decisions, and bad ones, struggles, efforts, and values will be looked back upon by future generations. We can only hope that those future generations will learn from our struggles and trials and triumphs, just as our own ancestors hoped that we will do the same with theirs.

The message in today’s Death (Shaman) card, and the “resilience” prompt is a reminder that we are meant to learn from the past, and a part of that is in connecting with our ancestors (whether personal or societal) to learn from both their mistakes and their triumphs.

DECK USED:  WITCHES WISDOM TAROT

@de_tarotjuf’s De Zomer In! #detarotjufjunitarotchallenge
Prompts for June 8th through 11th

Oracle Reading with The Hidden Castle Oracle

What supports my life energy?

Celebrate – The “good stuff” is what supports your life’s energy. This is not just about the big moments like birthdays or great successes, but about the little things like pretty flowers and raindrops. It’s about waking up in the morning to a soft and snuggly pillow and taking a moment to appreciate just how good that feels. It’s about stepping outside, barefoot and enjoying the shift of temperature beneath your feet.

The “good stuff” is all the tiny good things that you notice and enjoy, just because you like them in that moment. These are the things that help support your life’s energy.

What action am I allowed to take?

Messenger – Don’t forget that you’re allowed to take your time before answering or responding. You are allowed to gather your thoughts and consider what needs to be said rather than just reacting with what comes to your tongue first.

Even when you are being pushed for an answer, that doesn’t mean it has to be given immediately. Take your time and formulate an answer rather than risking misunderstanding by popping off in the moment.

Which ritual can I perform at sunrise?

Grain Store – Eat and hydrate. Take care of your physical body and build up your reserves for the day ahead. Your body needs to fuel and hydration in order to perform at its best, and a couple protein bars with some water is not enough. If you want your energy to sustain you throughout the day ahead, you need to start with a higher quality of fuel first thing in the morning.

What calls for more playfulness in my life?

Vigilance – Consider that when you identify someone who does not have your best interest at heart that they could be fun to play with as long as you don’t fall under their spell.

Think of telemarketers and scammers, for example, and how Miss B enjoys toying with them rather than simply hanging up on them. She gets a great deal of joy from doing this. It’s possible that you could discover a great deal of playful joy from doing something similar with those that don’t have your best interest at heart.

Other elements included in this reading:
Red Maple Leaf Ceramic Impression for Adaptability and Connection
Green Jasper and Caribbean Calcite Turtle for Calm within Progress
Calcite for Gently Calming the Mind and Stimulating Insights
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: THE HIDDEN CASTLE ORACLE

The @lightningwildflower June Inner Journey Challenge
Quiet Prompt for June 8th : What is my inner voice trying to tell me?

Tarot Reading with the Witches Wisdom Tarot

Reading Summary: Turn your attention and whatever clarity you can muster (Eight of Swords / Fire) towards the habits and processes that are limiting you (World / Fool) from moving forward into something new and exciting (Page of Wands/Messenger of Fire).

Take Away: Your inner voice is trying to tell you that there are habits and activities that you are indulging in that are holding you back and dampening your motivation and enthusiasm.

If you want to find the spark that allows you to explore new passions and the motivation to actually step into that energy of exploration, you need to identify these bad habits and look at leaving them behind.

Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Silver Maple Key for Bouncing Back to Thrive
Foraged Parmeliaceae Lichen for a “Breath of Fresh Air”
Bird Figurine for Fostering Hope, Positivity, and Renewal
Bronze Compass Rose for Seeking Directional Guidance
Carved Jade Japanese Kitsune for fostering Wisdom and Cunning
Desert Rose for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED:  WITCHES WISDOM TAROT
Daily Self Kindness

I went and picked up some of that nasty yogurt today in the hopes I can get my stomach to calm down.

Quiet Strength

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Today’s meditation was a ten minute long #DailyTrip session from the @Calm app.

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The @GlitterbyInk #JuneMessenger26 Challenge
Message From My Spirit Guide Prompt for June 7th : Courage
Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.

Jonasa Jaus Tarot 9th Edition - Knight of Pentacles

Today’s draw is the Knight of Pentacles, which is traditionally a representation of an active, projective beta energy, personality, or person in the area of one’s finances, resources, health, home, labors, and manifestations. This often translates into a slow moving but determinedly forward moving energy, personality, or person that has their eye on the prize regardless of the slow and steady speed they may be moving at.

Too often many of us see courage, as charging forward, big actions, and something showy that all will see and admire.

The thing is, though, courage is often quiet and strong. It’s standing firm in one’s beliefs and values, even when we’re scared or being intimidated. It’s creating a space of calm and stability in the middle of chaos.

Showy courage is a sight to see and admired, but quiet courage is the kind that even though it often goes unnoticed, nurtures strength in others instead of glorifying the self.

The message in today’s Knight of Pentacles and the “courage” prompt is a reminder that just because we don’t take on our challenges with a lion’s roar doesn’t mean that we’re not courageous. That we’re taking them on at all shows courage, no matter how we go about it.

DECK USED:  JONASA JAUS TAROT 9TH EDITION (GREENS EDITION)

#DiscordTarotholicsJun2026 Challenge
Prompt for June 7th : Do Spread 1

Oracle Reading with Le Carte Divinatorie dei Sogni by Laura Tuan

How is the rise of summer energies manifesting in my life?

Unione and Laing

Your relationship with your long-term partner is preparing for transformation. Although it is early stages, a shift is in the air. Don’t be fearful of these changes, for they will bring with them both a freeing breath of fresh air and an even greater sense of connection.

How can I harness these summer energies for my purposes?

Fuoco

Allow yourself to get carried away in the spark of passion when it ignites. Sometimes it’s in the heat of things where transformation plants its seeds. Remember that your partner is a steadfast and steady part of your life, and that’s not going to change. His love and support is there for you through any explorations you want to embark upon.

Where would I be best served in directing these energies throughout the summer months?

Orto Giardino and Animale Domestico

Allow the gardener to do the gardening. You don’t have to be in charge in this, only express your wants and needs then follow his lead. He is eager to nurture you in any way he can, you just need to express your wants and needs to him to get the ball rolling in that direction.

Other elements included in this reading:
Staghorn Sumac for Connecting with Nature and the Wild Within
Pressed Pansy Flowers for Hearing the Heart More Clearly
Foraged Wood Fern for Exorcising Negative Influences
Carnelian Agate Mushroom for Focusing On Aspirations
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: LE CARTE DIVINATORIE DEI SOGNI

The @lightningwildflower June Inner Journey Challenge
Let Go Prompt for June 7th : Where can I release tension or overthinking?

Tarot Reading with the Jonasa Jaus Tarot 9th Edition

Reading Summary: When you push yourself too hard with your ambitions (Knight of Swords/Snapdragon), you make yourself want to bail on everything (Eight of Cups/Daisy) and run away (The Chariot Rx/Feverfew). Remember that there’s only so much you can do (The Magician/Mistletoe).

Take Away: A lot of the tension and overthinking that happens in your life is due to the fact that you’re overwhelming yourself with too many responsibilities and obligations. You then feel trapped and struggle under that feeling, twisting this way and that in an effort to make it “okay” to fail in those responsibilities or let people down concerning the obligations involved.

If you want release from this tension and overthinking, it would be better to use your good judgement to hand off some of those responsibilities and obligations to others. By delegating, these things still get done but don’t have to be a part of your purview.

Other elements included in this reading:
Mushroom Token for Encouraging Growth
Foraged Parmeliaceae Lichen for a “Breath of Fresh Air”
Foraged Silver Maple Key for Bouncing Back to Thrive
Bronze Sun Token for Shining Light in Dark Places
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED:  JONASA JAUS TAROT 9TH EDITION (GREENS EDITION)
Daily Self Kindness

This is a catch up post, and I’m not entirely sure what the self kindness was for this day.

❤️ 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 Oculus & Serpentibus Tarot and Tempus Fugit Lenormand

Earth – Page of Wands – Don’t worry if you don’t know everything; that’s supposed to be part of the fun.

Air – Six of Pentacles (tipped right) – Generosity is going to be more of an obstacle or detriment than it will be a boon this week. It might be best to skip it where you can.

Water – The Magician – You have the tools you need to keep your emotions in balance. Gideon is on vacation, not disappeared from your life. He’s within an easy reach when you need him, as is your meditation practice, playing in the soil in your garden, and other such tools that help you stay on an even keel.

Fire – Queen of Wands Rx – Focus on yourself. It’s probably not the best time to be nurturing others through your own stable presence and support. You are the one that is going to need support this week, so make sure that you are allowing others to help you with that.

Waning – Mountain and Rider – This week is not the time to be riding full-bore into your struggles and problems. It’s okay to let your hurdles percolate a little bit this week and not make much progress on them.

Waxing – Bouquet and Ring – Let others make promises this week. Enjoy the connections you have with others and remember that these connections do not come with a forced obligation of generosity attached.

Take Away – Focus on yourself and let the things that feel like challenges sit on the back burner. You need to allow yourself to have the support and attention you need instead of allowing others to monopolize your time and attention.

Other elements included in this reading:
Dried Rosebud for Potential and Beauty Waiting to Unfold
Clear Quartz for boosting Mental Clarity and Amplifying Energy
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECKS USED: OCULUS & SERPENTIBUS TAROT AND TEMPUS FUGIT LENORMAND

Sparking Inspiration and Enthusiasm

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The @GlitterbyInk #JuneMessenger26 Challenge
Message From My Spirit Guide Prompt for June 6th : Guidance
Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.

I Tarocchi della Foresta - Ace of Wands

Today’s draw is the Ace of Wands, which is traditionally a representation of the seed, start, or new beginnings in the area of one’s passion projects, inspiration, drive, willpower, and determination. This often translates into themes that have to do with budding new interests and new passion projects.

I’ve been getting a lot of guidance from the cards lately on how to find more joy in life and enjoy life more over all.

Here we see another one of those messages as the guidance in today’s card is that it’s the things that we find enthusiasm in and fascination with that create spark in our lives. They are the things that ignite enthusiasm and spark new ideas, new passions, and eventually new projects and endeavors… if we decide to pursue them.

The message in today’s Ace of Wands and the “guidance” prompt is a reminder to allow our curiosity, fascination, and kindling spark of enthusiasm to carry us away now and then. In doing so we make our lives more interesting and enjoyable.

DECK USED:  I TAROCCHI DELLA FORESTA

@de_tarotjuf’s De Zomer In! #detarotjufjunitarotchallenge
Prompts for June 2nd through 7th

Oracle Reading with the Unquiet Rooted In Power Oracle

What invites me to go outside today?

The Good Girl Curse, White Rose, Silk Moth

There is a wildness within you that is feeling trapped, cut off from nature, defanged, tamed, separated and kept apart. This trapped feeling, isn’t there all the time, but the fact that it’s there at all means that you aren’t listening to (let alone fulfilling) that need within you to be outside in nature.

What kind of resistance is keeping me inside?

Roles Unchosen, Wisteria, African Grey Parrot

You are carrying too many responsibilities and trying too hard to be “human”.

The heavy weight of responsibilities and obligations make it difficult for you to tap back into your “wildness” and connect with nature in the way that you could before all of these obligations became a part of your life.

This is an unexpected and unintended consequence of the responsible part of your nature taking things too far.

Which experience can change my mood?

Grace, Bleeding Heart, Mourning Dove

Gentleness. Too often, you confront challenges and struggle with a hard shell and a warrior spirit.

You can more easily change the narrative, though, if you approach such experiences, not with a show of strength, but with the inner strength to be calm and gentle, even during the harshest of storms.

The seed I may plant

Severing, Black Cohosh, Raven

Remember that the strength you have gained in life comes from the struggles you have experienced. The transitions and changes that happen in life are there to make you into a better and stronger person. Fighting against them only prolongs the suffering, but won’t change the eventual outcome or lesson learned in the process.

Seek to tap into your adaptability and flexibility, instead of standing rigid in your stubbornness to keep things as they are.

What does my body want to feel and experience?

Silence Compliance, Sweet Pea, Hoverfly

Break free of toeing the line of “acceptable” and allow the caged wildness within to come free.

This means getting out in nature more, taking the hikes you need, and communing with the trees and the soil more often. It is only when you connect to those things that you break free of the trappings of mimicry you are trying to project to the world.

Your body needs to break free of these bonds, just as much as your spirit does.

Which old belief can I let go of outdoors?

The Great Protector, Camellia, Rooster

The freedom of being in charge of no one but yourself is something you need and can only get if you pursue activities that allow you to experience it.

Despite your determination to the contrary, it’s not good for you to be in charge all of the time, nor healthy for you to be the one keeping everything together for everyone. It is too heavy a burden, especially if you are not getting any time away from it to seek out relief from these pressures.

By getting outdoors, you are able to shrug off these pressures and responsibilities, obligations and heavy burdens. As a result, for a short while you can just be responsible for yourself and no one else. This is something you need.

Other elements included in this reading:
Staghorn Sumac for Connecting with Nature and the Wild Within
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: UNQUIET – ROOTED IN POWER

The @lightningwildflower June Inner Journey Challenge
Understand Prompt for June 6th : What am I beginning to understand about myself this month?

Tarot Reading with I Tarocchi della Foresta

Reading Summary: Your downfall (Five of Swords Rx) resides in your stubbornness and demand for stagnancy as a type of stability (Queen of Pentacles). Seeing this means that you are finally ready to make a change (Death).

Take Away: You are beginning to realize that the safety you feel like you find in stillness and stagnancy isn’t actually the stability that you crave. The stagnancy is only a facsimile of stability, but holds no true value. Instead, it merely creates a breeding ground for unhealthy festering and decay.

Trees that cannot bend with the wind will break during a storm. In discovering you are bracing too hard and ending up in this situation, you’re being given the opportunity to dig your roots deeper into the soil and allow yourself to bend more when the chaos of storms in your life come calling.

Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Purple Heather Sprigs for Independence and Luck
Foraged Oak Branch with Moss and Lichen for Perseverance
Foraged Red Pine Cone for Inner Strength and Rejuvenation
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED:  I TAROCCHI DELLA FORESTA
Daily Self Kindness

I took a nap at Ms B’s today before driving home.