tarot in daily life

Relationships Need Time

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Today’s meditation was skipped.

Tarot Landscapes King of Cups, Earth Heart Wisdom Cards, Magic & Light Affirmation CardsToday’s draw is the King of Cups combined with the affirmation “Use your deep power of knowledge and your perfect intuition to be your guide. Ask the universe for a peaceful harmony to everything you consider important.”

You need him.  You need him in your life in order to create balance and the steady foundation for growth that you are working through.

He is your touch stone. Your beacon of focus within the massive sea of the world at large.

Remember that relationships take work, and need time and attention in order to be healthy.  Make sure you are giving your relationship the time it needs.

DECK USED:  TAROT LANDSCAPES AND EARTH HEART WISDOM / MAGIC & LIGHT AFFIRMATION CARDS

#DiscordTarotholicsMar2024 Challenge Prompt
Prompt for March 3rd: Do Spread 1
With spring approaching, it’s time to start cleaning out the old energies of hibernation and stagnation that winter can often bring. In this spread, look for those thoughts and things that need to be let go in order to allow you to flourish this spring.

Earth Angel Message Cards and Tarot Landscapes - Four of Wands, Ten of Swords, The High PriestessWhat do I need to let go of to…

Ease My Mind – Four of Wands and The Healer – Consider where you feel the most healing energy. Where do you go that fills you up? Stop hibernating at home and avoiding these places. Get back out into nature and let it begin to heal the raw wounds inside you that the past year has created.

Lighten My Heart – Ten of Swords and Grace – Gratitude makes the heart grow lighter. You are at the end of a journey. Let go of your need to wallow in the endings, the what ifs, and worry about what’s next. Instead, focus on the good that has been accomplished along the way and let that lift you up.

Free My Creative Spark – The High Priestess and Abundance – You are far richer than you give yourself credit for. Those secret whispers in your head don’t always give you time to ground in your abundance. Instead of always listening to them, remember to look at the cold hard facts that all can easily see, and acknowledge what you have in front of you.

DECK USED: TAROT LANDSCAPES AND EARTH ANGELS ORACLE

Daily Self Kindness

I finished off the night with Gideon.

Recovery Takes Time

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Jonasa Jaus Tarot's Five of Pentacles and It’s Going To Be Okay 2024 Day-to-day Calendar By Kate AllanToday’s draw is the Five of Coins combined with the affirmation “The amount of recharge time you need is entirely reasonable.”

Don’t feel like you need less rest (or punish yourself by not giving yourself enough rest) because things with the business and finances are in a time of scarcity right now. You still need the same amount of rest whether things are good or bad in the moment. Being unkind to yourself about it just makes it harder to recharge as you need.

Give yourself the rest you need. This is especially important right now when you’ve been sick.

DECK USED:  JONASA JAUS TAROT 4TH EDITION AND IT’S GOING TO BE OKAY 2024 DAY-TO-DAY CALENDAR BY KATE ALLAN

@Lionharts #TheMarchTarot Tarot Trails Prompt
Questions for March 3rd and 4th

The Green Witch's Oracle Deck and Jonasa Jaus Tarot - Strength, The Sun, Queen of Pentacles, Seven of PentaclesExperience: What (new experience) A should I seek out this month that could support my personal growth?

The Sun Rx atop Strength, Sage – Clear out the manipulation in your life that is making you unhappy. This doesn’t mean cutting those people out of your life, but rather pointing out to them what they are doing (no matter how subtly they’re doing it) and that you are  unhappy with how they are treating you.

Explore: What opportunity for exploration am I being called to pursue?

Queen of Coins, Tend atop Earthworm – You need time digging in the dirt and communing with the green. It’s not yet time to start planting on your balcony, but it’s coming. Don’t put it off due to worrying that you won’t get the chance to keep it up like last year. Dive in and get your hands dirty.

What makes this essential at this time?

Seven of Coins and Oak Tree – The best growth comes from a good foundation. Making plans and making sure that you are planting those seeds when they need to be planted is important for a strong and healthy balcony garden. Not only that, but it gives you something to look forward to.

DECK USED: JONASA JAUS TAROT 4TH EDITION AND THE GREEN WITCH’S ORACLE DECK

Daily Self Kindness

I took a nap today even though I really didn’t want to.  I’m starting to feel better, though, and the nap helped with that.

It’s Okay to Go Fishing Now and Then

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#DailyTrip with the Calm Tarot - Premsiri Lewin quoteToday’s meditation was ten minutes long, and was one of the #DailyTrip sessions from the Calm app.  Today’s session addressed the difference between standing by and watching as others struggle or go through problems, vs spending time with them and giving them space in your company, showing them even just by giving them your time, that you are there with them.

It discussed how big a difference it makes in others lives to simply share space with someone, and how supported people can feel in those moments. We don’t need to solve other people’s problems, simply be there to listen and show we care.

Luna's My Melody Tarot's Two of Cups and It’s Going To Be Okay 2024 Day-to-day Calendar By Kate AllanToday’s draw is the Two of Cups combined with the affirmation “No self-hate. You’re too cute for that.”

Sometimes, being easy on oneself isn’t easy at all. In fact, it can feel almost impossible.

Today’s cards are a reminder that during these times when you are struggling to be kind to yourself? It’s time to lean into the influence of others to help you.

Seek out those that love and care about you and let them help in lift you up.  Don’t be shy in asking them for help, even in seeing the good in yourself. Let them tell you all the wonderful things about you that drew them in and keep them around.  That’s what friends are for, and nobody has more experience with those wonderful qualities you can’t quite see yourself than someone who enjoy having you in their life.

DECK USED:  LUNA’S MY MELODY TAROT

#DiscordTarotholicsMar2024 Challenge Prompt
Questions for March 1st and 2nd

Luna's My Melody Tarot - Seven of Cups, Five of Wands, Four of Pentacles, Two of SwordsWhat area of my life is requiring too much sacrifice?

Seven of Cups atop Five of Wands – You are struggling with too much deliberation over too many options. There’s a war going on between what others expect and what you feel is right. Make sure that you fall on the -you- side of the outcome.

What would be a better option or path?

Two of Swords atop Four of Pentacles – Choose stability, even when the decision is difficult and especially when you feel like you don’t have all the information.

Take Away – These cards are a reassurance that I made the right decision in staying home today instead of going north. I’ve had a head cold since Monday (at first, I thought it was allergies hitting off-season for me). I feel a bit guilty not going today, but feel that what I really need right now is more rest to try and force this cold to let go.

DECK USED: LUNA’S MY MELODY TAROT

Daily Self Kindness

I didn’t go to Ms B’s today, but stayed home and rested to try and kick this stupid cold.

Every Day Special

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Today’s meditation was ten minutes long, and was one of the #DailyTrip sessions from the Calm app.

Eldritch Overload Tarot's Justice card and It’s Going To Be Okay 2024 Day-to-day Calendar By Kate AllanToday’s draw is the Justice card combined with the affirmation “You don’t need to be appealing to everyone.”

The message in these cards is that when you are down on yourself, hard on yourself, it has consequences.  The harder you are on yourself and more down on yourself that you are, the harsher the consequences for those thoughts, judgements, and negative mindsets.

Instead, try remembering that the only person you have to impress is yourself, and to do that? All you need is to appreciate one small thing about -you- every day.  One small thing you acknowledge and find beautiful, powerful, wonderful, or special about yourself. Even these small things build up over time like change dropped in a jar, and help swing back against those negative thoughts and the consequences they hold.

DECKS USED:  ELDRITCH OVERLOAD TAROT AND IT’S GOING TO BE OKAY 2024 DAY-TO-DAY CALENDAR BY KATE ALLAN

#DiscordTarotholicsFeb2024 Challenge Prompt
Prompt for February 29th : Grab a spread of your choice that you’ve been curious about… and give it a go!
Spread: The Back On Track Tarot Spread by @pipcardstarot

Back on Track Tarot Reading with the Eldritch Overload Tarot - Eight of Coins, Six of Coins, Knight of Swords

How to forgive yourself for getting “off track”.

Eight of Coins Rx – Work on accepting that everyone needs downtime now and again. Even you.

How to congratulate yourself on whatever you have achieved, no matter how small.

Knight of Swords – Just do it. In order to congratulate yourself on these things, you need to acknowledge their existence and think about them instead of pushing them aside. Draw them into your focus instead, and focus on the congratulations side of things instead of what you could’ve done better.

Where to focus your attention now.

Six of Coins – You need to continue working on being kinder to yourself and others. You’re very good at being generous to other people, but not to yourself, and you need to balance the scales in this area.

DECK USED: ELDRITCH OVERLOAD TAROT

Daily Self Kindness

I spent some time playing with Gideon today, and took a couple of naps. The cold continues on and I’m also taking my Dayquil/Nyquil.

It’s okay. Just… Stay

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Today’s meditation was skipped.

Birds & Flowers Tarot's King of Swords and It’s Going To Be Okay 2024 Day-to-day Calendar By Kate AllanToday’s draw is the King of Swords combined with the affirmation “The world wouldn’t be right without you in it. Stay.”

Yes, you’re stubborn. Yes, sometimes you have your head stuck up your ass.  You’re a force to be reckoned with, and that’s not a bad thing. People depend on your cleverness and leadership, and that’s also not a bad thing.

Don’t give up just because you aren’t “feeling it” at the moment.  Rest is okay, but retreat is not.  So stand tall and stay… tell the world to wait… but stay.  You can take control and plot your course any way you want to.

So stay… and do that.

DECKS USED:  BIRDS & FLOWERS TAROT AND IT’S GOING TO BE OKAY 2024 DAY-TO-DAY CALENDAR BY KATE ALLAN

The #mysticstartarot Challenge Prompt
Questions for February 28th and 29th

Nature Healing Oracle and Claude Monet Tarot's Knight of Pentacles and Ten of SwordsHow should you go forward with my relationship with myself?

Knight of Pentacles and Raccoon – Go slowly and be kind. Use the slow pace to heal the damage done to you in your past and build yourself up from that “not enough” mindset.

With this extra day, how can I give myself some extra love?

Ten of Swords and Horse – You have reached the end of a difficult journey. Instead of rehashing all the things you did wrong along the way, celebrate your victories, and let the blame game and guilt go.

DECK USED: CLAUDE MONET TAROT AND DIVINE NATURE HEALING ORACLE

#DiscordTarotholicsFeb2024 Challenge Prompt
Philosophical Question for February 28th : Does love necessitate action, or can it exist simply as a feeling?

Birds & Flowers Tarot - Seven of Swords, Six of Cups, Queen of Wands, Nine of PentaclesReading Summary: Sometimes, when we are young (Six of Cups), we feel the need to go after each, and every shred of love and foster them into something great (Queen of Swords), even the ones that really should get away (Seven of Swords). But as we get older, we learn to enjoy being grounded as our emotions speak, and are not so tempted to chase but appreciate instead (Nine of Pentacles).

Take Away: It can simply exist as a feeling, but it usually takes us getting older and more experienced with the world and our emotions at large before we are able to leave it alone and let it just be and exist. When we are young, it’s far too easy to fall into the need to chase it or -do- something about it.

DECK USED: BIRDS & FLOWERS TAROT

Daily Self Kindness

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

🎨 Weekly Creativity Prompt – Queen of Cups

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Prompt: “Pull the Queen of Cups card from your deck(s). Compare the imagery between the card provided below and the card(s) from your own deck(s). How would you read them differently and why?“

Queen of Hearts from the Wizard TarotThe Wizard Tarot – For me, the imagery in this particular Queen of Cups is looking like a representation of the reversed meaning.  Between her expression and the pouring of the cup into the water around her, it feels like this card’s sentiment is “cry me a river”.  She appears so very tired of hearing other people’s feelings and emotions, and it feels never ending to her. In a reading, I would interpret this card as asking the querent if they haven’t perhaps been complaining overly much lately, perhaps to one person in their life in general, and suggest mixing things up by giving them some interaction that isn’t centered around unhappy emotions.

Queen of Hearts from the Fairy Tarot, Mythical Creatures Tarot of Orient, and City Labyrinth Tarot

Fairy Tarot – The queen in this card’s imagery reminds me of the Queen of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland.  She has the potential to be warm and sweet, but there’s a cunning in her eyes that makes you wonder what she’s up to. Just as she has that capability of sweet, she has the capability of getting too wrapped up in her own emotions and desires and thus become selfish.  This card asks you to look at those around you that you perceive as being selfish… what is it that they are lacking? What is it they need in order to balance things out and become caring and supportive people again?

The Mythical Creatures Tarot of Orient – Emotions are often chaotic and wild, the clash and bang around like the sea in the imagery of this card, always moving and often violent. And yet, here we see the Queen of Cups holds steady the jade vase, even among the chaos of the storm. Others, smaller and less steady come to her for stability, and she can provide that for them as well. This card promises emotional stability in the face of chaos, and suggests seeking out those in your life that provide that touch stone for you.

City Labyrinth Tarot – Here a woman sits, quiet and reserved with a glass of wine, as if waiting to chat.  I see here an encouragement to share your feelings with those that will listen and be emotionally supportive to you. Sometimes, the easiest way to sort out one’s feelings is to talk about them with someone else.

DECK USED: WIZARD TAROT, FAIRY TAROT, MYTHICAL CREATURES TAROT OF ORIENT, CITY LABYRINTH TAROT