Tarot of the Magical Forest

Finding the Positive for June 25 – 27

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Tarot of the Magical Forest, Enchanted Realms Tarot, Mibramig Tarot, and It’s Going To Be Okay 2024 Day-to-day Calendar By Kate Allan

June 25 – Mental Health Card of the Day

Today’s meditation was skipped.

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Today’s card is a repeat of the Knight of Pentacles combined with the affirmation “It’s okay to just do what I can today. It’s enough.”

If, yesterday, you struggled to be understanding about your limitations and the slow speed of your progress?  Here is a repeat opportunity to give yourself a break and lower your expectations to manageable levels.

These cards are a reminder that even small steps forward are still steps in the right direction.  Don’t worry about how long it’s going to take you to get there, but instead focus on those small steps and celebrate each one as its own accomplishment. The only evil taskmaster is the one in your head, and they need to be put in their place.  You can do that by being more generous to yourself and more understanding of whatever pace you need to take on the path to your goals.

DECK USED: TAROT OF THE MAGICAL FOREST AND IT’S GOING TO BE OKAY 2024 DAY-TO-DAY CALENDAR BY KATE ALLAN

June 26 – Mental Health Card of the Day

Today’s meditation was skipped.

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Today’s card is the King of Cups combined with the affirmation “I don’t know where I’m headed, but I can figure it out when I get there.”

These cards are a reminder of the joy that comes from “winging it”.

Gideon and I spend a lot of time doing collaborative storytelling (written roleplay).  A lot of our characters and stories aren’t with an end in sight.  It’s just time spent together enjoying each other’s company over the 2500-ish miles that separate the two of us.  It’s about spending time rather than accomplishing any particular goal, and this is the kind of thing today’s cards are about.

These cards ask us to look at where in life are you forcing goals into a situation or activity where just enjoying should be enough?  How can we change this into a more “smell the roses” activity instead of something to plow through in order to get to something else down the line?

DECK USED: ENCHANTED REALMS TAROT AND IT’S GOING TO BE OKAY 2024 DAY-TO-DAY CALENDAR BY KATE ALLAN

June 27 – Mental Health Card of the Day

Today’s meditation was skipped.

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Today’s card is the Three of Wands combined with the affirmation “I know its hard to cope, but here’s a gentle reminder that things usually go better than you predict.”

The message here is that the negative inner narrative in your head is not reality. Try anyway.  Even when it tells you that it won’t work or the world sucks.  Just try anyway.

It can be really hard to set out on a project or goal when you feel beaten down by the world.  Even harder when the one doing the worst of the abuse is your own mind.  It’s important to remember, though, that if you aren’t willing to take chances, there’s no rewards to be had.  So take a chance… and just try.

DECK USED: MIBRAMIG TAROT AND IT’S GOING TO BE OKAY 2024 DAY-TO-DAY CALENDAR BY KATE ALLAN

Finding the Positive for June 7 – 9

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ORIENT Tarot 2022, Under the Oak Tarot, Tarot of the Magical Forest, Look Up Look In Cards, and It’s Going To Be Okay 2024 Day-to-day Calendar By Kate Allan

June 7 – Mental Health Card of the Day

Today’s meditation was skipped.

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Today’s card is the Star combined with the affirmation “You’re handling it all well. You’ll be okay.”

The Star card is about hope, and even more specifically, it is about faith.  Today’s cards are a reminder that you can’t push back against that negative inner narrative in your head and it’s influence on your life if you’re not actually pushing back.

Positivity and optimism do not come easily to you, but in using them as a tool to push back against those negative thoughts, they make a difference.  Don’t allow anxiety to take control and spiral you into darkness. Instead?  Lean into positive thinking and allow it to help lift you up and keep you afloat.

DECK USED: ORIENT TAROT 2022 AND IT’S GOING TO BE OKAY 2024 DAY-TO-DAY CALENDAR BY KATE ALLAN

June 8 – Mental Health Card of the Day

Today’s meditation was ten minutes long, and was one of the #DailyCalm sessions from the Calm app. The topic of today’s meditation was about enlightenment, and how it’s not when we seek enlightenment that we find it.  Rather, it’s when we go about our everyday lives and begin to acknowledge the sacred in the every day that our journey to enlightenment begins.

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Today’s card is the King of Swords (Odin) combined with the affirmation “There is no one perfect way. You’re doing just fine.”

Clever comes in all shapes and sizes, and is filled with innovation and new ideas.  When you build the lore of your own life, are you going to want to look at all you’ve done and say “I colored inside the lines” or, alternately, are you going to want to look back and say “I did it MY way and it was brilliant”?

The cards for today are a reminder that coloring inside the lines is boring.  Break the mold and do things your way.  Show the world just how clever and innovative and original you are, instead of trying to conform to what you think everyone else wants.  Be a trail blazer instead of another of the sheep.

Even the greatest of leaders sometimes have moments of uncertainty.  That doesn’t mean that they back down and fall in line among the masses, but rather that they continue to walk their own path despite those moments.

DECK USED: UNDER THE OAK TAROT AND IT’S GOING TO BE OKAY 2024 DAY-TO-DAY CALENDAR BY KATE ALLAN

June 9 – Mental Health Card of the Day

Today’s meditation was skipped.

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Today’s cards are the Two of Pentacles combined with the “Overcast” affirmation card.

The Overcast affirmation card is all about the moody comfort of days  in the comfort of overcast skies, and time taken to evaluate one’s life and oneself.  The card asks you to examine how things are going in your relationships, your work, your hobbies and home life.  To look at these areas of importance in your life and focus on what’s going -well- in them as well as what could be improved upon.

The Two of Pentacles combined with this card brings in the aspect of balance into this examination and evaluation.  Where are you pushing too hard?  Where aren’t you pushing hard enough and need to ease up?  How do these different aspects of your life play against each other.  Are you balancing them well? Or is something being neglected… or perhaps over-attended to?

Balance is not easy, and it’s a constant challenge of change and adaptation.  Balance, though, is easier to obtain and maintain if you’re willing to take a step back every once in a while to look at the big picture, and how different parts of your life are interacting with each other.

DECK USED: TAROT OF THE MAGICAL FOREST AND LOOK UP LOOK IN CARDS BY MARI ANDREW

Creativity and Fun

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Today’s meditation was skipped.

Tarot of the Magical Forest - Knave of Chalices - 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 creativity, imagination, emotions, relationships, or intuition.

What stands out to me the strongest in the imagery of this card today is the bunny’s big-eye stare.  It’s almost a look of paranoia, and draws attention to how cautious and uncomfortable we can be in trying new things or exploring our creativity and curiosity when others are watching us.

The message in today’s card is a reminder that it doesn’t matter what others see or think.  Have fun with your creativity and fuck’em if they don’t like it.

DECK USED:  TAROT OF THE MAGICAL FOREST

Daily Self Kindness

I am playing some serious catch up and I have no idea what the self-kindness for this day might have been.

❤️ 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 Tarot of the Magical Forest and Whimsy Lenormand

Earth – Nine of Wands Rx – Let down your guard. You don’t have to be so defensive this week. Take a breath and ease up a bit on those defensive guards that keep you separate from others.

Air – Two of Cups – remember that your friends are there to help you not just in getting things done. Connect with those who have similar ideas and interests as you this week, and allow those connections to help get your creative juices flowing.

Water – Five of Cups – keep an eye on your reactions to negative experiences this week, and make sure you are staying positive instead of sinking back into old habits and pessimistic viewpoints.

Fire – Ace of Cups – A renewed creative spark is ready to be explored this week. Now is a good time to do it, so don’t hold back. This echoes back to the position of Air in this reading where you are encouraged to involve others in your creative process.

Waning – The Stars and The Tower – Stop pushing yourself so hard. You don’t have to do everything right this minute. You’re reaching too high, and it’s going to overwhelm you if you don’t cut yourself a little slack.

Waxing – The Tree and The Ship – Take time to focus on your spiritual journey this week.  Health and happiness might be rooted in the physical, but it also has to do with your spiritual and mental health as well. Make sure that spiritual aspect is getting some attention this week.

DECKS USED: TAROT OF THE MAGICAL FOREST AND THE WHIMSY LENORMAND

Connecting Through Differences

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Today’s meditation was skipped.

Tarot of the Magical Forest - StrengthToday’s draw is the Strength card, which is traditionally a representation of inner strength, influence through persuasion, compassion, and courage.

I love the imagery for the Strength card in this deck.  It makes me think of myself and Gideon, and how we connect even though we are so different, finding those things that we share and appreciating our differences both.

That is what I see as the message in today’s card.  Find those things that connect you with others.  Appreciate them.  But make sure that you are appreciating your differences as well.  It’s through those differences we are allowed to see the world from a different perspective.

DECK USED:  TAROT OF THE MAGICAL FOREST

The Rainbow Moonscape #VennoxesTarotChallenge Prompt
Questions for August 4th and 5th

Hoi Polloi TarotHow do I summon more willpower?

Queen of Cups and Ten of Cups – Make room for personal happiness. When you have something to fight for, you find more strength of will with which to fight.

How can I inspire more passion in my life?

The Fool atop The Tower – Don’t worry so much about the repercussions all the time. Sometimes following your passions requires you to be a little careless, and let the chips fall where they may.

DECK USED: HOI POLLOI TAROT

The #ConnectWithYourDeckChallenge Prompt by E Roebuck-Jones
Questions for August 4th and 5th

Tarot of the Magical ForestHow do I feel when I look inside myself?

Death and Knight of Wands – Looking inside yourself, you feel a sense of dissatisfaction, and that you are in need of change without a clear direction on what change needs to be made.

What do I need to change?

Two of Pentacles atop Ten of Pentacles – More balance in your life will create more satisfaction overall, not just for yourself but also those around you who are influenced by your success.  You’ve done a lot in this area already, but there’s still a great deal further to go.

DECK USED: TAROT OF THE MAGICAL FOREST

Daily Self Kindness

I am playing some serious catch up and I have no idea what the self-kindness for this day might have been.