tarot reading

The Dictatorship of Fear

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

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Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.

Standard Playing Card Tarot - Nine of Spades

Today’s draw is the Nine of Swords (Spades), which is traditionally a representation of nightmares, anxiety, insomnia, negative thoughts and inner narratives.

The card has then been combined with the It’s Friday card from the Happy Little Things deck, which says, “Time for dance, time for having time, and time for the little things we have for us.”

Don’t let your fears, worries, and uncertainties keep you from having a good time.

We work hard to reach our goals and push towards accomplishments. It’s only right we also give ourselves time to rest, recover, and enjoy the present as well. That’s a part of the balance needed in a healthy and happy life.

Don’t allow the worry that you’re going to miss some important deadline or drop the ball on some task keep you from enjoying yourself in the present. Your goals will still be there when you come back, and in having taken a break to enjoy the here-and-now? You will return to your pursuit of those goals and aspirations feeling refreshed and invigorated.

The message in today’s Nine of Swords and affirmation card is a reminder that sometimes we all need to set aside the worry and stress that motivates our determination to succeed and just have a little carefree fun. Don’t let your fears and “what if” worries keep you from enjoying that time.

DECK USED:  STANDARD PLAYING CARD TAROT AND HAPPY LITTLE THINGS CARDS

#DiscordTarotholicsJul2026 Challenge
3-Card Spread Prompt for July 9th : About peace…

Oracle Reading with the Our World In Pictures Human Body Flash Cards

What is currently causing disruption in my life?

Taste – If you refuse to eat the things you don’t like to eat, why would you do things you don’t want to do? Why are your taste buds getting listened to and complied with more than your sense of enjoyment in other things?

This card indicates you aren’t saying “no” enough. Your over-tolerance for your own discomfort and complacency are causing more problems than they’re solving. It’s time to examine your boundaries.

How can I find healthy authentic peace in the moment?

Upper Back Muscles – Support what’s good for you above other considerations.

It comes down to prioritization and making sure you are prioritizing yourself and your own happiness above other demands and expectations. This helps in not just creating stability, but in instilling more happiness and less stress in your life as well.

How would instilling more of this peace help me?

Lymphatic System – By prioritizing yourself more and upholding healthy boundaries against unreasonable expectations and self-sabotaging behaviors, you give yourself permission to thrive and cultivate a healthier, happier life.

Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Parmeliaceae Lichen for a “Breath of Fresh Air”
Deodar Cedar Ceramic Impression for Clarity and Spiritual Connection
Conch Shell Knot for Concentration, Clarity, and Determination
Gneiss Wishing Stone for Patience in Moments of Discomfort
Picture Jasper for Sense of Proportion and Grounding
Gray Agate for Stabilizing Energies and Expectations
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: OUR WORLD IN PICTURES HUMAN BODY FLASH CARDS

The @ambitiouslyalexa July Journal Prompts
Prompt for July 9th : A value you’re protecting this month

Tarot Reading with the Standard Playing Card Tarot

Reading Summary: You are aware that the development of the future self you want to become (Judgement) lies fully within your hands/power to achieve (The Magician), and seek to make sure you are headed toward success in this direction (The Sun).

Take Away: Positive self exploration and development are a major focus of your spiritual and intellectual path. This growth is fostered by those things you do, the choices you make, and the paths you choose to pursue.

To grow and develop into a better person than you are today is to better not just yourself but the world around you as well, and is a value you strive to foster and protect with care.

Other elements included in this reading:
Bird Figurine for Fostering Hope, Positivity, and Renewal
Running Horse Raku Medallion for Free-Spirit Energies
Conch Shell Knot for Concentration, Clarity, and Determination
Hag Stone for Connecting with the Liminal
Desert Rose for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: STANDARD PLAYING CARD TAROT
Daily Self Kindness

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

Expressions of Love

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Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.

Maya Land Collage Tarot - Ten of Pentacles

Today’s draw is the Ten of Pentacles, which is traditionally a representation of satisfaction and stability in the area of one’s finances, resources, home, health, manifestations, and the physical world. This often translates into themes that have to do with hard earned success, accomplishments, abundance created through patience and hard work, and reaching a point in that abundance and stability where it is comfortably shared with those around us.

The Ten of Pentacles has then been combined with an affirmation from the Miracle Mantras deck, which says, “I give and receive love freely.”

I provide stability. Everyone has a “love language” by which they naturally express love to others. For some it’s touch, or words of support, or gifts, or service. For me, it’s stability.

This doesn’t mean that I express my love through giving people money. It’s not as limiting as providing resources either, although sometimes that’s part of it. It’s that I provide those around me with a sense of security. They feel safe with me. They feel stable with me. I help others find and experience (sometimes in small ways and sometimes larger) that feeling of grounded stability we all need now and then.

The message in today’s cards is an encouragement to look at and take some time to explore how you express love. Not just romantic love, but love given freely to others in a language that is an intrinsic part of your nature.

DECK USED:  MAYA LAND COLLAGE TAROT AND MIRACLE MANTRAS AFFIRMATION DECK

#DiscordTarotholicsJul2026 Challenge
Philosophical Questions for July 8th

Tarot Reading with the John Bauer Tarot and Jaguar Kei Oracle

What is strength?

Seven of Cups Rx and House of Otter

Strength lies in knowing when to fight loud and wild for your convictions, and when to approach things with a softer and gentle tone.

Strength means listening to the past and learning from it, carrying those lessons forward into the future instead of leaving them behind.

Strength means no man is an island and, in supporting each other, we strengthen each other individually and as a whole.

Where does strength come from?

Knight of Swords and Balsamic Moon

Strength comes from the lessons learned both individually and as a community as we stumble our way through the dark of uncertainty.

Strength comes from allowing ourselves to look at the past and accept that we don’t (and can’t) know everything, but are still eager to learn what we can.

Strength is born within the seeds of curiosity.

Other elements included in this reading:
Dried Red Maple Leaf for Adaptability and Connection
Foraged Oak Branch with Moss and Lichen for Perseverance
Clear Quartz for boosting Mental Clarity

DECK USED: JOHN BAUER TAROT AND JAGUAR KAI ORACLE

The @ambitiouslyalexa July Journal Prompts
Prompt for July 8th : A desire you’re done shaming

Tarot Reading with the Maya Land Collage Tarot

Reading Summary: The Page of Pentacles and Eight of Swords both look back in the direction of the Six of Cups.

Your shame resides in your past (Six of Cups) and those things you have tried to put behind you, ignore (Eight of Pentacles), and yet learn from (Page of Pentacles).

Take Away: It’s time to examine what in your past you’re hiding from and the unresolved experiences that lie there in relation to others’ impossible expectations and demands.

You were able to stand strong in who you are and what you liked back then, so why are you shaming yourself for it now?

Ref: queerness, softness, “feminine” interests

Other elements included in this reading:
Dried Cedar Bundle for Protection from Negative Influences
Foraged Lodgepole Pine for Resilience, Growth, and Renewal
Scotch Pine Cone for Purging Negative Influences
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: MAYA LAND TAROT
Daily Self Kindness

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

Bite Sized Busy Work

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Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.

Marseille Cats Tarot - Four of Wands

Today’s draw is the Four of Wands, which is traditionally a representation of one’s passionate love for the security and welcoming energies of home. This often translates into themes that have to do with homecoming, celebrating home and stability, as well as relaxation in comfortable spaces.

The Four of Wands has then been combined with a card from the Animantras Chakra Oracle, which says, “Be Busy”.

You would feel far more welcomed and comfortable if your home was better cared for.

The lack of a housekeeper compounded with the fact that running your business from home creates a fair bit of chaos means that things have gotten a bit out of hand. It’s overwhelming, and because it’s overwhelming it becomes something that you want to hide from and ignore instead of deal with. This, in turn, exacerbates the problem and at the same time, blows the task up in your head to the point it feels insurmountable and hopeless.

The fact is, though, that if you do just a little bit of busy work each day, that insurmountable mountain will become a molehill and the things that need done will be done before you know it.

Today’s Four of Wands and prompt card are an encouragement to do one little thing to make your home feel more welcoming and comfortable. Then, tomorrow? Do a different little thing. It’s okay to do the busy work one little bite sized piece at a time.

DECKS USED:  MARSEILLE CAT TAROT AND ANIMANTRAS CHAKRA ORACLE

The @ambitiouslyalexa July Journal Prompts
Prompt for July 7th : A moment you want to stretch out

Intuitive Tarot Reading with the Tarot of Atlantis

Reading Summary: You absolutely love your alone time of both the healthy and unhealthy varieties (Right Card), to the point when it is interrupted you often become disgruntled (Center Card) and forget to celebrate and enjoy that together time with others (Left Card).

Take Away: It can be hard to let go of the peace and solitude that alone time provides you with. You want to stretch these moments out and wallow in them. This urge is so powerful within you that, even when the alone time is of the unhealthy variety, you resent its interruption.

These cards are a reminder that time with others is also precious and should be savored and celebrated. Don’t let your urge to wallow in alone time (including unhealthy alone time) hold you back from enjoying time spent with others. You’ll be able to get back to a bit of that alone time later on, and will have the joy of those memories with others to then savor when you’re there.

Other elements included in this reading:
Chinese Silver Grass for fostering Grounding and Nurturing Stability
Dried Cedar Bundle for Protection from Negative Influences
Desert Rose for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: TAROT OF ATLANTIS (trimmed naked)

#DiscordTarotholicsJul2026 Challenge
3-Card Spread Prompt for July 7th : About dreams…

Tarot Reading with the Marseille Cats Tarot

What repeated element in your dreams have you been overlooking or ignoring?

Nine of Cups atop Ace of Coins – Your dreams always start off well. No matter what ends up happening, you always begin with everything feeling safe, happy, comfortable, and secure.

What is the presence of this element trying to convey to you?

Seven of Coins – That potential lies in this moment of beginning. Although most of your dreams are nightmares or dreams of frustration, the potential at the beginning is there for them to take a happier direction.

That solid starting point in your dreams is telling you that with less micromanagement and meddling, better things can follow.

How can this new awareness help you in your everyday life?

Five of Swords – Less struggle means less strife and less exhaustion. If you want a healthier, happier future, stop trying to control every aspect of its creation.

Other elements included in this reading:
Dried Rosebuds for Potential and Beauty Waiting to Unfold
Japanese Cherry Leaf as a Reminder of Life’s Fleeting Moments
Fluorite for the Amplification of Stress Relief
Aquamarine for Fostering Relaxation and Letting Go
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: MARSEILLE CAT TAROT
Daily Self Kindness

I took a pain pill today and spend some time on an ice pack instead of just forcing myself to keep going and ignore the pain.

What Love Is… and Isn’t

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Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.

Witches Tarot (1989) - Eight of Cups

Today’s draw is the Eight of Cups, which is traditionally a representation of withdrawal, abandonment, or letting go of things, situations, or people in your life that are just not working out for you emotionally.

The Eight of Cups has then been combined with the Protection and Strength card from The Life Navigator Deck, which says, “Love is who we are. Love made you and walks close beside you, always ready to protect and strengthen you in times of need.”

Remember that participation is not always necessary, and just because you walk away from an experience doesn’t mean that the others involved won’t still love you, regardless of your lack of interest. Neither does it mean that you don’t love them.

Real love is not conditional upon you allowing others to cross your boundaries. True love is about who you are, not what you can do for others.

Therefore, even when you love someone dearly doesn’t mean that you need to be their drinking buddy or wing man, or go to the carnival with them, or be the one that they depend on for all the stuff they don’t want to and/or can’t do themselves. That is not what love is about.

If someone is going to reject you because you aren’t filling those rolls for them, then it’s not love.

The message in today’s Eight of Cups and affirmation card is a reminder that love is more than just a companion. Love protects as well as supports, which means if you are stepping back for your own reasons? They will still love you because that’s what you needed to do.

DECK USED:  WITCHES TAROT (1989) AND THE LIFE NAVIGATOR DECK

The @ambitiouslyalexa July Journal Prompts
Prompt for July 6th : A habit you’re rebuilding

Oracle Reading with the Soul Seeds Oracle

Reading Summary: You are rebuilding the habit of allowing yourself, when feeling vulnerable (Soften) you are to reach out your partner and loved ones (Kindred) for their comfort and support (Support).

Take Away: Once upon a time, I was better at this than I am today. There was a time during my relationship with Gideon that when I toppled into subdrop it was easier for me to reach out to him and seek out support to get me through the experience.

I don’t know what happened. Somewhere along the line I forgot how to do this and once again became resistant to seeking out that support and allowing myself to have it. It’s like I regressed back to before that period of acceptance.

I am now seeking to re-awaken that acceptance and allowance for support, and to reach out to him when I need him instead of forcing myself to deal with the subdrop on my own.

Other elements included in this reading:
Baby’s Breath Bundle for Connecting to Purity of Heart
Gneiss Stone for Patience in Moments of Discomfort
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: SOUL SEEDS ORACLE

#DiscordTarotholicsJul2026 Challenge
3-Card Spread Prompt for July 6th : About creativity…

Tarot Reading with the Witches Tarot (1989)

What unseen or unacknowledged factor is the source of my current creative block?

Ace of Swords – You are too much in your own head and aren’t doing anything physically to stir things up, not even in so far as writing down your new ideas.

If you visualize your creative juices as a body of water currently lying stagnant, then your ideas are simply a gentle brush of a breeze over the surface. You need the physical act of writing them down or doing something about them to dip beneath the surface and stir the currents below into movement. That movement can then eventually become flow when nurtured in a particular direction.

How can I move beyond this block to access and amplify my creative energies and inspiration?

Seven of Wands – Act. Show your devotion and how much you value your creativity by acting in some way upon the ideas you have. Do something, even if it’s something small, to get those juices moving instead of sitting still.

Moving forward, what strategy can I an enlist to help keep my creative energies flowing?

The Tower atop Two of Cups – During times of struggle and strife, don’t abandon your creative endeavors. This is how you got in this situation in the first place. Don’t let the chaos of other responsibilities and obligations shut down your creative spark.

Other elements included in this reading:
Zodiac Wheel on cusp of Aquarius & Pisces for Empathy & Creativity
Foraged Oak Branch with Moss and Lichen for Perseverance
Foraged Lodgepole Pine for Resilience, Growth, and Renewal
Foraged Acorns for Protection during New Beginnings
Citrine for Energy Lift (easing the weight of heavy energies)
Carnelian Agate Mushroom for Focusing On Aspirations
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: WITCHES TAROT (1989)
Daily Self Kindness

I pushed myself past the resistance I felt to letting Gid help when I discovered that the drop has started.

Hope vs Control

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Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.

The Book of Shadows So Below Deck - The Magician

Today’s draw is The Magician card, which is traditionally a representation of capability, potential, resourcefulness, action, and manifestation. This often translates into themes having to do with being in possession of all of the skills, abilities, and tools necessary to reach one’s goals and accomplish one’s ends. It’s about being capable and skilled, resourceful and gifted with what is needed to get the job done.

The card has then been combined with an affirmation from the deck, which says, “Hopefulness: To feel hope is to acknowledge how little control we so often have.”

For me, having cancer was a lesson in hope. Prior to that experience, I didn’t really consider hope as a part of my emotional vocabulary. In its place was persistence and determination. Even in the face of those things I couldn’t control, it was not hope but persistence, determination, and adaptability that got me through.

Then… cancer. It was something I couldn’t plow through, nor adapt to, nor ignore as I stubbornly continue to do my own thing. It wasn’t something I could solve. In fact, it was a situation where even though I had options, I had very little to no control over the overall result going my way even with choosing the best and most aggressive options available to resolve things.

And there was the hope.

It wasn’t big or flashy. It wasn’t something I reached for or even realized was there for a good portion of the experience. But, it was there all the same, whispering in the background so quietly it was nearly inaudible. Just a barely sensed glimmer in the dark.

Since noticing it and identifying it for what it is? I’ve come to realize that it’s always there, flying under the radar so incognito as to be missed and often remain unseen… and yet, still there all the same.

This experience makes me wonder how many people out there scoff at “hope”, or truly believe they have none… and yet merely haven’t been introduced to that glimmer in a way that allows them to recognize it.

The message in today’s Magician card and emotions prompt asks us to take a little time to get to know that small glimmer of hope within us, and allow yourself to cling to it when there’s nothing else you can do… because no matter how hard we try, some results will never be under our control.

DECK USED:  THE BOOK OF SHADOWS AS BELOW TAROT AND THE BOX OF EMOTIONS

One Card Tarot Journal Activity by @mariasofia_astro
Chapter 6 | Entry 8 – Spiritual Development
Affirmation : “I am open to what the Divine wants me to release or make room for.”
Prompt : It is important to remember that your spiritual path is not a destination but a lifelong commitment. You are constantly growing. According to the card you draw, what changes or steps can you take right now to continue growing on your spiritual path to fulfill your sense of purpose?

Tarot Activity from The One Card a Day Journal by Maria Sofia Marmanides - Common Thread Tarot - The Sun Card

What feelings came up when I pulled this card?

The classic meanings of this card came up for me before anything else when it was pulled. Specifically, success.

My first emotional reaction was then a dose of skepticism as my head said, “I don’t think so”. That is to say that the negative inner narrative shot down my “yes I can!” that the card was communicating and brought me into the realm of pessimism from the start.

Ouch.

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

Success isn’t the only classic interpretation of the Sun card, but with the combination of the illustration? That’s exactly where this particular card takes me. More on this below, as I’ll explain how it resonates there.

Suffice to say the “happiness” interpretation also fits, but not in the way I would normally interpret it due to the illustration. Therefore, it really leans into the success side of things instead.

What in the artwork spoke to me?

Right, so the illustration is where everything comes together here. Look at that woman on her unicorn. Naked and riding under a beating sun, emaciated and holding a ribbon like she’s just won a race.

Just how much self punishment, self harm, and misery went into this achievement? Was it really worth it? Her expression could just as easily be saying “thank fuck it’s over” as it might be basking in the glory of the moment.

My prompt response and reflections.

It’s important as I grow that I continually reassess my priorities and values, and ensure that I’m not sacrificing myself and my well-being for achievements or completion.

This is something I’m guilty of on a somewhat regular basis. This card is reminding me that self kindness is a new priority, and one not to be forgotten or ignored in the efforts to accomplish my goals.

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

DECK USED: THE COMMON THREAD TAROT MAJORS ONLY EDITION

#DiscordTarotholicsJul2026 Challenge
Prompt for July 5th : Do Spread 1

Tarot Reading with The Book of Shadows So Below Deck

What needs to be left behind as I focus on further growth?

Seven of Cups – Indecisive musings. Sooner or later you have to get your priorities in order. Waffling and indecision is natural, but if you sit in it too long it just develops into unhealthy stagnation.

What is in full bloom for me right now?

Five of Cups – Languishing isn’t going to get you anywhere. Subdrop is coming your way and about to unfurl like a fetid corpse flower in your gut. Remember that this experience may be unpleasant, but is also an opportunity to deepen your bond with you partner.

Where do I need to direct my focus for further growth?

Eight of Cups Rx – Doing research and book work is still taking action. Don’t sell yourself short in what you are doing in these areas just because they don’t produce the flashy results of physical activities.

Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Wood Fern for Exorcising Negative Influences
Foraged Red Oak Leaf for Fostering Unconditional Love
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: THE BOOK OF SHADOWS AS BELOW TAROT
Daily Self Kindness

I wore a face mask when working on the balcony today to make sure my allergies didn’t deprive me of the ability to breathe.

Healthy Introversion

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Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.

The Alleyman Tarot

Today’s draw is the Three of Cups, which is traditionally a representation of friendships, revelry, celebration, and collaboration between those that are linked or alike not just in mind but also in heart.

The Three of Cups has then been combined with the It Tickles card from the Happy Little Things deck, which says, “Where words can’t reach, you can use hands. Or feathers. Tongues are allowed as well. One can bask in the moment and laugh with their body. And it could be helpful to remember that adults can be tickled, too. They have been kids, too, and not that long ago, if you ask them.”

Sometimes the best (and healthiest) fun you can have is the fun you have with others.

As a (primarily) introvert, I have a tendency to be drawn to, and even seek out, solitude. The issue with this is that no matter how comforting solitude is, it’s not always healthy for us.

Don’t get me wrong, sometimes it is. Sometimes alone time is the time you need to reflect or recover or de-stress. And yet, sometimes alone time is just time to stew in stagnancy and hide from the world in unhealthy ways.

The message in today’s Three of Cups and affirmation card is a reminder that even those who are fully and completely introverted need social contact in their lives now and then. It’s healthy, and if partaken of in ways that you enjoy, can also be a highlight in your day instead of a trial or tribulation.

DECK USED: THE ALLEYMAN TAROT w/ BOOSTERS 1-3 AND HAPPY LITTLE THINGS DECK

The @ambitiouslyalexa July Journal Prompts
Prompts for July 4th and 5th
Reading Note: I split The Alleyman into a 78 card tarot deck, a 22 card majors only deck, and the leftovers as an oracle deck. The cards used in this reading are the leftover “oracle” cards to be read not as a tarot, but off of the imagery instead.

Oracle Reading with The Alleyman Tarot

A truth you’re ready to name

Top Two Cards – The harsh judgments that you put upon yourself are cruelty and punishment rather than constructive feedback.

That negative inner voice insidious in its narratives in your head isn’t helpful or kind. It’s angry and mean, petty and cruel. Listening to it and absorbing what it has to say is not just habit, but a form of self abuse.

A version of you that’s emerging

Bottom Three Cards – You are learning not to dread change, but instead see it as an opportunity.

No matter how much you want to, change isn’t something that you can ignore and loss happens to everyone. Through these times of uncertainty, you are beginning to better understand the cycle of opportunity presented during these moments… instead of trying to hide away and/or brace for impact.

Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Parmeliaceae Lichen for a “Breath of Fresh Air”
Foraged Purple Heather Sprigs for Independence and Luck
Dried Rhododendron Leaf for Fostering Confidence
Rose Quartz for Gentle Kindness to Self and Others
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: THE ALLEYMAN TAROT w/ BOOSTERS 1-3

#DiscordTarotholicsJul2026 Challenge
3-Card Spread Prompt for July 4th : About opportunity…

Tarot Reading with The Alleyman Tarot

What opportunity is knocking on my door right now?

Six of Wands – Pay attention to what’s being offered to you by others where their expectations play a heavy role in the situation.

When considering these opportunities, make sure that you are also considering whether or not you want to take on those expectations that are attached to it, whether those expectations are reasonable or not, and whether or not those expectations will become overwhelming for you over time. Consider as well, whether or not you are even considering this opportunity simply as a way to please someone else.

Is this opportunity suited to me and where I am on my path at this time?

Five of Swords – This opportunity doesn’t particularly look good from the start and it’s not going to start looking any better the further you go on in your considerations mentioned above. It’s far too easy to find the pitfalls, and that should be a warning that it’s not a good opportunity for you.

What would change in my life if I were to jump on this opportunity?

Nine of Cups – Self satisfaction and contentment. The problem lies in the fact that due to the double-bulb nature of these cups, not only does the card offer the traditional meaning of self satisfaction and contentment, but also overwhelm.

Combined with the Five of Swords, this indicates that although this opportunity is not suited to you, and you won’t enjoy the journey it takes you on, there is still potential to find comfort and satisfaction at its end. This lies more in your ability to adapt, though, rather than whether or not this opportunity was suited for you in the first place

Other elements included in this reading:
Handcrafted Sigil for Healthy Sustainable Energy
Dried Cedar Bundle for Protection from Negative Influences
Black Spruce Needles to Boost Self-Confidence and Positive Thinking
Dried Rosebuds for Potential and Beauty Waiting to Unfold
Dried Purple Heather Flowers for Independence and Luck
Clear Quartz for boosting Mental Clarity
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: THE ALLEYMAN TAROT w/ BOOSTERS 1-3
Daily Self Kindness

I took a walk around Ms B’s neighborhood after dinner to get a little distance while she was watching the news.