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Pit Stops Happen

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Today’s meditation was skipped. (I took headache meds and a nap instead.)

Tarot of the Longest Dream's The Sun and It’s Going To Be Okay 2024 Day-to-day Calendar By Kate AllanToday’s draw is the Sun card combined with the affirmation “Bad days do not erase your progress”.

The combination of these two cards are a reminder that looking on the bright side often takes practice and a conscious effort. Bad days happen to all of us, and when we are striving towards something we want to achieve, those bad days can feel like a massive setback, or even feel like failure.

It’s important during these times to remember that bad days are temporary, and you may be in a momentary pause, but you’ve not actually strayed off track from the success you have been working toward.  It’s just a pit stop, not the end of the road.

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

#DiscordTarotholicsApr2024 Challenge Prompt
Question for April 25th: Nat’l DNA Day – What is needed in your life to connect you more with your family?

Awakening Enlightenment CardsReading Summary: There is concern that the jealousies of others will cause them to strive to take all that you have (Consumption and Jealousy). A greater sense of stability is needed (Stability).

Take Away: Before trying to connect with more extended family, make sure that you shore up your personal sense of stability. There are those involved that will seek to eat away at the good in your life, spurred on by their jealousy.

This man in your family that you want to connect more strongly with has children, and they do not appreciate your presence. If you want to connect more strongly with him, you need to first ensure that you are impervious to any disruptions those offspring might try to throw your way.

DECK USED: AWAKENING ENLIGHTENMENT CARDS

@Lionharts #TheAprilTarot Mercury Musing Prompt
Question for April 25th: What needs a little more time or reflection before I fully commit myself to it?

Tarot of the Longest Dream - Four of Cups, Queen of Cups, The EmperorReading Summary: The Queen of Cups in this royal pairing seems to be saying to the Emperor “Are you really up to putting more on your shoulders right now, my king?” At the same time, the poses of the women in both Cups cards appear to be saying that we need to think about this a little more and get our emotions involved so that we can see how we feel about everything, rather than just charging forward. Sit with it. Think about it. Dip into how you feel rather than just using logic.

Take Away: You are not emotionally ready to take on more responsibilities. Wait it out and listen to yourself instead. Give yourself the nurturing that you need and think things through a little more before you try step in as a responsible party with the greater good in mind.

DECK USED: TAROT OF THE LONGEST DREAM

Daily Self Kindness

I took it easy throughout the early part of the day, working on getting rid of a headache that I’d woken up with in the morning.

Positive Changes Also Happen

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Today’s meditation was skipped.

OMNITO Magic LenormandToday’s draw is the Coffin and Sun.

Don’t forget that sometimes change is good.

It’s not your enemy, but often is the path to success opening up before you once you’ve released what baggage needs letting go of.

You have a tendency to resist change, as most people do, but its important to pay attention to what’s actually going on, and the potential that lies in those moments in life that are less stable and more fluid.

DECK USED:  OMNITO MAGIC LENORMAND

@Lionharts #TheAprilTarot Mercury Musing Prompt
Question for April 24th: What can I return to, reconnect with, or restart, now that Mercury has stationed?

OMNITO Magic LenormandReturn To – Key Fish Tower – There are better ways in which to grow your fortune than just tucking away funds for a rainy day. It’s time to consult those that know more than you do and can help unlock this potential.

Reconnect With – Ship and Book – Research places you can go to get moving. You won’t get the outdoor time you need just by thinking about it, but some research on easier, more accessible trails is a good place to start.

Restart – Woman and Star – Your relationship with your mother could use a restart now that communication is no longer being hindered by the retrograde. It’s okay to get your hopes high. Just stay positive and it will turn out fine.

Side Note: That last one… I dunno. I know it is supposed to be reassurance and encouragement, but it feels like there should be more in there about protecting my from those expectations. That is my feelings, tho. Not necessarily reality.

DECK USED: OMNITO MAGIC LENORMAND

Daily Self Kindness

Today was a fun filled day of doctor appointments that I didn’t really want to go to. I definitely did some advocating for myself today, though, and I’m happy with the results.

I Continue to Steal Time

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Today’s meditation was skipped.

@GlitterbyInk #AprilAffirmations24 Prompt
Affirmation Prompt for April 20th: I Continue…

TaRat Tarot - Seven of SwordsSeven of Swords – I continue to steal away time for myself.

Sometimes it really does feel like stealing, but that doesn’t make it any more needed and necessary. There are times in life when the needs of others feel like a black hole.  No matter how much you feed into it, it’s always greedy for more. More and more.

In this way, people can steal every moment of your time and then some if you let them… which means if you want to have some of that time for yourself? It’s necessary to steal it back.

You don’t have to steal it all, but you do need to make sure that you’re getting what you need.

DECK USED:  TARAT TAROT

@Lionharts #TheAprilTarot Mercury Musing Prompt
Question for April 23th: What can I gain from revisiting my past and realigning with my personal goals?

My Journey Is The Stars And The Sea Cards“…and it was the moment between six and seven when every flower-roses, carnations, irises, lilac-glows; white, violet, red, deep orange; every flower seems to burn by itself, softly purely in the misty beds; and how she loved the grey-white moths spinning in and out, over the cherry pie, over the evening primroses!” – Virginia Wolfe

Lily of the Valley – Purification of the heart and soul through the release of those things that have hurt you along the way. Just as crying releases pent up emotions, revisiting the past can give you an outlet to release those negative past experiences, freeing you to better focus on your current needs.

Dahlia – A stronger connection to your sense of inner strength and dignity. When you look back on the past and those things you have come through, you see just how strong you were and have become over time. It allows you to take pride in your accomplishments, bolstering your self confidence.

Hydrangea – Self-forgiveness spurred on by understanding. The understanding that you do not, in fact, deserve the harsh treatment that you dole out to yourself, and the ability to begin the process of apologizing to yourself for that treatment… and ultimately finding a path to self-forgiveness as a result.

DECK USED: MY JOURNEY IS THE STARS AND THE SEA CARDS

#DiscordTarotholicsApr2024 Challenge Prompt
Question for April 23th: What do you need to focus on for self-care for this full moon?

TaRat Tarot - The Hermit, Five of Wands, Six of WandsReading Summary: You can’t please everyone (Six of Wands and Five of Wands). Please yourself (The Hermit).

Take Away: Independence. Stop trying to please everyone.  In doing so, you are sacrificing your own happiness and your ability to give yourself what you need.

It isn’t your responsibility to make anyone else happy other than yourself, and the inner conflict of trying to do so is wearing you down.  Instead, step away and give yourself little “treats” of pleasure and enjoyment that are just for you and no one else.

DECK USED: TARAT TAROT

Daily Self Kindness

I wandered off on my own in the garden center with my camera in-hand instead of following along with Ms B and Jer as they shopped for the things she needed to pick up.

I Accept Consequences

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#DailyTrip with the Calm app - Meditation isn't an escape from life, it's a way to go deeper into it. Quote by Jeff WarrenToday’s meditation was eleven minutes long, and was one of the #DailyTrip sessions from the Calm app.

Today’s session was about escapism, and how we use different methods to try to escape from reality.  Some of them are healthy (reading, exercise, vacations, etc), while others not so much (drugs, alcohol, risk taking behaviors, etc).

The session discussed how meditation, for many, is one of those things people try to use as an escape, when reality the practice of meditation is not an escape, but a honing in on the present. It’s living each single moment entirely in that moment… one moment at a time.

@GlitterbyInk #AprilAffirmations24 Prompt
Affirmation Prompt for April 19th: I Accept…

Maruco Animal Tarot - JusticeJustice – I accept that my actions have consequences.

You accept that with each decision you make there will be a reaction in turn. Instead of trying to foist off the blame on others, you accept that you made the choices you did fully knowing that there were consequences that may be involved that you wouldn’t like.

Sometimes, you play out the cause and effect beforehand, and know that the consequences might not be what you want out of the experience but do it anyway.  Other times, even though you anticipate the consequences may be unpleasant but unpredictable, you roll the dice.

Through it all, though, you own your actions, your decisions, and the choices you make… even those choices that don’t feel like choices at all. After all, how can you learn from your mistakes if you won’t admit to the mistakes you make?

DECK USED:  MARUCO ANIMAL TAROT

@Lionharts #TheAprilTarot Mercury Musing Prompt
Question for April 22nd: How can I best revisit past decisions or choices with a fresh perspective?

The Empty Cup Oracle and Forager's Daughter Tarot - Seven of Pentacles, Five of Pentacles, The TowerThe Tower Rx and Hatchet – When looking at those times when the world seems like it was ending and there was going to be no future to rebuild, look at how you handled the situation instead of letting it just spiral out of control.  Take time to examine how you took control, and in doing so help to direct things back to safer ground.

Seven of Pentacles and Book – Consider the instances where you have been stymied by a need to have patience and wait for results, and how that time of waiting has given you a chance to research and better yourself, preparing you to increase the yield of the end result.

Five of Pentacles and Diving Helmet – How many times have you allowed feelings of scarcity to cut you off from reality and isolate you in a miasma of despair?  What protections have you established that help in keeping you safe from this happening again?  Are you using those protections, or are they sitting on a shelf gathering dust and becoming obsolete through lack of practice in using them?

DECK USED: FORAGER’S DAUGHTER TAROT 1ST EDITION AND THE EMPTY CUP ORACLE

#DiscordTarotholicsApr2024 Challenge Prompt
Question for April 22nd: Earth Day – What activity will help you connect more closely with the earth?

Maruco Animal Tarot - The Emperor, Four of Pentacles, Ace of SwordsReading Summary: Stop trying to reinvent the wheel (Ace of Swords). You know what activities help to ground you and nurture you in a sense of security and stability (Four of Pentacles), so take on the responsibility of making sure that you are participating in those activities instead of avoiding them. It’s better for you, and better for everybody around you as well (The Emperor).

Take Away: In other words, stop thinking about it and just do it already. You know you need it.

That “it”, incidentally, being getting out in nature. Yes, it sucks that you can’t do the hard hikes that you’re used that take you up into unpopulated areas… but that doesn’t mean you can’t still spend some time among the trees. You know that you need it.

DECK USED: MARUCO ANIMAL TAROT

Daily Self Kindness

I took a nap.  I spent time with Gid. I meditated. And, I did my cards (for the first time in days).

🌕 Full Moon in Scorpio – April 2024

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Tomorrow is the full moon, and like all new moons and full moons, I did a spread aligned to the moon’s current themes as a part of my recognition of the moon’s cycle and influences upon us. Today’s spread is courtesy of Seeds of Shakti.

Scorpio Full Moon Oracle Reading with the Ocean Dreams Mystic Oracle

Scorpio is extremely intensive, emotional, and highly intuitive. As a water sign, what old wounds will Scorpio help to illuminate, cleanse, and heal?

Earth Waters – Trusting where you come from is difficult. Take time to purify your relationship with your your origins, reground yourself, and begin again.

What aspect of my life is undergoing a potential transformation?

Magnetic Heart – You lost your way for a time where it came to interactions with others, but should be  beginning to find your truth once more and be once again starting to align with those things that truly matter to you.

How can I magnify my senses to experience more pleasure?

Dreamgate – Don’t just doggedly go after the goals that you set for yourself in the past. Examine where you really want to go in this life and really want to achieve. Reevaluation of one’s values and goals is important, as they will shift and change as we grow.

What illusions do I need to breakthrough?

Transcendence – You are not alone. You are never alone. You are connected to the world around you through the ebbing and flowing tendrils of energy that are a part of everyone and everything.

What suppressed feelings will surface during the Scorpio Full Moon to unravel insight?

Nectar of Life – Break free of stagnancy and realize that stillness is an illusion. You have an opportunity during this full moon to release yourself of the trappings of unhealthy inactivity and the stagnation it brings.

Full Moon advice from the Minoan Goddess Amalthea.

Convergence – Make sure that you are connecting with others and not trying to put too much on your own shoulders. Everything runs more smoothly when worked on together.

DECK USED: OCEAN DREAMS MYSTIC ORACLE

I Release Self Doubt

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Today’s meditation was skipped.

@GlitterbyInk #AprilAffirmations24 Prompt
Affirmation Prompt for April 18th: I Release…

Freecloud Tarot - The MagicianThe Magician Rx – I release self-doubt.

Sometimes having an idea isn’t enough.
Sometimes having the skills isn’t enough.  Sometimes having the creativity isn’t enough.
Sometimes having motivation isn’t enough.

Sometimes, you just plain feel like you are not enough.

Even when you are.

When these times come and you’re feeling like you’re not enough, remember to pause and take a breath. Keep in mind that emotions can sometimes turn our perspectives upside down.  That “not enough” feeling is just that… an emotion, not fact. Don’t let it hold you back.

DECK USED:  FREECLOUD TAROT

@Lionharts #TheAprilTarot Mercury Musing Prompt
Question for April 18th: How can I nurture emotional connections and empathy?

Happy Daily LenormandLily and Clover – Make sure that you are staying open to different perspectives on values.  You don’t have to adopt these different values and perspectives as your own, but seek to understand them anyway instead of brushing them off as inconsequential or mistaken.

Ship and Scythe – Cut ties with those you need to eject from your life instead of continuing to give them second chances.  Send them packing, instead.  You don’t need them.

Whip and Woman – Make sure that you are claiming the upper hand when it comes to the demands of women in  your life.  Either take the reins or compromise, but don’t just buckle and yield.

DECK USED: HAPPY DAILY LENORMAND

#DiscordTarotholicsApr2024 Challenge Prompt
Question for April 18th: Int’l Juggler’s Day – What responsibility in life can you release in order to make juggling the rest easier?

Freecloud Tarot - The Hierophant, Three of Swords, Ace of SwordsReading Summary: You don’t have to always be the one (Ace of Swords/Sword in the Stone) that solves all the problems (Three of Swords/Bunny Hugging the Wounded) and has all the answers (The Hierophant).

Take Away: The responsibility that you feel for others and helping them with their issues through the bestowing of your own advice and experience.  People come to you for help… but sometimes? It’s better for them to figure these things out on their own.  Let them self-sooth and find their own answers once in a while instead of being there to pick them up and brush them off every time something goes wrong.

DECK USED: FREECLOUD TAROT

Daily Self Kindness

This is a catch-up post, and I don’t remember what my self-kindness was for the day.