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Tarotholics Challenge Dec 3, 4, 7, 8, 9

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#DiscordTarotholicsDec2023 Challenge
Questions for December 3rd, 4th, 7th, 8th, and 9th

Tarotholics Challenge Oracle Reading with the Yuletide Monsters Oracle

Where should you direct your focus this week to foster your relationship with yourself?

Three of Gifts – Collaborate with others and aim for success. You will be happier with the end results (and by association with yourself) if you don’t try to carry everything alone. You will also be providing yourself some essential self care that is needed.

How can you connect more strongly with the world around you?

Four of Wassail Cups – This isn’t really the time for building stronger connections with the world around you. There just isn’t time. A little apathy in this area right now can go a long way into making sure you are balancing in this area.

What is your greatest strength that is currently hidden from you?

Five of Switches – One of your greatest strengths that you often forget about, especially when you are stressed or confronted with unexpected change, is the ability to deal with conflict in healthy ways instead of letting it descend into chaos.

How can you better connect with your intuition and decrease self-doubt?

Ace of Switches – Be enthusiastic about your connection with your intuition and follow its advice, even when you’re possibly not really a fan of what it’s trying to say. You create more problems for yourself when you ignore it and stubbornly try to pretend it’s not saying something you don’t want to hear.

What can you do to make riding out the holiday season more pleasurable?

Ace of Scissors – Follow your inspiration into the rabbit holes it leads you. Let the excitement of these new ideas inspire you. (Thus, the creation of Kainokami Ryūjin for the Hush rp.)

DECK USED: YULETIDE MONSTERS ORACLE

Tarotholics Challenge Dec Spread 1

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#DiscordTarotholicsDec2023 Challenge Spread 1

December Tarot Reading with the Snowland Tarot

Bear – Introspection / Healing – How can a period of introspection help with healing the past year’s pain?

Seven of Pentacles – Sustainable growth takes time and goes through many different phases. One of those phases that encourages growth is time spent looking inward at the self. When we rush, we often try to skip this step, because it’s difficult and uncomfortable, but in taking our time to explore it instead, we come out the other side happier and healthier in the end.

Robin – Compassion / Patience – Where can I express more compassion and patience with others?

Ten of Pentacles – During family times your loved ones could use a bit less snap and snark, and a little more compassion and patience. The stress of the holiday rush is making you snipe more often when you would normally have more patience. An effort toward a bit more compassion and patience will allow everyone to come together comfortably instead of going off into their own corners.

Deer – Gentleness / Intuition – How can I use my intuition to encourage more gentleness and caring this holiday?

Strength – Lean into your interpersonal strengths and seek out the nudge of your intuition to help you learn what others need in order to soften their hard edges and allow them to relax.

Squirrel – Preparation / Resourcefulness – How can prep and resourcefulness help me through the holidays?

The Star – Preparation and your resourcefulness assist in keeping things running smoothly, which in turn then allows you to more easily lean into hope and positivity instead of worry and self-criticism.

Wren – Inspiration / Enthusiasm – Where can I find inspiration to help me be enthusiastic about the holidays this year?

Nine of Pentacles – Stay focused on your accomplishments and how far you have come rather than allowing more negative inner narratives to take control. It’s through acknowledging your accomplishments (no matter how difficult they are to see, and no matter how small or inconsequential they might seem) that you are more easily able to see and enjoy the positives in life and fun in the world around you during the holidays.

Boar – Stubborn Persistence – In what way can stubborn persistence help me through the rest of this year?

Knight of Swords – It will allow you to stay on target and adapt to the sometimes unorthodox methods needed in order to meet your goals. Thinking outside the box is important in order to hit your target.

Owl – Trust / Knowledge – How can the knowledge I’ve gained this year help me to trust myself better?

Wheel of Fortune – Remember that everything you’ve learned is carried with you throughout your life. These lessons don’t go away, but are carried forward with you. Like learning a foreign language, the more you use what you’ve learned, the more it will stick and become natural to you. Use these lessons you’ve gathered through life well and often in order to keep them fresh and easily awakened when you need them.

DECK USED: SNOWLAND TAROT

📆 Transitioning from November to December

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Month End Tarot Reading with the Urban Incantations Tarot

Here and Now I Exist – Who you are now, in your entirety.

The World – Major transitions happen around this time of year for you, with the holiday rush changing just about every aspect of your life in one way or another.  Your growth throughout the year comes to a culmination as your focus is drawn elsewhere and held for a stretch of six weeks, and your entire world changes.  Remember that there is a new journey that can once again focus on you and your needs once the race of the holiday rush comes to an end.

The Slough – What is to be left in the past as you move forward.

Knight of Pentacles – The time for slow movement is at an end. Things are picking up speed and you’ll need to move at a faster pace to keep up and succeed.

What Lies Ahead – An ideal state or ideal self you are seeking at this time.

Queen of Pentacles – This month ahead is filled with the potential for the wealth and success needed not only to fulfill your own needs, but also care for and support others.

Limitations – Negative influences, opposition, or ill will.

Five of Cups – Sour grapes and negative inner narratives are not your friend. Make sure you are aware of those self-criticisms and negative self-judgements, and do what you can to counterbalance them for a healthier outlook.

The Boon – Positive influences, higher guidance, or divine intervention.

Nine of Pentacles – Instead of focusing on failings and struggles, as mentioned above, make sure that you are focusing on your successes and accomplishments.  Boost your outlook through positive feedback instead of being a slave driver to yourself that is never pleased or satisfied.

The Wound – An unpleasant past experience or event that is ripe for some support and healing.

King of Swords Rx – Impulsive moments and acting without thought usually ends badly for you… but not always. When it does, though, you kick yourself for these moments instead of letting them go. Work harder to see them as learning experiences instead of failings.

Nostalgia – A positive past experience or event to acknowledge, reflect upon, and enjoy.

Death – You have done well with all the changes that have gone on in your life this year. Don’t lose sight of that ability to adapt and keep going as you move forward this month.

A Warning – Something coming that can be prevented or overcome.

Ten of Cups – Watch out for threats to your emotional security and familial ties. Stay aware of those things that could cause disruption to your “happy family” feelings that you share with others.

Empowerment – A future opportunity to work toward.

Seven of Wands Rx – Remember that sometimes empowerment doesn’t require outward expression. It’s okay to keep your opinions and beliefs to yourself, and stand firm in them without justifying them to others.

Message from the Spirit World – Keep in mind that happiness and success sometimes require you to yield instead of standing strong.

Message from the Mind’s World – Slow progress to your goals and beyond them is still progress. You’ll get there, and soon you’ll be in a position to not just work towards your goals, but support others in working towards theirs as well.

Message from the Physical World – Lack of motivation and strategy combined with negative thoughts equal more and more uncomfortable change in your life.

DECKS USED: URBAN INCANTATIONS TAROT

11/9📝 Template: Oracle Reading

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Mr Lionhart’s #TheNovemberTarot Elemental Tarot Challenge
Questions for November 7th and 8th

Oracle Reading with the Enchanted Map Oracle

What can I do to enhance my day-to-day life with more comfort?

Dragon’s Lair – It’s not comfort that you need right now, but rather to mix things up and dive into the excitement of challenge and adventure. See the upcoming holiday rush as a quest, instead of as a burden.

How can I best invest in myself for the long-term?

Commitment – Connect with others and allow them to connect with you. Accept their offers of help without restraint, as they are offering out of love and this sharing in your burden is a building block to greater bonds between you and others.

How can I connect with nature for a greater sense of grounding?

Heal the Ouch – Get your ass out in nature as much as you can. It’s through your connection with the forests and the trees that you find your greatest healing magic. In order to take advantage of this, you need to actually go wander among the trees and lie under their boughs so that your roots can tangle with theirs.

DECK USED: ENCHANTED MAP ORACLE

Lionharts Elemental Challenge Lenormand Reading

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Mr Lionhart’s Elemental Tarot Challenge
Questions for November 4th thru 6th

Lionhart's Challenge Lenormand Reading with the Urban Incantations Lenormand and Zodiac Oracle

How can I practice more mindful and intentional living?

Sun and Virgo – Find joy in organization and a more systematic and logical approach to life. Notice more and enjoy those things your attention is drawn to instead of disregarding them. Small joys are important.

What obstacles do I need to be aware of?

Fish and Libra – It can sometimes be difficult to resist going with the flow in social situations. Don’t allow peer pressure to cause you to spend when you should hold back, though. There are consequences that come with going with the group instead of listening to your own needs.

How can I turn my obstacles into opportunities?

Coffin and Capricorn – Look at the endings in your life with a practical eye. See the opportunities that come in the wake of loss.

What is contributing positively to my life right now?

Birds and Gemini – Communication and friends. Remember that while having others around you may sometimes feel chaotic, they also lift you up and breathe new life into how you experience the world.

DECK USED: URBAN INCANTATIONS LENORMAND AND ZODIAC ORACLE

Elemental Check-In Oracle Reading

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Mr Lionhart’s Elemental Tarot Challenge
The Elemental Check-In Spread

Elemental Check-In Oracle Reading with The Cursed Arrows Oracle

Earth – What is currently providing me stability?

Poisons & Toxins – You work at countering negativity in your head with positive counterbalances. This is allowing you to keep from slipping into your depression and assisting you in balancing out your pessimistic nature. That negativity may -feel- like it’s solid and stable, but there is far more stability in balancing it out with a bit of positivity and optimism.

Air – What broader perspective can help me with my current journey?

Blood Moon – Remember that endings and beginnings are the same thing. You cannot have one without the other.

Water – What emotional aspects are affecting my current situation?

As Above, So Below – You are affected by others, just as others are affected by you. When you feel that you are having a shift of emotions without warning? Instead of blaming yourself, take a look around and make sure that you aren’t being influenced.

What steps or actions can help me move forward?

The Chameleon – Flexibility and adaptation are important. Be open to making changes that will assist  you in keeping things moving in a forward direction. You can’t stay stuck in your ways and also grow.

DECK USED: EARTH MOON & SHADOW ORACLE