The Life Navigator Deck

Falling Into Place

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Spellbound Tarot - Five of Wands

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

Today’s draw is the Five of Wands, which is traditionally a representation of conflict, tests, trials, and struggle in the area of one’s passions, drive, determination, principles, values, and willpower.

The Five of Wands has then been combined with the Finding Your Way card from Life Navigator Deck, which says, “When the mists come down and you can’t see far ahead – just stay focused on where you want to be, rather than how you’ll get there… and you’ll get there.”

Sometimes there’s just no point in arguing or otherwise butting heads with others. Not fighting doesn’t mean you agree. Instead, it can simply means that fighting over it isn’t worth your time and you’re going to do things your own way without giving others the option to argue.

Although not to be applied universally, as debate is often disguised as a form of brainstorming, when used occasionally as needed, this refusal to engage can circumvent a lot of strife and save time.

The message in today’s Five of Wands and affirmation card is a reminder that controlling every detail isn’t necessary. Sometimes if you just step up and do the thing without all the “what if” thinking and debate, everything will just fall into place.

DECK USED:  SPELLBOUND TAROT AND THE LIFE NAVIGATOR DECK

The @ambitiouslyalexa July Journal Prompts

Prompt for July 21st : A space you’re creating

Oracle Reading with the Lusefell Oracle

Reading Summary: A place of safety, stability, and hope (The Teeth) for yourself and others that offers shelter in the storm (The Storm) when things start to feel hopeless and lonely (The Smith).

Take Away: This isn’t about a physical or even online space (although both apply), as it is about space “with you” wherever you may be.

You offer these feelings of safety, acceptance, and stability to others that you welcome into your “sphere of influence”, providing them a place of comfort and hope where they can take a breath away from the harshness life and society often offers.

This is offered through your presence, giving them a moment to feels comfortable and secure, often when they need it most.

Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Oak Branch with Moss and Lichen for Perseverance
Raw Fluorite for Concentration and Energy Stabilization
Honey Calcite for Optimism and Motivational Boost
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: THE LUSEFELL ORACLE

#DiscordTarotholicsJul2026 Challenge

3-Card Spread Prompt for July 21st : About friendship…

Tarot Reading with the Spellbound Tarot

Two healthy and one unhealthy thing that you bring to your friendships with others

Five of Wands – You push others to see perspectives outside their own, and think outside the box of their own assumptions and preconceived notions.

The World – You encourage them in their endeavors, supporting them through the process to the very end, then ensuring that they take a moment to appreciate how far they’ve come and all they’ve put into getting there.

Knight of Wands Rx – You have a tendency to go off on your own adventures without inviting them along, or even checking in now and then while you’re distracted elsewhere. This can often cause them to feel left out, neglected, or ignored when in truth you have simply become so distracted by whatever has your focus that for a time everything else has disappeared from your awareness.

Other elements included in this reading:
Pressed Pansy Flowers for Hearing the Heart More Clearly
Dried Red Maple Leaf for Adaptability and Connection
Amethyst Mushroom for Fostering Spiritual Growth
Desert Rose for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED:  SPELLBOUND TAROT
Daily Self Kindness

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

Seeking Pearls In the Mud

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

The Tarot of the Grand Hours of Rohan - Five of Pentacles

Today’s draw is the Five of Pentacles, which is traditionally a representation of tests, trials, struggles, and setbacks in the area of one’s finances, resources, health, home, work, or manifestations. This often translates into themes that have to do with scarcity and times in life when one needs to seek out help from others instead of suffering through alone.

The Five of Pentacles has then been combined with the Pearls of Gratitude card from The Life Navigator deck, which says, “It’s easy to feel thankful when the seas of life are calm. But storms have their uses, too. They clear the air and often bring up treasure from the deep. Look for the pearl beneath the storm.“

I am a major advocate of “finding the silver lining”, which is what these cards are all about today.

What would we appreciate less (or not at all) if we hadn’t survived some trial or tribulation in our past. The sunshine and warmth of summer wouldn’t be as sweet without the winter’s bite that came before, and the cold of winter not such a pleasure if it wasn’t relieving us from the swelter of summer heat. Same can be said for being able to walk after experiencing having been in a wheelchair for a time, or having money for necessities after having experienced having none.

The message in today’s Five of Pentacles and affirmation card is a reminder that the trials and tribulations we go through have value. It doesn’t mean they don’t suck, but they also don’t have to be a waste as long as we can find and appreciate the value they’ve also added to our lives.

DECK USED:  TAROT OF THE GRAND HOURS OF ROHAN AND THE LIFE NAVIGATOR DECK

The @ambitiouslyalexa July Journal Prompts
Prompt for July 16th : A “should” you’re dropping

Tarot Reading with The Tarot of the Grand Hours of Rohan

Reading Summary: Don’t force yourself to go slow and wait for change (Death atop Knight of Pentacles) when it comes to those things that truly matter to you (Seven of Wands). Instead, lead the charge (King of Wands).

Take Away: Write to your building manager about what is bothering you concerning the last owners meeting. Your values concerning right and wrong are raging. Be proactive instead of sitting back and watching how things unfold.

This advice can be taken for a lot of situations where your inner voice is up in arms about something, it just so happens that -my- inner voice is up in arms about the misuse of proxy votes during the last owner’s meeting.

The cards are right. I need to sit down and write a letter to the building management company about it. Even if it doesn’t change anything about what’s already happened, it can make a difference in what happens in the future if the behavior is called out now and brought to the attention of all involved.

Other elements included in this reading:
Dried Red Maple Leaf for Adaptability and Connection
Staghorn Sumac for Connecting with Nature and the Wild Within
Conch Shell Knot for Concentration, Clarity, and Determination
Orthoceras Fossil for Supporting Transformation and Growth
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: TAROT OF THE GRAND HOURS OF ROHAN
Daily Self Kindness

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

Obstacles Are Not Dead Ends

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

Andersen's Fairy Tales Tarot - Wheel of Fortune

Today’s draw is the Wheel of Fortune card, which is traditionally a representation of luck (both good and bad), changing circumstances, the ups and downs of life, and the cyclical nature of life and the world.

The Wheel of Fortune card has then been combined with the Health from The Life Navigation Deck, which says, “You are Mind, Body and Spirit – a formidable combination! remember to nurture each aspect for a whole and healthy you.”

Keep gratitude in mind for the things you can do and that your body, mind, and spirit continue to allow you to do. Getting older, chronic pain, and physical malfunction are limitations, not insurmountable obstacles. Don’t allow them more weight than they deserve.

A lot of people who develop disabilities or handicaps have a tendency to see these things as “the end” of something they enjoy or life as they know it as a whole. The message in today’s Wheel of Fortune card and affirmation is an encouragement to not allow one’s limitations become the insurmountable obstacles that keep you from a happy and healthy life. These limitations are merely challenges, not ending points.

DECK USED:  ANDERSEN’S FAIRY TALES TAROT AND THE LIFE NAVIGATION CARDS

The @ambitiouslyalexa July Journal Prompts
Prompt for July 11th and 12th

Cartomancy Reading with the Andersen's Fairy Tales Playing Cards

A fear you’re shrinking

Six of Spades and Nine of Clubs

Over time, you’ve been working on shrinking the fear of change and starting over that, for a time, had started to get out of control and cause some problems.

In doing this, you are beginning to understand and absorb that you don’t have to defend yourself so vigorously against change and new beginnings.

Growth requires change, and you are beginning to accept that “bracing for impact” is counterproductive to healthy growth.

A craving you’re exploring

Ace of Hearts and Queen of Diamonds

You are exploring the idea that stability and emotions are not necessarily mutually exclusive, and to explore what stability looks like when one’s emotions are not ignored but supported. Instead, you’re starting to see how stability and emotions can play off each other to make each other stronger instead of tearing each other down. You don’t have to choose one or the other.

Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Lodgepole Pine for Resilience, Growth, and Renewal
Bird Figurine for Fostering Hope, Positivity, and Renewal
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: ANDERSEN’S FAIRY TALES

#DiscordTarotholicsJul2026 Challenge
3-Card Spread Prompt for July 11th : About loss…

Tarot Reading with the Andersen's Fairy Tales Tarot

What loss are you currently confronting?

Five of Cups – You are in the middle of experimenting with the loss of your pessimistic outlook. As you dive deeper into confronting these tendencies, you discover more and more how they are an unhealthy hindrance you your growth, development, and success instead of the tool you thought that they were.

This is making it easier for you to let go of these pessimistic tendencies and focus on the positive aspects of life, as well as more often and more easily see and appreciate optimistic perspectives.

What healthy growth does this loss offer you?

Queen of Cups – It allows you to see emotion in a healthier way, and thus get to know your own emotions better. This, in turn, makes room for a more caring and understanding approach to your emotions as a whole.

How can I greet this loss with grace?

Three of Cups – Allow others to help support you emotionally by being participants in life alongside you. Don’t close out those that offer you support, even when the support offered may not be your cup of tea.

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

DECK USED: ANDERSEN’S FAIRY TALES TAROT
Daily Self Kindness

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

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.