The Likely Tarot

The Creative Quill

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Today’s meditation was skipped.

The Likely Tarot - Ace of SwordsToday’s draw is the Ace of Swords, which is traditionally a representation of the seed of new beginnings in the area of one’s intellect, education, ambitions, thoughts, and communication. This often translates into themes that have to do with new ideas and interests, new contacts or ways to communicate with others, or new interests or educational pursuits.

The feather in this card makes me think of a quill and brings my mind to the fact that I am eager to get back home to Gideon where we can then pick up our literary roleplay.

It’s difficult (often impossible) for me to do this activity with him when I’m on the road, and I’m eager to get back to it with him now that my enthusiasm is kindled.

Today’s card brings my mind to these pursuits and encourages being open to trying new things.

@lucet.in.aurora.tarot’s #lucetinauroraMaartTarotChallenge Prompt
Prompt for March 22nd: Flowers and a tarot card.

In the background of this image are flowers that I saw today on my journeys.

DECK USED:  THE LIKELY TAROT

Daily Self Kindness

I might have caught a few catnaps yesterday, but I made up for it today with one long nap after another, only waking long enough to navigate when needed or eat when we stopped.

❤️ 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 Likely Tarot and Ink Sketch Lenormand

Earth – Two of Cups – Focus on family this week. Not family by blood, but more specifically your chosen family. There’s a lot to get done on the trip you’re embarking on in the week ahead and you need to keep your focus on what matters.

Air – Four of Wands – Seek out moments of stability within those times that you feel most comfortable and linger in them. You can carry that peace and stability with you in small ways, when things are more hectic or chaotic.

Water – Six of Swords atop Eight of Wands – Don’t get flustered when others try and rush you along. It’s going to happen, just be ready for it and do the best you can.  Remember that the best you can is enough.

Fire – Knight of Pentacles – Remember that they can’t force you to hurry up if you need to go at your own pace. Don’t allow their pushing and prodding to stress you out.  Just keep going and you’ll get there.  They can wait while you catch up.

Waning – Snake and Stork – Move yourself and others away from the “snake in the grass” trying to take away your “good thing”.  Someone you visit along the path of this trip does not have anyone’s interests at heart but their own.

Waxing – Lady and Whip – Help Ms B feel like she’s in charge and is calling all the shots. She’s feeling especially powerless at the moment and could use the empowerment that allowing her to hold the reigns can give.

DECKS USED: THE LIKELY TAROT AND INK SKETCH LENORMAND

Honed and Perfected Skills

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Today’s meditation was skipped.

The Likely Tarot - Eight of PentaclesToday’s draw is the Eight of Pentacles, which is traditionally a representation of hard work and honing one’s skills and abilities. This often leads to themes that have to do with manifestation, perfectionism, and expertise in one’s crafts or vocational field.

Skills come in all shapes and forms, and those that we all possess are honed and perfected over time.  Today’s card is a personal message to me about my own skills when it comes to organization and packing.

The message is… If you put your mind to it, you can get all the things done that you need to today.  You have to pack and get ready to go, but this isn’t really anything that you haven’t done a million times before.  So, just get to it and let your previous experience be your guide so that you don’t forget anything.

DECK USED:  THE LIKELY TAROT

@lucet.in.aurora.tarot’s #lucetinauroraMaartTarotChallenge Prompt
Prompt for March 18th: Do a lunch date with a deck you use least.

A Lunch Date with the Book of Thoth Golden Edition

Okay, so I couldn’t do food with this deck due to my reactions to the artwork, so there’s no “lunch date” here.  But, this is my least used deck.  As in… never. Never ever.  I don’t use it.  It’s in my collection for research purposes only.

For me, there is something fundamentally wrong and extremely disturbing about Lady Frida Harris’ artwork.  It disrupts the smooth flow of my energy and can make me extremely nauseous if I spend too much time with it.

So here is my least used deck… and a picture of today’s lunch.  Just no date.

DECK USED: THE BOOK OF THOTH GOLDEN EDITION

Daily Self Kindness

Play time with GIdeon today, which was really nice and sorta hot there at the end, which now leaves me eager for next time yet again.

Watch For the Quiet Ones

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The Likely Tarot - Five of SwordsToday’s draw is the Five of Swords, which is traditionally a representation of conflict, tests, and trials in the areas of communication, intellect, education, thought, and logic. This often translates into things that have to do with arguments and misunderstandings.

What stands out to me in the imagery for this card is not the feathers hanging in the sky, but the flowers that gather at the bottom and the promise of danger that they pose.   It feels that they are a reminder that there are two different types of people when their angry.  There’s the type full of flash and fire that will confront you head on, and the quiet type that will simmer in silence but is far more toxic and dangerous in the end.

The message in today’s card is a reminder that when it comes to conflict, make sure that you pay attention to the quiet ones.  Everything is not as okay as it might seem, and when they go quiet? It’s time to put in a little more effort to finding common ground.

DECK USED:  THE LIKELY TAROT

@Lionharts #TheMarchTarot Wander Lust Challenge Prompt
Question for March 5th: How can I embrace and use my natural environment to help me with my current journey?

L'oracle des MurmuresReading Summary: Balance in life (center card) requires a balance of both work (left card) and play (right card).

Take Away: Not allowing yourself enough balance between play and work creates an imbalance in your life that makes it harder for you to communicate with others, and also harder for you to connect with your intuition.

You need to get out in the green, even when there might not be as much green around as you’d like. Take an easy path through the forest, if needed.

Just making sure you’re getting out there at all will help you in balancing out your life so that you can enjoy your work more, and other elements in your life will feel less disjointed as a result.

DECK USED: L’ORACLE DES MURMURES

#DiscordTarotholicsMar2023 Challenge Prompt
Prompt for March 5th: Do Spread 1 – With spring approaching, it’s time to start cleaning out the old energies of hibernation and stagnation that winter can often bring. In this spread look for those thoughts and things that need to be let go in order to allow you to flourish this spring.

The Likely TarotWhat do I need to let go of to…

Ease My Mind – Ace if Swords and Two of Wands – New plans and new aspirations need to take a backseat as you move into spring this year. Let yourself just live in the moment and enjoy yourself instead of always looking forward to what new opportunities may be just around the corner.

Lighten My Heart – Justice Rx and The Hanged Man – You have a choice when you make a decision on how you look at things. You can look at them from a balanced and more forgiving perspective, or as a punisher meting out consequences. Choose the former and allow an attitude of forgiveness to rise up the spring, rather than leaning into harsher viewpoints.

Free My Creative Spark – King of Wands and Knight of Pentacles – You don’t always have to be top dog on every passion project. Allow yourself to drop the ball every once in a while, and see how quickly others move to pick it up.

DECK USED: THE LIKELY TAROT

@lucet.in.aurora.tarot’s #lucetinauroraMaartTarotChallenge Prompt
Prompt for March 5th: These cards were “besties”.

Hanson Roberts Tarot and The Herbal TarotAlthough not my first deck (which was a complete disaster and only worth mentioning in discussions about owning decks that don’t work for the reader and/or are unsuitable for learning), these two were the second and third decks I ever owned, and the first that I ever connected strongly with.

The Hanson Roberts Tarot (left) and Herbal Tarot (right) traveled together from living situation to living situation, from shelter to couch to car to cardboard box, and eventually from home to home throughout my mid-to-late teens.

They are the best of friends, and will always be connected in my mind through the bond from those years in my life.

DECK USED: HANSON ROBERTS TAROT AND HERBAL TAROT

Daily Self Kindness

I ordered pizza and made chocolate chip cookies for myself today.

❤️ 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?

The Likely Tarot, The Heroine's Journey Oracle, Wildera Lenormand

Theme – Three of Swords – Keep your disappointment in check this week. Everything may not go perfectly, but everything that happens this week, including the disappointments, are happening for good reason. Like beets and eggplant, they’re good for you in the end, even if it doesn’t feel like it when you’re choking them down.

Earth – Knight of Swords and One of Flowers – New goals will take focus and strategy. You are on the right track, just make sure you don’t lose track of your goals and your process to get there. Write down what you want and how you are going to get there and use this to return your focus to your target again and again.

Air – The Hierophant atop The Lovers, Four of Flowers – Make sure you are open and forthright with your doctor during this upcoming appointment.  Make a list of everything you want to say so that you don’t miss anything, and while you’re there be sure to push about having tests done and possibly seeing a specialist.

Advocate for yourself in this area and don’t allow it to be brushed aside or the issue to be downplayed. Your pain and discomfort are a sign of needing the attention of a professional.  They are worth the man’s time even if he might not think so.

Water – Two of Wands and The Vixen – Strategy and prioritization are both going to be extremely important in how you plot your course as you come out of hiding. Here, too, writing things down could help you immensely. Having a concrete plan can give you a sense of security that you feel like you are lacking at the moment.

Fire – Ace of Swords and The Guide – Be wise about what you take on right now. There is a great deal on your plate and you don’t want to get weighed down as it will then restrict your creative thinking.

Waning – Ring and Anchor – Stop worrying about the damned mortgage.  Everything is fine. Yes, you’ll be needing to negotiate new terms next year, but next year isn’t now. Hopefully interest rates will have gone down by then.  It’ll all work out, but now isn’t the time to worry about it.  Set it aside until it’s the right time to deal with it.

Waxing – Moon and Birds – Make sure you’re getting enough time with Gideon this week.  Yes, you have gone back to work, but he is able to lift you up and keep you balanced, and that is something that you need right now.  Some time chatting with Gid and spent in his company is just what you need to help keep things on an even keel this week.

Take Away – The cards this week indicate that you need to be proactive.  Not just with your doctor, but with your life in general and those things you already have on your plate.  There’s a lot of different things going on for you right now, and you need to consider making a list and then sorting out the path forward with each of those things.  In doing this, you will feel more grounded and organized, and more empowered as well.

DECKS USED: THE LIKELY TAROT, THE HEROINE’S JOURNEY ORACLE, THE WILDERA LENORMAND

Feed the Wolf You Want

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Today’s meditation was skipped.

The Likely TarotToday’s draw is the King of Pentacles, which is traditionally a representation of a projective alpha energy, personality, or person in the area of one’s finances, resources, health, home, and physical manifestations. This is a card that is about authority within the physical world, and the themes often who have to do with people who have worked hard for what they have… and what they have is a stable foundation.

The card today is about something that is in the guidebook, rather than on the imagery (although, I absolutely think a Lion is an excellent representation of the energy of this card).   In the guidebook, it states that this card is “…a reminder that what you focus on becomes your reality, so you must make sure your focus is in the right place.”

This is why making the choice to focus on positivity and optimism is so important.  It counteracts… counterbalances that pessimistic negativity that lives within and is trying to drag you down.

DECK USED:  THE LIKELY TAROT

#DiscordTarotholicsMar2022 Challenge Prompt
Question for March 9th: Is love an inherent emotion, or is it learned behavior?

The Fortune Teller's Mah Jongg CardsReading Summary: Love comes easily to us (Lute). What is learned over time (Tortoise) is how to express our love, and learning how to do so and healthy ways is a choice (Sword).

Take Away: Little boys pick on little girls and pull on their hair to express their emotions when they have a crush… until they learn that this is not the way. The emotion is not learned, and love comes easily to us. But how we express it is something that we learn through others, and through experience and experimentation.

DECK USED: THE FORTUNE TELLER’S MAH JONGG CARDS

The #ConnectWithYourDeckChallenge Prompt by E Roebuck-Jones
Question for March 10th: How can I move more into my heart space?

The Likely TarotReading Summary: Stand up for what you believe in (Seven of Wands). Foster hope within your heart (The Star). Allow yourself to let go and take joy in the things you enjoy (Knight of Wands).

Take Away: I’ve been on a bit of a downward spiral of late, but moving slow.  These cards are not just the route to moving more into my heart space, they are a method to help lift myself up out of the dark and find a bit of fresh air with which to cleans away the negative influences the depression can create.

DECK USED: THE LIKELY TAROT

Daily Self Kindness

I had play time with Gideon and introduced a new character today.  I enjoyed the play and I hope he did too.