using tarot for guidance

❤️ 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 Mordant Tarot and Hodges 1828 Astronomical New Royal Playing Cards

Earth – Four of Coins – Go ahead! Be excessively miserly this week. Now is the time. You won’t regret it later.

Air – Queen of Swords – Take care with your words and make sure that when you speak with others that what you’re saying is constructive instead of destructive. Even during times when you feel like you need to be on the defensive, your focus needs to remain on constructive communication.

Water – Six of Cups – This card is an echo back to the Card of the Day reading that you did for yourself the other day. It is a reminder that it’s important to focus on the good memories that help build trust in those in your present, instead of getting stuck dwelling upon the bad memories of events from the past that hurt you.

Fire – Strength – Sometimes a show of strength is in the lack of reaction you give, rather than snapping back right away or being reactionary.

Waning – Boötes and Venus – People are going to try and play on your emotions this week. Whether it be through love or guilt, or some other emotion to push you and motivate you into their way of thinking and get you to do what they want you to do. Make sure that you are aware of this, and pause before you react. Acknowledge the emotions they are intentionally stirring up, but don’t let those emotions drive you.

Waxing – Pegasus and Aquila – Movement. Swift and sure. Get up, get out, do things… get some fresh air and allow yourself to breathe deep and move. Movement is the key to self-care this week, so make sure that you’re not indulging in stagnancy when you could be moving instead.

Take Away – Move, dance, get outside, and bring others with you whether they like it or not. Don’t allow them to push your buttons and get you to be reactionary this week. Instead, drag them along, kicking and screaming if you need to, in order to have them with you as you get outside and enjoy the refreshed energies of Spring and revitalization of fresh air that Spring brings with it. Make happy memories.

DECKS USED: MORDANT TAROT AND HODGES 1828 ASTRONOMICAL NEW ROYAL PLAYING CARDS

Emotional Influences

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Today’s meditation was an eleven minute long #DailyTrip session from the @Calm app.

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The @GlitterbyInk #MarchMoments26 Challenge
The Edge of Wonder Prompt for March 14th : Disorientation
Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.

The Blue Tarot - Strength card

Today’s draw is the Strength card, which is traditionally a representation of inner strength, persuasion usually through means of compassion, influence and/or manipulation, and courage.

Don’t allow moments of disorientation to turn you into a reactionary mess. Instead, use the calming tools and other methods you’ve learned to help keep yourself in a place of calm and quiet.

It is -so- easy to allow our emotions to take the lead. That’s where the speed of reaction comes from, that’s where the snippy comments, flashes of anger, and moments of snark usually live. It can be hard to -not- allow those things to have free reign. This is something I didn’t fully realize until I started on the journey of learning about my emotions and actually feeling them instead of burying them.

When you stay calm, though, instead of reacting, you allow yourself the space to think, tap into inner wisdom, hear intuition’s input, and make better choices.

The message in today’s Strength card and “disorientation” prompt is a reminder that emotions are fleeting and not dependable for gauging a situation or what you should do in reaction. This messages encourages a pause and a deep breath first. It’s not that you shouldn’t feel your feelings, only that you want to make sure they aren’t pushing you into reacting before you have a moment to process and think.

DECK USED:  THE BLUE TAROT

@silkandsonder’s Journal Prompts to Feel Like Yourself Again 
Prompts No. 4

Cartomancy Playing Card Reading with The Fortune-Teller's Deck

What has been taking up most of my mental space lately? 

Seven of Clubs and Nine of Spades – Imbalances and fears; the lack of harmony in your life that these two influences are creating.

Although you are trying to break free, there is a good deal of fear weighing on you, and the worries that come along with that have been keeping your mental space full and chaotic of late. There’s just a lot going on to worry about right now.

Is it actually important to me?

Ace of Spades and Two of Clubs – These fears and worries are only important to you in that you can’t move forward until you’ve sorted out how to solve the problem that’s causing all this imbalance. So… yes.

Although, from these cards it looks like your approach is flawed (interpreted from all those jagged edges in the Ace of Spades combined with the theme of plans and direction in the Two of Clubs).

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

DECK USED: THE FORTUNE TELLER’S DECK

@recoverytrauma_’s Know Myself Questions for Self-Discovery
What Do I Need to Heal? Prompts (Part 1)

Tarot Reading with The Blue Tarot

What am I still holding onto that no longer serves me?

Strength atop The Star – There is no substitute for the positivity work you need to do in order to stay balanced. Skipping your medication, skipping your meditation, not giving yourself the room to pause and think before you react, entertaining your self-destructive tendencies and unhealthy habits…

All of these things defeat the effort that you are making towards a more positive and optimistic outlook, and the better life that this pursuit can provide for you.

When have I felt most hurt-and what did I learn from that pain?

Page of Wands Rx – Nay sayers are always going to try to shit on your parade. When you’re really enthusiastic about something that you want to try, this reaction from others can really hurt and cause you to lose enthusiasm as a result.

Seven of Wands – It’s better to prove them wrong than it is to listen to them and let them influence you away from what feels right for you. Just because they think it won’t work doesn’t mean that it won’t work for you.

What habits or patterns are keeping me stuck?

Staying at home and wallowing in your time there (Four of Wands) is holding you back from the success and stability you seek (Ten of Pentacles Rx) by stifling your innovative and creative spirit as a result (Ace of Wands Rx).

A lot of your inspiration comes from your time in nature. The less time in nature that you have, the more dormant your inspiration becomes. If you step outside more, you will spark your inspiration more.

Other elements included in this reading:
Pressed Pansy Flowers for Hearing the Heart More Clearly
Foraged Oak Branch with Moss and Lichen for Perseverance
Foraged Wood Fern for Exorcising Negative Influences
Gneiss Stone for Patience in Moments of Discomfort
Rose Quartz for Gentle Kindness to Self and Others
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED:  THE BLUE TAROT
Daily Self Kindness

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

Keep Going, Keep Growing

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Today’s meditation was skipped.

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The @GlitterbyInk #MarchMoments26 Challenge
The Edge of Wonder Prompt for March 13th : Melancholy
Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.

Sefirot Tarot - Seven of Wands

Today’s draw is the Seven of Wands, which is traditionally a representation of strategic thinking, “sneaky shit”, or getting away with something. It can also often be about taking only what one can carry.

Find a way to get where you need to go. That is how you fight against the melancholy.

I struggle with clinical depression. The kind that comes in waves (called episodes) and brings you to your knees for weeks or sometime months at a time. And, with every episode you have, you have a greater risk of having another. At this point in my adult life, I’ve lost count of how many I’ve had.

Aside from this clinical depression that comes in waves, even during the time when I am out side of a major depressive episode I deal with something called dysthymia (or, at least that’s what it was called when I was diagnosed). This is a second type of depression that is essentially an “ever present low”. A mild depression that never goes away, putting a pall upon life and everything in it, and making it difficult to experience life in pleasurable or satisfying ways.

The word melancholy (today’s prompt) draws my mind to these things. The Seven of Wands then pulled for the day reminds me that I have learned that there are things I can do to ease the hold that these two conditions have upon me.

One of them being this daily practice. Another being getting out in nature whenever possible.

These things (and others as well) are tools that help. They may not be a cure, but they help.

The message in today’s Seven of Wands and “Melancholy” prompt is a reminder not to give up on yourself. No matter the struggles, keep fighting. Use the tools that work to give you the strength to continue on and keep going. That’s what those tools are there for, to help you keep going and growing.

DECK USAED:  SEFIROT TAROT

@lightningwildflower‘s March Reflection to Action Challenge
Prompts for March 12th and 13th

Tarot Reading with the Simplicities Tarot and Feline Mystique Oracle

Emotional: What emotions from the past few days need space to settle?

Page of Pentacles and Memories – Your current predicament with your business puts you in a place of learning. This feels precarious and vulnerable to you.

You need to focus upon memories on how you have survived and thrived in the past in order to create a sense of confidence and empowerment in the present, rather than allowing memories of hardships long passed to strike fear into your heart.

Mars Conjunct Node: What fear must I move through in order to grow?

Nine of Pentacles Rx and Liminal – The fear of losing all that you’ve worked for and having to begin again.

The thing is? The journey wasn’t always easy and didn’t always feel rewarding. Sometimes, it was just exhausting and miserable. You fear having to go through those experiences again to reach stability once more. It isn’t doubt on whether you can do it, but rather fear of the discomfort that’s built into the process.

Other elements included in this reading:
Dried Red Maple Leaf for Adaptability and Connection
Foraged Parmeliaceae Lichen for a “Breath of Fresh Air”
Carved Rhyolite Leaf for Facilitating Calm Transitions
Bloodstone for Encouraging Fearlessness
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: SIMPLICITIES TAROT AND FELINE MYSTIQUE ORACLE

@silkandsonder’s Journal Prompts to Feel Like Yourself Again 
Prompt No. 3 : Where in my life do currently feel most natural or at ease?

Tarot Reading with the Sefirot Tarot

Reading Summary: When helping others (The Hermit Rx) solve their problems (The Magician) instead of acknowledging and dealing with your own (Five of Wands).

Take Away: It’s not surprising that you would feel most at ease when dealing with problems that aren’t your own. It allows you to procrastinate on your worries and fears instead of dealing with them, after all.

This ease is false, though, as you can see in the Five of Wands. What happens is that this habit of procrastination allows you to -pretend- ease and comfort while internally there’s a war raging in that dark corner where you’ve tucked away your worries and fears.

This is one of the situations where “fake it ’til you make it” isn’t going to work, as you’re in the process of learning the hard way.

Other elements included in this reading:
Dried Rhododendron Leaf for Fostering Confidence
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
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: SEFIROT TAROT
Daily Self Kindness

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

Leaning Into Good Memories

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

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The @GlitterbyInk #MarchMoments26 Challenge
The Edge of Wonder Prompt for March 12th : Nostalgia
Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.

Tarot One - Eight of Wands

Today’s draw is the Eight of Wands, which is traditionally a representation of action, speed, alacrity, fast paced events or change, or having a target goal in your sights that you are charging towards.

Memories are a tricky thing. They transport us to either good places or bad places, and allow us to bring those places into the present with us through our emotions.

That means that somewhere within us? We actually relive those experiences, going through the emotions and pain of the bad ones, and the joy of the good ones when we replay them in our memories.

The key here, then, would be to spend more time sinking into the good memories, and letting the bad ones go.

The message in today’s Eight of Wands and “Nostalgia” prompt is to focus on those memories you -want- to relive. When bad memories rise up, choose to swiftly turn away from them and seek out positive ones instead. Allow yourself to -enjoy- your past and the memories there, instead of focusing on the bad and forcing yourself to find nostalgia as a practice in pain instead of the pleasure that it could be.

DECK USED:  TAROT ONE

#DiscordTarotholicsMar2026 Challenge
Prompts for March 12th and 13th

Oracle Reading with the 50 Plants That Heal deck

What is your greatest weakness at this time?

Poppy (Papaver rhoeas) – Your addictive tendencies are valiantly trying to get the better of you and bring you to your knees.

You’ve noticed this in both small and large ways, and have felt overwhelmed by the effort to keep an eye on all the myriad of small ways that these tendencies are trying to break loose.

How can you improve in the area of this weakness?

Oregano (Origanum vulgare) – Focus on flow instead of balking and stagnancy. You need to let fresh air in and take the time to spend some time outdoors where the fresh air and spring’s spark can infect your spirit.

All this stagnancy just makes you feel as if you’re losing out on the things your addictive traits try to reach for. When you allow yourself to go with the flow instead of digging in your heels, the world and your experiences distract you from the discontentment that the addictions try to feed off of to grow stronger.

Other elements included in this reading:
Dried Purple Heather Sprigs for Independence and Luck
Gneiss Stone for Patience in Moments of Discomfort
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: 50 PLANTS THAT HEAL CARDS

@silkandsonder’s Journal Prompts to Feel Like Yourself Again 
Prompt No.2 : What activities or routines used to make me feel energized that I’ve drifted away from?

Tarot Reading with the Tarot One deck

Reading Summary: Actively going after those things that make you happy (Knight of Cups), even against the opposition or opinions of others (Five of Wands), instead of holding back and/or procrastinating (Hanged Man).

Take Away: You spend a great deal of time procrastinating on the things that help to light you up inside. More often than not, this is due to your efforts to please or placate others.

That didn’t necessarily become a problem until you were no longer able to get out and enjoy time in nature alone anymore. Once you needed an escort to go with you on your excursions, you began procrastinating them more often.

Consider, though, that whether or not your escorts enjoy these excursions, the time in nature is still good for them. The unpredictability of -you- in these places and in doing these activities is good for them. So by indulging, even if they bitch? You’re still giving them something they need… not just giving it to yourself or being selfish.

Other elements included in this reading:
Staghorn Sumac for Connecting with Nature and the Wild Within
Japanese Cherry Leaf as a Reminder of Life’s Fleeting Moments
Carnelian Agate for Inner Drive and Focusing On Aspirations
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: TAROT ONE
Daily Self Kindness

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

Taking To the Sidelines

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Today’s meditation was skipped.

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The @GlitterbyInk #MarchMoments26 Challenge
The Edge of Wonder Prompt for March 11th : Periphery
Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.

Tarocco dell'Orror - The Emperor

Today’s draw is the Emperor card, which is traditionally a representation of taking charge, responsibility, authority, structure, and focusing on the greater good.

You don’t have to be in the thick of things to make sure that things are going the way you want them to. After all, with a herd of sheep, it’s not the sheep that are in charge, but the shepherd who lets them roam and then steps in when is needed to get them back on track.

By the same turn, you could do the same. There’s no need to micromanage.

The message in today’s Emperor card combined with the “Periphery” prompt as a reminder to take a step back, loosen your grip, and let them roam. Micromanaging just gets on everyone’s nerves, including your own. You can often keep things on track from the periphery instead of being right in the middle of it all the time.

DECK USED:  TAROCCO DELLA’ORROR

@lightningwildflower‘s March Reflection to Action Challenge
Jupiter Direct Prompt for March 11th : What area of my life is ready to begin expanding?

Intuitive Tarot Reading with the Teen Witch Tarot

Reading Summary: A new sense of abundance awaits (Left Card), as long as you’re willing to pick yourself up and get back on the horse again with strength and bravery (Right Card) each time you take a fall (Center Card).

Take Away: We all fall down now and then. If you let yourself give up at the first (or third) sign of failure, you miss out on the rewards that can come with trying again.

You struggle quite often with a sense of scarcity. If you can make it through the hard parts and keep going, though, there’s an abundance coming your way that will help in pushing that mentality of scarcity away.

This means confronting your fears, though, and getting back into the thick of things to figure things out and put things in line again.

Other elements included in this reading:
Japanese Cherry Leaf as a Reminder of Life’s Fleeting Moments
Dried Purple Heather Sprigs for Independence and Luck
Turtle Figurine for encouraging Slow and Steady Progress
Green Aventurine for Harmony and Balance of the Heart
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: TEEN WITCH TAROT (trimmed naked)

#DiscordTarotholicsMar2026 Challenge
Philosophical Question for March 11th : Is love an inherent emotion, or is it learned behavior?

Tarot Reading with the Tarocco dell'Orror

Reading Summary: Even animals nurture their offspring (l’Imperatrice and Regina di Denari), creating room and stability for growth and success (Dieci di Denari).

Take Away: These cards indicate that love is an inherent emotion. That is, if we define love as support and care.

I’m well aware that not everyone defines love the same, but these cards appear to be speaking about the base emotion only. The response from the cards also doesn’t take into account that people express love in a myriad of different ways.

Things like devotion, passion, romance, and all of those other methods of expression and accoutrements are perhaps learned behavior; but the base emotion itself is inherent.

Other elements included in this reading:
Dried Cedar Tips for Protection from Negative Influences
Foraged Oak Branch with Moss and Lichen for Perseverance
Green Jasper and Tiger Eye Turtle for Confidence within Progress
Clear Quartz for a boost of Intentional Energies
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED:  TAROCCO DELLA’ORROR
Daily Self Kindness

I treated myself to donuts and hot chocolate while on my drive this morning.

The Sharpened Tongue

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Today’s meditation was skipped.

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The @GlitterbyInk #MarchMoments26 Challenge
The Edge of Wonder Prompt for March 10th : Ambiguity
Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.

Hoi Polloi Tarot - Queen of Swords

Today’s draw is the Queen of Swords, which is traditionally a representation of a receptive alpha energy, personality, or person in the area of one’s knowledge, education, logic, ambitions, or communication. This can often translate into themes that have to do with the people that foster you through tough love and sharp-tongued advice.

Speak clearly, because lack of clarity helps no one.

Don’t forget that being forthright and even full on blunt isn’t necessarily always a bad thing. Sometimes? People need to hear things without the fluff and hedging that makes what’s being said more palatable. Some people will refuse to listen until you put something to them in a way they can no longer ignore.

That includes you, sometimes, too.

The message in today’s Queen of Swords and “Ambiguity” prompt is a reminder that although being honest doesn’t have to be cruel, sometimes it -does- need to be blunt and forthright. Read the room, and if people are hearing you but not truly listening? Maybe it’s time to change up how you’re saying things in order to pull them out of their bubble and get them to truly pay attention to what’s being said.

DECK USED:  HOI PLOLLOI TAROT

#DiscordTarotholicsMar2026 Challenge
Prompts for March 10th

Tarot Reading with the Motherpeace Mini Round Tarot and Smithsonian's Our World in Pictures Trees of the World Flash Cards

How are you doing mentally at this time?

Son of Swords and Coastal Redwood – You are hiding behind a mask in order to keep the honest truth of your vulnerabilities hidden behind a veil of confidence.

You have a tendency to do this to protect yourself and keep your soft side safe, especially when you’re feeling vulnerable.

That means that right now? You are feeling vulnerable. Vulnerable enough that you feel the need to try and protect yourself.

How can you improve on this in the week ahead?

Eight of Discs and Cacao Tree – Making vulnerability and the softer side of your nature more palatable to you takes work.

This process is more than just growth and development. Acceptance in this area is an actual skill that you need to work on and develop over time. It won’t happen overnight, but can be done with focus and effort placed to the task.

Other elements included in this reading:
Black Spruce Needles to Boost Self-Confidence and Positive Thinking
Foraged Lodgepole Pine for Resilience, Growth, and Renewal
Dried Rosebuds for Potential and Beauty Waiting to Unfold
Dried Purple Heather Flowers for Independence and Luck
Bird Figurine for Fostering Hope, Positivity, and Renewal
Garnierite for help in Releasing Anger, Anxiety, and Guilt
Rose Quartz for Gentle Kindness to Self and Others
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECKS USED: MOTHERPEACE MINI ROUND TAROT AND TREES OF THE WORLD FLASH CARDS

@lightningwildflower‘s March Reflection to Action Challenge
Venus sextile Pluto Prompt for March 10th : What deep desire is surfacing?

Tarot Reading with the Hoi Polloi Tarot - Eight of Cups, Knight of Swords, Five of Wands

Reading Summary: You want to react emotionally by running away (Eight of Cups) or diving headlong into conflict (Knight of Swords charging into the Five of Wands).

Take Away: You are in the mood to pick a fight and burn some bridges at the moment. This isn’t really surprising when you consider that you’re currently in the middle of a subdrop, which means your emotions are in turmoil and your reactivity is at its highest point.

The cards are pointing this out because awareness is the key to defusing the bomb before it goes off. Remember that your reactivity is due to extenuating circumstances, and take a step back and a deep breath instead of just diving in or lashing out.

Slow your roll and take your irritation home. Discuss the situation with a trusted friend and let your emotions vent as you share. In doing so, you divert yourself from diving into untenable situations that could end up causing irreparable harm to friendships and relationships with others.

Other elements included in this reading:
Dried Lavender Bundle for Calming and Comfort
Foraged Oak Branch with Moss and Lichen for Perseverance
Black Tourmaline for Grounding and Protection
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED:  HOI PLOLLOI TAROT
Daily Self Kindness

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