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

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The @GlitterbyInk #DecemberDays25 Beyond the Solstice Challenge
The Mystic Prompt for December 5 : Shadowy
Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.

Today’s draw is the Nine of Cups (Drunkenness) card, which is traditionally a representation of themes that have to do with contentment, accomplishment, and satisfaction in the area of one’s emotions, relationships, creativity, and intuition.

For me? There’s always a shadow side to getting what you want. Not just the whole pessimistic “this is never going to last” side of things, although that is there too.  Also, though, the fact that I have to take care that I don’t enjoy the good so much that it ends up an addiction.

The reminder in today’s card and prompt combo is that these drawbacks to when good things happen doesn’t mean you shouldn’t enjoy them.  Yes, I have to take my joy and pleasure in moderation, but that doesn’t mean forsaking it entirely.  Everyone needs a bit of positive experiences, satisfaction, and joy in their lives.  Everyone needs those moments where they can just exhale and say “this is good”.

Just because these moments are fleetingly temporary doesn’t mean we should reject them entirely. Instead, use the fact that they’re temporary as a reminder of just how special they truly are.

DECK USED:  TAROT OF THE GNOMES 2003 EDITION

@aplacetodock #Yuletide Oracle Challenge
Prompts for December 5th, 6th and 8th

What to prepare now for Christmas morning?

Lily, Seven of Swords, Mountain – Step to it! Get your hands on any gifts left to be ordered or obtained. Move quickly on these so that there’s time for obstacles when it comes to delivery or other struggles in getting them in your hands. This will ensure that everybody is happy, and you are satisfied with how things go when Christmas morning arrives.

A new Christmas tradition for 2025?

Snake, Ace of Wands, Birds – Instill a new vigilance in monitoring conversations, and ensuring that topics that will create discord don’t get raised or delved into. With the international gathering that’s coming together this year, you want to make sure that things like politics stay out of the discussion so that no one feels alienated or resentful at the end of the night.

What holiday festivity brings me great joy?

Book, Nine of Swords Rx, Garden – You get great joy from being allowed to let your worries go for a while in order to just enjoy the company of others and the stories they have to share.

Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Acorns for Protection during New Beginnings
Wood burned Chickadee Disk for Adaptability through Change
Foraged Oak Branch with Moss and Lichen for Perseverance
Gneiss Stone for Patience in Moments of Discomfort
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: WINTER CAT WONDERLAND TAROT AND PETIT LENORMAND NOËLDINE

@LightningWildflower December Arcana Challenge 
Prompts for December 5th and 6th

The High Priestess: What is a truth I’m sensing but haven’t yet spoken out loud?

Ace of Wands Rx and Five of Pentacles – It doesn’t matter how much you work, how passionately you put yourself into your work, or how motivated you are to rake in more resources. It’s never going to be enough.

The Empress: What wisdom can be found in the natural cycles around me?

Ten of Cups Rx and The Moon – (continued from above) This is because you are prevented from ever finding true satisfaction and stability due to your anxieties and fears. Uncertainty plagues you not because you don’t have enough, but because you always feel like there’s not enough. This cycle repeats again and again, like a squirrel hoarding nuts he’ll never eat.

Take Away: Until you can get past the lessons from your childhood and past that tell you that you are not enough, nothing you do will ever be enough, no matter how much you do or accomplish.

Other elements included in this reading:
Deodar Cedar Ceramic Impression for Clarity and Spiritual Connection
Japanese Cherry Leaf as a Reminder of Life’s Fleeting Moments
Conch Shell Knot for Concentration and Clarity
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: TAROT OF THE GNOMES

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