The Everlasting Dance

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Some days you just need a pulse check on your life. I'm not much for pulling every day -- apart from journalling or devotion/meditation, I tend to go to the cards for a more specific reason than general check in. But I've been hitting lows on the regular (aren't we all?) And on the other side of a couple of rough days, I needed a carto check: what should I know now? Recognize that the lows will keep coming and have compassion for myself. Find ways to dig into the creative spark that lights me up. 💜✨🔮 #tarotreadersofinstagram #tarotspread #cartomancy #lightseerstarot #selfreflection https://www.instagram.com/p/B_m1T4jn9Sq/?igshid=hh46csgdpuri

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The scent of petrichor and damp stonework from an early morning #springrain is captivating. #springtime #morningrain #portland #beltane #mayflowers #flowersofinstagram (at Portland, Oregon)

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The profusion of blooms in the neighborhood. (#nofilter) Just hit #irissesson and nearly at #roseseason! #rosecity #springtime #flowersofinstagram #portland #beltane (at Portland, Oregon)

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There are many days where I think this boy is more cat than dog. He slumped on the couch, dropped his head in my lap, and started groaning until he got scritches. So much for checking my #horoscope! #dogsofinstagram #rescuedogsofinstagram #dogcuddles (at Portland, Oregon)

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I finally have it!! I've been coveting the #darkdaystarot for many (many) moons, and had enough pin money to buy it this month. After seeing @darkdaystarot's gorgeous pics and the folks in my feed who use it, I am so keen to use it for a reading! If you've used it let me know if you have any thoughts, feedback, or tips! #tarotreadersofinstagram #tarotcards #indietarot #moonwork #shadowwork (at Portland, Oregon)

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When you read the first chapter in your next book and then put it away, 'cause you can't scribble notes on the bus! #jailbreakingthegoddess #witchlit #divinefeminine #goddesses #paganish (at Portland, Oregon)

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The perfect #mysticmonday draw. I am guest lecturing at the university today and poured all my thinking into a solid set of notes in the wee hours. It felt exactly like creative flow. Now to tap that feeling in a room full of students! I love the opportunities life is bringing me this month. #tarotreadersofinstagram #aceofcups #creativity #flow #flowstate #singlecardreading #tarotapps (at Portland, Oregon)

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I saw this gorgeous sunny bloom on the mornings bg walk, and immediately flashed on the Sun, in both the tarot and the #earthboundoracle. #springtime🌸 (at Portland, Oregon)

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I always think of Thumper from Bambi whenever the dog goes to sniff flowers. #dogsofinstagram #springtime

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The colour of these tulips is electrifying. Spring amazes me. #springtime (at Portland, Oregon)

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How I love living in a neighborhood that is as queer, witchy, and weird — just like me. #portland #springtime #witchery #foundart (at Portland, Oregon)

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I'm entranced by the #twoofcups from #slowhollertarot. The use of collage is so deft, inspired -- the multiple faces of each figure, the line detail of the hands, the intertwined flow of the water sharpened like my beloved woodcuts. The rethought speech bubbles, overlapping but not stifling. The bright, ovular glow around the figures, illustrating their intimacy without constraining it. "A wholly egalitarian relationship," writes @jessacrispin in #thecreativetarot. "[T]he card shows how two people, by uniting their separate qualities and abilities through love, produce something in their lives beyond what either would have achieved alone." (Rachel Pollack, "78 Degrees of Wisdom") #78degreesofwisdom #rachelpollack #tarotreadersofinstagram #tarotcards @slowholler #tarotart (at Portland, Oregon)

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In the blinding half-asleep state amidst crippling insomnia last night, two cards burned into my semi-conscious mund out of nowhere -- The Star ✴️ and Two of Cups 🍶. These are not typical cards for me. For the past several months, I've been all Swords and Wands, amidst tumultuous, challenging, and enlivening professional transition. I rarely pull Majors anyway, and Cups have been an occasional supporting notion. In #thekitchentabletarot, @littlefoxtarot taglines The Star as "I am hoping", a beautiful affirmation for this so-often optimistic card. For 2Cups, she highlights partnerships, relationships, the kind of trust and compassion of true companionship. Weeks back, my spreads were variations of The Tower, 8 Swords, 2 Swords. 5 Swords... It's been a phallic quarter up in my world. So the intuitive unlooked-for appearance of The Star and 2 Cups is, well. Unusual. Interesting. Inspiring towards a cautious hope. #tarotreadersofinstagram #intuition #insomniagram #usingtheforce #twoofcups #thesun #tarotlife Featuring cards from #slowhollertarot by @slowholler, visionaries and great minds all. (at Portland, Oregon)

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Insomnia is the absolute worst. #insomniasucks #earthboundoracle (at Portland, Oregon)

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When your dog decides your lap has a better use than divination... #dogsofinstagram #tarotreadersofinstagram #instadog #divinationthwarted (at Portland, Oregon)

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#theapriltarot day 5: inhale the good shit, exhale the bad shit. Drawn from #theearthboundoracle, Vision and the Moon (Luna). I'm honestly too brain dead to interpret, so more tomorrow. #oraclecards #oraclereadersofinstagram #tarotchallenge #tarotreadersofinstagram #thinkingtoresumetomorrow

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#theapriltarot dqy 4! My #earthboundoracle draw for each of my achievements. Resistance - I have been pushed towards freelancing for years, and kept shying away. Finally taking the leap has been so rewarding. Intuition - whrn my boy came to me, all I had was my intuition to work with him ad a deaf and blind dog. He's the love of my life! Travel - much like the beloved Fool, I continually learn to take that next step down the path, striving for trust and faith. Beautiful exercise! @lionharts is right on it. (at Portland, Oregon)