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[intensemoonz]

April

Kind of a whimsical card on the surface - especially after the last two months of being out in the cold and the threats of the worst aspects of the swords suit. But there is also a warning I can feel here. Choices are generally good, I like to feel like I have options. But they can also lead to information overload and decision fatigue. On top of that Bunning warns against the tendency to dissipation: letting go and falling into bad habits, repeating patterns of behaviours you think you have control over. I really feel that aspect of this card speaking to me this month. I would like to look out for balance in my decisions and choices, I don’t want to be too rigid and burn myself out, but I also don’t want to be sloppy, impractical, or self-indulgent. That’s a life’s work really isn’t it. Taking the medicine, doing the organising, doing the self care that isn’t just snacks and baths but is also blood tests and meal prep.

[coolmugsifound]

"Friends / Houses" Mug Mates mug (1985)

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[valtsv]

new tarot card "fuck your entire life" and its a guy being attacked by devils and flaming skulls and wild animals and screaming and fire everywhere

[inthefallofasparrow]

[old-stoneface]

my finished tarot cards so far, im having a lot of fun with these! the only one missing here is the wheel of fortune, which i finished last week but i havent scanned yet. these are all made with scraps collaged and sewn into rectangles of jean fabric. i love my sewing machine so much but i do want to try handsewing one of the cards at some point, even if its not as time efficient

[fairiegardens]

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Tarot Reading Cat Illustrated by B. Kliban

[thegeekstressart]

I’ve been slowly working on illustrating my own Tarot deck about black cats.

I have a long way to go, but I’m nearly done with the major arcana.

Here are some of my favorites:

I set myself a design challenge (as I often do). I wanted to limit the color palette and the brush styles to create a very consistent look.

And since each card focuses on black cats, it forces me to think deeply about symbolism and design to make sure the meaning of each card is clear and each design is unique.

But there’s still a lot of variety coming through. It’s not all class, or all silliness - just like cats

I have a forearm tattoo of the cats in this one ☝️

I’m so happy with how both of these two managed to feel dark, but adorable at the same time.

And then there’s this one absolute diva:

Most of these used my own feline friends for reference.

There are more but I don’t know yet how many I want to share online. If I can actually complete the entire deck I would love to have it made. But I have a ways to go, so for now I continue to chip away, one card at a time.

[without-ado]

13 Full Moons of the Year 2026 (x)

[alex51324]

okay, so if you're like me and you're wondering why there is a blood worm moon, it turns out that it's two separate things. March is the worm moon because in the Northern hemisphere that's when the ground is usually thawing and all our little worm and bug friends start waking up! And then the blood moon is when the moon passes through the Earth's shadow and looks sorta red. This year, the worm moon happens to be a blood moon.

No bloodworms are involved.

Other names for March include Sugar Moon and Goose Moon, so if you don't like the sound of blood Worm Moon, you could say Red Sugar Moon or Shadow Goose Moon.

[droawsy]

"For a moment I was flying"

[juniper-divination-and-witchery]

Start 2026 with clarity using this free year ahead tarot spread. Five cards guide your intentions, focus, support, curiosity, and approach for the coming year.

[rozieramati]

[intensemoonz]

November - Strength 

Another repeat for my monthly vibe checks! When I pulled out this card I really felt a sense of peace in seeing it though. An old friend, a relief, a balm. One of the themes of the past two months worth of reflecting on The Hermit has been drawing on my inner strength, so I think this is more gentle encouragement from my funny deck (without repeating the same card for a third time in a row…). 

I attended a funeral this week for a friend’s parent. Their death was totally unexpected, there had been no known illnesses and they were not that old. Every speech at the funeral included some version of ‘we were not expecting to have to do this so soon, we are not ready to say goodbye’. It was extremely upsetting, even though I didn’t know this person. There was a real theme that they gave themselves to other people very freely, without asking for much help themselves. I feel kind of haunted by this and would really like to keep it front of mind. Don’t just reach out, but also ask for things of other people. Even while you’re not feeling like they will reciprocate. There are more people to ask than you think. You can keep asking. 

It drawing towards the end of the year and there is are so many social events potentially coming up. Even though I am not feeling especially jolly I would like to challenge myself to see people as much as possible. I can draw on my reserves after some much needed rest last month and not be swallowed whole, even if it feels like I don’t have much to give right now. I am patient and kind, I can keep doing this. I have external supports as well, and maybe I need to think more about how I can ask for help and draw on the strength of others. Something to meditate on at least. 

[intensemoonz]

October - The Hermit

Week 1 - 07/10

Something I have always loved about tarot over the years is how playful the cards can be. The deck I have been using for awhile now is called the Radiant Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot and it’s basically a more brightly painted version of the OG RWS deck. And this particular deck loves to play a joke on me. It’s usually trying to make me stop being coy and pay attention to what is so obviously right in front of my face. So I guess I am trying to say… I laughed out loud when I shuffled my deck and RE-DREW The Hermit. Guess it’s not done with me yet, and this time I can going to try something a bit different. I am writing this in the first week of October. I would like to try and do a little weekly reflection and return to writing a bit each week of this month on this card and how it matches the vibe of the week. I’m going to write them in my paper journal (which I am trying to schedule time and use more) and then copy them over to here.

Hermit thought of the week - Often feel like I’m on the knife edge of secure independence and being lonely. Trying to build strength and resilience and security in my own company.

Hermit thought of the week 2 - 14/10 - Hanging out with a toddler is often almost a solitary activity, which can feel really bad. But I am trying to learn how to enjoy how meditative it can be also.

Hermit thought of the week 3 - 21/10 - It is really hard to be a social instigator. I have not got a lot of trust in other people at the moment. But I have to try and assume the best and keep some optimism. Keep trying and keep going.

Hermit thought of the week 4 - 28/10 - I still deeply appreciate and enjoy time alone, even while I am struggling with loneliness and social connection. A life’s work to strike the balance.

[intensemoonz]

September - The Hermit

Introspection ~ Searching ~ Guidance ~ Solitude

Asked - how can I keep up my energy? How will I get through the next month? What will help? While shuffling.

Two first impressions - oh no this seems like the opposite of the 8 of Wands energy that I was kind of enjoying, I don’t want to be like this lonely wanderer. After reading the Bunning entry though I am thinking more that this card is encouraging me to protect my still center while still seeking answers.

I think this card so showing me that I can focus on myself and be in the world. But I need to do so really mindfully. Maybe that is obvious. Maybe it’s all I needed to hear to have permission to do a yoga challenge this month. When you have a kid, people love to ask you if you are going to have another one. I feel very ambivalent about that prospect, even while also knowing having a sibling is a really special relationship and I feel bad for depriving my child of that experience. But so often I feel like I don’t have any more of myself left to give, even just to this one child. I also don’t really feel like I need to make a decision any time soon, because I think a longer age gap is fine. The Hermit made me think of this specifically because it has been such a hustle to get to yoga class and have that dedicated hour of both introspection and tapping into my inner guide let along any other kinds of self care and solitude that enable the deep feelings I think this card represents. And I felt guilty doing it!

Another indicator that I’m having some trouble in this area despite my deck trying to highlight its importance to me in this moment - I did manage to pull this card right at the start of the month and I am only just sitting down to write out this reflection on the 07/10. Time to move on for now though and draw my October card.

[intensemoonz]

Reminder to myself that this is the August vibe check and I should write about it asap

[intensemoonz]

August - Eight of Wands 

Out of the court cards for now. When I was typing this into a search bar to go and find the Biddy Tarot page about it I typed ‘eight of wants’. 

There have been some posts going around here to the extent of ‘do I feel bad because I am not pushing myself right now? Or do I feel bad because I have pushed myself too much?’ - and I am really feeling that fatigue as I try to embody this card and also reflect on how it has served me for August. One thing that is true is that I have been trying to move more - I have gotten back into swimming laps at least once (sometimes twice!) a week, and I am back at yoga classes. I am hoping that doing some classes will also inspire me to try some more yoga at home again but… that part hasn’t happened just yet. But it is something! Moving my body is so important to helping me feel like me, helping with my pent up anger and frustration, and weirdly my feelings of isolation. I got to be at someone’s first ever yoga class the other day, and I chatted with we both walked out of the studio and she was so lovely. I know we’re probably not going to be friends or anything like that, but the interaction was so appreciated and I felt very privileged that she wanted to talk about what it was like to attend a class for the first time ever. This card is about how it is possible to push yourself to get things done, and that it is easier to do a lot of things when you focus on one thing at a time and finish things before starting new tasks. A reminder I need constantly to be honest. It was a refreshing thing to meditate on moving into Spring. I don’t feel rejuvenated or anything lofty like that, but I am doing more and doing it better

[intensemoonz]

July - Knight of Swords

While I was shuffling I was asking ‘what has been happening, how do I understand this month’, because it’s one of those months where I don’t really know how it has happened to me. It’s about a week until this month is done, and I have been meaning to/thinking about pulling my monthly card. And then running out of time. Or feeling too sick. Or having to deal with a sick toddler. Or a cranky toddler. Its been a hard month. I think the hardest of the year so far. I love winter, so it break my heart to have a month like this one. Work is bad. I feel bad about my body. I am drinking too much. I am isolated and cut off from people. I am not coping. What does the Knight of Swords have to say about this? I am writing this instead of getting ready for a meeting I have with my manager about my professional development for the year. It is so hard to take this kind of thing seriously at the library when 1) they have not bothered to talk about it in the timeframe set by the university and 2) I do not want to work here anymore. I’m so fucking done but I also have not been able to find anything comparable or something I could push myself to apply for in the all the job listings I have looked at in the last few years. Okay: knights are about action. This card depicts a warrior charging. There is so much movement on this card. You can feel the wind whooshing by - the clouds are rushing, the trees are barely holding on, there are birds of prey circling. To top it off our knight and their horse have even more symbols of wind and movement on their clothes - butterflies and birds especially. Still more misery but trying to find my way out. Knights always get cool word pairs in Bunning's book, and honestly this knight reminds of a lot of stereotypical Aquarius traits. The good and the bad. Being direct - or too blunt. Authority - overbearing. Incisive - cutting. Knowledgeable - opinionated. Logical - unfeeling. I think I have been really needing the energy of the knight this month while I have been in survival mode. Maybe I can stop floundering and being completely buffeted and fucked up by the wind, and start to feel like I can do this all again.