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[kikiskitchenwitchery]

Happy whenever this finds you. For this post it will not matter as this is a post about meditation and meditation knows no time! In one of my very recent posts (maybe the last one) I mentioned I would write up my guided meditations. I want to at least offer you some guidelines or ideas for creating your own. A guided meditation is one in which the meditator is guided through with spoken word. At least that is the meaning I will be using. You can find so many on the internet. Many of them are fabulous. And just like anything else, not all of them are for every person. There are some that I find dangerous for me, there are some with background music that makes me stabby, or maybe I just don't like the voice of the narrator. It can take a bit of time and research to find one that fits your needs in the moment. I promise it is worth it.

Guided meditations are useful when your mind is being difficult. It allows you to give a little attention to the voice walking you through the process. It allows you to submit your mind to the process without having to actively think about the process. I have found that my personal guided meditations are helpful for when my anxiety lizard (Eunice is his name and he is a big ol dick) brain is taking over. It has also been useful to me when I am seeking to connect with ancestors. With a little effort, research and time you can make your own. I have done this and found it very useful. It ensures I know that I have a meditation that will work for me when I need it. I don't have to search for the right one. My own voice is familiar and I know it won't be jarring. I can keep a meditation on my phone at all times.

All you need is a recording device. Most of us have a phone we could use for this task. But any recording device will work.

You will want to know what sort of meditation you will be recording. Are you wanting a relaxing one? One for a specific deity? Something else? If it is for a specific deity, what is the purpose? Connection? What sorts of things (imagery) does the deity like?

Will you want background music? Be sure you can play it and record it over your guiding voice. I have written scripts, and then practiced them so that I can do them smoothly when I record. If you are someone uncomfortable with their own voice... is there someone who you could ask to read the script? To record, find a quiet space where you will not be interrupted. Gather your equipment and set it up. Deep breaths and hit record. Take your time, know there is no right way or wrong way. The goal is to have a recording you can use to walk you through a meditation. If you have editing skills use them. I don't so mine are a little rough around the edges, but that is okay too. Those are just some guidelines, suggestions, etc for making your own personal guided meditations. If you want me to write up my scripts, I could do that. I might even consider recording some for you if you wanted. If you want to support the work I do here, there is a pinned post with my tarot reading pricing. Just DM for scheduling etc. If you just want to support the work without a reading... my venmo is @lunarmagicteatime Have a magical day.

[kikiskitchenwitchery]

Happy whenever this finds you. For me it is January 22, 2025. Oh let's talk about the stunning deck. I found it when I was out and about looking for Christmas gifts for other people. I haven't had a deck call to me quite so loudly for a long time. I picked it up and put it down and walked away several times, but it would not let me leave it. I am very glad that it was so insistent. The Morrigan is the deity that I work with the most. The one that holds my in a way that cradles and protects but also demands of me the ability to hold myself accountable and responsible. Not only to myself but to my community. Since my world was turned upside down years ago, I have struggled to find my way back to her arms and her hearth. Sometimes that struggle is because she is frustrated with me. And I do not blame her. I know there were situations that I have let her down in. Sometimes that struggle was because i could not face her. So this deck. The art is emotional. It had the hairs on my arm standing straight up. It can be both dark and a whole lot gritty, but there are cards that are breathtaking and welcoming too. The book has great breakdowns of what the author intends them to mean. The book also has SPELLS for each card. That is what I asked for today. The card that would have the spell I need to cast today.

Badb is a seer. A goddess of understanding the world through her senses, including and especially her sixth sense. Her divination sense. She tells us to look at the future and rethink or reframe our current circumstances (timely...). What actions of mine will impact others? What things have I missed or not considered? Turning to Badb I will find the answer. I won't tell you the spell here. Not until I try it and see how it goes. I will do the spell this evening and will reflect on some things I have been wondering about and let the spirit of both the Morrigan and Badb shed light on the things I need to know and things I need to do. If you would like a reading, my books are open and I am scheduling readings for the month of Feb. If you would just like to support what I do, you can venmo me at @lunarmagicteatime Have a magical day

[kikiskitchenwitchery]

Happy whenever this finds you. For me it is Thursday Jan 2, 2025... I drew from the Dark Wood Tarot. And got the 3 of Swords. Often this is a card of heartbreak and betrayal. Let's get into why that is true and not true at the same time. Yes, this is a card of loss. A heard that has been stabbed through, must also mean betrayal. It would be very difficult but not impossible for one to stab themselves in the heart, and increasingly difficult to do it three times. So there must have been an outside something doing the stabbing. When I draw this card for others they focus on the loss part. I understand that. This card is one of the most dramatic and impressive images in all of tarot and oracle work. It is also deeply tied to religious iconography. Which implies that there should be sacrifice. What if this was a card of healing. When a person has cancer they often undergo chemotherapy, a therapy that is designed to kill off a lot of our healthy cells to get at those deadly ones. What if this card is chemo? If we look at the stabbing of the heart as killing a piece that is harming us, so that we can later heal it and therefore ourselves, this is a card of hope. Yes, we really do need to go through hell to get there, but there is still hope that we will be able to come through this time, this situation, this whatever, to a place of healing, and being cancer free. I drew this thinking about the vibe for today, but I think this is really the vibe for the year. If you would like longer readings just for you, please dm me, I am currently booking. If you don't want a reading and would still like to support what I do here you can venmo me at @lunarmagicteatime And every like and reblog is also support! have a super magical day.

[kikiskitchenwitchery]

Fall 2025 Year Spread (the final bit)

Happy whenever this finds you. This is the final part of our year spread. From the Chrysalis deck. We are covering Oct, Nov, and Dec. In October, we find the Phoenix. We are rising from some ashes. The Phoenix, or Judgement is about taking the lessons we learned in the past and applying them for the bright future. There is absolutely a sense of finishing and finishing strong in this card. I do find it charming that this card, a card of ending is for the month that the witches calendar ends on. But more than that, I feel that this card is telling us that all the cards in this reading before it have been building to something magnificent. We have been asked to trust, to study, to talk to the ancestors and elders. If we have done that then we are looking for some spectacular wonder. November is the sweet and charming mermaid of the Four of Mirrors (cups). Interestingly this is the only cups we find this year. Not a year to let our emotions run the show. This card is a bit of a warning. We did the work and now we are probably nursing our wounds. In this day and age that can look like avoiding or disconnecting to the point of neglect. We don't want to do that. We want to make sure we stay centered in the real world. Because there is always more work to do. And finally in December we meet another guide, this one is the Minstrel or the King of Stones. While this card may look like a bard, he is less a story teller and more of a financial advisor, and he is here to make sure all our money ducks are in a row for the coming year. Listen to him. He is going to have good advice. I do believe that this advice will be a bit nontraditional. Trust it anyway. Because the world is changing. If you would like a year reading like this please DM me and we will work on the schedule. If you like to support the work I do here feel free to venmo me at @lunarmagicteatime Have a magical year.

[kikiskitchenwitchery]

Happy whenever this finds you This is the Summer part of our yearly spread. July, August, and September. July brings us the 7 of Scrolls (swords) and we find a young saytr standing at a decision. He must choose left door or right. He holds in his hand the scroll he got through study, but making decisions isn't always about what we have learned in books. Sometimes the best decisions come when we take a chance or when we trust our intuition. This is one of those times. THis month will bring choice. Choice that will ask us to reject logic and learning and just trust.

August finds the Ravens (the magician) and the place where we take what we have learned through study and what we have learned through instinct and put them both together. Ravens will bring a powerful synchronicity to the world. It is our job to notice this, to appreciate it, and to use it. In my experience, the Magician is also a card of learning. There is a big magical spiritual lesson coming. In September, we see the Six of Scrolls (swords). It is super important to note that there are a lot of swords this year. This can mean conflict. Both internal and external. It can mean intense growth in the realm of spirit. It can mean a lot of things. This card represents an end to a cycle. There have been lessons we have been learning. Soon it will be time to apply them. These will probably be both very personal and societal. Be prepared. If you would like a year reading like this, but personalized just for you, reach out via DMs. My books are open. If you would like to support what I do here, you can venmo me at @lunarmagicteatime Have a magical day.

[kikiskitchenwitchery]

Sorry, my friends... no reading today. Life is being a level of relentless that is taking up a lot of energy. My car needs a repair. I am already on a budget that barely allows for shit like this. But I will find a way. The bigger problem is that I pick up a child I care for from school every day and I don't how to make that happen for as long as the car is in the shop. Because I certainly don't have the money for a rental. If you want to help you can order a reading. Just DM me and we will work out those details. Pricing is $15 for a three card reading, $25 for a 5 to 7 card reading and anything bigger than that we can talk about. If you just feel it in your heart to help my venmo is @lunarmagicteatime . And even reblogs and likes are help. Thank you Have a magical day.

[kikiskitchenwitchery]

Happy whenever this finds you... This card and the reason for pulling it do not require a date stamp because today I am tying a bit of an experiment. I wanted to know what the Chrysalis deck thought would represent a specific person. Often, in tarot traditions, a person is represented by the Court Cards or sometimes a major arcana card. I have found while that does often work with clients that I do readings for, for deeper work on a one on one level it is less effective. The person I am asking about is someone I have a difficult relationship with. This is not someone I can just cut out of my life for a lot of reasons, but they are someone I often find myself closing off from. I figured that maybe asking a deck that I have a great relationship with what they think represents this person would give me a deeper insight into both that person and our relationship. The card I drew was the Four of Mirrors (Cups) and hmmm... right off the cuff I think to myself two things. This person does indeed love the ocean enough to become a mermaid. They work by the ocean, all their favorite spaces are by the ocean. This card also gives be the impression of vanity. Which I can see, but not in the "oh I am so pretty look at me way". Much more in the "I am always right, even when I am wrong" way. The little booklet that comes with the deck helps me delve deeper. While I will always encourage readers to use their intuition, I also want to honor the work the author put into a deck. And in this case, I was able to better flesh out my own thoughts. This is a card of detachment. The mermaid in the card can be deeply caring, but she can also appear detached and a bit arrogant. I did draw this card in reverse, which tells me that this person tends to spend more time detached than in the moment. Which would make our interactions feel combative. If one person is working in the here and the other person is working in the not here, it's hard to find common ground. My work for dealing with this person will be to make sure I engage when they are in the here. And recognize that the things I perceive as cruelty are probably much more about deflection from the reflection in those mirrors our mermaid carries with her. If you enjoy longer readings like this and would like to know more about a person in your life, reach out. I am currently booking readings and have price points for almost any budget. And the good new for you all is I am always open to barter and trade. Have a magical day.

[kikiskitchenwitchery]

Happy whenever this finds you. When I drew these cards I was asking for some insight into how to better find some new goals. Like big life goals. It's a long story but the bottom line is that I had to let go of a lot of the goals I held for myself. I have always had some big dream and not having that feels like a part of my soul is just gone. This card really had me singing when you wish upon a star. For one thing we have the Star as our first card. A reminder to make those wishes. Even though the little booklet that comes with the deck says that this is a card of choices and that the decisions we make today impact our tomorrow. Believe me when I say that I know that. On a cellular level. For me, and for this reading this is more a wish card. Wishing on a shooting star to find the path to start making those choices. The 10 of Mirrors (cups) is THE ENTIRE POINT OF THE READING. This is a card of emotional peace, of existing within your skin and space without worry or concern. It is a card of living in the moment. Of letting things also just be. I don't need big life goals. I can just be. We can just exist without the clawing capitalistic need to gather more. I needed that reminder. As an anti-capitalist, it doesn't serve my personal life, and ethos to do much more than the planning required to live my life my way. Which is not a part of big huge goals. The Four of Scrolls (swords) appeared next and even if the little booklet says something else, I firmly believe that this card is another card of peace. I can't help but feel as though our fae in this image has been studying and working and striving and now she rests. She has accepted that she cannot do more plotting, or planning or preparation. Now is the time to allow things to be as they will be. There is no more work looming. Just resting and living. The fourth card that I "drew" I didn't really draw. He leapt out at me as I shuffled and prepared. The Dreamer (knight of Mirrors). This is the card of the journey to the other lands. A journey to mystical experiences and magical dreams. I am not yet sure how I need to incorporate him into my day, but I will practice the joyful art of daydreaming. If you would like a longer form reading, like this and maybe even longer, reach out and we can talk scheduling. Have a super magical day.