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NBNTC #10

Saturday November 10th – Childhood

Shuffle your deck and find the Six of Cups. The card to the left is what baggage you still need to unpack and the one on the right is how to heal it; this is in relation to gender.

My cards:

Left- Temperance: Moderation, Hope, Reconciliation

Right- The Moon (Reversed): A failure of nerve

Interpretation:

Growing up, I always took a moderating role, accepting compromises and not being argumentative. But this has made me conciliatory- I step down and hope things will still work out when I should be arguing for myself (correcting people on pronouns, etc.). The moon advises me to look more carefully at others, not over-rely on authority/mentor figures, and not settle for second best.

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NBNTC #30

*Yes this is late, and we’re no longer in November, but I wanted to finish what I started. Shoutout to @hillbillyoracle for creating this challenge!

Friday November 30th – Affirmation

Shuffle your deck. Draw 3 cards. Turn each one into a positive affirmation (a positive “I AM…” statement) to use going forward.

My Cards:

Nine of Wands: Resourcefulness

Five of Swords (Reversed): Exposure

The Lovers: Growth, Maturity

Interpretation:

The nine is fairly direct as an affirmative statement. The (reversed) five carries the meaning of owning up to one’s mistakes. So for that statement, I wanted to express not just personal visibility, but doing away with illusions about my own flaws and errors. The Lovers, despite their stereotypes and appearance, have very little to do with romantic love (that’s what a lot of the Cups are for). Rather, they are about making decisions based on experience and foresight, taking a leap of faith into progress, and a person becoming independent. So, with that in mind, my statements are:

I am resourceful.

I am honest.

I am growing.

Thank you to everyone who’s stuck with me through this, and to anyone who also participated!

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NBNTC # 29

*Yes this is late, and we’re no longer in November, but I wanted to finish what I started.

Thursday November 29th – Future

Shuffle your deck. Turn it over and search for the Star. The cards on either side speak to how to take what you’ve discovered during this challenge and apply it going forward.

My Cards:

Six of Swords: Peace Restored

The Chariot: Journey, Determination

Popout while shuffling- The High Priestess: Wisdom, Intuition

Interpretation:

Through the course of this month, I’ve had to settle some of the questions, problems and insecurities I had about my gender, and am now in a much more peaceful state. From this more certain foundation, I can now progress and move forward. (It was partially the introspection brought up by this challenge that finally spurred me to start talking to my therapist about proceeding with transition sooner than I had initially thought). The High Priestess also indicared that I am on the right path.

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Nonbinary November Tarot Challenge 

Week 5 – Spirituality and Self Care

Monday November 26th – Gender and Spirituality

Shuffle your deck. Draw a card for each of the following questions: How does my gender positively influence my approach to spirituality? How does my gender negatively influence my approach to spirituality? How does my spirituality influence my approach to gender?

four of swords (r) . ten of wands (r) - ace of wands

Tuesday November 27th – Tradition

Shuffle your deck. Turn it over and search for the Hierophant. The cards to either side speak to how older ideas about religion are influencing your gender.

nine of wands (r) - the hierophant (r) - king of cups (r)

Wednesday November 28th – Spiritual Healing

Shuffle your deck. Draw three cards. These cards speak to how you can begin to heal what was brought up in yesterday’s spread.

seven of pentacles (r) - king of pentacles - six of pentacles

Thursday November 29th – Future

Shuffle your deck. Turn it over and search for the Star. The cards on either side speak to how to take what you’ve discovered during this challenge and apply it going forward.

seven of cups (r) - the star (r) - five of wands

Friday November 30th – Affirmation

Shuffle your deck. Draw 3 cards. Turn each one into a positive affirmation (a positive “I AM…” statement) to use going forward.

page of wands - nine of pentacles (r) - king of cups (r)

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Nonbinary November Tarot Challenge

Week 4 – Solidarity

Monday November 19th – Celebrate

Shuffle your deck. Turn it over and search for the Three of Cups. The card on the left speaks to how to celebrate yourself. The card on the right speaks to how to celebrate your community.

three of pentacles (r) - three of cups - two of wands (r)

Tuesday November 20th – Heal

Shuffle your deck. Draw one card for each of the following questions: What needs healed in my community? How can I help heal it? What should my next step be?

five of pentacles - page of pentacles (r) - seven of cups

Wednesday November 21st – Strengths

Shuffle your deck. Turn it over and search for the Strength card. The cards on either side speak to how you strengthen your community.

the chariot (r) - strenght - page of wands

Thursday November 22nd – Gratitude

Shuffle your deck and draw three cards. These cards represent what your community gives you.

four of cups (r) - nine of cups (r) - king of swords

Friday November 23nd – Give

Shuffle your deck. Turn it over and search for the Six of Pentacles. The card on the left is what you can give back to your community. The card on the right is how to begin to give it.

the devil - six of pentacles (r) - the moon

Saturday November 24th – Bracing for Change

Shuffle your deck. Turn it over and search for the Wheel of Fortune. The card on the left represents the challenges your community will soon face. The card on the right is how to help your community prepare for it.

the moon - wheel of fortune - the star

Sunday November 25th – Free Read

Shuffle your deck and draw as many cards as you feel lead to. Reflect on the cards in light of what came up in the challenge readings for you this week.

death (r)  - temperance (r) three of wands - five of wands

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NBNTC #28

Wednesday November 28th – Spiritual Healing

Shuffle your deck. Draw three cards. These cards speak to how you can begin to heal what was brought up in yesterday’s spread.

My Cards:

Seven of Cups (Reversed): Illusion

Ace of Cups (Reversed): Stagnation

Knight of Swords: A Battle

Popout while shuffling- Ace of Pentacles: Material Success

Interpretation:

As a reminder from yesterday, what I need to heal is the sense of inequality I picked up from traditional religion (I do not believe the influence of the Hermit was negative). I can focus on my job and material life. I will also need to fight against emotional hangups, and being stuck in seeing any perspective/relationship as the one-and-only, ignoring flaws. The moving energy of the knight seems meant to counter stagnation and blockage.

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NBNTC #27

Tuesday November 27th – Tradition

Shuffle your deck. Turn it over and search for the Hierophant. The cards to either side speak to how older ideas about religion are influencing your gender.

My Cards:

Two of Wands (Reversed): Inequality

The Hermit: Withdrawal, Inner Knowledge

Interpretation:

Traditional religion was part (though certainly not solely responsible) of how I internalized sexism and gender roles. To this day, I struggle to disassociate femininity and submissiveness and similar concepts. But the rituals of religion also gave me my first practice with introspection, meditative thought, and self-judgement (both good and bad). I believe I applied these approaches in my interactions with gender, and early on, my beliefs on gender were linked to my beliefs about the soul.

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NBNTC #26

Monday November 26th – Gender and Spirituality

Shuffle your deck. Draw a card for each of the following questions: How does my gender positively influence my approach to spirituality? How does my gender negatively influence my approach to spirituality? How does my spirituality influence my approach to gender?

My Cards:

The Chariot: Journey, Determination, Self-Control

The Tower (Reversed): An avoidable disaster

Death: Change, Endings, Resolution

Interpretation:

For context, I currently identify as a Romuva (Lithuanian) pagan. But I was raised as a Catholic, went through an exploratory period, and still struggle to find an actual Romuva community to engage with outside of reading books and articles.

My gender partially drove my period of exploration. The rather binary nature of Wicca is what turned me off of it. And much like the black-and-white horses of the chariot, much of my spirituality focuses on getting binary concepts to work together rather than in opposite directions. However, I am worried other Lithuanians will have transphobic and enbyphobic views, so I myself end up not putting strong effort into seeking the community I crave. When the Death card first appeared, my first thought was Velinas, the Lithuanian underworld god. He was the first deity to truly emotionally reach me, and presented a gentle, nurturing masculinity. The “change” aspect of the Death card may also signify my spirituality’s emphasis on natural cycles, and how that affirms my genderfluidity.