Feel like just some misplaced Joan of Arc

al | she/they | longtime listener, first time caller | syncretic neopagan | i've been reading tarot for myself for 10 years but still need the little booklet

[tarot-apprentice]

Very excited to go over my latest reading - Why I’m Considering Death To Be Positive In This Relationship Reading, Actually

[tarot-apprentice]

I got a job offer earlier this week and did a quick reading about it, and the cards in my outcome position were a little bit ROUGH. That said, I really do want to leave my current job. I also was reading in a rush, and sometimes when I’m not in the right headspace, or if I’m asking silly questions, I feel like my deck will troll me on purpose. So I’m questioning whether to try a new reading, or to really dig into the reading I already did... 

[magictransistor]

Bolswert after David Vinckboons. The Struggle of Men and Animals against Death and Time. 1610.

[hheininge-art]

HHEININGE

[orriculum]

shift until the two are one. 

a quick 4 card spread to challenge one’s current perspective. 

1 - what you believe. this card shows what sums up your current perspective

2 - what you perceive. a card for what you see but do not necessarily allow yourself to believe. things you may purposefully ignore. 

3 - as above. a quality of the side you favor and cling to, to overlook details.

4 - so below. something you fail to see because it is too close to you. 

[tarot-apprentice]

ACE OF CUPS - REVERSED

In the Ace of Cups, an illuminated dove approaches an overflowing golden chalice. The card itself is filled to the brim with water - a lotus flower rises above the sea, the water and sky are the same rich blue, and five streams of water pour from the cup. Elements of the heavens (sky, clouds, dove, light) all signify the spirit, while the streams of water show how we can be in touch with that higher energy through our emotions and senses. Reversed, the streams pour upwards and the heavens become the inner world.

The reversed Ace of Cups is all about the richness of your inner world. This card means it’s time to focus on your intuition, spiritual work, and self care. After all, water doesn’t flow upstream. In what ways are you feeling disconnected? Where is your higher energy blocked? Are there any changes you can make that will help open those channels back up? Work to release and express your emotional self. You will be richer for it.

When the card is reversed, the lotus flower at the bottom of the card blossoms inwards, into the inner self. The reversed Ace of Cups is a great sign to delve into any creative or artistic pursuits - anything that taps into your emotions. If you’re starting any new journeys or projects, take some time to center yourself and get in touch with your intuition. Once you tap into your subconscious self, you’re in for some powerful growth.

[dagoldenminxx]

🌻Inner Garden 3 Card Spread🌻

🐝What to grow? (What to focus on, nourish & cultivate in the coming lunar cycle)

🍄What to prune? (Things to watch out for or work on, the shadow work that needs attention)

🌸What takes root? (What general element or theme will shape the next month? Often a little outside of our control)

🪐Got this spread from tumblr. Very grateful to have come across it. May you find some clarity too 💋🪐

I chose this spread because it felt most right to do with what I wanted to know. I love the versatility of 3 card spreads & they are simple yet so skraight to the point of the matter.

[tarot-apprentice]

I did this 3-card inner garden reading to mark Lughnasadh, aka the beginning of the harvest season (so harvest = garden was my thought process here). The three positions are:

INNER GARDEN 3-CARD TAROT SPREAD

1. What to grow - what to focus on, nourish, and cultivate in the coming lunar cycle

2. What to prune - things to watch out for or work on, the shadow work that needs attention

3. What takes root - what general elements or theme will shape the next month. This is often a little outside your control.

This spread is pretty straightforward, and I‘m usually shocked how cohesive it is for just three cards!

[dagoldenminxx]

I just did this reading and omg! It…if “whew chile” was a spread this would be it.

[tarot-apprentice]

yeah this spread can pack a punch 🌟

[themajorbarkana]

The smiling dog is one regal boy, that’s for sure! Despite his big grin, he’s a pretty serious pup—standing for morality, authority, and discipline. If you draw him in a reading, you’ll want to take the moral high ground for sure. One unique symbolism in this card is the backlighting (the way he’s bright on only the edges of his fur). This shows that, although things are shrouded in shadow right now, light is coming in. If you follow the most moral path, you’ll notice that glow come back into your life. With such a detailed card, he also represents having high standards. Sometimes this is a good thing, sometimes not so much—so it’s important to evaluate other cards you draw in a reading too. I think I happened to strike that balance well while painting him! I’d love to know what you think of this card, so drop a comment below. P.S. This is the final painting of the deck! Now it’s just digital edits to get each card ready for printing—and that’s not going to take very long. I’m estimating 4-8 weeks before it’s ready for prototypes.

[tarot-apprentice]

FOUR OF CUPS - REVERSED

In the Four of Cups, the figure sits in greenery. They don’t notice the three full cups on the ground before them, nor the figure offering a fourth. In the Morgan Greer deck, the figure is so immobile that vines have grown around them and the ignored cups at their feet. Reversed, the ignored cups float at the top of the card.

The reversed Four of Cups is focusing on their inner world. Upright, the figure in the card is looking out into the distance, ignoring the cups before them. But when the card is reversed, the cups aren’t sitting neglected on the ground anymore - the cups are gathered at the top of the card, connected to the figure by the green field. Reversed, the cups are the treasures that can be gained by looking inward. Sometimes, we all need to take a break from the outside world. Use this time to recenter and refocus. 

Think of the outstretched hand as friends offering fun, social, exciting activities and opportunities. With this card, it’s much more tempting to stay engrossed in the inner world than accept what they’re offering. Still, don’t let your focus cut you off from the outside world completely. It’s those connections and experiences that help us grow, and that color our inner world the next time we need to retreat.

[tarot-apprentice]

In the below Inner Garden 3-card reading, the reversed Four of Cups is in the #3 position - what takes root. The card in this position is what general elements or theme will shape the next few weeks. This is often a little outside your control.

I did this reading for Lughnasadh, as a guide for this next few weeks until Mabon at the end of September. Unfortunately for me, the changing light (and maybe just awareness of the passage of time? idk) in September is usually a trigger for a depressive episode. So, this card is a reminder to take care of myself, prepare to step back for a time, and allow myself space & grace. 

I think it’s so interesting when readings do this - when the cards give you something really personal. It feels like a friend checking in on you. In this reading in particular, the other two cards are all about making moves, so this reminder that this is a rough time of year for me is greatly appreciated. I can often feel the limits of my mental health as a personal failing, instead of what they are: health needs! The reversed Four of Cups in this position is a reminder that this is coming, it’s outside of my control, and it’s not necessarily negative. It’s also a great reminder for me to stock up on granola bars, apple sauce packets, and Gatorade in my bedroom to keep myself fed & hydrated when it’s too hard to get into the kitchen <3

[pleiadic-magic-deactivated20220]

here is a sigil for you to use if you’d like! success will always come to you, as long as you persevere 🧿

custom sigils available here

[justanotherwitchygirl]

Some Sigil Basics

Ok so let me just start by saying this is some VERY beginner stuff that a close witchy friend gave me and I figured I would put it here to share with the world!

Begin with a simple phrase

I’m going to use the phrase “I am safe and protected” because it is a little more complex

Take out all the vowels

In the instance of this phrase we are then left with “m sf nd prtctd”

Take out duplicate letters

That will leave us with “m sf nd prtc”

Match the alphabet to letters…

There is no other way to describe this than with a picture…

Match the letters to numbers

So “msfndprtc” = 416547923

Match the numbers together with lines on your circle

So another picture is… my only form of help!

Your sigil is finished!!!

So this is what mine looked like when I was totally done adding my flourish to it!

So this is… how it’s done? I know I probably did a TERRIBLE job at explaining this but I am willing to help anyone who has any questions!!!

[adaira-sigils]

If you like my sigils, please consider donating to my KoFi!

[tarot-apprentice]

FOUR OF CUPS - REVERSED

In the Four of Cups, the figure sits in greenery. They don’t notice the three full cups on the ground before them, nor the figure offering a fourth. In the Morgan Greer deck, the figure is so immobile that vines have grown around them and the ignored cups at their feet. Reversed, the ignored cups float at the top of the card.

The reversed Four of Cups is focusing on their inner world. Upright, the figure in the card is looking out into the distance, ignoring the cups before them. But when the card is reversed, the cups aren’t sitting neglected on the ground anymore - the cups are gathered at the top of the card, connected to the figure by the green field. Reversed, the cups are the treasures that can be gained by looking inward. Sometimes, we all need to take a break from the outside world. Use this time to recenter and refocus. 

Think of the outstretched hand as friends offering fun, social, exciting activities and opportunities. With this card, it’s much more tempting to stay engrossed in the inner world than accept what they’re offering. Still, don’t let your focus cut you off from the outside world completely. It’s those connections and experiences that help us grow, and that color our inner world the next time we need to retreat.

[tarot-apprentice]

SEVEN OF WANDS

The Upright Seven of Wands is on the defensive. An unseen crowd is rallying below them, vying for the position at the top. Still, they stand tall above the crowd defending the victory they’ve earned. The suit of wands corresponds to fire - the suit is all about protection, ambition, inspiration, and energy, and the Seven of Wands is using all of the above to defend themselves.

You’re in an enviable position. Whether through hard work, creativity, or inspiration, you’ve earned your recent victories. Unfortunately, not everyone is happy to see others succeed. There may be people hoping that you fail so they can step into the spotlight. It sucks to work hard to get something good, only to need to fight in order to keep it when you’d rather just enjoy yourself. The Seven of Wands isn’t happy to be in the fight. Still, even though they look pretty grim, the fight is anything but hopeless - they have the high ground (Obi Wan Meme). Draw upon your past successes and the lessons learned along the way to stand tall in the face of rivals, naysayers, and meanies. Don’t be afraid to protect what you’ve earned.

An aspect of the Seven of Wands that reads very true to me (as a human with two anxiety disorders), but that I seldom see discussed is that sometimes the call is coming from inside the house. Whether through self-doubt, inertia, or imposter syndrome, you might be attacking yourself subconsciously. Don’t sabotage yourself. Take time to quiet your mind and pay attention to your internal monologue. Are you trying to knock yourself down?

[tarot-apprentice]

In the below Inner Garden 3-card reading, the Upright Seven of Wands is in the #2 position - what to prune. The card in this position is what to be mindful of, work on, and cut out over the next few months.

It’s interesting to have this card in this position. In another position, I’d interpret the Seven of Wands as a warning to watch out for negativity and advocate for myself. However, in this position - what to cut out - I’m feeling like it’s saying the opposite. Our instinct may be to defend ourselves from people encroaching in our space, but the Seven of Wands in the #2 position is warning against getting defensive. Don’t jump to conclusions about others’ intentions; what might seem like an attack may be good advice, an offer to collaborate, even the beginning of a partnership. Open up; let your guard down. We shouldn’t let defensiveness cut us off from opportunities to widen our circles. Instead of swinging a stick and to defend my position, I will look for opportunities to reach out my hand and bring others up with me.

[heavyweightheart]

one reason why learning body respect is so powerful–and so discouraged by the mechanism of social control that is diet culture–is that when we learn to honor our bodies’ rights, needs, and wisdom, we become much more aware and less tolerant of violations in other areas of life. 

when we are attuned to our body’s need for rest, we are much more aware of the violence of even the 40 hour work week (ofc work is far more violent than that)

when we carve out our own permission to accept our body’s natural weight set point, demands that we shrink our personality, our voice, or our emotions in order not to cause social offense feel like much less acceptable constrictions

when we learn to value our natural hair and skin, and give up harmful rituals like chemical straightening or lightening (or the beliefs that underlie them), other ways in which we are required to harm ourselves–from a coerced gender presentation to living with the consequences of environmental racism–come into clearer focus as specifically targeted violence 

when we have compassion for our bodies and their vulnerability, we are more sensitive to mistreatment in personal relationships

the systems that make us sick and self-hating are political projects, enacted in ways that can be analyzed, understood, and changed. this movement is inward and outward, with the former supporting the latter (and vice versa). when our healing is rooted in wisdom and compassion and self respect, we inevitably turn those values outward, take them up against the structures which would strip them from us.

[tarot-apprentice]

SEVEN OF WANDS

The Upright Seven of Wands is on the defensive. An unseen crowd is rallying below them, vying for the position at the top. Still, they stand tall above the crowd defending the victory they’ve earned. The suit of wands corresponds to fire - the suit is all about protection, ambition, inspiration, and energy, and the Seven of Wands is using all of the above to defend themselves.

You’re in an enviable position. Whether through hard work, creativity, or inspiration, you’ve earned your recent victories. Unfortunately, not everyone is happy to see others succeed. There may be people hoping that you fail so they can step into the spotlight. It sucks to work hard to get something good, only to need to fight in order to keep it when you’d rather just enjoy yourself. The Seven of Wands isn’t happy to be in the fight. Still, even though they look pretty grim, the fight is anything but hopeless - they have the high ground (Obi Wan Meme). Draw upon your past successes and the lessons learned along the way to stand tall in the face of rivals, naysayers, and meanies. Don’t be afraid to protect what you’ve earned.

An aspect of the Seven of Wands that reads very true to me (as a human with two anxiety disorders), but that I seldom see discussed is that sometimes the call is coming from inside the house. Whether through self-doubt, inertia, or imposter syndrome, you might be attacking yourself subconsciously. Don’t sabotage yourself. Take time to quiet your mind and pay attention to your internal monologue. Are you trying to knock yourself down?