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#MonthofSpreads Day Twenty-three: #MyAesthetic

1. What is my general aesthetic?
Six of Cups
Memories, nostalgia, joy, old friendships

2. Where do I excel in this aesthetic?
XVII – The Star
Hope, peace of mind, positivity, comfort

3. How can I improve the quality of my aesthetic?
0 – The Fool
Spontaneity, innocence, naivety, beginnings

4. What does this aesthetic say about me?
VII – The Chariot (Reversed)
Feeling lack of control, needing to let go, just breathe

5. If my aesthetic was summed up in one short phrase, what would it be?
Nine of Pentacles (Reversed)
Pleasure in situation, caution, keeping your head while smelling the roses

Thoughts
My aesthetic is about the things that I love and the memories and friendships I have through those things. I gain comfort and hope in those areas. I can improve if I am more spontaneous and adventurous. My aesthetic also highlights the downside of my life – that I can be stressed by a lack of control or by change, and struggle to just go with the flow, like the Fool is telling me I should. My aesthetic is about pleasure tempered with caution – keeping my head while smelling the roses. It’s about finding that balance between the two.

#MonthofSpreads Day Twenty-two: Gratitude With Attitude

1. What can I be grateful for in my life?
Six of Cups
Memories, nostalgia, old friendships, joy

2. What in my life am I taking for granted?
Son of Cups
Artistic talent, introspection, deep thoughts

3. How can I bring more awareness and appreciation to the people and things in my life?
XV – The Devil (Reversed)
Self-restriction, fear, living life without taking chances

4. How can I be more grateful for the experiences and lessons I learn throughout my life?
XI – Strength
Emotional control and balance, patience, courage

5. How can I easily implement more gratitude into my life today?
VI – The Lovers
Union, desire, joy, gratitude

Thoughts
I have a stable full of good memories and thoughts to call on. I’m taking for granted that I have an artistic side and the ability to think deeply. Instead, I’ve become too focussed on the negative possibilities and the bad things that have happened to me, which makes me isolated from those in my life. I can choose to turn this around and make space for them; the chains holding me are an illusion. Drawing on my reserves of patience and inner strength can help me do this and get more richness from my life and the lessons it brings. All I need to start this today is to draw on the love I already have in my life, and let it fill me up.

#MonthofSpreads Day Twenty-One: The Inner Child Conversation

1. How are you, inner child?
Four of Pentacles
Stability, material gain, security, possession

2. How do you manifest yourself in my life?
XII – The Hanged Man (Reversed)
Crossroads, polarised decisions, allowing change, deliberate choices and actions

3. What is it that I need to know?
XIII – Death (Reversed)
Transformation, change, this too shall pass, progression

4. How do you see me now that I am an adult?
XX – Judgement (Reversed)
Take a breath, contemplation, allowing for mistakes and recovery, self-forgiveness, controlling only what you can

5. Is there anything I need to let go of that I am still holding on to?
Father of Cups
Balancing elements, setting boundaries, active compassion

6. What do you need from me?
Ten of Swords (Reversed)
Clarity, balanced perspective, self-knowledge

7. What final message do you have for me?
Two of Cups
Connection, love, romance, contentment

Thoughts
My inner child feels stable and secure. I feel it in my life when things are changing and when I’m making difficult decisions. I need to know that change is necessary and leads to new growth. As an adult I need to step back, be kinder to myself, and only take on what I can actually do without harm. I need to set better boundaries and balance my life accordingly. It needs this balance from me to be happy. The final message is of abundant love and contentment.

#MonthofSpreads Day Twenty: My Needs

1. What do I need today?
Four of Cups
Wishful thinking, short-sightedness, focus on what-ifs not what I have
The LWB meaning for this was about how I needed to focus on others and how I was being selfish, so I binned it for this spread (obviously) in favour of an internet site’s that focussed more on a personal interpretation. It suggested grounding myself in the here and now and in what I have, not just in what I wish or want.

2. How can I go about obtaining or satisfying that need?
0 – The Fool
Fearlessness, innocence, folly, potential
I catastrophise. I look at things and covet them and it’s never enough. That’s what the Four of Cups is saying. The Fool in a positive position of aspiration is about taking the good – the wide eyes of wonder not fear, the openness to experience without any expectation that it’s going to be something new and exciting – well, that’s a good place to start.

3. What can I do to maintain a healthy routine of listening to my needs from this moment forward?
VII – The Chariot
Self-control, balance, duality, self-acceptance and compromise
For a long time I’ve had the pendulum swung all the way back to the edges when it needs to be free to move. I have thought patterns that can make me rigid and miserable and behaviour patterns that can impact on my way of life. This doesn’t mean I should overthink everything or never think about anything at all, just that I need to aim for the happy medium as much as possible. A lot of the Chariot is about self-control, and, like a muscle, the more I practise it, the better I get at it.

#MonthofSpreads Day Nineteen: The Power Within The Tower

1. What do I need to break free from?
Eight of Coins
Stamina, duty, hard work, perfectionism
Usually a card celebrating the benefits of toil and hard long work, this card in this context is pointing to the fact that I have been working too hard and too long for too little reward. While there are benefits to my working, and while it is necessary for me to do some things most of the time, I am working too much and too hard, while others who should be shouldering the load rest easy, or simply fail to realise the load I am bearing. I need to step back and let others take the slack, and if they fail to carry the burden, then sole fault and responsibility does not lie with me. I cannot take the weight of everything for everyone, even if I worry what will happen if I don’t. I need to let go, and let things fall sometimes. It’s okay.

2. What can I build from this freedom once I achieve it?
Ace of Coins
Potential, possibilities, prosperity, beginnings, opportunity
What can I build when I free myself? Who knows! With the time to think and the space to breathe, what I choose to nurture and cultivate is up to me, whether it’s a new thing or an old thing I’ve left fallow for far too long. The benefit will come from the doing, whether it’s gardening or stargazing or getting back to the gym, finally. It’s my choice.

#MonthofSpreads Day Eighteen: The Self

Signifier: VII – Strength
Patience, self-belief, resilience
Yet again, Strength pops up in this deck to bolster reserves and reassure me that I’ve got this. I’d be convinced that it was my personal card for this deck alone if not for…

1. What in my inner persona?
XVII – The Star
Hope, inspiration, self-esteem, generosity
My old friend and personal card of twenty years has popped up to let me know she is still my representative in this new deck. I love the LWB definition of this card. It speaks very strongly to me as-I-was and me as-I-was, and makes me feel the rightness of this deck – and this card – all the more.

2. What is my inner shadow?
Knight of Coins
As a shadow card, I feel this is a fairly positive one. Shadow does not equal evil, rather, it is the counterbalance to light. So the counterbalance to my hope and resilience of The Star is hard work, perseverance and a methodical approach to my goals. To balance dreams and aspirations, I have practicality and determination. A lovely balance of qualities and tools to have.

#MonthofSpreads Day Seventeen: Fill in the Blank Tarot

Kia ora from Aotearoa. I’m in New Zealand right now, and will be until early next month, so by necessity, all these posts will be sporadic as internet access permits. We spent a day flying here, a couple of days out of signal and at least two without any access because of a network outage, so I know I’m way behind and hope that my followers and @tarotprose are willing to be patient with me, as it’s going to be more extreme silent then bursts of activity than usual. I really do want to complete this challenge though, so I’m making do with the two decks I brought with me and a succession of hotel and motel beds and carpets for my reads.

Also, this day I had an unlooked-for fourth card I found in my lap after putting my deck aside, so, in it goes.

1. I no longer need – – – to define my self-worth.
Eight of Wands
Sudden change, upheaval, movement, travel
For a long time my self-worth was defined by what happened to me. Lately, it has been shifted and dictated to by the tumultuous events of the last few years. This card tells me that those events and changes no longer define me and I am free to choose my own.

2. I will have everything I need if I can just – – -.
Three of Wands (Reversed)
Struggling against setbacks, feeling overwhelmed, difficulty seeing beyond the present problems to future outcomes
I want changes in my life. I want a different way of being, of doing, of existing in my own skin. And yet again, my cards are telling me that I’ve barely begun. I’m moving, but change takes time, and that’s okay. Baby steps are still steps. I just have to keep taking them.

3. I welcome – – – into my life.
XIV – Temperance
Cooperation, compromise, balance, healing, renewal
With a balanced life comes peace, and with peace comes balance. I can culture this balance by making considered choices, making space in my life for quiet centred practices, and opening myself to growth and new experiences.

4. Hey, you’ve obviously got something to say and that is – – -.
Two of Swords
Blocked vision, stalemate, self-deception
I can only gain clarity and progress in my life if I am being honest with myself and open to what I need to do to progress. If I try to rationalise or ignore the things that are stopping me, my progress will stall. The choice is one I have to make new each day, but I can do it.

til-beth-do-us-art:

Broad overview of the suit of Sticks in my cartomancy/tarot/divination deck. Based on the traditional suit of Wands, but with a little bit of my own personal spin on it so I can really connect with the deck.

Each suit will also have an animal association; a red fox seemed appropriate for Sticks.

#MonthofSpreads Day Sixteen: Job Interview Spread

1. What should Kareem be conscious of going in to this interview?
XX – Judgment
Karma, consequences of actions good and bad, renewal

2. What does Kareem need to know about what this job will actually be like?
XVI – The Tower (Reversed)
Desiring but fearing change, a period of hardship with reward at the end, risk versus reward

3. What is the potential long-term prospect for Kareem if this interview is successful?
III – The Empress
Blessings, finiancial security, unexpected gifts, good fortune and security

Thoughts
This job has a real chance of being a very positive career move for Kareem that should set him up for long-term security, but it will require a lot of hard work which is going to be a tough slog for some time. Also, if his resume and references aren’t in order, he won’t even get a call back. He should make sure he represents himself honestly, and that if it’s possible to omit employers that won’t remember him favourably from his resume without leaving obvious holes, he should do so, or risk losing his opportunity altogether.