Advice you need to hear at this time concerning your personal happiness. Card: Two of parchment (pentacles) reversed. You’ve overextended yourself and things have fallen into chaos. There is no longer a sense of balance, and you’re spinning out of control. (I mean, I knew that already hahaha).
All Souls Day Spread: A message that your Ancestors would like to give you at this time: Card: Knight of Ink (wands) Rx: Just because others don’t see things the way that you do, doesn’t make them wrong. Reign in your pride and try to show some empathy.
A message your Ancestors have been trying to convey that you have not been receptive to in the past: Card: Six of Quills (swords) rx: You’re stuck in the past, worrying and focusing on how things were and what happened to you. Let this go, move onwards from the obsession. Look back at the good things that could have happened in the past, and take heart in what it has made you into.
How to be more open to messages from your Ancestors in the future: Card: Death Let go of the expectations that you and others have placed on you. Bring forth a new start, new practices, new ways of honouring family and the past.
How to honor and connect more strongly with your Ancestors going forward: Queen of Ink (wands) Rx: Fight for what you believe is right, fight for others who aren’t able to fight for themselves. Don’t ignore your anger, express it in an intelligent way that illuminates the path forward.
Dia de los Muertos- What can you do today to show respect and care for those passed? Card: The Tower. I can accept that everything comes to an end, that ultimate destruction is inevitable and the start of a new beginning, no matter how painful it may be. Deck used: The Literary Tarot.
For this month’s challenge, I’m going to use my copy of the Literary Tarot, and my copy of Arcane Bullshit Oracle Deck.
I bought the Literary tarot a while back, and there was some Kickstarter drama connected to this deck, so you’ll find a lot of mixed reviews online about it. I haven’t really used this deck very much since I purchased it for a number of reasons, so I thought, why not try it for this month?
Arcane Bullshit is something that’s been in my shopping cart for ages, and the creator had a Hallowe’en sale, so I snagged it as quickly as I could. Their website and store are hilariously awesome, their mailing list is one of the best things I’ve joined in a long time, and the ridiculousness of this deck has me dying to give it a try. They’re also a Canadian creator (we love to see it), so that gave me a double push. I’ll give you all a proper review soon!
Have you purchased or used any new or interesting decks lately? Let me know in the comments π
Well! I know I posted late quite a few times but I’m happy I managed to do almost every single day in October! On to November! π
This month I’m trying the Tarotholics Challenge, made by Twisttheleaf over on the discord server I rave about so often. You can follow me here, on facebook or on Instagram to see my progress.
The best thing about the Tarotholics’ challenges is that they have little spreads built in- about one a week. This gives you some practice with putting multiple cards together and reading the images that connect together. I don’t always find it easy, but I do find it fun! π
Tonight I honour the witch within, my lineage, my roots, my craft and my kin. Guided by ancestors from beyond the veil, what shall this night of my Sabbath unveil? Card: 5 of pentacles, healing from loss, charity, giving to those who need it more than me, handing out excessive amounts of candy to children.
As the bonfires blaze, fiery and bright what transformation awaits me on Samhain night? Card: Nine of Pentacles: Abundance with growth, gentle and slow but being able to reap what I have sown.
Oh Hunter’s Moon, this witching hour, how do I rise within my power? Card: Nine of Wands Rx: I can’t give up, I have to keep going even when things seem hard. The end of the journey is coming, but I can’t give up yet. I still have more to achieve.
And as the veil keeps growing thing, show me how to prepare for this Samhain. Card: The Empress: Embrace my feminity, be creative, nurture my surroundings and myself (I did this today!)
Of blood and bone, of skin and seed, what part of you should I embrace in me? Card: The Sun Rx: Ridiculously unachievable optimism- believing everything in the whole world will be amazing at all times, unwaveringly positive about everything.
Cards on the table, ancestors respond, give me a sign from somewhere beyond. Card: The Hermit: The sign comes from quiet introspection, in a solitary place, that isn’t frequented by many but has many rewards to give to the patient.
Spooky, scary, nothing to fear. What I have channelled will manifest here: Card: 4 of Swords Rx: the sense of recovery that comes from release, the end of waiting and resting and the beginning of a new venture, moving energy and coming back out into the world.
Cobwebs, spiders, creepy-crawling. A pinch of this will help my callingβ¦ Card: Eight of Wands Rx: waiting and not rushing into anything. Ensuring that I don’t leave myself unprepared, but also embracing some sense of chaos and letting things happen as they’re going to- allowing the cookie to crumble.
Black cats, ravens, hooting owls, what am I to channel into the here and now? Card: The Tower: I’m supposed to channel the Tower? Ultimate destruction and change of things that don’t work, things that don’t serve a purpose, solid, seemingly stable constructs.