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Tarotholics November 2023 Challenge: Day 2: All souls day Spread

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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.

Happy Readings! 💛💛💛

-Madame Starbeam

Lucet Aurora Tarot Dionysian Mysteries Challenge: Day 30

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The Blessing of Dionysus: What blessing and message does Dionysus send you at the end of this challenge?

Card: 8 of swords: Don’t allow yourself to be imprisoned by anyone, yourself included. You are able to break through whatever you think has confined you, and the swords are yours to take. Just allow yourself to open up to what there is out there.

A negative card usually, but here, I’ve seen it as a blessing, not a condemnation. 🙂

Happy Readings! 💛💛💛

-Madame Starbeam

Lucet Aurora Tarot Dionysian Mysteries Challenge: Day 24

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Day 24: The Daze- What forms of ecstasy can you find outside of traditional means?
Card: None of these cards make me feel ecstasy. Not a one of them. Maybe the Knight. That’s it.
King of Pentacles RX, Knight of Swords, 4 of swords reversed.

I can find ecstasy by no longer giving a sh!t about what others think and run, headlong into all of the things that I can fit into a day before collapsing into a heap on the floor out of pure and utter exhaustion. I mean… maybe?

That knight of swords keeps following me- I’ve got a new stalker card. Why can’t I ever have the 10 of pentacles stalking me, eh?

Happy Readings! 💛💛💛

-Madame Starbeam

-Madame Starbeam

Tarotholic’s Monthly Challenge: May: Day 7: Another spread!

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Here we go folks! Another spread from the amazing Twist the Leaf/Tarotholics discord:

OK I’m not sure if my dumbass will suffer from information overload with two cards for each for extra credit, but we’re gonna give it a hook. I encourage you to give me feedback if you’re reading this- tell me if you see something I don’t! 😀

Here’s my spread:

What positive qualities do I have that others admire?

Cards: Four of Pentacles (rx) and Queen of Wands (rx): I’m generous with my emotions or at least I’ve got the spirit but I’m a little confused when it comes to action and putting plans into place- I’m generous with my time and emotions, but I can get stuck within certain pursuits and carry things forward in an intense way.

What positive qualities do I wish I had that I admire in others?

Cards: The Moon (rx) and The Devil: I wish I could get lost in excess and not regret it, that I could convince myself of some positive misconceptions that would make my life easier. I admire the way others can fully trust and empower themselves through their intuition.

What step(s) can I take now to work toward developing that quality in myself?

Cards: Ace of Pentacles and The Chariot: I should use material elements in life (maybe physical self-care, the earth) to push myself forward into tapping into my intuition. Or I should spend more money on new indulgences to obtain the excess of the Devil’s vibe? I mean, usually, this deck tells me not to do that, so I think it might be getting more in touch with new jobs/work/nature/growing opportunities that are coming up soon.

What step(s) can I take to make the positive qualities I already have shine brightly?

Cards: Eight of Swords (rx) and Nine of Swords: Surrender to what is coming and understand that the anxiety I’m bound to face in thinking I’m not good enough or I can’t provide for others or I’m not doing a good job; this is counterproductive but unavoidable. Feel it, and let it go. I am the only one who will put myself through it and also the only one who will stop myself from going through it.

I used the This Might Hurt tarot deck, which is available for purchase in a new limited edition now, I believe. It’s a fabulous deck 🙂

I liked this challenge! Let me know if you do it and what you get out of it!

Happy Readings! 💛💛💛

-Madame Starbeam

Monthly Challenge: Lionharts’ WanderLust: Massive Catch up Days 20-24

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Hahahaha whoops.

Listen. Listen. Listen. I used to be a blogger, alright? Back when I was in university, and in high school- when I was in my early 20s and the internet was still a fresh young beast. I was a blogger extraordinaire! I’d write multiple posts a day, and they would be so chaotic, ridiculous, awesome, unfiltered and so… cringe. But, I’d write! I would be writing! These days, I’m lucky if I wash my hair correctly every other day. Keeping up with multiple blogs? Impossible. So you’ll have to forgive my lapses. They will be often. They will be long. But hopefully, they will not be forever 🙂

So let’s get crackin’ then shall we?

Day 20: What can I learn from the wind,, the sky or the air element right now?

Card: The Magician Rx: I learn to take control of the things around me, push forward with power- something I’m lacking at the moment. I can tap into my intuition, see where my power can reach to, and see where it fails.

Day 21: How can I harness the warmth around me to fuel my inner fire?

Card: Guardian of Swords (Queen of Swords) Rx: It’s ok to be emotional- to get upset- to burn brighter and stronger at the things that are unfair in the world. I need to take care not to let the fire consume me, and overwhelm me.

Day 22: How can I use nature as a source of creative inspiration?

Card: 5 of Wands: I can use nature to unravel the anger and resentment coiled away inside of me. The inner battle that rages between making money, making others happy, and making myself happy can be fought and soothed through nature.

Day 23: What should I let flow in? What should I let flow away?

Cards: Flow in: 9 of pentacles Rx, Flow out: Greed (the Devil):

Embrace what I’m worth, I am enough, and I need to recognize it. Let go of overindulgence, hanging onto things I don’t need, and desiring more and more.

Day 24: Where should I give myself freedom?

Card: 3 of swords Rx: Give me the freedom to forgive maybe? To let go of any pain I’m carrying and give myself some kindness- the kind of kindness I give to others but not myself.

The deck used is the Tarot for all ages- a cute one though sometimes tricky to read as the court cards are a bit different and some of the major Arcana are renamed, but it’s a good deck!

Happy Readings 💛💛

-Madame Starbeam

Monthly Challenge: Lionharts WanderLust: Day 15

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Day 15: What can I do today to connect with my inner childlike wonder and curiosity?

Card: Ten of Swords

I should sit with the pain of the past and the present before I try to move past it. I’ve been working on the whole ‘feel your feelings’ thing- I know it sounds silly but I’m one of those people who kind of logics their feelings into submission, but it doesn’t actually help me get past the feelings. I just psychoanalyze them and still feel shitty. Maybe this is a call to stop doing that, and sit with the pain.

Deck used: I’m pretty sure this is a bootlegged version of the Spacious Tarot. It was given to me by a friend who thought it would be a nifty gift, and it is- I like it a lot, but it’s got a real aliexpress-ness about it. The biggest issue with these kinds of decks is that the creator makes no money from them. If it’s an indie creator who you want to see profit from their work, you should do what you can to purchase from them authentically. That being said, your classic RWS, old-fashioned tarot decks are (I’m pretty sure but don’t quote me) within the public realm now- or they should be. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with finding affordable tarot options 🙂 Some decks will run you 150 bucks plus shipping, and if you want to use tarot as a self reflection tool, you shouldn’t be limited to only super pricey decks.

What do you think?

Happy Readings 💛💛

-Madame Starbeam

Monthly Challenge: Lionharts WanderLust: Day 14

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Today has been a day full of studying and writing about Play Therapy! Something very interesting, and statistically significant in terms of the results it provides. I’m hoping to get into it in the future, though how I’ll make that happen, I’m unsure. There don’t seem to be many registered play therapists in my area who would be able to supervise me, which is problematic, to say the least. But I’m getting ahead of myself, like I usually do!

For more info on Play Therapy, you can check out this link. Now on to today’s challenge!

Day 14: What can help me find myself, or what can help me find what I am looking for?

Card: 8 of swords. I need to work on the way I think about myself and my life- try to break out of my current line of thinking. Stay hopeful, and understand that I can untie the things that have me bound. I need to stop putting limits on what I think I’m capable of. DANG OK.

🙂

As you may have been able to tell, I’ve been using This Might Hurt a lot lately. It lives next to my computer at the moment, which is where I’m spending most of my time. Love this deck.

Tell me something in the comments. Anything. I don’t mind 🙂

Happy Readings 💛💛

-Madame Starbeam

Monthly Challenge: Lionharts WanderLust: Day 13

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I’ve spent the whole day writing an essay that I feel is way too broad and doesn’t make any sense so I’m juuuuust about typed out but here we go!

Day 13: Where can I use a sense of playfulness and curiosity in my approach to life?

Card: 10 of Swords.

I need to be more vulnerable- I need to take on curiosity into painful endings, betrayal, loss and pain generally. I need to take the pain of the past with a lighter heart and a sense that I’ve moved passed it- I’m in a different place, I’ve grown, I’ve developed. I can explore them and look into why they came about and what I can learn about them- or I can let them move along and leave me be.

Deck used here: This Might Hurt.

Tell me what you think in the comments!

Happy Readings 💛💛

-Madame Starbeam.

Monthly Challenge: Mr Lionharts WanderLust: Day 9

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The prompt for day 9 is: How can the Universe help me manifest what I want to attract?

Card pulled: 2 of Swords.

It looks like the universe is going to give me some difficult options to choose from, and I’m going to have to figure out how to navigate that. This kind of reading piques my curiosity, so I’m going to pull a couple of oracle cards to clarify.

Clarifier cards: The Hind and The Horse.

The hind is a card of subtle and feminine expression, and the horse is a card of travel and exploration. The horse seems to be on the move, graceful and purposeful, while it seems like we’ve caught the hind unawares, in her own realm, tucked away in secret. Maybe these choices will be different in the way they present themselves- one obvious and showy, the other subtle and quiet. If that’s the case, I might miss the subtle and quiet one all together!

The tarot deck used for day 9 was the same as in my last post, This Might Hurt. It’s a rocking good deck.

The oracle deck I’ve used here is one I’ve had since I was like…10? Maybe? The cards are huge, and I struggle with the symbolism, but I bought it at like a Chapters because I was super into Celtic everything (I was trying to find myself through my ethnicity/ancestral background) and I liked animals- I still do! I figured I’d give it a bash and see how it goes. The cards themselves are stunning, but I find the imagery difficult to link and remember. It’s called The Druid Animal Oracle and mine came with a beautiful book and a reading cloth.

Tell me what you think!

Happy Readings 💛💛

-Madame Starbeam