Restless Tarot

The #inkwitchtarot arrived in my mailbox last night! It was so sweetly packaged. Here are a few of the cards that hooked me right away. https://www.instagram.com/p/CPOTiR9BUcjLUusbIde7eWpDTe3auJ1IfGQl8o0/?utm_medium=tumblr

Life is really good for me right now. I am learning to be okay with that. Now that I’m out of survival mode and actually thriving (for now, at least), I have the brain space to grapple with some big questions about “life, the universe, and everything.” (Fun fact: I was a philosophy minor in college. I am v excited to have the energy to think about philosophy and theology again.) Pulled out the #shadowscapestarot for a little read on where I’m at and where I’m headed next. I know the world is on fire but I’m grateful to be in a place personally that feels really good and affirming. https://www.instagram.com/p/CMimlGEB4ICjQhpQYZnq9P1nPCTdpbVeiuPe9g0/?igshid=1rih8fnlsi70u

Made up a New Year’s Eve tarot spread this morning. Center card: where you’re at now. Left card: something to leave behind. Right card: something to carry into the new year. Here’s to recognizing when I’m getting in my own way, surrendering the need to always be in control, and being open to what the Universe is trying to hand me in 2021. #sparkandpentarot https://www.instagram.com/p/CJesKUvBVOZeuRkmEyHq3I8HpCkdjCSRLBzQ940/?igshid=2itme7o7rqk7

New moon in Virgo spread from @3am.tarot is echoing themes from therapy earlier this week. #tarot #thespacioustarot https://www.instagram.com/p/CFQrhbPhKZt7gfmCY_B8UzZpE-21423u2KKwNs0/?igshid=1or1lmorgn8bv

This beauty arrived today. Looking forward to getting to know these cards! #tarot #starspinnertarot https://www.instagram.com/p/B-utNvEjmowJ5tx4th0XdbuzsbTc-GaDngawww0/?igshid=m3jpgu9nuyqx

#fawm2020 starts in a couple weeks, and I haven’t written much lately. Decided to try to give myself some structure this year, and try to actually make progress on my #78songs project, where I’m attempting to write a song for every card in a #tarot deck. Gonna try to knock the major arcana out by the end of February. Since I have 21 songs to write (I wrote the song for The Fool a while ago), I’m starting now. This one won’t count toward FAWM, but at least I’m getting some momentum going! https://www.instagram.com/p/B7hFjaJBwo8dsLT1KIDQimb5L43DAiiXRnIJgg0/?igshid=1lgcsc8iaye22

New year #tarot spread. 2020 looks like trying some new things, even if they end up not being the right things on the first try, and working on being the adult my younger self needed but didn’t have. #littlemonsterstarot https://www.instagram.com/p/B6w43bvFRe1sY_wJbdZvyU63UvQPAiLKD0dwjQ0/?igshid=avfxnareu7ui

New deck! The @greenglyphs #lenormand arrived in the mail today. It’s lovely. Check out those coppery gilt edges! I was feeling a little guilty about having spent money on the Kickstarter (things are a bit tight these days and it didn’t need my help to get funded), but now I’m glad I did. https://www.instagram.com/p/B5_H0_-FRTAHEfqCXWynBdHtG3BqUpiScp96PM0/?igshid=3jrfne3nz6a5

“Connecting With Your Future Self” spread from @wortsandcunning using the @this_might_hurt #tarot deck. It’s been a rough couple of months of trying to get my feet under me and figure out where I want to go next. I think I’m getting closer to answers, even if I’m not there yet. One of the points of this spread is “Give yourself credit for...” and I pulled the Knight of Cups there, which I am choosing to interpret as my optimism. Trying to hang onto that. https://www.instagram.com/p/B4aQjtbF3TLnsZktyBVkFFdECJ80h2K1rdSZmQ0/?igshid=1optu7vfg1s5x

Deck interview with the #thismighthurttarot. I really like this one, y’all. @this_might_hurt did a fantastic job reinterpreting and diversifying the Rider-Waite. #tarot https://www.instagram.com/p/B379uDTFe9okBlbAYim2aPwL7DTECUDfmh0CTI0/?igshid=1ntar5f3622kb

S.W.O.T. analysis spreads (from #littleredtarot) looking at some upcoming decisions that feel really big. Deck is #wayofthepandatarot by @fablesden. Susan the knitted spider is on hand to help with interpretations. These readings, to me, have less to do with looking at the future and more to do with looking at my own brain. I love using #tarot to help me pull apart the tangle that my thoughts are often in. So often we already hold the answers to our questions; we just sometimes need a little help seeing them. https://www.instagram.com/p/B2udI_Xhxsa9j_GhoUgbbW6LO3KwYsNMVZmHDw0/?igshid=1874x8ug62qa7

Sometimes I manically back #tarot decks on Kickstarter. #bipolaradventures So far, I’ve been lucky - they’ve all been winners! This is the #wayofthepandatarot by @fablesden, and omg it’s so cute. I love it and I haven’t even dived into the book that came with it yet. So excited to get to know these pandas better! https://www.instagram.com/p/B2fqWYnFoHUMaE2icDkBwISnGxUxRm5qibNfFU0/?igshid=1q61e2f8w8p1q

Birthday tarot spread from #littleredtarot and the @slowholler #tarot deck. https://www.instagram.com/p/ByS98O8JHRD/?igshid=gk7jg6empxbo

Busted out the embroidery supplies to make a home for the new deck. Handkerchief and floss courtesy of @sublimestitching. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxnz2ERJLXF/?igshid=6u99jcokrdac

Caved this week and ordered a deck that I’ve been debating buying for literally years. The card stock feels a little on the flimsy side, but it’s a beautiful, weird deck, and I’m looking forward to working with it. #universalfantasytarot https://www.instagram.com/p/BxnoZCxpqak/?igshid=2wrxm4zs2u7t

Processing my weekend and where I go from here with a little help from the #shadowscapestarot. https://www.instagram.com/p/BwS0uXeJDVG/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=16jgx1rtstdey

Last month, I spent more money than I should have. One of the things I spent money on when I shouldn’t have was this deck, the #littlemonsterstarot. I felt so guilty when it finally arrived a few days ago. . . . But today, I’m at home because the wildly shifting weather here in Chicago has my pain flaring up pretty bad, and I decided to take it out and do a little interview spread. And you know what? I think we’re gonna get along fine. It wasn’t a great financial choice, and I didn’t *need* another deck. But I’d had my eye on it for a while, and now it’s here, so I’m going to use it and call it a lesson learned. https://www.instagram.com/p/Btol-sKFalw/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=i8j22199xow8