Feel like just some misplaced Joan of Arc

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.

🌻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 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.

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. 

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. 

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

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!

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.

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