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Creative Autumn Journaling with the Tarot

Creative Autumn Journaling with the Tarot

Autumn is my favourite season, which probably explains why I’ve been writing about it so often, combining creative autumn journaling with the Tarot.

Now that Autumn is approaching yet again, I thought I’d share with you a compilation of my best bits, which are dotted around on this website.

If you would like to immerse yourself into some serious autumn journaling, then check out the following links:

? Autumn Equinox – Embracing the Dark Season

Autumnal musings with a 3-card tarot spread

? Creative Journaling in Autumn

Lots of ideas and a printable freebie

? 22 Equinox Journaling Prompts to Balance your Life

My popular Equinox divination tarot game, which you can use not just in autumn but also in spring

? The Autumn Divination Kit

I’m so proud of this magical kit. Loads of autumn journaling activities and printables including an oracle deck and healing cards. Don’t miss the 20% discount I offer on Patreon

? Finding Direction in your Life with the Tarot

Autumn is Hermit season…insightful spreads to help you choose your path ahead

Enjoy your Autumn explorations ⭐

Warmest wishes,

Christiane

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You Don’t Need To Reach For The Stars

no need to reach for the stars
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You don’t need to reach for the stars.

What if you are enough?

What if you are good enough and no longer need to self-improve?

What if you are happy right where you are now, and deep down you don’t want to go further, higher, faster?

It is perfectly okay not having the desire to climb up that career ladder and getting all stressed out along the way.

It’s okay not to live up to other people’s expectations and ideas of what success means.

You can be successful in your own little way that lights you up without pushing yourself more and more relentlessly.

It’s okay to quit a job and start over at the bottom of a new profession that is fun and exciting rather than giving you a burnout while chasing money and status.

What if all you can think of is to survive each day as it comes rather than entertaining some lofty ambitions?

That’s okay. Take your time to rest and heal. No need to feel shame for not contributing or being productive.

You are worthy of support as much as you give it to others.

No need to be better, richer or more beautiful.

My cat isn’t thinking about changing the colour of her fur to become more popular with other cats.

Maisy

She is happily lying on the sofa practicing self-care, at ease with herself and enjoying the moment.

It is time to be at ease with yourself.

Rather than aiming higher, why not aim lower?

What is really important?

Reach for the stars surrounding you, the ones you perhaps undervalue, take for granted or simply don’t see.

Why not reach for health, nature, togetherness, contentment, exploration, and imagination rather than possessions and status.

And why not accept that sometimes it’s okay to be inadequate.

It’s okay to be not good enough, even though you tried your best at the time, it didn’t work out the way you wanted.

It happens, because you are human. Imperfect, fragile, a little bit messed up.

Forgive yourself.

Questions to explore:

  • Where are you trying too hard and why?
  • What/Who is draining your energy / self-worth?
  • What is not necessary?
  • Where does less give you more?

No longer reaching for the stars doesn’t mean stagnation. Adjusting your trajectory offers new challenges, rewards and growth.

What will be your new challenge while aiming lower, and how will you benefit?

Try this tarot spread:

aim lower tarot spread - you don't need to reach for the stars Warmest wishes,

Christiane

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Trick Or Treat Tarot Spread

trick or treat tarot spreadIt’s that spooky time of the year again to have some fun with your tarot deck, so here’s my Trick or Treat Tarot Spread ?

Some prompts for each position:

TRICK

Deception – it’s not what it seems – something hidden – a tiny detail you have overlooked – too good to be true – self-sabotage – shadow – limiting belief – beware of this – obstacle – something sinister – the small print

TREAT

Indulgence – self-care – achievement – gift – clarity – talent – illumination – what is supporting you – opportunity – abundance – celebrate – appreciate – enjoy – breakthrough – lucky break – blessing

Draw a card for each position placing cards face down. Choose one of them – trick or treat?

It can always be tempting to choose TREAT, but sometimes you may want to face some tricky demons to resolve an issue, and the TREAT may not be favourable in the long-term or such a great idea.

Nothing is ever black or white / good or bad. It’s your choice?

You can also choose both positions as a two-card snapshot spread.

⭐For more seasonal  tarot goodness, check out my 30-day autumn divination challenge on Patreon, and grab my latest workbook, the Autumn Divination Kit⭐

Warmest wishes,

Christiane

 

Page of Wands – Every Day is a New Adventure

page of wands every day is a new adventureFuel shortages, empty supermarket shelves, electricity price hikes, impending blackouts…

While the world is becoming even more insane, it might be a good idea to tap into your inner Page of Wands – turning panic into excitement and an adventurous spirit.

After all, that’s all we can do, right? ?

Okay, we can also stockpile candles, bottled water and pasta…

Life at the moment certainly isn’t boring.

With all the ongoing disruptions, we don’t know what’s around the corner, so it’s a bit like a suspense thriller.

Whatever next?

Be mindful about how unsettling news and events affect your body – adrenaline surges, constantly lingering in fight or flight mode, increasing fear and foreboding, and the resulting emotional choices and actions we may later regret.

Cultivate a calming balance:

Create nice moments for yourself every day.

Find magic in the ordinary.

Work, rest, play in equal measures.

Embrace uncertainty.

No need to do anything grand or fanciful. It doesn’t need to cost any money.

Often, all it takes is a change of perception.

Conscious acknowledgement.

Awareness.

Knowing that you can choose how you respond.

There is beauty, magic and bliss in the everyday mundane.

With the help of the Page of Wands, every day is a new adventure.

Page of Wands qualities: resourceful, curious, enthusiastic, playful, open-minded, fun-loving, creative, brave

What to avoid: fearfulness, recklessness, aggression, anger, impetuousness, knee-jerk reactions, despondency

Here’s a daily writing practice you can try:

TODAY’S ADVENTURE

  1. A nice moment:
  2. Ordinary magic:
  3. Something to work on:
  4. Playing with:
  5. A restful activity:
  6. Beautiful uncertainty:
  7. A new insight:

Feel free to use a tarot or oracle deck. Anything goes.

every day is a new adventure tarot spread Page of Wands
⭐Grab a printable A4 journal sheet with an illustrated version of this spread on my Patreon⭐

More journaling: The Autumn Divination Kit

Warmest wishes,

Christiane

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Get Unstuck Tarot Spread

get unstuck tarot spreadThe recent global events – pandemic, environmental disasters, lockdowns, chaotic leadership – have left many people traumatised, which has caused an increase in mental health issues, such as depression and anxiety.

Millions of people lack direction during these unsettling times as we are all questioning our way of life, what brought us to this point and where the heck are we going from here.

If you feel stuck in your life – perhaps you are thinking about changing your career, letting go of a relationship, moving countries, living off-grid, starting a business, or making some other profound change – then perhaps you want to try the Get Unstuck Tarot Spread.

This spread is designed to help you make the right choices, overcome insecurities and self-doubt, denial, procrastination and perhaps even self-sabotage.

  • What are you struggling with in terms of choice and decision-making?
  • What is keeping you in a place where you can’t seem to move forward?

Sounds dramatic, but in reality this energy is often lingering in the background without us realising and can affect various areas in our lives at once.

Pay attention to just one area that needs resolving, and it can have a positive effect on everything else.

When we become aware of it, we can begin to do something about it.

Here is a three-card spread you can try to get unstuck:

1. Where in your life are you feeling stuck right now?

You will probably already know the answer to this question, but pulling a card can offer you deeper insight.

2. What is the underlying cause?

Focus here on internal battles, blocks, attitudes, beliefs, vices.

3. What can you do to get unstuck?

An action you can take to get unstuck. This may not be the holy grail of solutions, but at least a first step towards untanglement.

The Get Unstuck Tarot Spread is a simple spread with straight-forward questions – from getting unstuck to getting inspired to get moving again.

Warmest wishes,

Christiane

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The Mars Retrograde Tarot Spread

mars retrograde tarot spreadIf you want to know what Mars Retrograde (RX) is all about, just take a look at the reversed Tower in the Tarot.

A picture says a thousand words, and in the current climate it rings eerily true.

Mars RX occurs just once a year or even every two years, but when it does, we can all feel that planetary kick in the bum somehow.

Mars is linked to the Tower in the Tarot, but it also rules Aries, the Emperor, and this year, Mars stations retrograde in Aries on the 9th September until 13th November.

So, we can also envision the Emperor reversed, a ruthless, destructive and despotic male figure with an inflated ego, lack of empathy and not a care in the world how much damage is caused while pursuing his dubious goals.

It’s funny, how Mars RX timing coincides with this year’s US election. But we don’t want to dive too deeply into those events. We all know how divisive, tense and even violent the situation is.

Let’s take a look at what we can expect in our own little individual worlds.

Reversed aspects of the Tower include suppressed anger, power struggles, an impending destruction, revelation, epiphany or even revolution.

Mars RX is about acknowledging what is really going on and facing facts, even though it’s more comfortable sticking your head in the sand.

But ignorance isn’t bliss, and sooner or later it all comes to a head. Boom!

But there are also positive Martian energies bubbling amongst the mayhem:

a fighting spirit, more ambition, standing up for what you believe in, courage to tear down restrictions and start again from scratch, purging outdated beliefs, making space for a breakthrough, a re-structure of your life, acknowledging misplaced anger…

When you reverse the image of the Tower, the figures seem to rise rather than fall, which reminds me of the Osho quote Don’t fall in love, rise in love.

A radical change of perspective.

Whatever upheaval or destruction you are facing, it may push you into a new way of thinking and acting, or you will realise that you don’t have a choice if you want to survive this storm.

Retrogrades tend to focus on activities starting with the preposition re-:

  • re-visit
  • re-purpose
  • re-evaluate
  • re-vive

…and so on.

Re-tro. Blast from the past. Re-surrecting the past (and maybe not in a good way…)

The old world order is breaking down and shaken up, but new possibilities and opportunities are emerging from the wreckage. Mars RX intensifies the emotional upheaval.

Here’s a tarot spread you can use to explore how to make the most of the Mars RX energies:

  1. Something I am angry about, and I need to acknowledge it:
  2. How to use my anger in a more creative and constructive way:
  3. What aspect of my life do I need to be more ambitious about? Where am I aiming too low?
  4. What is worth fighting for?
  5. What do I need to be radical about?
  6. A sudden realisation:
  7. A limiting belief I need to discard:
  8. What I am trying too hard to control:
  9. What needs rebuilding:
  10. My new world order:

Here is a layout suggestion, which is inspired by the Tower:

mars retrograde tarot spread sample
Deck: Sharman Caselli Tarot

Have fun exploring this spread. If you found it useful, please do let me know and share this page with your tarot friends.

Warmest wishes,

Christiane

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The Lion’s Gate Opening Tarot Spread

lion's gate opening tarot spreadThe opening of the Lion’s Gate Portal is one of the most magical celestial events that occurs every year reaching its peak on the 8th of August during Leo season.

It coincides with the rise of the morning star Sirius, which will be visible in the Eastern sky above the horizon just before dawn between the 26th July and 12th August.

Sirius is situated below Orion’s belt in the Canis Major (Greater Dog) constellation.

In ancient Egypt it marked the annual flooding of the Nile, which nourished the dry soil for growing crops.

There is a theory that the pyramids of Giza including the Sphinx (lion’s body!) were built in such a way that they aligned with Sirius and two stars situated in Orion’s belt forming a triangle.

This triangle – the Gate Portal – is now temporarily visible in our night sky before sunrise, and Earth’s alignment with Sirius marks a time of empowerment, accelerated evolution, spiritual activation and ascention.

That all sounds pretty epic, but just like eclipses, solstices and equinoxes, we can observe and harness these powerful portal energies to raise our vibrations.

Now we are standing in front of the Lion’s Gate Portal and are about to step through.

Stepping through and stepping up.

This is a joyous and exciting moment. Tune into this magical cosmic energy to spiritually cleanse and renew.

Focus on your Solar Plexus Chakra, which is associated with Leo – confidence, abundance, healthy boundaries, willpower, creativity and leadership, making decisions, setting directions, personal identity, authenticity, courage and resilience.

Remember, we are experiencing a global shift at the point of no return, but stepping through the Lion’s Gate Portal into unknown territory also opens up to new potential and possibilities.

Activate your inner power with this tarot spread to guide you through the Portal:

1. What do I need to leave behind?
2. What do I need to take with me?
3. What will I find?
4. What energy will I activate?
5. What will become clear to me?
6. How will this change me?
7. How will this benefit me?
8. Enlightened message from Sirius:

What insights are you receiving from the cards? How are they challenging you? What do they trigger? What shift can you sense?

Enjoy exploring this spread, and please do share with me, which cards you have drawn. I’d love to hear from you.

Christiane

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