today i really wanted to abandon a workshop i agreed to run. i thought maybe i could do a super chill low key version of the workshop with no "learning outcomes". anyway i drew some tarot cards.

first, the EIGHT OF CUPS, which obviously told me what i already knew -- i was running away! but also maybe it was closer to complete than i thought, though that wasn't a comfort.

second, i asked what to do about it if i didn't want to run away and got the KNIGHT OF CUPS which to me has always been a real "go with the flow" type of character. yeah, that super low key chill workshop that i had been considering...

so i decided to give that a try, but then who came out of the deck while i was trying to put it away? .my old friend. SEVEN OF WANDS. stand your ground. so i thought, right, i really have to stand up for and commit to the laziness of this workshop.

nice tarot interaction. thanks, deck <3

definitely prioritize what makes it easier to do your readings i'm always temped to reply when you make a post, but i'm not sure whether it's helpful or disruptive hehe. if you ever have a kind of doubt or query though i'd love to chime in! i just don't always feel like it's the right moment to intrude!

i did some readings today with a few friends who are also into tarot and i love to get new perspectives from other people. like, today i was reading the three of swords as "heartbreak" but this new friend was suggesting that was closer to the five of cups, and the three of swords is more like, necessary pain that the querent needs to go through and is avoiding. really great to hear that take, but, i don't think i could do every reading i ever do with someone hanging out next to me giving me new information either... tough balance.

there were certainly days during my tarot-drawing process where i prioritized just pondering the card over connecting it to my life or my question that day!

hello it has been a couple of days. I drew cards on some of those days but it was too much work to make a Forum Post so I did not. I don't want to make this a whole thing so it becomes too hard to do tarot readings!

what im thinking about is, being more intentional with my tarot questions, thinking of what questions I like to ask or how to apply my daily readings, since sometimes it feels direction less. then again, one piece is just learning more about each card in general even if it isn't answering a question for me.

omg!! hell yeah hell yeah. i love this book. it also made me very sad and not in the usual way that a book will make me sad. let me know what you think if you want as you get into and/or through it :0

yo I just started reading this book 2 days ago!!!!

sorry, it turns out that kill gameplay is actually just a longing for anarchy

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13651.The_Dispossessed

2025-07-11
4 of cups

this card seems pretty relevant for me. feels like it'll always be relevant. a good reminder to look at the treasures of life in front of me and not take it for granted. I am in an apathy rut a lot of the time. Work days can be boring and tedious. I complain about a lot of things.

but also, today the sky looked really pretty when the sun set. I ate good food with friends. I got a free slurpee. there is lots in life to savor.

with creative work im usually looking for new ways of seeing the thing—i remember now that a question i have asked before is "what am i missing?" and maybe i should ask this about my work when its doing. "what am i forgetting to appreciate?" "what could i love, here?"

i will try that for this little piece of pixel art i posted. what am i missing? THREE OF COINS.

... lol, outside perspective. ok, thanks 😭

good job default forum settings, 128kb is very sane. i should see if i can make an in-forum tool for reducing quality/size of photos and images that you wanna upload so you dont have to do it externally

full moon reading omg! i need to do one for the next full moon! amazing

that's very fun thanks for sharing! I do think so, I think both of my readings yesterday are pushing me back into creative pastimes. I did a full moon reading for the buck moon as well. I'd like to have my own notes on spreads I like to do but. not there yet. I did this one from labyrinthos, which felt appropriate since I was using droqens deck:
https://labyrinthos.co/blogs/learn-tarot-with-labyrinthos-academy/a-full-moon-tarot-spread-to-add-to-your-full-moon-ritual

I will need to upload my image late as it is way too large for the 128kb forum limit and I'm not sure how to resize it on my phone

I was too tired to post this last night so I didn't! I took more notes in my journal instead of sharing here as it felt more personal. I still like posting here as a reminder or accountability and to see how other people do tarot. I have been doing this essentially in isolation until now so this has been good.