Greetings, gremlins, and welcome to our first card pull for the month of December! Can you believe the year is winding to a close? I certainly can't. It's strange thinking that 2024 is almost over, and we'll be in 2025 in a mere matter of weeks. It's strange to think about, especially with things being the way they are here.

As we're at the end of the year, I'm bringing back the vibe check deck, aka the Believe In Your Own Magic Oracle. The winter holidays can be a lot for a lot of people, after all, and I feel like this is the energy we need to close out the year.

However, because things are going the way they are, I hope that you'll decide to take care of yourselves today. I hope that you have a mug of your favorite warm beverage of choice, maybe that you'll even wrap yourselves up in a fuzzy blanket. At the time I'm writing this paragraph, I haven't even started interpreting the card I pulled yet, so please don't think that my wanting you all to feel comfortable is in any way a reflection on our card for the week because it isn't. This is just me wanting y'all to be nice and cozy because those are the vibes I try to cultivate on a daily basis.

But now, let's get into our card for the week and answer our usual question: "What do my followers need to keep in mind to live their best lives this week?"

We have a new one for us this week: Clover, a reminder to release your guilt.

Something in your life has been weighing on you, and although I can't say what that thing is because it's going to be unique to you and your situation and this is a reading for the collective, I can say for certain that we all have something like that. It could be regret over actions we didn't take or things we didn't say. And over time, that does build up and weigh heavily upon us. We feel guilty for not doing whatever that thing was or not saying whatever it is, and over time, it can pile up. It can negatively impact every single aspect of our lives to the point where we not only have difficulty functioning, but also have difficulty remembering who we are and what it is we're trying to accomplish in our lives.

And here's the thing: we can't go back and change the things we either did or did not do. We can't go back in time and say something that we wished we had at the time. All we can do is try to move forward and release the guilt that's still clinging to us.

How do you do that is going to look different for everybody, though. Are there things you need to do or say to someone to start to let go? Do that if you need to. Then metaphorically take that guilt, toss it into the fire, and let it go. It isn't serving your higher good, and clinging to it isn't helping you whatsoever.

It's okay to let it go.

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Greetings, gremlins, and welcome to our second card pull for the month of November.

I'll be honest with you, gremlins. This week's card pull almost didn't happen. If you've been paying attention to the news, the past week has been kind of rough for those of us in the US, and I'm one of those people who has been having a hard time getting out of my own head with regards to everything that's been going on. I wasn't sure I felt right posting a card for the week with everything feeling like it was on the verge of collapse.

But then I realized that's exactly why I needed to post a reading for the week. Even in the darkest of times, divination can help bring some sort of guidance to a situation, and I think a lot of us may need that right now.

So without further ado, let's answer our usual question: "What do my followers need to keep in mind to live their best lives this week?"

Our answer this week comes in the form of Withdraw, which may seem counter-intuitive, but I promise you that it isn't. This card is a reflection of the animal kingdom in winter months, where many have prepared for the cold and the snow by storing up food and supplies to get through the hard times.

As we're going into a colder, darker time, we are reminded that we, too, must be prepared for the dark times ahead. Preparation can look like almost anything, but one key ingredient in all of this is you as an individual and your own needs.

Ask yourself: what do you need to get through these darker times? How can you shore up your own strength for whatever is to come?

Remember that this is something you need to figure out for yourself. You might think that this is something you need to consult with many people on, but it wouldn't actually be productive to do it that way. Sometimes, other people can color our own perceptions of what it is we need, whether they intend to do so or not. And sometimes, the people around you might honestly not have your best interests in mind. You can certainly look to others when you've worked out what exactly it is that you need to do -- and the best way to get through dark times is together -- but it is perhaps not the best idea to do so during the decision-making process.

So this week, focus on what you need and what would make you feel safest. Once you have that, then you can get back out there and put things together, but until then, take a step back and make your plans.

And remember: you are seen, you are loved, and you have every right in the world to take up space.

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Greetings, gremlins, and welcome to our first card pull for the month of November! I don't know about all of you, but the shift from October to November typically feels like an abrupt jump off a cliff from Spooky Season straight into the holidays. Logically, I know that's not true. Spooky Season can be forever in our hearts, after all!

But regardless, we're off in a new month, so that means we get a new deck! This month, we're bringing back the Threads of Fate Oracle. My edition is specifically the Shadow Edition of the deck, but it seems as though the publishers no longer sell this one. However, it still comes in two other editions which are equally beautiful that might intrigue you, as well: Lumen and Ascendant.

Now that we've met our deck for this month, let's see what card we're working with this week to answer our usual question: "What do my followers need to keep in mind to live their best lives this week?"

This week, our answer comes in the form of Shadow, which feels amusingly fitting considering we're just coming out of spooky season. However, unlike looking at the shadows of the world, this card invites us to turn our gaze inwards.

Whether we admit it to ourselves or not (and many of us do not), we all have aspects of ourselves that we deem unacceptable. This could be any number of things: sadness, fear, rage, cruelty, personal power, emotional sensitivity... just to name a few. We tend to compartmentalize those things and bury them deep down within us, pretending they don't exist, because for whatever reason, we perceive them as bad.

And they lurk, and linger, and fester, eating away at us. As they do, we become ashamed of those parts of ourselves, and we lock them away.

But the truth is that we do not need to be ashamed of these things. Those are as much a part of ourselves as the more public parts that we put out in the world, and denying them keeps us from our true potential. Finding where these aspects are and what they stem from are how we come to be ourselves completely, and denying them doesn't really do ourselves any favors.

Seek them out. Start to work with them, even if it's only a little bit. You may find you're happier in the long run.

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