Greetings, gremlins, and welcome to our first card pull for the month of August! Are you excited? I'm excited.

Speaking for myself, I'm excited because even though we're still in summer mode, fall is right around the corner, and you all know that's where I thrive. Do you have something you're excited about? Share in the comments!

But now... on to the reading!

We're utilizing our Cozy Witch Tarot Deck for this month, and if the art style looks familiar, that's because it's done by the same people who did the Believe in Your Own Magic Oracle that I utilize for vibe checks while streaming. I'm quite fond of those two decks as the art's pretty cozy and feels like a warm blanket. Not to mention that I don't think I've seen a more "me" tarot deck in my entire life.

As always, before we get to this week's reading, please make sure you are all nice and cozy before you continue reading this post. This is not necessarily a reflection of what card will be drawn. In fact, I'm typing this bit before I've even drawn a card. However, I find that coziness helps put me in a better space to receive whatever message the cards may have for me.

Also, please remember that this is a general reading for the collective. It might resonate with you or it might not, and that's fine. Take what you need from this or don't. It's entirely your choice.

Now that we've gone through our reading preamble, 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?"

Our answer this week is an auspicious one, the Ace of Pentacles!

This seems incredibly appropriate considering we were discussing the end of a cycle last week. Aces in general are some sort of new beginning, after all. The start of a brand new cycle! Given that this is the suit of Pentacles we're discussing which focuses on more material things (not only financial ones, although this is certainly how the suit tends to get simplified), this could be anything from career to a new venture of some sort to even taking care of your physical or mental health.

Whatever this thing may be, I honestly don't know. All I know is that it's a new opportunity that has been presented to you in some capacity.

But please remember whatever this is is just a seed at the moment. We are at the very start of a new cycle, after all. Certainly this seed has the potential to grow into something larger and more bountiful with time, but right now, that's all it is: the potential for something new and exciting. It's up to you whether or not that seed gets planted and you take your first steps to something more.

The more I look at this card and the wooden disc in this person's hand, the more I'm drawn to the rings on the wood. Somewhere between the outer edge of the disc and the center of it. To me, this seems to indicate that you should consider not only whatever you might have learned from your past experiences, but also consider the future possibilities of whatever this thing may bring.

Ultimately, though, the choice is yours. Will you take advantage of whatever this new thing may be or leave the seed to languish?

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Greetings, gremlins, and welcome to our first card pull for the month of July!

The weather is heating up, and it felt appropriate to bring out the Egyptian Art Nouveau Tarot for readings this month. I don't read with this deck very often, but when I do, I'm reminded just how much I love it. Not only does it speak to one of my favorite periods in history (although I think everyone probably went through an Ancient Egypt phase as a kid), but the authors of the deck took the time to consider which cards of the Major Arcana best suited the gods of the period. It's a gorgeous deck and I feel lucky to own it.

As always, before we get to this week's reading, please make sure you are all nice and cozy before you continue reading this post. This is not necessarily a reflection of what card will be drawn. In fact, I'm typing this bit before I've even drawn a card. However, I find that coziness helps put me in a better space to receive whatever message the cards may have for me.

Also, please remember that this is a general reading for the collective. It might resonate with you or it might not, and that's fine. Take what you need from this or don't. It's entirely your choice.

Now that we've gone through our reading preamble, 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?"

Our answer this week comes in the form of the Ace of Cups, and honestly, I adore the design of the aces in this deck. This particular one feels like a good thing for this week because there are an abundance of things coming, so much so that your cup is quite literally overflowing.

This week is a good time to practice self-love, to embrace creativity and whatever inspiration may come your way, because there will be so much of it available to you if you only let yourself run with it. Now might be a good time to take on a new creative project. This particular ace can also herald new love or conception, and while I'm not getting that particular feeling off of this card right now, I feel like I wouldn't be doing my due diligence if I didn't at least mention it.

Either way, folks, new things are coming or already here, and it's time to embrace them. And don't forget to have fun!

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If you enjoyed this post and are perhaps interested in acquiring a reading of your very own, I do keep tarot commissions open over on my Ko-fi.

I also have a shop full of all of the commission readings you can find up there, plus a couple of extras I won't be sharing anywhere else. You can find it over here.

Greetings, all, and Happy Pride! Welcome to our first proper card pull for the month of June!

As it's a new month, it's time to switch up decks, and we're bringing my beloved Believe in Your Own Magic oracle deck back out for this month.

I'm doing this for a couple of reasons. The first is that it's generally a very good deck for vibe checks, which a lot of my weekly readings tend to be. The second is because, well, it's Pride! And in a time when a lot of people don't seem to want the queer community to take pride in ourselves, the vibe checks feel painfully important, so... here we are.

Now, as always, before we get to this week's reading, please make sure you are all nice and cozy before you continue reading this post. This is not necessarily a reflection of what card will be drawn. In fact, I'm typing this bit before I've even drawn a card. However, I find that coziness helps put me in a better space to receive whatever message the cards may have for me.

Also, please remember that this is a general reading for the collective. It might resonate with you or it might not, and that's fine. Take what you need from this or don't. It's entirely your choice.

Now that we've gone through our reading preamble, 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?"

Our answer this week? Clover, bringing with it 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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If you enjoyed this post and are perhaps interested in acquiring a reading of your very own, I do keep tarot commissions open over on my Ko-fi.

I also have a shop full of all of the commission readings you can find up there, plus a couple of extras I won't be sharing anywhere else. You can find it over here.