Greetings, gremlins! It's a brand new month, and a brand new week, and it's time for our weekly card pull!

God, can you all believe it's October already? Where did the rest of the year go?

That said, I am mildly disappointed in myself, as I had the revelation today that for all that I've been reading tarot and love Halloween and October, I don't have a thematically appropriate tarot deck for the month. Why this is, I couldn't tell you, but I will admit I'm kind of disappointed in myself.

However, it does give me an excuse to break out a deck I don't use all that often, so today, we're working with the Mystic Dreamer Tarot! This is one of the few decks I actually read in the reverse. I tend to not do that for most of mine, but for whatever reason, it feels appropriate to do that with this one.

As always, our question as we move into the week is "what do my followers need to keep in mind this week in order to live their best lives?"

Our card for this week is Strength, and I do find it a little amusing that it decided to make itself known upright as opposed to the reverse. And while this card is about being strong, it isn't an emphasis on outward strength.

While there is a lion on this card and the lion does represent courage and strength, the figure I'm drawn to is not the lion, but the woman beside him. She's very clearly not afraid of him. The fact that she's sitting there with him like this shows her own courage. She is strong and determined and even if things go poorly, she knows she can handle it.

Remember that within all of us is that same strength and determination. We don't always acknowledge it, but when push comes to shove, we as people do have the knowledge and the confidence to take the steps we need to in life, especially when things get challenging.

Maybe you have challenges of your own this week that you need to deal with. Trust that much like the woman on this card, you, too, can handle whatever comes your way. Take a breath, collect yourself, and take the steps you need to take in order to move forward with your life.

You've got this. You just need to believe that you do.

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