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Your Daily Tarot...Eight of CupsWhatever has broken you down and apart? It's time to move on from that. Staying there me...
10/16/2026

Your Daily Tarot...

Eight of Cups

Whatever has broken you down and apart? It's time to move on from that. Staying there means you miss out on what's ahead--and if this place has sucked really bad, you can bet the next place HAS to be different. Prettier. Where you feel better settled in your own skin. A place that's a better fit.

And where your emotions aren't so ragged.

Go find peace. It's time.

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Your Daily Tarot...The DevilI've been chained to some impulses lately. Mostly brownies. I cannot blame Badstreet Bakery ...
10/15/2026

Your Daily Tarot...

The Devil

I've been chained to some impulses lately. Mostly brownies. I cannot blame Badstreet Bakery for that because I can certainly *not* go there and pick up a giant brownie (they are GIANT). But I love to support local businesses (note: true, but a justification) and I deserve a little/big treat once in awhile (note: also a justification). My hips go along for this delusional ride.

Today you may be tagging along behind Beezelbub, trotting as he entices you with whatever makes your heart pitter-patter. Remember this: brownies are not inherently bad--it's giving in like Pavlov's dog to every impulse that The Red Guy on Fire waves in front of your nose that's harmful. He likes watching you drool and sweat. It gives him power and control. It turns you into a groveling imbecile.

There's a reason why Jesus put that little caveat about not being led into Temptation into The Lord's Prayer, ya know.

So consider your needs and wants today, and where the wants are really coming from. Turn away from that which absconds with your personal power and do the next right thing. A valley full of brownies to roll around in sounds great, but one cannot survive on brownies alone. I mean, there's lovely bread and salt mixes at Badstreet's, too. πŸ˜‰

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Your Daily Tarot...Queen of CupsThe Queen of Cups keeps her head in the game when it comes to her emotions. Rampant hair...
10/14/2026

Your Daily Tarot...

Queen of Cups

The Queen of Cups keeps her head in the game when it comes to her emotions. Rampant hair-twisting, gasping sobs, and crocodile tears are unseemly and beneath her.

She's the grown-up Princess Diana.

She's the Diana in the minefield, the Diana ruffling the hair of a six year old cancer survivor, the one calmly assessing the needs to be filled after an earthquake. The grown-up, nurturing Diana with a clear head, a more pure heart, and a laser focus on identifying the unmet needs of the left-behinds, preparing herself for personal, revolutionary Queenship, looking people in their sad and longing eyes, and responding with warmth and reassurance and action.

We can all aspire to be THAT Queen, the one who was and sadly was not. Our hearts need to mature and ripen. That Queen is our guide.

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Your Daily Tarot...Ace of SwordsA new idea based in practicality and logic is on your agenda today. Some missing link or...
10/13/2026

Your Daily Tarot...

Ace of Swords

A new idea based in practicality and logic is on your agenda today. Some missing link or puzzle piece is suddenly in your hand and you can finally start that project you've been fumbling around with for weeks.

Make use of what's in front of you-- inventiveness is your challenge today, not the aisles of your local craft shop. You see a way in and through where there was none before, using the parts you already have. Genius.

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Your Daily Tarot...Eight of PentaclesPractice makes...well, I won't say perfect because NOTH-ING is perfect that we huma...
10/12/2026

Your Daily Tarot...

Eight of Pentacles

Practice makes...well, I won't say perfect because NOTH-ING is perfect that we humans dip our foolish hands into--but I will say that practice makes things so much better.

And if you're like me, you hate to practice. πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ

But that's what it takes to hone your craft, fix your life, or maintain your peace. And the Eight of Pentacles wants us to keep going until you have done the very best you can and then let go, surrender to the impulse to begin anew. Your practice makes everything you do that much better amd brings a sense of accomplishment and abundance to you.

So keep going.

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Your Daily Tarot...Judgement Let's get personal here: recently, I was called out on a particularly noxious behavior. Man...
10/11/2026

Your Daily Tarot...

Judgement

Let's get personal here: recently, I was called out on a particularly noxious behavior. Man, that was a hard and bitter pill to gulp down after it lodged in my throat for a few hours. It came from someone who loves me dearly--and knows me truly--and that's why it stunned me and knocked me directly on my nether regions.

It was necessary, and called for--and it was true. That's what hurt the very most. I was being called out and called on to look at a behavior I have fought against my whole life: being a tyrant and a bully, just like my father--crushing the spirit of someone younger to feel superior and correct, just like he used to do to me.

The Judgement card in the tarot is not about The Sky Dad looking down and askance at some perceived misgiving or crap behavior and throwing thunderbolts. It is much, much more about you looking at yourself and how your behavior is hurting or healing others--and yourself. It's about the efforts you've made to conquer your demons, to adhere to The Golden Rule as best you can, and to find peace, somehow, in the unraveling of everything you've held dear as a comfort or a crutch.

The time is at hand for you to peer into your psyche and begin to scratch out into the light the pieces and parts of yourself that are left over from pain, shame, hurt feelings, trauma, anger, and aloneness. It is not pretty and it may surprise you, what you've been holding onto and using.

You'll probably need to throw in a couple of Hail Marys and a few "have mercy on my soul" laments, but you might as well start getting right with Whatever big kahuna(s) you answer to. The only thing you can change in the end is you.

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Your Daily Tarot...Page of CupsOn this beautiful autumn day, you may have a creative burst of energy and ideas--and it w...
10/10/2026

Your Daily Tarot...

Page of Cups

On this beautiful autumn day, you may have a creative burst of energy and ideas--and it will serve you well to explore them. A new sense of curiosity will help you to stay "in the flow." So follow what interests you and forget about responsibilities and mundane tasks today.

Even if the only thing you do is see the landscape in a new way, you've succeeded.

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Your Daily Tarot...Four of PentaclesWhew, this card is timely. Our financial picture really is a juggling act, but unlik...
10/09/2026

Your Daily Tarot...

Four of Pentacles

Whew, this card is timely. Our financial picture really is a juggling act, but unlike the Two of Pentacles, the Four brings us to consider if we are, in fact, squeezing Abe Lincoln (the pennies, for the Millennias here) until he screams for mercy. The economy is tanking in a fairly serious way and we're all worried about gas, oil, and groceries--but if you can throw a few Abes at a local charity, the karmic return is nice.

At Splendid Little Life...πŸ’, we recently did a fundraiser for Dolly Parton's Imagination Library program and managed to toss $125 at it. It may purchase a dozen or so books for some kids who love reading but whose parents may be struggling to keep the house warm. If you can help out in one little way--do it.

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Your Daily Tarot...Three of Pentacles10 years in retail and 20 years in social work, and one of my "retirement" strength...
10/08/2026

Your Daily Tarot...

Three of Pentacles

10 years in retail and 20 years in social work, and one of my "retirement" strengths is knowing that I just don't have the energy it takes anymore to deal directly with the "general populace" on the daily for 8-12 hours at a time. It absolutely exhausts me, makes me cringey, and causes gastrointestinal upset and migraine headaches resulting in rage-induced desire for complete hibernation away from humanity. Not at all helpful, for anyone.

I still like doing stuff, though. Creating and wanting my creations to make it into the hands of people who will love it. Like, directly into their hands. That's why I am so very, very grateful for Patrick Hutchings and H & H Mercantile--the place where he shines, is genuinely interested in and loves people, and believes in my products and small online business so much that he sells my stuff for me. It's a definite win.

The Three of Pentacles advises us to find the folks with strengths you do not have and collaborate. You, in turn, can provide them with your own particular brand of skills and help them, too. Barter when it makes good sense, trade tasks to make the work more pleasurable.

Make a village, and support a village.

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Your Daily Tarot...The EmpressThe word of the day is ALLOW. Allow yourself to be immersed in the tasks you need to accom...
10/07/2026

Your Daily Tarot...

The Empress

The word of the day is ALLOW.

Allow yourself to be immersed in the tasks you need to accomplish without distraction. Allow your head to unravel like a ball of bright yellow yarn and focus. Allow your emotions to rest by just sitting there and observing them as opposed to taking action.

Allow the knaves, nitwits, and knuckleheads to float on past without disturbance.

Allow a smile to anyone who doesn't have one.

Allow a good deed without expecting any return at all.

The Empress does not sit on her throne and watch Life roll by--instead, she gives Life the space it needs and allows herself to become a part of it, naturally. So for once stop pushing yourself into the roaring river and instead become one with it--flowing and allowing it to carry you along.

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