I’m going to start a new thing where I blog about my tarot drawing of the day. I have two oracle decks and two tarot decks that I regularly use. I normally draw one card in the morning to help guide me through my day.

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Once in a while, my deck will actually call me out. That’s what happened today.

This is the deck that I was using today and that I mainly use for my daily readings:

The Enchanted forest

Today’s Card: Child of Challenges

Oh, my cards really called me out today. We’ve been going through a bit of a rough patch lately, especially with money. Haven’t we all? Let’s just say, without getting into too many details: pandemic, finances, job troubles… sound familiar?

Shadow traits of this card are overthinking and obsessing. Another one is setting impossibly high standards for one’s self. Well, I’ve been doing all three of these things regularly. Obsessing about things, overthinking everything, triggering my anxiety to worsen to scary degrees. Depression is not helped by obsessing over things you can’t do much to control! I’ve been freaking myself out so badly about things it actually physically hurts. You’d think I’d see that, but apparently when in the thick of it it’s hard to see the forest for the trees.

This card is a reminder to think, not panic. It’s easier said than done, but effort must be made. Too much obsessing, overthinking, and panicking just leads to paralysis. What good is that? None at all.

So that’s today’s reading and its a good one. Very relevant. Now I just need to relax and try to stop obsessing quite so much.