august tarot: go after it

tarot is an introspective practice involving a deck of cards pulled in response to a question, prompting the reader to consider the question in the context that the card(s) provide. look out for tarot practices, sometimes featuring corresponding poetry or writing prompts, littering the blog in the future, as it's essential to some of our creative and self care routines x

first up, a month ahead spread... happy august!
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how might you approach the coming month? month ahead spreads and forcasts can assist you in moving forward with intention.

🕯 one: what overall energy might the next month hold?
🕯 two: leave this behind in the last month; it may no longer serve you
🕯 three: take this with you into the next month
🕯 four: pursue this
🕯 five: practice this self care

consider pulling oracle cards alongside tarot as you feel comfortable with.

onward, with grace 💛

​🕯overall energy: son of wands
passion, energy, confidence, pursuit
🕯 leave behind: the magician
indirection, roundabout approach, a need for control
🕯 take with: the lovers, reversed
respect, love, joy, all sans requirement is permanence to accept
⛲️ pursue: six of swords, reversed
recovery, moving on from the past, presence
⛲️ self care: the fool, reversed, i am the weaver of my reality
examine your current routine and find what energizes you to begin.

decks used: the wild unknown + the moon deck
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take care,
​m

m wilder

is a pansexual poet-yogi-youth librarian, found here and here,  armed with cold brew, poetry books, and a lot of questions. M's words may be found puddled in paper, and in various journals too, including Glass Poetry, Rogue Agent, NYT online, Teen Librarian Toolbox, and Monstering. Ghost City Press released M's chapbook, Kept Promise Ghost Eater. follow her tarot practice here.
​she/they.