#shadowofmay

[thecrackedamethyst]

What is the root of my hatred - king of air. #shadowofmay #antiqueanatomytarot

[stasiaburrington]

#Repost @de_heks_van_dovenetel (@get_repost) ・・・ #shadowofmay #tarot #sasuraibitotarot Day 7 How do i feel about being alone?: 10 of swords. Yes so right i am fed up with it. Bit overdramatic and its hard not to give up. I get a bit winney ...especially after night shift. So 10 of swords is perfect..for today Why? Knight of pentacles Because i already worked so hard on myself. When will i finally see results? #tarot #cartomancy #tarotcat #divination #witch #pyewacket

[thetarotbutterfly-blog]

Day 31 - WHAT DO I NEED TO EXPLORE? The Star - I need to explore peace, serenity, and hope. Deck used: Deviant Moon Tarot Borderless Edition © US Games Systems Inc.

[afrocentric-divination]

#ShadowOfMay Day 1

How do I feel about the idea of "love"? 

Love is change. Love is chance. Love can hurt. Love is being uncertain sometimes. Love can be a mess. Love is having to go through the mess and ugly to get to the harmony and beauty. Because as long as love is present, anything is possible.

Deck: Tarot Mucha

[commonmagic]

Shadow of May with Shadowscapes Tarot

How do I treat others?/How do I treat myself?

Page of Pentacles: I treat people differently depending on the situation; each encounter and each person is a new beginning and a new way of acting. I’m like a chameleon, moulding myself to the personality and the situation at hand.

I am a little bit miserly in my affection, though; the owl sits alone. I save my true and best self, as well as my true and worst self, for only a few individuals.

Seven of Cups: I often have unrealistic expectations for myself, always pushing myself to new heights, sometimes feeling as though I should be accomplishing things that may be impractical or unattainable.  I need to remind myself regularly to keep my feet on the ground and not get caught up in my own head, and not to chase after so many vapor trails.

[wisechildposts]

#shadowofmay #tarot #tarotchallenge #sasuraibitotarot #tea #stawberries #journaling #kawecosport Day 1 How do i feel about the idea of love? Waiting for the perfect fit😉. This bloke seems perfect. Sounds not so shadowy but it is in a way. I am curreny working hard at excepting that nothing is wrong with me. I can do love. I just need the right person and not fight against myself to try and fit others in. I am oke...just looking for my mr right. And not looking to change myself so mr who ever will fit.

[torque-witch]

It’s time to actually do a monthly challenge that I’m committed™ to. Cross your fingers 😋 • How do I feel about love? 6 of Wands, Reversed • • It scares me a lot, actually. Even though I want the fairytale ending so badly, I struggle with believing that it exists. So many times I have trusted people to be their best selves and in doing so got hurt. I try to hold on to the dream so hard that I forget that other people’s idea of love is not the same. So in the end I feel boxed into someone else’s idea of love that isn’t mine and I crumple trying to keep it alive. I tell myself I deserve this - a hard dose of reality that love isn’t real and I need to bend to everyone around me. But that isn’t healthy. So I’m working on looking at it differently. #shadowofmay #tarot #tarotreadersofinstagram #thecrackedamethyst #thewildunknown

[oceanwildatelier]

Shadow of May Tarot Challenge @thecrackedamethyst Day 12 How do I handle criticism? Nine of Wands Not very well. I get defensive, I get upset, and then I am just exhausted and tired. At which point I have to retreat to recover. I don't know if it's me or the way that is delivered, because I almost always take it as an attack. It's not a good way to handle criticism. #shadowofmay #tarotchallenge #nineofwands #tarotreadersofinstagram #criticism #donthandleitverywell #needtodobetter

[rosaofswords]

Shadow of May ft. the Linestrider Tarot

9. How do I feel about solitude? How do I feel about loneliness?

Solitude is for damage control, sometimes you just need to dock your ship and do some repairs. Loneliness, however... I get spitefully proud of my loneliness. “Look at me on my hilltop. I don’t need anyone.” And then suddenly I do need help and I am too proud to ask, 90% of the time. 

(Seven of Wands is my card of the year for #yearahead2017 and I have to say I’ve been avoiding using this deck because of this visual? But it is helpful, it just is also like “ouch, harsh.”) 

[forceyourway]

Shadow of May

Day Twenty-Two: “What Is The Root Of My Hatred?”

(Using Loki’s tarot deck, “The Raven’s Prophecy Tarot”)

This was rough, and I was not expecting that. I’m still kind of emotionally everywhere. The cards are kind of arranged in a confusing way. The first three are sort of “surrounding” information, the second three (on the right) directly answer the question, and the three at the bottom provide additional information. I kind of wish that the bottom and right sides would switch places, or that I could just lay them all out in a very long line, something to get the Direct Answers in the middle. But I asked if I could re-arrange the cards, and got “No,” so here we are.

Six of Swords - This card is about moving on. The water represents a need to reflect on what was before continuing ahead. The Six of Swords often refers to literal, physical movement, like travelling to another place, but it can be metaphorical, as well. Despite that this is not a “bad” reading, this card set my alarms blaring. Moving on from what? Why? It’s hard to silence that. This is interesting, that I’d have this panicked reaction, and now, of all times. I think it’s because I feel myself teetering on the edge of a cliff. I’m pretty sure I know what’s at the bottom, and that I can survive the fall. But what if I’m wrong?

The Sun - "Little darling, it's been a long cold lonely winter Little darling, it feels like years since it's been here Here comes the sun Here comes the sun, and I say It's all right” Thank the gods. I’m...still having some trouble shaking that panic, though. I really like the imagery on this card; the hands are cupped so they create a sort of heart, and at the centre, it glows. “I’m welcome home, sweet home”

The Emperor - Set’s card; this has been popping up in the “future” slot of my recent readings. I’m glad. I am always happy to have more Set. <3

Seven of Coins - The first card that more “directly” answers the question, and one “surrounding” the King of Coins. What do I have to do to get these damned things to bloom

King of Coins - I was shaken to see this card, since I generally consider myself to be Fine™ right now. I’m not really interested in revisiting trauma, or dissecting it, because I’ve already done that. I’m stable. And now is for moving forward. So what is this doing here, again? I don’t hate the King of Coins, so much as I hate the surrounding situation. The Five of Coins is about loss and hopelessness, something breaking away to be lost forever. I hate that. And I hate the immaculate roses that I have so masterfully tended, or what would be immaculate roses, if they’d only open. I hate that I had this lovely rose, which suddenly and rather unexpectedly became absolutely covered in thorns, thorns-on-top-of-thorns, and pierced through my hands. Holding too tightly does a Three of Swords make. I hate that I wasn’t able to stop this from happening. This card showed up in the previous reading, which talked a lot about self-hatred. This is why. I very much feel that I was cast aside as soon as I became unable to prove my “usefulness,” which became a huge thing where I was desperately trying to prove that I had Worth at all. And I wondered what I did to make myself without Worth, because surely I must have done something. These are all things I have already worked through, so I am wondering why they seem to be coming up again. And on a much lesser note, I hated the way that I was treated, because I know it is wrong, and demanded that be recognized. There was a lot of anger, there.

Five of Coins - Something is lost, and can never be regained. The card pictures a flower, with its petals falling away. You can’t put them back on the flower, but that doesn’t mean you can’t make something with them that is beautiful. The Five of Coins is about feeling hopeless, but it doesn’t mean you are. After all, you’re only just halfway.

The Chariot - Internal struggle. Logic vs. emotion. Want vs. need.

Four of Wands - Rest. I thought that the way these candles are arranged looks almost like they are at different distances, like you are walking along a path, and the candles light the way.

The Hanged Man - “Stop there and let me correct it I wanna live a life from a new perspective” Self-reflection that brings about such profound understanding that your whole world looks differently.

[tarotforthesoul]

My first card for the #shadowofmay #tarotchallenge by thecrackedamethyst . How do I feel about love ? The lovers 💕 To me love is a strong bond, mutual trust, intimacy. It's quite a big deal to me. I'm very picky about who I let into my life. @thecrackedamethyst

[thetarotbutterfly-blog]

Day 24 - HOW DO I EXPRESS MYSELF? The Hierophant - Lately I have been expressing myself through my search for a form of spirituality that fits me. I don't mesh well with religion, but I am seeking to have a better understanding of life and find deeper meaning. Deck used: The Archeon Tarot © US Games Systems Inc.

[afrocentric-divination]

#ShadowOfMay Day 4

What does self-love mean to me?

It means coming home after a long day, putting up my hair, taking off my heels, taking off my make-up, putting on the face mask, taking that hot shower, and eating that meal I’ve been wanting to eat all day. Night time has always been the time to settle down and center my self. The more you pamper yourself when you can, even if it’s just getting a good night sleep, the more balanced you’ll be in you’re life.

Decks Used: Amethyst Oracle, Tarot Mucha

[chrispixiedivination]

Day seven of #shadowofmay is how do I feel about being alone and why? #eightcoinstattootarot #78cardstarot #crystals #tarot #tarotchallenge #cartomancy #divination #divinationchallenge

[howl-wind-sing]

Shadow of May tarot challenge:  how do i feel about the idea of “love”?

???

This is actually surprising for me? Because it hits it right on point, but I didn’t realized it before it came up like this.

This deck (wich had been resting like half a year, sorry Wooden!) is perfect for shadow work. At least for me. 

Blooming work. Something that has to be worked together for it to be nurtured and be allowed to bloom. The X of Blooms didn’t show up because I’m afraid of endings, and I can never see myself in that place, so for now, the hopefull potential.

[torque-witch]

Day 2 of #shadowofmay • • How do I express love? 5 of Wands, Reversed • Hard and fast. If I want to be in your life I will be there 24/7 and try to be there for you no matter what is going on in my own life. This leads me to stretching myself beyond what is healthy and ignoring my own needs. I treat relationships almost like a competition - I want to prove that I’m the best and ultimately end up not being that because I try way too hard to impress. I get burnt out from trying to be perfect. #tarotreadersofinstagram #tarot #thewildunknown