Ritual Reflections

Nine of Wands: When Resilience Becomes Defensiveness — Ritual Reflections The Nine of Wands appears when your armor has become a cage. What happens when survival mode never turns off—and how to finally let your guard down.

Your nervous system might still be protecting you from a threat that no longer exists.

Sometimes your gut isn’t intuition...it’s memory.

#TarotSky #TraumaInformed #NineOfWands #SomaticHealing #ShadowWork

The Moon shows a domesticated dog and a wild wolf, both howling at the same light.

This is perimenopause: you contain both the version of yourself that's learned to function, and the version that's done being managed.

On the rewilding nobody mentions.
#Perimenopause #Tarot #TheMoon #Midlife

Four of Pentacles × Chronic Pain: When Your Body Becomes Something to Control — Ritual Reflections The Four of Pentacles appears when chronic pain turns your body into something to control. On gripping too tight, energy rationing, and tiny releases.

The Four of Pentacles: when chronic pain turns your body into something to control instead of something to live in.

On energy rationing, the scarcity economy of limited capacity, and learning to hold less tightly.

#ChronicPain #TarotSky #SpoonTheory #DisabilityJustice

The Moon card appears during perimenopause: when your body is in twilight, no longer what it was, not yet what it's becoming.

On hot flashes that aren't gentle ceremonies, brain fog that isn't mystical, and what it means to trust a body in transition.

#Perimenopause #TarotSky #TheMoon #Menopause

Four of Pentacles × Chronic Pain: When Your Body Becomes Something to Control — Ritual Reflections The Four of Pentacles appears when chronic pain turns your body into something to control. On gripping too tight, energy rationing, and tiny releases.

"Just relax" when you're living with chronic pain lands somewhere between insulting and impossible.

What if you could release the grip by one percent? One finger? One breath?

The Four of Pentacles × chronic pain.
#ChronicPain #SomaticHealing #Tarot #InvisibleIllness

The Star × Post-Burnout Hope: When Hope Feels Impossible — Ritual Reflections The Star after burnout: when hope feels more exhausting than despair. How to rebuild purpose when you're running on empty—and why that's enough.

What if you’re standing in the aftermath of burnout, staring at The Star, and feeling absolutely nothing?
What if hope feels more exhausting than despair?

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#TarotSky #TheStar #TarotReflections #Burnout #Healing

The Star × Post-Burnout Hope: When Hope Feels Impossible — Ritual Reflections The Star after burnout: when hope feels more exhausting than despair. How to rebuild purpose when you're running on empty—and why that's enough.

Hope after burnout isn’t fireworks.
It’s brushing your teeth, watering a plant, answering one email.
It’s not glamorous; it’s just the quiet fact of still being here.

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#TarotSky #TheStar #BurnoutRecovery #ShadowWork #RitualReflections

The Empress’ Shadow: When Care Becomes Control — Ritual Reflections Explore The Empress reversed—the shadow of care that becomes control—and how to heal the need to be needed through boundaries and rest.

She doesn’t break because she cares too much, she breaks because she’s forgotten she deserves to be cared for too.

#TarotReflections #TheEmpress #SelfWorth #ShadowWork #RitualReflections

The Star × Post-Burnout Hope: When Hope Feels Impossible — Ritual Reflections The Star after burnout: when hope feels more exhausting than despair. How to rebuild purpose when you're running on empty—and why that's enough.

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The Star after burnout: hope doesn't feel like hope. It feels like obligation. Like one more thing you're supposed to muster up when the truth is you just want to lie on the floor and not think about what comes next.
On post-burnout apathy and the smallest possible version of forward.

The Empress’ Shadow: When Care Becomes Control — Ritual Reflections Explore The Empress reversed—the shadow of care that becomes control—and how to heal the need to be needed through boundaries and rest.

When you make yourself responsible for everyone’s wellbeing,
you rob them of their agency. Control dressed up as devotion.

#Tarot #TheEmpressReversed #EmotionalBoundaries #Healing #ShadowWork

Nine of Wands: When Resilience Becomes Defensiveness — Ritual Reflections The Nine of Wands appears when your armor has become a cage. What happens when survival mode never turns off—and how to finally let your guard down.

The armor you built to survive has become the cage you live in.
Hypervigilance kept you safe, but now it keeps you small.

#TarotSky #NineOfWands #ShadowWork #Healing #Boundaries

The Empress’ Shadow: When Care Becomes Control — Ritual Reflections Explore The Empress reversed—the shadow of care that becomes control—and how to heal the need to be needed through boundaries and rest.

She doesn’t break because she cares too much—
she breaks because she’s forgotten she deserves to be cared for too. www.ritualreflections.com/reflections/...

#TarotSky #TheEmpress #SelfWorth #ShadowWork #RitualReflections

A stylized tarot card titled "King of Wands" shows a crowned figure seated on a throne. The figure wears a black robe with a white fur collar and a golden, dotted cloak. They hold a large flowering wand in their right hand. The throne's back is decorated with lion symbols, representing strength and fire. A small black salamander appears near the figure’s feet, symbolizing transformation and resilience. The card’s background is minimalist, with tones of grey, yellow, black, and white.

#tarotcardoftheday

King of Wands

Plant your feet on the ground. Roll your shoulders back. Take a deep breath and ask: What am I being called to lead today? What kind of leader do I wanna be?

#tarotsky #kingofwands

You deserve a break. Stop healing. Choose violence. go batshit insane. do it for the plot.

mood.

I've been playing with generative animations just for fun. I love the idea of The Hanged Man or Hanged One as a chrysalis. It’s voluntary stillness, a sacred in-between, the transformation that requires a pause.

The World, Major Arcana 21, from the Numinous Tarot deck. It is bright, concentric rings tucked together into a disc. At the outermost edge is a ring of stars against the black of outer space, then a ring showing the moon in all its phases. There is then a ring of green spotted triangles on pink, surrounding a blue band adorned with light green leaves. This is followed by a circle of orange and red butterflies, around a ring of lime green with slightly darker leafy vines, and finally in the center, the planet earth showing the atlantic ocean. At the bottom of the card is a bright pink lotus, open and bearing the weight of the entire structure.

This is what we are fighting for, do not take your eyes away. This planet, our home, is the birthright of us all. It is not just for a few pale freaks with too much money. We can and will win this world through love & supporting each other & mutual aid & battle & sex & determination. #tarotsky

tarot card, The Hanged Man (XII), propped upright against a dark blue wall and wooden ledge. The illustration shows a person hanging upside down by one leg from a pale tree, serene expression intact, with a golden halo around their head. Vines drape the tree. The background is a muted pink. The vibe? Stillness, surrender, and maybe a cosmic timeout with style.

Tarot Card of the Day, July 3rd

It’s okay to pause. To float. To not know yet.

#hangedman #tarot #tarotsky

Tarot card depicting the Eight of Swords in reverse. A blindfolded woman is bound and standing amid eight upright swords. The background shows jagged mountains and a cloudy sky. The card has a muted pink and black color scheme and is placed upright on a wooden ledge against a dark blue wall, though the image shows the card reversed.

Tarot Card of the Day, July 1, 2025 #tarotsky

Eight of Swords, Reversed

You’re not naive for hoping.
Every step you take toward freedom is its own kind of bravery.

This is the card of self-liberation. Break through.

#eightofswords #tarotcardoftheday #vivalarevolution

This really resonated today. Thank you!

Meanings of Bird Symbols on Tarot Cards — Lisa Boswell What do the birds on Tarot cards mean? What is the significance behind the bird symbolism of the Tarot? What are the Tarot cards with bird symbols and their meanings? What is the significance of the…

Have you even wondered about the birds that appear on the RWS tarot cards? #tarotSky

A textured background with abstract watercolor cracks in earthy browns and deep teals. Overlaid white text reads: "Y(our) Tarot Reading for July 2025: Planting Seeds, Releasing Shame, and Resting Hard." Below that, in smaller text: "For anyone who’s feeling crispy around the edges." At the bottom is a faint watermark: ritualreflections.substack.com

✨ Y(our) Tarot Reading for July is live ✨

This one’s for those feeling a little peeled-grape and crispy-edged.

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#tarotreading #tarotcollective #restisresistance #tarotcardofthemonth #substackwriters #tarotsky

A reversed Ten of Wands tarot card from a modern, minimalist deck. The illustration shows a figure in a black skirt and boots, carrying a large, unwieldy bundle of wands that obscure their face. The card is positioned upside down against a fabric background featuring a pattern of pine trees, evoking a forest or nature scene.

Tarot Card of the Day, 6-30-25

Tarot is like a dog owner yelling, “DROP IT!”

You: 🐶 holding all the burdens of the world in your mouth.
Tarot: “That’s not good for you. Let it go before it makes you sick.”

#TarotSky #TenOfWandsReversed #Tarot

This tool is fun. Finds the relationship between two concepts. I did Tarot and Mental Health

#tarot #mentalhealth #pathfinder

A textured background with abstract watercolor cracks in earthy browns and deep teals. Overlaid white text reads: "Y(our) Tarot Reading for July 2025: Planting Seeds, Releasing Shame, and Resting Hard." Below that, in smaller text: "For anyone who’s feeling crispy around the edges." At the bottom is a faint watermark: ritualreflections.substack.com

✨ Y(our) Tarot Reading for July is live ✨

This one’s for those feeling a little peeled-grape and crispy-edged.

bit.ly/4llVqZY

#tarotreading #tarotcollective #restisresistance #tarotcardofthemonth #substackwriters #tarotsky

Why Are All These Old Men in My Tarot Deck? A Guide to The Emperor, The Hierophant & the Kings — Ritual Reflections Explore the deeper meanings of The Emperor, The Hierophant, and the Kings in Tarot. Understand their differences and reclaim your relationship with authority.

There’s kind of a lot of old dudes in a Tarot deck.

And, if you have daddy or authority issues (saaame), you might find yourself a bit…repulsed.

After some time, I've learned they're worth another look.

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#MajorArcana #Tarotsky #TheEmperor #TheHierophant #TheKingsofTarot #Patriarchy

Tarot Card of the Day, 6/26/25
King of Wands, Upright

The King of Wands said, “Be bold.”
And you said, “How bold are we talkin’?”
And he winked.

Can't wait to see what you create today.

#rizz #kingofwands #tarotcardoftheday #tarotsky

A tarot card, the Ten of Swords reversed, is displayed upright in a wooden card holder shaped with moon phases. The card illustration shows a figure lying face down, pierced by ten swords along the back. The sky is yellow and black, with silhouetted clouds. The card is from a modern, stylized deck with bold lines and colors. The card’s title, “TEN OF SWORDS,” is printed at the top in white on a black background.

Tarot Card of the Day for 6-25-25
10 of Swords (Reversed)

Oof. You’ve really been through it, my dear. Stabbed all sorts of ways. Things have been out of hand, if we’re honest.

AND you're here; you made it. Commence the healing.
#tenofswords #tarotcardoftheday #queerhealing #startagain #tarotsky