In pulling cards this morning, I received a message of freedom. When I’m working on particular themes or patterns, I often receive confirmation via oracle/tarot card pulls. As it happens, Freedom is my word for 2025. I don’t ever sit down with an intention to choose a word. Often times, the word or phrase will make itself known in meditation, dream state, oracle readings etc. If I don’t acknowledge it or work with it, the messages can become more frequent or insistent. The part of this message that really stood out for me was this: “select meanings that empower you”. It sounds simple, right? When we take moments of quiet or stillness, it’s much more obvious which patterns we are following out of habit or embedded neural grooves.

What do you want your default patterns to look like? Feel like?

Blog Post 10 on Day 11 of Effy Wild’s Artfully Wild Blog Along. I have a bunch of Oracle Decks. I mean A BUNCH. (Shhhhhh, don’t tell Hubby but I bought another one today). I also have some Tarot decks.

I typically prefer using Oracle decks when reading for myself and others. I find their messages to be a bit more “gentle” than Tarot. I do have a few decks that I go to if I’m needing more of a “wake-up or no bs” type reading and others that I use as more like writing prompts for my morning meditation.

Day 3 of Effy’s Artfully Wild Blog Along:

I first came across the phrase detached compassion from one of my many oracle decks. It struck me very strongly the first time I read it and each subsequent time with equal force. Ever since that first time, detached compassion is something I’ve been practicing. I tend to feel most things very deeply and can be a bit of a hot head when I’m tired, hungry, etc. More detached compassion would bring me more peace and centeredness. I don’t see it as being without boundaries or allowing bad behavior towards myself or those I love. It is more of a pause and acknowledgement of our shared humanity. What does detached compassion mean to you?