Hello October! This is my favorite month of the year. With cool nights and warm days, we leave behind the long, hot days of summer. Deciding on a Tarot challenge for this month is difficult, though. Last month’s challenge went really well and at the end of the month, the Tarot suggested I continue on.
My first challenge idea, doing a reading every day on a topic in the news in order to see how accurate my readings of the future are, proved problematic. I do not want to do missing persons, murder, or assault cases, but I needed news that had easily verifiable outcomes. The whole idea just fell apart the more I thought about it.
While the Tarot advised me not to take on something new, to stick with what I am doing, and master my skills, I need a break from the deep work on myself. How do I resolve the problem? Ask the Tarot, of course!
The Challenge to Trust My Feelings
First comes the King of Swords. Swords are about communication and thoughts, but also boundaries, logic, and personal metamorphosis (see all the butterflies?). What draws me today are what looks like women’s faces in a crescent moon on the figure’s shoulders. The King literally listens to the voices of their subconscious all the time to make their decisions. The correct decision is to trust my feelings for the challenge this month.
The Challenge to Level Up
The second card is a Major Arcana card, the World. I sent my question out to the Void and the World responded! I’m wrapping up one cycle and starting another, which is true both in the sense that I’m starting a new month, but also I feel like I’m making progress, leveling up. What is very interesting is that I pulled the Fool on the first day of the September Tarot Challenge and now the World on the first day of the next month. A whole cycle passed.
So I need to trust my gut on what to do this month and realize that I’m starting a whole new cycle. That brings us to the Knight of Wands.
The Challenge to Persevere
The Knight of Wands is classically known for their passion, rushing in on a bare glimmer of an idea, spouting ideas and slogans, and sometimes actually achieving something before whirling away again, on to other ideas. I’m not a fan of the Wand court cards, probably because I sense a lot of that inspired recklessness and inability to follow through within myself.
The Lo Scarabeo knight is calmer and steadier than usual but still doesn’t seem to be in control. He’s not even paying attention to where his lion takes him. But what does it mean?
This card was reversed originally. Usually, I ignore reversals unless, as is the case here, the upright meaning doesn’t click. Reversals don’t negate the upright meaning instead they indicate the meaning is more internal, more obscure, and darker. The advice is to learn to live with the qualities of this Knight, but not let those qualities run roughshod through my life. This is likely the lesson or ability I’m asked to focus on this month.
My Challenge for October
The message, therefore, is “Trust your intuition, but don’t let new and shiny ideas take me off track. You’re starting a new cycle and should continue moving forward with daily blogging and Tarot but allow room for inspiration.”
What will I do with this advice? Take prompts from a variety of sources. There are many blog challenges that I can convert into Tarot easily. If chances for predictive readings occur, take them and see what happens, but don’t force yourself to do one every day. Respect my own boundaries and limitations.
What Clients are Saying about Sophrosyne Tarot
I was advised to ask open-ended questions instead of predictive questions which I thought was helpful because I never would have known if it weren’t for the reader. The reader provided the reading along with some advice too so the entire reading was very thorough and explained in an understandable manner.
Everything said was accurate and helpful for me to identify my flaws in order to grow as a person. I have learned a lot about tarot and what it does to help me.
I’m so glad the Tarot suggested you continue on with the challenge! Welcome back!
These cards are beautiful – so engaging and immediately ignite my curiosity. I look forward to knowing you better through the Ultimate Blog Challenge as well!
I’m so glad you are continuing with your Tarot and blogging! I trust your intuition, and I think it’s great that you are letting new ideas inspire you, but I also think it’s important to stay grounded and keep moving forward with your regular routine. Thanks for the insight!