Juniper the Joyful
@juniperthejoyful.bsky.social
Witchician. Sorcerista. Unapologetic neologist. Airy Pisces. Loving my life in the PNW. Longtime magical practitioner and spiritual seeker. Occulty woo woo is my jam.
Card of the day: King of Cups #tarot #dailytarot #witchsky "Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response." - attributed to Viktor Frankl The King of Cups feels the movement of the sea. His strength comes from being able to acknowledge... (1/4)
There are two sides to every story. And then there's usually a secret third side involving witches, old forest magic, and slumbering cosmic spirits, but not too many folks know about that.
Card of the day: Ten of Pentacles #tarot #dailytarot #witchsky "And when you finally fly away / I'll be hoping that I served you well..." - Rod Stewart, "Forever Young" Many of us often think about our ancestors in order to find continuity and belonging, to understand where we came from... (1/3)
Card of the day: Page of Pentacles #tarot #dailytarot #witchsky "Wax on, wax off." - Mr. Miyagi, in "Karate Kid" To do anything well, we must be willing to do it badly at first.Adopting beginner's mind and a growth mindset will take you much further than judging everything against... (1/2)
Card of the day: Two of Wands #tarot #dailytarot #witchsky "You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards." — Steve Jobs I love this quote by Steve Jobs. Until you actually DO something, there are no dots. The Two of Wands is standing on the cusp... (1/3)
Card of the day: I - The Magician #tarot #dailytarot #witchsky "The best way to predict the future is to invent it." - Alan Kay Whatever it is that you want to achieve, to build, to create, however complex or far-reaching or ambitious, The Magician says you have what it takes to get there. (1/3)
Card of the day: Four of Cups #tarot #dailytarot #witchsky "We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." - Anaïs Nin, quoting the Talmud Sometimes we get all the things we asked for, and still feel restless. Something isn't quite right, and it prevents us from truly receiving... (1/3)
Card of the day: XVII - The Star #tarot #dailytarot #witchsky "There is a crack, a crack in everything / that's how the light gets in." - Leonard Cohen, "Anthem" Sometimes, hope eludes us. We've passed through a loss, a disruption, the breakdown all we once knew. (1/3)
Card of the day: Eight of Cups #tarot #dailytarot #witchsky "A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." — John A. Shedd The Eight of Cups is about leaving a situation--not because it is bad, necessarily, but because it just no longer fits you. It's a movement... (1/3)
Card of the day: Nine of Rods (Wands) #tarot #dailytarot #witchsky "I get knocked down, but I get up again. You're never gonna keep me down." - Chumbawamba, "Tubthumping" Sometimes a journey is more of a slog, where every step forward feels like a struggle. The good news is that you're... (1/3)
Card of the day: XIV - Temperance "I know kung-fu." - Neo #tarot #dailytarot #witchsky The Temperance card is often interpreted with the keywords "moderation" or "harmony," but for me the more helpful read is "emergence." It brings to mind the alchemical process of combining substances... (1/3)
Card of the day: Nine of Pentacles "Wealth is the ability to fully experience life." — Henry David Thoreau #tarot #dailytarot #witchsky The Nine of Cards, to me, is about more than wealth, abundance, prosperity, and accomplishment. It's about the ability to actually appreciate those things. (1/3)
Card of the day: Seven of Cups #tarot #tarotsky #dailytarot #witchsky "The most grown up thing you can do is fail at things you really care about." - Gladys, in "The Unicorn Store" The Seven of Cups sits before you with all of the possibilities, and none of the consequences. (1/4)
Card of the day: VII - The Chariot #tarot #tarotsky #dailytarot #witchsky "Imagine where you will be, and it will be so." - Maximus, in "Gladiator" Control, willpower, and determination are sometimes not enough to change the circumstances of your life. (1/3)
In the interest of epistemic humility I think the word "mythology" should be retired in favor of "sacred narrative" or something similar. "Mythology" implies something is not true or didn't happen. Why are stories of Zeus mythology, for example, but stories of Jesus are theology? #religion #witchsky
Card of the day: XV - The Devil #tarot #tarotsky #dailytarot #witchsky "You can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave." - "Hotel California," by The Eagles What stories do you tell yourself about why you are who you are, and why your life looks the way it does? (1/4)
Card of the day: X - Wheel of Fortune #tarot #tarotsky #dailytarot "My mama always said, 'Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.'" - Forrest Gump This truth about what this famous quote implies is that sometimes you're going to get a piece of chocolate... (1/4)
Today is the 499th birthday of English mathematician, occultist, and court astronomer/advisor to Queen Elizabeth I, John Dee. Here's one of the wax seals (in the British Museum) used in the 'Enochian magic' practiced by Dee and Edward Kelley, through which they (allegedly) spoke with angels.
We have been focusing on writing! You can hear our 2000s emo influences in this one.
Card of the day: King of Swords #tarot #tarotsky #dailytarot #witchsky What ideas have you let loose on the world? (1/3)
Card of the day: Nine of Cups #tarot #dailytarot #tarotsky #witchsky "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get." - Dale Carnegie Sometimes we need to slow down, take a breath, and look around at all we've achieved. (1/3)
Card of the day: Three of Pentacles #tarot #tarotsky #dailytarot #witchsky "All for one and one for all, united we stand divided we fall." - Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers Teamwork, as they say, makes the dream work. (1/3)
Yes, there are a myraid of plants listed for protection. Yet, they are not all interchangeable. They each have their own flavors and personalities. If you are looking for boundaries, the nettle is a better substitution for rose than a peony, you see. #WitchSky #Hedgewitch
