Ack! The dreaded Mercury retrograde starts on February 26th and runs through March 20th. Mercury is all about communication, travel, and technology. 🤓 Back up your data ✈️ Plan for travel delays ✍️ Avoid major website updates or signing contracts 🗣️ Weigh your words carefully 😢 Expect misunderstandings Above all else, lean into patience and grace. 😇 You can use the energy of the retrograde to review your text and copy, fine tune your messages, get your files in order. Do you worry when Mercury goes retrograde? Let us know in the comments below!

Suit associations plus either numerology or archetypes (court cards and Major Arcana cards) will help you easily interpret card meanings. Here are the suits: 🗡️Swords - Air - Intellect, thoughts, science, law 🧠 🥂- Cups - Water - Emotion, Intuition, relationships, friendships ❤️ 🪄Wands - Fire - Passion, motivation, sexual prowess, relationships, working partnerships 🔥 🪙 Pentacles - Earth - the material world, home, health, wealth, work, education 🌳 Archetypes for Minor Arcana cards: The association can also be more of a character trait than an actual age. For example, an old soul or someone who is young at heart. Or a queen!! 👸 Pages — Babies and younger children (through onset of puberty) Knights — Teenagers to middle age Queens — Middle Aged/ Mature Kings — Senior citizens, old folks

Instead of blindly pulling a random card from a deck today, I chose a very specific card from a specific deck to work with: the Ace of Wands/Fire from the Dreams of Gaia Tarot deck by Rayvnne Phelan. I love how she uses different dragons for the aces in this deck. You know you can pick a specific card if you want to, right? Your daily cards don’t need to be random. When I was walking my dog today, I was thinking about the fiery energy that we’re experiencing right now (with all of the talk about the Chinese New Year and the Year of the Fire Horse) and how motivating it is. Personally, I’ve been getting more done this week than I did probably all winter long. I have SAD (seasonal affective depression), so winters are a bit rough on my entire being. Being in Austria probably exacerbates the problem because the sun just doesn’t show up regularly from November to about March — it’s usually grey and cloudy— and the lack of sunshine triggers my SAD. Anyway… the sun was out today, so I took my dog for a walk and took advantage of soaking in a few rays and I thought about the return of the sun and the return of feeling motivated again. Because I was feeling the fiery energy, I thought that working with the Ace of Wands was quite on point. It also fits with starting this group—the initial creative force and motivation needed to fuel the (hopeful) success of the group. What do you think of the Ace of Wands? Do you need to channel a bit of its power for your endeavours? Let me know in the comments below! 👇🏼

We got the Four of Swords today in our card pull. Rest. Recouperate. Recharge. The energy has been off the charts lately. So much to see and process. It’s draining, distracting. I know it’s Monday and you might have to work or take care of the family, but — if you can — maybe plan a quiet day/evening with minimal stress and “noise” from the world. Drink a Chamomile tea, draw a warm bath. Curl up on the sofa with a good book. Take care of yourself. When you recharge your energy, you’ll not only feel better, you’ll also have more energy to fight the good fight tomorrow. Peace be with you. Card from the Light Seer’s Tarot by Chris-Anne

Hello and welcome! I would like to invite you to explore the magical world within and around you. In order to do that, I would like to make this group a sacred container for you and your studies. It’s important that you feel safe and free to share your personal experiences within the group. Please make sure that you mind your energy while using this space. 🧙🏼 Feel free to share your insights and reflections with the group 🤔 Ask questions if you need a bit more guidance 😇 Help others when you feel called to 🥰 Share this group with friends 🧿 Let me know if there’s anything you’d like to discuss Of course, there do need to be rules. 👎 Don’t be mean or condescending. We’re all at different levels with different backgrounds 🚫 Offering your services outside of the appropriate spaces 🫣 Send other members DMs offering spell and rituals 🥸 Post content for others in a way that’s designed to distract from the group I need to be strict with the boundaries in order to maintain the energy of the group. Thank you for understanding!