🖋  Introductory Note

These reflections and tarot spreads are to help you to connect the mundane and mystical aspects of your practice. I refer to “this piece of work” and “this session” throughout, and these terms can be adapted to whatever you are working on. “This session” could mean a day, a week, a month, or a few minutes. “This piece” is whatever writing, planning, journalling, research etc. you have been working on within the bounds of time recorded in this diary.

<aside> 🗝️ What have you written in this session? Have you written something new or expanded an existing piece? Have you worked on planning or research? Have you read, daydreamed, wandered? How did it feel to work on this piece? If you finished something, how did it feel to let it go?

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<aside> 🗝️ What cycles are we in communally that might affect the work: this can include the moon, astrology, or seasonal connections. You can answer as many of these questions as you choose to.

• Are we close to any sabbat or part of the wheel of the year?
• Are we in the middle of a season, or transitioning between two?
• What has the weather been like where you live?
• What astrological transits have happened?
• Which moon phases have occurred while you have been writing and editing?
• How have you noticed these cycles impact the collective mood? </aside>

<aside> 🗝️ What cycles are you in personally that might affect the work: moon, astrology, seasonal connections.

• What astrological sign was the moon in when you were working on this submission? Which house of your chart did it activate? Was this noticeable in any way?
• Did the waxing, waning, new, full, or dark moon have any impact on your mood or writing process?
• How did the seasonal cycles affect your writing? Do you find the season or elements seeping into the work? </aside>

<aside> 🗝️ What is your intuition telling you about this work?

• What was the biggest surprise this session?
• Did you encounter any blocks?
• Did you encounter any difficult feelings in the writing?
• How has this session felt in your body? Have you had any signals or messages from your body? How can you support your body this week? </aside>

<aside> 🗝️ Are there any rituals that have helped you this time? Do you think you need to develop any new rituals?

• Is there any music that helps you to write?
• Is there a tea or other drink whose aroma settles you to work?
• Do you light a candle, or incense to capture an emotional state?
• Do you use a coloured ink or special notebook?
• Do you have any prayers, incantations, or mantras that support the work?
• Do you work with any plants, rocks, crystals, or other objects?
• Do you cast spells?
• Do you work with planets, deities, or spirits?
• Do you use physical movement? </aside>

<aside> 🗝️ Have you used tarot for divinatory, creative, or generative purposes?

• Have you pulled a card to help work on a character?
• Have you asked the cards to help you identify the journey of your book or project?
• Have you listened to the cards for creative inspiration?
• Have you written about any of the cards directly?
• Have you pulled any significant cards?
• Have you been puzzled by any of the readings? </aside>

<aside> 🗝️ Tarot spread for work to be released

1. What do I need to release to sign off on this work?
2. What has this work revealed?
3. What has been made possible by me doing this work?

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<aside> 🗝️ Tarot spread for new work

1. Where do I need to pay attention to this work?
2. What do I need to have faith in in this work?
3. What joy has this work brought me?

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<aside> 🗝️ Have you had any significant dreams during this session? Use this dream diary to record them.

Dream Diary for Writers

If you prefer to record the dreams here instead, you can use these headings:

• Dream Description
• Interpretation
• Connection to current writing project
• Divinatory or magical aspects of the dream
• Atmosphere
• Location
• Symbols
• Emotion </aside>