Pruvia Posted 21 hours ago Posted 21 hours ago This is a Tarot Challenge that has recently appeared. It has really interesting spreads and ideas for connecting with your decks (both tarot and oracle cards). It's thought to be practised during the January of 2026, but i do think that some of these challenges can be timeless. Enjoy! 🍁 Introduction 🍁 Our tarot practices have changed as we have changed. The shifts of one align with the shifts of the other. However, at the base of our practices are our roots: the decks we first learned to read with or the ones that have come to define the core of how we read the cards. It’s worth coming home to these root decks - honoring them as the sacred tools that they are and “re-introducing” ourselves to them. We know that while we have changed over time, their prior lessons still ring true, and even more await. Select a small number of root decks - the number you pick is entirely up to you - to begin. Each week consists of five core activities; however, remember that you are your own High Priestess. I invite you to follow the path that calls to you: do the activities you want and leave the rest. Each of us has our own deeply personal relationship with the roots of our practice. This January, let your explorations stretch deep, and take note of how your roots ground all that you do. Week 1: Reconnecting with the Foundation 🔸January 1st–10th • Origin Story Journaling: Sit with your deck and write down everything you remember about the day you got it. Where were you? Why did you choose it? What was your life like? Read this back to yourself to remember the "version of you" that first shook hands with these cards. • Re-Establishing Connections: Treat the deck as an old friend you haven't seen in a while. Pull one card for the question: What have I forgotten about our connection? Don't look at the book: just look at the card and let the first thought that comes to mind be the answer. • The Forgotten Spread: Go back to the very first "little white book" or the first Tarot book you ever bought. Find a spread in those pages that you haven't used in years (perhaps a 3-card spread like Mind/Body/Spirit or Celtic Cross). Perform it exactly as the book instructs, even if it feels basic. • Familiar Cards, Fresh Eyes: Slowly flip through all 78 cards one by one. Don't stop to read them. Just notice which cards "jump out" at you now compared to when you were a beginner. Does a card you used to find "boring" suddenly feel vibrant? Put those "newly interesting" cards in a separate pile to study for the rest of the week. • Favorite Card Portrayal: Find a digital image or a different deck's version of your favorite card. Lay your "root" card next to it. Ask: What does this specific artwork give me that no other version can? Week 2: Decks As Mirrors & Maps 🔸January 11th–17th • Inner Weather: Pull a card each day. Ask: If this card were a feeling in my body, how would I experience it? Where would I feel it? • Seeking Clarity: Pick a card that represents your biggest goal right now and a card that represents your biggest hurdle. How does the artwork in this specific deck clarify this situation? • "Shadow" Searching: Look through the deck and find the card you least like looking at. Spend 3 minutes writing down why. Is it the art, the meaning, or a memory? •Real-World Sights: Take your deck to a different environment (a park, a coffee shop, or just a different room). Pull a card and find something in your immediate surroundings that matches a symbol or color in that card. • Letter to Now: Look at your root deck. Pull a card and ask: What does the version of me who first bought this deck want to say to me today? Week 3: Patterns & Pathways 🔸January 18th–24th • Color Stories: Line up the cards of a single suit (Ace through King). Look at the color progression. Does the deck get darker as the numbers get higher? Does it get brighter? Identify the "mood shift" that happens in your specific deck as a story moves from its beginning to its completion. • Symbol Hunt: Choose one symbol (e.g. mountains, a repeating flower, pillars) that appears in multiple cards. Find every card in the deck that contains that symbol. How does the meaning of that symbol change or evolve as it moves through the different suits? • Body Language: Flip through your deck and look only at the people. How are they standing? Are they looking at the viewer, looking away, or looking at each other? Notice if your "root" deck feels "introverted" (closed poses) or "extroverted" (open poses) and how that affects the way you receive its messages. • Elemental Portrayal: Look at how the elements are portrayed in this deck. Does the water in this deck feel like a peaceful pond or a raging ocean? Does the earth element feel like a mountain or soft, wet ground? Does air feel like the cutting of the wind on a cold day or the light breeze rippling through your windows? Does fire feel like the blushing of your cheeks or incineration? • Unique Voice: At the close of the week, consider the entirety of your deck and ask: What is featured here that I can't find anywhere else in my collection? Week 4: Integration & Community 🔸January 25th–31st • Gratitude Journaling: Write a "thank you" letter to your deck or your original teacher/book for the foundation they have provided. • Evolution Spread: Pull cards for the following: What I've outgrown, What remains true, and What I am carrying into the future. • Homecoming Message: Ask the deck: What is the most important lesson you have been waiting for me to be ready to hear? • Final Reflection: Look back at your Week 1 notes. What is the biggest shift you noticed in your intuition over the last 30 days? Would you like me to help you brainstorm some responses for the "Origin Story" jou rnaling or the "Evolution Spread"?
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