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Tarot Cheat Sheets!! (Minor Arcana)

Hi everyone! I made these tarot cheat sheets just in case anyone needs them :)

Hello! So I've been kinda ignoring spirituality, deities, and all that recently. I was like, "Screw all of that, I'm going to religion," which was fine, and I had some experiences with dreams with Jesus and things. But a few weeks ago, there were family problems going on, and I had a dream. So in the dream, I don't where exactly I was. Maybe like an underground temple? And in my dreams, I can't see people but intuitively know who they are. Hestia was there, and Hecate was there! I was just standing there and venting to Hestia about what's been going on, and I just kept doing it, and she just was kneeling there, calming listening. She didn’t say anything, but she was patiently listening. Then suddenly I said a greeting to Hecate and that was it! So yeah, that's all I really wanted to say, but I'm so happy that Hestia came in my dreams and was listening to me, I needed to vent. I'm grateful she was there. And I'm sure Hecate was there as a way to say, "Stop ignoring me! I know you know that I've been reaching out to you!"

So, I've had the most roller-coaster of a ride with religion. At this point, I just don't care. They're all real. They're all there in the world, and when you die, you go to where you believe. Because I've had enough about religion because there's too many in the world and it's confusing.

But that's not the point. So I decided to put up my Hades, Aphrodite, Loki, Apollo, and Hermes alters up.

Before I decided to do that, I brought some 18+ dice for some fun, and just why not, and that was before I decided to put the alters back up.

Explain to me... why I felt drawn to giving Loki those dice, with the explanation of how to use those dice on his alter with three fidget toys near it and a (porcelain?) goose with its head smashed??? He/They/She/It (whatever Loki identities as) is really showing their chaos already!

So I've started to stop worshipping my deities. I don't have an alter for them anymore. I got scared a few months ago because Queen Persephone's rose incense offering almost burnt my room down. Then afterwards, I just stopped, and then I doubted my faith and went to Catholicism. Now, I am taking a break from all religious things and religions in general. I believe that all deities and religions are real but happened in history at different times, but I haven't figured out what to do with that and how to go about it. Especially when it's rarely on my mind. So yeah, that's my update.

So I understand why we have alters/shrines for deities, and I have two separate ones for Hekate and Loki.

But how about also having an alter/shrine to ourselves? Worship ourselves like we would the gods? We are spiritual beings, and I think we deserve our own worship as spiritual beings but also as self care and self-love to ourselves. (Especially if we struggle with that!)

I heard about someone saying to image your a demon in a humans body that you have to look after but what if we made a shrine/alter for ourselves and treat ourselves with that respect and devotion we show to a deity?

I'm thinking of trying it and seeing how it goes.