If you’re anything like me, you like to shove tarot into parts of life where it really doesn’t belong. So with that, why not let your deck design your morning/evening workout? Get that blood pumping a little differently every day.
I’d recommend starting with no fewer than three cards per day, but that’s up to your current preferences and abilities. Pull your cards, check what they mean, and make sure all of your Majors have been accounted for. Then go for it! After a week, add another card, and then another the next week. Replace exercises that you absolutely hate or can’t do, of course! (Disclaimer– this is aimed at people who are like semi-active. If you run marathons, this will probably feel like baby stuff. It’s just meant to be a fun bit of motivation, and not to replace medical advice).
Without further ado:
Pentacles (legs)
Pips- do the corresponding number of lunges for each leg
Page- jump from a squatting position five times (point those toes!)
Knight- do ten squats
Queen- raise yourself onto your toes ten times
King- hold a wall-sit for ten seconds
Cups (arms)
Pips- do the corresponding number of push-ups (modified if necessary!)
Page- while holding a plank position, tap each of your shoulders with the opposite hand five times
Knight- do ten tricep dips
Queen- circle both arms ten times (slow and controlled movements)
King- lie in a superman position (on your belly with your arms and legs outstretched and slightly raised) and squeeze your shoulders together ten times
Swords (core)
Pips- do the corresponding number of crunches
Page- hold a plank for ten seconds
Knight- do ten Russian twists on each side
Queen- in a plank position, bring each knee toward the opposite shoulder ten times
King- ten leg raises (like a reverse crunch)
Wands (cardio)
Pips- do the corresponding number of jumping jacks
Page- run with high knees, stepping with each foot ten times
Knight- jump and tuck your knees to your chest ten times
Queen- do ten burpees
King- kick your butt ten times with each foot
Major Arcana
The Fool- Take the plunge, and pull an extra card (just for today)
The Magician- Add ten reps of any exercise you know you’re good at
The High Priestess- hold the goddess pose and feel your inner strength
The Empress- play some nature sounds or calm music and dance reallllyyy slowly for a minute (but never stop moving!)
The Emperor- shadow box for a minute
The Hierophant- add ten reps of an exercise you still want to get better at
The Lovers- double the exercises from the card you liked best today
The Chariot- run in place as fast as you can until your tempo starts dropping
Strength- do ten squats or crunches (you can pick) holding something heavy– a book will do in a pinch!
The Hermit- hold child’s pose at the end of your routine, considering how your whole body feels
The Wheel- do the whole routine a second time
Justice- if you pulled any pip cards 4 or below, pull one more card for your routine
The Hanged Man- hold the tree pose because– well, you know
Death- discard the card you think will do you the least good, and pull another to replace it
Temperance- hold a plank as long as you can on one side, then mirror the same time on your other side
The Devil- go ahead, discard whichever card you want from your routine
The Tower- pull two more cards
The Star- spend a minute deep breathing
The Moon- when you’re all done your routine for today, leave one of the cards out for you to do again tomorrow
The Sun- dance as hard as you can for the length of a song of your choosing (preferably upbeat)
Judgement- after you’ve completed all of your cards once, repeat the card that gave you the most trouble
The World- if you’d like, this card can override the whole routine for the day, and you can take a day off. If you’d rather keep it up, do all the other cards you pulled and just know that your deck is really proud of you (and I am too)
Enjoy! (Also apologies if this has been done before, I’ve just never seen it myself)
My mom just randomly picked up the Self-Love/anti-depression sigil jar off of my windowsill, stared at it intently, and said “this is very pretty… I don’t know what it is but I love that you’ve made it and I hope that it’s working”
Uhhh okay every time I try to reach out to my ancestors they either ignore me or are just straightup mean/negative
“Don’t make my ghost coffee! I’m a good Christian, leave me alone!”
And when I go back more than 3 generations on the white side of my bloodline, they’re all racists. Kay.
I need to stop casting such a wide net, and contact individuals who are actually interested in hanging around
I hope you don’t mind me adding onto this post, but it poses a really great point.
This is really common and something that a lot of people don’t warn about when suggesting that people try ancestor work. Ancestors can be downright malevolent. Not everyone had great families. Even more than communication, they can cause ill intentioned supernatural events when contacted.
It’s always a good suggestion to start with specific family members and work your way forward (or back). Use the connection from one family member to another to gain trust.
Agreed. Best to start with ancestors you knew and had a good connection with while alive.
I once kept a crucifix for one of my grandmums, but she didn’t like it for some reason. I thought she had been Catholic (my grandfather is, so I just assumed). I asked my dad about it: Protestant.
I find, the more we talk with our ancestors, the more they understand. They still want that connection to their family, and once they realize that you are that connection, they chat with you more.
As for racists and abusers and that jazz, I go through a process of “washing the dead” to cleanse them of these sins. It’s hard work, and we have to bring that work into our everyday lives. We can’t just leave them to continue influencing our descendants with racist rhetoric floating around in the spirit world.
On the other hand, don’t call up your abusive mother, for example, if you aren’t ready to deal with any demons you had with her. That, too, is part of our underworld work. They live in the blood.
fair--y backup 