Hi there, friends! Whew, has June ever been a doozy. And where did it even go? I swear just last week I was lamenting how far my Fourth of July vacation seemed to be, and now it’s next week. Ahh!!

As many of you know, I moved to Nashville in February and ever since then, to be honest, my spiritual practice has been completely out of whack. I went from having a job to not having a job to finding a new job, and my routine has changed dramatically with each new shift. I’ve been super ungrounded with no personal space of my own, sacred or otherwise (living with family will do that to you) and have just felt completely untethered to any kind of spiritual routine. It’s hard to get your spellcraft on when the TV is blasting downstairs and three other people are having a conversation in the next room, you know? I don’t know how other witches do it, but I was definitely spoiled by having my very own office space all of last year.

I desperately want to fix this, because I know I feel more stable and fulfilled when I’m regularly making space for my spiritual practice. To ease my way back into daily time for witchcraft, I decided to embark on a journaling exercise.

The tarot was my gateway into witchcraft, and so I decided to go back to my roots and begin a daily journaling practice, writing about one card each day and eventually going through all 78 cards. (I’m not going to lie, this was partly inspired by how obsessed I am with that visual novel app The Arcana – anyone else??? HELP I can’t stop.) I’ve attempted this many times in the past and never made it through all 78, so who knows what will happen, but this time I know I can use my lunch break as writing time which helps a lot!

I wanted to keep the prompts really simple so I could extrapolate on them as much or as little as I wanted, so feel free to add or remove prompts to fit your own journaling style. This is just what I’m doing and I thought I’d share! You could easily make this into part of your grimoire or add it to your tarot journal – I think it helps to keep a record of personal associations you have for each card in addition to their “traditional” meanings. Tradition isn’t always best, you know!

Without further ado, here are the journaling prompts I’m writing about, starting today with The Fool.

1. Name

2. Key Words/Traditional Meaning

3. Correspondences

4. What is your relationship with this card?

5. What does it mean to you?

6. Artistic interpretation

Okay, I’m not gonna lie, I’m not doing this step for my current rendition of this exercise. But I included it because I like the idea and I have a vision that someday I’ll do this for at least the Major Arcana. I really love the idea of capturing your feelings, traditional meanings, correspondences, and whatever else pertains to this card in some artistic form. You can draw a picture, make a collage, paint some abstract colors, write a poem… whatever you’d like!

I don’t know what order I’ll do the suits in – I think I’ll probably go with whichever one I feel LEAST like writing about, as there’s bound to be a lesson to be learned in there somewhere! I’m hoping that this exercise will bring me back in touch with the cards and make them a regular part of my life again.

Have you ever journaled your way through the tarot? Were your prompts different than these? Let me know in the comments, I’d love to get some inspiration from your experience! <3