ctrlaltdanielle

Happy Mother’s Day 🌸 you did the job of two parents through circumstances nobody should have to navigate and you did it with so much strength, love, accountability, and endless unconditional acceptance and support 💕💕 so grateful I got to learn from you about resilient optimism, choosing kindness, and not taking any sh*t😂💜

Ruth Morgendorffer with Helen and Jake are featured as the 10 of Pentacles in my Nostalgic TV Tarot Deck! It’s available as a print, and both the deck and prints are at the link in my bio. 

The 10 of Pentacles represents a strong family support system, abundant riches, and the idea of having a large, healthy, thriving family in general. 

Of course “family” and “riches” can take whatever shape they mean to you - when I think of this card I imagine sitting on the side of a hill at a large gathering with people I love watching them all have fun and enjoy the day. It’s that kind of ‘happy family’ energy that while conventionally points to the standard nuclear family, really just represents whatever that looks like for you. 💙

Michael “Mack” Jordan Mackenzie is featured as the 8 of Pentacles in my Nostalgic TV Tarot Deck! It’s available as a print, and both the deck and prints are at the link in my bio. 

The 8 of Pentacles encourages us to take our training seriously when pursuing something important to us, but not so seriously that we inhibit our own development by trying to control all the details. Mack is really good at balancing his academic excellence with his athleticism while still being social and enjoying his life overall. This card highlights how Mack’s balanced approach to his development - and never focusing too much on one thing - allows him to enjoy everything.

Val from ~Val Magazine~ is featured as the 5 of Pentacles in my Nostalgic TV Tarot Deck! It’s available as a print, and both the deck and prints are at the link in my bio. 

The 5 of pentacles warns us against being so preoccupied with our own personal hang-ups that we’re unable to be present with the circumstances in front of us. Like most cards in the pentacles suit, it references physicality including finances, so it’s specifically pointing at basically not getting bogged down with superficial worries. 

Val came to Lawndale High with hopes to create an editorial on teen life, but quickly failed to connect with the “edgy youth.” Val seems to have trouble coming to terms with her real self, primarily her age. She’s no longer a part of youth culture and as a result this denial keeps her from making the genuine connections she’s so desperately seeking. 

Her whole mission was based around channeling youth in order to gain profit, and ironically her inability to be real about her relationship to youth - to acknowledge and work through her own struggles like this card asks - is what got in the way of her success.