Three of Pentacles

The Three of Pentacles from This Might Hurt Tarot

If you have a project you are working on, collaboration is key! Finding the right combination of dedication, artistry and talent will solidify success and shorten the time it will take til completion. Teamwork can be tricky, though. There is a bit of negotiation that needs to be addressed. The clearer you can all be with each other about expectations and needs, the more prolific you will find yourselves at the culmination of the project. Fairness and understanding will be the best path forward in this new partnership. Just think about how much you all have to contribute and learn from each other! Be patient, but be open and ready to bend and mold personal agendas for the benefit of the greater good. The power of three is magical! Welcome the specific magic you can create when you come together and ignite your strengths. Make some magic!

King of Wands

King of Wands from The Light Seer’s Tarot

You have the power to inspire passion. People look up to you - maybe you don’t see it right now, but they do. They find you riveting and this is what gives you power - power to motivate those around you to aid you in your aspirations. Tap into this masterful quality. Own your intensity - your fire. Your full potential will be accessed by leading others to help you realize your vision. But, this comes naturally to you, because they are enamored by your fierce and engaging demeanor. Now is the time to recognize this and take charge. Captivate all around you with your magnetism and relish in just how easy it is to enlist them in support of your dreams. Conquer through passion - raw, smoldering passion.

The Hierophant - Reversed

The Hierophant - Reversed

Every so often it is necessary to seek counsel from a higher power. But, just because someone has a certain level of expertise, it doesn’t mean their advice is the best for you. Reach out for that strong opinion - rooted in knowledge, understanding and mastery. Absorb that information, but make sure to check in with yourself before taking action based on what someone else thinks you should do. Sometimes all of the learned knowledge and achievements of a studied authority cannot help answer your question. The information may be useful, but if it doesn’t feel right - maybe it isn’t right….for you. Honor yourself for taking the time to reach out to someone to help you clarify your own issues, but understand that clarity is sometimes easier found in your heart than in a book. You hold more answers than you know.

Ten of Swords - Reversed

The Ten of Swords from The Shadowscape Tarot Deck

Now is the moment to start fresh and there really is no turning back this time. What’s done is DONE, so there is no use holding onto it and trying to stop the inevitable. You should be feeling excited to release all of the dark, negative energy that is surrounding you! If you are reluctant to free yourself and begin a new chapter, tonight before bed pull out pen and paper. Write the start of a story about what your life will be like once you have let go of the swirling negativity you are holding on to. Really paint the picture for yourself of your new, unburdened path. How does it feel to skip along in this new world of you? What do you see and experience? Write about it until you run out of words to put on the page that will accurately describe the miracle of your new life. If you have to stop mid-sentence, that is totally fine! When you awake tomorrow morning, revisit your story all the way through before getting out of bed. Feel the lightness with which you toss the covers aside and when your feet hit the floor - step into that story, right at the moment you stopped, leaving all of the tension and darkness in the bed behind you, because you don’t need it anymore. New day, new you, new chapter! Pro tip: it might be a good day to change the sheets…

The Nine of Cups - Reversed

The Nine of Cups - Reversed

Sweet frustration - does it feel like you are falling instead of flying? In this moment, life just isn’t materializing the way you hoped or dreamed. If you feel a bit stuck and long for more - it’s time to change your perspective from the top down. Does your dream or goal truly align with your values and spirit? Is your approach a mad grasp outward to achieve what you desire? Shifting internally and tuning into your authentic needs are key to creating a path forward. It’s time to pause, breathe and check in. Ask yourself - is this what I truly want? Will accomplishing this particular goal really feed my soul? If the answer is no, then ask yourself - What will? Once your dreams are in alliance with your heart, you will find a new orientation toward your destiny. Flying is fun - falling, not useful!

Temperance - Reversed

Temperance (Reversed) from The Modern Witch Tarot Deck

The start of a new week at the end of a holiday weekend finds you settling in and seeking balance. But, wait just a second before you get all cozy and zen… perhaps a better way to find the balance you seek, is to really shake things up today? Do something different and spontaneous! Invite color and music into your day in a way that feels new. Make something, bake something, go outside and dance under the trees. Do anything that intrigues you that ISN’T on a “to-do” list. Don’t even start a “to-do” list and if you do add ridiculous activities to this list. Write, draw, splash around in your bathtub with music blaring! Eat something strange and exotic. Buy something extravagant - something you never knew you wanted. Take an online class in a skill that scares you. Be different and be daring. Surprise yourself. Balance will find you tomorrow - today is for being impulsive. Now go play!

The Lovers

The Lovers from The Kitchen Tarot

Let’s get naked tonight! Metaphorically, at least. Peal off that outer shell and embrace your luscious vulnerability. The design of this particular card has a fun quote on it, “Choose between good and evil or have a little bit of both.” The Lovers Card presents you with a choice, but a choice that implores for a delicious exploration of the juicier side of you first. As you are preparing for slumber tonight, pause and take the time to recall your most delicious, but “forbidden” life moment. You know that moment where you felt like Eve biting slowly into that sweet apple. Recall the thrill, the joy, the fear, the rebellious freedom of it all. Reimagine the spine tingling goosebumps and the accelerated heartbeat that made you feel outside of yourself. Revel in the exciting defiance of it all. See if you can carry this feeling into your dreams. Oh, how delicious! When you wake from your nighttime merrymaking, ask yourself what part of this side of who you are needs more attention in your waking life. Sometimes, you have to choose, but sometimes you CAN have a “little bit of both”. Don’t deny yourself this special recipe for joy. So, what do you say…Cream AND Sugar?!?

The King of Pentacles

The King of Pentacles - The Soul Cards Deck

How can you take charge of your finances? Ugh, I know…sometimes a difficult question, one we’d all like to ignore, but I think you might be surprised at just how much power you hold. As we move through the Holiday Season and closer to the new year, it might be a good time for you to scrutinize how you handle your money. Draw up a budget for personal spending - see what is there. Instead of noticing your shortcomings, take note of the areas within your budget that you have mastered. Then highlight the ways in which you can multiply or magnify this potential. Put yourself in the position of King - King of your dominion! Feel the weight of that jeweled crown on your head and your spine growing taller to support it. With this new posture of confidence - create an action plan, based on what you have discovered. Include in your action plan, the items or monetary experiences you plan to enjoy in the New Year. It’s fun to assert your power in this way. You have more control over this area of your life than you thought! Conquer your own financial Kingdom.

The Ten of Cups

Ten of Cups from The House of Tarot

Happy Thanksgiving! We started on Monday with the Ten of Cups (Reversed). I think we all need to mentally turn this card upright today. Recognize that you have healthy and strong roots tied to friends, family and loved ones. Roots that cannot be rotted by distance or time. Drink in the wellspring of emotional support that you share with your dearest - notice how you all have blossomed within this shared support and care. Be grateful for every trial and tribulation, because it only brings you closer to the people in your life that truly matter. We have overcome so much this year together. We cannot be uprooted. We are strong and full of life. Have a beautiful Thanksgiving and be grateful to those who have helped you grow along the way!

Ace of Wands - Reversed

Ace of Wands - An Artist’s Rendering

I see you… I see you trying to figure out your true purpose - peeking out into the world from that smoldering flame within. What is the meaning of all this?!? Perhaps you feel connected to a spark of creativity and have a small idea of what fulfills you, but you aren’t sure yet how to manifest it. Allow yourself this moment - do not push or feel guilty for not “doing more”. It’s possible that you may not be able to “do more” at this point. But, please hold on to that spark - there is so much there to be explored and when the time is right to take that first step, you will know and you will be ready. Trust that, in this moment, even with all of your inner fire yearning to be free, you are exactly where you are meant to be. This moment of frustration may actually be your first step to the realization of that dream. Allow yourself to sit, peacefully and calmly, in the middle of this raging fire. What do you see and feel there? How might this feeling change who you are? Is there someone there with you in this blaze? When you eventually take a step forward, will you carry this fire with you or will you be fleeing it to be reborn? It will be an adventure to experience just how this moment will shape your life. But, for now, live in that fiery passion and allow every bit of ash to rain down on you.

The Moon

The Moon - An Artist’s Print

Good evening, creatures of the night! Let your dreams of tonight guide you deep within your subconscious mind. What hidden urges do you keep bottled up in your darkest inner caves? What would it look like if you allowed those urges and desires to creep up to the surface and journey into the world? It’s safe to reveal these muted elements of your true nature in the light of the moon while you slumber. Allow the full essence of who you are dance in the murkiness of your dreaming life. There is so much in your waking life that is currently unknown, but in your dreams, you are free to take that forbidden path and explore every unseen danger. Why not go for it? Your brave and knowing spirit may decide to travel back with you to your waking life….and who knows what will happen then! It’s all very exciting… Dream sweet under the careful watch of that mysterious and evasive moon.

Ten of Cups - Reversed

Ten of Cups (Reversed) from The Dark Days Tarot Deck

As we venture into this holiday week it’s hard to accept that many of us will not and cannot be gathering this year. The origin of Thanksgiving is, putting it mildly, highly controversial. But the traditions we have established over the years have made this holiday a universal celebration of togetherness. We find ourselves at a moment in time where togetherness is threatening and raising a glass with our loved ones is unsafe. Even traveling to be close to your family is a danger for the community at large. Thanksgiving is thwarted. But, is it? Does gratitude require inhabiting the same space? Does love rely on the sharing of food and wine? What do we or can we all share that isn’t tangible, but lasting? I suppose when this card appeared reversed this morning, I saw it as more of a challenge. It was daring me to see beyond the outer trimmings of this holiday and recognize that by making a choice of solitude on this day, this year we are sharing so much more love and gratitude than we could ever imagine. Whatever you have decided in light of our situation, know that community is there all around you - just in deeper, more fulfilling ways.

Nine of Swords - Reversed

The Nine of Swords (Reversed) - An Artist’s Rendering

Confront your deepest fears tonight. Remember that scared feeling you had as a kid in bed when the lights went out? Do you recall that unseen shifting of shadows accompanied by a dark silence that made you close your eyes super tight, thinking that whatever lurked in the dark can’t get you if you don’t see it?!? Sorry to make you revisit the boogie man, but as you know, there are still horrid things in our adult lives that torment us so much, we may find it hard to sleep. In fact, as adults, we can experience even more fearful disruptions to our sleep - negative self hating thoughts circling in our minds, deep worries about the future or the present and interpersonal rifts from our waking lives can all plague our nighttime rest. No amount of self-inflicted paralysis or hiding under the covers will help in this scenario. So, tonight before bed, take a moment to confront all of your torments and tormentors and tell them out loud (yes - out loud) you just don’t have space for them in your dreams. Rewire your dark thoughts to be light and uplifting and ease into sleep knowing that your demons are easier dealt with during daytime hours. Cast away those monsters under the bed. You deserve restful and rejuvenating sleep and sweet and delicious dreams!

The Four of Swords

The Four of Swords from The Ghosts and Spirits Tarot Deck

Retreat, relaxation, rest and a time to recharge - this is what we think of when we think of the Four of Swords. But, it’s really so much deeper than that. Sometimes it is essential to withdraw, but inactivity can only get you so far. If you are taking a break to rejuvenate, how do you rest while actively moving toward that renewed sense of self? Start by connecting to your roots. Ancestry has a way of protecting us, even though we can’t see or feel it everyday. As you are retreating from the world, take a moment to remember and thank the spirits that have laid the ground work for your existence. How have their past actions and efforts informed your own personal growth? Close your eyes, take a deep breath, imagine you are a strong and fierce tree stretching toward the sun. Who planted that seed? Can you feel them looking over you - watching you sway in the breeze? They are there with you, protecting you from the elements and making sure you see enough rain. In storms or sunshine, you can channel this energy - but only if you recognize that it is there. When you feel fatigued and you want to surrender to the weariness of life, allow this to be the spirit that reinvigorates your motivation. And remember this energy is with you always.

Justice - Ace of Swords - Ace of Pentacles

Justice - Ace of Swords - Ace of Pentacles from The Light Seer’s Tarot

Jumping out of my deck today were these three cards - Justice, Ace of Swords, Ace of Pentacles. They literally jumped out while I was shuffling, calling out to be seen… Cut through the cycle of thinking that opportunity is “either or”. You can have both mental and financial growth. If you truly commit to the ideas swimming around in your head and the ways in which you might market them, potential is there for the taking! You may have to work really hard and apply extreme discipline to achieve the gain you long for, but you will be rewarded if you do. There are two sides to who you are that should be utilized in this scenario - the free flowing ideas and creative brain should meet the critical and ruthless boss that hides underneath the surface. Consider this a partnership of the strengths that you hold within. As you move forward in your quest, examine your progress through the eyes of both to fully realize your success. Cut through the bullshit and get down to business. Don’t let your potential slip away…

Five of Cups Reversed - The Magician

The Five of Cups (Reversed) into The Magician from The Light Seer’s Tarot Deck

I decided to pull two cards today from my favorite new deck - The Light Seer’s Tarot. I was struck to the core by the message. How are you channelling your energy, friends? Sometimes, the darker parts of who we are can provide us with potential we have yet to discover. If you are feeling like everything you have bottled up within needs to be expelled and you dream of pouring it all out and saying goodbye - I say WAIT! Before you let go of your potent and dark sagacity and watch it drift away, pause a moment and get curious about it. Ask yourself, “What are these feelings that I hold on to? Where do they come from? How can I channel them in a different way?” You may not see it right now, but you have an opportunity to use this energy to harness your own power and truly create some magic. Look at these cards and see how they fit so perfectly together - if you were to merge them, the images would seal your vitality and spirit together in a perfect symbol of infinity (also seen on the Magician’s hood). The balance of light and dark is so perfectly mirrored in these cards, side by side. If you are striving for balance and completeness, you must embrace your darker energy as a strength and fully embrace the magic you already carry within.

The World

The World

Hey, Sailor - our card of the night is The World! Feeling a little wanderlust right now? Where do you deeply yearn to roam? Tonight before bed, ask the universe to take you there while you sleep. As you are drifting off, imagine you and your rebel soul are navigating the dark passage ways of a ship bound for your desired destination. Oh! I’m so excited for you! Are you headed for Hawaii? Maybe you are floating toward Europe and planning on visiting galleries and amazing restaurants? Or are you drifting toward somewhere far more exotic? During the day, you may feel trapped in front of a zoom screen, but at night let your heart and soul traverse the high seas and get ready to explore the unknown! The World is there, in your subconscious, for the taking! Dream up that adventure you long for. You never know where that ship might dock in your dreams, so be ready for anything. When you wake, make note of any surprises that arise - perhaps it will inspire a true trip, when this pandemic has lifted… Sweet dreams and Bon Voyage!

The Fool

The Fool - An artist’s rendering by Dustin Cooke

Need a restart to the week? I know I do. Yesterday is over and today is a brand new day. Skate into this day with openness, determination and optimism. Life can be the party you dream of - disco ball, loud music, lollypops and all. Don’t procrastinate - celebrate! Celebrate every little chore and task. Find new ways to make each situation you encounter a dizzying and fun spin in an unexpected direction. Pick up speed today in a way that feels exciting to you. You can accomplish so much with this new perspective, if you want to and if you don’t want to accomplish anything, just feel the cool, positive amusement of your new attitude as you roll through your day. Don’t hold back - enjoy the boundless freedom of a wild and untethered disposition. Every day can feel like a party and you are queen of the rink.

The Eight of Wands

The Eight of Wands from The Paulina Tarot Deck

Do you feel that buzz of energy tickling your feet? Do you feel that prickly tingle underneath your skin? Your anxious and excitable spirit knows it’s time to fly. If you have been sitting on a project and carefully planning, wait no longer - it’s time to make a move. Your first action may feel jarring at first - you are shifting direction. However, soon enough you will find yourself in that blissful zen of natural flow. As you pick up speed, you will also acquire a support system and new ideas on how to build upon the work you have already put in, so what are you waiting for? Fly like an arrow through the cosmos to your planned destination. You can figure all the rest out along the way!

The Nine of Wands

The Nine of Wands - Artist’s rendition from an unknown collection

Does life keep testing you? You are so close to the finish line, but a new obstacle emerges just as you begin to recognize just how exhausted you are. Don’t give up. Have you ever read about or studied the Hero’s Journey? If not, how familiar are you with Star Wars or Harry Potter? Let’s assume you are the hero on your own quest…this is the moment you make a choice - are you going to give in to the fear, doubt and pain you are feeling or are you going to collect yourself and rise from the ashes like a wild phoenix to conquer what is holding you back? You have the resilient spirit to stay in this fight and if you keep going, despite the debilitating fatigue you may feel, you will be rewarded. This will be the toughest part of your journey and you may have to face it alone, but hold your ground and recognize the great inner strength you have gained from the work that you have already put in. If you make it through this next part (and you will), you will be crowned with bliss and enlightenment that you cannot even imagine. You will be reborn and feel a connection to others and the world around you that is symbiotic, magical and unbreakable. Keep going, hero….