Sept. 9, 2024: Community Reading for the Week

September 9, 2024
Waxing Moon
Pluto, Saturn, Neptune, Chiron, Uranus Retrograde

Hello!

I’m using the GREEN WITCH TAROT again by Ann Moura, with artwork by Kiri Østergard Leonard, available from Llewellyn.

This is a spread of mine, that I’ve developed over the past few months. It’s read from left to right, 5 cards. Any card that needs more interpretation can be built into further, above and below, with either more tarot cards, another tarot deck, or an oracle deck.

These interpretations are mine, based on my intuition and responses to the artwork. You may have a different experience. This is an overview of the week as it stands now; every decision we make from the moment of the reading can change the outcome. If there’s something in the reading that worries you, you have the information ahead of time so that you can plan, make better choices, or handle it differently than predicted for a better outcome. Tarot sets out possibilities, which you change through your choices and actions.

Left to right, the positions are as follows:
1. The Collective Energy of the Week
2. The Week’s Challenge
3. The Week’s Opportunity
4. The Week’s Stretch
5. The Week’s Comfort

Okay, let’s break this down now. The cards are pretty clear this week, and I did not use an oracle to explore any of them further.

Position 1: The Collective Energy of the Week – 5 of Pentacles
Ouch. This is about scarcity on the material plane. This week contains money worries, and also, in this deck, self-isolation tied to the worries. But look at the pentacles themselves. They are gold, a color of abundance. And there’s warmth in the stone circle in the distance. Be careful with your resources this week, but also see where you can find warmth and light.

Position 2: The Week’s Challenge – The Queen of Chalices
This can be interpreted as wanting to be generous and empathetic beyond one’s means to someone else, or being hesitant to ask for help from someone who has empathy and compassion. Both those interpretations tie into the previous card, the 5 of Pentacles. There are times when you can’t be generous with money, but maybe you can be a compassionate listener. Or maybe, this week, you are the one who needs to reach out.

Position 3: The Week’s Opportunity – The Knight of Athames
Because it is in the position of opportunities, it’s about making a decision and taking decisive action. Look before you leap, and don’t lose patience (or you may lose the help and compassion you were challenged to seek). But sort out the resources you have and how you want to put them into play in order to succeed.

Position 4: The Week’s Strech – The Wild Hunt
This card is often called The Tower in other decks, and it means explosive change. Truth is revealed, and oppression falls away, but that doesn’t mean it’s a comfortable change. For me, personally, this card shows up if I’ve procrastinated and I’m about to pay the price. Believe me, I’m trying to figure out where I’ve been procrastinating, because I do not like this card. However, once one braves the change, it’s for the better. Especially when tied to the previous card, that the change came through choice and definitive action.

Position 5: The Week’s Comfort – Ten of Athames
This card is known as the 10 of Swords. In many other decks, it shows a figure face down with 10 Swords in the back, often showing how others dump their demands on you. This deck’s image is far more positive, in my opinion. The figure in the card is in deep contemplation (swords). Since it’s a ten, the cycle is nearly complete. You’re able to complete something difficult, and put it behind you, opening to a new, more positive cycle.

The overall energy of the week is difficult, which makes sense when you layer on the various retrogrades. Pluto’s retrograde shows what’s hidden and needs to transform. Saturn is about life lessons. This particular Saturn retrograde is also about restoring what was lost during the cycle begun in 2008. Neptune is about dreams and deep desires. Your dreams might be chaotic or confusing now. Uranus is the planet of rebellion and what makes each of us unique. When it is in retrograde, we can feel restrained. Chiron is the wounded healer, about probing these old wounds so that we can heal them, perhaps generationally. Tied to the challenging and somewhat chaotic cards above, it all makes sense.

It’s also the 23rd Anniversary of 9/11 this week, which adds more chaotic and painful energy to the mix.

The best choice we can make this week is to treat ourselves and those around us with compassion and patience.

Feel free to drop in the comments your response to these cards, or how last week’s reading shook out for you.