Community Tarot Reading for the Week of April 20, 2026

Monday, April 20, 2026
Waxing Moon

Here we are, racing through April. With all this Aries energy, it makes sense.

I’ve also seen a lot of bullying going around online to the effect of “if you blow this opportunity, it’ll never come around again, and you’ll blow it if you don’t buy/download my guide.”

No.

We all have our own rhythms. Part of working with tarot and astrology is learning to work with energies, rather than in conflict with them. It’s trial, error, adjustment, trying again, and learning. It’s not about someone else making the decisions for you and telling you what you experience. You live in your own skin.

Yes, people should be paid for their work, skills, talents, time. But your life will not be destroyed if you don’t buy someone’s something this very second.

Planets are always in motion. People are always in motion (our very blood flow is part of that). There will always be some sort of energy we can work with, or choose not to work with, at a particular time. There are always consequences, but that doesn’t mean they are bad, or that there can’t be a course correction further down the line. Don’t get bullied into shelling out money because the planets are doing something unusual. Enjoy the planets and the energies, and each of us will integrate those energies differently. Celebrate these unique patterns instead of meeting them with the fear of “getting it wrong.” We have personal, societal, and global upheavals to deal with. Don’t let someone bully you into thinking if you don’t meet it their way, you will fail. You won’t. You will simply forge a different path to where you need to be.

Learn as much as you can and learn to find your own rhythm. We all adjust our rhythms to the needs of our daily lives, and often have to change those rhythms within the course of the day.

We had a new moon last week. We have a whole bunch of planets stacked in Aries, for the first time in centuries. Now, the sun has moved into Taurus, which is slower, steadier, and about stability. Even with all the Aries energy rolling around, the sun in Taurus tells us to slow down and enjoy what we’re building. Don’t just rush forward and miss all the beauty of the process.
Savor it.

This month, we are using two decks that work beautifully together. We are using the Green Witch Tarot by Ann Moura, with art by Kiri Østergaard Leonard, along with the Green Witch’s Oracle Deck by Arin Murphy-Hiscock, illustrated by Sara Richard. You can read more about each of the creators by clicking the link on their name. You can buy the Green Witch Tarot here, and the Green Witch’s Oracle here.

The tarot deck was one of the first things I bought when I moved here to the mountains, five years ago. At that time, a store carrying tarot, crystals, herbs, etc., was only a few blocks away, and I was so delighted to find this deck. The shop has since, sadly, closed. This is also the deck from which I do my daily pulls from Beltane to Lammas. The oracle was a gift, this past Solstice, and I’ve really enjoyed working with it and getting to know it.

This month, we are doing a little something different, with the readings. The spread is the same. But the Oracle card will be in the Spirit position, the driving force for the week, with the tarot cards offering the elemental aspects. If an aspect needs a deeper dive, we will work with additional oracle cards.

This is one of my spreads, that I call The Elemental Spread. It is very similar to many of the Medicine Wheel spreads I’ve seen, but I made a few tweaks to the way I use it over the years.

We start in the center, with Spirit/Self. This is the overall energy of the week, and how we relate to it.

We move to the position above, with is North/Tangibles, connected to the element of Earth, advice on how to deal with the week on a tangible, materialistic level.

We move clockwise to the third position, East/Thought, connected to the element of Air, advice on how to intellectually deal with the week.

Then we move down to the bottom of the spread, the 4th position, South/Passion, connected to the element of Fire, advice on how to deal with the week from a place of passion and identity.

Then we move up to the left side of the spread, the 5th position, West/Emotion, connected to the element of Water, advice on how to deal with the week from a place of creativity and emotion.

We wind up where we started, at the spirit center, integrating all the information for the week.
These interpretations are mine, based on my experience, 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.

Center – Spirit/Self: Soil
This is the perfect central energy for moving into Taurus season. Soil is about stability and simplicity. Go back to basics this week. Put in the work, but don’t overcomplicate. Check your foundations, in projects, in buildings, in your garden, in your life. See if something needs a little TLC, and tend to it.

 

 

North – Earth/Tangibles: King of Chalices
We have the king of emotions in the position of tangibles. Enjoy what you’ve been working on this past cycle. Celebrate it. Relish it. Create, commit, behave with compassionate professionalism. Have the meeting, make the connection, use what you’ve built to build something even more, especially if you have the chance to do so in/for community.

 

East – Air/Thought/Intellect: Queen of Chalices
The Queen of Creativity is in the position of intellect. Be compassionate and nurturing this week on projects and endeavors of the mind. Be careful about what you share and with whom you share personal insights this week, so it’s not used against you. (Side note: on the day of this reading/writing, my card for the day was the 7 of Swords, so yes, I will be careful this week). Integrate your intellect with your creativity this week, but hold some boundaries.

South – Fire/Passion/Identity: Two of Wands
I would love to live in this cottage, it’s adorable. This is the card of a new project, career-wise, about which we’re passionate. It ties into the soil (firm foundation), and our King and Queen of creativity in their positions of tangibles and intellect. There’s a good chance this project will be a success, provided we maintain our firm foundation in our soil. The pots on either side of the door grow allspice, which is one of my favorite spices, and a red door is positive in feng shui.

West – Water/Creativity/Emotion: Ace of Wands
Here, in the position of creativity, we have the launch of the project that we are building on in the two. This project is deeply connected to our identity. It’s fire and action, and in the realm of creativity, what a wonderful pairing.

Overall, this has the opportunity to be a creative week in ways that will be successful and fulfilling for a long time. Last week, the only two minor arcana cards were wands. This week, we have two wands and two chalices. It’s about passionate creativity, using the fire ignited with all the Aries energy and moving with it into Taurus to build something that lasts, rather than something that burns out.

Did anything in this resonate with you, or do you have a different interpretation? I’d love to hear from you.