Monday, April 6, 2026
Waning Moon
Welcome to April! Where I live, there’s still a chance of snow, on and off, all month.
We have no retrogrades this month. We’re being encouraged to move forward and move fast, especially with so many planets either already in Aries or moving into Aries. It’s a time to trust instinct rather than impulse. While forward motion is supported with everything direct, you also want to set track that is sustainable in the long run.
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, 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: Fruit
The oracle card at the center of this week’s reading says our spirit works toward achievement and success. The energy you’ve invested in something is about to pay off. You can also honor that energy investment by taking a bit of a break and enjoying what you’ve achieved. It’s a little early here for strawberries, grapes, and blackberries, but this week, I plan to celebrate with some kind of fruit every day, specifically dedicated to this reading.
North – Earth/Tangibles: Eight of Pentacles
This is a card of craft and enjoyment in craft. Show up and do the work, and revel in it. Remember, what we are setting up in this Aries time of the year will be the driving force for the cycle. So show up and do the work. The Pentacles are in their home area of earth, so it’s very tangible. We’ve had several weeks of thinking and planning. Now we do it. You can show up and do the work, and still take breaks to enjoy your achievements. Those are not mutually exclusive, although we’ve been conditioned to believe they are.
East – Air/Thought/Intellect: The Lord of the Shadows
In other decks, this is the Death card. This is a card of change, and, in this deck, moving from shadow to light. There’s also a butterfly for transformation. Since this is in the position of air/thought, we have the opportunity to change our perceptions and our way of thinking about something, and it will help with this positive transformation. A way of perception is dying to make room for something better. Instead of being stuck in a particular way of thinking, our intellect opens up to show us other possibilities.
South – Fire/Passion/Identity: The High Priest
The High Priest is about established tradition. There is yarrow, both on the altar and growing around it, which is an herb of blessing and protection. While we don’t want to become mired in structure because “that is the way it’s always been” (especially this week, with the previous card, about new perceptions), there is something to be said for knowledge passed down within organized structure. As we are living in a time when a corrupt regime is trying to erase the structures and the knowledge to serve their own agenda, ritualized work that preserves such knowledge is important. Knowledge is a foundation on which to build, as new ideas, evidence, and possibilities are revealed.
West – Water/Creativity/Emotion: Knight of Wands
The knight is riding toward a new opportunity, in alignment with her identity and her passion. This card, to me, links back to the Ace of Pentacles in last week’s reading, which was the driving force of spirit. This opportunity has not been taken on impulse, it is the result of the work put in over previous weeks and months. It’s also in the slot of creativity and emotion, so it’s about creative work. And it ties into the 8 of Pentacles in the north, telling us we have to show up and do the work, in order to embody the success of the Fruit card. What will support us is fresh perspectives, and using those perspectives, along with knowledge handed down (the Lord of the Shadows and the High Priest).
This week is about taking action on the opportunities offered the past few weeks, keeping an open mind and integrating that with knowledge from those with more experience than you have.
Did anything resonate with you, or did you get a different interpretation. I always love to hear about it.
This is the third consecutive week when your reading carries significant meaning for me! Thank you, dear friend. Our paths aren’t identical, yours and mine, but there are similarities, and I have learned to trust your readings. This one finds me at an exciting time, when I have survived the winter that I expected to end this life of mine, and now I am walking into the light of promise that will bring new (to me) taught knowledge and an identity that will change in some aspects and grow in others.
I am so pleased the readings resonate. And I am so glad you are still here.