Monday, April 7, 2025
Waxing Moon
Venus Retrograde
Mercury goes direct today
Happy new week! I hope you are ready for some of this energy to clear up a bit, with Mercury going direct today, although today could still be challenging.
Mercury poked at me several times last week, between crossed communications, a power outage, spilling dish soap all over the place, and finding a great deal at a thrift shop. There was definitely a lot of Major Arcana energy in my week last week, and it left me feeling a bit drained.
As Venus prepares to go direct on the 12th, I’m being challenged to re-evaluate some relationships, and realize that some of them were just companions for part of the journey, not for the long haul.
It’s a new month, which means we switch decks for the month. This month’s deck is the wonderful Mystic Mondays deck by Grace Duong. It’s modern, bright, and colorful, a great way to jump into spring. A fellow writer recommended this deck to me, and I fell in love with it. It reads very well, and the artwork itself communicates with strength and beauty. If you want to read more about Grace’s work (she has several decks and gives workshops), and buy the deck, you can do so here.
If you’re new to the weekly readings, this is a spread of mine. 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 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.
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
We have one Major Arcana card, two Minor Arcana cards, and two Court cards this week. Let’s dig in!
The Collective Energy of the Week – 2 of Cups
This card is about partnership. Whether romantic, creative, or business, this card suggests a level of trust and connection on multiple levels. You bring out the best in each other, and can help each other heal through the worst. And it’s a reminder to treat yourself with the same love and devotion that you would treat a partner. Drink from the cup of love this week, my friends!
The Week’s Challenge – Strength
Not everyone likes it when you blossom, or when you create healthy boundaries. Some will try to subvert you. This is when your strength comes into play, both inner and outer. Can you meet challenges with grace, strength, and compassion? In many decks, this card has a human figure and a lion. This card has a tiger alone, stalking forward. Trust in yourself. You are the source of strength, and others will follow your leadership.
The Week’s Opportunity – 9 of Pentacles
The 9 of Pentacles is about sovereign security. You have accomplished more than you realize, and it’s time to stand in your own power, beauty, and stability. It’s time to celebrate your hard work. Look at the card’s depiction – a peacock. Peacocks don’t hide. They show their beauty. In your partnership and through your inner and outer strength, you have the opportunity to show the world who you really are. Revel in it!
The Week’s Stretch – Knight of Wands
The Knight of Wands brings their passion out into the world with ambition and enthusiasm. This card, in this position, with the previous cards, encourages you to take that new partnership, with the strength and boundaries, and your sovereignty, out into the world. Look at the gorgeous, passionate colors in this card’s background. Don’t be shy! Enjoy! It might be unusual for you to step forward into the limelight, but this is the week in which to do it.
The Week’s Comfort – Knight of Pentacles
The Knight of Pentacles is the counterbalance to the Knight of Wands. Thorough and thoughtful, they can seem like a bit of a plodder at times, but they make steady progress. This knight reassures you that you can take a little time for celebration this week, because the steady work you’ve put in up to this point, and the steady work you will continue to put in, is moving you in the right direction. A time-out to celebrate your achievements to date is earned, and not a distraction.
Mercury going direct definitely will take off some of the pressure this week. Venus reminds us to keep our boundaries (through the Strength card), but also encourages us to celebrate and strut our stuff (9 Pentacles). The Knights promise we can be both passionate and thoughtful.
What did you get from the reading? Did it resonate, or did you discover something else? I’d love to hear from you in the comments.