Category: Community Tarot Reading for the Week

Monday, March 23, 2026
Waxing Moon
No Retrogrades

Hello, hello, and LOOK at this reading – All the cards in it are Major Arcana, so that means we’re dealing with huge life energy this week.

Spring Equinox arrived, the sun and various other planets have moved or are moving into Aries, and we have no retrogrades until early May.

We keep being told to go, go, go – but remember, we each have our own pace that’s good for us. Don’t be pushed by other people’s agendas. We’ve got a lot of big energy to deal with this week, and each of us will have to find our own way of doing so. We are not alone. But we also need to find the balance between what is best for us while supporting our communities. They are not mutually exclusive, although we are often gaslit into believing they are.

This month’s deck was a Winter Solstice gift, and, as a writer, I’m enjoying working with it. This month’s deck is the Mystic Storyteller, book and tarot by Amanda Hughes, art by Roz Kazaz. You can read more about the artists by clicking their names, and buy the deck here.

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: The Sun
The Sun card is about joyful success. I love that the figure in the card rides a horse brandishing a red crayon! Ride this week with joy and optimism, and there’s success involved. This card was in the East/Intellect in our March 9 reading, but this week, it’s the central energy of ourselves. Let’s enjoy it and use it. It’s been a tough winter physically in my neck of the woods, and a tough winter on every level all over the place, so let’s harness this energy and use it to make improvements this week.

North – Earth/Tangibles: The Lovers
The Lovers is a card of commitment and decision. There’s an opportunity, on a very tangible level, to decide to make a commitment for this next cycle, which started at the Equinox. The sunlight in the back of the card ties to the Sun card at the center of this reading. Last week, in this spot, we had the Ace of Pentacles, which was the offer. This week, we need to decide to commit. Also, look back to the March 9 reading, where the Devil came up, and we discussed how, in this deck, the figures from the Lovers are also featured in the Devil. Take some time to consider if you are cycling back to the Lovers/Devil relationship from a few weeks ago, or if you choose to accept the offer from the Ace of Pentacles last week and make a new commitment. The answer will be unique to everyone.

East – Air/Thought/Intellect: The Hierophant
In many decks, the Hierophant is depicted as a religious figure. In this deck, the figure is a teacher, although there are symbols with various spiritual significance on the board behind her. She wears red, the blackboard is black, and the pillars frame her are white. White, black, and red together are important spiritual colors, especially in magical traditions. While there is no sunlight, there is yellow in several of the symbols, tying back to the Sun card. Her students look interested and a little intimidated. To me, in this card in this position in this week, it means a time to listen to those with more experience (or different experience) than you have. There is useful information that you might reflexively disregard, but if you listen and pay attention to the deeper layers, you will find something of value.

South – Fire/Passion/Identity: Temperance
This card is about both balance and flow. The figure stands with one foot in the water and one on land, pouring from his pitcher to his glass. There’s a clump of iris, symbolizing wisdom and hope. In the background is a sun between mountains, again tying back to the Sun card. Keep on keeping on, keep hope, keep balance. Because it is in the position of passion and identity, it also ties into what I said at the top of the reading about the need to balance your boundaries with the good of the community, and how they are not mutually exclusive. We have been conditioned to believe our lives are either/or – sacrifice yourself or be considered selfish. The truth is when we all work to care for both ourselves and others, everyone benefits and the society grows stronger. Systemic oppression hates this, and does everything it can to make us believe what they want and will profit from, not what is best for the greater good. This week, flow without complying.

West – Water/Creativity/Emotion: The Chariot
The Chariot is about taking charge of your own direction in life. In the position of the west/emotions, it’s about deciding where to put your emotions and your creative energy. Which direction flows best for you? You’re out with your pack (the dogs). Who leads this week? The card suggests you should leave and the dogs will travel with you, rather than pulling you in a specific direction. There are stars in the sky, and the yellow is low to the ground, suggesting a setting sun. The sunlight starts high in the center, and moves lower as we come around the wheel this week, which is kind of beautiful.

Again, the entire reading is Major Arcana cards, which is big energy. It doesn’t promise ease, but it suggest joy and optimism if you are active, listen, and flow.

Did anything in particular resonate with you, or did you get something different? I’m always happy to hear from you.

Monday, March 16, 2026
Day Before Dark Moon
Mercury Retrograde

Welcome to the final week of Mercury Retrograde! The Retrograde ends on the Spring Equinox, which is just lovely, although we may feel exhausted. Try to take a lot of down time next weekend to recover.

Once Mercury goes direct, no planets will be retrograde until Pluto goes direct on May 5.

This week will definitely have challenges, but the way will get clearer soon. I know, I know – when I see those words when I’m struggling, I get frustrated, because we’ve been promised relief for nearly a year now, and there hasn’t been any. There’s always another excuse. Because there always is another challenge, but when Mercury is out of the mix as retrograde, somehow, for me, anyway, it’s a lot better.

This month’s deck was a Winter Solstice gift, and, as a writer, I’m enjoying working with it. This month’s deck is the Mystic Storyteller, book and tarot by Amanda Hughes, art by Roz Kazaz. You can read more about the artists by clicking their names, and buy the deck here.

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: Strength
Strength is about fortitude with compassion, rather than brute force. The woman doesn’t have a whip to use on the lion. She has a pencil. I love the expressions on both faces, like, “really?” And they are facing the audience, not in combat with each other. This pair is a team, showing the rest of the world how compassionate strength works. Keep that in mind this week, as you are challenged to be less than compassionate.

North – Earth/Tangibles: Ace of Pentacles
I love the art on this card. We are being offered the opportunity to write a new story in a tangible way. It’s a story that will bring us tangible results, including money. It might be a new job opportunity or a chance doing something you love that pays in tangibles this time, rather than metaphoricals.

 

 

East – Air/Thought/Intellect: The Empress
The Empress is a card of abundance through feminine power. Compassionate strength paired with a new, tangible opportunity, allows you to think creatively (this is in the east) to grow it.

Think in terms of nurturance.

 

 

 

South – Fire/Passion/Identity: Knight of Swords
This card came up in our reading on March 2, in the west, the position of creativity and emotion. This week, it comes up in the south, of passion and identity. The Knight is eager to bring ideas out into the world. However, because of the newness of the opportunity (ace pentacles), it needs room to grow (empress), especially with the card in the next position. To me, this card in this position this week, in relation to the other cards, suggests reining in the impulse to share too much too soon.

West – Water/Creativity/Emotion: Ten of Swords
As a writer, getting stabbed in the back by ten pens is intimidating. Swords are about intellect, and in the position of water/creativity/emotion, it’s about an idea, possible the idea/opportunity offered by the ace. This is why I feel this week, we should rein in our knight of Swords, and not share too much too soon, because others will try to stab us in the back about it. Ten of swords, for me, comes up when other people want to force their agendas on me for their convenience. The hand gesture of the fallen figure here is a little disturbing. There are multiple possibilities, and I am hoping it is the Surya mudra rather than the Shocker gesture. (I leave it to you to research each on your own, and see how each meaning sits with you for the context of this reading). Given the context of the reading, the creators’ intent is more likely to be the Surya mudra, but warning bells are going off for me in this week’s context, and because of the general state of the world. To me, the warning means to protect anything new this week and don’t put it in a situation where it could be harmed or stolen. If the hand gesture is meant to be the Surya mudra, it also suggests that there is hope for the sun (success) in spite of the stabs in the back. With last week’s reading containing the Devil and the 9 of Wands, I will lean toward caution this week.

We have two Major Arcana cards in this week’s reading, a knight, and two minor arcana cards, one at each end of the minor arcana numbers. So there are endings, beginnings, a need for strength and protection, and typical last week of Mercury Retrograde chaos.

Step softly and stay as quiet as possible is my advice for the week.

Did anything resonate with you, or did you get something different?

Monday, March 9, 2026
Waning Moon
Jupiter and Mercury Retrograde

Welcome to the second week of March. Yesterday was International Women’s Day. Tomorrow, Jupiter, the planet of expansion and wisdom, turns direct, so we get a little relief, even though Mercury Retrograde still hangs around for eleven more days to muck things up until the Spring Equinox.

I’m not buying into the current online attempts to rehab Mercury Retrograde’s reputation. Sometimes, things just suck. For me, MR sucks. These periods of time each year sucked before I knew what a Mercury Retrograde was. Once I did, it helped me cope, but it doesn’t make it fun. I do the best I can to navigate it, but stop trying to gaslight me that it’s a “gift.” If it’s a gift, it better have the return tag still attached, that’s all I’m saying.

Different experiences are part of the fascination with this work. If someone has a wonderful Mercury Retrograde and finds it a gift, I celebrate that for them. I’m still honest about the difficulties I have with it. Both can exist at once. So honor your own experience, even as you experiment with different tools.

Don’t let someone tell you what you feel and experience isn’t real, because that’s not their experience. We’ve had enough of that through the decades, and it’s time to change it.

Per last week’s reading, it was definitely heavy on the 9 of Swords for me, but the other cards helped me work my way through it, and the Ace of Swords was particularly helpful. As  a Pisces, the eclipse also kicked my ass.

This month’s deck was a Winter Solstice gift, and, as a writer, I’m enjoying working with it. This month’s deck is the Mystic Storyteller, book and tarot by Amanda Hughes, art by Roz Kazaz. You can read more about the artists by clicking their names, and buy the deck here.

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: The Devil
The Devil Card at the center indicates that we need to deal with tangibles this week rather than theocraticals. It also warns us not to get so caught up in the tangibles that we forget the other aspects of our lives that need attention. Sometimes our desires overcome our practicalities. Sometimes we submit to more than we should because we feel trapped and chained. If you look at the Devil card beside the Lovers card, they are often similarly set up – two individuals with an entity above them. In this deck, the figures in the cards resemble each other so much they could be the same two individuals (which makes a lot of sense), with a different figure above them affecting the atmosphere, or, more to the point, the couple’s interpretation of the force above them. In this deck, the presence above the Lovers is an angel, and the Devil is a horned figure with wings. The couple’s positions to each other in the cards is similar, but their clothing is different, and now they’re chained rather than choosing.

Even though the Lovers did not come up in this week’s spread, only the Devil, I’m posting a photo of both, so you can see the similarities.

The last time The Lovers showed up in one of our community readings was on September 22, 2025, using the Tarot of the Owls, in the position of Challenge. You can refresh your memory about it here.

Think back to last September, and the challenge that was relevant to the Lovers card then. Has it turned into something that makes you feel trapped? Again, we’re still in Mercury Retrograde, so you might not be seeing the situation clearly and communication around it could be mucky. Sit with it until the Spring Equinox (it showed up on the Autumn Equinox). It could be that a cycle has run its course from last autumn. Or it could be something that needs new perspective in the coming cycle, and a gentler touch.

Either way, that energy is the central fuel for this week, so tread carefully and don’t make rash decisions.

North – Earth/Tangibles: Nine of Wands
The 9 of Wands is a card of readiness and defense. The immediate threat that shows up in the 7 of Wands is past, but the 9 indicates a readiness for the next attack. Be cautious, not paranoid. This is about something very tangible this week, as it’s in the position of north/tangibles. I do love the image and idea of defense by pencil. As a writer, this speaks to me.

 

East – Air/Thought/Intellect: The Sun
This is a terrific card, indicating joy and success. “Think happy thoughts” (it’s in the east) over-simplifies it, but as a card of joy and optimism in the position of intellect, it indicates that the way you think about things this week will affect how they turn out. Whatever comes your way, try an intellectual spin toward the positive, then take the actions necessary to move it in that direction.

 

South – Fire/Passion/Identity: The High Priestess
The High Priestess in the position of identity reminds us to trust ourselves this week. She wears the phases of the moon on her circlet in her hair, there’s a crescent moon at her feet, water behind her, and the pillars of balance on each side of her. The chair she sits in looks like it gives her wings. Trust yourself before anyone else this week.

 

West – Water/Creativity/Emotion: Knight of Wands
In last week’s reading, we had the Knight of Swords in this position. This week, it’s the Knight of Wands, which is about bringing out best, most unapologetic selves out into the world, especially creatively.

The reading is very much about something tangible that seemed wonderful at the last Equinox, but now feels like a trap. You need to trust your intuition, twist it to the positive, and defend it in a very real way by showing up as your best self.

Did anything resonate, or did you get something different? I’d love to hear from you.

Monday, March 2, 2026
Almost Full Moon/Lunar Eclipse
Jupiter & Mercury Retrograde

Welcome to a new week and a new month!

I worked hard to keep the Queen of Hearts present in my interactions last month.

This week, we have a full moon/lunar eclipse today/tomorrow. Mercury went retrograde last week, and will remain so until the Spring Equinox. We have to put extra thought and care into communications, and build extra time into any travel. Jupiter is still retrograde until next week.

A new month means a new deck. This deck was a Winter Solstice gift, and, as a writer, I’m enjoying working with it. This month’s deck is the Mystic Storyteller, book and tarot by Amanda Hughes, art by Roz Kazaz. You can read more about the artists by clicking their names, and buy the deck here.

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: Two of Wands
The 2 of Wands is about making a plan. We are in retrogrades that impede travel and communication and electronics (Mercury) and expansion (Jupiter). We have begun the year of the Fire Horse, and several planets have moved into Aries, so we’re feeling that impatience. But the retrogrades, and this central card tell us to plan first. You can achieve what you desire when you make a solid plan, and make a plan flexible enough to handle change. I love the colors and the flowers and the sense of proportion in the card.

North – Earth/Tangibles: Nine of Swords
The 9 of Swords is a card of anxiety. I do love that swords in this deck are depicted by fountain pens dripping ink. In my personal tangibles, I do have multiple things causing anxiety right now. For me, when the 9 of Swords comes up, it reminds me that a lot of the anxiety is self-imposed. I mean, with the dumpster fire chaos going on, there’s a lot to be anxious about in tangible ways, but this card reminds me that dealing is better than not dealing. See those two figures at the bottom of the blanket? Yes, there’s a fight to be had, but getting it over with is a better choice than hoping it will go away on its own.

East – Air/Thought/Intellect: Ace of Swords
How much do I love this card, in its home position? Ace of Swords, the card of intellect, in the position of intellect! I also really love the art of it. The Ace of Swords is about new ideas. However, since we are in retrogrades of Mercury and Jupiter, this is not the week to begin a new project. It is, however, a week to PLAN for a new project (tied to the 2 of Wands). Making the plan and using your brain will alleviate some of the 9 of Swords anxiety. There are new intellectual opportunities this week. Think about them, rather than just jumping into them and agreeing.

South – Fire/Passion/Identity: Eight of Wands
The 8 of Wands is about things happening fast. In this depiction, the wands all point in the same direction, so it’s about unified movement, rather than scattered. And it’s tied to your sense of self, and to the 2, the need to make a plan. This plan, the thought you’re putting in (the Ace of Swords), will allow you to move quickly once the obstacles of the retrogrades lift. This card in this position, tied to the other cards in the spread, is about preparation, so that you can move swiftly with confidence. Jupiter goes direct next week, so some of that movement can begin, but be careful until Mercury is also direct.

West – Water/Creativity/Emotion: Knight of Swords
Knights are about movement, and taking something out into the world. The Knight of Swords has grit and determination, and the ability to turn on a dime, due to a quick wit. This is in the position of creativity. Once you make a plan, deal with your anxiety, create your new ideas, and things start moving, you can ride that flow. Just be ready to change quickly, and don’t let the 9 of Swords impede you. A knight of intellect holding a fountain pen as he charges off is a great card in this position for a writer, in my opinion. Just don’t launch before you’ve made a plan!

This reading is all swords and wands, so it’s about thought and identity. There’s a single court card. There are no Major Arcana cards. This reading is about the daily details. It’s about preparation, so that when the planets turn direct, you’re in a position to take action. Don’t sabotage yourself with the 9 of Swords.

On the Spring Equinox, when all the planets go direct, we will have about six weeks of no retrogrades, and a chance to get a lot done before various factors start bogging us down again.

Use this week to plan, so that you’re ready.

Did anything resonate with you, or did you have a different interpretation? I’m always happy to hear from you.

Monday, February 23, 2026
Waxing Moon
Jupiter Retrograde

Welcome to the final week of February! It’s also the final week using The Enchanted Tarot. I thoroughly enjoyed getting reacquainted with this deck again, and I hope you enjoyed the deck, too. Next week is the start of a new month, and we’ll use a different deck.

We are in eclipse season. Jupiter is still retrograde. Mercury goes retrograde on the 26th, so buckle up, my buttercups. Stay away from large purchases, especially electronics. Back up the computer. Slow down with communications to make sure you are clear in your words and take time to really listen and understand what comes at you. Give yourself extra travel time. Visit thrift shops – this is a great time for thrift shopping. You tend to find delights that are undervalued in price.

Last week’s reading encouraged me to be both cautious and hopeful. The Tower card had more to do on an international stage last week than on my own personal stage, fortunately, although some inner towers crumbled during the course of the week. The promises of the other cards began, and I intend to take the necessary actions for them to come to fruition.

This month, we’re using The Enchanted Tarot by Amy Zerner and Monte Farber. I’ve had this deck since the mid-1990’s, but haven’t used it in a long time, so I look forward to reacquainting myself with it and growing with it this month. Each card is created as a multi-layered, symbolic tapestry. The book for this deck is also engaging. It contains a dream, an awakening, and an enchantment. The dream is the card’s story, the awakening is the card’s lesson, and the enchantment is an action to take to integrate it. I will be using my own interpretations, but I encourage you, if the deck speaks to you, to get your own copy and work with the deck and the book. You can learn about them and buy their books and decks here.

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: Queen of Hearts
This is the Queen of Cups in other decks, and a card of deep loving and creativity. Central to this week is the need to be loving, both outwardly and inwardly. With the incoming Mercury retrograde, feelings are easily bruised. Take the extra few beats to think through, multiple times, before you speak. Don’t “joke” at someone else’s expense. During a Mercury retrograde, words are even sharper weapons than at other times, so use care, love, and empathy in all your dealings this week.

North – Earth/Tangibles: Queen of Wands
The Queen of Wands stands firmly in her passionate identity. Since this is in the northern position, of tangibles, it tells us to step in the world this week with self-assurance, tempering it with the care of the Queen of Hearts.

 

 

 

East – Air/Thought/Intellect: Nine of Swords
Ouch! This indicates a likelihood to overthink and be anxious this week. When the 9 of Swords comes up for me, it generally means I am spinning into anxiety all on my own, and the despair is self-inflicted, rather than coming from the outside. Given the position in this reading (swords at home in intellect), with the Queen of Wands, it suggests feeling some imposter syndrome this week. Even if you feel that, step forward with confidence. And use the self-compassion from the Queen of Hearts to temper the 9 of Swords anxiety.

South – Fire/Passion/Identity: Princess of Swords
This is the equivalent to the Page in other decks. This is another card of thought and intellect, in the position of passion or identity. As you move through the week embodying the Queen of Wands, you might also learn some new information to integrate. Be open to ideas this week, even if you wait to explore them until a future week. For me, this card often comes up to warn of gossip. Again, especially with the Mercury retrograde, watch your words. Do not speak gossip. If you are the subject of gossip, lean into both of the Queens in this reading and shake it off. You don’t have to argue. You can set a firm, compassionate boundary, and walk away.

West – Water/Creativity/Emotion: Six of Pentacles
The 6 of Pentacles is a card of tangible generosity in the position of emotion and creativity. Plant some seeds this week, both literally and figuratively. [According to my planting calendar, today (the 23rd) and Thursday and Friday (the 26th & 27th) are planting days]. Be kind, whenever you have the opportunity. It could be something as simple as holding a door opening or giving someone a kind word. As you plant, embody what you’re planting with the energy of the two Queens for a successful harvest later in the cycle.

This reading has two Queens, a Princess, and two numbered cards. There are cards from each of the four suits. There are no Major Arcana cards here, indicating this week is about the self, the people in your immediate circle, and the daily details. This week is a time to focus in. Keep an eye on world events, but your immediate community is the priority.

Did anything resonate with you, or did you get something different? I’d love to hear about it.

Have a great week.

Monday, February 16, 2026
Dark Moon
Jupiter Retrograde

Hello, friends! There is a lot going on astrologically this week, and this reading shows both disruption and something good coming out of it.

Today is the dark moon.

Tomorrow is a new moon, Chinese Lunar New Year starting the Year of the Fire Horse, a solar eclipse, and Mardi Gras/Fat Tuesday. Saturn just left Pisces to go into Aries.

It will be easy to get swept away in it all, and it is important to stay grounded. As with any fresh start, you don’t have to do all of it on the first day. We’ve been clearing away, and now it’s time to set the track, so that we can start in a way that sustains us, instead of burns us out. Trying to do everything this week will hurt us. Measure your steps and your energy.

Remember, Jupiter, the planet of expansion, is still in retrograde. If we try to expand too fast, we will hit obstacles. And Mercury goes retrograde on February 26, which will slow us down, too. Instead of trying to do All The Things, do a single thing and make plans for what you want to do after Jupiter and Mercury both turn direct.

Pace yourself.

This month, we’re using The Enchanted Tarot by Amy Zerner and Monte Farber. I’ve had this deck since the mid-1990’s, but haven’t used it in a long time, so I look forward to reacquainting myself with it and growing with it this month. Each card is created as a multi-layered, symbolic tapestry. The book for this deck is also engaging. It contains a dream, an awakening, and an enchantment. The dream is the card’s story, the awakening is the card’s lesson, and the enchantment is an action to take to integrate it. I will be using my own interpretations, but I encourage you, if the deck speaks to you, to get your own copy and work with the deck and the book. You can learn about them and buy their books and decks here.

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: The Tower
Yes, I flinched when I saw this come up as the central energy of the week. The Tower is one of my least favorite cards in the deck. It comes up when I’ve procrastinated, and now the movement is out of my hands, because I did not take action. So everything blows up. In my life, there is a single creative project on which I’ve been dragging my feet on which I had a breakthrough this weekend (rather than a breakdown), so I’m hoping that will get me back on track. I’ve been pretty good about staying on top of personal responsibilities. I’m wondering if this card has to do with something on a national level, in light of what’s been going on lately, and we all get swept up in it. Seeing this card makes me want to hide in my blanket fort, but that is not an option. No matter what, there will be pain and disruption involved.

North – Earth/Tangibles: Eight of Wands
The 8 of Wands is about things moving very fast. In this card, the wands are all moving in the same direction (in some cards they are not). It’s in the north, the position of tangibles, so the disruption of the Tower will send things moving very quickly. You cannot step back or put it off once the Tower has fallen. You must take action now, whether you feel ready or not. Direct the energy and the action so that it does not direct you.

 

East – Air/Thought/Intellect: Four of Wands
The 4 of Wands is a beautiful, wonderful card of building something that will stand the test of time. In spite of the disruption and fast movement, you are building something that will endure. Since it is in the position of thought, remember that “thoughts are things” and use your intellect in the building of this new direction. How you frame it to yourself and others will influence the stability.

 

South – Fire/Passion/Identity: Three of Pentacles
There is work to be done, and the 3 of Pentacles reminds us we don’t have to do it alone. Work within the community, ask for help, give help. Note that the position of tangibles holds a wand card of identity this week, and this position of identity holds a pentacle card of tangibles. The 8 Wands and the 3 Pentacles are talking to each other, through the Tower. Swift movement is easier with help. But you have to show up and do the work.

 

West – Water/Creativity/Emotion: Ten of Pentacles
This card states clearly to use your creative energy to create security. The 10 Pentacles is a wonderful card, and in this position of emotion and creativity, it tells us to use creative powers for something secure. Build your castle on a secure foundation. The insecure one blew up in the Tower at the center, but now you have a firm foundation. The 4 Wands in the opposite position again connects to the 10 Pentacles. They work together and support each other.

There are no hearts/cups in the reading, nor are there swords. There is the single Major Arcana in the center, indicating major disruption, and everything else is either a wand or a pentacle. It’s about creating the stable foundation for your true self, which works with Saturn moving into Aries.

Did anything resonate with you? Or did you get something different? I’d love to hear from you.

Monday, February 9, 2026
Waning Moon
Jupiter Retrograde

We’re well into February, with brutal cold where I live, among the other challenges. The moon is waning. We only have a single retrograde, Jupiter.

This month, we’re using The Enchanted Tarot by Amy Zerner and Monte Farber. I’ve had this deck since the mid-1990’s, but haven’t used it in a long time, so I look forward to reacquainting myself with it and growing with it this month. Each card is created as a multi-layered, symbolic tapestry. The book for this deck is also engaging. It contains a dream, an awakening, and an enchantment. The dream is the card’s story, the awakening is the card’s lesson, and the enchantment is an action to take to integrate it. I will be using my own interpretations, but I encourage you, if the deck speaks to you, to get your own copy and work with the deck and the book. You can learn about them and buy their books and decks here.

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: The Star
The Star is one of my favorite cards in the tarot, and the depiction on this card is just gorgeous. This is a card of hope and beauty. Enjoy your own beauty, and let the light of the stars in the sky guide you. Look for messages in the stars that help you take necessary, positive actions on earth.

 

 

North – Earth/Tangibles: King of Pentacles
The King of Pentacles in home here, in the position of the north and tangibles. This is about hard work paying off in tangible ways. Perhaps someone in a position of power recognizes the work and rewards you for it. Accept generosity and be generous in return. The Star, in the previous position, supports this.

 

 

East – Air/Thought/Intellect: Seven of Wands
In spite of the hope and the tangibles, thoughts this week are tempered. There may be a lack of trust in the good fortune, or the tides changing. Your beliefs and values may be challenged this week, and it’s important to defend your position. Waffling now will deny the hope and the tangibles of the previous two cards. Defend yourself against threats. Someone may try to convince you that the only way to get the promises of the previous two cards is to back down from what you know is right. Don’t listen.

South – Fire/Passion/Identity: King of Swords
You have the King of the suit of intellect in the position of identity. That means it’s time to cut away what is no longer of value to who you are. This fits with the waning moon cycle and the end of the Year of the Wood Snake (the Year of the Fire Horse begins next week). It also ties in to the previous 7 of Wands card. This week will require some cord cutting to stand for your values.

 

West – Water/Creativity/Emotion: Temperance
This is a card of balance. Work on keeping your emotions balanced and calm this week, and keep your creativity on a steady keel. Show up, do the work, don’t create drama. Let things flow. Don’t let anyone divert that flow or energy for their own purposes. Cut away energy vampires. Be patient and tempered in all your actions.

 

 

This card contains two Major Arcana cards for big energy (both very positive cards), along with two Kings, about power and will, and the 7 of Wands, about standing strong. Minor Arcana cards are about the practical details to get things done in relation to the energies of the court and Major Arcana cards. You will be challenged this week, but not allowing yourself to be bullied into backing down will serve you for the upcoming cycle. Since it’s also the waning moon, you can remove/banish/release what you want to get rid of in your life.

Did anything resonate? Or did you get something different from the reading? I’d love to hear your experience.

Monday, February 2, 2026
Last Day of the Full Moon
Uranus and Jupiter Retrograde

Welcome to a new month, and a new deck.

Yesterday was the full moon and Imbolc. Some traditions observe Imbolc today, or Candlemass today. Whatever you observe, blessings as we feel the stirrings under the surface.

Uranus goes direct tomorrow, which means we start to feel more stable in the aspects that make us unique. Happening in Aquarius season, which celebrates individuality, that’s a positive.

This month, we’re using The Enchanted Tarot by Amy Zerner and Monte Farber. I’ve had this deck since the mid-1990’s, but haven’t used it in a long time, so I look forward to reacquainting myself with it and growing with it this month. Each card is created as a multi-layered, symbolic tapestry. The book for this deck is also engaging. It contains a dream, an awakening, and an enchantment. The dream is the card’s story, the awakening is the card’s lesson, and the enchantment is an action to take to integrate it. I will be using my own interpretations, but I encourage you, if the deck speaks to you, to get your own copy and work with the deck and the book. You can learn about them and buy their books and decks here.

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: The Chariot
The Chariot came up in this same position in our first reading of the year, on January 5. Here it is again, telling us to take the reins of our lives. Don’t let others divert you from your purpose. Keep your focus, your determination, and your will clear.

 

 

North – Earth/Tangibles: Six of Wands
The 6 of Wands is a card of victory, and in the northern position, it’s about tangible victories. This is not the time to give up. Keep going this week, and you will see tangible, positive results. This is directly tied to the Chariot in the previous position. Taking the reins and using determination and focus will result in a tangible victory.

 

East – Air/Thought/Intellect: Judgment
You know, intellectually, that it’s time for an important change. Everything you’ve thought and done has brought you to this point. With so many planets turning direct and moving signs, by taking the reins and persisting in an ethical way, you can accomplish your desires. Ethics and values play deeply into this card. This week, your ethics and values may be challenged. How you respond to that will directly affect how you move forward and could derail the tangible victory in the 6 of Wands.

South – Fire/Passion/Identity: Ten of Swords
Take a look at the art of this card. Often, in decks, the 10 of Swords depicts a lone figure with 10 Swords in their back. For me, that artwork often tells me that someone else is trying to put their anxiety or hurt or problems onto me without my consent. However, this art has one figure holding another. Which figure in the card are you? There is despair here, and an enormous amount of grief. Since this is in the position of identity, you may have lost or be about to lose a part of yourself that’s important. Tying it to the previous card, if you compromised your ethics, you may regret it. If you held firm and true to your values, it may feel like all is lost now, but looking at the overall reading, that is not the case. Walking your talk will ultimately help you steer your chariot to victory ethically, even if right now you feel challenged. Last week, the 5 of Wands was in this position, so it’s in direct correlation to that situation. We know what the right thing to do is in the situation. But will be do it?

West – Water/Creativity/Emotion: The Magician
Dream it, believe it, become it is the Magician’s message to you this week. What do you want to make a reality? This is directly connected to all the other cards in the readings, and is about choice, will, and ethics. You have everything you need, but how will you use it?

 

 

There are three Major Arcana cards in this week’s reading, which means the big things, and two Minor Arcana cards, giving us options for the details to get there. The overall sense of the reading is that this week, we will be challenged on an ethical stance, and how we choose to meet it will set our course for the next cycle.

Did anything in particular resonate with you, or did you get something different? I’d love to hear from you. If you’re having trouble leaving a comment here, feel free to do so on one of the social media channels leading to this post.

 

Monday, January 26, 2026
Waxing Moon
Uranus and Jupiter Retrograde

Hello, my friends, here we are in the last week of January.

Neptune moves out of Pisces today. For Pisces, especially, it brings an end to 14 very difficult and deceptive years.

Last week’s reading resonated here in the US, especially with the 3 of Swords at the center. First, we were betrayed by the 7 Vichy Dems in the House of Representatives who voted to keep funding domestic terrorism. On Saturday, those same federally sponsored terrorists murdered another person in Minnesota, with no consequences. Again. Meanwhile, politicians keep telling us to be polite as we’re murdered, so they can fundraise off outrage, instead of stopping those who kill and making them face consequences. It is very much 3 of Swords heartbreak and betrayal.

Even so, there were 10 of Cups moments in my own life, and it was hard to hold both.

At the end of this week, we end the month, and we start February with a full moon. At the start of next week is Imbolc, things stirring beneath the surface.

We also switch to a different tarot deck next week, for the month of February.

Several of this week’s cards have shown up in previous readings this month, tying the readings even more closely together.

This is the Ask the Witch tarot, which is beautiful, and the card backs are labyrinths, so you can use them for meditation as easily as the front of the card. The deck is edited by Francesca Matteoni, and illustrated by Simone Pace. You can get the deck from Red Wheel Weiser here.

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: 3 of Wands
This card was in the North/Tangibles position in the January 12th reading. It is here, in the center/spirit position this week. What’s your plan? What actionable steps are you going to take this week? Keeping your head down and going along to get along is not an option. What are you actually going to DO and how does this align with who you ARE? Again, Wands are about passion and identity, and standing in who we are is vitally important this week.

North – Earth/Tangibles: The Sun
The sun is a wonderfully positive card, and depicts Bastet, the cat goddess. If you have cats in your household, spoil them even more than usual this week, in honor of Bastet. This is a card of vitality and lasting success, and it is in the tangible position of the spread. The caveat here, tying it to the 3 of Wands, it that the Sun will shine on us IF we stand true to our integrity and TAKE ACTION. If we do nothing, nothing will improve. If we go along to get along, it will get worse. The actions we take from our place of integrity will allow Bastet’s blessing for long-term success.

East – Air/Thought/Intellect: The Devil
Our thoughts are, rightly, tied up with tangibles. There is a lot going on that we need to think about, respond to, and act on. The Devil is often considered a negative card. However, in this deck, it depicts Lilith, and demands you take your power back. Lilith and Bastet are not in conflict here. We have to do Lilith’s bidding and take back our power in order to have long-term success and blessings from Bastet. We MUST figure out a way through this mess, first by making a plan, and then by following it through. It demands we deal with the realities in front of us and do not look away.

South – Fire/Passion/Identity: 5 of Wands
You need to decide who you are and what you stand for this week, and then do it. No hiding, no pretending, even when it causes conflict. There is no more room for you to be quiet. Get in there and fight the good fight. If there is disagreement between those fighting beside you for the better world, listen to each other and see where you can come to an agreement. But do not capitulate to those who want to maintain the status quo.

West – Water/Creativity/Emotion: 2 of Swords
This card was in the South/Identity position in last week’s reading, and has moved into the creativity/emotion slot this week. That means that what began last week, when you had to make a decision in what you stand for, continues to challenge you emotionally and creatively. How can we channel this rage into creative work that will engage a large audience? What decisions do we have to make based in both intellect and emotion to support standing in our core integrity?

This is not a gentle reading. It’s telling us we must take a stand this week, or things will only get worse. Two of the five cards are Major Arcana cards, which means big energy. The other three are minor arcana, with two being wands (identity) and one being swords (intellect). There are no cups and no pentacles in this reading. This week is about action and integrity.

Did anything resonate with you, or did you get something different from these cards? If you’re having trouble leaving messages in the comments, feel free to comment on the Instagram account for Cerridwen’s Cottage.

Monday, January 19, 2026
Waxing Moon
Uranus and Jupiter Retrograde

Here we are, at another week. We had a new moon yesterday in Capricorn, demanding that we put in the work, while we are physically and emotionally exhausted from the daily fights necessary to survive. This week’s reading details the tensions we experience.

The new moon in Capricorn is not going to wait until we’re ready. It’s demanding that we make plans and take action now. The tension between that Capricorn energy and what we are feeling is apparent in the cards.

This is the Ask the Witch tarot, which is beautiful, and the card backs are labyrinths, so you can use them for meditation as easily as the front of the card. The deck is edited by Francesca Matteoni, and illustrated by Simone Pace. You can get the deck from Red Wheel Weiser here.

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: 3 of Swords
I flinched when I placed this card down at the center of the spread. The 3 of Swords is about heartbreak and betrayal. We are certainly being betrayed by systems that claim they had to exist in order to protect us, and we’re learning that was a lie. Not just a mistake, but a deliberate lie, to keep us docile. The 3 of Swords reminds us that we can’t pretend this isn’t happening, and that we’re not in pain. The first step to taking action is acknowledging the pain and discomfort and sitting with it, in order to use it as a foundation for change. Looking away and pretending it doesn’t exist will make it worse. And Capricorn sits, tapping on their watch, telling us to acknowledge, integrate, and take action.

North – Earth/Tangibles: 10 of Cups
Here’s the first conflict – our personal, immediate, tangible reality contains love and beauty, even while we feel pain and betrayal. You can look around you and say, “I feel pain, but the cat is purring” and the purring cat is the 10 of Cups. Or there’s a healthy plant, or a warming, soothing beverage. The 10 of Cups doesn’t deny the pain of the 3 of Swords. They are co-existing. There are tangible positives adjacent to the pain. Accept both, or the friction between them will grow. This card is absolutely gorgeous, and I encourage you to return to it any time this week feels unbearably heavy.

East – Air/Thought/Intellect: 4 of Cups
Our thought patterns are centered around the 3 of Swords and not the 10 of Cups. We are saying, “it must be one or the other” rather than “I can use the 10 of Cups to heal the 3 of Swords.” There are three cups on the ground, with blackened foliage around them, suggesting bitterness. Instead of assuming the 4th cup being offered is more of the same, take a chance that it might be closer to the 10 of Cups than the 3 of Swords. Where you place your thoughts this week will pave your path in this next moon cycle. If you spiral in pain and doubt, that’s what the next moon-to-moon cycle will focus on. If you use the pain and anger as a boost toward something better, the better will start to form. Watch and shift thought patterns this week.

South – Fire/Passion/Identity: 2 of Swords
We are at a crossroads of our identity and passion, with the 3 of Swords as the catalyst. We don’t know what to do or who to be. There are difficult decisions necessary. What kind of person do we want to be moving forward? How do we best walk our talk, and maintain our integrity? With all the exterior noise and chaos going on, block off periods of time of silence to withdraw and let your inner voice (guided by that crescent moon in the art, the waxing moon, as it is waxing) through. Don’t get so caught up in the 3 of Swords and the negative aspects of the 4 of Cups that you miss everything tangible in the 10 of Cups.

West – Water/Creativity/Emotion: Page of Cups
The Page of Cups is a dreamer, and the starfish represents regeneration. We need to use the pain of the 3 of Swords as a baseline and dream our way toward the 10 of Cups. By choosing to take a risk on what’s being offered in the 4 of Cups, and withdrawing to listen to our intuition in the 2 of Swords, and creating specific blocks of time for dreamtime and meditation, we can use the pain of the 3 of Swords as a positive catalyst, instead of getting stuck in it, and feeling there is nothing we can do, and no way out.

Notice that there are no Major Arcana cards in this week’s spread. It is all minor arcana, with a single court card, a cup in its home position of emotion. This week’s spread is about the daily details and the moment-to-moment choices we make. It is not a pleasant spread, but it is a necessary one.

Did anything in particular resonate with you, or did you get something different? I’d love to hear from you in the comments.

As an aside, in the three weeks leading up to Imbolc and the three weeks leading out of it, I’m working with the Seasons of the Witch Imbolc Oracle by Lorraine Anderson and Juliet Diaz, illustrated by Tijana Lukovic. You can learn more about it by clicking the deck name. I did a one-card reading last Friday, will do a two-card reading next Friday, and a 3-card reading the Friday before Imbolc, then go backwards, 3-2-1. I did not share Friday’s reading, because it was more personal than communal, but I might share the others.

Hang on, my friends, and live your core integrity.