November Tarot Forecast 2024

1st: New Moon in Scorpio

15th: Super Beaver Moon in Taurus

28th: Thanksgiving

A Note: This month, I've chosen to use Intuiti, an Italian creativity aid deck inspired by the tarot. I've chosen the "Creative Block" spread to help readers work through what stands in the way of a creative writing project or process.

In my 20s, I once participated several times in National Novel Writing Month, a challenge to write 50k words in a month. Though I no longer feel I can dedicate this tarot forecast to that experience, it still feels relevant to address the creative spirit, and that which might stand in its way. In the creative process, motivation is an elusive thing. We receive this rare and sudden burst at the outset of the month with the New Moon in Scorpio. How to make the best use of it relies not on a single great outpouring, but on building a sustainable model to keep the fire going for a long period. Distractions and excuses threaten to impede our progress, rather than a lack of will. It is our ardent passion that motivates us to shed what does not matter. Only then can we truly devote time and energy to the creative process and do the daunting work of seeing our projects through. Only through much fashioning and removal does a project reveal its most intimate form.

As we will find on the 15th with a Super Beaver Moon in Taurus, we begin with a passion, in search of a home. Home is a practice we repeatedly turn to and commit to. It is a sense of ease and comfort we nurture between ourselves and our artistic medium. At home we feel free to express ourselves vulnerably, and reveal intimate thoughts that we can then invite our listener, viewer, or reader to. Flourishes fall away, in favor of what needs to be said, from one heart to another. Gratitude reminds us what a gift this is. Gratitude keeps us generative. In the endeavor to reach another, we reach ourselves. It leads us to define what we might otherwise leave murky and unknown within. The chill of solitude has us reach a branch out to another, and trees form a comforting underground network of roots to endure the winter ahead. The community we solidify in this time is something we’ll be able to turn to for strength in the cold months ahead.

Creative Block Spread

How I Feel: Reverse Fool

This month in our creative endeavors, it can feel that for all we’ve learned thus far, we find ourselves back at square one. We reach the extent of our knowledge, only to find that we know nothing at all. It may feel as though we are so entwined in an old way of doing things that to extract ourselves means to start all over. To eschew what we thought we knew can feel vulnerable and ungrounding, as though all prior efforts were a pretense and the artistic journey only begins now. However, there is unlimited potential regained in embodying the Fool–a restoration of childlike wonder, exploration and inspiration. We have recovered the elusive Edenic state so that many seek to reestablish. Though it is natural to want what we can’t have, a state of gratitude and appreciation will allow us to make the most of this experience. To bask in the energy of the Fool is to dance, frolic, paint and play without censorship. It is a shedding of old forms, getting back in touch with our inner fire, and entering a state of receiving. It is relearning with all the foundations we wish we’d been given before, and seeing the potential in ourselves that we would see in a child. It’s a moment to take our dreams as a real possibility and encourage them, to give ourselves the opportunity to grow. 

How I’d Like to Feel: Reverse Hermit

In response to feeling like the Fool, we find ourselves wanting to feel like the Hermit. We envision the Hermit as a wisened or seasoned creator, who is able to generate and maintain a creative fire all on our own. In our eagerness to “grow up,” we want to hit the fast forward button to our success. Time in itself is not going to ground us or get us where we want to be. We can’t gain automatic wisdom, maturity or authority, though we may earn them through lived lessons. With the reverse Hermit in place, there is a risk of becoming jaded, hardened, set in our ways or locked into a single path. We are advised not to rush or hurry to get there. The inner child (ie the Fool) is a state we want to cherish throughout our creative process, even as we grow into the desired state of the Hermit. In this way, we can keep evolving as creators without reaching a standstill. In time, we find that we are the beacon we seek.

Nature of the Block: Reverse Lovers

The nature of the block is the binaristic nature of how we feel (the Fool) and how we’d like to feel (the Hermit). The two butt heads rather than working together, when we try to wrangle ourselves into an opposite path that doesn’t speak to where we truly are in the creative process. Together the Fool and Hermit could combine to make a giant flame, but when placed at odds with one another, these forces cancel each other out or at best leave a weak sputtering flame. It could also be that as the Fool, we try to embody many different paths which dilutes the choice that needs to be made in order for a creative project to flourish. When stuck in a creative block, we are called to return to self and make the choice that speaks to it, or else disengage. In time we may find there is a middle path that unites these forces, and play to each strength as creator.

What Could Help Me: 8 of Pentacles

The key to working through the creative block is consistent practice. When we are able to have our needs consistently met, we can work in a calm and steady manner. Ultimately, creation is a marathon and not a race. We want to get to a place where our creative process becomes second nature to us, so that we gain natural progress that we don’t even have to think about. The image in question is a square of circular links, which has equal light rays shining from each (as opposed to the irregular bursts of light the isolated fire in the hermit above seems to emit). Each link might be part of a multifaceted routine, with lots of entry points to lean on and shine from. The practice in itself is generative. While we are still wrestling with the nature of the creative block, it is advised not to add anything on to our plates, as we are already juggling enough and need to learn to work hard on our existing projects with familiar resources. 

Bonus: The Enchanted Map Oracle by Collette Baron-Reid offers fairytale-like themes in relation to the personal journey. Below is an additional clarification card for support.

Commitment

The commitment card shows a moment of faith in which a smaller hand reaches out to a bigger hand. Magic occurs when this happens–a rainbow of opportunity, fluttering hearts and stars appear, and a key takes flight. A creative project can be seen to fruition, and a block can be overcome–but only if we commit to consistent practice. To do that, we must first define what it is we are committing to. Rather than jump headfirst into the routine of the seasoned Hermit, it is best if we establish a sustainable practice that meets us where we are. Once this is in place, the guidance we need and the creation we seek are there. Everything we need is within, if we can meet it halfway. 

August Tarot Forecast 2024

1st- Lammas, Lughnasadh (First Harvest)

4th - New Moon in Leo

13th-15th - Nemoralia (Diana)

19th - Super Sturgeon Blue Moon

21st- Festival of Hecate

23rd- Vulcanalia

The first two months of summer, we experienced a shift from primarily outward growth to the inward journey. In August we can expect to integrate these learnings. We’ll be using the Dalí Tarot Universal deck to explore the bleeding of worlds from a surrealist perspective –external and internal, dream and reality, psyche and manifest. Salvador Dalí was a Spanish surrealist artist in the 20th century who used trancework to transcend preconceived notions of the world, and build novel connections for his paintings, so that the viewer may experience the subconscious. He was the first famous painter to create a completely new deck of tarot cards, a medium which is also intended to make the unconscious conscious. At Angel Intentions, we offer tarot readings to create an understanding between these two states, so that all aspects of the psyche can make a collaborative effort to make meaningful change, and fulfill one’s purpose and dream.

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Lughnasadh, the festival of the Celtic sun god, marks the beginning of the harvest season. Lugh’s influence grants us the ability to collect the wisdom and divination we’ve conducted thus far this year from a broader, big picture perspective. We can re-envision our lives from the framework of an epic poem in which we are the warrior who renders obstacles obsolete and creates the conditions for meaning and beauty in our lives. With a New Moon in Leo, we are further encouraged to bolster self-confidence as the protagonists of our own story, and to immerse ourselves in free creative expression. The interplay of solar and lunar energies continues with the celebration of Nemoralia, a festival of torches at Lake Nemi in ancient Rome. Gratitude is expressed for the year’s bounty to Diana, Goddess of the Moon. The Super Sturgeon Blue Moon in Aquarius, named after the ancient fish species, symbolizes sturdiness and resilience through the ages, intuition, and insight. These qualities can help reignite our inner fire for any innovative visions we may want to actualize. The festival of triple moon goddess Hecate towards the end of the month reinforces crone wisdom brought forth from the underworld to assist us in navigating the crossroads and liminal spaces. Vulcan’s festival at the end of the month celebrates fire once more, the force which purifies, hardens, and strengthens our resolve. 

The Key or Main Aspect: Four of Cups ~Step Into Your Power - Ray Lamontagne~

In Dalí’s rendition of the four of cups, our eyes are drawn to a nude seated figure, perhaps feeling vulnerable and exposed. He hugs his legs and presses his forehead to his knees, as though trying to hide or console himself. He pays no mind to the three golden cups before him, that represent the current gifts he has at his disposal, nor his natural surroundings. Awareness would reconnect us to ourselves, the present, nature and the world. In the backdrop is a tree from which a hand, representing Spirit, emerges. It seems that solace is but a tap away, bent fingers hovering just above his head. If the man were to look up, he would see the golden cup that Spirit has to offer–a bright opportunity to stir up complacency and renew his vigor. The bird could be likened to our soul still in its familiar nest. A spectral female with bare breasts and a hen’s head stands behind him, with a trailing blue line that could be imagined as a phantasmagoric placenta. This Freudian imagery suggests what keeps the man curled into a nearly fetal, infantile state. From birth and early development, we subconsciously learned to associate safety, survival and comfort with nourishment, with the person who would act as our mother hen. Learning to be mindful would allow for the enlightenment necessary to see that remaining in this state hinders our growth, whereas Spirit offers something more. A shift to a curious mindset will allow us to transform the bird soul atop the tree, free to erupt into birdsong or erupt into flight.

The Past or That Which Already is: Reverse Ten of Coins ~Within You Without You - The Beatles~ 

At the center of this card is a scene depicting bathing women, from the painting The Turkish Bath (1863) by Ingres. The figure on the far left idly plays a string instrument while the rest of the women have their attention fixed elsewhere–one even glances at the viewer. The women have been displaced from the bathhouse and appear to exist in a liminal space lined with red drapes, as though they were performers on stage that might soon be revealed to an audience. A distinction has yet to be made between reality and performance, before the actor morphs into persona. We experience a doorway to the surreal in which we can consciously induce the unconscious, using art as a medium to affect great psychic transformation. This is mirrored in Dalí’s placement of two enormous butterflies–one perched on the shoulder of the musician, marking her as the vehicle for transformation and another hovers above her. The butterfly on the musician’s shoulder is red and blue, indicating the active and intuitive principles necessary for music’s creation. This butterfly covers some of the women, as though ready to take them under its wing. The one overhead is yellow, symbolic of alchemical gold, the soul’s transformation made possible to all when music, the unifying force, is experienced.

In the naked indefensive state, the soul should more readily accept this metamorphosis. Instead the women seem closed off from one another. The bubbles, instead of bringing cleansing and uplifting attributes, weigh down the wings of the butterfly, rendering flight impossible. The wings are as heavy as the ten coins that border this card, a symptom of unshared wealth. As this card is inverted, it is indicative that in the past, the figure from the previous card did not take up the golden chalice. At some point in the process, whether due to artist's block, a fear to play, a lack of audience or an inattentive one, withholding the gift only for an exclusive audience…the music never truly had a chance to reach and transform the soul. 

The Future or That Which Needs to be Newly Evaluated: Reverse Moon ~Moon in the Mind - Ed Askew ~

In this position, the reverse Moon suggests we need to reevaluate how we approach the subconscious, lest we experience our unrealized dream in the future. In regards to the four of cups, it means we passively remained in a curled up position, which has allowed us to become haunted by the spectral siren of safety, rather than engaging with our present gifts and more importantly, the golden chalice. In refraining from making a choice, we make a choice. In the short term we may feel comforted, but in the long term our inner moon, the subconscious psyche, will feel great discontent. The divine feminine will not accept confinement to the mother hen role–she will insist we explore subconscious depths, wailing and moaning in a volatile manner until we do so, for she is chaotic matter that cannot be contained. Yet her wolves are miniscule in this scene, their howls drowned out by the city sounds. Her lake mirrors the skyline, and solar colors intrude otherwise blue waters.

The Moon finds herself at odds with the skyscraper–our self-made tower, or the reality which we have locked ourselves into. It is constructed of defense mechanisms that we think will keep us from having to engage with the subconscious world. This tendency is mirrored in the previous card, as well as the red crustacean that refuses to allow gravity to pull down its masculine armor. As a skyscraper, the tower mistakes the Moon as its foe and tries to pierce her with its needle, to kill her off. In reality, it is but an irritant, though the more we do so, the greater we provoke her. The skyline represents phallic man-made ideologies of domination and exploitation, the pressure we put on ourselves to reach our goal in a linear fashion so we may adhere to city standards of material success. We have a tendency to do this without regard to cyclical rhythms, the natural waxing and waning of our energy levels and need for rest. We keep the city lights on to ward off what lays dormant in the night of the psyche. We fear the traumas and negative substances lurking there. Avoidance causes them to grow increasingly until we are forced to deal with them in an unmanageable state. We need to really examine our dreams which inform us what we need to work at so it doesn’t get to this point. Finally, the city pollution dulls the night sky such that we can only see a faint glimmering of a few select stars. In warding off the night, we distance ourselves from hope itself, which rests at the bottom of Pandora’s box.

The Root or Foundation: Reverse Nine of Wands ~Mad Rush: Part D (Bar 232 - Bar 273) - Philip Glass, Vestard Shimkus~

When we look at Dalí’s Nine of Wands in reverse, our primary focal point becomes a vibrant green aquatic scene drifting through muted waters, with the central muted scene shifting into secondary focus. At the top right corner, we see a green amphibian man who seems to be struggling to reposition himself to a point where he can gather back up the nine green wands of vitality that seem to have slipped from his grasp. He may have been swimming upstream for a while and tiring himself out, making him susceptible to a sudden current that caught him off guard. He hardly has the energy to recover them, and ascribes this as a personal failure, when in reality he is very strong, as we can see from how developed his calves are. This figure represents our inner green man, our primal aspect that primarily engages with the world through the senses and direct physical interaction. He longs to connect with our conscious aspect through nature and has gotten very close to doing so. He reaches out to the murky vision through which our conscious mind wanders ungrounded, suggesting that our own mind creates the divide between ourselves and our sense of oneness with nature. We resist metamorphosis, the ability to slip between land and water (the conscious and subconscious) when, as in the four of cups, we remain unaware of the inner green man who would help us reach for the golden cups. 

The root or foundation of the disconnect can be found in the central scene, through which a man wanders through a forest, perhaps for a very long time. At this point his walk begins to feel monotonous, tiresome, and he forgets why he came here or what he was looking for in the first place. The man has left the city we saw in the Moon card, but the city still resides within him. That is to say he has become goal-driven, believing he has a hunt to accomplish, a landmark to find, a home to get back to. Miles from the city, he thinks he has somewhere to be and something to do, but deep in the forest, all he can do is walk and wander. He forgets that this is what appealed to him in the first place. He entered the forest to be mindful, to commune with nature and rejuvenate the self–the journey and the process were the intent all along. This reversed card asks us - why don’t we enjoy ourselves while we are here? Why don’t we delight in our surroundings, in the sunlight, and our senses? Rather than treat the hike as a chore, we can open ourselves up to curiosity and appreciation, so we may live life to the fullest. 

The Crown or Change: Reverse Eight of Swords ~Somewhere in My Heart - Aztec Camera~

Throughout the reading, we have looked at the main aspect, ie the curled up figure in the 4 of cups, from various angles. In the past, there was a missed opportunity to transmute through shared art. We found we need to re-evaluate how we approach the lunar subconscious lest we experience the unrealized dream (the golden chalice) in the future. The root or foundation revealed itself to be a disconnect between our conscious city self and the inner green man that would use nature as a medium to slip between the conscious and unconscious, bringing subconscious desires to fruition. Finally, we have arrived at the reverse eight of swords, which reveals two primary oppositional forces that must be mentally resolved, so we may experience the crown or change that would allow our four of cups figure to grasp the golden chalice. The first force is the superego–defined as cultural and systemic programming that we mainly absorb from our parents–which is concerned with its own spiritual ideals. It prohibits the expression of the id–our drives, fantasies, feelings and actions. The superego is evidenced in the woman who holds a butterfly tight to her chest. It recalls a Heimlich maneuver as though she is trying to revive a choking butterfly, never realizing that she is the suffocating force. She mirrors spectral siren mother hen from the four of cups, because she believes ignorance is bliss, and remaining unaware of the unconscious will keep us safe in what she envisages as a castle in the sky. In reality we know this castle to be the tower from the reverse Moon, which we know to be true because the eight swords appear to serve as bars for her prison cell. This contrasts with the green wands in the prior card, that act as trees in a forest –a necessary life force.

The second force is Eros, or our desire for wholeness. The woman (the superego) holds a loving intent towards the butterfly, which can be likened to our inner child. She is trying to keep it safe from the dark bubbling water that could provide cleansing qualities, because in contrast to the light bubbles in the ten of coins–it is a heavy, dark, and difficult cleansing. The nature of the cleansing, an alchemical process known as nigredo, is evidenced in the butterfly’s black upper wings. In the Jungian psychoanalytic realm, this involves a painful growing awareness of the paralyzing shadow aspects that lurk in the reverse Moon card–undealt with traumas we have compartmentalized, for instance. Per Jung, we must seek the coldness of the moon to find the sun. The superego fears the darkness but it does not know we will rise like a phoenix from the ashes. She fears the transformative death process because she fears she will not survive it. And when we look at this card in reverse, she even seems to want to cushion the butterfly from their fall, though all she would have to do is release it for its true safety. The woman does not realize that in holding it close, she keeps the butterfly from its own nature, to fly, transform, and pollinate. Its life is so short–we cannot waste our time locked in the prison cell. The swords, i.e. rationality and thinking, that serve as bars could be used to cut ourselves free. The lower wings of the butterfly hint at the final process for the figure in the four of cups–the alchemical gold, or final transformation of the soul that can be found when we drink from the golden chalice.

July Tarot Forecast 2024

1st - Crone Day

4th - Independence Day

5th - New Moon in Cancer

21st - Full Moon/Buck Moon

A Note: In June, I began my nomadic year of experience and reflection in search of a dream place to set my roots. The journey began in San Diego, California. I’d like to weave my experience of each place into my tarot writing, so I may share it with you, the reader. This month highlights the Osho Zen tarot deck, which is fitting, as it reminds me of the contemplation and tranquility I’ve experienced in the Japanese Friendship Garden and Museum near Balboa Park. In transit, I passed through the same kind of garden in San Jose, CA, and look forward to the next experience in the Portland Japanese Garden. I never knew how many could be found throughout the states, or even the world –how we are all universally in awe of the peace and beauty to be found there. 

July is an introspective summer month, in which we have the opportunity to redefine how we relate to our internal sun, as it relates to the ego. In June, we experienced the heat of the summer day – the excitement in the first week of summer break. We had endless opportunities for activity–a vacation, a day on the beach with hot sand between the toes, rushing into the waves with friends, going on roller coasters, ice cream dripping off the cone and onto the hand. July in contrast is a cool summer night–the wind making itself known, a pulled up hoodie, a dark night with water feeling so cold to the feet–a sea lion, abandoned by its playmates, resting alone on the buoy. We must return home, and learn to slow our pace. July is the lull in summer break, when we must learn to occupy ourselves – with a hobby or a book, gardening or a creative pursuit. Our friends have all gone on a cross country trip, or a foreign country, or enrolled in a summer program. We must content ourselves with our own company or the spare visit to Grandmother’s house, as she knits,or tells old stories of wisdom. This is a time to seek and listen to inner wisdom as well. This month is also good for exploring independence - how to seek more of it, discovering what we can accomplish on our own, and how to celebrate it. With the upcoming New Moon in Cancer, we are encouraged to lean into the sensual, emotional, familial, and intuitive. Intense emotions are best channeled into showing care and understanding. Finally, with the Buck Moon, we will be entering a regenerative cycle, in regards to power, security, sexuality, and personal status. 

Spread for this month: The Flying Bird

Like a bird taking flight, using the divine feminine and masculine as our wings, we can use the clarity gained from the reading below to lift us higher and higher, gaining greater vision of our internal and external state for the month ahead. 

Here and Now - the “lift-off” card: Nine of Water - Laziness 

~Summer Nights by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John~

This month, there is a distinction to be made between immersing ourselves in joyful abundance, and a complacent desire to stay in this space for the sake of comfort. We are encouraged to be fully present in this moment, and appreciate it all the more for its temporal nature. We are asked to get quiet and connect with the divine. Much hard work has been done on our part to get to where we are –we have finally arrived at the future we’d been longing for and manifesting. Recognize that this is it - we are living in a state of fulfillment. This fulfillment does not always necessarily come from having all the things we’d been vying for. Rather, we made space for it with a compassionate release of pressure on ourselves and became more present. This is when we can listen to the whispers of our internal knowledge: we can meet our authentic desires. We earned the fruit of our emotional labor and now we sink into the sensual. 

However, blissfulness is not the final destination. We must be willing to move through it, lest we become like the Lotus Eaters in the Odyssey. Perhaps we built ourselves a cozy nest with all the finest things and want to stay in our comfort zone. We must shatter the illusion that keeps us dormant in peaceful apathy, that keeps us from caring for our practical concerns. This is but a stopping point on our journey. We were born to take flight, for there is more adventure that awaits us.

The Resistance Card - “fear of flying”: Four of Fire - Participation

~With a Little Help from my Friends, by the Beatles~

In the last card, we see a solitary figure and bird. Here, we see four figures sitting in a circle of giving and receiving. As the solitary figure, we are not accustomed to being a part of the flock after living in the nest so long. We may feel self conscious about our imperfect form, having not taken to the air in some time.  Comparing ourselves to others more experienced than us makes us feel intimidated or shut down, and to prevent that we may be resistant to branching out from our safe and comfortable solitude.  Participation could have burnt us in the past –an all give and no take environment, getting rejected or feeling not welcomed which solidified our concerns. Aside from rejection, we may also be afraid to celebrate ourselves where we’re at and put forward imperfect shares, not realizing that the whole flock benefits from joyous experience when we do. Participation could be seen as slowing down too much, but we need rest and integration after working hard on something. 

There may be other causes at play – perhaps we want our triumph to remain our own, or to remain unchallenged so that we don’t have to leave our comfort zone. If we joined such a group, we would no longer be able to remain a spectator– we would have to become a participant in life. We would have to make the necessary changes that the group may otherwise hold us accountable for. Joining a flock would mean we really have to put forward the time, patience, and effort into a dedicated practice, instead of just dreaming about it. 

Response-ability to the fear: King of Rainbows - Abundance

~She’s a Rainbow - The Rolling Stones~

It is our response-ability to balance the energies of resting in our comfort zone and challenging ourselves via external participation. Both these practices have something to contribute to the whole, though apart they make only half the picture, half a recipe. We have the ability to navigate both realities, as a worldly person rooted deep in spirituality. We can dress ourselves in silks and root ourselves to the ground through our bare feet. We can engage fully and sensually with our surroundings and appreciate the beauty, while maintaining a connection to the emotional, intuitive, and the divine. The lotus in our hands signifies our ability to rise from the mud unblemished and bloom. Even in a city it is important we step out into the natural world, and engage with all the colors of life. This balance makes us rich in body and in spirit, for a whole and holy experience. 

Here is also where the Buck Moon can lend us a regenerative spirit. The elder king tells us to love deeply, hold onto our values, create while we can, and not let our fears keep us from taking flight. To fly means to take the necessary risks to live our lives well. We need to honor what is holy to us. The King of Rainbows teaches us that true security comes not from forever staying in the luxurious nest, nor on the Island of Lotus Eaters. We will face a different discomfort if we do –an unpleasant itch to do something, that grows into a deeper disappointment for not answering the call. Security and holiness come through participation, committing to life, to creativity. To let these sacred noble values give us the strength and courage needed to take that first step towards true abundance. Finally, the King’s Father Time energy teaches us How - we can slow down our flight, make careful considerations, protect our precious energy,and make any needed adjustments. We must learn to gain wisdom along the way, and stay disciplined in showing up consistently. 

Inner Support (intuition) of responsibility: Page of Water - Understanding

~I Want to Break Free by Queen~

There is a bird within us –all this time we thought it was trapped in a cage. It has only just occurred to us, on an intuitive level, that the bars of this cage are illusory. It may have presented itself once as safety, but now it only keeps us from our calling. We see other birds flying free, beckoning us to do the same. Oh, how our bird longs to join them. When we start, we can approach our new and awkward flight with compassion and understanding. It takes time to get used to our wings, and progress may not always be linear. We may need to coax ourselves out at first, and break courage down into small manageable steps. Still, taking the first step is a necessary and fundamental shift to acquainting ourselves with the freedom we have all along. We may feel uncertain and self conscious at first, but soon we will taste thrill and adventure which will fuel our desire for more. Our hearts become light, and we can go to places that inspire us and bring us joy. We have to be open to finding not what we expect but what we need. The beauty of flight is not in the destination, but the journey itself–whether that be creating art or in your becoming. The wings of faith will help us navigate the intuitive and unknown. In doing so, our ideas of what is possible in our lives expands. The sky is endless. Our dreams are the compass.  

External Support (intelligent action responding to intuition): Eight of Water - Letting Go

~Let Go by Frou Frou~

To facilitate flight, in addition to understanding we were never in a cage, we can let go of the things that cage us into our former identity. We have mastered what we could within our former circumstance, and there is nowhere to grow from here. Our inner bird wants to be continually surprised and challenged, to discover and learn. To do this, we must release ourselves into the unknown, towards which we are already falling. Let go and the infinite will catch us. We will soar into the world and expose ourselves to a multitude of perspectives and wisdoms, to which we find we contribute to as well. There is no greater or lesser being – we simply find we are part of the whole. There is a message here acknowledging the hard work we’ve done leading up to the Nine of Water lift-off card, from which we’ve begun. In our hyperproductive culture, Spirit reminds us that rest and recuperation are critical after a big effort, which includes the Letting Go. While doing so, we can stop to appreciate the fruits our labor has brought us and remind ourselves what it was all for. Integration and reward is a valid and important part of the journey, as we continue to make the necessary releases.

Relaxation and Acceptance: Six of Water - The Dream

~Dreams by Fleetwood Mac~

The Six of Water teaches us to relax and accept that we are the ultimate deciders of the direction and timing in which we take flight. We are our own pilot, and are more adept in manifesting our own dreams than we realize. This results in a journey that is perfectly tailored to our needs, adaptive to where we are and where we can meet them. No one else will know us as well as we do – only we know what makes our hearts sing, how to coax ourselves forward, when to take a step back or when to take a rest. This may initially dispel a fantasy we have around someone else coming into the picture to catalyze us, to fill in the missing pieces or remove our loneliness. In this card, the figure has their hands clasped, perhaps in a loose prayer to this illusion, but we empower ourselves when we turn that faith inwards. As the masterful granter of our own wishes, we can provide ourselves with the necessary change, solutions, self love or fulfillment.. The companionship we attract will flock to support us because of what we are actively manifesting, not the other way around. Dependence is not the key to real love–this comes from developing a rich inner self. This is powerful, because no one can take that away from us. The healing needed to address the points denoted in this reading can all be addressed from within: being told that our daydreaming and creativity was laziness, that our pursuit is unworthy of supportive participation and so we must go it alone, that we must exist in a binary structure that deprives us from take the necessary risks to live a whole and holy life, that we cannot break free, that we must retain a singular identity for life which keeps us holding onto the past. To supersede these messages, we must accept the inner child and give it what it needs. We may write letters to our past selves, leave healing offerings, sing, draw, or play –whatever it is that the inner child needs.

Arrival at New Level of Awareness: Five of Water - Clinging to the Past

~Pictures of You by the Cure~

The new level of awareness that will allow flight to occur is the realization that the only thing holding us back is the past we hold onto. The past plagues and riddles, entrapping us in old experiences. Old attachments and ways of thinking, including the cage we once thought trapped us, will not allow us to see and experience the abundance of the present. Staying in the past keeps us in a scarcity mindset, feeling like our memories are all we have left and that the best is behind is. Richness awaits at our fingertips, if only we can let go and turn around to see what beautiful gifts we can access. This epiphany is something we will feel in our hearts and in our bones, such that it becomes a knowledge that lives within us. There is so much magic that lies at our fingertips should we find the courage to let it all go. Our authentic desire will strengthen us to do so. 

Letting go is a difficult but necessary process we can achieve by giving ourselves the permission, grace and understanding to fully grieve the things we've lost. Once we allow this, can hold a wake I which we can honor, thank, and celebrate. We can build a routine of care and comfort for ourselves, through a meditative, creative or physical practice. It is something we get better at the more consistently we practice. To grieve is to recognize we came with nothing, and will leave with nothing. It is a fundamental part of what it means to be alive. This truth can transform if we allow it. Even grief itself can be grieved and released. This is when we can seek the cup of renewal. When we release the past, we finally feel light enough to soar into the sky. We may find that beyond the fog is a beautiful rainbow. 

-Angel Intentions

April 2024 Tarot Forecast

1st - April Fool's Day

8th - New Moon

22nd - Earth Day

23rd- Full Moon

30th- Walpurgisnacht

April is the first full month of Spring, a month we have only just entered. With new life comes new possibilities. Here we will see what blooms forth from our prior efforts. What doors and opportunities may open. What parts of ourselves might bloom and open under the gentle gaze of the sun? What winds may blow us, what clouds hover over us, what rains give way to relief, until the sun breaks through again? In some ways, April takes us through the full range of the Arcana. We begin with the childish trickery and laughter of April Fool's Day, and find ourselves connected back to the collective and the planet on Earth day. The reading below is meant to address all the day to day in between. 

Energy of the Month: Ace of Pentacles

This month presents us with the Ace of Pentacles, the symbol of pure potential, the pure seed that can give rise to a forest. It is a golden seed. We are encouraged to put all our hopes and dreams into it, to see it for what it could be. We are presented with a brand new future, a brand new chapter. Anything can happen, anything new can arise. Anything can sprout forth from the golden seed. We are not limited by the way our lives looked like before. We can act forth from it. The Ace of Pentacles is Spring. The zero and the one. The fool and the creator. It is hope, our internal sun, beaming. From Pandora’s box sprung true hope, sun and light. This is the thing inside that really resonates with us, aligns with us and is meant for us. This month can be used to dream up everything we can dream. For it to actualize, we need to really envision it and put thought into this new reality. We begin with the energy of the fool, able to consider endless possibilities from the unknown. With the new season brings a new chance in the year. This ace is something that would delight the inner child and self. It is something we would be happy to see grow, to cultivate, to watch as it unfurls. It’s something we’d want to wake up every day to see how it fares, caring for it as our own, investing in it. 

Love: The Chariot

In love, within ourselves and in a relationship, we experience all hands on deck. All parts of the self (or each person) are cooperating for a shared goal. We listen to the self and the other, and this energy is returned. Our will is the conductor for all our moving pieces. The past, present and the future work together. The head, heart and the id are on the same track. When it all comes together we feel like a champion who can fly. We feel empowered like royalty, like someone who is worthy of respect, who can voice their desires and command at will. Even in moments when we do not feel this way, we are willing to put on the guise of a royal to take matters into our own hands. Little do we know, when we present ourselves as a royal, this is what we become. We develop a proud chest, a head held high, with the heavens shining down on us. We are of course mortal and not perfect, but we are reminded this is a part of us we can access. This is not to say we should stop watching the road or steering when needed to make adjustments for love, but to have confidence in ourselves as a driver. Rather than having to travel by foot, we can cover long distances now. Travel this month is likely. This will be enlightening travel where we learn something at the end, becoming more aligned, encouraged, and more like our true selves. This has all sprung forth from the fool’s energy, where we were willing to take a blind leap, to not know, to have faith. This faith is paying off.

We are well on our way down the yellow brick road, feeling confident on this part of the path and on our way to Emerald City. We have found ourselves the brain and the heart, and our courage presides within. These are our trusty companions. We know we are going somewhere purposefully,and this brings us confidence and a sense of accomplishment. We know where we are going and that we can steer in the direction we so choose. We are insured, and have the necessary tools and fuel to get us through anything. The pumpkin has been transformed into a carriage, and we can let it take us to a place of empowerment.

Money: Page of Cups

This month, under the general energy of the Ace of Pentacles, we have a much more romantic idea of what wealth looks like and what it can do for us. Think back to when we first had money and independence–what were we excited to spend our money on? What dreams did we want to foster, and what things brought us joy? This is the relationship we have with money now. What things sing to our hearts, spirit of adventure, poetry and romance? What supports our love sector, and helps the Chariot travel long and far? Right now we feel brave and willing to take a step at a time towards love and heart. We are not overly concerned with whether this matches the head. Rather, we take off the critical thinking cap and use our mind instead to help us think of ways to support these ideals. The page of cups has golden curls like the sun (the true self), the inner child, and is adorned with a whimsical floral crown. We look to the innocence of the heart, the inner child, to help inform us of what financial decisions would be the most satisfactory for us. We should look to the heart for answers when we are stuck. 

Further, the Page of Cups has a scarf wrapped around them to help keep them warm, as though gifted to them by their mother. It is flying in the air as though leading the way. Viewing our decisions through the eyes of a loving mother figure, and whether she would support the decision will also help lead us in the right direction. Further, plants are the markers of alignment on the path –this month we will want to check in with plant magic and wisdom along the way. 

Our strength is getting everywhere on our own two feet. We don’t completely know what we are doing but we have full control of our choices. The things we learn through them and the distance we cover feels earned. We get to learn intimately about ourselves and our hearts through these choices. We can start with smaller strides and take bigger strides as we gain confidence.

Work: 7 of Pentacles

This month hard work is in store for us, from which we will see fruit. There is a real sense of earning through work and/or ordeal. We are held in the center, supported by Source. Things are growing in the right direction –not just abundance or that which we want to manifest–but also ourselves. We are encouraged to keep up the steady pace in work, to embody the Chariot attitude of showing up each day and rolling our sleeves up. The results will follow. We have a good amount of work but not a lot of idle time to spare–there is more to grow and cultivate, and we still have a good amount to go before reaching the destination. We have to listen to our needs and show up for them, act on behalf of them, and be responsive to them. We wake up to toil under the 7 am sun. We do best when we rise early and sleep at a good time so that we can repeat the cycle once more. We are in a good place, from us sprouts prosperity and the work we’ve imagined. We are gardeners at heart, designers, and what we can imagine is what we can cultivate.

Health: Page of Pentacles

In our approach to health, we can take stock that our attitude is like that of a willing beginner, filled with enthusiasm and confidence from all our learnings and ideas, not beaten down by heavy experience or limitations. We have a lot of ideas connected to Source and a bright thinking cap. Ideas for action flow from the subconscious and alchemize into a reality others can see. Our feet are submerged in blue like water, as though we are a plant we are tending and growing. We have a fresh seed, growth in the making, and one clear accomplishment that has been harvested from our efforts. This is our sun, the thing about our health or our bodies that lights us up, that we are very proud of. It’s the thing that motivates us and propels us forward. Our chest and hearts are full of energetic will to action. For some reason France feels important here–perhaps a reminder to romance ourselves through health, and not forget the pleasures of life, such as wine, cheese, culture, art, etc. We can fall in love with our health, and let our bodies romance us too. We can move in ways that we love.

Spirit: 3 of Wands

We are fiery in energy and spirit this month with the Three of Wands. The hard part of stoking the fire is done, the kindling has caught fire, and now we only need to keep tending to the flame and watch it grow. The life path we are on and the passion we feel has been fueled by a team of three, close knit and united as the Three Musketeers. Together this group will fly on a small craft with propellers. This flight feels mechanical in nature–more like a human-powered bicycle plane and less like the modern airplane. The effort is self-generated and more difficult, but also much more rewarding. We are advised to keep working in threes –head, heart and courage. Mind, body and soul. Together in harmony, working in threes creates a balance from which we can soar. It is a time to be excited by the potential and experience spirit in a new way. By trying new things, seeking adventure and new destinations, we can heal by expanding beyond what is known.

Wishing everyone a fruitful Spring,

Angel Intentions

February 2024 Tarot Forecast

Imbolc: 1st to 2nd

New Moon: 9th (Aquarius)

Lunar New Year: 10th

St. Valentine’s Day/Februalia: 14th

Full Moon: 24th (Snow Moon)

Intro: This month uses the Golden Tarot of Klimt deck, with a prediction tarot spread.

February offers us two medicines: that of self love and compassion, and a more nurturing beginning with the Lunar New Year. It reminds us that we do not have to measure up to our ideas of where we idealized we would be at this point in the year, or whether we have or will find a partner at this stage in our lives. Rather, we can offer ourselves love for where we are now. This month is also good for spiritual cleansing and purification, per the traditions of Imbolc and Februalia. 

Present: Ace of Chalices

In the Present, we are experiencing the Ace of Chalices. In the Klimt deck, this symbolizes the pure essence of love, as envisioned in a Victorian romance novel. It has the quality of maturity and chivalry. We are inspired by the romantic, by poetry, the senses. We most actively feel through the divine feminine –via emotions, intuition, relationality, and creativity. Acting in this capacity makes us feel the most aligned. The imagery here is that of softness, in which the divine masculine will simply observes with sensibility. In this card, a couple stands in a rose garden in the evening. What lush things might flourish privately in the dark, what passions? What can be birthed in the night? What flowers bloom? Dreams and ideas percolate. Imagination runs wild in a way that it cannot in the day. Secret things have room to grow and emerge. Our truest passions and desires come forth in this space, where they can freely be enacted and fulfilled.

You: Knave (Page) of Pentacles

Our significator this month is the Knave of Pentacles. In the Klimt deck, he looks like he has worked on his physique for a while. He has a gold circlet around his head, which symbolizes a ring of promise. He is holding, practically cradling a large gold weight with ease, as though it were a babe. He has signed up for something in its initiatory stages, and is willing to see it through. It’s something he has been working on for a while, and is gearing up to take the next step in commitment.  The Knave wears a golden dress, as though holding this material thing, this guiding light, is what makes him feel the most aligned. He stands tall, but his eyes are closed as though he is in a dream. Perhaps this thing that is materializing has yet to feel fully real. He needs an extra moment of lucidity to realize that it is. It feels as though the golden columns in the card can be reimagined as trees in a dark fecund forest. The pentacle he holds seems like a solar shield, a gift that has resulted from this space of work, strength and the dark. Otherwise known as the Winter Page, when embodying him we can be cleansed and renewed. February marks the last chance for a new beginning. The pentacle is the motivator, something of great value that gives the Knave the vigor to pursue and invest further in it. 

What’s Next: 4 of Swords (Aquarius)

In comparison to other decks, the figure in the 4 of swords here looks very restful and at peace. She looks like Eve before the fall, with a snake wrapping through her Rapunzel-like hair. In both these tales, a forbidden food was eaten, so that something else –such as knowledge, or Rapunzel herself–might be born. Subsequently, these women had to leave Eden and the tower. Suffering and wisdom resulted from maturity, from leaving the naive state. This card suggests we will enter a period where this suffering can be put to rest. Rest brings complete peace and serenity, an unburdening that temporarily restores us to our former self, until we wake up and pick up the swords again. This self can be reintegrated into the psyche, to help stabilize it. Trauma informs us, but we are also more than that. We also have a fundamental core to tune back into. This level of vulnerability brings us to our truest self, emerging anew though we have encountered the swords. 

What You Can Do About It: 8 of Wands

Traditionally, this card suggests we act swiftly and seize upon the momentum we have. In the Klimt deck, we seem to witness three female figures that might infer the different stages of a butterfly’s metamorphosis. The first figure is resting and facing away, as though in a golden cocoon. Progressively, the figures seem to emerge more from this cocoon, until the last one is naked, upright. The women are all aglow in golden light, and the wands seem ready to fly and light up the night. Movement is what links her to her truest self. She transforms self through action, engagement, and accomplishment. The next two signify movement - one who might be lifting the wands with her arms, and the other who looks as though she is about to fling them through the air. The figures may all symbolize one person, but they could also suggest that momentum could be found in a group or community. Mastery of movement can be inspired or learned from those around us. 

What to Expect if You Do: 7 of Cups

If we were to enact the 8 of Wands, we can expect to encounter the 7 of cups. Traditionally, this is the card of many choices. This is reflected in the card’s artwork, in which we see 7 cups of different shapes and sizes. This rendition suggests that these are the different ways water could fit into, but this does not change or diminish the substance of the cup. A female figure–our divine intuitive and creative self–presides over these cups. She takes the breath of inspiration, a heavenly dragon. A dragon has the potential to hoard, but it can also serve as a wise protector and guardian. A golden spiral curls up along the side of the female figure, which sugests that the cups are chices we have faced and will continue to face and repeat. We can invite inspiration from our highest self to reside over these choices. This will allow us to pull all the various facets of self and desire to come together as a team to make a unified decision.

What to Expect if You Don’t: King of Chalices

Interestingly, this card is associated with Pisces and Aquarius (our full moon is in Aquarius), and with the time frame of February 9th to March 10th. It could be especially useful to tune in with this card’s energy on the New Moon, to align with our ideals.

If we were to be restful with the 4 of Swords, rather than propelling ourselves forth with the 8 of Wands, we can expect the King of Chalices. When looking at all the cards together, he looks like a matured version of the Knave of Pentacles. In place of the Knave’s circlet of promise, the King of Chalices has a crown of fulfillment with two prongs, and a centerpiece of 6 loops, symbolizing cyclical creativity. This King is also strong, yet he is able to be seated at ease and receptive where the Knave would feel the need to be more proactive. The King has a bare chest, raw and true, that is more readily able to receive the message from the chalice he holds so dear. It seems he is entrusted with it and its safety, and can gaze into the waters to scry a message forth from the waters of the subconscious. He seems to work closely with the dream world and spiritual messages. The chalice also seems to be a companion that helps him speak from the heart. 

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January 2024 Tarot Forecast

A Note: Last month I forgot to mention Winter Solstice and Yule, which in the Pagan world represents an earlier start to the New Year! We’ve been able to access the new year energy since December 21st.

New Year: 1st

New Moon: 11th (Capricorn)

Full Moon: 25th (Wolf)

Intro: 

In honor of the new year, I’m changing some things for this year’s tarot forecast for the Ahimsa newsletter. I’ll be rotating different decks and spreads for each month of the year. In addition, I will only be creating playlists when music related decks are in rotation. January features the Starman Tarot deck, in honor of David Bowie’s birthday, death date, and final album release. This month’s spread is a preview for what you can expect for the Minute Analysis year-ahead readings I am offering for 2024. 

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January galvanizes us to pursue new goals with vigor. Being the first month of the year, it is symbolic of creation, manifestation, and willpower. In the first few weeks we feel disciplined and determined that this year is the year we can finally make a change. After several attempts, we learn momentum alone is not enough. We ask ourselves, what can we do this year to make lasting change? How do we navigate change when affecting our personal sphere seems to pale in comparison to the greater change we want to see in the world?

Theme or Major Event: The Lovers ~As the World Falls Down by David Bowie~

With the world in the state that it is, it may feel counterintuitive to think that the Lovers could be at the heart of it all. Our collective love is tinged with grief and heaviness. The world seems senseless and painful, with little room for lasting thrill or fun. Yet beyond this binary of light and dark, love and grief, is the possibility for coexisting experiences. In this time, we find support, and those who are there for us. Spirit grants us the gift of seeing clearly. We are given the ability to hold dreams, relationships, intuition, and natural cycles in our hearts that can make waves. We are able to experience beauty, richness and love. 

The key word we are granted in this card is “cede,” as in, ceding and not ceding to the other (boundaries). This could be in relation to partnership, narratives, ways of thinking, and more. The image of Tipheret suggests we find spirituality, balance, integration, beauty, miracles, and compassion when we embrace the spirit of the Lovers card. In this card we experience a mirroring of the self, in relation with another on several levels –mind, body and spirit. We learn what we need, how we communicate, how we can be our best selves, how to hold space for ourselves, for another, and for the relationship (be it with person or Spirit). We learn to become flexible and nimble. We learn to catch each other like circus performers and fling each other to the highest heights. In this union, our third eye opens and we experience closer communion with the divine. We tap into fertility and creativity, inspiring creativity in kind. We ourselves are creation. Part of a greater web. We are able to be vulnerable, sensual and in greater connection in an emotive, intuitive, subconscious, creative, and fertile water. We want to be able to keep tapping into this space and this ability throughout the month, in all the facets of our experience.

Block, Complication, Need for Spiritual Maintenance: The Hierophant ~Quicksand by David Bowie~

The beauty of the Lovers card is a result of putting two forces together and seeing what unfolds; the sum being greater than the individual. In contrast, the Hierophant does not really allow room for this curiosity. Instead, it subjects the forces to judgment values of what love “should” look like. When we get caught up in what relationships should look like, we stifle connection. Or, if we get caught up in the idea of what things should be, perhaps we feel powerless or like things are going wrong when they don’t follow this model. We sink in the quicksand of our thoughts and cease to believe in ourselves when we fail this model. We deceive ourselves with this belief of failure. 

It is also striking that in this deck, the Hierophant seems to be a werewolf. A werewolf does not belong fully to either the human world or the natural world. Furthermore, they do not have packs. In this case, the binaries of light and dark, neither nor, create a sense of distance, and a defensiveness against anything beyond the self. Every part of the Hierophant’s body is either subtly shielded or clothed. This presents an obstacle to the flexibility and vulnerability that the Lovers card has to offer us this month. The feeling in the reversal of this card is very one-sided. The symbolism in this card suggests one sided insemination of information. This Hierophant feels they are the only ones who have something to teach, and cannot imagine that they have something to learn from the student. In this card the students do not even have a face, and seem spectral in nature. They emerge as a projection from the Hierophant’s hands, much further down on the stairs. The rest he perceives as innocent lambs that need his protection. He does not seem entirely altruistic either – he bears a couple medallions and money lies beneath his feet. It may be time to question those financially benefiting from us adhering to certain beliefs, and from the historical revisionist narratives we are meant to believe.

Lean In: Reverse Seven of Pentacles ~Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide by David Bowie~

The Hierophant would have us believe that his paradigm -external success that others can see– is the only valid way to be. Under this paradigm, we might find marriage without love, work without fulfillment, a place to live but not a home, Instagram likes but no connection, and so on.

We may make efforts to adhere to this image of success, and find ourselves failing. We are asked to step back and reassess what in our environment is causing our garden to struggle, what needs tending, and what we truly want to grow. We should focus on things that nurture us in the long-term, rather than ripping out what little we have nurtured just to have something to show. We do not want to collect the harvest preemptively under the Hierophant’s pressure, procuring something under quick, capitalistic, extortionary means. If we move with slow and careful cultivation for a grander vision, we have the potential to grow Jack’s beanstalk, which can take us to the crystal palace in the sky. We are asked to stick with it. Instead of assuming the worst of ourselves, we need to see what is not supporting us. In these circumstances we can look to the larger community that can support us, and see we are not alone. If we reach out and take each other’s hands, we may be able to see that we are wonderful in our own rights.

Lean Out: Reverse World ~The Man Who Sold the World by David Bowie~

We do not need to put the world on our shoulders like Atlas, in an endeavor to meet the standards of the Hierophant. This is overwhelming. We do not need to have it all accomplished, nor pursue every area of interest. It is better to simplify and pick one thing to excel at. Further, we should select something that we are okay with pouring ourselves into, regardless of the outcome of our efforts, which we cannot always control. We do not constantly have to be a source of strength for ourselves or others. To come up with or present a solution that could solve the world’s problems. To be wise and always know the next step. To see above it all. If we can lean out of this pressure, we can focus on tending what we are working towards in the 7 of pentacles above. January does not have to be about accomplishing some great thing to be worthy of celebration or even rest. It can be enough to just be. 

Hidden Jewel: Reverse Temperance ~Under Pressure by David Bowie~

That which is not working in the reverse 7 of pentacles can be used as the fuel for transformation in the reverse Temperance card. This is the hidden jewel. Energy that was once expended for something we no longer want to pursue can get redirected to a new goal. It can be used to bring us back into balance with the higher self. We can create the image in which we would like ourselves and others to see us. This shedding of old energies, old forms, things we no longer recognize or want in our lives, all of this can be recreated into what represents us best. Rather than think of this time or energy as lost, we can see it as great potential that we can call back to ourselves. The sense of feeling pressure can be transformed into the love we need to give ourselves one more chance.

Your Gifts/Blessings: Reverse King of Swords ~Space Oddity - Moonage Daydream Mix by David Bowie~

This month, we are able to see the world with clarity, in its greater macrocosmic totality. We are lone explorers that offer an imaginative and very different point of view. What’s missing is the ability to connect with people so they can properly hear us. It does not seem like this is going to be achieved through conventional means, such as teaching from a higher platform like the Hierophant. An authoritative stance like the Hierophant or King of Swords is what distances us from students and people. It is in fact to our benefit to lean into the reverse 7 of pentacles energy. We are more relatable when we are not an authority and do not know it all. We are figuring it out with everyone else, and thus do not have a judgmental air. We make a greater impact when we step out of this role and reanimate ourselves. We step out of the throne of one-sided judgment, and intermingle with the people so that we are better able to learn their circumstances for ourselves. Further, when combined with the Lovers card, even moments of short-sightedness or unjust judgment on ourselves and others can teach us to practice greater compassion and humility in regards to others. We are not immune to this, and thus we do not expect others to live up to this clean ideal either. This is how we can bridge the gap in misunderstanding and miscommunication, or lack thereof. 

A musical supplement to this month’s forecast