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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February Tarot Forecast

In honor of the month of love, I'll be reading with "The Golden Tarot of Klimt" deck. Each card is based on his art, but I've chosen this deck especially for his most famous piece, "The Kiss."  Interestingly in 1908 the art piece was exhibited under the title "Liebespaer," which translates to the lovers. This of course is the tarot card that the art piece represents in this deck. It is perhaps one of the most quintessential representations of complete surrender and acceptance of romantic love's embrace (and symbolically, divine love). 

The secondary energy of February is no longer practiced but perhaps can still be felt on an intuitive level. February was the last month of the Roman year. It is named after Februalia, an ancient Roman purification festival that lasted for ten days, to atone for and be purified from the sins of the whole year. It also parallels the Celtic celebration Imbolc, another celebration of purification which marks the beginning of spring. Whether we choose to integrate February as a new end or a beginning, it may be helpful to take inspiration from this practice and "clean house" spiritually. 

Energy of the Month: Ace of Cups ~I Promise - Peter Peter~

All our aspirations of love manifest as St. Valentine's Day draws near, a holiday said to originate in an ancient Roman festival called Lupercalia. On February 15th, fertility rites were performed partly in honor of the god Faunus (likened to Pan) who is typically depicted as half-goat and half-man. Youth would run about in goatskin, and any woman who was hit by the thong of a sacrificial goat (or dog) was said to become fertile. Though fertility is typically associated with love making, this word also brings to mind the creative fertility of ideas, which are bound to flourish in this month. This is a good month to follow through on any desires to join a creative class, start a new art project, or build up a loving and consistent practice with our craft.

The art portrays a couple in a very classical romantic embrace, reminding us that love at its beginning is exhilarating and full of promise. Everything is new and seen in an optimistic and beautiful light. We are asked to approach love with a youthful lens, towards others, and most importantly ourselves. This may look like taking a rich cacao bath and performing a little ceremony with rose scented incense, or wearing something that makes us feel excited about ourselves. This may look like going on the kind of first date that a younger version of ourselves would have always wanted to go on, or breaking routine completely to go on an adventure within a current partnership.

Love: 2 of Wands ~Für Hildegard Von Bingen - Devendra Banhart~ (Alt: Soul Love, by David Bowie)

Hildegard Von Bingen came forward for me in the form of music, when I had not thought of her in quite some time. I believe it is no coincidence that she is offering herself as an inspiration for this reading. She was a German Benedictine Abbess of many talents born in 1098, as a writer, composer, mystic, medical and botanical writer and practitioner. She received divine visions since she was a small child and can be considered an early feminist icon.

This month we are asked to approach love from a divine perspective, rather than limit ourselves to a mere romantic lens. We are asked to partner ourselves with the divine through visions, dreams, writing, and song. We should keep a dream diary and keep note of any messages that we receive. Moreover, we are asked to engage with what we receive and share it with others–through the creation of art, mandalas, song writing, blogging, singing, and writing. We find hope and healing when we practice and share divinely inspired art and projects.

Money: Reverse 7 of Wands ~(Feels Like) Heaven - Fiction Factory~

On the surface, it feels like a perfect monetary situation is within reach. However, there is still a lot that we are grappling with internally. It seems we are in great conflict with our inner critic, who questions whether we are capable of stepping up to fulfill the opportunities that present themselves. We may feel a lot of anxiety in this regard, and feel like giving up when the circumstances get too overwhelming. Resist the temptation to spiritually bypass this struggle, as this will only cause bigger issues further down the line. We would benefit greatly this month by embracing Februalia energy, and cleansing and absolving ourselves from any regrets or mistakes we feel we’ve made in regards to finances in the last year. Shadow work is needed, and it is important we spend time working through it and acknowledge it so that we may move forward.

Work: Reverse Knave of Swords ~Knights of Cydonia - Muse~

A knight without a vision is an aimless wanderer. Take care not to fall into old patterns, such as applying for a job for the sake of it. Take a step back and determine whether our work choices are serving a greater cause to further our sense of mastery; or the double-edged sword may cut us. We want our intellect to serve us, not the other way around. Contrary to what the modern work ideology would have us think, we do not have to sacrifice all our needs and wellbeing in order to progress in work. We are worth more than martyrdom and how much we can produce. This is yet another area in life in which we could greatly benefit from tuning into the Februalia energy. Those of us who practice new moon rituals are advised to focus on inner cleansing around money and work during this time especially. 

Health: Reverse Emperor ~The Man Who Sold the World - Nirvana (cover)~

There is a “New Year, New Me” mentality that tempts us to be very controlling with our health, nutrition, and exercise. Ironically, this causes us to be very stressed around our health which raises our cortisol and interferes with the goals we are trying to achieve. There is of course an opposite issue which can arise. When we stumble or we hit a wall, we can just as equally be tempted by letting go completely and losing all sense of discipline. We are at a big crossroads in terms of how we approach our health. Health is another area that is in need of inner cleansing. We want to get very introspective here, be it through journaling, therapy, or other methods. Where have we been too ruthless towards our health and body image, and where do we need to forgive ourselves? Where can we introduce compassion and honor our health in gentler ways? We must clean the slate and foster a healthy mindset, so that we can find stable and sustainable practices that honor our inner selves.

Spirit: Reverse 5 of Chalices ~Just for Now - Imogen Heap~

Our spirit naturally wants to resist difficult setbacks and challenges that seem to obscure our growth. We want to hold our face of grief, horror and shock apart from us. But that which is compartmentalized for our own survival can come as a shock when it inevitably resurfaces. Of course we should be grateful to our coping mechanisms for getting us this far. But February presents a unique universal moment of stillness and inner cleansing so that we can tend to our spirit above all. We seek our own forgiveness in the process of atonement. If we can do that, we can more readily move out of difficult patterns and move forward. We acknowledge our difficult trials and emotions as a part of our history, and rather than fearing that it defines us, we can use it as a helpful tool for growth. 

Happy Cleansing!

 Angel Intentions

February Tarot Forecast

Hello all, 

This is my first month doing a general energetic tarot reading for a larger group of people. When we receive this kind of reading, it means this something that that group most needed here. We can all learn something from the reading and reflect on it as we see fit. 

Energy for the month: Inverse Knight of Wands.

When the Knight of Wands is inverse, it means that we are feeling insecure and ungrounded in our ability to manifest. We are often looking to the past for what worked instead and staying rigid to that path instead of being responsive. We are concerned that things will not work out if we step out of this past way of making things happen. But we are only impeding the ability for our highest good to come through. We will lose our grip and our connection with why we are doing certain actions and can wind up in circles if we act outside our passion and our inner spark. We are losing sense of our motivation, our fire, and our excitement. For those of us experiencing cold winters, this can hold especially true. Our true ideals and the work that can help further our dream life and progressive goals can get buried in the mundane of getting by day to day. We start to lose a sense of our purpose. It's important to remember that we can always get back in touch with our passion and our infinite ability to create, if only we sit still for guidance. 

Love: The Fool

This card is asking us to take on an adventurous spirit and be willing to abandon everything we think we know in order to gain something more profound. Every step you take is grounded in a deeper intuitive path that we follow because we feel a "pull" towards that direction. We see a sense of lightness here, a letting go of any heaviness in our advance towards or within a relationship. We don't know what we will find--but we know it will lead us to a greater sense of enlightenment and our dream love. 

Money: Death

This card signifies "in with the old, out with the new." Now is your chance to clear out dead energy that is weighing on your ability to gain a healthier relationship with money. If you are wondering whether to leave an old job to accept a new offer, take this as your sign of encouragement. Perhaps we need to distance ourselves from a coworker, relative, or friend who has a negative view of money that is beginning to affect us. In this case we would want to reach out towards those who lift us up in our ideas around money or find those to surround ourselves with that could help with this. Perhaps we need to make a readjustment of priorities - - stop spending on X so I can save up for Y. 

Work: Reverse Queen of Pentacles

It seems we feel ungrounded right now in our current work situation. Everything is at risk of falling right now: our divine crown, the specific manifestation of our work and our hold on it, as well as our ability to pick and choose and to govern our work. We feel at the mercy of an external factor rather that feeling live a true provider and nurturer of our own opportunities. We need to be more protective of staying in tune with our intuition. What is needed right now that I feel is worth protecting? What do I need to help me feel grounded? Be willing to shift your focus from your specific job and look at your surroundings including the circumstances of your life. Is this what is best serving you right now, so that you feel at your most empowered? 

Health: Four of cups

We feel very stable right now in our routines and emotionally satisfied with how we are taking care of ourselves. Our health is in balance in all four of the cardinal directions. The call here is to honor the value of consistency and a stable practice. We do not always have to be or do more. If we do want to take our health to the next level of course, we have a secure place to start from so that we can do so. Thank the body and the four humors for what it can do for us--it is our "God pod," our vessel that allows us to explore the earth and do all the things we want to do. 

Spirit: Inverse Seven of Swords

It seems we lack awareness to know when to vocalize our limits and boundaries or when we are speaking too much. We are locked into old patterns and we are going to be struggling this month to work through these old patterns. This is a good month to do work on the throat Chakra and to find out what sword is lodged within our throats--such that we act as our own enemy instead of our own ally. We need to find a way to allow the "I" to be heard within the group, instead of being whittled into silence. 

Overall it looks like we are being asked to do a bit of early "spring" cleaning in our lives. Now is a great time to step into the new to help shake up some of these old patterns that we are struggling with. Trust that whatever you find this month will be something that much more aligned with your higher self and your ideal life. 

Zoe