Greetings, gremlins, and welcome to our first card reading for the month of June! And by pure coincidence, this reading happens to correspond with the first of the month! Isn't that fun? I feel like that doesn't happen that often.

This month, we're conducting our readings with the newest deck in my arsenal, the Egyptian Art Nouveau Tarot. We've read with this deck once before last year shortly after it's release, so you may remember that it's a new favorite of mine. Not only does it speak to one of my favorite periods in history (although I think everyone probably went through an Ancient Egypt phase as a kid), but the authors of the deck took the time to consider which cards of the Major Arcana best suited the gods of the period. It's a gorgeous deck and I feel lucky to own it.

As always, before we get to this week's reading, please make sure you are all nice and cozy before you continue reading this post. This is not necessarily a reflection of what card will be drawn. In fact, I'm typing this bit before I've even drawn a card. However, I find that coziness helps put me in a better space to receive whatever message the cards may have for me.

Also, please remember that this is a general reading for the collective. It might resonate with you or it might not, and that's fine. Take what you need from this or don't. It's entirely your choice.

Now that we've gone through our reading preamble, let's get into our card for the week and answer our usual question: "What do my followers need to keep in mind to live their best lives this week?"

Our answer this week comes in the form of the Hierophant, represented by Osiris in this particular deck. In case anyone may be unfamiliar, Osiris is a deity of many things including fertility, agriculture, and life. Most, however, would probably know him as one of the deities of the afterlife and the dead due to one myth in particular in which he was killed by his brother, Set, and then brought back to life by Isis. This particular duality ultimately combined with the Egyptian concept of divine kingship, effectively making Osiris the king of the realm of the dead.

It's actually fairly appropriate, then, for Osiris to be the Hierophant, as he is a bringer of knowledge. Sometimes, clarity can come not from within ourselves, but from those around us. Sometimes, the lessons he brings may be a bit more traditional than we might be expecting, but it will ultimately help us get to a place we want to be. The Hierophant can also represent someone stuck in their ways, someone who is unwilling to change. They can be withdrawn and unwilling to listen to others around them even though they might need to. 

This week, the Hierophant reminds us that we may need to reexamine our personal beliefs and potentially learn how to adapt from others. This might result in a break from convention, but you could just as easily wind up somewhere a bit more conventional that you might not expect.

Listen and learn and see where it takes you. You might be surprised.

*****
If you enjoyed this post and are perhaps interested in acquiring a reading of your very own, I do keep tarot commissions open over on my Ko-fi.

I also have a shop full of all of the commission readings you can find up there, plus a couple of extras I won't be sharing anywhere else. You can find it over here.

Greetings, gremlins, and welcome to our first card pull for the month of May!

May is a month of many things. Today, it is May the Fourth, and if you're a Star Wars fan, you know the significance, so Happy Star Wars Day, fellow nerds! However, May is also affectionately known in artistic circles as MerMay, where artists of all kinds flood social media with mermaid content. Be it art or cosplay, so long as it's mermaids, it's fair game. While I'm not much of an artist, I do try to participate in my own way by breaking out the Oracle of the Mermaids throughout the month of May. It feels appropriate for the month, honestly.

(I know, I know. We're due a tarot deck in our rotation soon. That's for next month.)

As always, before we get to this week's reading, please make sure you are all nice and cozy before you continue reading this post. This is not necessarily a reflection of what card will be drawn. In fact, I'm typing this bit before I've even drawn a card. However, I find that coziness helps put me in a better space to receive whatever message the cards may have for me.

Also, please remember that this is a general reading for the collective. It might resonate with you or it might not, and that's fine. Take what you need from this or don't. It's entirely your choice.

Now that we've gone through our reading preamble, let's get into our card for the week and answer our usual question: "What do my followers need to keep in mind to live their best lives this week?"

Our answer comes in the form of Sisterhood, a reminder that despite what we may think sometimes, we're not truly alone.

Sometimes, we might think we are. Sometimes, we might think that no one out there will ever truly understand us, and that plunges us into the depths of our despair, not unlike the deepest parts of the ocean where light barely reaches. But the truth is that our people are out there and we can find them if we look.

Now, that's not to say that you might not have people like that in your life already. However, this week, you may find more. More people that you can forge a genuine connection with. More people who understand whatever your current situation is.

And it might be difficult to try to let them in, but please consider doing it. It'll be worth it in the long run.

*****
If you enjoyed this post and are perhaps interested in acquiring a reading of your very own, I do keep tarot commissions open over on my Ko-fi.

I also have a shop full of all of the commission readings you can find up there, plus a couple of extras I won't be sharing anywhere else. You can find it over here.

Greetings, gremlins, and welcome to our first card pull for April! We're now into spring, which is incredibly exciting. I won't lie. It's kind of fun seeing nature come out of dormancy outside our windows.

But it's a new month, which means a new deck for our weekly reading! This month, we're bringing back the Threads of Fate Oracle. My edition is specifically the Shadow Edition of the deck, but it seems as though the publishers no longer sell this one. In fact, it seems the Threads of Fate shop on the whole is going out of business. It's sad, really, because this deck and their others really are beautiful.

As always, before we get to this week's reading, please make sure you are all nice and cozy before you continue reading this post. This is not necessarily a reflection of what card will be drawn. In fact, I'm typing this bit before I've even drawn a card. However, I find that coziness helps put me in a better space to receive whatever message the cards may have for me.

Also, please remember that this is a general reading for the collective. It might resonate with you or it might not, and that's fine. Take what you need from this or don't. It's entirely your choice.

Now that we've gone through our reading preamble, let's get into our card for the week and answer our usual question: "What do my followers need to keep in mind to live their best lives this week?"

Our answer comes in the form of Compassion, and while it would be easy to claim this is a card that indicates we all need to be more compassionate to ourselves this week, that's really only part of it.

Compassion is also a reminder that sometimes, people project their own pain onto others. Now, this doesn't mean you put compassion towards others ahead of thoroughly processing whatever hurt was committed towards you. It also doesn't mean that you must have compassion for every single person that may have hurt you. Sometimes, those who have hurt us can and will hurt us again, and there's nothing wrong with cutting those people out of your life if needed.

However, Compassion also calls us to examine parts of our lives where we may need a little more compassion. Does that need to be directed towards ourselves? Others? Have we built up walls that don't serve us any longer? Do we need to build some for our own self-care?

Take some time to consider this this week and please don't forget to be compassionate towards yourselves. You're worth it.

*****
If you enjoyed this post and are perhaps interested in acquiring a reading of your very own, I do keep tarot commissions open over on my Ko-fi.

I also have a shop full of all of the commission readings you can find up there, plus a couple of extras I won't be sharing anywhere else. You can find it over here.