Greetings, gremlins, and welcome to not only our first card pull for the month of January but also our first pull of 2026! Happy New Year!

Congratulations on making it to this point, by the way. I knew you could do it.

As it's a new month, it's time to switch up decks, and we're bringing my beloved Believe in Your Own Magic oracle deck back out for this month. I'm doing this for a couple of reasons. The first is that it's generally a very good deck for vibe checks, which a lot of my weekly readings tend to be. The second is because since this is a brand new year, this feels like the ultimate time for vibe checks, so... here we are.

Now, 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 Stars, reminding us that it is entirely possible to manifest the things we want in life.

It's the start of a new year, so this makes it the perfect time to try to dream big (or, you know, small depending on the things you might want). Maybe you'd love a vacation or to move to a particular place. Maybe you'd love a new place to live or a new car. Maybe you just want to find a wardrobe that just feels like you.

But wishing and dreams are only part of it. You have to put in some work, too, and part of that work involves believing that you actually deserve those things you want.

Believe me. I know it's sometimes incredibly hard to let yourself believe that you can have those things, but manifesting the things you want in the world only really works if you believe you can have them or you believe you have them already. And yes, maybe it's a little delusional, but aren't we allowed to be every now and again?

So providing those things you want aren't going to hurt anybody else, dream big. Let yourself believe you can have those things and how happy they would make you to have them. 

And remember: you deserve them. You've been working hard and you're absolutely allowed to have nice things.

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