What’s in store for your 2025?
That flowed so much better when it was 2024 😅
When I read for others I share with them the invitations for the collective year (2025 is a Hermit year btw) and their birth card archetype. I also share what their energy and invitations will be for the year we are currently navigating or are about to navigate. Tarot is a practice of considering, reading, connecting to and intuiting symbols and we know that numbers are very powerful symbols. Many of us follow the Western (or Gregorian) Calendar and so there is also power in collective beliefs. That’s why this works.I have worked with it long enough to know it works well.
There are a couple of way to figure out what your year’s path may look like but the one I learned and feel comfortable sharing is this…you add up your birth day and month plus the numbers of the year we are curious about. So since my birthday is on September 2nd I would add up 0+2+0+9+2+0+2+5 which comes to 20. I’ll be moving through a Judgement (20) and High Priestess year (2). That’s a pretty potent combo. Some of us will have a double card year to consider and some of us will have just the one if their total comes to less than 10.
Below are some general themes for each of the Major Arcana for the year to come. If you haven’t had a year ahead reading done by me then you can quickly calculate your year to come energy and have a wee look to see which card (or cards) you are working with. How deep can you go? Well pretty deep. I like to look at the elemental and astrological connections when I’m reding for others and when I’m connecting cards together but this is a great start. Knowing the themes you are working with (especially in relation to your birth card) can be so supportive. It’s like an anchor for your year. You’ll notice there is no Fool on this list and that is because the Fool is our card 0. The fool is the intrepid adventurer who take leaps of faith and trusted jumps into the unknown as we travel through each of the themes and invitations for the Major Arcana.
Magician (1)= Being inspired, inspired action, connected to our creative source, creating, making, sharing, focus, fruitful endeavours, possibility and potential, aligned channeling, healing rituals, supported resources and spiritual toolbox, practical magic. I am worthy of my connection to something more and I foster a relationship with this connection. I am ready to create something and share this creation. Something is ready to make my own brand of magic with me. I can create in my well stocked and reproduced magician workshop.
High Priestess(2)= Strengthening our intuition, embracing our dualities (our multitudes), emotional depths, subconscious and conscious connection, wisdom in our inner knowings, aligned behaviours, open to the gifts of mystery, honouring our cycles and phases, connection to your most authentic and original self. I am being invited to pause and connect with my inner knowing for the answers I am seeking. I have what I need to know already, I just need to connect and listen. I can trust my intuition. My inner knowing supports my outer experiences. It gives me gentle clarity.
Empress (3)= Foundation mending and tending, caretaking all our parts, working with seasonal ebbs/flows and cycles, our relationship to our own pleasure, comfort, care, nurturing and receiving, support with bringing things to fruition, tending to what we want to create and bring forth, empowered creation, stewardship of our dreams. Our relationship with nurturing, soothing, and caring for Ourselves. Our beliefs around worthiness and enoughness. Our relationship to receiving (good things, support, love, etc). How we are connecting deeply to our foundations (core values/integrity/beliefs). I feel worthy of a whole, deeply compassionate relationship with myself. How I see, treat, support and respect myself is the foundation for how I move through the world.
Emperor (4)= Trusting our foundations, Connecting to the power we have in our own lives, Taking up our space, Agency and Freewill, Leadership qualities, Taking action, Embodiment, Building/Expansion, Enoughness, Trusting our wisdom, Working with discomfort, sitting on a solid foundation, taking up my space, sharing our gifts, working with themes around feeling like an imposter or hiding parts of ourselves away. Connections with the internal work with the Empress. I am deeply connected to my foundation so I can grow up and out from this aligned space. I can take up my space knowing that there is enough room for everyone and everyone includes me.
Hierophant (5)= Personal power and authority, Choices and paths, Connection to the spiritual realm, Being our own best experts, Connection to our Core Values, Time and space to consider and decide, Self-possession, Self-trust ,Knowing we have what we need to choose. I am my own best expert and advocate. I check in with my values to ensure I am walking my path with integrity and purpose. I am a spiritual being living a very human life.
Lovers (6) = Homecoming invitations, choosing ourselves, aligned choices, loving up all the parts of ourselves, self knowing & self appreciation, the relationship with ourselves being the greatest love story (you are the one you've been looking for), showing up for ourselves so we can show up in our lives, integration, balance. I am learning that the love and acceptance I need can come from within. I trust that I am worthy of my own love and appreciation. I choose myself first so that I can see, share and nurture love externally. I am the one I’ve been looking for.
Chariot (7) = Internal alignment, discernment & reassessment, reconnecting to my main things and core values, tweaks and adjustments, releasing what's no longer a right fit, self trust and knowing, moving through feelings of being stuck, releasing what no longer serves, self-trust. I am able to see what parts of my life (relationships, beliefs, roles, labels, etc) are working for me and which are not. I can shed the things that no longer serve so I can move forward in more alignment with myself. I can pause and appreciate how far I have come while knowing that I will continue to evolve.
Strength (8)= Courage & perseverance, compassionate engagement, facing a hard truth/something we are scared to look at, staying open minded & open hearted, learning to control (ground) and focus our fear, passions and desires, deeply knowing & appreciating ourselves, staying true to ourselves, staying soft in a hard world. I am able to consider what scares me and sit with it to see what’s real/true and what’s not. I can embrace something about myself that I fear or worry about. I trust myself to handle this. I can support myself to stay true to who I am. I believe that all of myself is worthy of recognition and acceptance. I am worth fighting for.
Hermit (9)= 2025 collective year energy. Introspection, personal/internal journey of discovery, connecting with our inner knowings/spirituality/intuition, discernment & intention, taking one step then assessing before taking another, trusting what's here for us, being deliberate/slowing down/pausing/holding position, going one step at a time, reflection, walking ourselves home. I can pause and reflect about where I am and what needs my most immediate attention. I can take my time and make sure I am in full alignment before moving or deciding. This may feel really uncomfortable for me but I can slow right down. I don’t have to decide immediately. I’m allowed to pause and take stock before I move forward. I don’t have to know the whole big picture, I can shine a light on what’s here, now and decide from there. Sometimes no action is an action.
* You can find more about this Collective Year theme in last week’s post*
Wheel of Fortune (10)= Cycle of change, Support during times of change and transformation, Moving through a cycle of death/rebirth in someway, Moving through a cycle of growth and expansion, Spiritual growth, Staying centred during these changing/growing times, Connecting to something bigger (spiritually), Trusting what’s for us and what’s not, Being present to what's here for me now. I am being invited into a cycle of change. I can keep connecting with myself more deeply so that I can be present for the lessons and the invitations that are coming forward for me in this new cycle. I can support myself to stay grounded and centred when things are changing around me. I can stay aligned with my core values when cycles of change are happening. See also Magician
Justice (11)= Balance & harmony, Restoration, Being present for ‘what is’, Getting clarity, Empowered and informed choices, Trusting the process, Liberation through gentle honesty, Checking in with our own truth and intuition. I can acknowledge the reality of a situation instead of arguing that it’s not fair or shouldn’t be what it is. ‘It is what it is’ and nothing will change until I acknowledge the truth of a thing. I am present for what is so I can move forward with real change. I can honour the parts of myself that need tending during this time. I can trust myself and my inner knowing around what is true for me. See also High Priestess
Hanged Being (12)= Surrender, Letting Go, Patience & Grace, New Perspective, Insight, Spiritual awakening/journey, Changing of belief systems, Reflection, Feeling and Dealing, Processing, Self-trust and belief. I am being invited to surrender to the truth and feelings around something. I can choose this discomfort so I can process and evolve. I am at a crossroads for choice and I am being invited to feel my way through it rather than rush or panic choose what seems like the best choice. See also Empress
Death (13)= The in-between space, the liminal, the space between release and rebirth, a time of transformation, transition, or transfiguration. I am being invited into a powerful transformation. I am being invited to release what is no longer serving me so I can truly level up. I can connect deeply to myself and my truth so that I can see what needs to be released. I can honour this messy in-between space and surrender to the not knowing. I can deeply take care of myself in this tender time. See also Emperor
Temperance (14)= Harmony of the mind and soul / Internal balance, Balancing two contrasting elements (thoughts, beliefs, both/and thinking), A tender new thing after a release, Trusting our path and our pace, Holding with a piece of healing work, Space to to fully alchemise our rebirth from HB and Death. I am being invited into some deep, slow healing and a connection to a deeper purpose. I am being invited into connecting with something in the space that was made from the release in the death card. There is room for something deeper now. I am open to connecting to something more. I can take time to soothe my soul from the work in the Death card. See also Hierophant
Devil (15)= Distraction, Trickster Energy, Misalignment, Shortcuts, Hopelessness, Outdated beliefs and behaviours, Shame and Guilt, Compulsion, Addiction. I can choose a more caring and gentle approach to myself during feelings of shame or guilt. I can sit with those negative thoughts and see if and how they have been imposed on me by outside sources. I am free to choose another way. See also Lovers
Tower (16)= Sudden Change, Revelation, Rebuilding, Reconstruction, Evaluation, Clearing & Cleansing, Foundation, Assessment, Humility, Internal Shifts & Pivots, New Perspectives, Fresh Starts. A chance to reconnect with my foundation to ensure it is solid. I am being invited into some massive change. I may experience this change from an external source or it may be something shifting internally for me. This change can feel sudden or it can be known but either way it is a clearing out of some old ways, beliefs, situations, circumstances, ways of approaching things. I am capable of moving through this change with grace and support. See also Chariot
Star (17)= Hope, Potential, Regeneration & Recuperation, Healing, Balance, Caretaking, Mind/Spirit/Body Connection, Healthy Change, Realignment, Opportunity, Foundation Work. I am being invited to allow myself some healing and rest so I can process the clearing, changes and growth that I’ve experienced. I have some healing that needs to be tended to. I am worthy of taking time to engage in these healing processes. See also Strength
Moon (18)= Navigating murky times, Intuitive paths, Self discovery during uncertain times, Different/new perspectives, Emotional landscapes, Connecting to our inner knowing, Shadow work, Getting comfortable with discomfort, Treasure in the unknown. I am being invited to dive deep into my inner self and trust what comes even though I may not get all the answers straight away. I am being invited to deeply explore of all the parts of myself. I can trust myself to sit with the unknown and the information and messages that are waiting to be revealed. I am willing and able to be with myself during uncertain times. See also Hermit
Sun (19)= Clarity, Truth seeking, Honest assessment, Achievement, Path finding, Creative Energy, Solution based thinking, Healthy boundaries, Fruits of labour. Seeing things as they are, seeing the truth of something or seeing the results from a deep journey through the unknown. I am being invited to shine a light on some answers that I have been needing. I can allow clarity around things that have been unclear or uncertain. I trust that I have everything I need to move forward with a new understanding or knowing. See also Wheel of Fortune AND Magician
Judgement or Awakening (20)= Powerful awakening, Seeing ‘behind the veil’, Opportunity for alignment, Reflection and Change, Self Judgement, Our relationship to being wrong or making mistakes, Core Values assessment, Awareness of harmful systems, Investigating our belief systems. I am able to pause and assess a situation rather than jumping to conclusions. I can allow space to see that what I judge in others may be what I fear in myself. I can lower the veil of what I was taught to see what’s real. I am able to look past my limitations of societal/familial/religious/systemic ideologies. I can get neutral about my judgments to see where they may have been clouding my thinking. I know that other folks' judgments of me are their own to work through. See also High Priestess
The World (21)= Cycle completion, levelling up, massive upgrade, forward movement, expansion & growth, time to reflect and appreciate, ready to step out again as 'The Fool' in a new way. I am being invited to consider something in my life that is ready for an upgrade or evolution in some way. I am done with a piece of work for myself and am ready for the next stage. I can trust that I will know when I’m ready to move forward. I can trust the invitations to grow and expand. See also Empress
