Group One - Marigold Tarot
Before I can ask a question, we’re given the 10 of Wands with the Devil on the bottom of the deck. To clarify, the 2 of Cups in reverse. You’re in a space where you don’t act in your own self interest, where your commitments to others drain & overextend you, but not for long.
Attempting to move on with your reading, I accidentally press the voice to speech button before shuffling, asking how the year is ending for you. I look down to find two of my words, “ending” and “major”, and instead I ask what’s coming to an end for you. You’ve been struggling to get something off of the ground, your ambition giving way to mental exhaustion. You’ve wanted to find a way to restructure your life, to come into a place of security but it hasn’t taken off because of a lack of focus or clarity in what actually makes you happy- not just materially secure. Your transition from one year to the next highlights a very emotional personal transition, leaving behind the source of your disappointments and making the hard choice to center yourself & your needs instead.
As you carry this energy through to 2024, you’ll need to remain conscious & careful of the workload you take on. Managing your commitments and staying in control is still your primary struggle as you work towards a newly developed idea of security which can sustain and also fulfill you. You realize in 2024 just how much you fight for which can’t even pour back into you once won, and you seek to find more worthwhile & meaningful battles. For many of you, there will be conflict over your choices to move on & find new beginnings, and you’re paying special attention to finding ways to navigate it without causing or suffering unnecessary hurt. Maybe you’d rather find new ways of making things work than move on entirely. While some of you will be leaving something behind, the point is to restructure, not necessarily to abandon.
Internally, you’re seeking balance between your genuine long-term emotional investment in something and your need to reevaluate the current trajectory of your life. You find yourself wondering if you’re at the mercy of the whims of others, just how much the commitments you’ve accrued so far rule you & how much you can work with them before you have to make a decision on your own. Expecting & dreading a difficult but necessary rebirth, I see you very aware of what’s on the other side (mental clarity & autonomy you’ve been sorely missing) and subconsciously avoiding it nonetheless. Spirit guides you to lean into your joy, to focus less on what sacrifices this may or may not take and simply act towards happiness. Seek new experiences, renewed interest in familiar ones, seek joy as much as you can and the way forward will come so naturally to you. And, as painlessly as possible. Good luck.
Group Two - Adventure Time Tarot
You’re someone who knows what you need & want, who understands both the overlap & where one lacks the other. You may have recently made a decision to move on from something or at least make yourself less available to it, because you realized that it couldn’t totally fulfill you. Yet, you miss it. I hear the words “all I want (for Christmas) is you”, cries for something it feels like you can’t have, nonstop as I read into the ending of your 2023.
You’re going into 2024 a bit heartbroken, needing to process your feelings and get back in touch with your sense of clarity in the decisions you’ve made and why. You’ve left behind something that provided some sort of status or title which implies stability & long-term trajectory, but in reality it made you feel vulnerable & drained. You were optimistic about this in the past, but a new understanding of your hopes for your future triggered a breaking down of this structure and made it clear to you that it wouldn’t stand for long. For some of you, some form of nepotism will be relevant to what you’ve now disconnected from, making perceived familial or communal obligations another hurdle for you in this transition.
You find yourself in a state of reflection now, less sure of your path than you were before, but it isn’t that you lack direction! Your good sense for what you want is what brought you here, and you struggle more with the emotional consequences & feeling as though your heart fits into your plans. You’re being guided to stick to your guns, but find new ways to conceptualize & nourish the relationships you feel you may have let down. As your reader, I believe in mindful selfishness and I’m willing to tell you that the only true obligation is to yourself. You don’t have to follow someone else’s plans in order to care for them. You will recover from this & be happy. Good luck.
Group 3 - Star Spinner Tarot
I picked up a feeling of disinterest in your energy, a dissatisfaction with your current day to day. Yet, the cards indicate you have much on your plate & you’re likely overwhelmed. You’re in need of a restructuring of your daily life, especially when it comes to what you give your energy & intention to. You’re alive with possibility right now, aching for something more, but this very excess of opportunity is what keeps you stuck and unable to discern which path to take.
I believe many of you recently sparked an entirely new idea which made you come to terms with your dissatisfaction. Navigating the push & pull between the allure of your many potential choices & the hesitancy that they invoke in you is your challenge now. The cards wish to give you a light warning that this state of stagnancy is not meant for you, that you’ve reached a point where a plan for action is necessary. The next stage of life for you, if you can tap into a 3 of Wands (pulled for you but not pictured) energy, is a massively important step away from the emotionally draining obligations you find yourself attached to now. This transition will likely be a heavy time for you, but you know that the work is worth it. After all, the 4 of Wands (reprieve, celebration, joy) waits for you. Good luck.