A Tarot Reading for the New Year

From the Witches Tarot deck by
Ellen Dugan

I drew three cards for my New Years reading. They were so right for me! I'll share them with you over the next few days.

The year past: Three of Swords

This card emanates pain clearly. The sky is dark and cloudy. The flowers, blue ageratum (meaning delay), fall from the sky. The three figure, fairies, look on in sadness. Three swords pierce the heart in the center. Of course there is pain. In this position, this card represents the pain of the past year. It also says clearly that it's time to move on from the pain that was into the healing that will be.

What are you leaving behind with the year so newly passed? What will you seek in the year that has just begun? It's time for transformation.

Tarot Card of the Day: Five of Wands

From the Witches Tarot deck by Ellen Dugan

In this card, I see a lot of posturing and argument. There are dragons flying about everywhere, and the knights riding them are brandishing their wands like swords. But there are flowers on the ends of the wands... the weapons are more for show than for deadly force. Someone has to stop these dragon-riders from arguing and get them to work together.

The Five of Wands is a card full of strife. There has been a lot of bickering and annoyance, and it's holding you back. You can't hide from it anymore. Five of Wands says it's time to deal with the frustrations, remove the blocks and the anxiety that are in your path, and release your magic into the world.

This is a great card to draw just after the Winter Solstice. The anxiety and frustrations you experience in the dark will be banished by the return of the light, but only if you're willing to make the effort.

How does this card speak to you?