Daily Tarot: Five of Swords

Five of Swords
The Wild Unkown Tarot

Today's card, Five of Swords, is a hard card. It's a warning. If you don't take care, you're going to fall into a destructive pattern. Maybe it's not the first time that you've been faced with the decision, the argument, the thought process that you're facing now. If that's true, you should know that you'd better steer clear. Don't make the same trouble for yourself over again. You've been here before. Remember the lessons you learned the last time and avoid the pain and discord this time around.

In this deck, the card shows a worm cut in half over the swords. Maybe you've already gone too far. Maybe the wheels of self-destruction are already in motion and even if you stopped yourself now, the damage has already been done. The good news is that a worm cut in half doesn't die. It becomes two worms, each one whole, each one able to thrive. So while there's pain, there is also hope.

There's always hope.

What does Five of Swords mean for you today?

Daily tarot: Eight of Cups

This is the second card from the reading I did for myself on New Years Eve.

Eight of cups is symbolic of moving on. The woman in the picture has her back to us, she's walking forward, toward the sea, toward adventure, toward the unknown, away from where she was. She has made her choice and is at peace with it. The dolphin is a messenger, greeting her at the beginning of her journey, possibly bringing her the confirmation she needs that it is time to go. The night sky is clear. The stars twinkle in the night sky to guide her on her way.

In the position of Present, after my Past was represented by pain and grief, this card is significant. It's time to move on. I already knew that, but here is a symbol to help propel me forward. Leaving the pain and grief of the past year behind, I'm journeying on toward the future with peace in my heart and a favorable wind in my sails.

Come back tomorrow to see the card that represents my year to come.

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.