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Samantha — student of the cards, seeker of truth.

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I've been drawn to tarot for nearly a year — beginning with personal study and building a genuine foundation in the cards before ever reading for others.

What I didn't expect was that my own curiosity would unlock something in my grandmother. Once I started exploring numerology and tarot, she opened up — explaining the numbers, the suits, the Major Arcana, weaving it all together through storytelling in a way that completely changed how I approach learning. She was honest when something still puzzled her too, and that honesty meant more to me than any polished answer could have.

Over the last two months I've gone deeper still — working through RWS traditional meanings, Qabalah, Celtic spreads, Jungian Archetypes, Zodiac correspondences, and Inner Family Systems — and actively practicing with real people.

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The Journal

These are real readings drawn from personal practice — a tarot diary made public. Each entry includes a three card spread with a rune pull. The cards are honest. So is the writing.

The Moon
Carrying the Torch
5 of Cups (R) · The Hierophant · The Moon XVIII
The Situation
5 of Cups (Reversed)
I've been questioning whether the people closest to me are truly invested in their own growth, or whether their interest only appears when I'm no longer able to hold space for them.
The figure in the Five of Cups stands with his back to what remains — three cups spilled in front of him, two full cups behind. The grief is real but the focus is misplaced. In the reverse, something shifts. The figure starts to turn. What caught me about this card was how much weight was being carried on behalf of others — not asked for, just assumed, the way some people absorb the emotional labor of a family without anyone formally handing it to them. The card pointed to patterns that run deeper than logic, obligations that feel less like choices and more like inheritance. The kin has chosen you to carry this. That doesn't make it fair. But it does make it meaningful.
Rune Pull — Mannaz (Perfection, Human)
You are always looking for wisdom and insight, but you have to accept that others will only reach understanding through their own free will. You can go beyond your current ideas and aspirations and embark on a true spiritual journey — but only if you accept that it must happen alone. Continue doing your work.
The Action
The Hierophant
What action led up to this point?
The Hierophant isn't a teacher in the classroom sense — he's a bridge. A pope, not a professor. What I noticed was the formality of the figure, the way he holds space between two worlds, not occupying either fully. This card in the action position made me look at the role I'd stepped into without consciously choosing it: keeper, carrier, the one who holds things together so others can fall apart. The tension in these relationships isn't a flaw in the design. It is the design. Two very different people drawn together until something important has been exchanged.
Rune Pull — Mannaz (Perfection, Human)
Despite the shadow needing further integration, Mannaz with The Hierophant implies you are still responsible for your part. Enlighten others without judgment. Bring hope through faith and truth, not arrogance. This de-escalates and makes the ground more fertile for future growth.
The Desired Outcome
The Moon XVIII
What do I need to be to foster something better?
The Moon is a card I find genuinely unsettling in the best way. A dog and a wolf at the edge of water — the tamed and the wild, standing side by side under the same pale light. A crayfish emerging from the deep, early consciousness pulling itself into view. What's underneath isn't scary because it's bad. It's scary because it's unresolved. The card asked me to look at where fear was bleeding into spaces it didn't belong — where questioning had moved out of productive environments and into the cracks of relationships. The path forward isn't clear yet. The crayfish is still emerging. That's allowed.
Rune Pull — Mannaz (Perfection, Human)
Use logic to navigate emotions. Face the shadow self. Engage in self-reflection to understand the fear or uncertainty, and trust your intuition through the fog. Align the inner journey with social responsibility.
The Silence of Change
Justice XI · Six of Pentacles (R) · Eight of Wands
The Situation
Justice XI
I don't feel like I'm making any progress. Changing feels invisible, even when it costs everything.
Justice holds her scales without expression. What struck me pulling this card was the stillness of it — no drama, no lightning bolt, just a figure sitting with the weight of accountability. The card didn't show up to punish. It showed up to name something: that the work happening right now is the kind that doesn't produce visible results yet. The rewiring is silent. The silence is not the same as absence. And something underneath the card kept pointing to a karmic knot — the longer something uncomfortable is deferred, the more tangled it becomes. The promise on the other side of this is real. But it requires sitting with the discomfort first.
Rune Pull — Hagalaz (Radical Change, Transformation)
Hagalaz symbolizes what is outside of our control — sudden and unexpected. This is a time of psychological birth, separation from old frameworks, and a growing sense of self-sufficiency. What caused the divide is now what drives the next phase.
The Action
Six of Pentacles (Reversed)
I understand I need to figure out boundaries — but who are they actually meant to contain?
The Six of Pentacles upright shows a man distributing coins — generosity in motion, resources flowing outward. In reverse, that image distorts. The giving becomes imbalanced, the receiving absent. What I noticed was how tightly one option was being held onto, as if releasing it meant losing everything. The card asked a simple question: what happens if you consider a different approach? The narrow path isn't always correct just because it's familiar. Don't put all your eggs in one basket. Some boundaries aren't walls — they're redirections.
Rune Pull — Hagalaz (Radical Change, Transformation)
This is about shifting to a new quality. The rune removes energy stagnation. It gives a chance to build life in a new way — to turn adversity into opportunity, destruction into creation.
The Desired Outcome
Eight of Wands
What will it look like once I've done enough to move forward?
Eight wands flying through open air — no obstacles, just momentum. The card felt like a breath of relief after the weight of Justice and the imbalance of the reversed Six. When you stop limiting yourself, the speed returns on its own. The Eight of Wands isn't a guarantee about outcome. It's a promise about movement — that choosing new opportunities is itself the test, and passing it opens a new level. The delay breaks. The arrows finally land.
Rune Pull — Hagalaz (Radical Change, Transformation)
Change has been accepted and it gives a new momentum. With new creation comes new destruction, so stay mindful. The universe is testing through change — and you are transforming into something new.
The Right to Rest
Knight of Swords (R) · Page of Cups (R) · The Chariot VIII
The Situation
Knight of Swords (Reversed)
Why can't I just rest? Why does it always feel like I have to fight myself every single day?
The reversed Knight of Swords showed me what had happened clearly — I'd overextended before I had the space to process, and it showed up as tactlessness. Competing perspectives became a problem between people instead of just a difference of view. Constructive dialogue requires not returning every charge. The knight communicates swiftly to his horse so the horse doesn't make decisions for him.
Rune Pull — Uruz (Natural Force, Manifestation)
Uruz holds shamanic grounding power. It destroys the old and obsolete that prevents further growth. You pushed outside a comfort zone — leading to revision and cleansing. You have the ability to heal yourself and awaken your original state. Don't resist the change.
The Action
Page of Cups (Reversed)
I can rest, but it feels temporary. Unfamiliar, like a ring I haven't worn in a long time.
The reversed Page of Cups didn't judge the creative block — it named it honestly. Something shifted, and rest was chosen. That's not failure. It's allowed. You're in the dip. Baby steps are still steps. What you're hoping for is still coming.
Rune Pull — Uruz (Natural Force, Manifestation)
Pay attention to maintaining mental and physical health. Let go of the fear of the unknown and trust in the power of nature. Learn to express emotions correctly, especially when it comes to aggression. A gratitude diary can help.
The Desired Outcome
The Chariot VIII
What will it look like when it's time to move again?
You'll know when it's time because life will tell you — the pace will pick up on its own, and it will be exhausting in the best way. The Page of Cups is the reminder: rest now so you don't carry bad karma into the Chariot's race. The more you give when the time comes, the more it returns.
Rune Pull — Uruz (Natural Force, Manifestation)
Follow nature and it will mean a growth in wellbeing, a boost of energy, a strengthening of will. Deny yourself rest and the rune reverses — deterioration, drain, weakening. Find the position that aligns with your nature.
General Reading
3 of Swords · 8 of Cups · The Sun
The Situation
3 of Swords
No particular question — just general advice.
The Three of Swords wasn't gentle. It landed on heartbreak, grief, the kind of emotional anguish that comes from an unexpected truth. Worry about a significant relationship. Feeling like the project is slipping. A sense of being out to spite, with no visible culprit — just time and feeling. But the card also said what The Tower says: this is clearing space. The pain is part of the clearing.
Rune Pull — Nauthiz (Necessity)
The rune of fate. Necessity, patience, determination. You have a pressing task ahead. Disappointment and resistance will come, but only by overcoming them will you grow closer to yourself. Destiny is determined by need — and what we need doesn't always match what we want.
The Action
8 of Cups
There's no reason to keep worrying about something that hasn't broken me.
The Eight of Cups — the Lord of Abandoned Success — asked for a deliberate step back. Not to rest, but to replan. Not defeat, just repositioning. The materials at hand aren't yet strong enough for the full charge. That's not failure — that's honesty about readiness.
Rune Pull — Nauthiz (Necessity)
A light in the darkness. The unraveling of knots and tangles from the past, leading to a more transparent present. Notice what commitments are still draining energy. Discipline now repays debts and reaches new levels of implementation.
The Desired Outcome
The Sun
After dropping the baggage — what comes next?
The Sun. Joy, clarity, the inner child riding forward without hesitation. Hidden things brought to light. After the grief of the Three of Swords and the letting go of the Eight of Cups, The Sun was waiting. Dropping baggage leads directly to a focus on achievement and optimism. That was the message.
Rune Pull — Nauthiz (Necessity)
Do not give up. Keep looking for new solutions to old patterns. A sense of impasse is a stage given for rethinking and adjusting the direction. Trust the Universe to show the way.
Trajectories, Not Ultimatums
Knight of Swords · Page of Coins (R) · 2 of Wands
The Situation
Knight of Swords
I reluctantly look for advice, even though I know no amount of advice will solve the problem.
The upright Knight of Swords validated something uncomfortable — that righteous anger, when directed clearly, can create movement. The direct charge worked, even if it wasn't the way I wanted it to. But the card was careful: this is rarely satisfying. It was a one-time tool, not a strategy.
Rune Pull — Laguz (Secrets of Water, Intuition)
A harmonious rune, the flow of water, flexibility. Enhanced intuition allows you to connect with any external flow and recognize its qualities. You can see clearly, hear clearly, feel clearly. Take comfort in that.
The Action
Page of Coins (Reversed)
I'm tired of this — and unsure whether I'd be better without it, even though I know I'm okay staying.
The reversed Page of Coins pointed to someone refusing to learn an important lesson — not from malice, but from immaturity or distraction. Growth is possible but it requires energy that isn't always being given. Sometimes people need consequences before the lesson lands. That's not cruelty. That's how some people learn.
Rune Pull — Laguz (Secrets of Water, Intuition)
Everything is running its course. Higher powers are on your side. Trust your inner voice. The channel of communication with intuition is charged — take advantage of it.
The Desired Outcome
2 of Wands
Am I even capable of measuring someone's capacity?
The Two of Wands answered clearly: you don't test capacity. You decide what you're willing to build with. The charge is over. Now is the time to watch patterns — to see if growth sustains without a crisis forcing it. One wand is what you already have. The other is what you could move toward. The question is no longer about ultimatum. It's about trajectory.
Rune Pull — Laguz (Secrets of Water, Intuition)
Rely on your intuition — it is a good time to do so. Let go of the past to avoid loops of unsatisfactory feelings. Avoid wrong decisions by temporarily implementing plans and staying close to the stream of consciousness.
Unrightful Rest
8 of Wands (R) · Page of Wands (R) · The Empress (R)
The Situation
8 of Wands (Reversed)
Am I resting unrightfully right now?
The reversed Eight of Wands slowed everything down — not because I was failing, but because something was missing. The wands aren't flying anymore; they're falling back to earth. Movement is paused. There's internal pressure to do something when timing simply isn't aligned. The card said plainly: stop scanning for arrows. Let rest happen.
Rune Pull — Jera (Gradual Progress)
Jera symbolizes cyclicality, the sequence of natural processes. Slow down, look around, synchronize with the sensations. You are reaping what you have sown. Slow but steady changes require patience and regular action.
The Action
Page of Wands (Reversed)
What happens if I allow this rest?
This isn't lost inspiration. It's inspiration that hasn't decided it's safe to come out yet. The stillness will be uncomfortable — but it will reveal what actually excites you versus what you've been forcing out of anxiety. Pause. Let the internal fire re-form before trying to aim it again.
Rune Pull — Jera (Gradual Progress)
The world is favorable and helps in the realization of dreams. Be where you need to be — this is the key moment for materialization. Take your time. There is a time for everything.
The Desired Outcome
The Empress (Reversed)
Is the fear of unrightful rest coming from excitement — or from the fear that stopping means failing?
The Empress reversed named it: guilt around rest. A quiet belief that if I stop tending something, I'm neglecting it. That if I'm not growing, I'm wasting. But The Empress reversed says: you are depleted. And when the soil is depleted, planting more seeds doesn't fix it. She doesn't rush crops to prove they are growing. She waits. You are allowed to exist without producing.
Rune Pull — Jera (Gradual Progress)
Act consistently and take your time. Develop a positive outlook. Put the meanings you want to fill your life with into every action. Jera has no reversed meaning — it lives where the material and spiritual conjoin. Things develop through time and care, not force.
What the Fire Is For
Ace of Wands · Page of Wands (R) · 5 of Cups (R)
The Situation
Ace of Wands
Is it time to quit smoking?
The Ace of Wands is the seed of fire — raw potential, vitality, a spark trying to express itself differently. When it appears in a question about a habit, it rarely passes judgment. Instead it asks: what is the fire in you that this habit is trying to soothe? Two paths lie before you. One is flat but barren. The other is a mountain — but prosperous. The energy wants to go somewhere else.
Rune Pull — Othala (Kin, Heritage, Egregore)
The rune of family inheritance and ancestral force. Othala helps define, prioritize, and accept responsibility and legacy. It gives strength to solve a great kin problem through its unique experience and place in the family.
The Action
Page of Wands (Reversed)
What role is this habit playing right now?
The reversed Page of Wands suggested this is about managing how you feel about yourself in moments of doubt or pressure — seeking private reassurance rather than public recognition, quieting internal criticism. The habit isn't about the thing itself. It's about what it softens.
Rune Pull — Othala (Kin, Heritage, Egregore)
There is an opportunity to accept family power and resources and eliminate unviable patterns. Follow traditions and create your own. Accept the heritage of your kind to boost your strength. You carry more responsibility than most — and you are handling it well.
The Desired Outcome
5 of Cups (Reversed)
What feeling am I hoping will change?
The reversed Five of Cups — slowly lifting out of heavier feelings, focusing on the cups that remain rather than the ones spilled. The habit softens sadness, creates a small emotional reset. If something is meant to change here, it usually happens not by removing the relief, but by finding a stronger spark that replaces it naturally. The Ace of Wands is already showing you what that spark could be.
Rune Pull — Othala (Kin, Heritage, Egregore)
Consider actions, consider consequences, make informed decisions. You are in the middle of exploring a sense of hopelessness — but the outcome is within reach if you protect yourself from collapse and stay present with what you are building.
Is All of This Truly Yours to Carry?
10 of Wands · The Hermit IX · 10 of Cups (R)
The Situation
10 of Wands
A boundary was crossed today. I felt like I didn't address it quickly enough — like giving up.
The Ten of Wands named the weight exactly. You've been carrying the brunt of the responsibility for setting limits — and that's exhausting. But the card also noted: you chose to separate yourself from the situation immediately rather than endure it. That's not giving up. That's knowing when to put the wands down. Is all of this truly yours to carry?
Rune Pull — Uruz (Natural Force, Manifestation)
Uruz destroys the old and obsolete that prevents further growth. It pushes you out of the comfort zone and toward revision and cleansing. You have the ability to heal yourself. Uruz is a reminder of that original, natural state.
The Action
The Hermit IX
What did I handle well?
The Hermit highlighted thoughtful restraint. You didn't let the moment pull you into a reactive spiral. You created distance instead of escalating. You relied on your own judgment rather than the pressure of the moment — and you processed it carefully afterward. The lantern wasn't pointed outward in anger. It was held up, inward, to see by.
Rune Pull — Uruz (Natural Force, Manifestation)
Uruz is a force that leads to long-awaited transformation. Used consciously and within framework, it is a powerful gift. If you resist change, the rune reverses. Pay attention to mental and physical health. Learn to manage your energy.
The Desired Outcome
10 of Cups (Reversed)
What do I need to be to foster something better?
The reversed Ten of Cups was uncomfortable but necessary. The image of emotional fulfillment inverted — harmony strained, the rainbow present but the ground beneath it uneven. The card didn't ask me to leave or to stay. It asked me to see the emotional reality clearly, even when it's hard. Reflection alone might not fix the larger pattern. But clarity is always the first step.
Rune Pull — Uruz (Natural Force, Manifestation)
Let go of the fear of the unknown. Learn to express emotions correctly, especially when it comes to aggression. Trust your gut. Feeling a deterioration is self-doubt trying to creep in — not reality.
Self-Regulation, Not Suppression
Strength XI · The Sun (R) · 2 of Coins (R)
The Situation
Strength XI
What am I wrestling with that I'm not aware of or paying little attention to?
Strength showed up with its characteristic quiet. Not force, not conquest — just a hand resting gently on something powerful. The lion isn't chained. It's guided through trust and calm presence. The card pointed to the fear of intensity itself: powerful feelings that touch vulnerability, identity, control. The work here isn't suppression. It's learning to stay present with the instinct. Observe desire without being ruled by it.
Rune Pull — Jera (Gradual Progress)
Cyclicality, the sequence of natural processes. Slow down, synchronize with the sensations. You are reaping what you have sown. Slow but steady changes require patience. For all the hard work during previous cycles, Jera rewards on both material and spiritual levels.
The Action
The Sun (Reversed)
What part of my instinct or desire am I trying to protect myself from?
The reversed Sun spoke to blocked joy around vulnerability — protecting what is genuine and safe, dimming the light so that openness can't lead to judgment or loss of control. If part of you learned that openness leads to pressure, it would make sense that another part tries to guard it. The child is still there. The sunflowers are still there. The light exists — it's just partially behind a cloud.
Rune Pull — Jera (Gradual Progress)
The world is favorable and helps in the realization of dreams. Be where you need to be. Act consistently. There is a time for everything. Develop a positive outlook.
The Desired Outcome
2 of Coins (Reversed)
What would it look like to approach it with patience instead of fear?
The reversed Two of Coins asked me to put down the mental juggling. Patience here means releasing the need to manage every possible outcome simultaneously — finding steadiness before engaging with something powerful. Not ignoring it. Not forcing it. Just letting understanding and comfort develop gradually. The infinity loop connecting the coins doesn't have to be held in the air at all times. Some things develop through time and care, not force. (Note: Strength / Sun / Jera — Energy → Expression → Development)
Rune Pull — Jera (Gradual Progress)
Jera has no reversed meaning. The plans are in place, guard rails are available. There is no reason to over-complicate the reality in which you live. Things develop through time and care, not force. Growth happens in cycles — be aware of the cycle itself.
Building Without the Right Materials
Knight of Swords (R) · Page of Cups (R) · The Chariot
The Situation
Knight of Swords (Reversed)
I feel like I'm not contributing the way I should be. I don't feel like I have what I need to help right now.
The reversed Knight of Swords returned — this time pointing not at a conflict but at my own pace. I'd pushed past my limits before I'd recovered enough to help from a genuine place, and it showed up as tactlessness rather than contribution. The card reminded me: constructive dialogue helps more than charging in. Listen. Draw conclusions. It's competing perspectives, not a problem with each other.
Rune Pull — Uruz (Natural Force, Manifestation)
Uruz pushes you out of the comfort zone toward revision and cleansing. You have the ability to heal yourself and awaken your original state. This leads to long-awaited transformation. Don't resist the change.
The Action
Page of Cups (Reversed)
I know I don't need to worry — I was sick. But I still want to put effort in. I just need a plan.
The reversed Page of Cups showed up again with the same message it carried before: you're in a dip. Rest isn't a choice that erases what you've built. Baby steps count. What you're hoping for is still coming. The creative block isn't permanent — and the plan doesn't have to be perfect to be a start.
Rune Pull — Uruz (Natural Force, Manifestation)
Pay attention to maintaining mental and physical health. Let go of the fear of the unknown. Trust in the power of nature that leads to unleashing potential and a more fulfilling life.
The Desired Outcome
The Chariot
I'm terrified every move could go wrong. But I know I need to do something.
The Chariot answered the fear directly: you already made the right choice a while back when you followed your heart. Now life is speeding up again. The undertakings of this period are the most favorable and necessary for your development. It will be challenging. But with the rest the Page of Cups is asking for now, you'll be able to accept what comes and make the best of it. The Chariot doesn't ask if you're ready. It tells you that you are.
Rune Pull — Uruz (Natural Force, Manifestation)
Follow nature and it will mean growth in wellbeing, a boost of energy, a strengthening of will. Look for a way to get yourself in the right position according to destiny and your nature.
Still In Between
Death XIII (R) · 6 of Cups · The Sun XIX (R)
The Situation
Death XIII (Reversed)
I'm struggling to feel the happiness of new beginnings. I'm painting and reflecting a lot. I just need some advice.
Death reversed said it clearly: the old chapter is closing, but I haven't fully caught up to it internally. The body and mind can lag behind change. You've crossed the threshold, but some part of you is still bracing — still carrying the emotional residue of the previous chapter, still feeling responsible for fixing everything before allowing relief. The transformation is already happening. It's arriving through the painting, the cleaning, the physical work. That counts. Not every shift comes as a feeling first.
Rune Pull — Othala (Kin, Heritage, Egregore)
The rune of family inheritance and ancestral force. Othala helps define, prioritize, and accept responsibility and legacy. It gives strength to solve a great kin problem through its unique experience, incarnation, and place in the family.
The Action
6 of Cups
For once I wish something was just familiar that I could hold on to.
The Six of Cups didn't ask for a celebration. It invited soft familiarity. Rebuild comfort through small rituals — make tea while you work, play music while you paint, arrange one small area that feels safe. The children in the card aren't throwing a party. They're distributing potted plants, one by one, slow and methodical. Emotional warmth is nearby, even in the quieter phase of settling.
Rune Pull — Othala (Kin, Heritage, Egregore)
Accept the family's power and resources and eliminate unviable patterns. Follow traditions and create your own. Accept the heritage of your kind to boost your own strength.
The Desired Outcome
The Sun XIX (Reversed)
What do I need to do to get to that kind of support and balance?
The reversed Sun showed light that hasn't reached the surface yet. Not an absence of joy — just joy muted by workload. The nervous system is still in task mode rather than joy mode. Think of it less as a lack of happiness and more like sunlight behind clouds. Moving, repairing, organizing a home — all of that can delay the emotional reward of change. It's still coming. The sun is still there.
Rune Pull — Othala (Kin, Heritage, Egregore)
There is an excess of responsibility, but you can handle this. Don't avoid commitments and communication with loved ones. Stay patient. The outcome is positive and within reach.
You Made It Out
The Hermit IX (R) · 9 of Cups · Death XIII (R)
The Situation
The Hermit IX (Reversed)
What have I been doing well recently?
The first thing I noticed when I flipped this card was the blue tones — and blue reads as peace to me, stillness. In the reverse, I thought immediately about the opposite. Chaos, crowding, noise. And honestly, that's been accurate. We've been in the middle of a move and it's been anything but quiet. Then the Hermit himself came into focus — that figure holding his lantern out in the cold, his logic like snow: precise, unfeeling, clear. It's worth noting that the house has genuinely had no heating lately, so the Hermit standing in the cold felt a little too on the nose. In the reverse, that coldness softens. The lantern doesn't just illuminate his own path anymore. It becomes a lighthouse. Warm rather than distant — which, given the circumstances, felt like something the cards found funnier than I did. I think that's what I've been doing — trying to be a source of light for the people around me even in the middle of my own transition. The cold logic, reversed, becomes something more human.
Rune Pull — Thurisaz (Thor's Hammer, Protection)
Thurisaz is the hammer — Thor's protection against giants and chaos. This rune appears when a choice materializes: grow into new opportunities or leave things as they are. The enemy has come for materialization, and you are ready. After rethinking past experiences, Thurisaz moves you from one level of consciousness to another. The transition can be difficult or easy depending on how much attention you pay to your inner self. Shed light on your shadow parts. Keep moving with enthusiasm. Guard yourself against unnecessary influences — limiting attitudes and low-frequency emotions may have more power right now than they should, but the potential for growth is greater.
The Action
9 of Cups
What has this looked like in practice?
The red hat caught me first. Red is power — but worn as decoration, it becomes something different. Power held lightly, not wielded. Power over the mind rather than over others. The figure is clothed in white, which reads as enlightenment and purity, and he sits with this quiet satisfaction that feels earned rather than assumed. Then the blue cloth draped over the foundation of cups — peace laid over the emotional foundation. Not suppression. Temperance. My booklet noted that nines represent a realization, and that landed immediately. Moving in, making huge leaps in relationships, rebuilding from the ground up — it has all felt like one continuous realization. The warmth of the Hermit reversed flows directly into this card. The lighthouse produces this: contentment, clarity, a moment of genuine arrival.
The Desired Outcome
Death XIII (Reversed)
What do I need to understand about where I am now?
I've pulled this card a lot since the move began. It's become a recurring visitor — and I think I understand why now. What's striking about the Death card is how much white it carries. The horse is white. The flag bears a lotus. The sky is lighter than you'd expect. Unlike The Tower, which is all black sky and falling figures and lightning with no warning, Death is deliberate. Purity within transformation. The Tower breaks you open. Death walks you through. In the reverse, the transformation is real but the mind is lagging behind. The circumstances have shifted. The old chapter is closed. But some part of me is still standing at the gate watching the horse approach, not quite ready to step aside and believe it's already passed. This card has become a reminder: you made it out. The mind just needs a little more time to catch up to what is already true.
What You Name, You Can Carry
The Moon · 10 of Wands (R) · 10 of Pentacles
The Past Problem
The Moon XVIII
What has been shaping this moment?
The Moon doesn't lie — but it doesn't show you the full picture either. What it shows you is a reflection, and a reflection is only as clear as the water beneath it. When I pulled this card, what surfaced immediately was the feeling of longing to be seen, not by others, but by myself. I have been running toward light — toward enlightenment, toward good things, toward growth — and finding them. But the shadow keeps looking back. Shadow work has been the hardest part of this stretch. It's easy to catalogue the wins. It's much harder to sit with what you've been avoiding naming. The Moon lives in that gap — the space between what you feel and what you're willing to say out loud. I've been accountable in so many ways. But in this particular work, the accountability has been softer than it should be. The Moon upright isn't warning me of deception from outside. It's asking me to stop deceiving myself about what's still unexamined.
The Feared Outcome
10 of Wands (Reversed)
What am I afraid this becomes?
The man in the 10 of Wands is already struggling. He's carrying all ten — every single one of them bundled under his arms, his body bent toward the town ahead. And what I feel in this card, reversed, isn't relief. It's resistance to the relief. It's the part of me that would rather keep hauling everything than set even one wand down and admit I don't have to carry it yet. The reversal here speaks to a fear I recognize: that resting means falling behind. That releasing means losing. That if I loosen my grip on even one thing, everything unravels. The errand would probably be easier in two trips. The man in the card probably knows that. And yet. What scares me about this outcome isn't collapse — it's the scrambling before collapse. The frantic attempt to control what can be controlled while quietly ignoring that the load was never meant to be carried all at once. That's the feared future. Not failure. Overcorrection.
The Advice
10 of Pentacles
What do I do instead?
Three generations in front of a walled city. Blue skies. The dogs are calm. The archway opens onto something that was built — not stumbled into, not inherited, not rushed. This card doesn't ask anything of the figures standing in it. They've already done the work. What the 10 of Pentacles is telling me isn't to push harder. It's to understand what the work is actually for. This isn't about my lifetime. It doesn't have to be resolved this week or this year. The harvest is real, but it compounds. What I put in now — the integration, the naming, the slow careful laying down of one wand at a time — that carries. Not just for me. For whoever comes after me in the lineage of this work. Stay strong. Put in what you can. The gate is there. The blue sky is already waiting. You don't have to carry everything to walk through it.
Rune Pull — Ansuz (Sacred Knowledge, The Named Word)
Ansuz arrives as the rune of sacred knowledge and order — of receiving and transmitting, of sounds and words and the power of naming things correctly. What struck me immediately was how directly this speaks to the Moon's challenge. Shadow work is, at its core, an act of naming. You cannot integrate what you refuse to call by its name. The Moon showed me the shadow looking back. Ansuz hands me the vocabulary to actually meet it. This rune carries a blessing for learning and invites others into your circle to exchange information — but only after the knowledge has been integrated into your own ownership. You cannot teach what you are still hauling around unexamined. You cannot transmit what hasn't yet passed through you and settled. That's the answer to the 10 of Wands reversed, too. It doesn't happen all at once. It happens piece by piece, word by word, recognition by recognition. Ansuz also reminds me to pay attention to my speech — to formulate thoughts and voice them more often. The Moon lives in silence and murk. Ansuz insists on language. Name the shadow. Say the thing. Only then does it become something you can actually carry — and eventually, set down.
Making Room for Somatic Relief
The World · The Tower · The Moon
The Situation
The World XXI
What has been present in this moment?
There was a party recently that I keep returning to in my mind — not because of anything chaotic, but because of the opposite. Even under the influence, I found myself watching the universe unfold in its own way. Everything in its right place. The elements were balanced. The cyclical nature of life was present in a way that felt observable rather than theoretical. The World is exactly that feeling — the figure in the laurel wreath, the four elemental creatures in the corners, the sense that something has completed itself. Not ended. Completed. There is a difference. This card as the situation tells me that what I've been moving through isn't random. It is the natural close of a cycle. A spiral that returns to the same point but higher than before. I was given a glimpse of that wholeness — a moment where everything held — and then the next card asked me to look at what it cost to get there.
The Possible Outcome
The Tower XVI
What has been moving through?
Last night was The Tower. I think I knew that even before I pulled the card. What happened wasn't random destruction — it was a purge. A slow, deliberate lightning strike that moved through every attachment I had been quietly carrying. The car battery. The safe space losing its capability. The inability to regulate. Each thing falling like a figure from the burning tower, not because they were taken, but because they could no longer hold. Shadow work was always supposed to feel like something. I had been waiting for it to arrive as an insight, as a quiet realization over tea. Instead it arrived as collapse. As somatic overwhelm. As the body releasing what the mind had been managing for months. What I understand now is that The Tower doesn't ask permission. It just arrives when the structure can no longer serve what's growing inside it. The pain was real. The cleansing was also real. Both of those things can be true at once, and The Tower is the only card honest enough to say so.
The Action
The Moon XVIII
How do I move forward?
The advice was The Moon — and what struck me immediately was how much it aligned with what I had actually done. I regulated. I allowed myself to go inward, to sit in the murk rather than fight it, to let the deep inner knowing surface without forcing it into language. The Moon is not a card of clarity. It is a card of trust. Of recognizing that the consciousness sneaking up behind you in the dark knows more than you can consciously access. There is something in me that knows the way through — something that was navigating even in the middle of the Tower's collapse. What The Moon is asking is that I stop treating that navigation as suspicious. That I trust the gut. That I trust the body that already knows how to release, that already found its way to some form of relief even on its worst night. I have more capability than I give myself credit for. The Moon isn't asking me to see clearly. It's asking me to trust that I can find my way without needing to.
Rune Pull — Eihwaz (The Yew Tree, Transitions and the Path of the Heart)
Eihwaz is the rune of the yew tree — ancient, enduring, rooted at the threshold between worlds. It represents transition, the path of the heart, and the kind of movement that passes through death rather than around it. What felt uncanny about drawing Eihwaz was how completely it unified the three cards. The World, The Tower, The Moon — each one is a form of transformation, a different face of the same movement through endings and into what remains. Eihwaz doesn't promise that the path will be comfortable. It promises that it is the right one. It recommends trusting your intuition — The Moon at work. Being aware of every decision and reaction — The World as witness. And letting go of everything that is now leaving your life, with gratitude rather than grief — The Tower, completed. That last instruction is the hardest and the most important. Gratitude for what the Tower took. Not because the loss wasn't real, but because the clearing was necessary. Eihwaz says: you are in the middle of something that is making you. Stay on the path.

This journal is updated as the practice grows. Entries reflect personal readings — generalized for sharing, honest in spirit.