2023 Tarot Reading: What you need to know, how to organize your life, and ways to embrace change 🦋

Cards pulled in this reading: Three of Pentacles, Queen of Swords, Two of Pentacles, The Lovers, Death

INTRO

Happy New Year, Soul Fam! Welcome to 2023 and our first tarot reading of the year. I'm so excited to be connected with you again. I know I took last week off from tarot and our guided meditation, but we'll be back this week with our tarot reading and our guided meditation on Thursday. Make sure to like this video and subscribe to this channel to make sure you don't miss a beat. If you are seeing this video after the week it was recorded, please trust that it found you at exactly the right time, and this reading will still resonate with you whenever you are receiving it.

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Okay, I think that's everything. I hope you all had a beautiful holiday season, but let's dive into the New Year energy. We are working with the Four Noble Tarot, my sustainably made hand-illustrated Tarot deck. If you want to purchase this deck, again, the link is in the description box below. Pretty much, if I ever reference anything in these videos, you can find the information in the description box.

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Okay, let's get into it. What do we need to know for this first week of 2023? That's wild. I still remember when it was 2000. Like, it was such a big deal that it was turning 2000. Okay, let's see. I'm just gonna have her my hands. Feel free to join me here if you'd like to close your eyes and put your intention to the cards. Otherwise, feel free to just watch. It will still be there. You're here, so your intention is already set that you are ready to receive.

2023 Tarot Reading What you need to know, how to organize your life, and ways to embrace change 🦋

What do we need to know this week? Okay, beautiful. Three of Pentacles and Queen of Swords. All right. Also, when I watch these back, I apologize sometimes. I know they're a little bit fuzzy. It is what it is, so hopefully, you can see it clearly enough. But I do my best to make sure that you can see these. Generally, if you watch the Instagram recap, they're a little bit clearer.

So, I apologize for that, but first card this week, this year, Three of Pentacles. This is the card of collaboration and teamwork. This is a really great week to sit down with your family, your roommates, your friends, your co-workers, and be like, "Alright, y'all, how are we approaching this year?" Now, I know I just said it's targeted for this week. What they mean by that is they want you to do this action this week to set up success for the rest of the year. But very much with the people around you.

For example, my husband and I yesterday, we sat down and we did our budgeting and finance meeting. We were like, "Alright, we gotta reel this in. We got a baby on the way. What are we doing?" And we sat down and we really talked about it, and it took a long time, longer than we expected. But now we both feel like, "Alright, we know what's going on. We know what goals we are both working towards as a unit." So for you, be that in your family, your partnership, your children, your co-workers, your roommates, your friends, whatever it is. Really sit down from a more logical planning standpoint. Pentacles is about logic and finances. This is a good week to check in on your finances moving forward and see how you can work together as a team to bring about those desired results.

Also, they're saying your partner, your family, your co-workers may have different goals than you have. So, it's going to be important to kind of reel those in and come up with either multiple goals as a unit or one collective goal that encapsulates everyone's goals together. Yeah, so just important to have that conversation this week with whatever it is about. And it doesn't have to be about finances. It could be about family chores. It could be about the way that you work, literally anything in the world. But just kind of checking in with where your human systems are and making sure that everything is working okay.

Alright, then we have three cards over here. Two of Pentacles, The Lovers, and the Death card. Nice! Okay, Two of Pentacles, this card is about time management and potentially also feeling like you're juggling a lot of things. How this is coming through right now for many of you is actually an overwhelming schedule. But most likely, overwhelm of New Year pressure. "I have to do this and I have to start this. Oh my gosh, I had this break and I'm kicking back into the swing of things, and everything is starting again." Just kind of this intense energy. The guidance with Two of Pentacles is time management. It goes maybe back even to that Three of Pentacles chat of how can I schedule my time so that I don't feel heightened? How can I manage my priorities, potentially even creating priority lists every day? What are the top three things that must get done and everything else that can be done tomorrow? But kind of bringing a little bit more structure into your day or your week so that it doesn't feel so heightened.

It's kind of like, "We have the plan in place, so now I can let go of it." Yeah, it's kind of like they're showing me a roller coaster. Like, "Okay, my seatbelt is buckled, hands up! Let's enjoy the ride." That's the energy this week. It might feel like, "Oh my gosh, we're on this roller coaster. Ah!" But finding the joy in that versus the freaking out overwhelm in that. Yeah, so do what you need to do. Place that time management, the structure, the priorities lists, and then let go.

With it, too, we have The Lovers. This card is really interesting because it does reference partnership, but the way it's coming through more for this group is actually vulnerability. Allowing yourself to be seen. What they're saying, the reason I'm kind of smiling through this, is I almost feel like the busyness is going to expose the cracks, and you're gonna feel like you need to hide it. Like, "No, I got this. I handled it. No, I totally journaled this morning," right? And instead, it's like, "Bro, I am overwhelmed. I did not do my meditation. I have no idea what I'm making for dinner. The fridge is empty, and that's where I am." Not feeling like you have to be the best or be the most perfect or have everything under control. It's okay, and it's actually encouraged this week to expose the cracks, to let that overwhelm have you check in with yourself like, "Whoa, where is this overwhelm? Where am I feeling it? And how do I actually need to shift here or get support here? Ask for help here."

Yeah, because then we have the Death card transformation. This new way of being, which is allowing yourself to be seen, asking for the help, accepting the help that you need, be it through tech systems, other people, or your own habits that then give you the tools to heal up the places that feel exposed. Now, they're not saying heal the places so that you do not feel exposed anymore, i.e., stop your vulnerability. They mean where we feel vulnerable is an opportunity to grow, and if we allow ourselves to just be like, "Yeah, this is just it is what it is. I'm gonna try to implement my systems, but I'm going to be really honest and real with myself about where I feel stuck, overwhelmed, or even they're showing what's almost repellent, like, "I don't want to do that." Why? And just checking in there, because through that is how you're actually going to make the changes that bring you to that place of Queen of Swords, peace, mastery, growth, forward movement, and actionable movement. But that is very aligned and intuitive, so you don't have to think about it. You just go, and you're like, "Yep, that was the right choice. Yep, that was the right choice." That is what we're moving towards right now, and that Death card is saying we have to face, heal, expose, that's the word, expose, very specifically that word expose, face, and heal the places that we feel that we feel ashamed of feeling that way, the shadow, and let ourselves shift and transform into that higher version or that expanded version of ourselves that is more peaceful, that is comfortable with having weakness, that is safe asking and accepting help.

Yeah, so I feel like this week is a lot of think, plan, do in order to bring the transformation that we need. Okay, your action steps moving forward: Number one, have that conversation. Know that you are probably going to be leading the charge there, and that's okay. You want your results from the conversation, though, to feel aligned intuitively with you. Number two, if you're feeling that overwhelmed, see how you can implement time management and prioritization. But also, notice where you feel like you're trying to hide what's actually going on. Let yourself be really honest and real about that, right? Again, like, I don't know, this is just a silly example, like, "Oh yeah, I totally did my meal planning for the week. I have no idea what's for dinner tonight, and there's no food in the fridge." That's the honest truth. And maybe the shadow behind that, the inner critic, that really harsh voice is like, "It is unacceptable to not have a plan for feeding my family," right? The inner critic. That's a huge transformation. That Death card, you are leaving behind the piece of you that feels shame around what you consider a failure, even though it's not. But what you consider a failure, and you're transforming into that expanded version of you through systems, through planning, yeah.

So, I know that this is a little layered or even roundabout, however you see it. So if you have any questions, please leave them in the comments below. I feel like this reading got really long, but it was a little bit convoluted. That's not the right word. A little bit complicated, um, so again, if you need a minute to process this or if you have questions, please, please, please, please leave them in the comments. If you would like to share how this resonated with you or what your priorities are this week or what conversation you had with your loved ones, you know, what transformations through this Death card you are excited to experience this year, what vulnerabilities you might be feeling, and maybe getting some support from this community, whatever it is, you want to share, drop it in the comments. If you are feeling called to donate, I will leave my PayPal donation link in the description box below. That helps me to show up for you with energy every single week. I'm so excited to spend the year with you. Sending so much love and light your way. Happy New Year, and I will see you on Thursday for your guided meditation and again next Monday for your tarot reading for the week ahead.

Sending so much love and light your way. 

With gratitude,

Frances

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