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July’s playlist! Listen & check in later for updates 𓆉°❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:･ Welcome to July! This month’s energy is going to be a bit of a firecracker (no pun intended), but make no mistake: we are the architects of the world we want to see. This is not the month to be passive and sink into the background. Action will need to be taken, and we are fully capable of handling it. You’re not here for my pep talk, though. There’s a whole forecast to get through, so let’s get into it! If you would like your own personal reading, you can book a session on my website or upgrade to a paid subscription of this newsletter and request a card reading. BOTD: Ace of Cups If you remember last month, the energy of the Aces took over halfway through when Ace of Swords followed Ace of Pentacles. This month, Ace of Cups is our overall theme, timing perfectly with Mercury retrograde in Cancer. Something new is generating in the heart sector of our lives: expect new energy around relationships and all the new feelings that come with it. You may discover a new thing to love and pour yourself into like never before. Wherever your heart calls you to, it’s just the start. Card 1: Five of Pentacles This new beginning is not without hardship. Five of Pentacles is a rough card to get since it appears when we’re most down on our luck. You’ll notice a guardian and child wearing rags, huddled together in a moment of rest. The classic depiction of this card shows them walking through a winter storm. This tough season can feel very isolating and hopeless. Five of Pentacles is a call for support. You don’t get a medal for biting the bullet and powering forward alone. Caring for one another and allowing ourselves to be cared for is important for building relationships. Take this opportunity to call in that love and let it grow. Card 2: The Chariot There’s a lot of astrological activity throughout the month, but this Cancer retrograde will definitely be center stage until it ends on the 23rd (plus the post-retrograde shadow period). As your resident Cancer, the Chariot’s association with the sign doesn’t make immediate sense. The theme of this card is about moving forward and leading where we’re progressing. Our sphinxes in front are there to help with this movement and can even take over as guides, but we must be the ones to take the reins of our journey. Now, Cancer is a water sign, but it is also a cardinal sign. Cardinal signs (Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn) are initiators. They come up with the idea and gather people together to make something happen. This is the energy of the Chariot. It doesn’t matter what a higher power reveals to you; it can’t be done if you don’t take the steps to make something happen. We must captain our lives. Since retrogrades like to return to past events, people, and themes, this would be a good time to address what can no longer afford to be stalled. Where do we need to see some initiation to move forward? Since this month relationships are such a big theme, pay attention to how this theme shows up in your connections. Card 3: Knight of Wands With the Chariot’s engine up and running, Knight of Wands gives us even more energy to speed ahead. This momentum is fueled by a passion ignited and adds a slightly chaotic edge to the Chariot energy felt earlier in the month. Now that we’ve decided to move, we’re moving fast, and we’re not overthinking it too much. Imagine two lovers deciding to commit to embracing the journey they’re on together and falling head over heels to run into the sunset. Now, is this sustainable long-term? No. But finding that stability is a conversation for later. This is just the beginning, remember? Summary: This month continues the flurry of new energy, this time focusing on what’s in our hearts. We’re starting a little rocky, feeling a bit down on our luck. This offers an opportunity to feel supported by those around us if we so choose. As we rise, there’s a call to take initiative in our journey. This call may be related to themes that emerge during Mercury’s time retrograding in Cancer. This initiation sparks a fire in us to speed ahead in our journey. The burst of energy may feel overwhelming, but we can embrace it as part of this new beginning. Now, if you remember, last month I decided to clarify the reading to add more nuance to the initial message. It ended up being insightful, so I’ve decided to do it again. Let’s have a look, shall we? BOTD: King of Cups If you can believe it, King of Cups is our clarifier once again. This new era we’re entering is concerned with our relationships and how we find emotional stability within them. Having this card return emphasizes the importance of this stability. We’re leveling up our understanding around this more than ever before this month. This also makes June and July feel like part one and part two of a larger story. Reflect on what that may mean for you. Clarifying Five of Pentacles: Two of Pentacles The struggle happening in Five of Pentacles is the result of a balancing act. Something needs more attention than it’s getting. While you can manage to maintain both, the balancing act is creating a sense of overwhelm. For some of you, this support could look like offloading some of the weight of responsibility. For others, you may need support in learning how to find this balance in the first place. You have the capacity to handle what’s in your life, to manage the flow of these alternating energies. You don’t have to figure everything out on your own. The joy of being a person is getting to talk to so many other people about how they manage being a person in the world. This mode of sharing is an act of service too. For some of you, support may look like finding community with others learning to find balance in the same way you are. Think yoga, healing circles, writers’ groups. Again, there is no reward for muscling through life alone. Clarifying The Chariot: The Well The Well is a special major arcana card part of the Ethereal Visions Luna Tarot deck. She’s a creatrix, a well of ideas waiting to be birthed. The Well cannot birth anything unless we draw from it. The idea drawn will not become a reality unless we take the initiative to make it happen. If we want to see a better world, a better life, we must commit to searching for ways to make it possible. Get curious, stay open, and put yourself out there. You never know what you’ll find. Clarifying Knight of Wands: Eight of Cups This new path we’re charging down is a turning point. This is no surprise with the Ace of Cups being the overall energy, but the Eight of Cups asks us to leave something in the past. Think of where we have emotional attachments: relationships, environments we’ve outgrown, roles we’ve stuck to out of habit. There may also be attachments we don’t want to let go of, but leaving them behind creates space for movement. We’re growing, and the way forward refuses to be slowed down by things that no longer fit who we are right now. Summary: Our clarifiers continue this story of progress, continuing on the theme of emotional maturity from the month before. We struggle with balance at the beginning of the month and need to call in support to learn how to manage our balancing act. This support isn’t here to take over completely, but to give us the fortitude to handle what we’re capable of handling. Later in the month, we’re asked to bring an idea into the world. In the process of birthing this idea, we’ll find that previous attachments will have to be left behind to make space for momentum. This month is going to be a little chaotic, but hopefully this undercurrent theme is grounding as you move through it. I’m excited to see what new things come through. Remember that if you would like your own personal reading, you can book a session on my website or upgrade to a paid subscription of this newsletter and request a card reading. Until next month! Wanna read last month’s forecast? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit catharaxia.substack.com/subscribe