The journey down under continues

‧₊˚♪ 𝄞₊˚⊹music for this reading‧₊˚♪ 𝄞₊˚⊹ Inspired by the lovely astrologers of the internet, I decided to pull some cards to add to the picture the stars may be creating this month. If you notice parallels between the mini reading and themes that emerge as the month progresses, please report back. It seems my underworld declaration will be ringing very true this month. This is a three-card reading, with the back of the deck card being read as the overall energy. BOTD: Knight of Cups Themes of following one’s heart. He is unwavering and earnest, eyes and cup steady. His armor here is made of fish, alluding to Pisces’ dreamy nature. There’s an openness to hope and wish fulfillment. In the description for this card, the knight wears his heart on his sleeve. On the card, he literally wears a picture of his horse on his shoulder, his heart guiding him forward towards a person, goal, or idea. He is literally being driven by love. The cup here feels like an offering reminiscent of our Two of Cups and Six of Cups exchange. Offering of our own vulnerability and emotionality in this pursuit of love, however it materializes. Being led and offering intuitive hits as well. Our steady knight, traveling along the river. I like this knight card very much. It’s always a good sign to be told to follow your heart’s desire. To trust that love is leading the way virtuously and not with the distraction Seven of Cups sometimes suggests. We maintain stamina through the steady beat of our heart’s drum. I’m reminded of The Alchemist. “Listen to your heart. It knows all things, because it came from the Soul of the World, and it will one day return there.” Card 1: Temperance Number 14 in the Major Arcana is associated with Sagittarius (a season soon to come). She is here to shift the tides, with permission. There is an imbalance that requires indulgence to fix, and it is interconnected with its counterpart. The cups of water are one connected energy. Echoing our BOTD, if we are going to offer this watery goodness, a recalibration of focus is necessary. Temperance asks us to examine what we have not been tending to that needs special attention now. Purpose is a theme brought into question, too. If we are redirecting, you might as well check that your actions align with your higher purpose. Do you feel uprooted from the course? This angel is here to guide you by tapping on the internal scales to bring back a steady flow back and forth. Libra desires still harmony. Sagittarius desires flow. Card 2: Judgement Number 20 is a call for its namesake. We are evaluating how decisions are made and what drives our decision-making. It’s a call-in for how we’ve been moving and how we may move forward. If recalibration is afoot, it will be helpful to consider how we wish to proceed and why we wish to proceed this way. In some decks, the Judgement card has been renamed Adjustment to avoid the religious connotation. Adjustment is a direct synonym for recalibration—adjusting a position for more comfort or correctness. Chiropractic adjustments relieve hidden tension that causes discomfort. We are self-evaluating what isn’t working while we lean into the shift. In this deck, this process is crucial for the incoming rebirth that soon follows. If you do not remove what is keeping you back, it will be removed for you, which is never as pleasant. Card 3: The Devil Our little Devil likes to come out to play in moments of shadow. Self-restriction can come in many insidious forms. An avoidant personality restricts themselves from connection, a hedonist restricts themselves from balance, and a violent person restricts themselves from embracing the vulnerability of calm. In this deck, our Devil has not locked down anybody. He sits perched inside of ouroboros, a symbol of cycles, particularly life and death. This makes him reminiscent of a Hades figure, guardian of the underworld, that we must confront as we move from one cycle to another. Our devil becomes our gatekeeper of transformation. The humans lie at the foot of the throne, seemingly asleep and disoriented. This deck’s description emphasizes that the devil’s binding is an illusion, a form of victimhood we can continue to claim or push back against as we see fit. Having the humans be sleepy feels apt to the ways we ignore our own suffering or the reality of the conditions that keep us seemingly stuck. We have way more control and potential for change than we realize. Are we willing to wake up and allow change to happen? In Summary The general theme for this month is taking a very no b******t approach towards our desires. There is clearly something in our hearts driving us forward, and a recalibration is needed to regain movement towards it. In that recalibration, there will be cricks that will need to be evaluated and adjusted accordingly unless we want to risk inevitable strain down the line. As we continue forward in this journey, it is in our best interest to own our agency. We can make things happen and usher in change, if and only if we are willing to take off the blindfold to our own self-imposed suffering. We can either halt the cycle of rebirth or confront it head-on and be ushered over to the other side toward what lies in our hearts. 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