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♐♒♐ I am a tarot and oracle reader, medium, and Reiki teacher/practitioner with over 25 years of experience. I read online and at in-person events.

I run a bed and breakfast in my 1850 home, and I am working on a degree in psychology.

08/22/2026

The 9 of Wands holds the flavor of the Moon in Sagittarius, that restless, questing fire that needs to believe the journey means something. We've been through something. That figure in the card, bandaged and leaning on his staff with eight more planted behind him, isn't defeated; he's seasoned.
He's earned every scar. But here's the thing about this card arriving as the Sun crosses into Virgo and the Moon settles into Capricorn: the astrological weather asks us to stop performing resilience and start applying it. Leo season put us on stage; Virgo season hands us the red pen.
The 9 of Wands says we have more than enough hard-won experience to work with. The question is whether to trust it enough to use it practically, not just survive on it.
So what are you ready to get useful about? This card isn't asking you to push through more difficulty for its own sake;
it's asking you to take everything you've learned the hard way and direct it toward something that matters. With the Moon in Capricorn pulling for evidence of progress, this is a good week to pick one skill, one project, one practice, and let your battle-tested self show up with intention
rather than white-knuckling it. You don't need to prove you can take more hits. Enough of the philosophy: ‘What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.’ You need to ask: what would I do with all this strength if I stopped bracing for the next blow? That's your Virgo season question.
The 9 of Wands has your back; you have to decide what to put in front of it.

08/21/2026

In a week dominated by the Knights, the Chariot appears against the backdrop of Venus and Saturn, symbolizing a person who has already faced difficult circumstances and is fully conscious of them. Since it is governed by Cancer, the Chariot is in Saturn's sign of detriment, and therefore the
disciplined commitment Saturn requires is not easy to achieve; it demands emotional effort rather than simply relying on willpower. With Venus in Libra, the sign of relationships and reciprocity, her opposition to Saturn causes the Chariot to ask itself: are you still in control,
or have you given that up? The two sphinxes shown on this card are moving in opposite directions, indicating the need for active guidance. This opposition shows the conflict between our own needs and someone else's expectations. The Sagittarius Moon is actually a gift with this card.
Although the Chariot generally stresses a sharp focus on moving forward and sticking to the course, the Sagittarius Moon gives a broader view and prompts us to think about the reasons for our current direction. Make some time today to reflect on that. Even if your mind has been occupied by thoughts
regarding commitment or imbalance, the Chariot encourages you not to avoid these issues; rather, it suggests that you should address them from a state of calm rather than out of reactivity. You have more control in this situation than the demands of the day imply. The real issue isn't whether this
relationship or this arrangement is difficult; it's obvious that it is. The important question is whether the decision made by your past self deserves respect, and whether the other person meets you with the same level of seriousness. You will discover the answer by saying it out loud.

08/20/2026

A third Knight this week! With all of this drive, the Knight of Wands rides in on pure, impulsive, magnetic, and almost recklessly alive fire, and today he meets a sky that mirrors him exactly. Fire on fire: the Moon has just crossed into Sagittarius, shaking off the heavy emotional sediment of
Scorpio and reaching for the open road. We're inside the Eclipse Corridor right now, that charged stretch of heightened sensitivity and accelerated change, and the lunar weather is pulling us toward expansion while the recent solar eclipse is still rearranging things beneath the surface.
This Knight doesn't wait for conditions to be perfect; he charges. But Sagittarius at its best isn't just speed; it's the archer who pauses long enough to actually aim. The waxing Moon building toward next week's lunar eclipse asks us to ride that fiery momentum with some direction behind it,
not just velocity.
The question posed to you is: where do you feel confined? Is the Knight's core tension made personal? This energy in you wants to move, speak, create, be seen, and anything that's been muffling that will feel especially intolerable right now.
That restlessness you may be sensing today isn't just astrological noise; it's information. Something the recent eclipse stirred loose is probably connected to exactly this: a place where you've been playing smaller than you are, staying quiet when you had something real to say,
or tolerating a situation that no longer fits the person you're becoming. The Knight doesn't always have a fully formed plan, and that's okay. What he does have is the courage to move first and refine later. Let yourself be that brave today not reckless, but willing.

08/19/2026

The 2 of Wands lives in the moment just after you've claimed your territory. You're standing at the edge, holding the world in your hand, scanning the horizon. This card carries the energy of Mars in Aries: pure initiating fire, the will that hasn't met resistance. It's visionary and restless,
the card of someone who has made one bold move and is now deciding whether to make another. Paired with this Eclipse Corridor and the Scorpio Moon's demand for depth over surface, the 2 of Wands isn't asking you to brainstorm possibilities. It's asking you to look squarely at the one direction
you've been pulled toward since August 12th. Something was seeded in you at that Solar Eclipse, and you likely already know what it is. The Scorpio Moon strips away the comfortable fog you might use to avoid claiming it fully.
The friction you're experiencing now, desiring to be noticed and at the
same time wanting to remain protected, is genuine. The 2 of Wands doesn't pretend that the situation is simple. Since Mars is in Aries, it doesn't wait for ideal conditions, but it also doesn't carelessly expose what is sacred. This card requires a specific, directed action:
not a major announcement, but a single step that commits you to the course you have been privately sensing. Say something true to someone who matters. Write it down as a real intention, not as a wish. The eclipse corridor has its own kind of momentum.
The honest question that this card puts to you is whether you are in control or if, in a few weeks, you'll look up and find that the circumstances have made up your mind. You know more than you are acknowledging. Trust that.

08/18/2026

The Knight of Cups rides in on pure feeling; he's the messenger of the heart, ruled by Water moving through the Fire signs- that particular alchemy of emotion in motion. In the Thoth tradition, he corresponds to the airy part of water, which gives him his characteristic gift and his characteristic
problem: he can articulate feeling beautifully, sometimes more beautifully than the feeling itself warrants. With the Moon deepening in Scorpio today inside this eclipse corridor, his arrival is not accidental. Whatever emotional current has been running beneath the surface of your week a longing
you've been half-naming, a connection that's been circling closer, something you've rehearsed saying but haven't yet said the Scorpio Moon is not going to let it stay abstract. This isn't a day for the Knight's romantic idealism to float freely. Scorpio wants the truth underneath the poetry.

What comes to the surface this week is likely something you already knew, but hadn't fully let yourself know. The Knight of Cups asks you to be the messenger to yourself, or to someone else, but the eclipse corridor asks you to check: is this coming from genuine feeling, or from the story you've
built around the feeling? That's the honest question worth sitting with. If there's a conversation that's been hovering just below the level of small talk, you have the emotional fluency right now to take it somewhere real. The Scorpio Moon will reward honesty with depth, and depth is where trust
actually forms. What you reveal today, or choose to hear finally, may turn out to matter more than it looks like it should.

08/17/2026

The Knight of Swords is about charging ahead with a sharp, focused mind. When reversed, that drive loses direction. The energy that should move us forward becomes scattered. This matches today’s Mars square Neptune. Mars has just moved into Cancer, so our actions come from care and protection,
while Neptune retrograde in Aries quietly dissolves our motivation. This can leave us feeling urgent but unsure where to go. Mercury in Leo trining Saturn brings structure and honesty to our thoughts. If you’ve been holding back your words, today’s astrology supports you to speak up,
but only if you slow down and let that trine help instead of rushing into confusion. Have you been holding back what you want to say? Today’s astrology encourages you to share your thoughts, but only if you slow down and let the trine help instead of rushing into confusion.
Take time this morning to reflect on the question: "Did you act without all the information?" The reversed Knight of Swords reminds us that moving too fast can cloud judgment. As the Moon moves into Scorpio tonight, you’ll have a chance to look deeper instead of staying on the surface.
The Scorpio Moon seeks truth, even if it’s hard to face. This afternoon, the Venus-Jupiter sextile brings something good, such as a meaningful conversation, a new connection, or an opportunity. Try to accept it without overthinking or acting right away.
Let the Scorpio energy help you face the honest questions you’ve been avoiding. The reversed Knight isn’t broken; he just needs to pause and think before moving ahead.

08/16/2026

The Nine of Swords is one of the most anxious cards in the deck: the figure bolt upright in the dark, hands over face, nine blades hanging overhead like an accusation. But it's reversed, which means that midnight spiral isn't fully ruling you now. Something has shifted.
The energy is slowly releasing like a pressure valve finally found. All that mental churn, and today's Libra Moon is doing exactly what Libra does: holding two things up, waiting to feel the weight. The reversed Nine suggests the comparisons we've been making the ones that kept us up,
the ones where we always come up short are losing some of their grip. They haven't vanished, but we're no longer entirely at their mercy.
Today asks us to notice which comparisons are useful and which are just habit. Libra wants beauty,
and Venus would rather measure ourselves against what delights us than what frightens us. The reversed Nine of Swords in a Libra Moon moment invites you to gently put down one of those blades, not all nine at once, just one, and ask whether the mental weight you've been carrying helps you
find fairness or just exhausts you. If you catch yourself in a loop today, try the Venusian question: which option, thought, or version of your situation is simply more beautiful to hold? Let that be enough for now.

08/15/2026

The King of Cups exemplifies emotional depth and the mature mastery that comes from having lived through the full suit; he's seen everything and learned to rule without drowning. Today's Libra Moon nudges us toward relational harmony and checking ourselves before we speak.
Then there's Mercury conjunct Jupiter in Leo, a conjunction that wants to be heard, to expand, declare, and mean something. The King of Cups doesn't resist that impulse; he channels it. He's the one who can speak from the heart with genuine authority, who says the emotionally true thing in a way

that actually lands. Today's astrology lit a fuse. The question is whether what was said came from that steady, integrated place or whether Jupiter's inflation crept in. Did we promise more than we can give, emotionally or otherwise? Sit with what you spoke aloud today,
especially anything that felt unexpectedly big, tender, or meaningful. The King of Cups asks us to be honest about the difference between depth and performance. The Libra Moon may have made us careful, deferential even. Still, the Mercury-Jupiter conjunction was pulling in the other direction,
wanting resonance and impact. If you found yourself softening your feelings to manage someone else's reaction, notice that. This card suggests you have real emotional authority available to you right now, the kind that doesn't need to be louder than it is, and doesn't need to shrink either.
What you said today may matter more than you think. Make sure it was actually yours.

08/14/2026

The 2 of Swords belongs to the suit of Air, which encompasses thought, communication, and decision-making. In astrology, it aligns with the first decan of Libra and is influenced by the moon. This card depicts a figure blindfolded, arms crossed, balancing two swords in a tense standoff. This balance isn’t generally peaceful; it can be a sign of avoidance. What’s being sidestepped is likely clear; it’s something we already know but maybe not ready to deal with, and the energy from the recent
eclipse only amplifies this tendency to evade. Right now, the Virgo moon is moving past an eclipse and searching for clarity. This moon has a desire for details and for things to work, but the 2 of Swords points out that one detail is left unresolved because of a choice not to decide. Virgo’s strength is not waiting for everything to be perfect. It adapts and moves forward. The 2 of Swords represents the moment before that action, when everything is paused. This isn’t always bad.
Sometimes stillness is important. But if you find yourself avoiding something by doing small chores like laundry, paying bills, or helping a neighbor, and you keep coming back to something unresolved, that’s the message of this card. The blindfold comes off when you can acknowledge it and realize that the swords don’t have to stay crossed. You can choose to put one down.

08/13/2026

The 5 of Pentacles carries the weight of hardship under a Virgo moon, which asks us whether the scarcity we feel is as fixed as it seems or if some of it lives in perception. Virgo, the sign of useful work, of things functioning correctly, of the body, and of the practical world mattering, challenges us to notice what we're missing. However, the sextile to Venus in Libra softens this. There’s a chance for a breakthrough, but sextiles ask us to reach for them. Then, Mercury sextiling Venus in
Libra this morning adds yet another layer. Mercury rules Virgo, making her doubly present today, shaping how we think and talk about it. Today is subtler than a grand reversal of fortune. It is more like a small unlocking. The Virgo Moon wants us to see our situation practically, and not catastrophize. Look at what is working and what is not. Mercury-Venus sextile is a gentle nudge.
Connection is available right now, and it costs less than you think to ask for what you need or to tell someone they matter to you. The 5 of Pentacles often shows people so focused on what is outside their reach that they miss the warmth right there. Today, notice the light.

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