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Not to interrupt your bliss—but the Nine of Cups also contains the faintest whisper of a warning: Things are always ripest right before they rot.
Do not apologize for or downplay your blessings, but let it live alongside a gratitude and humility for the forces that brought you here. It wasn’t without help, trial, heartache and periods of thinking you would never reach this point.
Wear your happiness honestly and generously, and you are in for a lovely time.
This card is the apex of feminine power, and we’re feelin’ like a queen and a goddess, gentle and powerful, a nurturer and a warrior, fierce and soft, overflowing and full all at the same time.
anyone embodying this energy is glowing from the inside out.
The precarious happiness discovered in the Nine of Cups stabilizes and grounds in the Ten.
In this place, we are in the best possible position to give to the world. Fortified by an understanding of our value and secure enough to ask for what we need, the Ten of Cups shows us perfect reciprocity, the gorgeous ripple effect of living a big life.
earth / autumn / dusk / years
Pentacles are the oldest suit in the tarot and thereby possess a stability earned through travelling through the first three suits of the tarot. They deal in the physical: work, money, health and home.
this Ace presents us with a seed.
The payoff of the Pentacles is not immediate, but the yield is more sustainable, sturdier and more reliable than anything produced by the preceding three suits.
The Ace of Pentacles shows us both humble beginnings and unlimited potential.
It could be said that the entire journey of Pentacles is the story of how we care for the seed received in the Ace,
Spanning the areas of money, career, health and home, this card can show a work opportunity that—while it may not be your dream job—is an improvement on the current sitch and a step toward your professional aspirations.
A practical card, the Two of Pentacles speaks to juggling tasks, managing responsibilities and maintaining a work-life balance.
In addition to balance, smooth transition is another theme of this card, or holding on to something you already have while switching over to something new.
A reminder to stay in our own lane because we have more than enough to keep us busy, the Two of Pentacles is a practice of healthy boundaries. The Two of Pentacles doesn’t answer work e-mails after 7 p.m. and cleans its apartment every Sunday.
The value of teamwork, knowing your strengths and weaknesses, and working with others to create something bigger than the sum of your parts is the essence of the Three of Pentacles.
When the Three of Pentacles is pulled, it is time to build a team.
Success is within reach, but will not be achieved alone.
Where the Four of Cups shows emotional selfishness, the Four of Pentacles is physical stinginess.
The fear of not having enough is dictating your actions, and it is making you and everyone around you miserable. Scarcity and lack are illusions.
You are holding on so tightly to what you have—even if it’s not enough, even if it’s not working—that you created a closed structure. There is no room for abundance until you chill the fuck out.
In the last of the shitty Fives we fall on hard times. Sickness, depletion and financial difficulty are all possibilities when the Five of Pentacles appears in a reading, and the task of this card is to confront these unwelcome realities.
Regardless of where this deficiency is experienced, the common denominator of this card is feeling unsupported. So, um, support is the medicine to this, in case you needed me to spell it out real simple. Don’t be a martyr.
We’re so in love with what we started, so dazzled by these miraculous little manifestations that money now takes its rightful place as energy and nothing more.
This is the card of the entrepreneur, the girl boss, the makers and the believers in magic every damn day.
Delaying instant gratification for long-term rewards
The abundance pipe dream of the Ace—this is how you make it happen.
The epiphany of the Eight of Pentacles could occur at work, focusing on a task and realizing you actually know what the fuck you’re doing.
The Eight of Pentacles is the card of craftsmanship, of hard-work-turned-expertise, and while it can apply to a specific skill or trade, we are also the makers of our own life. In this card you discover that you’ve managed to build a life that is perfect, nothing is missing, you are overwhelmed by the beauty you are standing in the middle of.
The Nine of Pentacles’ contentment is closely connected to a feeling of home, and celebrating this card is not a lavish affair.
People who live in the Nine of Pentacles infuse a tangible presence into the space they inhabit.
They are undeniably successful people who live in an objectively beautiful apartment, but their success translates beyond the material and the beauty of their home beyond the aesthetic. There are other, almost alchemical ingredients required to imbue a space with magic that money alone could never accomplish. No interior designer can curate that shit. It is a direct reflection of who they are.
The difficulty with these few cards is that they most commonly represent other people. But sometimes, they can reflect an aspect of ourselves—in the past, present or future versions.
The essence of a suit is embodied in their four Court Cards, and paints a picture of what these characteristics look like in action in varying degrees of maturity and evolution.
Knowing the traits of each Court Card and making personal connections to them helps to humanize these intimidating sixteen cards.
I’ve found that the most immediate way to connect with the Courts is to consider them as a family unit.
New situations, ventures or creative outlets. The naïve version of a suit’s energy. Youngest of the court cards and possesses a youthful quality—either literally or being green in an aspect of life. Earth element. Connected to The Fool, the Ace cards and the Two cards.
Outward action in the world, the Sons are in a constant state of movement. Moderately experienced but still in development—in the adolescent/young adult phase—and can be brash or immature. Air element....
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The characteristics of the suit internalized. Matured conception of self and others due to experience. Tied to nurturing and caring for others. Adulthood. Water element. Connected to ...
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The long-term effects of living in a suit’s energy. Can be either wise or stuck in their ways. Stabilization, success and control—they are the providers. The masculine expression of a suit in its full maturation. Fire element. Con...
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Sagittarius / Leo / Aries
Daughter of Wands—The Spitfire
Patience and prudence seem like a waste of time to this action-oriented archetype,
She has a hard time comprehending that not everyone operates the way she does, but the self-centeredness is a product of youth, not narcissism.
She will not live life on someone else’s terms. She’s not going to learn from your mistakes. She’s going to make her own.
She will say the outrageous thing everyone else is thinking, and while her brazen nature will not endear her to everyone, the people who love her are fierce and uncompromising in their affection.
Son of Wands—The Fuckboy
Unfortunately, this guy utilizes his considerable charms and intuition to be an asshole.
