The Summer Solstice is the Sun’s big annual entrance.

The light stretches itself to the edge of the day. The evening lingers. The garden is a riot of colour and texture. The flowers are fragrant. The fireflies zip through the long twilight. Everything feels a little more golden than usual, as though the world has decided to lean fully into its own radiance.

Naturally, this calls for a party. The Tarot understands that “party” can mean many things. For The Sun, it means everyone is outside having fun and getting their Vitamin D. For The Empress, it means bowls of fruit, flowers on the table, and enough cushions. For The Magician, it means somebody finally handed him control of the playlist. For Temperance, it means a carefully balanced mocktail with a garnish. For The Hermit, it means he came and did a sweep of the yard, made one jaw-dropping observation, and left by 8:30.

This is the Tarot guest list for the longest day of the year: the cards you actually want at a Summer Solstice party, whether you are celebrating with ritual, food, music, friends, family, or a quiet golden hour on the porch.

The question is: who do you invite when the light is at its height?

The Sun Hosts

Obviously.

The Sun does not attend the Summer Solstice party. The Sun is the Summer Solstice party.

This is the card that understands warmth, visibility, joy, vitality, shared life, and the simple blessing of being able to stand in the open without shrinking. The Sun sends the invitation early, chooses an outdoor location, makes sure there is enough seating, and somehow arranges for the light to hit everyone’s face at exactly the right angle.

In the Tarot de Marseille, The Sun is especially important because this is not merely a card of private happiness. This is a conscious relationship blossoming under the light. The Sun knows that joy becomes more powerful when it is shared openly and everyone is supported.

At the party, The Sun is not trying to impress anyone. That is the difference between real radiance and performance. The Sun simply creates a field where people feel more alive.

The Sun brings:

• Warmth.

• Clarity.

• Games on the lawn.

• A group photo where everyone actually looks happy.

• The person who says, “Come sit with us,” and means it.

The Sun’s Solstice wisdom is that joy does not have to be complicated to be sacred. Sometimes the light is enough. Sometimes the presence of good people, fresh food, music, and the long evening is enough. Sometimes healing looks like realizing you are no longer hiding from your own life.

The Sun hosts because The Sun remembers that illumination is not only about seeing truth. It is also about letting life return.

The Empress Brings The Fruit Tray

The Empress would never arrive empty-handed.

She brings fruit because fruit is the perfect Solstice food: ripened light you can eat. Berries, peaches, cherries, melon, figs, grapes, citrus, anything juicy, fragrant, and unapologetically seasonal. If she has time, she also brings flowers, linen napkins, a salad with edible blossoms, and possibly a cake that looks rustic but took hours to make.

The Empress understands abundance as a spiritual principle.

Not excess for the sake of excess. Not “more” as compensation for emptiness. True Empress abundance is nourishment. It is the generosity of life when conditions have been lovingly tended. The seed became a root. The root became a stem. The stem became a blossom. The blossom became fruit.

That is citrinitas in edible form.

The Empress brings:

• Fruit arranged beautifully.

• A tablecloth no one is allowed to call “too nice.”

• Flowers from the garden.

• A soft place to sit.

• A reminder that pleasure is not a moral failure.

At the party, The Empress makes sure the senses are included. Texture matters. Scent matters. Colour matters. Taste matters. The body is not an inconvenience to the spiritual path; it is one of the places where the sacred becomes real.

Her Solstice wisdom is simple: if the light has ripened something, receive it.

Eat the peach. Smell the basil. Put your bare feet in the grass. Wear the dress. Use the beautiful dishes. Let delight become part of the ritual.

The Empress brings fruit because she knows the Sun’s work is not complete until something living has been nourished.

The Magician Handles the Playlist

The Magician has opinions.

He has already made three playlists: one for arrival, one for golden hour, and one for when The Devil inevitably starts karaoke. He has tested the speaker, brought backup cables, and somehow connected an older device that everyone else thought was unusable.

This is why you invite The Magician.

He knows how to work with what is on the table. Or in this case, what is on the table, in the basket, plugged into the extension cord, or balanced precariously near the lemonade.

The Magician brings technique to the celebration.

A good party is partly magic, but it is also partly craft. Someone has to think about flow. Someone has to notice when the energy dips. Someone has to shift the music before the gathering drifts into awkward silence or chaotic shouting. The Magician understands timing, tools, atmosphere, and the strange alchemy of “this song, right now.”

He brings:

• The playlist.

• The speaker.

• A trick for opening a stubborn bottle.

• A folding knife, probably.

• A talent for making everyone think this was spontaneous.

In Citrinitas terms, The Magician is what happens when the light reaches the hands. The inspiration is no longer abstract. It becomes technique, action, gesture, and skill.

His Solstice wisdom is that magic needs a method.

Want a beautiful gathering? Create the conditions. Want a ritual? Prepare the tools. Want joy? Make the space where joy can happen. Want a project, a relationship, or a creative life to become real? Stop waiting for the heavens to do everything and pick up the first instrument.

The Magician handles the playlist because he understands that even enchantment appreciates a little technical support.

Temperance Makes Mocktails

Temperance arrives with herbs, citrus, sparkling water, honey syrup, cucumber slices, edible flowers, and a bunch of mocktail recipes that she found on Pinterest.

She is not here to judge anyone’s choices. She is here to make sure the gathering remains pleasant, hydrated, and sustainable. She has thought about flavour balance, sugar levels, temperature, and whether the drinks look beautiful without becoming ridiculous.

Temperance is the alchemist of the party.

She pours. Blends. Adjusts. Aerates. Tastes. Adds a sprig of mint. Decides the drink needs more acid. Makes another version for the person who cannot have citrus. Somehow creates something that feels festive without making everyone three sheets to the wind by sundown.

This is her gift.

Temperance knows that pleasure needs pacing. Celebration does not have to become excess in order to be real. A good Solstice gathering is not only about turning the light all the way up; it is about keeping the light circulating.

She brings:

• Ingredients for the best mocktails you’ve ever tasted

• The ability to put on a show while muddling mint

• A bartender’s ear.

• A calming presence near the snack table.

• The ability to rescue a conversation before it becomes too spicy

In citrinitas, Temperance teaches that illumination must become livable. Too much light, too much heat, too much excitement, too much everything can burn the vessel. Temperance does not dim the day. She helps everyone remain capable of enjoying it.

Her Solstice wisdom is that the best celebration is the one you do not have to recover from for three days after.

She makes mocktails because she understands that ripening is not the same as overindulgence. Sometimes the most magical drink is the one that lets you remember the sunset clearly.

The Devil Starts Karaoke

You did not plan karaoke.

The Devil did.

It began innocently enough. Someone mentioned a song. Someone else said, “Oh my god, remember that one?” The Magician made the mistake of admitting the speaker had a microphone function. The Devil smiled. Now there is a queue.

The Devil is not necessarily the villain of the party. In fact, a Summer Solstice gathering without a little Devil energy might be too wholesome to survive contact with reality.

The Devil brings appetite, humor, sensuality, mischief, embodiment, and the willingness to be ridiculous. He knows that people are not made of pure light. They are made of desire, shadow, laughter, sweat, memory, craving, rhythm, and the dangerous belief that they can still hit the high note.

He brings:

• Karaoke.

• Dessert after everyone said they were full

• The somewhat inappropriate jokes and flirty innuendo

• Dancing that was not on the schedule.

• A reminder that embodiment includes the hips

In a Citrinitas issue, The Devil is useful because he teaches discernment around false light. Not everything that glows is gold. Some things glow because they are stage lights over a temptation. But not all pleasure is bondage, either. The Devil asks us to be honest about appetite instead of pretending we are above it.

His Solstice wisdom is that shadow acknowledged is easier to dance with than shadow denied.

At his best, The Devil loosens the room. He gets people laughing. He breaks the overly spiritual stiffness that can make a gathering feel like everyone is auditioning for enlightenment. He reminds us that a sacred life still has jokes, bodies, sweat, songs, and dessert.

At his worst, he does not know when to stop.

That is why Temperance is in charge of beverages.

The Hermit Leaves by 8:30

The Hermit came because he loves you.

Please appreciate the magnitude of this.

He arrived on time, brought a pan of brownies that he made himself, stood near the edge of the gathering, had a meaningful conversation with exactly two people, observed the group dynamic with unsettling accuracy, and quietly decided that he had received the full teaching of the evening by 8:17.

By 8:30, he is gone.

Not dramatically. Not rudely. He simply vanishes in a manner that suggests he has always belonged more to pathways, thresholds, and lamplit rooms than to extended social events.

The Hermit brings:

• A thoughtful bottle of something-not-obvious tucked in his robes.

• One sentence that changes how you see your entire summer.

• A shawl or jacket, even in June.

• An early exit strategy.

• The wisdom of knowing when enough is enough.

The Hermit is important at the Solstice because the longest day still casts shadows. Not everyone receives light by becoming more social. Some people receive light by stepping away from noise and carrying one clear impression home.

In citrinitas, The Hermit is the lamp of discernment. He reminds us that illumination does not always mean exposure. Sometimes the truest light is the small one you protect.

His Solstice wisdom is that you can love the gathering and still leave before the energy turns.

The Hermit leaves by 8:30 because he knows joy does not require self-abandonment. This is an underrated spiritual achievement.

The Star Brings a Blanket and Makes Everyone Emotional

The Star brings a blanket because someone will want to sit on the grass and look at the sky.

She also brings the tender mood that arrives when the party softens. Early evening. Golden light. People a little more honest than they meant to be. Someone says, “I’m actually really glad we did this.” Someone else starts talking about the year they have had. The Star listens.

The Star is hope after rupture. She is the tender return of trust. She is not loud, but she can become the emotional heart of the gathering.

She brings:

• A blanket.

• A bowl of water for the dog.

• Kindness without pressure.

• The moment when everyone remembers they are human.

• A wish made at twilight.

In citrinitas, The Star belongs to the passage between cleansing and golden return. She is not yet the full Sun, but she prepares us to receive it. At the Solstice party, she brings the gentler form of light: the kind that does not demand performance.

Her Solstice wisdom is that hope does not have to be loud to be real.

She reminds us that after hard seasons, simply being together under a beautiful sky can be a form of repair.

The Chariot Organizes Lawn Games

The Chariot cannot just sit there.

He needs an activity. Preferably one with teams, rules, motion, and a clear winner. Cornhole, badminton, relay races, croquet, horseshoes, volleyball, axe throwing if nobody is supervising him properly — he is ready.

The Chariot brings momentum to the party. He gets people moving. He turns the long afternoon into a friendly competition and somehow convinces even reluctant guests to participate.

He brings:

• Lawn games.

• Sunscreen, because victory requires strategy.

• Team names.

• A whistle that nobody asked for.

• A suspiciously intense desire to win “just for fun.”

In citrinitas, The Chariot is light becoming direction. The will has selected a road and is moving. At a Solstice party, that energy is useful because too much lounging can become sleepy. The Chariot gets the life force circulating.

His Solstice wisdom is that joy sometimes needs motion.

His shadow, of course, is turning a casual game into a heroic campaign. The Chariot must remember that not every ring toss is a test of destiny.

Justice Keeps the Group Chat Receipts

Justice is invited because somebody needs to remember who said they were bringing what.

She knows who volunteered for plates, who promised ice, who said they would “probably” bring a salad, and who has not responded to the message despite clearly seeing it. She is not mad. She is simply accurate.

Justice brings fairness, clarity, agreements, and the sacred social contract that makes gatherings less chaotic.

She brings:

• The list.

• The receipts.

• The reminder that “potluck” does not mean eight desserts and no actual food.

• Equal seating arrangements.

• A calm but unmistakable look when someone tries to rewrite history.

In citrinitas, Justice is the light of clear seeing applied to a relationship. It is not enough to feel warm and spiritual if the practical agreements are vague. Good gatherings need fairness. Good communities need reciprocity. Good magic needs clear terms.

Her Solstice wisdom is that harmony is easier when everyone knows what they agreed to.

Justice may not be the life of the party, but without her, The Emperor gets irritated, The Empress overfunctions, and The Devil brings only cheesecake and chaos.

The High Priestess Brings the Ancestral Recipe

The High Priestess does not bring something trendy.

She brings a recipe from a grandmother, an old cookbook, a monastery, a handwritten card, or a cultural memory that has survived a diaspora and at least one family scandal. She arrives with a dish that has a story, and the story may be longer than the recipe.

In the TdM, La Papesse is not merely a lunar maiden guarding secrets. She is the keeper of memory, the grandmother of the Tarot, the one who knows how to read the book and how to recount what came before.

She brings:

In a Citrinitas issue, the High Priestess links beautifully to the earlier albedo work. She holds the memory that the golden light can ripen. At the Solstice party, she reminds us that celebration is not only seasonal. It is ancestral. People have gathered around light, food, crops, fire, water, and story for a very long time.

Her Solstice wisdom is that joy becomes deeper when it remembers where it came from.

She will not stay for karaoke.

Wheel of Fortune Brings the Weather

Wheel of Fortune did not RSVP.

Wheel of Fortune is the weather.

This card is the sudden breeze, the unexpected rain shower, the neighbour’s fireworks, the power flicker, the surprise guest, the grill that will not light, the batch of fireflies that appears at the perfect moment, or the inexplicable way everything goes slightly off plan and somehow becomes more memorable.

Wheel of Fortune brings:

• Weather.

• Timing.

• Plot twists.

• The thing nobody planned but everyone remembers.

• A reminder that control is adorable.

At a Solstice party, Wheel of Fortune is essential because outdoor gatherings are humbling. You may plan the perfect evening, but the world is alive and has its own ideas. The wheel turns. The wind shifts. The day becomes what it becomes.

In citrinitas, this card reminds us that light is not the same as control. Consciousness helps us meet the turning, but it does not stop the turning.

Wheel’s Solstice wisdom is that sometimes the best part of the ritual is the thing that interrupts it.

The Emperor hates this.

The Fool loves it.

The Fool Wanders In With Sparklers

The Fool arrives late or early. It is unclear.

He may not have read the invitation carefully. He may have brought sparklers to a daytime gathering. He may be wearing something impractical. He may have invited someone he met on the way over. He may not understand why everyone is worried about “where the lighter went.”

But The Fool is delightful.

He brings freshness, spontaneity, innocence, surprise, and the willingness to let the day become an adventure. He prevents the Solstice party from becoming too planned, too polished, or too aware of its own symbolism.

He brings:

• Sparklers and fireworks

• A dog, possibly not his.

• A story with no clear beginning

• Unexpected laughter.

• The courage to dance first and with two left feet.

In citrinitas, The Fool reminds us that golden light does not have to become stiff. Awakening is not always solemn. Sometimes the soul steps into the long day with a bundle over its shoulder and no idea what happens next.

His Solstice wisdom is that wonder is also a form of wisdom.

Please do not let him supervise the fire pit.

The World Leads the Final Dance

When the evening reaches its fullness, The World appears.

The World is completion, integration, embodiment, and the dance inside the whole pattern. She does not need to dominate the party. She simply knows when the circle has formed.

At the Solstice party, The World is the moment when everything comes together: the food, the light, the music, the laughter, the stories, the bodies, the sky, the strange little accidents, the people who stayed, the people who left early, the song everyone somehow knows.

She brings:

• The final dance

• The sense of completion.

• A beautiful closing moment.

• The feeling that the day has become a memory while still happening.

• A circle, literal or symbolic.

In citrinitas, The World leans beyond yellowing toward integration, but she is still welcome because she shows what the light is ultimately trying to do. It wants to become whole. It wants to move through the body. It wants to connect the parts into a living pattern.

Her Solstice wisdom is that joy becomes sacred when we recognize we are inside the pattern, not outside watching it.

The World does not just attend the party.

She completes it.

Honorable Mentions

Not every card makes the core guest list, but a few deserve mention:

• Three of Cups is the group chat, the shared food, the laughter, the “we should do this more often” energy.

• Four of Wands brings the actual party structure: decorations, welcome, and the feeling of communal celebration.

• Ace of Wands lights the fire pit and immediately feels spiritually validated.

• Page of Cups brings a handmade card, talks to the frogs, and names one of them.

• Queen of Wands arrives looking like the Solstice was invented for her.

• King of Pentacles brings the good grill, the comfortable chairs, and an alarming amount of cheese.

• Knight of Wands suggests a road trip at 9:47 p.m.

• Eight of Pentacles made the decorations he brought by hand and is trying not to mention how long they took.

• Seven of Cups invented the theme and then got overwhelmed by centrepiece options.

• Four of Pentacles wants to know who is reimbursing whom.

A Solstice Party Spread

If you want to turn this idea into a playful seasonal practice, pull six cards for your own Summer Solstice party archetypes.

1. The Host — What energy is holding the gathering or season together?
This shows the main atmosphere.

2. The Offering — What am I bringing to the table?
This shows your gift, contribution, or seasonal medicine.

3. The Music — What wants to move through me?
This shows the rhythm, mood, or creative current.

4. The Mocktail — What needs balance or better proportion?
This shows where Temperance is needed.

5. The Karaoke Song — What wants to be expressed, even imperfectly?
This shows the part of you that wants a little boldness.

6. The Early Exit — What boundary will help me enjoy the light without losing myself?
This shows the Hermit wisdom.

This spread keeps the Solstice from becoming only a celebration of maximum brightness. It honours joy, but also proportion. Visibility, but also boundaries. Expression, but also discernment.

Very Citrinitas.

Does anyone else remember 2021-2022? It feels like it was a good fifty years ago. Does anyone remember the Moldavite Girls from TikTok? Where are they? What are they up to these days?

Moldavite took social media by storm after the 2020 Shitshow. The funny thing is, I don’t think most of those young women were wearing actual moldavite.

If you’re wearing a 20-gram stone wrapped in a cute little spiral wire around your neck, that you got on Etsy for $45 back in those halcyon TikTok days, then you aren’t wearing moldavite; you’re wearing some very convincing and fancy glass or lab-generated crystal made in India or China. If your world was upended after putting said stone around your neck, then it was entirely your own mental doing because you heard about it online, the algorithm fed you a bunch of confirming material, you went down a rabbit hole and POOF — you were having a crisis. The old mystical adage about thinking something into existence 150% tracks.

But let’s talk about real moldavite for a moment. I’m seeing more woo about it on the apps; it seems to be enjoying a little resurgence, perhaps because social media memories are so short. I’m not going to bother looking online for any information because everything is the same now that everyone is using AI. Since AI scrapes the internet to learn, it’s learning from itself, and that particular cycle has become a perpetual motion machine of silliness.

I’m going to refer instead to Love Is In The Earth by Melody, one of the books from back in the day that has informed a couple of generations of woo-woo folks.

In general, tektites, which are meteoric glass rather than crystals, encourage gathering knowledge from a wide variety of areas of life. They also encourage travel and movement. Tektites balance the order of things, and while they will hinder pitching a tent and camping out in negative patterns of behaviour, they won’t stand in the way of you learning from your less-than-stellar moments. In fact, the energy of tektites encourages this.

Tektites are known all over the world. I can’t think of a single pre-Industrial culture that didn’t pick up a crystal or stone and not feel something. Tektites in particular were seen as stones of great power. Ancient people knew they were remnants of meteors that had fallen from the sky, and everyone seemed to have held them in high esteem. They were believed to bring wealth, power, fertility, and longevity, and to aid in telepathic communication or in the extraction of knowledge from all over the universe. Having one tektite is believed to increase your chances of finding more tektites, much like the Universal Cat Distribution System guarantees that cats will find you, especially if you already have one.

They can also be used to treat fevers, although I would be remiss if I didn’t tell you to put down the stone and call your doctor if you get sick. Apparently, they can also be used to reduce the transmission of diseases, but again — wash your damned hands, don’t hang out around sick people, and call your doctor if you feel unwell. As a class of stones, they’re considered to be stones “of light”. In general, this class of stones vibrates to the number 9, which is ruled by Mars, although individual tektites will have their own numerological correspondences.

Moldavite is a member of the tektite family. It comes from the former Czechoslovakia ( now the Czech Republic — this book was written before the fall of the Soviet Union). It was formed over fifteen million years ago when a meteorite crashed in the area and created a “strew field” of the glass. Per Melody, “it carries one beyond the mirage of life, to a home from which one has been absent, providing the image of eternity and the vision and energy to translate the image into reality.” It also “expands the scope and magnitude of the vibrational spectrums which one can approach, while allowing a more encompassing passageway to those spectrums of which one already has access; that is, one will ‘see’ more clearly and ‘see’ with an expansion of vision within the vibrational territory to which one has ventured, and/or one will be provided the inter-connection with the multi-dimensional horizons not yet experienced.”

God, I love New Age language; it’s like reading the minutes from a mystical HR meeting out there in the astral plane. It’s so sanitized and soft. No wonder so many young people raised in complete and total political correctness got sucked in. When you’re raised on sanitized therapeutic language, you’re primed to accept dangerous or destabilizing ideas that come wrapped in soft words — and that extends to more than just playing with rocks, folks.

Maybe it’s just my age or the lack of estrogen as I claw my way through perimenopause, but it’s hilarious that New Age writers are describing something with a vibration that could create a mental crisis in a language that sounds like it has been approved by the Department of Galactic Wellness:

“It carries one beyond the mirage of life, to a home from which one has been absent…”

In Plain English: It can make ordinary life feel fake, flimsy, or too small. The person may have an experience of “this cannot be all there is,” or “I have been living inside a cardboard cutout version of reality.” That type of realization can feel beautiful for about five minutes, but it can also make someone suddenly dissatisfied with their job, relationship, identity, routines, beliefs, or entire identity.

…providing the image of eternity and the vision and energy to translate the image into reality.”

In Plain English: You get a glimpse of something vast, meaningful, or transcendent, and then you feel compelled to completely reorganize your life around it. Sometimes this is positive, and it becomes about getting your life in order, seeking sobriety, reinventing yourself, and/or finally leaving the thing you knew you needed to leave. Maybe you write something brilliant or birth some masterful art. These epiphanies can also turn into “I am going to walk away from my spouse, kids, and secure and prosperous life, and move to Sedona and open a starseed cacao temple by Thursday as the Light Lords commanded.” Either way, reorganizing your life around an epiphany, whether it is a positive or negative thing, can be an absolute shitshow during the process.

“Expands the scope and magnitude of the vibrational spectrums…”

In Plain English: Your bandwidth gets wider, and you notice more. You can connect more of the dots at a faster rate. You become more sensitive to symbolism, emotion, synchronicity, intuition, atmosphere, and the patterns of the world that were already there.

And here is a hard truth about that: not every dot is actually connected. Mind-expanding experiences can increase perception, but they can also increase projection. You may see more clearly, or you may simply see more and assume all of it is meaningful.

“…inter-connection with the multi-dimensional horizons not yet experienced.”

In Plain English: You may encounter material outside your usual frame of reference. That can mean spiritual insight, spiritual beings codified in the world’s folklore, psychological material, ancestral stuff, repressed grief, old trauma, creative visions that can come from bright or dark places in your head, or the sudden realization that your entire personality has been held together with a customer-service voice and cold brew.

Translated from New Age corporate astral-speak, this is basically saying that moldavite can blow a hole in your ordinary perception of reality. It can make your regular life feel like a set piece and bring on the sense that there is something larger, older, or more real behind the daily routine, and once you have seen it, you may not be able to comfortably unsee it.

That sounds lovely when softened into phrases like “expanded vibrational spectrums” and “multi-dimensional horizons,” but in plain language, it means this: the filters come off, and you may start noticing more than you know how to process. It can be way too much and cause a mental meltdown. You may become more intuitive, more emotionally porous, more pattern-hungry, and more convinced that everything means something. Your psyche is opening every drawer in the house at once, and the end result can be catastrophic, particularly when you’re taking advice from a bunch of Chapter Three Witches who only became old enough to sidle up to the shooter bar last month and are positioning themselves as experts in 30-second sound-bites.

Nothing is new. Melody’s books were written decades ago, and she most likely dined out on the work of others who had written the same things decades earlier. The authors you’re reading now more than likely have copies of her work, just like I do.

Do I “believe” in any of this? Well, I have a bloodstone sphere that I can hold in my left hand, which starts to tingle, and within thirty seconds, my right hand starts to tingle. On days that I do this, really nice things happen. It’s been like that since the day I found this stone in a shop and picked it up.

I saw a genuine 5-gram piece of moldavite on sale from a reputable seller for about $400, but remember, for a budget-friendly $45 for a fabulous fake on Etsy, you can think yourself right into an existential crisis or spiritual psychosis, Galactic Council optional.

I am processing out loud, and this article will no doubt change as I add or subtract from my current juicy new pet theory about numerology. Am I off base? Are you a numerologist or astrologer with an opinion? Let me know what you think!

In numerology, Karmic Numbers are a small group of specific numbers that signify lessons or debts carried over from previous lifetimes. These numbers—13, 14, 16, and 19—highlight areas where individuals may encounter repeated themes or situations, compelling them to address unresolved issues from their past incarnations.​ Think of it as your soul putting a sticky note on this incarnation. So long as you keep making the same mistakes, you’ll have the same situations in your life. Learning the lessons of your karmic numbers can help you break many of these behaviour cycles in your life. 

Are these issues really from past lives? I don’t want to stomp on everyone’s reincarnation parade because there is certainly a case to be made for it. BUT — and this is a big but — we don’t remember our past lives, so it seems rather cruel of our souls to inhabit a body to live out a life that they can’t really perfect if they don’t remember what it is that they’re here to perfect or fix. A better way to look at these numbers is to reframe them: Karmic numbers are a sticky note on toxic patterns that we have IN THIS LIFETIME. They result from early learning and imprinting and continue because we do not do the work (such as going to therapy or talking to a doctor) involved with changing our behaviour. For some of us, “karmic debt” in action might look like this: 

• Always dating people who cheat 

• Never prioritizing financial necessities over fun things, and always being late with our bills or broke 

• Saying yes to everyone and bailing at the last minute because we just can’t. 

• Not taking care of ourselves: not eating properly, not sleeping, not exercising

• Engaging in gossip and other hurtful types of communication

• Keeping up with the Joneses

• Using people

• Jealousy

• Passive aggression

• Victim blaming others

• Not taking accountability for your shitty decisions

• Projecting your isms onto others

The four karmic numbers are:

• 13: Associated with laziness or misuse of power in a past life, leading to a need for hard work and discipline in the current one.

• 14: Linked to abuse of freedom, suggesting a necessity to learn restraint and adaptability.

• 16: Connected to egotism or abuse of love, indicating lessons in humility and spiritual growth.

• 19: Tied to misuse of power or authority, pointing toward learning independence and compassion.​

These numbers indicate specific karmic lessons, guiding individuals toward personal growth by confronting and overcoming these inherent challenges. ​I also want to sneak one thing in here before we go any further: all numbers have their shadow sides that can be reflected in your chart. You can have zero karmic numbers in your chart and still have a Hefty bag full of toxic shite that you need to stop dragging with you into every situation.

Understanding Karmic Numbers

Karmic numbers are not all “bad”. Like all the other numbers, they have light and shadow sides. Their shadow side tends to be emphasized because it is the stronger of the two. The positive aspects of the Karmic numbers seem to be fleeting or rare. 

Karmic numbers cause issues for chart interpretation because we don’t teach numerologists how to understand their origins. Numerology is a branch of Astrology, but that part of arithmancy seems to have been lost with the emergence of a modern Western system. 

All numbers have a planetary ruler. The rulerships of the numbers 1-9 are:

• 1: The Sun

• 2: The Moon

• 3: Jupiter

• 4: Rahu (The North Node)

• 5: Mercury

• 6: Venus

• 7: Ketu (The South Node)

• 8: Saturn

• 9: Mars

The Karmic numbers are all teen numbers; they all start with 1. Therefore, their energy leads with The Sun and flows into whatever the next number is. 

But in astrology, when The Sun is close to another number, it weakens it. This is called being “combust.” This occurs when a planet forms a conjunction with the Sun within a few degrees. The amount of degrees will vary between planets. 

Combust Planets in Transit

When planets go combust in transit, they temporarily struggle to express themselves externally. Some general effects include:

• Combust Mercury: Can cause communication breakdowns, overthinking, and difficulty expressing thoughts clearly.

• Combust Venus: Can bring reevaluation of relationships and values. Social and financial matters may feel strained.

• Combust Mars: Can create internalized anger, passive-aggressiveness, and frustration in assertive efforts.

• Combust Jupiter: Can cause a temporary crisis in faith, philosophy, or overconfidence.

• Combust Saturn: A time of significant restructuring of long-term responsibilities or feeling stuck in situations you don’t want to be in.

• Combust Moon: This is a period of emotional reset during which feelings go inward, and clarity may be lacking.

The Karmic Numbers and Their Possible Astro-Numerology Links to Combustion

If we apply this idea, we might get something like this:

13 (1 + 3 = 4, Sun + Jupiter = Rahu)

The Sun (1) and Jupiter (3) create impulsive and transformative energy. Since 4 is associated with Rahu, it doesn’t experience combustion—but Jupiter, the ruler of 3, can. This results in a 4 vibration concerned with sudden shifts, rebellion, and abandonment of duty or responsibility to others.

14 (1 + 4 = 5, Sun + Rahu = Mercury)

The Sun (1) and Rahu (4) create an unstable influence that supports situations falling apart or being turned on their ear. Mercury (5) can be combust, and when it is, it creates confusion, manipulation, deception, and lack of discipline—themes found in 14 as a karmic number.

16 (1 + 6 = 7, Sun + Venus = Ketu)

The Sun (1) and Venus (6) can create ego-driven pleasures, which, when taken to excess, result in the fall from grace that 16 is known for. This number can represent the sudden destruction of those things we form attachments to, resulting in ending relationships, job loss, financial ruin, and a complete loss of status in life. 

19 (1 + 9 = 10/1, Sun influence)

The Sun (1) and Mars (9) create fiery, overpowering energy. Since Mars can be combust, 19 represents a person who must undergo karmic purification of ego, power, and ambition. 19 is associated with pride, leadership, potential downfall, and redemption.

Cazimi: Planetary Proximities to the Sun

The bright spot in Karmic number energy! 

Derived from the Arabic term “in the heart of the Sun,” a planet is in cazimi in exact conjunction with the Sun, usually within 16-17 arc minutes of the Sun. However, many astrologers allow a 1° orb of “wiggle room” on either side. Unlike combustion, cazimi is considered a position of great strength, where the planet’s qualities are enhanced and empowered. All things contain a little bit of their opposite, and the cazimi in astrology is a reminder of this. The bright spots in Karmic numbers are similar to the cazimi effects of their associated planetary correspondences. Karmic numbers can reflect some very fortunate and wonderful things in the lives of those who have them in their birth charts. For example, in Taylor Swift’s Expanded Life Path Chart, she has Karmic 13/4 and 16/7, as do many other billionaires. 

• The Karmic 13/4 vibration is associated with luck, great wisdom, and spiritual revelation or discovery, similar to the Jupiter cazimi.

• Karmic 14/5 is associated with breakthroughs in thinking, writing, communication, and learning, similar to Mercury cazimi.

• The 16/7 Karmic number pattern, similar to the Venus cazimi, is associated with financial windfalls, outrageously considerable life successes, and short, torrid love affairs. 

• The 19/1 Karmic number vibration is taught to most numerologists as a number of karmic blessings, where we are blessed with the forward momentum to kick ass, take charge, and bust through challenges quickly and easily, similar to the energy of the Mars cazimi. 

I need to get up earlier to stay on top of these things.

While I was tweaking this in the doctor’s office waiting room this morning as a prediction to be made, Justin and his people beat me to it and announced it during my allergy shot.

Damnit!!! Justin, you were supposed to let me know in advance when this was happening. I had a busy morning.

We all knew this was coming at some point this week, either today or tomorrow, but definitely before Wednesday. Originally, my post was going to discuss which of the two days was most likely, but I settled on today. So, even though I am late to the party by a little over an hour, I am going to share the numerology of this decision and why I chose it.

We need to look at two charts, Canada’s and Justin Trudeau’s because this decision affects the country as a whole and him as a person.

Justin Trudeau is running an 18/9 personal year. This personal year energy began for him on his most recent birthday, December 25. Yup, he’s a Christmas bébé. He is running a 16/7 Triad, a 30/3 personal month, and today is a 36/9 personal day for him.

Canada is running a 16/7 personal year. This personal year energy began for Canada on her most recent birthday, July 1. She is experiencing her second Triad of 11/2, a personal month of 17/8, and a personal day of 23/5.

So, in an 18/9 personal year, we wrap things up. Whatever ends during this cycle is likely not to be repeated. If it does come back for a second hurrah, it’ll likely be brief and get wrapped right the F up quickly. What does that mean? It means that this will likely never happen again for Mr. Trudeau. Given that he’s also in a 16/7 Triad - 16 is a Karmic number that The Tower in Tarot symbolizes, and 7 is ruled by Ketu (South Node) - he’s done living up to the family image. The Triad and Year energy are both powerful. I suspect that a lot of things are going to crumble away now, in earnest, because once you step forward and let the other shoe drop, that tends to be the cue the Universe needs to sweep away EVERYTHING that might be stuck to your leg, holding you back from the next portion of your life’s journey.

On his birthday this year, December 25, 2025, he will end the Power phase of his life and step into his Wisdom phase, but that’s a whole other set of numbers. For now, know that he is approaching the numerological equivalent of a Saturn Return, and it's starting to show. I wouldn’t be surprised if he gets divorced and comes all the way out of the closet this year because he is running a 9 Triad for the second four-month block of time in his personal year, followed by a 26/8 Triad, which can be seen as being Karmic in nature. He will enter his Wisdom phase under a 19/1 Karmic year, so his life won’t stop being interesting, but it will probably be a lot more self-focused and less political.

His personal day energy today is 36/9. Another ending, but not just any ending. You know how much I love the Tarot, so if you’ve got a pictorial deck, pull it out and look at the 36th card, which happens to be the 10 of Wands. Not only are there ten new beginnings, but they’ve also got a little purse in the form of that 0. You can be sure there are hesitations whenever a 0 is attached to a 1. The tens in the minor arcana are all new beginnings because 1+0=1, but simultaneously, they are like hesitations because they aren’t fully 1. That 0 is like a drop of water quivering on the edge of the tap, hesitating, before the surface tension in the drop releases and the water falls down to the tap below, to be carried away by the plumbing out to the great wide world, to begin the cycle again. So what we see here is a personal day energy where "something’s gotta give.” If you look at the picture on the 10 of Wands, it exemplifies this sort of ending quite nicely: the man in the foreground is carrying a heavy load and home is in sight. He can put all those sticks down and walk home if he wants, or he can keep trudging like a soldier and suffer the rest of the way back to safety and happiness. It’s not a balanced load, and if he’s not careful, the Universe will come along. POOF! Problem solved, the sticks are on the ground, you’re free to go - NOW GIT ON OUTTA HERE!!!

Either way, he is set free.

I’ve also noticed that recently, the press has not been filtering the F out of his photos, so Justin is actually looking middle-aged these days, yoga or not. You know it’s bad when the press no longer photoshopping you to look like you’re in your 50s going on 37.

Enter Canada’s chart!

To recap: my country is running a 16/7 Personal Year that began on July 1 last year. She’s in her middle Triad of 11/2, running a personal month transit of 17/8 and a personal day transit of 23/5.

What the hell does all that mean?

A 16/7 year is a Karmic year of restructuring. The 7 pattern starts out as 16, indicating a crisis time. Ketu’s detaching nature can cause political instability, power struggles, or the sudden downfall of leaders. It also supports civil unrest or public discontent with the government, often reflecting power imbalances, whether perceived or actual. A 16/7 personal year for a nation can also support potential divisions or separatist movements within the country.

Canada, are you ok? I may be Canadian, but we don’t get much news about you in the USA besides that long-ass postal strike right before Christmas. Many of you have told me you can’t even see my TheNumerologyLady FB page because you can’t access news outside Canadian news sources. I feel like my country right now is like that girl we all know who we suspect is being abused. She always looks good in public, but she can’t talk about anything because her boyfriend never leaves her alone long enough for her to call up a friend.

Blink twice if you need help, Canada.

Anyway, moving right along. An 11 vibration corresponds to Pluto and carries that same energy within it, so within all that, Karmic 16/7 is a time of sweeping transformation and more than likely a lot of “I didn’t have this on my bingo card" politically. This transit supports and emphasizes political instability, infighting, demonstrations, and rapid changes to outdated systems that need to get packing. The two transits together support the sudden downfall of leaders (although, strictly speaking, if the leader doesn’t suddenly fall over dead from a massive heart attack, the only people who are going to think any downfall is sudden are the members of the public who aren’t part of any inner circle), disruptive issues with trade and just a generally shitty time of complete turnaround. This Triad energy started running on November 1 and will last until the end of February. Canada begins a 21/3 Triad at this point, but we can look at that another day.

The personal day for Canada is 23/5. A person’s chart shows that a 23/5 transit is tremendously lucky. It’s hard to screw it up. You can Mr. Magoo your way through everything and still come out on top. In a country’s or a ruler’s/king’s chart, 23/5 has a different meaning, especially within these bomb-ass transits. Ruled by fixed star Regulus and referred to as the Royal Star of The Lion, a 23/5 day transit within an 11 Triad and a 16/7 Personal Year is a short, sharp transit that knocks over the king and paves the way for new leadership - so get your popcorn ready because the rest of Canada’s year is going to have some interesting political dance steps as everyone’s horns really start to pop out. Interestingly enough, Regulus is part of the constellation of Leo, which in the Kaballah corresponds to 11 and the Strength card.

This shit writes itself, I only pass it on.

Someone remind me about this a month from now so I can review my charts.

Unless you've been living under a rock then you know who this is

In case you want to feign ignorance, let’s have a refresher:

Luigi Mangione is the 26-year-old young man who gunned down the CEO of United HealthCare, as he was going to a meeting in Manhattan. Currently, the misinformation campaign that frequently accompanies these events is in full swing because we need to ensure everyone starts chasing their tails when The Poors galvanize behind a person or event. Remember that, folks. Even the prisoners where he’s being held have his back!

This is a Core Chart, which is the numerological equivalent of an astrological Natal Chart. There really is no standard in the field of numerology for what a core chart should look like, so this is how I do it. If you are a numerologist, your charts, calculations, and resulting values may be different. 

The State of NY would like me to remind you that this is for entertainment purposes only and is not to be used as any sort of replacement for conventional professional advice, ie: I am not a therapist, psychiatrist, MD of any sort, financial planner, etc. 

This is NOT a predictive chart. Let me make that clear. This is NOT predictive. This is a natal-type chart. Natal charts show influences and potential. At the moment, I am keeping my predictive chart to myself, but yes, come on now, of course, I made one. I am thinking of sharing it with my Patrons this weekend so we can see how events play out vis-à-vis the chart. 

But, I digress. Let’s keep the train on the tracks, shall we? Have a look at this man’s Core Chart:

His birthday placements will never change, so let’s look at them first. 

Luigi was born on the 6th of May. People born on the 6th are caretakers. Ruled by Venus, this vibration is compassionate, and fun. These folks like to add a little pizzazz to everything they do. Idealistic, they are big on fairness.

People born on the 6th really want to help those less fortunate. They have strong ties to family and a big interest in community events. 

They also suffer tremendously and I will explore this more when we examine his Life Path and Cornerstone energies. 

His Life Path is a 38/11. A lot of bloggers and New Age content creators have painted Master Numbers as these happy sappy number forces that do nothing but bring us tonnes of money and joy. Not really. 

As an 11 Life Path, Luigi probably enjoys being in the spotlight. He is probably every bit as good as all the other folks with Master Number placements at stirring the old pot to his advantage. That 6 Birth Number tells me that he is excellent at rallying support for or against a thing. It also tells me that he most likely uses his Master 11 over-the-top tendencies for others. Most Master Life Path people that I have done charts for have also lead lives with a lot of upheaval. 

The 38 that reduces to 11 provides some ostentatious qualities to his life path energy. It also adds courage, a strong belief in themselves and whatever plans they have, and a heavy dose of intuition. The Tarot correspondence is the Queen of Cups – psychically sensitive, a little dramatic, but an otherwise helpful person with a kind heart. 

People with master numbers in their charts are here to do big things that move us forward. They correspond to the outer planets, whose energies are cultural and generational. They are all here to move us forward collectively however they can.

This Life Path combined with his 6 Birth Day produces someone who very much feels the suffering of others and feels called to do something about it. Master 11s can become very obsessive and single-focused about these sorts of things. 

His Birth Name

Now let’s look at the energy in his birth name, Luigi Nicholas Mangione. I will state right now that I pulled his name off the internet so I have no way of knowing if it’s spelled correctly or if this is his full name. I am going to assume that the journalist who shared this name is correct. Just putting that out there. 

His Cornerstone energy is L/12. The 12 reduces to a 3 but we need to look at that 12 first because it is important. This placement infuses the whole chart. 

The 12/3 vibration is sacrificial. Relating to The Hanged Man of the Tarot, this energy pattern sees the world differently. Reducing to the 3, we can describe the L Cornerstone as loving, unconditional, spiritual, and peaceful. Like The Empress, card 3 of the Tarot, the letter L embodies getting in the thick of things, rolling up one’s sleeves, and being an active community member. In this regard, the L Cornerstone can also be a gathering force summoning support for or against a thing. The 12 root energy brings things to completion and those with this cornerstone will finish what they start. The letter L in a name also brings sacrifice foe others – much like The Hanged Man. 

The Expression placement of his birthname totals to 42/6. This reflects a friendly and cooperative nature. The Tarot correspondence is the 2 of Cups. These people are gentle, imaginative, good-looking, and can be strongly spiritual. They have a sensitive nature and are deeply affected by the things that go on in the world, particularly things that involve children. These folks are generous and draw people to them. People feel very relaxed and able to be themselves in their presence. They believe in doing the right things nad have no time or energy for people who are out to fulfill selfish ends. 

His Heart placement is 31/4. This creates some conflicted energy in his chart. The corresponding Tarot card is the 5 of Wands. These people are fighters. They fight for what they want and what they believe in. This particular placement gives a strongly competitive drive, a kind of “The game is ON” energy. After I’m done talking about each placement, I’ll be looking at the aspects created in his chart. This placement is important and I’m sure anyone who knows their Tarot knows why. 

The 4 in 31/4 is stubborn and fierce. Most of the time numerologists see 4 as being very solid and dependable but the 31 compound make this a radical 4 energy. If there is structure and direction, and the person in question can be cooperative, then this can become a highly productive energy capable of moving mountains. As a heart number, our dear Luigi can feel that he competes with others, measuring himself very sternly. This can create a strong inner drive, though, and a desire to always do better. 

His Destiny placement is a 73/1. The Tarot correspondence is the 5 of Pentacles. As a 1 Destiny, this would show a person who prices independence above all and uses their resources for themselves. There is little concern for others but that is not what we see, is it? Remember that the compound number is important because a 73/1 is not going to be the same as a 19/1 or a 10/1 and so on. A 73/1 is radically different than the other 1 vibrations. I haven't really discussed the planetary rulerships of numbers but I will here: 7 is ruled by Ketu and 3 by Jupiter. So astrologer, imagine if Ketu (South Node) and Jupiter were waltzing - and Ketu was leading. The 7 vibration reaches into the void through the fog, seeking answers - and 3 is only too happy to help it on its way. This vibration is about the kingdom of heaven within and eschewing all the things that normally resonate with the 1 vibration, particularly as it pertains to a Destiny placement. It is about finding one's inner light. Fear is not a part of this destiny energy so there is a high degree of self-confidence. Part of this particular destiny placement is wrapped up in being an inspiration to others. Another part of this destiny is tied up with confronting abuse and shaking things up. 

The Aspects

To look at aspects, I want you to visualize a circle. The Cornerstone is in the middle and the other placements encircle around it. The Cornerstone infuses all of these placements with its energy because just as a cornerstone in construction sets the entire building, this placement influences the whole chart. 

The aspect created with his Expression number is beautiful energy. He's a friendly and flirty young man. No doubt he's popular and friends with a lot of people. This aspect creates attractiveness and he has that in spades. He's a good-looking man. This is a magnetic and non-threatening aspect, so he probably draws a lot of people to him. They feel comfortable around, and most likely, safe. He can disarm you with a smile. 

People with this aspect in their charts have a clawing pathological need for peace and harmony. They can have whole-body responses to arguments and fights. Regardless of their position on an issue, they'll be the first ones to extend the olive branch because they don't want to leave things unresolved. 

They enjoy beautiful, comfortable surroundings. As much as he has such strong Ketu minimalism energy informing his Destiny, he probably still has a collection of something. This is a wealth aspect and we do know that he comes from a wealthy family, so he doesn't have to struggle - he can have the nice things that this aspect supports. Given that his L gives 12 energy before it gives 3, he is probably generous. 

This aspect is strengthened by his 6 Birth Day. 

The aspect formed with his 31/4 Heart Number is important. There is a lot of wisdom and thought in the energy created by this aspect. Sometimes it's too much for one head. The 31/4 vibration lends a chaotic magnitude to his ideas but that L/12 placement slows them down - somewhat. This means he still has radical ideas but doesn't act on them impulsively. He's a planner. This aspect produces an individual who is here to make radical changes that will have an impact on society, not just a handful of people. He's here to make big ripples in the water. This aspect can involve notoriety and the actions produced can even have a global impact. 

The aspect formed with his 73/1 Destiny is ironic but not wrong. For the career-minded, this can produce great opportunities in the field of law or any niche that requires research and investigation. 

I'm telling you, irony is not dead. 

It also gives confidence and authority. There is a willingness to step up to the plate and lead others within this aspect. It also supports following the correct path and doing what is right, regardless of convention. As the 7 in his Destiny corresponds to Ketu, there is an element of karma there as well. 

His Public Name

We don’t work with the energy of our full name 99.9% of the time. It is our baseline energy, though, and it continues to send out vibrations. I look at the name at birth as the very first spell cast on our behalf. Our public name is often a modification of this energy and shows what we are working with in our public/daily lives. 

The individual placements

His first name doesn’t change so the Cornerstone remains the same. I won’t reiterate it. 

His Expression is a 23/5 vibration. This is important. 23 is one of my favorite numbers. It is called The Royal Star of the Lion and relates to Regulus, a star in the constellation of Leo. The corresponding Tarot is the King of Wands. All of the kings in the Tarot correspond to a Royal Star.

Where 23/5 shows up, powerful forces are at work, protecting and guiding you. This is a karmic reward number. It promises success and guarantees help from those in high places. 

As an Expression number, it can lead to fame. Reducing to 5, it also has correspondence to Mercury. People see him as quick thinking, fast on his feet, and very intelligent. He is probably a quick study and retains information well. This particular emmanation of 5 is agile, strong, and active. It is also a number of research and investigation. Loyal and passionate, this is an expression that thrives on challenges and adventure. There is an ambitious nature and an inheritance vibration within this placement. 

The Heart number of his daily name is Master 22. The Tarot correspondence is The Fool. Within this master number is the potential to affect the world on a grand scale. Many people out there have master energy in their charts but few actually achieve what they are capable of. There’s no shame in it, the master number energies are on par with the outer planets: Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto. They’re powerful, overwhelming influences. Most of the clients that I have read charts for, who have master energy, have often had difficult lives. 

There is a strong wealth vibration within the 22/4 but at the same time, a strong philanthropic energy. These folks attract people to them and this is their greatest resource. People want to be around those with master number energy. 

As a Heart number, this indicates continuing work done in a past life. Not every heart number has a past life connotation but this one does. The idea is to leave the world a better place than when you found it. Like The Fool, it is difficult to keep your feet on the ground when this is your heart energy. 

Master 22s can be scary psychic, especially as children. I have no idea if this – well, if anything I’ve written this evening applies to Luigi – but I’m letting the consciousness stream. There’s a good chance that he was what we would call a “gifted” child because of this connection to Spirit. These folks can also be incredible dupes, trusting absolutely the wrong people. Like The Fool their intentions are noble and honest but they can be easily manipulated. Impressionable, they need to learn to discern fantasy from reality. 

His Destiny as Luigi Mangione shifts to a 45/9. The Tarot correspondence is the 5 of Cups. With a 9 Destiny, there are a lot of challenges. He is here to close things out – that is his gift. Like the 73/1 Destiny of his full name at birth, this one is about affecting change on a large scale and the energy is similarly impersonal. In the 73/1 Destiny the distance and lack of attachment to the outcome comes from 7 leading the compound number and in his daily name, the detachment comes from the Mars energy in the 9. This is one of the ways in which the Chaldean interpretation of number energy differs from the Pythagorean school of thought. The 9 vibration can be a humanitarian but it is still emotionally distant; not the “Buy the world a Coke” energy in the Pythagorean interpretation of 9.

9 Destinies are the closers. Ambitious, assertive, and sometimes aggressive, they have a  job to do and they’d like to get to it. They thrive in challenging situations and where most people see walls to scale, they see speedbumps. Precise, calculating, and smart as hell, they never met a rule they couldn’t bend and twist like a pretzel. 

As a 45/9 the flavor of this placements expands to include the mystical. Composed of 4/Rahu and 5/Mercury there is a deep abiding hunger that will never be fully satisfied with worldly success and it’s trappings. These people sympathize with the unfortunate and the underdogs. They are eager to set things right. 

This vibration is generous and loves to play either Big Daddy or Robin Hood – it does not matter, so long as they get to go forth and be in command – or think that they are. Don’t bring up the past, especially past hurts or failures or you’ll find out that they aren’t as iron tough as you thought. Secretive about their pasts, they are also expert compartmentalizers when it comes to hiding their pain – until they can’t – and then like the God of War, its payback time. 

Public Name Aspects

That is a very different set of placements compared to his birth energy, eh? And yet they go well together, so let’s visualize a circle once more, with his Cornerstone placement in the middle and encircle it with these numbers. 

The aspect with his 23/5 Expression contains within it directness, courage, fearlessness, and a touch of the Sacrificial King. When we look at the 3 energy of the reduced cornerstone the aspect will give fame, but it’s not a stable aspect because of the 12 compound. It’s like fame comes, but at a price – or the fall is steep. Self-control, stupid screw-ups, and overconfidence usually preced the fall so if you have this aspect and find yourself suddenly famous, be humble and tread carefully. Heavy is the head that wears the crown. 

The aspect formed by his 22 Heart shows a strong yearning for freedom, specifically liberation. The energy created by this placement in his public name chart creates opportunities, disruption, and awakenings. With this type of energy comes rebellion. It is also possible that in giving oneself over to the yearnings of this heart energy one lets down those closest to them. Quite often aspects with 22/4 energy conflict with the core traditions and values that we are raised with, versus what we learn or have experienced about the world around us. This can cause us to turn our backs on things that our peers, especially our elders, hold close. It is difficult to predict where this particular aspect will take someone in life because like The Fool, people with Master 22 placements are moving forward without knowing where the journey will take them. It won’t be anywhere boring, that’s for certain – and it seems to have taken Mr. Mangione to center stage. 

The energy created by the interaction between his Cornerstone placement and public Destiny placement creates perfect timing. It produces a destiny that involves big kick-offs for the long haul. There’s great starter and finisher energy in this aspect. The energy of Rahu in the 45/9 is strong. Rahu rules social media and notoriety. Mercury/5 rules communication, intelligence, and the desire to share information on a grand scale. Together they produce a 9 Destiny that assures a big stage and a lot of ambitious, precise energy to keep things in motion for a long time to come. This is a success aspect and those with this placement have this energy to draw upon, to propel themselves or their cause forward. When Rahu and Mercury are having a beer on the back deck together, things can get out of hand quickly, though, and what starts as a noble or great idea morphs into something terrible or disastrous that you can’t just walk away from. 

How these aspects from one name to the other play with each other

OK, so let's peel back another layer to this onion since I'm already going down the rabbit hole.

The energy between his Birth Expression and Public Expression is interesting. The 23/5 vibration with the 42/6 vibration creates an energy that supports opportunities, fame, and abundance. If you go overboard, though, if you abuse this energy, the fall is steep.

The energy between his Birth Heart (22) and Public Heart (31/4) gives a liberal sprinkling of "Who gives a shit about the rules?" This energy can support a thought process that goes something like, "If you want this thing, you have to be willing to do what others won't do." It can be very determined energy that can show up as a life-changing invention or very delusional. There can be a lot of struggle where 4 shows up in a chart. 22/Uranus and 4/Rahu can show up as being very detached or disconnected emotionally and behave very unpredictably.

The energy between his Birth Destiny (73/1) and Public Destiny (45/9) can create a struggle within that can boil over into the outside world when things reach their breaking point. 1/Sun is the divine king and 9/Mars is his general. The king rules and the general strategizes. There is always an element of dynamic tension between these two placements because the general always wants to overthrow the king. If 9/Mars takes the wheel then a clash can happen, resulting in arguments, abusive behavior, and violence. All it takes is for one thing - one straw to break the camel's back - and the energy formed between these two numbers can explode.

So there you have it, this is Luigi’s Core Chart as I see it. I have not watched anyone else assess this, although I know my social media feeds are full of astrologers giving hot takes. I have scrolled on by, so as not to be influenced. Remember, this is not a predictive chart. This is a look at how his birth information shapes him and what he’s doing with that energy in his public identity. He could just as easily become an accountant and use this energy to do something like rise up and take over PWC or become a well-known physician who develops a life-saving surgical technique. We all get a road to walk but our choices dictate what kind of journey we have.

There are two main models in readings:

The Fate-Based Model

• Believing that the future is locked. "The psychic said this would happen and so it will."

• Being locked into a specific sequence of events and judging one's success by meeting or experiencing these things. "It didn't happen the way it was supposed to so I failed/I was unlucky/I am a shite manifestor."

• Believing that something is "meant to be" and not wanting to entertain other options. 

• Saying yes to something that is being offered because you "should". 

• Engineering situations to create one specific outcome with no reflection on whether or not this is for your highest good.

The Model Of Choice

• Just because an opportunity exists does not mean that we should take just that one or that we should not investigate or entertain other options.

• "Because it is being handed to you on a silver platter" is not always a good reason to turn your life upside down. 

• Interpreting insights gained during a reading as but one way the future could unfold, based on the choices you are making in the now.

• Using things like business plans, goal-setting, or vision boards as guideposts and not absolutes. 

• Allow for unexpected events and things beyond your control to shift the direction of your life's path

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I am a much bigger fan of the choice-based model of chart interpretation. The fate-based model is how many readers operated for centuries. In fact, it is how many still do today. It simply isn't how I like to proceed. There are always options and I like to explore them with clients. Will I point out the potential for a fate-based prediction to come true? Absolutely. Will I also show the client how they can make changes to affect the outcome? You're darned tootin' I will. 

A business plan that tells you "Do this, then this" isn't a bad thing. Neither is a diet plan that tells you specifically what to eat on different days of the week. Computer programs that predict business traffic and expected sales for the upcoming quarter aren't bad, either. These are all manifestations of the fate-based model at work in our daily lives. 

They become limiting when nothing else is considered. Is a diet menu that spells out your meals teaching you how to make better food choices? Do you know what to eat if you don't have those particular items? Is it helping you to understand what you're eating? 

Does your business plan make room for your business to grow and develop as a result of the choices that need to be made every day? Is it growing your business? Does your software program consider weather patterns or other things that divert customer traffic like roadwork? 

When we operate from a fate-based perspective, we're always hanging back, waiting to see what will happen. When we try to see exactly what will happen before it does - so we can "prepare for it" - this can create a self-fulfilling prophecy. The two problems I see emerging from this are:

• We are powerless, waiting for this thing to just happen to us. When it doesn't happen we look for someone to blame, we go after the prognosticator for being wrong, or we feel unlucky - all depending on the prediction, of course. 

• We fail to notice or we discount where we succeeded. 

When we operate from a choice-based perspective, we choose how to react as we come around the corner. We are not waiting fearfully, with full armor on, for the attack to happen because we have locked ourselves into a chain of events that must end in a specific way.

We can head forward at full throttle, knowing there will be bumps and that we will adjust accordingly as we meet the universe halfway. We may have less control over the events that life throws at us - we don't have more control in the fate-based model, but we feel like we do - but we will become expert navigators and proceed fearlessly with greater resilience. 

I am continuing my exploration of mundane numerology by examining an event that has just occurred. A few days ago, a huge storm swept through my area. I got through it just fine with only a downed internet line to worry about, which was fixed this morning. The city of Rome, NY, did not fare so well as a tornado touched down and carved a swath through the area. Having nothing to do for a few days because the internet was gone, I sat down with a journal and cast a chart for Rome.

Often, cities have multiple "birth dates" so in this case I used the day that the State of NY recognized Rome as a city: February 23rd, 1870.  The total sum of the numbers in this date add to a 23/5 Life Path.

The day of the tornado was July 16, 2024. This adds to a 22. I will be referring to this as a "universal 22" because as a calendar date, its energy is universal to all.

The universal year energy for 2024 is 8.

So let's construct a core chart for Rome:

1. Cornerstone: R/20 (Judgment)

1. Life Path: 23/5 (King of Wands)

1. Expression: 33 (7 of Wands)

1. Heart: 21/3 (The World)

1. Destiny: 54/9 (Page of Swords)

FYI, this would be the core chart of any city or town named Rome, except for the Life Path information. So Rome, Italy would have a different Life Path but the same Expression, Heart, Destiny, and Cornerstone. The energetic tools both communities use are the same but they are being used on a different road in life.

Let's construct a year chart for Rome, NY:

1. Personal year: 15/6 (The Devil)

1. Personal month: 12/3 (The Hanged Man)

1. Personal day: 28/1 (2 0f Wands)

1. The tornado struck at 15:25 (3:25 pm). 14:16 to 15:31 was the Hour of Mars, based on the Chaldean order of the planets and the timing of sunrise and sunset on that day. Planetary hours have nothing to do with clock hours. They won't be in neat little 60-minute blocks. Why am I using this? The timing of the tornado is relevant and we will never truly know the birth time of the city to calculate the personal hours and minutes for that day. The planetary hour tracks, however.

1. The Triads for Rome's personal year are 18/9 (Feb 23rd to June 23rd symbolized by The Moon in Tarot), 13/4 (June 23rd to October 23rd symbolized by Death in Tarot), and 11 (October 23rd to February 23rd symbolized by Strength in Tarot).

The first thing I notice is the repetition of 23, in the day of birth and in the Life Path. This number is often called The Royal Star of the Lion and relates directly to Regulus, one of the Royal Stars of Persian astrology. It is an extremely fortunate number to have in one's core chart and the City of Rome has it twice! The presence of this number does not prevent bad things from happening but its presence tells me that negative things have positive outcomes. Having a 23 in your chart is like having a guardian angel to protect you. As someone with a 23 in their chart who is also surrounded by repeating 23s, who has Mr. Magooed my way through life, I can attest to the benefic power of 23.

But that's all just for trivia. It doesn't point to the tornado although it does foreshadow that things will work out well for the city. If you're a resident reading this OR a victim of another tornado in another town OR you have survived any other type of disaster AND you're reading that, AND you're thinking to yourself, "Well this is a load of horseshit. I lost my house because of this weather, how is this lucky?" I am not talking about the individuals within the community. I am doing a chart for the city itself. Individual charts for people will tell me about those people and their circumstances.

So let's get into it!

Rome NY's personal cycles begin on the 23rd. The city's personal year runs from February 23rd of one year to February 23rd of the next year. Its months run from the 23rd to the 23rd. This obviously does not line up neatly with the calendar but here we are. The year is divided into three monthly blocks of time called Triads. Rome is experiencing its second triad, which started on June 23rd of this year. This particular triad is symbolized by 13/4 which not only corresponds to the Death card in Tarot but is considered a karmic or malefic number in numerology. So the period from June 23rd to October 23rd is under a karmic influence. We in the West see karma as a system of punishment but that is not true. Every action produces karma. Its like a wheel that never stops turning. All outcomes are a production of everything before them. I am explaining this because I know how the Western mindset interprets things and Rome is not being "punished" with a tornado because of anything karmic.

A karmic period in numerology reflects a time when situations will arise that allow for "unfinished business" to be dealt with. We are talking about the whole period, though, not just the day of the tornado. In particular, a 13/4 karmic influence specifically reflects a time of death/transition and a complete change of life. So basically, the universe is going to keep sending Rome opportunities to change during this karmic period. The 13/4 period brings change and transition by supporting opportunities to clean up messes, literal and figurative.

Now numerology was developed by the ancient Chaldeans and was originally a branch of astrology. So you're going to learn a little bit about planets and signs. The number 13 reduces to 4. The number 4 is ruled by Rahu/the North Node. In numerology 4/Rahu presides over complete and total overhauls and disruptive events. When 4/Rahu is supported that disruption can occur in violent ways such as through civil uprisings, mobs........or tornadoes. Rahu is definitely suppported in this chart. The root number 13 corresponds to the sign of Scorpio and is ruled by Mars. In astrology the planet Mars relates to aggression and violence and in mundane astrology - the astrology of events in the world - Mars can relate to natural disasters, accidents, and uprisings. The personal year for Rome is 15/6. The number 15 corresponds to the sign of Capricorn. In astrology, when Mars enters the sign of Capricorn we say that Mars is exalted. Mars is a welcome guest in Capricorn's space. Being that the personal year for Rome is a number that corresponds to Capricorn, any numerical energies supported by Mars will be "well fed". The number 13 is ruled by Scorpio, which in turn is ruled by Mars. It's a strong energetic aspect created by these two numbers. Because 4 is the end result of 13, the energies of Rahu are also well-supported.

If reading that made you cross-eyed, here is the least you need to know about this part of the chart interpretation: The energy during this triad is conducive to reflecting big, destructive, sudden events that will disrupt and derail the current order of things to force a new path that needs to happen.

Why do I keep using words like reflecting and supporting? I say those words because numerology, like astrology, is reflective and not causal. This means that numbers and planets don't cause things to happen, they serve as a mirror to reflect what is happening: As above, so below. Certain energies support each other just as certain energies take away from each other.

Let's narrow it down from the Triad and look at the Personal Month

The personal month that we are looking at for Rome, NY, began on the 23rd of June. Like personal years, personal months also begin on the day of birth. Rome's day of birth is the 23rd so all personal months begin the 23rd. Again, like the personal year, this does not line up neatly with the calendar months.

The personal month that we are concerned with began on June 23rd. So Rome's June energy is still being experienced and will continue for a few more days. The personal month energy vibrates to a 12. This is a number of sacrifice and is symbolized in the Tarot by The Hanged Man and also corresponds to the Zodiac sign of Pisces. Events that manifest during a time period ruled by 12 are often unseen and unnoticed until it is too late to stop them OR they can be events that people may feel powerless to deal with. Wrapped up within these events is often an opportunity to start a new chapter in life if those involved will consider a new point of view or new way of doing things. So the energy of this personal month supports everything I just wrote above, in regards to the triad energy.

Let's drill down even further to the Personal Day

The personal day energy for Rome, NY, on July 16th, 2024 was 28/1. This is symbolized by the 2 0f Wands. This number is associated with law, loss, and the hand of God. It is tied up with battles for security and things coming out of left field. On a more positive note, it is also connected with intuitively knowing what to do in a crisis and taking responsibility for those around you. Before reducing to a 1, the 28 first reduces to a 10. The 10 vibration is therefore a hidden influence. This number is symbolized by the Wheel of Fortune. Its quiet presence in the personal day energy of Rome supports the city being unexpectedly thrown into a situation that will occur suddenly and end abruptly.

If Rome was a person and I was reading their chart for this day, I would probably tell them that today would not be a good day to eat buffet, drive without a seat belt, jaywalk, or get into it with anyone. On the flip side, this is a chart that shows support for sudden fame.

Let's have a peek at the universal energy for that day

Two things strike me about the universal day energy for the 16th. First, it is indeed the 16th. This number is ruled by Mars and is symbolized by The Tower in Tarot. It is a number of disaster and catastrophe, injuries, anger, aggressive acts, and structures being torn down - hence why The Tower card is the 16th card in the deck. Even though it is ruled by Mars, this type of disaster supported by the 16 number vibration relates to severe storms and floods.

If we add the numbers of the full date, we get 22. This is symbolized by The Fool in Tarot. This number pattern is ruled by Uranus, the planet of the unconventional, unplanned, the great disruptor. If you start to research the number 22, you will see that it shows up a lot in disasters and accidents. In his book, "The 11:11 Code", numerologist and engineer Charles J. Wolfe discusses how often the number 22 shows up in complex mathematical calculations related to growth and destruction.

Now, does all this mean that if you should happen to come across a string of numbers like this certain and unfortunate doom will arrive in the form of a tornado? No, it does not. As I said in my post about the numerology of The Titanic, the thing about studying disasters that have already occurred is we have a way of looking at the many ways in which such energy can manifest because it's already happened. Had a storm cell not been traveling through this area on that day, something completely different but most likely also big and unexpected, would have manifested. Energy takes the path of least resistance.

Adding another layer: Energetic Timelines

The energy of a personal month runs similarly to a moon cycle. This cycle can be applied to personal months and days as well. Let's look at Rome's personal year.

1. June 23rd: old personal month ends, new one begins

1.  June 30th: first action point

1. July 8th: peak point

1. July 16th: second action point

1. July 23rd: old personal month ends, new one begins

Action point energies are similar to squares in astrology - they're times when you may feel pressed to do something. Anything. It is at these points in time that we might find ourselves cagey. We can ignore the energy and things will still happen. This type of scheduling can be applied to the personal year as well. I was taught to give a three day leeway in a personal month and a seven day leeway in a personal year. So the energy for the June 30th action point could be felt on the 29th, 30th, and 31st or 1st. Interestingly, the tornado occurred on the day of the second action point for that personal month. This is a fairly modern practice developed in the 1970s by numerologist and astrologer Dusty Bunker. The only numerologist I've ever met that actually uses it in predictions or analysis is me.

I have found that this energetic timeline is fairly accurate in that it shows how energy cycles. Try it with your personal months and years. It can also be used to clock the energy flow in a personal day although without an exact "birth time" for the city, I don't want to do that, but I wouldn't be surprised if the time of the tornado corresponded to an action or peak point in the personal day.

The last triad of Rome's year is governed by 11. This is a potent vibration that promises new growth, upheaval, and interesting times but ultimately success. So yes, the universe definitely had interesting times planned for Rome!

So a friend has written an article on the astrology of the Titanic. He's a Vedic astrologer. I was nosy because numerology originally came to us in the West from Eastern teachings. I decided to see what the numerology of the sinking of the Titanic was all about. I was not disappointed.

If you're interested in the astrology of India, visit Joey's site and read his post here.

Here are the dates and letters that I worked with:

• The Titanic was laid down on March 31st, 1909. For those who don't know what that means, it is when the keel of the ship is laid; when the ship officially starts being created.

• She was launched on May 31st, 1911. I am using this as her "birth date" information.

• Her maiden voyage, which would be her last, began on April 10th, 1912.

• She hit the iceberg at 11:40 pm on the 14th of April, 1912.

• She sank at about 2:20 am on the 15th of April, 1912.

• Her name was RMS Titanic

The Life Path and Day of Birth Information of the Titanic

The day of "creation" and the day of "birth" were interesting to me right away. They are both the number 31. If we add the digits across, this number reduces to a 4. The number 4 is ruled by Rahu also known as the North Node. The energy of the number 4 vibration is chaos and disruption. Rahu's energy is strong in this ship's birth and creation numbers. Notoriety and lasting fame are also part of the Rahu vibration, for better or worse.

The day she was laid down is not something I normally look at because if we look at her launch day as the birth, the day her keel was laid was the day of conception. In this case, though, we have this day and it is significant to the overall energy patterns in her cosmic blueprint.

Her life path is 21/3. It is symbolized by The World card in the Tarot. The day her keel was laid down is 26/8. Those of you who have followed me for any length of time know that I lobby for 26/8 to be included as a karmic number. Symbolized by the Page of Wands, this number speaks of rapidly changing situations and impulsive actions coming home to roost. When this number shows itself things must be done properly. Corners may not be cut! It is also a number pattern of loss. The World is the final card of the Major Arcana portion of the Tarot deck. It speaks of closing out one book and opening another. It also symbolizes eternal cosmic energy and rebirth. There is also a strong desire to break free from one's bonds and travel.

The other thing that I noticed in her birth information is the year, 1911. Expressed through Tarot this would be 19/The Sun and 11/Strength. Together, these two numbers indicate a background energy that provides lasting fame but also touches the darker side of life. This aspect would be emphasized with the presence of 31/4 in the date, with Rahu bringing karma into play. The year 1911 reduces to 12, symbolized by The Hanged Man. This is a number pattern that is deeply connected to secrets and sacrifice. I haven't looked at the month yet, which is May. This is the fifth month and as such is ruled by Mercury. The aspect created between 5 and 1911 creates an energy that supports lies and propaganda. The aspect between 5 and 31 creates an energy that supports profound and lasting communication that affects large groups. Indeed, after the Titanic sank, the international community responded strongly. There was a frenzy of legislation, including the creation of the first International Convention For The Safety Of Life At Sea (SOLAS) in 1914.

The Personal Year and Triads

The Personal Year runs from birthday to birthday, so in the case of the Titanic, her PY runs from May 31st to May 31st. In the first year of life, the PY is the same as the Life Path, which is 21/3. The PY can be further broken down into Triads, or three blocks of four months each. The first triad vibrates to a 13/4 (Death) and covers the time period from May 31st, 1911 to September 30th of that year. The second triad vibrates to a 16/7 (The Tower) and covers the time period from September 30th 1911 to January 31st, 1912. The third triad is also a 16/7 vibration and covers the time period from January 31st, 1912 to May 31st of that same year.

If this was a person's chart I would look at this first year of life as being particularly challenging, with the possibility of grave illness or injury. I will be honest, I never paid much attention to the story of the Titanic before, but given these Triads, I need to read a book to see what the year leading up to that first and last voyage was like.

The Maiden Voyage

Titanic left port in Southampton, England on April 10, 1912. From there she made her way to Cherbourg, France and Queenstown (now Cobh), Ireland before heading out into open ocean to begin her voyage to New York City. The universal day energy for the voyage commencement was 18/9, symbolized by The Moon in Tarot. The 18 vibration does reduce to 9 and therefore symbolizes endings and fulfillment of cycles, but as a compound number, it symbolizes war, deception, upheaval, secrets, illusions, and danger from water. That's very telling!! The personal day energy for the Titanic that day was 26/8 - remember that number from the very beginning? This was the energy at play the day her keel was first laid. 26/8 is a number of karma and returns. Her maiden voyage occurred during the final triad of her first personal year. This triad was under a 16/7 (Tower) vibration. This is a number pattern associated with danger, destruction, and overthrow.

Colliding with the Iceberg

The Titanic struck the iceberg at 11:40pm, on the 14th of April, 1912. She did not sink, though, until 2:20am, on the 15th of April, a few hours later. It should be noted that 14 is a karmic number that relates to retribution for inaction that causes harm or suffering to others. The universal day energy for that day vibrated to a 22. I know that New Age creators on social media have people conflating 11 and 22 with manifestation and abundance but they are reflections of powerful forces relating to Pluto and Uranus. Clusters of repeating 1s and 2s - particularly 11 and 22 - often show up around accidents and disasters. The time that she sank - 2:20 am - can be looked at numerologically as 22/0 - which relates directly to The Fool in Tarot - card 22/0. The Fool occupies that liminal in-between space between the beginning and end.

The personal day energy for the Titanic vibrated to 39/3 which is symbolized in Tarot by the Knight of Cups. He brings emotional messages that have profound effects. The number 39 contains a hidden sacrifice, as it first reduces to 12 (The Hanged Man) before it reduces to 3. The aspects formed between the 3 and 9 reflect sudden and large amounts of energy, the potential for destruction, but also great courage and selflessness.

The Sinking of the Titanic

Now the Titanic was "birthed" or launched, at 12:13 pm on May 31st, 1911. This means that her personal 24 hour day runs from 12:13 pm on one day to 12:13 pm the next day. I also didn't realize until JUST NOW that 12 and 13 are showing up again!! The Hanged Man and Death in Tarot are the corresponding cards to her birth time.

What this means is that although she sank on the next calendar day, she was still experiencing her personal day energy of 39/3. Using her "birth" time of 12:13 pm, her personal hours run 12:13 to 1:13, 1:13 to 2:13, etc. So at the time that she sank - 2:20 am - she was experiencing a personal hour vibration of 54/9 which reflects endings, messages, and secrets coming to light. It is symbolized by the Page of Swords in Tarot.

The Titanic disaster is a great study in the clustering of karmic numbers and other numbers that reflect endings, disasters, accidents, and secrets. We can study this at leisure, easily seeing the patterns for what they are after the fact but this knowledge can be applied to present events as they unfold when we know what patterns to look for. It also underscores the importance of constructing a chart that contains both universal and personal aspects because events like the sinking of the Titanic are as much subject to the mundane numerology as they are to the personal. Forewarned is forearmed!

Now and then I get a client who thinks it is somehow contrived or fake that numerology or astrology runs in cycles. They seem to be disappointed that - for example - their personal day energy will run in an ordered 1-2-3 cycle instead of something random. Or that astrology has regular cycles as well. Things are only chaotic when we don't understand them but when we stop to look, we can always find the order underpinning the chaos. There are times when it is more obvious and times when you need to search a little harder.

If you've got a Facebook account, which most of us do, then you know that every day it shows you "memories"; a collection of posts made on that date in years past. If you are reading the blog, you probably have Facebook because this is where I share my posts. The next time you are feeling out of sorts and don't know what to expect, try this little experiment:

Open your Facebook memories and look back to nine years ago. Don't worry about any numerological calculations, just look at what was going on in your life nine years ago. Numerology runs in nine-year cycles. Now there may not be any heavy-duty information in your Facebook memories if you are not the sort of person who posts everything going on in their life online. Still, there is enough to jog your memory about past events.

Life runs in nine-year cycles. The cast of characters may have changed and the specific issues you are dealing with may be different but if you look back to your memories in all likelihood the themes are the same. Every year we have what is called "personal year energy". This is a calculation based on your birthday and the year in question. This number can be reduced to a single digit from 1-9. These numbers repeat in nine-year cycles.

There is another, larger cycle at play that runs even more deeply in the background than the above-mentioned cycle and that is three cycles of twenty-seven years each (ever heard of the 27 Club?) but they are a discussion for another day.

So if you want to make predictions about what will happen this year in 2024, look at what was happening in 2015. There is a fairly good chance that the background themes present in your life then are occurring now. If you can remember what you were up to in 2006, nine years back from then, those themes were probably playing out in some fashion then, too. Remember, the people around you may change and other aspects of your material environment may change - but the lessons keep on keeping on.

If you read blogs/articles about divinatory systems or watch videos on social media you will see people write or say things like "Well Mars is opposing Saturn and that's going to make you blah...blahblah....blah" or "This is The Lovers card so that means your girlfriend is blah...blah...blah"

Those statements, while well-intentioned, are not entirely true. Divinatory systems (and I am lumping astrology, numerology, and Tarot together as such for the sake of brevity) are reflective, not causal. This means that they follow the axiom "As above, so below" and they reflect what is either happening, has happened, or is yet to come but they don't cause these things.

This is important! You aren't acting like an asshole because of what Mars is doing up there in outer space, millions of miles away. Over the centuries metaphysicians have noted that when certain elements in the natural world did certain things, certain behaviors and events here on Earth were more apparent. Mars is reflecting the potential for impatience or argumentativeness here on Earth (as above, so below) but it isn't causing it. You are causing it. You are choosing to be an asshole, from the myriad of choices available to you in each moment, in that one instance, you narrowed it down to one option and chose jerk.

Another way to look at this is through the lens of support. Those who have heard me on TikTok in the past will note that I frequently said, "[Insert number here] supports self-soothing behavior and that might look like over-eating, drinking, or spending." Why? Because numbers, planets, and cards don't cause you to do certain things but they can certainly highlight or reflect the energy that is supported. So while you can have any day under the sun, if the energy supports (in this example) emotional responses that might provoke self-soothing activities AND your chart also reflects a tendency towards such behavior, then you might find the energy that day lends itself to leaning into bad habits - but it isn't causing it. You can still put down the Hefty bag of Doritos and go do some jumping jacks instead. No one said you couldn't, or that you shouldn't.

So remember, divinatory systems don't cause things to happen. They reflect patterns already at play and support certain things over others. After all, energy takes the path of least resistance - but you don't have to give in. Don't blame Mars, Mercury retrograde, the number 11, or the 5 of Swords - you always have choices.

Ever wonder WHY we've been conditioned to fear the pentagram? Ever wonder why some folks, like the Celts, revered apples? Well, if you cut an apple in half you will see that its core is laid out in a pentagram. Being tempted with an apple as the fruit of all knowledge makes more sense when you understand the pentagram. Here is a great TikTok video from pythianpriestess that shows the cartoon clip:

@pythianpriestess Old Disney Cartoon explains the meaning of the Pentagram. There are many menaings to the pentagram this is just one of them. #olddisneycartoons #pentagram #witchtok2023 #disneyanimation #greenscreenvideo ♬ original sound - Pythian Priestess

Everything in numerology revolves around the number 9 and 9-year cycles. Numbers that are not personal to you are called universal numbers. They apply to everyone. Most people who are into numerology have an idea of what their core numbers are: Life Path, Expression, Heart, and so on. It's important to remember that we have other numbers lurking in the background, beneath the surface. These universal vibrations that get used in calculations influence what we see and know about our charts, helping to create our own personal algorithm.

Let's look at your birth year. You share it with everyone born in that year. Numerology has universal long-term cycles of nine years. Reducing your year of birth shows you where in that universal cycle you were born, but it also shows you what background qualities you share with others the same age or those born nine years apart or multiples of nine years.

If you do know your chart, then you can check to see if these underlying qualities are emphasizing what is already visible or if they are waiting in the wings to be brought out into the light.

Add the numbers in your year of birth. Reduce this sum to a single digit. I was born in 1972:

1 + 9+ 7 + 2 = 19   1 + 9 = 10   1 + 0 = 1

I was born at the beginning of a 9-year cycle. I work with compound numbers so I would actually write this as 19/1. This is a fortunate number, but I'll get into that another time.

Even if you don't particularly feel that you have the qualities of your year of birth, you do have them within you along with everyone else born that year. This isn't a core number, it's a background energy so it may not feel as accessible as the energy in a placement such as your Life Path or Expression, but it is there for you to use.

1: You carry a leadership and innovation vibration. Even if you don't feel like a motivator, a great starter, a leader, or a particularly assertive individual, you do indeed have that energy to draw upon.

2: You carry a nurturing and compassionate vibration within you. You also have patience to draw on and the ability to trust the process when you can not see.

3: You carry a communicative vibration within you. The ability to ferret out clues, network, be a great salesman or marketer, and a magnetic force that draws a crowd - it's in there! Some of you may have to work hard to pull it out, but I promise, it's part of your personal algorithm.

4: You carry within you the ability to create order from chaos. If your year of birth reduces to 4 then you and everyone else born in that year have hard-working, practical, grounded energy to draw upon.

5: Within your year of birth is an insatiable curiosity and desire to know all the things. There is a draw towards the new and exciting, and to cutting loose and getting into mischief. So if you need to lighten up, you have this energy to draw upon.

6: A love of beauty, luxury, and the finer things exists within the vibration of your birth year. You also carry within you a background vibration connected to responsibility and service to family and friends.

7: You carry a discerning and discriminating vibration within your algorithm. If you cultivate it, you will fine-tune your bullshit detector.

8: Everyone born in your birth year carries a desire for power, success, and authority. So if you think you don't have the moxie to go after something and your year of birth reduces to 8 - think again. You do indeed have the backbone required to get the job done.

9: Your birth year contains a go-getter vibe that wants to save everyone from all the things. A caped crusader who stands up for the little guy lives within everyone born the same year as you.

I stopped the podcast for a while because life happened but now it is time to start talking about things again. 

Here are some formulas for you to use to figure out how the energy applies to you:

1. Write down your full date of birth. You'll need this. Let's use a fictitious DOB to show you examples: July 22, 1987 

2. The first calculation you need is your Life Path. Add the numbers in your DOB straight across, left to right. If your DOB contains an 11 or 22 in either the month or day, add this number as is. These are master numbers and we do not reduce them:

• July 22 1987 becomes 7+22+1+9+8+7

• This works out to 54. For now, reduce this to a single digit: 5+4=9

• If the number had reduced to a multiple of 11, we would have stopped there. 

• Please note: years like 1988 or 2022 are not master numbers. They would be added as 1+9+8+8 or 2+0+2+2 because they are entire numbers, not 19 and 88 or 20 and 22. 

3. The next number you will figure out is your Personal Year. Add your day and month of birth to the year in question. This gives you a Personal Year number that runs from your most recent birthday to your birthday next year. 

• So using the above birthday, 7+22+2+0+2+3=36 3+6=9 This gives a Personal Year Number that will affect our client from their birthday this year in July to their birthday next year in July. 

• If you have not had your birthday yet, you will calculate your Personal Year Number using last year's number. So if we were looking at our fictitious birthday BEFORE July 22nd 2023, we would add 7+22+2+0+2+2=35 3+5=8

4. The next number we need is the Personal Month. Add your Personal Year to the month in question. So our fictitious person would be experiencing the following Personal Month Number in November:

• Like the Personal Year, the Personal Month revolves around the birthday. Our imaginary person was born on the 22nd of July so their month energy runs from the 22nd to the 22nd of each month. Personal energies only line up neatly with the calendar when the client is born on January 1st. 

• Because of the 22nd birthday, we need to start with their Personal Month Number for October: Personal Year + Month In Question = Personal Month, so 9+10=19. This further reduces to 1 but 19 is actually a karmic number so I would look at this, too. From the 22nd of October to the 22nd of November, this person is experiencing a karmic 19/1 Personal Month Number. 

• From the 22nd of November to the 22nd of December the calculation would look like this: 9+11=20 2+0=2 For the last eight days of November this person would be experiencing a 2 Personal Month Number that would actually extend to the 22nd of December. 

5. The last number we need is the Personal Day. This is done by adding the date in question to the Personal Month Number:

• So what day is our pretend person experiencing on November 4th? Personal Month + Day In Question = Personal Day Number 1+4=5 or if we want to work with the karmic 19: 19+4=23 

• This is actually a number that relates to the Royal Star of The Lion. 23 is a special number of protection and success. However, it is easier to work with single digits, so 5 is the Personal Day Number for November 4th, 2023 for our imaginary person. This is a day that relates to changing situations, being adaptable, plans shifting, new information being revealed, inquisitiveness, sociability, communication and learning, functioning within a busy environment, and practical jokes - the things of Mercury are front and center on this day. 

• If we want to be super precise, the Personal Day runs from the time of birth to the time of birth 24 hours later. 

I have heard over the years that the number ten is ruled by the Sun. If you use Tarot as I do, then ten is the Wheel Of Fortune and that card is seen by some as being ruled by Saturn. Or Uranus. Or Pluto. It's going to depend on which deck you are using if it's been worked into the art or which author you are reading. A lot of numerology books stumble through the tens because of the zero so they mumble something about the meaning being "more spiritual" or something else that reeks of "I don't know, now let's get through this number quickly to move on to Master 11"

After several years of half-arsed thinking about it and almost a year of full-arse thinking on the subject, I am starting to look at the 10/1 energy pattern as being ruled by Eris. 

Let's look at some of the things that the 10/1 vibration (and The Wheel Of Fortune) symbolizes:

• Breaking ties, especially old ties

• Breaking with tradition 

• Upheaval

• Sudden rise or fall of fortune - fortune not necessarily being money but most definitely luck or success

• Events coming out of left field, whether good or bad

• Unconventional ideas that can bring breakthroughs or open a can of worms

• Discord in the environment whether by events or people

• Situations or people that come from out of nowhere, happen too quickly or forcefully to be stopped, leaving chaos and mess in their wake, and ending/disappearing just as soon as they came. 

• Unexpected choices that no one wants to make, conversations no one wants to have - uncomfortable and discordant stuff that just shows up at your door that needs to be dealt with NOW

Let's look at Eris. For those of you who don't who Eris/Discordia is, she is Aries/Mars's sister/companion and she is as much a bag of kittens as her brother. In mythology, Eris is best known for having the last laugh when she was not invited to a wedding feast to celebrate the marriage of Thetis and Peleus. For some reason, they didn't want the goddess of strife and chaos there. Hmmmm. Being a deity she was really mature and thoughtful in her response to this social faux pas. She threw a golden apple on the dining table and announced that it was for the most beautiful goddess there. Naturally, three of the goddesses felt it was for them. Athena, Aphrodite, and Hera all wanted the apple. Some poor mortal named Paris was brought forward to decide. 

Each of the goddesses made him the promise of a gift if he picked them: 

• Hera promised to make him lord of Europe and Asia. 

• Athena promised to make him a great military leader and let him storm and plunder all over Greece.

• Aphrodite promised him the most beautiful woman in the world for a wife.

In the end, he picked Aphrodite because her promise appealed to him the most. The woman in question happened to be Helen of Troy and this choice caused the Trojan War because her husband Menelaus, King of Sparta, wasn't at all pleased about his wife being given out as a door prize. No matter how Paris chose, the outcome would have been awful because he would have disappointed two goddesses.

The story about this terrible choice was the image chosen for The Lovers card in The Mythic Tarot, and I have pictured it here. I wouldn't have wanted to be him in that moment. I'm sure Eris thought it was funny as hell.

Eris the planet only entered our collective consciousness in 2005. When she was discovered, scientists initially dubbed her Xena and when she was found to have a tiny moon, they called it Gabrielle. She was renamed Eris, though, and her moon was called Dysnomia. This is Eris' daughter in mythology. Dysnomia is the demon goddess of lawlessness. They're a fun family at summer cookouts, just ask Helen and Paris. 

Eris is new to astrology and it will probably be another decade or two before she starts showing up in the regular lexicon. It took a while for astrologers to warm up to Pluto when he was discovered. Eris moves slowly and takes about 560 years to make a full revolution around the Sun. She entered the constellation of Aries in 1926 and will be there until 2048. Like Pluto, Neptune, and Uranus her influence is currently seen as largely cultural. Where it becomes personal is if she is conjunct with another planet in the natal chart or if the transits form an aspect.

Eris represents tremendous cosmic energy. She brings disruption, transformation, and chaos to certain areas of life. Regardless of where she is placed in a chart, Eris challenges traditional views on identity and self-expression. She encourages people to embrace standing out. Make it weird. It may well lead to a "journey" of self-discovery. This is a euphemistic term for identity crisis. This is a goddess of chaos. She's not going to lead you down the path laden with rose quartz, cute festival outfits, and oracle cards. That's not her awakening. You're thinking of Fashionistia, Goddess of the Galleria. 

Eris's aspects will disrupt your happy relationship in progress, She leaves events lying around for you to step in and you end up questioning the societal expectations of your relationships. All of them. Not just the naked ones. You may find yourself suddenly yearning for something extremely unconventional. You may start stripping away layers and come to the realization that you've been living a lie. Cry it out. Blow some snot bubbles. I'll be here when you're done. 

Like the 10/1 vibration and The Wheel Of Fortune, Eris brings unexpected and sometimes sweeping shifts to your life. They don't just have to be to self-identity or relationships. Your career. Your education track. Where you live. Your money. All of your life can be disrupted by this energy pattern and what you'll find is that one change begets another and another and another. Trying to stop the changes initiated by a transiting 10/1 energy pattern is like pissing in the wind. Discord will happen to you whether you like it or not. None of us can escape the turning of the wheel. 

I don't mean to make it sound negative, because it certainly doesn't have to be. Despite legions of White Lady Life Coaches handing out infographics full of well-meaning tips on how to smile our way through a "shift", it doesn't change the fact that we are wired by nature to see things negatively or suspiciously. It keeps us safe. We don't like change for a reason. We like what we know which is why when the 10/1 pattern shows up it can carry hesitation. Like a drop of water quivering on the edge of a tap, we try to stay where we are, where the normal is, but eventually, gravity takes over and that drop of water falls into the drain, just like we have to jump headlong into whatever life brings us. 

While the sort of change brought on by the 10/1 vibration and The Wheel Of Fortune can feel terrible at the moment, these events generally set us free from things that have run their course. I know it sounds like a tired old cliche but we really are better for it when we come out the other side of discord and the turning of the wheel. 

There is some posturing in the numerology community over who is doing "real" numerology or not. I don't have time for it. If your math is correct and your interpretations are accurate then your numerology is fine. If you like Chaldean, great. If you like Pythagorean, great. If you like Vedic, great. You get my drift?

The reason I get a little cranky about this is that I have read “Vedic” books by Indian numerologists who used Pythagorean alphabet keys. I have read “Pythagorean” books that used compound numbers and planetary correspondences. I have read books written by individuals who have said quite plainly, “If you’re not doing it the way I’m writing about then your numerology is wrong” only to state a few pages later that their book contains an amalgam of systems that they devised over the years for themselves. 

I have a book written by mathematician and numerologist, Dr. Kevin Quinn Avery. It was published in France in 1974 as “La Vie Secrète des Chiffres” and in the English-speaking world as “The Numbers of Life”. Dr. Quinn Avery used the terms numerologist/kabbalist interchangeably. He discussed the pros and cons of Pythagorean vs Chaldean numerology and showed how both can be useful. I can not tell you how many numerology books I have read that were written by (mostly) Pythagorean numerologists, carrying on about how their numerology is the “real/ancient” version, using modern formulas lifted straight out of this particular book, which investigated both schools of thought. So to all the numerologists out there who want to tell people that what they’re doing isn’t the “right” numerology, respectfully, kiss my big rosy red arse. 

I try the charting systems in every numerology book I read. They all work. No one numerologist has the "true key". If you want to look back far enough, then only the Vedic is the "true" numerology and all the Pythagorean numerologists are wasting their time, but having had readings by Pythagorean numerologists, I know this isn't the case. Use the formulas and interpretations that resonate with you. Create new systems and test them with everyone who will sit with you for a chart. If numerology is to survive it must be allowed to evolve to suit the times.  Above all, be a good human and don't go picking on people.

Well, it's shaping up to be a hell of a Blue Moon period during multiple retrogrades here in the kitchen. One close relative in the emergency room with heart related problems, another one in and out of urgent care needing we-don't-know-what and the actual full moon isn't until tomorrow. Fun and games, fun and games. 

So a friend had a question. Well, it was more of a statement: "having a panic attack over money and ft at work. Any advice?" 

Ok, let's unpack. A panic attack about money implies that money is tight. Having a panic attack about "ft at work" - she's not full time and wants to be? She is full time and that's causing her panic? We wait with bated breath for the response!

While we wait, let us have a quick boo at her chart. She is in a 19/1 personal year that began at her birthday in May. This is a karmic personal year in which the covers will be thrown back and all of the things that need fixing will be on display. The 19/1 vibration corresponds to The Sun in Tarot. Although this is generally seen as a good card, in numerology it is considered to be a malefic. This is because under the influence of 19/1, nothing can hide. All is rendered visible. This pattern is at it's strongest in the first third of the cycle and so the worst of the karmic shit show is happening now. 

What does this mean? 

It means that the curtains are wide open and the light is streaming in as we speak, illuminating all that needs tending to. This is both good and bad. It's good because we need to know what needs fixing. It's bad because the 19/1 vibration has no sense of pretension or decorum and does it all PUBLICLY. See that kid on the horse, on The Sun card? He's buck arse naked IN FRONT OF EVERYONE, with a big shit eating grin on his face, no less. 

Prior to this, she was in an 18/9 personal year, visually expressed as The Moon in Tarot. This means that things were quietly falling away and she may have been seeing things as much rosier than they actually were. Such is the power of The Moon: under the moonlight things are obscured and the stuff that looks big and scary isn't. However, it can distract you from the things that you can't see in the dark, that continue to lurk in the background, causing you issues, until The Sun happens and they're put on display for everyone to see. These are the things that you suspect aren't right but since they're not in your face demanding attention, they're easy to forget about and because they're obscured they're difficult to investigate. Or they are things you didn't even see coming because you were so distracted by big looking things that weren't really a problem. 

Ok, so I cast a Mahabote chart to have a quick glance at her year. From January to her birthday in May she actually was under a Moon minor period. At the same time that she was in a numerological personal year ruled by the Moon as well. HA! Now she's in a Mars minor period and will be until her birthday next year in May. So for almost the first half of this year things were brewing under the surface. Her spidey senses probably tingled because The Moon is her birth planet, owing to the fact that she was born before sunrise on a Tuesday. This makes her technically Monday born in Mahabote and therefore a Moon person. 

She strives to always be a moral, lawful person (Jupiter in Kingly) and what people can see a mile away is kindness and compassion (Venus in Fame). Her Moon in Wealth means that she can read people like an open book, and below Mercury in Leader, she's very good at ferreting out the truth. She also has a bit of head vs heart conflict going on. Saturn in Impermanence means that groundedness is not always within reach. Especially with the Moon above it, she can go off on a tangent and let her imagination run wild with all manor of frightening things. The Sun in Sickly shows issues with identity and self worth. Awww, hugs!!! Mars in Extremity with Mercury in Leader and Moon in Wealth show someone who calls shit out, In her youth she probably had quite the temper and took a lot of things very, very personally. It's still there but her lack of orange attire means that in her adulthood she has learned to manage it better. 

That's preamble. OK, we have a response. She isn't currently full time at work and this is causing issues. Let's have a looky-look:

This year Jupiter is transiting her natal House of Fame where Venus resides. Venus is visiting the House of Impermanence where Saturn resides. Venus rules the merchant's scales but she does not like being in Saturn's house. The House of Impermanence is an especially tense house for this aspect. Money will be tight this year. As long as she sticks to a budget she should be OK. Venus brings some of her own house with her when she transits Impermanence so it is possible that unexpected expenses will rear their heads. Venus is strongest in the middle third of her transit, which is right now. Money issues will most likely ease up in September although they won't go away entirely. Its going to be a tight year. 

Now with Jupiter visiting Fame, he brings with him some of his House of Kingly Position. This house shows where we try the hardest to be perfect. Jupiter lends this morality and upright behaviour to the House of Fame. So in case she hasn't figured it out, she's going to become a bit loud about issues concerning work and she's going to broadcast her opinions far and wide. This transit is also good for political involvement and having people behind you so if she was wanting to become a voice for issues within her profession. Coincidentally enough Jupiter relates to teaching and she works in education. 

The Moon is transiting natal Mars and transit Mars is visiting the House of Leader. My friend needs to take care not to read more than is necessary into things. She also needs to rein in her expectations and not become too attached to the outcome of things this year. This will be hard for someone with natal Moon in Wealth. However, that Mars transiting Mercury in Leader gives her just the touch of bitch that she needs to turn that Jupiter into a loud, activist voice that rallies people and makes them aware of what is going on in education in her province right now. This could be a good year to become politically active and with natal Moon in Wealth strengthened by being her birth planet and natal Venus in the House of Fame, she really does care about the well being of others, community wide. 

The ten year long Saturn major period that she is two years into is another indicator that she becomes more focused on such matters. Saturn cycles make us more serious. We work harder and longer. Our friendship circles change to become more "useful" - the flakier relationships tend to fall away, to be replaced by relationships with people that are more aligned with our long term vision. We take better care of ourselves. Saturn makes us aware of our boundaries and what resources we have to work with. If you are good at functioning with strict parameters this is a great time to shine. If you have difficulty with this then this period will be more difficult because there is less freedom and autonomy, but if you can learn to work with less you can come out a winner. We learn a lot about ourselves during Saturn periods and this is why I like Saturn so much. 

And that's all I've got for now! So remember, as you move forward in life, let shit unfold and be excellent to each other!!

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So I was sitting here on the back deck drinking wine and crocheting, when I decided to take a break from the yarn and check my email. There was a blog post about Tarot deck personification in there from Benebell Wen. If you're into Tarot and you don't subscribe to her, I highly suggest you do. She is a fabulous writer and Holistic Tarot is a divine tome. I mean that in the best sense of the word. If you owned no other book on Tarot that would be fine if you owned this one. 

So for a hot second I thought maybe I was one of those people that DIDN'T do this and then I remembered that I refer to numbers and planets as conceited bitches and I corrected myself. I AM one of those people that does this. 

I read around a little bit before writing this and something that popped up a few times was "You aren't personifying a Tarot deck. You're projecting your like or dislike of the art onto an inanimate object." If I don't like the art, I'm not using the deck. End of story. It won't have a personality ever, unless gathering dust in the basement on a shelf is a personality trait. 

There are two decks that I use that have HUGE personalities. The Crow Tarot, by MJ Cullinane and the New Orleans Voodoo Tarot, by Sallie Ann Glassman. 

Both of these decks are blunt bitches. The New Orleans Voodoo Tarot is like an auntie that puts you in your place. The Crow Tarot is mouthy and knows it all, like I did over 30 years ago. Neither of these decks will tell you that you're awesome if you're being a turd. Other decks I have might soften that blow - Green Witch Tarot and Robin Wood Tarot come to mind, but not these two. 

Because these two decks just tell it, they are my two favorite decks for my personal readings. 

Tarot Readings From A Bitch, another blog you should follow, has a YouTube account. Cody - I have heard one person say her name - I hope I'm spelling it properly - posted a YouTube video about this subject. She asked a few questions and so I will attempt to answer them here:

The first question I couldn't figure out. I was waiting for something posed as a question but it was more of a rambling statement on connecting to a deck and seeing meaning past the artwork. She was wondering if that was a witchcraft related thing because the people who don't personify their Tarot decks weren't identifying as witches. That's what I got out of it. I mean, I am a witch but most of the time that isn't my first identifier - and like I said, I started out my reading on this subject believing that I did not personify my decks. Obviously I do, though, and I do see meaning past the artwork. I see backstories and unfolding journeys and a whole farking lot of things. 

The second question was whether or not people who don't personify Tarot decks work with crystals. I personify Tarot decks and I have one or two crystals here in the house somewhere gathering dust. I don't work with them. I try, but it's not me. Crystals don't feel like anything special to me. I have been around other witches as they pass crystals and gems around going, "Oh man, can't you just feel how heavy the energy is?" and I'm like, "Yeah, I need to remember to pick up asparagus on the way home. Here's your rock back." 

The third question was what was the framework of belief if you were using a Tarot deck that doesn't have an energetic personality? Since I do see personalities in my cards, the best thing I can do is talk about crystals again. I have gone through the motions of preparing crystals for use and then used them. The work I was doing was successful so I can only conclude that crystals will do their part whether I can feel them or not, or "believe" in them or not.

I say the same thing about numbers when I explain numerology to people: as long as you add correctly you will get a reliable answer that can be interpreted against a body of work that has been written down over the centuries, which is consistent. So even if you don't "believe in" numerology the math will still math and the chart will still work. I assume that even if people don't feel any sort of energetic connection to their decks and see them simply as an inanimate object to be used, they can still give a good reading. I don't know that my readings are better because I think my cards give advice like the aunties at the bingo hall. 

So, that is my response to this. I may go and make a TikTok about it later to see if anyone on WitchTok has an opinion. 

But that's all I got for now, so remember, as you move forward in life let shit unfold and be excellent to each other!!

Sometimes a reading is just too much. 

This was the case last night when my wife and I decided that I would use the cards to have a looky-look into something that involved and concerned us. I asked the question and cut the cards. I decided to go old school and do a Celtic Cross. 

My eyes crossed and I felt anxious looking at everything in front of me. Seven out of the ten cards were major arcana and the remaining three minors were the most unhappiest of pips. The majors contained, of course, most of the really frightening ones. She asked me what I saw and all I could say was “Too much.” We knew something was up but we weren’t getting anywhere in seeking information via the usual channels, which is why we consulted the cards. 

I flipped the deck over to see the underlying card. The card at the bottom of the deck will more often than not show the undercurrent or underlying activities associated with the question being asked. 

It did not disappoint. I flipped the deck over to find the 7 of Cups. This isn’t a blog post about this card specifically but I will say that when this card appears the person or people concerned don’t know what they want or what they’ll choose. Its presence in a reading indicates confusion. There’s too much in front of them so they shut down. In some cases, those in question run off and hide. 

In cases like this, where the original reading is just an oracular dump of mystical gobbledegook, taking the card at the bottom of the deck and using it as a signifier is appropriate. Gather up all the other cards and reshuffle. Before reshuffling, sit down with a pen and paper, to clarify a more appropriate question. I started my statement off with “OK Universe, one thing at a time please…..” before continuing on with my question. Then I laid them back out in a Celtic Cross, using the 7 of Cups as “card zero” or “the significator”. 

This time the cards made much more sense. A lot more sense than the infodump I had received earlier. So I gave my wife my interpretation last night. Later on that evening she had a conversation with someone who (unknowingly) filled us in on the fuzzy parts of that reading, but also confirmed what I saw in both card pulls. 

I will also point out that it doesn’t matter what spread you use. If your spread of choice doesn’t have a signifier position then just place it on the table and deal your new reading below it. So if you find yourself scratching your head over a reading that doesn’t make sense, try this.