Your Tarot Reading for the Week of May 19

You don't need to know the difference between a three-card and a Celtic cross spread, to get the most out of a tarot card reading. All you need: your Sun sign! Here's what I do: Shuffle my tarot deck and pull out the cards in order from Aries to Pisces plus one general card for everyone so that you can get specific advice around your personality. Let's go!
Gemini season comes prancing, dancing, and romancing into view this week which is cause for celebration. At the same time, however, because nothing with Gemini is ever one-sided or straightforward, the Eight of Swords asks you to take a long, hard look at yourself. Think about projection. Think about duality and hypocrisy and the things you dislike or criticize in others, which may actually be a reflection of something you suppress or hide in your own true nature. Look in the mirror. Do the work. Come to a new understanding. And then, like a Gemini, put on a happy mask and dance off the frolic and play. Move from the shade to the sunlight.
Have it all, do it all, get it all. Abundance is your theme tune this week, Aries, because the Two of Pentacles is bringing plenty of new opportunity your way and advises you to say "yes" to everything. The more you do, the more you will find you can do. The higher you aim, the better the outcome will be. Think big, act bold, talk bravely. Bite off a bit more than you can chew—you'll get it down no problem.
The Queen of Cups wants you to focus on self-care and your own emotional well-being. This doesn't mean it's open season on pure pampering and relaxing, because self care is also about building up your strength and self-esteem and that is best achieved by overcoming challenges and proving your resilience or courage to yourself. Creating belief that you can do stuff. And then comes the rest, reward, and congratulations. So, make the first half of the week all about getting something difficult done. And then you can rest and treat yourself.
Your season is your best time of the year because it's your birthday and you love a celebration, a social event, and a chance to turn the page to a new age and write a new story. See this week as the prequel to your new age. How would you round off and narrate the story of the year that just passed? What have you learned? What do you wish to do next? The Ace of Wands invites you to invent a new activity, goal, ritual, or purpose that feels like the ideal way to kickstart the year ahead. Travel, education, creativity, career, or self development. What inspires you?
All Cancerians are enamored with their love life and romantic opportunity. Good news this week then as the loving Two of Cups comes into town. This is like Cupid being by your side all week long, firing his potently tipped love arrows wherever you ask him to. True romance, instant chemistry, deepening commitments and bonds, powerful intimacy, and natural alliances are all in play this week so focus on your closest or most desired relationships and invest your time and energy in shaping them up to be what you wish for. All is possible.
Work hard, be shrewd, and practice diligence and determination and you will reap the right rewards. Don't even consider quitting, lapsing, or taking short cuts this week. It's time to graft. The Knight of Pentacles will bring you all of the resilience, fortitude, energy, and imagination you need to get the job done, and get it done faster and easier than you thought. Go for it with great gusto. Once you've hit the finish line, you will start seeing the rewards you've longed for. The Universe will be pleased with your efforts.
The Magician is linked to Mercury, your ruling planet, so it's a very special card for you and reflects some of your best qualities: intelligence, commercial smarts, passion for travel and exploration, creativity. It's also an invitation to activate something that links to one of these strengths, like a trip, a course, a career shift, a new business, or a creative project. It'll be something that you think about, plan for, begin this June and bring to fruition by your own birthday in late summer. What will it be? Let your imagination roam free this week. Follow your interests.
Ready for a change, Libra? The Wheel of Fortune is the tarot's totem of transformation and means that change is going to sweep through your realm this week, in all kinds of ways. The best way to work with this card, for the best outcome, is to make a change yourself. Start the ball rolling. Initiate the action in an area you want to be different. Be brave. Whatever you begin will create a momentum, a chain reaction of events, and this can mount up to produce a wonderful turn of events that, right here right now, you don't see coming!
People shouldn't underestimate your ability to play the long game. Many folks just think of you as being vengeance-thirsty and taking your time to exact revenge on those who wronged you, but you can use that famed patience and diligence for positive reasons too! The Ten of Pentacles sees you making robust future plans about your career, home, and wealth that you are going to stick to and experience great success with. Consistency wins over talent and luck, in the end. You are a consistent person and when you've got a strong plan to match, you're unstoppable. Get to it. Build your empire.
If you won't deal with it yourself then eventually the Universe will step in and do it for you, though her methods are often more direct and dramatic. And I think you know what I'm talking about because The Tower is kinda difficult to ignore. Something has happened, something big, although you know deep down that this was a long time coming and maybe you should've done something proactively. Well, now it's all out of the bag and you can let it all go. Whatever has blown up or ended was meant to, and the rebuild will be on much firmer foundations. Don't dwell in regret, don't look back. Get on and be grateful that this issue has now been cleared up for you, albeit a bit messily.
Independence and self-sufficiency come very naturally to you, and always have. Even as a child, you liked to do things for yourself, and often by yourself. The Queen of Swords mimics that trait and reinforces it this week. This is a great time for solitude, solo projects and adventures, lone travels and explorations, self awareness and personal development. Get back in touch with YOU. Spend time alone, happy in your own skin, pursuing things which truly fascinate you. Who knows where this solo pathway will lead. Find out!
If you've got a nagging hunch or gut instinct about someone or something potentially being shady, then listen to it and act on it. The Seven of Swords is a reminder that not everyone is as pure and honest as you are, Aquarius. Other folk can carry jealousy, chaos, and even spite. Don't fall prey to it. Batten down the hatches, practice caution, withdraw from exposure, and be prudent about what you say and to whom. Let this dark cloud pass you by and then come back out to play; you'll feel when it's safe again.
The Hanged Man is actually associated with Neptune, your ruling planet, so it's a little-known relevant tarot card for you. The connection is about seeing things from other angles and perspective, maybe even psychic ones (which is your super power). Surrender to life as it is this week. Don't try and control or influence matters, just let them play out as they are, and observe. Discuss with other folk. Try to get a new angle on things. Whatever it is that you unlock will prove to the most powerful leverage. You just need to find it. And it's not what you think it is.

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