Can you believe this card is back again? What are the implications? Maybe this is an initiation or step up to a new level that matters a great deal to you. This might involve testing and trials. Is that happening in some way? Because this card has been such a frequent visitor, keep reading to find out what I did next!

This week’s card points to the gentle energy of early love, specifically the tenderness and respect that is more than physical sensuality. In addition, it may ask us to pay attention to the wonderful friendships in our lives that have an undercurrent of attraction, but they remain chaste for any number of reasons.

Because I am away on vacation, I am repeating last week’s card. Happily, that means that the luscious, beautiful Empress remains our loving Guide for this coming week. However, the astrology is very active, so I recommend you visit our favorite astrologer and take heed.

Re-prioritizing our needs and our material comforts is at a critical juncture this week. Now is the time to discover and honor what rich abundance really means to us. For there are benevolent influences that offer assistance as we consider what home, security, and the principles of a mothering unconditional love mean to us.

This week we’re reminded all of us are Nature’s beloved children—every race, every nation, every gender, and every species, not just humans.

This week, after two consecutive visits from the Seven of Pentacles, this earthy suit is not finished with us yet. But its current representative is likely to be a tangible, real person in our world. Maybe it’s you?

In a fairly rare event for my Card of the Week, our card from last week returns with an encore engagement. Clearly, the message from this card is important and carries on this week. We are given a second chance to stop, consider, and then prepare for the results of our labors to pay off.

As I do each year, I examine the Tarot Year’s card, based on the year’s numerology, using the lens of the Major Arcana. Everyone reading this is feeling the twists that began barely 24 hours after the New Year’s stroke of midnight Eastern time. They haven’t let up and aren’t likely to. But they can be navigated. Here’s how.

Every year’s numerology corresponds to a Major Arcana card, setting the global agenda and also offering guidance for each of us personally. 2025 is a nine year, meaning it is under the protection and inspiration of the Hermit card. Find out more about what this means and how it can be useful for you.

Each year’s numerology corresponds to a Major Arcana card, setting the global agenda. This is an eight year, which means this is a Strength year.