tarot reading for 2025!!

hey cuties, 

i do a tarot reading on the first day of each new year, and since it's all snowy and wet where i'm at, i decided to make it a whole event for the day!!

i lit some candles, and laid out my tarot mat. this mat is energetically cleansed, so i'm able to do a reading anywhere. i focus on mediating on one randomly drawn card at either the beginning or end of a session, just to give myself a centering idea to take forward even if i ask questions on life, love, or whatever else. 

i did a four seasons spread (four cards, each representing what the main focus will be for the upcoming year's season). i also did a love spread for me and my current partner, looking at the past, present, and future in that order. i personally choose to read reversals as i think it adds more insight into this practice and helps to provide more clarity. 

i'm not going to get into the nitty gritty details of what my year will hold, but i want to share the overall idea that ended up coming up, especially as 2025 begins. i recommend to my friends to do this sort of thing, even if you don't fully buy into the idea of the universe having the ability to talk through cards. frankly, as i get older, i don't believe in the divinity of tarot like i did, but i do believe in the mind's power to understand and apply information to the specifics of one's life. Carl Jung (brilliant researcher of the human mind) stated that although tarot may not hold the secrets to talking to the stars, a person can derive meaning from what they see and help to better themselves from it. this is the path i take as i age. 

the card that i meditated on for 2025 was abundance. 

as we go into 2025, i hope that all of you find comfortable abundance. no excess, no stress, just simply enough to fill your cup and fill your neighbors. for me abundance will be a lack of monetary stress with the ability to give to others as they need. 

happy new year, i love y'all. keep going, and good luck <3
-matti