Your Astrological New Year 2024 Tarot Reading
The Rider–Waite tarot deck
Your Tarot Card: 5 Of Cups
Pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and unfold your wings. It's time to shed the weight of the past so that you can meet life with full force. Symbolizing recovery, the 5 of Cups tarot card, pulled in reverse, guides you to put together the fragments of your memories and experiences, piece by piece, to reveal the greater picture of your destiny. Before you can approach the golden gateways of the spring equinox on April 19/20 – the most powerful reset of the astrological year – you must cultivate acceptance and release your attachment to your disappointment.
Accept the past as it is
You cannot change what once was – all you can do is reshape your perception of your beautifully imperfect reality and allow yourself to consider what you gained through your losses. The retrograde (reversed) 5 of Cups asks you to take a higher awareness and realize the deeper meaning encoded in your past experiences – particularly those that have been challenging or painful. Close old chapters because you recognize why they had to occur for you to become your current version of self. Value all your life experiences that have catered to the greater mission of your expansion and enlightenment. But, if you cannot see the underlying lesson behind your past, despite your conscious observations, let go and trust that the universe will illuminate meaning in divine timing.
Look at things from a different angle
If you are haunted by regret and the memories of your mistakes, forgive yourself for what you did not know. If you have been bruised and discouraged by setbacks or failures, expand your perspective on what you are learning through this process. What have you gained from taking the longer winding road to your goals? Consider which of your self-beliefs or attachments have prevented your wounds from healing. If you are longing for a missed opportunity, realize that some things don’t work out, not because they aren’t good, but because the experience cannot fully nourish your soul and align you with your highest purpose.
If you are still wallowing in self-pity or sadness, remember that every day is a second chance. An opportunity to be born again, start over and remold your life in the vision of your dreams by refusing to allow the past to restrict your future. Recognize how much you have grown due to your painful experiences – how courageous, resilient, and self-aware you are. How strong your boundaries are. How certain you are of your worth. How much wiser you are to the energies that swirl in this human world.
Without suffering, there is no enlightenment. Without pain, there is no healing. Without loss, there is no gain. Nothing is without divine reason. Without the darkness, there is no purpose or incentive to seek and value the light. In every experience, there is a negative and positive interpretation. Bring your awareness into balance by giving both equal attention. When you have peace through presence and acceptance, move back into the flow of your life and begin again.
