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Year Card
Cosmic Faery's Tarot

Tarot, just like the astrological sun sign,  can help you gain personal insight into your annual lessons, tests and experiences you will go through by establishing your Year Card.

 

Add the month and day of your birth to the current year, e.g.:

 

18th July in 2006 = 18 + 7 + 2006 = 2031 = 6 (The Lovers)

 

Only the Major Arcana cards are used, so you need to keep the final number under 23 (22 = The Fool).

 

There are two options regarding the time period for the Year Card to be valid:

 

1. from birthday to birthday (in this case from 18th July 2006 until 17th July 2007)

2. Calendar year (1st Jan—31 Dec)

 

You can use either or combine both. When combining them, The Lovers and The Hierophant (from 18th July 2005 onwards) would be both valid from 1st January 2006 until 17th July 2006 and in that period would interact with each other.

 

If you are a Tarot student, an interesting exercise would be to calculate your Year Cards from your birth year onwards and note all key experiences you had in each year (as far as your memory allows, of course J) . The result may surprise you, especially when you find out about your personal rhythm. For example, you may notice that some cards do not appear in your chart at all even though your age might be well above 22. Other cards will appear on a regular basis.  It is up to you to determine the relevance of the absent cards and those that turn up in regular intervals with regards to your life lessons.

 

Suggestions for the year lessons of each card:

 

Further reading:

 

Greer, Mary K., Tarot for Your Self

Banzhaf, H./Theler, B., Keywords for the Crowley Tarot;  buy here

 

1. The Magician

· Focus on options and opportunities

· Direction

· Clarity of mind; all mental activity

· Communication

2. The High Priestess

· Develop your intuition

· Trust your instincts

· Self-nurturing

3. The Empress

· Motherhood or maternal instincts

· Nurturing others

· Creativity

· Fruitfulness, abundance

· Love of nature and beauty

4. The Emperor

· Important decisions need to be made, perhaps not easy

· Be assertive

· Leading the way

· Take charge

· Establish security

5. The Hierophant

· Teaching or studying

· Social interaction on a professional or ethical level

· Working within hierarchies

· Intellectual development

6. The Lovers

· Relationships (partner, family, friends, colleagues)

· Major choices regarding relationships

· Taking responsibility

7. The Chariot

· Setting targets and goals

· Proving yourself

· Taking control with skill and determination

· Overcoming struggle and tension

8. Strength

· Courage and endurance in times of adversity

· Controlling anger or jealousy

· Strong passions and desires

9. The Hermit

· Solitude

· Introspection

· Contemplating

· Reviewing your options

· Prudence

10. The Wheel of Fortune

· Luck and fate

· Completion of one cycle and beginning of another

· Major change

11. Justice

· Balance and harmony

· Fairness

· Legal or financial issues

· Integrity

· Partnerships

12. The Hanged Man

· Gaining a new perspective

· Making a sacrifice

· Giving something up

13. Death

· Letting go of something old to make way for something new

· Transformation

· Regeneration

· Pain

14. Temperance

· Making concessions, compromises

· Creating a healthy balance

· Relinquish excessive lifestyle

· Give and take

15. The Devil

· Dependency

· Manipulation

· Reluctant to change; putting up with something negative

· Creating unrest

· Strong sexuality

16. The Tower

· Sudden change

· Shock to the system; can be positive or negative

· Anger and pain

· Starting from scratch

· Revelation or epiphany completely altering your attitude or opinion of something

17. The Star

· Period of hope and healing

· Optimism for the future

· Back to basics and nature

· Sustainability