I was doing a reading for myself around the upcoming energies for January 2025. Then I thought, why keep it to myself! And, why not post a reading every month. So here it is, the first oracle reading for 2025 and the month of January.
I hope some of the oracle reading resonates with you. Certainly, the archer card might, as many people are setting targets and planning, or at least thinking about their year ahead.
REST and PLAY – Captain of my ShipFOCUSThere IS another way
In the audio, I also spoke of a February reading, but I decided to wait and post that in a week or so. Being honest, I don’t have time to do both right now! And I wanted to get something out for January, at least – which is almost upon us.
Are you at a new beginning? In this four-card reading, I asked for clarity around my new business and the work I am offering.
However!
As with all the oracle readings I share, if you’ve found this today, it might also be meant for you! That’s my intention, anyway.
This reading may be particularly relevant to you if, like me, you are at the start of some new venture, a new beginning, or a new stage in your life.
It took me a while to resonate with the card messages today, (I even changed from one deck to another) but I think I got there in the end!
There are two audios. If you’re short on time, scroll down to the second ‘summary’ audio.
MY INTENTION for the Reading: to gain clarity, around what I am to offer in my work.
AUDIO ONE:
CARD ONE – MOVING AWAY FROM FEAR
CARD TWO – CREATION GODDESS
CARD THREE – TRUTH TELLER (or Whistle Blower)
CARD FOUR – SEARCHING FOR THE GARDEN (Shangri-La)
AUDIO TWO: (Summary of the reading)
I hope something within this reading resonates with you, or sparks ideas. And if you’re at the start of a new beginning, may it be a beautiful unfolding for you!
If you have any comments or questions, or would like a personal card reading, please email me using the form below. I’d love to hear from you!
The first contains my thoughts on the card, Waiting for Love, and how I interpret it today.
The second audio is my soul’s message and their summary of the card. If you don’t have much time, you might want to go straight to the soul message audio.
I’ve arranged my soul’s message rather like a poem, using some of the natural pauses heard on the audio (and adding one or two more).
Waiting for Love
AUDIO 1 (my interpretation of today’s card)
TRANSCRIPT AUDIO 1:
This card is called Waiting for Love. As with all of the images I’ve collaged, the name of it came to me once I’d finished making the card. All images were randomly selected (on Freemix.com) and randomly arranged in a way that feltright.
Often, I resize some images, making them proportionally larger, or smaller. But here, both the women, and the little Cupid-like angel, are of similar size.
They are all in a forest, with sunlight streaming through the trees. It seems to be Autumn. Another season has passed and the bloom of summer is fading.
The woman on the left appears to be waiting, perhaps a little impatiently, signified by the hand on her hip, almost as if to say, “Come on then, where is it?”
The Cupid angel is picking fluff off some non-existent clothing, almost like a displacement activity, or a sign of boredom. There’s seems to be nothing to do, but wait.
Of course, Cupid is the one who shoots the Arrows of Love, but there’s no bow and arrow in sight. And yes, even Cupid seems bored with the waiting.
To the right of the card, a woman has her arms outstretched and the sleeves, or cape, of her dress look like wings. There’s a feeling of light and lightness, freedom and ease, about her.
I get the sense that she is not waiting for some future event. She is fully present, in this moment, and she is enjoying it, savouring it.
She reminds me of a bird, perhaps a white dove of peace, and peaceful is how she seems to be.
One message of this card might be that if you wait for love (or for the life you love, or for love and approval), then you might be waiting for a long time.
Perhaps some action is needed. Or perhaps it’s simply time to enjoy where you are, with what you have, enjoy things as they are, right now.
Like, if you’re single and don’t want to be single. Or, if you don’t have a job and you want to have a job. Or, if you’re living somewhere and you’d rather be living somewhere else.
So, it’s about being content where you are, and making the best of where you are, whilst still looking forward to what you want.
It reminds me of many a time when I was younger – much younger – and when I was single, all the times I was single. If I was miserable about it, no one would appear on the horizon. This could go on for a whole year!
Until I decided I was going to be happy anyway – I was going to be happy being single and I was going to be happy going out with my friends. So, once I was happy and okay about being single, then pretty much almost immediately, somebody appeared. (And I was no longer single!)
And that was the way I found it worked, from then onwards. I found that – and this is not just from reading books about positive expectation and positive mindsets – if you put it into practice in your own life and you notice that when you’re happy, happy things come to you, and when you’re miserable, miserable things come to you. You do get the message eventually, and you do change things when you get fed up with just sitting, feeling miserable, and not happy with your lot.
The card might be a reminder that not everything we want is immediately visible. Some things take a little time to appear. So, we might as well enjoy the here and now, rather than feeling bored, or impatient, or depressed about it.
I’m reminded of the phrase, ‘I’ll be happy when . . .
But that future Happy Time could be a long time coming, and when that future time comes, there may be something else we’re not happy with! So we’re never really going to be ‘happy when . . . ‘so, we might as well be happy now.
And if happiness and peace and contentment is not felt right now then it’s unlikely that we’re going to attract that, any time soon. And I feel that, apart from anything else, feeling frustrated, bored, impatient, or whatever, doesn’t make the waiting time any easier for us, or any more pleasant.
I would probably rather make the best of things as they are, than rail against ‘What Is.’
I’d rather look on the bright side.
I’d rather think about the best that could happen, rather than the worst.
I’d rather be happy than miserable.
I would rather think of what I can do to improve things for myself, than go into victim mode and blame.
Blame for things I don’t want to happen, but have happened, and I can do nothing about immediately. Other than perhaps reframe things, and yes, put a positive slant on it.
And I’m not saying that I never go into victim mode or blame! Because I’m human. But I’m just saying, I know what I prefer, and I prefer not to do that.
So, this card is a reminder today, that either patience is needed in the waiting for something, or action is required, or enjoyment of this moment now – and I think this is probably the most important one – and appreciation of all that is here, now, might be a good idea, if we want to feel better than miserable, or bored, or frustrated.
All three ‘beings’ on this card are in the forest, amongst these beautiful trees, and all are bathed in sunlight. But only one of them is really appreciating and enjoying being there, the one spreading her wings, the one who seems to be basking in it. The one who is enjoying the present moment, and being where she is. And, probably seeing the beauty that surrounds her, and certainly feeling it.
But of course, as with all these cards, there can be many interpretations of the images, depending on what is going on in your life at this time. And perhaps this image speaks to you of something completely different? But I’m sharing what the card suggests to me, today. And probably, if I drew the card tomorrow, or next week, or next month, I might receive a completely different interpretation of it.
So, whether you resonate with my interpretation, or have a different one, I hope whatever meaning you assign to the card is helpful or insightful to you.
Lastly, I asked my soul if there was any other message for this card that I’d missed, and this is the answer I received, as I got quiet enough to hear:
So, dear soul, on the card Waiting for Love, any other messages? Anything I’ve missed? Thank you.
