Start 2021 right with the Zodiac spread

(This article originally appeared in the Psychic Link weekly newsletter.)

Most cartomancers would agree there really aren’t any “negative” cards in the Tarot. Even ones that create dread in seekers like Death or The Tower aren’t bad. That’s because universal guides send messages through the cards to inspire you to take an active role regarding your life questions — and that’s always positive.

But if anything could be called negative, this past year sure qualified! In fact, if we could add another card to the deck to represent 2020, it’d have to be the a 23rd major Arcana card, “Dumpster Fire.”

Just a suggestion.

So let’s clear out that crummy 2020 energy by using the wondrous Tarot to look ahead at 2021. The most in-depth and fun way is for your psychic to do a “Zodiac spread” for the year.

Of course, everybody knows what the zodiac is. It’s the 12 astrological signs (“houses”) like Aquarius and Scorpio. As you would expect, the Zodiac spread uses 12 cards, one for each house. You ask a question and each card that comes out addresses a different aspect of the answer based on the house where it falls, starting with Aries and ending with Pisces. It’s a great way to get a really deep picture.

But for seekers who want to know how about the next year, whether in general or about their love life or career or health or any other specific area or question during that time frame, I lay out 12 cards just as in the Zodiac spread … but for 12 months instead of 12 signs. Clever, huh?

“So clever, in fact, that you stole it from Angie Green at The Simple Tarot. ENJOY.” — Karma

Anyway, rather than the “Aries” aspect of an answer (which is “Identity,” by the way). The first card that comes up now represents January, in particular how it will be regarding your life and question (or in general) as things stand now. But REMEMBER: As with any divinatory message, YOU are in the driver’s seat at all times. If you don’t like anything that’s predicted, the universe is showing you this possible future to empower you to do something about it! For this reason, I recommend getting this 12-card reading no more often than every three months. Give your actions time to bear fruit before checking back in with another “year ahead” reading.

Moving on, the second card to come up is about what to expect in February, the third about March, and so on. Some readers include a thirteenth card to sum up the year as a whole. Others first shuffle just the court cards and choose one at random to represent the seeker before shuffling the rest of the deck (with the other court cards) to do the actual reading. Any reader should be happy to do it or not do it according to your wishes. You need only let them know if you want this extra card laid out or not. It won’t make any difference to the 12 cards of the actual reading other than that court card not being available.

What does 2021 have in store for you? Get a “year ahead” Zodiac reading and find out with the brave heart of a Leo — er, a lion!

Like Simba! Yes, Simba, so brave he totally ran away and let his entire kingdom crumble and be enslaved and because of that, his mother had to become the concubine of the evil uncle who killed his father, sure, and only came back because that weird baboon shamed him, true, but … look, forget Simba, just enjoy your 2021.

The Simple Tarot, which inspired this article, is here and its excellent YouTube channel is here.
That adorbs Dumpster Fire fella is © 2020 by 100% Soft.
Simba is © 1994 Oh, I think you know who holds the frickin’ copyright to Simba.