Prophecy 2025: Part Four

Merry Meet and Welcome to you magickal souls!!!!

It's time for me to review the last three months of cards that I pulled back in December 2024 and see how the actual experience of the months aligned with those cards. I pulled (or tried to pull) a card to represent the energy of each month and a card to represent the resources that would be available to me that month, but occasionally I ended up with two cards (as seems to be typical when I do readings for myself).

This part will focus on the months of July, August and September, the third quarter of the calendar year.

Energy for July

Beaver & Black Egg

With the Beaver, I felt like this card was saying that I needed to be prepared to build sturdy foundations, instead of being too emotional.

I felt this way because this card is grouped within the element of Water, and this element is connected to the emotions.

The Beaver also builds dams as a way to protect themselves against predators or enemies while also providing food and sustenance. Perhaps this was what I needed to remember, that I could protect my energy and myself from those who wanted to attack me and it is something that I had to do during the moth of July.

I am working on my nourishment and am continuing to work on when I need to replenish my kitchen with various nutritional and healthy foods.

With the Black Egg, there was a connection to Spirit and I will be honest about the Egg Spirit cards confusing me whenever I pull them.

But after referring to the guidebook, this card is all about being authentic and keeping to the truth. This is definitely something I had to do because of the situation that the Beaver also alluded to.

I stayed true to myself, knowing that my Truth would stand tall for everyone else to see.

I knew that although I was being attacked with darkness and toxicity, as long as I stayed true to my Self and my Truth, I would then be able to overcome anything.

This Egg makes me think of a snake, which is protective of the eggs she lays, that new life, changes and transformation that holds such untold potential within. But this Egg is true to itself and doesn't hide what it is either so is similar to a snake too.

Resources for July

Four of Pentacles

With this card, I got the feeling that I would need a kind of inner strength to help me to stand tall. And considering the main situation I had to deal with, this was definitely true.

I really did have to dig deep to find it but it actually appeared a lot quicker than it has done before, within 24 hours when it has taken at least a week previously.

July taught me that I hold within me a strength that I have previously doubted having. That I can stand in the face of adversity but especially people who would prefer to either silence me or beat me down and into submission.

Well, I have rediscovered the mental and emotional strength and fortitude to stand tall and defend myself and my way of living against the rest of the world if I absolutely have to do so.

Energy for August

Elephant & Nightingale

The Elephant is associated with the element of Fire, although the Elephant can live in any climate due to its ability to adapt and regulate its own internal temperature.

My initial thoughts of this card were related to memorie, being immovable, being sacred, and having value.

I felt like this card was telling me that the month of August was sacred, and would remind me of the past so that I could remember how valuable my time and energy is.

I think this card was also telling me not to put too much pressure on myself, that I needed to give myself time and space to do what I needed to do, rather than what I thought I was expected to do. It worked because I did the best I could without feeling like I was failing.

Nightingale is associated with the element of Air, and as it is a bird, it definitely makes sense.

The initial feeling from this card was that I needed to sing my own tune until dawn.

This is something that I will always be passionate about because authenticity and originality is important.

I refuse to adhere to te expectations of others, especially ones that I know within myself that I can't live up to.

I celebrate my originality, my personality and my life. I joke about who I am and how I live because it's fun and usually pleasantly confuses people until I explain.

I am more active at night and can get a lot more done during the darkness but I like it because of the quiet. It gives me a chance to listen, pay attention to, and truly hear any messages I might need.

I love this card because it reminds me to do what makes me happy.

Resources for August

King of Wands & Page of Cups

With the King of Wands, my initial thoughts were that it was showing I needed to stay in control instead of being complacent but without being too rigid and set in my ways.

I do feel like this is something I had to master during this time as I came to terms with my weight-loss jouney and events that happened close to home.

I do feel like I'm more in control of my emotions now, even if they do still overpower me at times. I also made decisions about events in the future and have taken steps towards making them a reality (which is happening by the way!).

I'm also taking control of who might try to control me because unless it is actually good advice, I'm now trying to ignore anything that anyone says which I disagree with.

With the Page of Cups, my initial thoughts of this card was that I needed to express my emotions in a useful way.

I've written about my emotions, publicly but especially privately. In the past, this has been something I struggled with. However, as time has gone on, I'm understanding myself more as I do feel like the dragon just happens to be the current chosen reflection of my emotions.

I'm being shown the way forward, what I can learn and then use in the future to make my path as easy as possible, without allowing my emotions to cloud the waters I am moving through.

There's also an element of choosing the right moment to express my emotions, as sometimes it hasn't been appropriate but it is something that I have learned to do recently.

September Energy

Hummingbird

The Hummingbird is rightly associated with the element of Air, as it spends a lot of its own energy flying. I originally hadn't thought of what this meant but as I write this, I realised that I was desperate for communication during this month while needing to wait for the right flower to open up to give me what I needed.

This card also brought to mind the phrase "Don't stop", which I felt could have had one of two words following it: either moving or believing.

This card felt encouraging, as if I was close to something happening but I just needed to be a bit more patient and work towards my goals. Stopping would halt all progress in its tracks (which is kind of obvious now) while losing belief would only delay everything but neither would end up being helpful to my situation.

September Resources

Ten of Wands

With this card, I again got an impression of encouragement, that I was so close to achieving something that I had been working towards whether I knew about it or not.

I got the feeling from this card that I would actually reach my goal(s) and I feel as I did in an unexpected way. September was the final month before the Season of the Witch 6 Conference that I applied to present at.

This card gave me the confirmation that I have the ability to climb as high as my dreams, regardless of what they are. It also gave me the confidence that I could overcome any obstacle because the goal would always be worth the journey. This is especially true of my weight-loss journey as I achieved a loss of 2 stones (28lb total) by the end of the month.

These months were interesting because they built towards the Conference and it was all encompassed in this particular quarter of the year. They also taught me a lot about patience and how to be more compassionate towards myself as I attempted endeavours I have never done before, and still move towards something else that will be a new experience.

It was certainly good to look back on everything that happened during this time and it's definitely something I would recommend others to do. I hope this has given you ideas for your own practices and Craft.

Peace and love to all!!!!