Pick A Card: A Post-Retrograde Message
And mini-garden tour gallery 🌿🌸
Hi friends,
What better time to seek guidance from the cards (new deck!) than after that retrograde wallop we all made it through?
I’ve chatted with quite a few people who have had a wild few weeks. If you’re a stargazer, you might be able to blame it on retrograde.
But we’re through!
The yard
Before we dive in, a few things from my fave place: the backyard.
I busted out my “fancy cam” and wandered around this week.
For those who are new here, my main gig for the past sixteen years has been portrait photography. So, I’ve been trying my hand at some nature images when I can, and it’s really fun!
Here are a few from the backyard:
Oh, and my first IG reel recently went viral!
Little chippy chipmunk trying to stuff a giant peanut in her cheeks. If you’re an animal nut or just need a smile, it’s worth a watch.
If you’re into this kinda thing, I post pretty regularly over there:
The cards
Today’s reading is a message intended to orient you post-retrograde.
And if you’re not an astrology person—I only dip my toe in from time to time myself—then think of it as something to consider working with the next couple of weeks, or longer.
A friend of mine surprise-gifted me this deck last night, so naturally I couldn’t wait to make a post with it.
With 80 cards instead of the Rider-Waite’s traditional 78, this deck offers a couple of little twists (like three versions of the Lovers) as well as some dreamy, mythical imagery.
Enjoy!
xo,
Natalie
Pick a card
Take a breath.
Listen to your gut.
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Three of Wands, rx
Now that retrograde has wrapped up, you might be expecting everything to suddenly click into place.
If it hasn’t, don’t panic.
Sometimes clarity doesn’t arrive the moment the retrograde ends. Sometimes it arrives a bit later, once we’ve had a chance to absorb everything that shifted.
If this is your card, resist the urge to rush toward the next thing.
Stay with what’s right in front of you for a little while longer.
There may be one final lesson, conversation, or realization waiting to reveal itself before the path ahead comes into focus.
Remember, not every delay is a sign you’re off course.
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Ten of Wands
If retrograde highlighted just how much you’ve been carrying, this is your permission slip to do something about it.
Awareness is wonderful, but eventually it has to become action.
You don’t have to keep carrying something just because you’ve carried it for a long time.
As you move forward, ask yourself what you’re actually ready to put down.
Maybe it’s a responsibility, maybe it’s a belief, or maybe it’s the pressure you’ve been putting on yourself. Whatever it is, let this be the season where you stop confusing “doing more” or “holding more” with moving forward.
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Eight of Swords, rx
This card feels like the exhale after a long season of overthinking.
If retrograde brought old fears, patterns, or limiting beliefs to the surface, now you get to decide which ones you’re no longer taking with you.
You don’t need a completely different life to experience freedom.
Sometimes all it takes is one new perspective.
One moment where you catch yourself telling the old story and choose a different one instead. Trust yourself a little more than you did yesterday. You may be surprised by how much has already changed.
Other ways to work with me & enjoy my backyard:
Beautiful photos!!! And loved the tarot guidance, thank you for that.
Love your pictures and I also love your tarot guidance. Appreciate you and now I’m going to go check some things off my list and see how I can unburden