June 2025 Tarot

 Temptation

“You cannot run away from weakness; you must some time fight it out or perish; and if that be so, why not now, and where you stand?"- Robert Louis Stevenson

I've worked with the Tarot Of The Old Path this month but in other decks this fifteenth card of the Major Arcana is called 'The Devil'. Just like in other decks, this card represents our shadow selves-the dark side of all our natures. It also represents those external factors that will so often hold us back from being our best and highest selves. This particular tarot deck interpretation of the card has a more 'understanding' energy to it. It addresses the duality that's to be found within all of us as well as our tendencies to be tempted by outside influences. However, it may be that human beings have been influenced by this 'devil on our shoulders' for too long and for too many times.

The card reflects human frailty, but it also carries both warning and exhortation. We might have  lulled or fooled ourselves into believing that we have no control over our shadow selves but this card seeks to empower us to act. When we can truly see what's in us and around us we can take action in order to break negative cycles, end addictions, leave abusive situations -and thus allow ourselves to be in a higher energy and live to a better standard. Indeed, this Temptation card is asking us 'Why not make your stand now?' This month, many of us can actually break away from the internal tendencies that have limited us, but there'll also be mass movement in society, that seeks to truly reject the external forces that prefer to keep us mired in negativity and fear. 

 Karma/ Judgement

"It is much more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself rightly, then you are indeed a man of true wisdom.” -Antoine De Saint-Exupéry  

Our world has constantly been going through massive disruptive events. As I write, it seems that we still are. However, we may be heading toward a point of karmic destiny. Have we reached a moment where we're finally learning the karmic lessons of our collective past? Could we actually choose a more enlightened path?  The Karma/ Judgement card reflects a time when it's possible to rise up, to seek and embrace a higher level of consciousness. Right now, so many individuals are actually experiencing a spiritual and intellectual awakening. Many of them realise and hope that we should be destined for better things. This might not be what we're being drip fed as daily 'headline news' or what's reflected at us by mass media, but out there in the actual world, people are looking toward a higher purpose and a more peaceful way of life.

The Karma/ Judgement card is so often drawn in Tarot readings when we're so close to reaching significant stages on our life journeys. On a personal level, for those reading this, it indicates that you may be at a crossroads and need to make some life changing decisions. These decisions will require a blend of your intuition and intellect-not just a reliance on plain logic. The card mirrors a time when you've deeply reviewed your experiences and finally learned from them. If individuals can learn these lessons and then move forward with increased self-awareness, there's still hope  that an entire planet can do the same.

The Queen Of Rods

“Strength and honour are her clothing, and she shall rejoice in time to come." Proverbs 31:25  

The Queen of Rods reinforces and echoes both the change in emotional temperature and actual events in the wider world this June. One of the more interesting dynamics of this month is that the qualities that are so embodied by The Queen of Rods- energy, fire and independence- will be partnered with strong, public actions that will ultimately bring greater freedom and particularly to women in our world. There's a feeling of rebellion and revolution in the air, this will take place not just out on the streets, but also in those places where people gather for discussion and the making of legislation

Last month was about reviewing situations and people around us while still maintaining a state of alertness. We'll see more mass gatherings but the atmosphere will be different from the harsh, angry energy of any that happened in May. People want to experience joy and celebration- not aggression and bitterness. This is very much a month of 'That which doesn't reflect me, I let go' June will see so many of us embody this mantra and take action with it - in our professions, in our relationships, our beliefs and at our locations. Expect to feel a huge release and a rejection of the old patterns of behaviour and beliefs that no longer serve us. It's time to rise up and shine!

 The Sun

"There are far, far better days ahead than any we leave behind." – C.S. Lewis

We've been through very harsh times, but The Sun card brings us the message that things can and will get better. Even through the challenges of the last few years one of the upsides is that many people discovered who they truly were, what they really believed and what they wouldn't stand for! The energy of this card is akin to that light that finally breaks through the clouds after rain or the sound of birdsong in the air when the noise of a storm ends. The Sun card can also represent that light that shines down on deceit to illuminate the truth. In this time, we can expect the start of a period of unravelling for some ideologies that have held sway or to hear revelations about those who sought to control or to oppress others.

The Sun connects us to our true power –not a cold, fear-driven power, but the kind of warm inner glow that actually radiates through all of us and can connect us. Grass roots movements are now  springing up. In the lives of so many people, this movement wants to foster stability, to forge true connections and embrace joy. June brings us those first rays of light that will herald the success of this. A bright dawn can follow even the darkest of nights and this is what we'll see and what we'll experience. It might not happen overnight or immediately but we can, at last, believe that better times are coming.