July 2025 Tarot

 Justice

“ Rise like Lions after slumber In unvanquishable number. Shake your chains to earth like dew, which in sleep had fallen on you .You are many-they are few.” -Percy Bysshe Shelley

Although the quote from Shelley has so often been taken on by revolutionaries throughout the world, it can also represent a quieter kind of revolution. As we end June and start July, expect to see more changes come about because of two things: the determination and strength of people who have come together to present their causes and the subsequent legal and political changes that may result from this collective action. As we all know, the law doesn't always represent or produce justice. However, in July many places in the world will experience public examples of  injustices being brought into the light- and corrected. Sometimes even the most unfair and very obvious examples of these have to be shown to the whole world before people can actually see them. If you seek it,  the Justice card is a positive sign that it will indeed at last be served...

The Justice card is also about a search for truth. This is as relevant to our inner world as it is to the unassailable truth in the outer world. We had some interesting revelations in June, ones that may have stirred us to suspect- and then fully realise-  that things are not as clear-cut as they are presented to us. Be prepared for some more stirring of the murky waters as evidence is released this July that challenges you about what truth means to you-  and takes you to new territory in your own beliefs. No more slumber...

 The Empress
"Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into.” – Dr Wayne Dyer 

The beautiful Empress card represents abundance- which can come to us in many forms, not just via financial wealth. She shows us that in this July so many people are realising what constitutes this in their lives. She also symbolises sensuality and we'll all be far more eager to embrace and enjoy the physical pleasure of being out with friends, gathering at Summer events, travelling and feeling that delicious frisson of freedom! So many people have now learned to deeply value what we may have previously taken so much for granted....

In our wider society, The Empress and her energy permeate in other ways. People are growing more vocal about having control over their work/life balance and environment. Our abundance comes in many forms and perhaps what we regard as 'wealth' now is not strictly measured out and quantified for us -as it was in previous times. We may experience conflict with those who want nothing more than to  keep driving us into busy office spaces and very overcrowded roads, trains and buses. People won't readily accept attempts to control them when it clashes with a new found sense of well being and feeling more 'time rich', especially in Summer months. We're perhaps seeing the birth of a new societal revolution- one in which people know where their real riches are to be found.

 Strength

"Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think." -A. A Milne 

This card represents determination, but the singular beauty of the Strength card is it speaks of our inner strength and ability to overcome trials and obstacles with grace and dignity. This is the kind of strength which is about endurance, stamina and persistence in the emotional, mental and physical aspects of our lives. When the Strength card appears in a reading, it's guiding us all to be fuelled by our inner power and strong will. The advice here is to find our victory in the intelligent ways we can influence and persuade- and not by trying to control others, Most people will often underestimate subtler or kinder people-but that's the advantage. This July, it's those that possess the most composure and maturity who will win the day.

Another wonderful aspect to this card is how it speaks to our relationship with ourselves. The female figure in our Strength card has the big cat under control, but also, it's very contented and peaceful. This reflects our inner journey and of taming our own 'beasts'. In so many cases these particular beasts of ours have been our own feelings of constant despair and fear. This is now the month and year that we can take control of our immediate feelings and reactions and instead of being at the mercy of what the outer world is telling us to feel, we can be who and what we want to be,

 The Star

“The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair...." - J.R.R Tolkien

Here's the lovely Star card with it's message of hope and light. In the Major Arcana it follows the Tower card and just as in recent times, it heralds a period of optimism that comes after one of destruction and chaos. This energy comes not as some huge engulfing wave but as a gradual and growing ripple of relief.  We have all endured many challenges and it may be hard to adjust or to relax a little. So the advice - and possibly the challenge- from Spirit and from this Tarot message is that in July you can allow yourself to unclench. Let go and to make space for hope to enter your soul again.

It's not just all the recent political unrest and conflicts. For many people the last year has felt as if so many other things were spiralling out of control. Many of us have felt as if we'd slipped into an alternate universe. The Star brings renewal and  'recalibration' to the world. As unlikely as it may sound, we're entering a time when people are starting to calm, listen, and to genuinely seek out and speak truth. The Star's energy here is like a seed of hope that has yet to grow into something more substantial- but know that it will! Just as a spark is needed to fuel a fire, so hope will kindle the warmth of better times ahead.