This post is a new series that will continue throughout 2020. And just as an fyi, it includes affiliate links to a few of my favorite oracles and books.

To start of 2020, I’m going to be beginning a new blog series, Cards of the Month. 

I love collecting Divination Cards and Oracles of all formats and kinds, and I regularly draw monthly, weekly, and daily readings for myself or clients. 

After about seven years of doing this and having these readings be pretty accurate, I decided I’d like to share my little hobby so that we can all enjoy it. 

In this series, I’ll pull cards from Oracles, Tarot, and Affirmation Decks. The cards featured will be from all of the world and historical eras, and highlight various authors and art.

For the new series, I plan to release each month’s edition on the last Friday of the month preceding the feature month.

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Now, let’s get started.

January 2020 awaits!

Introducing…

January 2020 // Cards of the Month 

The Knight of Cups makes an offering

Tarot Decks feature a standard 78-card system. Tarot is one of the only divination deck types that you can rely on for a standard set of 78-cards, most with the same general suits, just different artistic takes.

I love collecting Tarots because once you learn the system, you can read and interpret essentially any Tarot Deck handed to you. 

What’s different about all Tarot Decks in each is all artists’ interpretation of the original decks, one of which is The Rider-Waite, popularized during the Era of the Golden Dawn. 

My mom gave me my copy of this deck. I like to have the Rider-Waite on hand when looking at all the other Tarot Decks, to compare and contrast how new artists interpret and update variations from the original card.

So for me, The Rider-Waite Tarot is a must-have for any reader. 

Our card for January is the Knight of Cups from this deck.

This card has been coming out in my readings for the past couple of months, so to me, it’s clear this energy is just out and about in the collective consciousness right now. 

Which I love, because the Knight of Cups is such beautiful energy.

It’s a masculine character riding a bowing horse, holding a cup, which usually signifies an intuitive or idea offering.

This card always appears to me to symbolize that someone in your life is offering you wise, masculine counsel from a peaceful and loving place. 

It can represent an outside masculine figure offering you an idea or wanting to assist with a way of doing things. It can also signify that the masculine side of yourself has something to share and add to what you are doing right now. 

Is there a logical idea being offered to you that sounds good and would match well with any feminine/moon wisdom you have? 

If so, accept this offer of generosity and love from the masculine. 

This card can suggest the internal masculine making an offer or an opening to let some masculine thought processes in you rise up. 

Still, whether it’s the inner masculine offering something or an outer masculine figure, it usually speaks of lots of intuitive masculine support.

This can also represent action-oriented energy coming in.

For example, you have more passion, or energy right now to support you, or a physical person or animal that embodies the masculine coming in to offer support. 

The Knight of Cups is a graceful and kind masculine. It represents an individual who knows what they offer but is being respectful and balanced about offering it, also honoring the recipient in what they bring to the table, too.

If you are initiating a new start, group, products, or simply looking for more success, harmony, and abundance, something, such as an idea, is being offered to assist from a masculine source.

The Knight of Cups is clothed in red and blue, signifying this masculine offering is in harmony with the feminine.

In the Golden Dawn’s teachings of the Tarot, the Knights are called Princes, and they are said to represent “power in action.”

This Knight is on a quest for new territory for his creative endeavor, or he may be searching for a mate.

Are you a Knight? Is your inner self offering a logical solution you can weave into your business, life or relationship?

Do you have someone in mind you can feel is making this offering to you?

If so, this is good, this card symbolizes wise energy coming in to offer loving ideas on ventures where you need support.

The Deep Blue Dragon clears the way

The Deep Blue Dragon Card from The Dragon Oracle Cards is one of my favorites. I was guided to pull this card from this deck, simply because I love Dragons.

It is the card this month for our underlying themes, allies, or energies, and to me, it basically represents Archangel Michael in the form of a beautiful Dragon Spirit Guide. 

The Dragon Oracle Cards cover four dimensions of Spiritual Guides and are so magical and give a friendly, kind, and caring view of Dinosaurs, which were actually called Dragons before the late 1800s. 

Are Dragons truly Dinosaur Animal Guides coming forward? Who knows, but the Deep Blue Dragon card appears to let you know you are 100% safe and protected to move forward now. 

This card often appears to confirm you are walking the blue fire of truth, and you are indeed on the path of Light.

It always seems to appear in readings whenever someone is moving forward in something, and they have apprehension, but doing it bravely anyway. This dragon comes to clear the way.

It’s usually positive when I see it, to confirm whatever forward move you have been bravely considering, you are protected, you can do it, you are safe. 

I love seeing this card when people are making career moves, moving towards harmony or peace in a relationship, or stepping deeper into their true selves.

The Deep Blue Dragon usually gives me shivers when I see it. As to me, it’s like the fairy wand coming in to tell you this brave move you are making is blessed by Archangel Michael’s Dragon.

Because Archangel Michael is known as the second hand to God, this is an incredible blessing from the Spirit World if you are starting anything new.

So if you are stepping into something this month, Deep Blue Dragon says you are safe. 

An excerpt from the book that goes with this deck reads: 

“This card is suggesting that you [can] call on the deep blue dragons to protect you and your loved ones… Ask them to keep an area of a kilometre around you totally clear… Relax and trust this is happening.” 

Also, if you're a digital oracle fan, Diana Cooper currently runs a pick a card feature on her site featuring some of her decks.

Click here to open the Pick-A-Card Page on her website and select a bonus card for your day. Link opens in a new window. 

And for the final card this month we have…

Tending The Garden

The inspirational card of the month is from the deck, Spirit Cats by watercolor artist Nicole Piar.

Piar has a degree in fine art, and is both author and artist of this deck of 48 inspirational cards.

Featuring 48 different card backings, and the affirmations on the flip side, this deck does not include a booklet. It’s an inspirational deck.

Inspirational cards often suggest a guiding energy to use as we walk through the situation the reading is covering. So in this case, Spirit Cats card gives us the below affirmation for the month.

It suggests we have planted a garden and it has been tended, now we get to decide where and what grows in it. This is such a great card for those continuing on their life path.

 On the back of the above card I pulled this month, it reads:

Tending The Garden

“Meet Gala. Her peculiar flowers bloom in the sun of her nurturing love and care. In a tucked-away corner of the forest, she planted a few precious seeds. For months, she watered the earth and sang patient love songs. 

Above the surface, nothing appeared to be happening, so the other kitties didn’t understand why she spent so much time in the overlooked spot. 

Eventually, delicate emerald tendrils peeked out of the soil Gala loved and protected them until wonderous blossoms burst forth. 

What seeds can you nurture in your heart? What garden are you trying to grow?"

To me, this card is saying, now something is growing in the garden you’ve been tending. Which of those seeds would you like to nurture? 

Where can you shine a light, give water, feed vitamins, and most importantly, where do you want to? 

This card is a sign something you started is growing, and you can choose how you nurture it now. Beautiful.

So to recap, for January 2020

The Knight of Cups represents balanced masculine energy is coming in to offer support, this could be a logical idea rising within you or an outside, balanced masculine energy appearing to assist you.

The Deep Blue Dragon appears, suggesting the Blue Dragons of Archangel Michael, to support and clear the way for a venture or situation you want to feel protected in. 

And finally, we have The Tending the Garden Spirit Cat Card comes forward, asking, what seeds can you nurture in what you have already planted? 

Your hard work is now growing, time to tend it, and choose what you wish to nurture. 

Are you starting something new? Taking a chance? Tending to your work this month? If so, these are the supportive, positive, powerful energies this month. 

What have you been nurturing? 

Where are the Deep Blue Dragons keeping you safe and protected? 

A balanced, intuitive masculine is coming in to offer you support, so watch for it. 

Cards of the Month is a series designed for fun, magic, and a little art history. Please consult your own cards, intuition, and Higher Self to see if these matches are in alignment for you and how.

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