For me, 2025 is a Justice year.
2024 was a Wheel of Fortune year for me. It was a wild ride! Lots of changes, ups and downs, unknowns and surprises, with a general atmosphere of GOOD LUCK (knock wood). I spun the wheel, held on, and had good fun along the way. My Wheel Year taught me to act quickly when opportunities arise, and to surrender when it wasn’t in my benefit or power to control the situation.
And now I’ll experience a big shift into a Justice Year.
When you’re in a Justice year you can expect the results of your efforts from the previous year. It’s time to take responsibility for your goals and desires, and to make powerful decisions based on carefully weighed pros and cons rather than emotion or comfort. Focus your energy on causes and beliefs that you know are right. Judge how you spend your time and energy, especially in your career, family, or community. Ask yourself, “Am I being fairly compensated for my efforts?”. If the answer is no, it may be time to reassess how you do your work or share your time.
Do you know what your 2025 Year Card is?
HOW TO Calculate your Year Tarot Card (a la Mary K. Greer)
I use the wonderful Mary K. Greer’s method to calculate my Year Card (which can be found in her books, Tarot for Yourself and Who Are You in the Tarot). You add the month and day of your birth to the current year, and the resulting number corresponds with a Major Arcana card. Always keep the highest number under 23, add the digits together to reduce if it’s above 22. (in this case The Fool corresponds with 22.).
For example, my birthday, June 5, plus the new year, 2025 comes to ELEVEN, which corresponds with Justice.
I prefer to calculate my Year Card starting from January 1, rather than on my birthday (I know, I know, this is a big debate in the Tarot community).
I like the universal ceremony of the start of a new year, and the idea of a whole calendar year ahead. The annual changing nature of your Year Card differentiates it from your unchanging astrological, Chinese zodiac and Mayan zodiac signs, which makes it an interesting combination of internal and external forces at play in your life for this fixed period of time.
That being said, if your birthday is late in the year, you may feel the energy shift intensify as you approach it.
Once you determine your year card, get to know it, let it become a close friend and advisor.
Meditate on the image. Imagine a conversation you would have with the figure on the card. Journal about the strengths that you see in the cards, the challenges, what you like about it and what you don’t. Look it up in your favorite Tarot reference books and see what other people have to say about it.
Do a Tarot spread asking for insight into the card and the lessons it offers (click here for mine).
Call upon the image when you need strength, inspiration and guidance, see it as your own guardian angel for the year. Know that you have a powerful ally and resource available to you.
So, over to you! What’s YOUR Tarot Year Card for 2025?
How do you feel about it?
What does it tell you about possibilities and opportunities for 2025?
Comment and let me know, and may your 2025 be abundant and magical.
Want me to tell you about your 2025 Year card and how to make the most of the year ahead? I’d LOVE to.
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Card images are from the Unifying Consciousness Tarot, the deck I co-created with Leo Scopacasa.