Welcome to this month’s general card reading. I hope that it will resonate with those of you who read it, and you will find it helpful.
Cards duplicated in the last 6 months:
December and January – The Hermit
December and January – 10 of Swords
November and January – 5 of Swords
October and January – 8 of Pentacles
September and January – Ace of Wands
According to the returning cards we are being asked to hide away for a bit and resolve any recurring situations that have yet to be finalised. Don’t be afraid to ask for help and don’t try to do everything by
ourselves. We might also be inspired to try something new like changing jobs or starting a project.
As we start off this month we could be feeling more than a little stuck and that any way we turn we are going to upset one person or another. This situation is more than likely one that we have created ourselves either by being ambivalent or completely ignoring a problem and
hoping that it will go away on its own. News flash – it won’t and it is time to deal with it head on and put it behind us.
The first part of January is a good time to literally take time out. Meditation and self-reflection will be particularly useful right now as it will give us the time to tap into our imagination and intuition and decide what we want to manifest this
year. It’s a powerful time for New Year’s resolutions. We must be realistic though as Rome wasn’t built in a day and we need to accept the fact that patience will be needed to manifest our dreams into fruition.
In the middle part of the month we will be cooking on gas. Our way forward will be becoming clearer, and we will be discovering new skills and talents.
Exciting times! Our soul purpose will either appear or become more evident and new opportunities will show themselves. We will feel driven towards a particular calling it won’t be specifically about money, but more about something that our soul desires.
Towards the end of January some of us could be starting a new business/project and delving into unfamiliar
territory. If we have already started learning something new, then it could now become more significant in our lives. It is important not to just drift along as the initial enthusiasm will eventually lose its urgency. We need to set some solid goals – where do we want to be in 3 months, 6 months etc. That will keep our new destination on track.
As we come to the end of
the month we must be wary about taking on too much work. It is important to find the right balance between work and play and set priorities so that we aren’t always running on empty. This is an important part of setting our goals – fun time needs to be factored in.
Our luck throughout the month is the energy of movement and change. Some people will be moving
home, others will be changing jobs and yet others will have this sense that change is coming and they’d better be prepared.
Our main challenge this month is to ask for help. The Universe has been watching and knows that some of us are at the end of our tether and need help with climbing on to the next rung of the ladder. All we have to do is send up a request that we’d like
the Universe to step in and give us some assistance. The Universe is listening and itching to help in whatever way it can.
Summary – January is a month for dealing with unfinished business and embracing new experiences and situations in our lives. The things that we need to keep in mind is to ask for help and not try to do everything on our own and not to set unrealistic or
unachievable goals for ourselves. Life is meant to be fun and not a list of chores to be done which gets longer by the hour!
Wishing everyone a Happy and Prosperous 2026. If we start the year off with a bang, who knows where we could be or what we could achieve this year.
Sue Ellam has been a tarot card reader for 30 years. She participated in festivals around the world for 14 years, but is now based in London, UK. She does readings via Zoom and phone. If you would be interested in finding out more about having a reading from
Sue, then please check out her website www.mystic-matters.co.uk.