Select your zodiac sign (and your rising sign and/or moon sign if you know it) to meet your Tarot inspiration for the new year.

ARIES

Card: The World

Theme: A new life

Meditation for yourself: I honor my evolution as I step into my new life

When in doubt, try: Recycling clothes that no longer fit; Redecorating a room; Creating a new hobby space, building a nursery; Throwing a graduation party for yourself

Practical action: Share your success; Give an acceptance speech; Thank a parent and/or partner;
Take a picture of this moment

This is a liminal moment, that transitional phase as you move from one role or chapter of life to the next. When this card shows up, it validates the completion of a cycle and guarantees a new era. Right now, you are at the precipice, feeling the shift as one door is closing, aware that change is ahead. Take account and acknowledge the lessons of the past cycle that have been incorporated into your being, consider how you can move into the next phase with all the knowledge you have gained. Often this card comes just before a birth or just after a wedding – when change is not instantaneous but to be discovered and implemented day by day in the time to come. Trust that you have all you need to grow into your new role. Feel free to own your confidence as you leap into the next great adventure. You have earned it.

For a longer reading, check out your Year Ahead on the Bohemian Path Tarot YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/abobmw_krEA

TAURUS

Card: The Hermit

Theme: Reflection

Meditation for yourself: With space for reflection, I discover my own wisdom and edit out the false programming.

When in doubt, try: Writing it out

Practical action: Edit; Read the fine print; Meditate; Journal; Take a teaching position, Take a sabbatical

 

For those of us living modern lives in the west, there’s not much of a reference point for The Hermit. Not a realistic one, anyway. Don’t worry, this card isn’t suggesting that you should go seclude yourself on a mountain top. It is about processing wisdom, taking what you’ve learned from the great thinkers of the ages and balancing that with what you’ve learned in your own experience. It’s mediation with a purpose, consciously reviewing and refining your thoughts and beliefs – about yourself, your place in your community, your accomplishments, your goals. You don’t have to turn your back on society to do so, but this card is about finding your own voice. Your 2024 Tarot Mission, should you choose to accept it, is to turn away from the external chaos in your mundane life and the sift out the internal noise you inherited along the way. Listen for your truth, then turn up the volume. There’s wisdom there.

For a longer reading, check out your 2024 Year Ahead on the Bohemian Path Tarot YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/Ju9a9Ow5CyU

 

GEMINI

Card: Strength

Theme: Grace under fire

Meditation for yourself: I got this

When in doubt, try: Stay cool and trust your talent; Remember that what you want needs you

Practical action: Do the scary thing; apply; try out; audition; enter the metaphorical lion’s den; challenge yourself

 

This is not about physical strength or brute force. This card is about finding grace in your determination. It’s about directing your will towards getting what you want, without being a blowhard or a bully. It’s about feeling the impatience and/or the fear and/or the surprise and moving forward anyway. It’s like being a soldier only you aren’t fighting against external armies, the battle is really with the internal ninjas. (Sometimes we are our own worst enemy, you know?) This Tarot Mentor confirms that you have the juice to conquer this challenge as long you keep calm and carry on. This year, a challenge, a goal and/or a multi-phase project needs you to want it bad. You are called to honor the ego that tells you what you can do, while engaging the confidence and decorum it takes to get it. What you want, wants you…so walk in faith and claim it.

For a longer reading, check out your Year Ahead on the Bohemian Path Tarot YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/nkxJ_z3SUh8

CANCER

Card: The Moon

Theme: Embracing shadows

Meditation for yourself: I am the sum of many wise and worthy parts

When in doubt, try: Dreaming

Practical action: Jungian therapy; Re-read your old journals; Review old photo albums; Call on your ancestors; Vision Quest; Jog your memories; Backtrack your Fears

 

The Moon signals a period when your intellect does not have all the info you need, because a part of the puzzle is stuck in the shadows of your unconscious. There is a piece of your story that was banished to the dark, but it reaches out to you in dreams and creative projects. Or sometimes this piece sneaks up when you have a strong reaction to another person who displays attributes of the Thing from the Dark that your intellect desperately wants to ignore, or judge, or destroy. But sometimes that Thing has an urgent message for your safety, and sometimes she just wants to be reunited with the other parts of the conscious you. This year, your Tarot Mission is to release any expectations about what part of you belongs in the light of consciousness and start listening to the calls from the dark. If you do, you are likely to discover that what you thought was a monster is actually a cuddly little thing that gives your life more meaning when you embrace it. Something that heals you when you acknowledge it. Something that needs forgiveness or is offering you forgiveness. This card supports your empowerment as you acknowledge, recover, reclaim and embrace all of your bits and pieces.

For a longer reading, check out your 2024 Year Ahead on the Bohemian Path Tarot YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/Bo3y2AO0w4A

LEO

Card: The Empress

Theme: Nurturing abundance

Meditation for yourself: I create safe spaces where beauty expands

When in doubt, try: A charm bomb, An expectation of satisfaction; Believing compliments

Practical action: Make something beautiful with your own hands; Start a gratitude journal; Indulge in nature

The Empress is the archetype of the giving, responsive creative mother. For some readers, the appearance of this card could suggest actual pregnancy. For most others though, it’s a metaphor for ripeness and increase in creative ways. This card is all about planting or cooking, decorating or party planning, artistic endeavors and/or craft projects. Your Tarot Mentor calls you to find more ways of amplifying beautify and nurturing good times with joyful people. This card reverberates with being receptive – but please note, that’s not the same as passive. The Empress invites you to balance your natural force of presence with conscious openness to others and subtle beauty. It’s about creating an environment and holding space where invitations, compliments, gifts, guests, and general loveliness can thrive.

For a longer reading, check out your Year Ahead on the Bohemian Path Tarot YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/4yvZffq73Ts

VIRGO

Card: The Chariot

Theme: Merging into the fast lane

Meditation for yourself: I am in full control as I gain momentum towards my goals.

When in doubt, try: Just go.

Practical action: Plot the course and begin the journey, get a new vehicle, buy the plane ticket, give it a little more gas, start, launch

 

 

There are some tarot cards that recommend stillness and contemplation, while some cards that suggest plotting, planning, and market research. The Chariot, on the other hand, says: “Go. Go Now. Go FASTER”. This card calls us to take action, put ourselves out there, walk our talk. It’s time to go after what we want and make it happen. This is progress, it is forward motion. Of course, tarot cards often speak in metaphors so this card is not necessarily about literal journeys. It’s about making intentional progress towards your goals. As you can plan your “journey”, the best route might not be totally clear yet and/or you might have to take a few scenic short cuts along the way. Or, maybe you aren’t sure exactly where the finish line is but you know you need to get on the road. No matter, just honor that truth and start packing your metaphorical bags. This card says it’s time to motor – strap on your seat belt!

For a longer reading, check out your Year Ahead on the Bohemian Path Tarot YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/8NgcvbicDYk

 

LIBRA

Card: The Magician

Theme: Drawing in the fans and acclaim

Meditation for yourself: Behind my magic is my belief in my talent.

When in doubt, try: Inventing your own magic phrase as a mantra to pump yourself up; Add some razzle-dazzle

Practical action: Practice (or put effort into your project/skill/craft) every day, Invest in better tools, Balance skill with flair

 

This is the card of someone who seems to make magic happen. The truth is that it’s a well-practiced act. What you seem to do so easily takes diligence, focus, skill, practice and most importantly: a belief in your ability to pull it off. This card is inviting you to put in the practice and also – just for fun – throw in a little razzle-dazzle. Your audience doesn’t have to know about your efforts behind the scenes, your fans think you have special powers because you make the magic you do look so easy. Libra, don’t be shy. Drizzle in a little extra flavor over the top. Your Tarot mission this year, should you choose to accept it, is to use a bit of flair while accomplishing a seemingly impossible feat. Dare to make a show of it, because you deserve all the applause.

For a longer reading, check out your Year Ahead on the Bohemian Path Tarot YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/gFlQzO0uWS8

 

SCORPIO

Card: The High Priestess

Theme: Intuition + Education = Wisdom

Meditation for yourself: My wisdom is born of balancing feelings with facts.

When in doubt, try: Ask more questions, check references, read up on the subject from trusted sources, honor your gut when she says “no”

Practical action: If something doesn’t feel right, ask for more information or postpone decisions until details are confirmed

 

Trust your intuition to lead you. This year, your ability to sense what is not being presented directly is going to be very important to your greatest successes. Scorpio, you don’t always value how unique your intuition is because it’s so natural to you. But the High Priestess card says that your ability to summon divine insight is the just first step in making good choices and taking productive action. If you catch a vibe, use it. Give yourself permission to ask more questions, seek new sources of information, vet your sources. Trust your gut when it tells you to reach out to a loved one, check your bank balance, or put an agreement on hold – then get the background story. It’s like, sensing the mystery is one thing, solving it requires a bit of leg work. This year, your woo-woo psychic detective skills are enhanced when balanced with reliable information and practical action.

For a longer reading, check out your Year Ahead on the Bohemian Path Tarot YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/bh6MKSz1FcU

SAGITTARIUS

Card: The Sun

Theme: Simple, easy pleasures

Meditation for yourself: I radiate light and joy

When in doubt: Breathe in some sunlight (even if you have to imagine it)

Practical action: Trust in the goodwill of others; see a comedy; take a trip to a sunny place; organize a group game night; join a volleyball league; go to the park and strike up conversations – with strangers, with pigeons and/or with the trees

Remember easy summer days when you were a kid? When you had nothing you had to do and nowhere you had to be? When pleasures were free, when fun was around every corner, and everyone you met was instantly your friend? That’s your Tarot Mission for this year – should you choose to accept it – assume that making fun is cheap and easy, and there is a whole neighborhood of playmates at hand. Expect that having fun as a grown-up can be as easy as finding a game of kick the can. (If you are too young to know what kick the can is, this card says you definitely need to find out and give it a try.) And if you didn’t find fun so easy when you were a kid, know that this is your year to make up for it, and create simple pleasures for yourself and good-hearted others like you. Now more than ever, creating safe ways to socialize and bond is critical to healing ourselves and our communities.

For a longer reading, check out your 2024 Year Ahead on the Bohemian Path Tarot YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/zuR_FZSnn3E

CAPRICORN

Card: Death

Theme: Transformation

Meditation for yourself: I am growing wings so that in the next phase, I fly.

When in doubt, try: A nap, a bath or an orgasm

Practical action: Downsize your home; recycle/donate unwanted items; leave an unhealthy relationship or job; start an exercise program; retire; go back to college or trade school

This card tends to freak people out, but please trust that it does not show up to indicate physical death. It is about transformation. A phase is complete, a new cycle requires a big change, and the growing pains signal the beginning evolution. There is something in your life right now – a job, a relationship, a philosophy, etc – that must transform for the highest good of all involved. Your Tarot Mission this year, should you choose to accept it, is to nurture personal transformation. It’s like molting, or puberty, or menopause, or going from a caterpillar to the butterfly. It may be physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, or any/all combined. Your new year may include a little hibernation, or schooling, or pronoun adjustments. It might be ending a job or a relationship or an expectation of yourself that no longer fits. However your transformation shows up for you this year, consider performing a small ritual to honor your rite of passage. You owe it to yourself to confirm for others your new butterfly status, and you are likely to inspire others to fly in the process.

For a longer reading, check out your 2024 Year Ahead on the Bohemian Path Tarot YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/V-OfCLTWGXs

 

AQUARIUS

Card: The Devil

Theme: Conquering temptation

Meditation for yourself: I choose life, stability and self-respect when I make healthy choices.

When in doubt, try: A long walk; Looking into your own eyes in the mirror

Practical action: Start a food and/or exercise log; go to a 12 step meeting; cut up your credit cards; delete the hook-up apps; recommit to your partner with a ceremony; get therapy; go to rehab; yoga; meditation

 

There are a couple of cards that always freak people out, but this is not a gloom and doom card. It is a call to healthy routines. It is a reminder that bad habits limit you – you know, like cigarettes, booze, junk food, shopping, unsafe hook-ups, constant gaming or scrolling social media. Or you may be in the habit of giving too much power to another person or a belief system. It could be that a job or even a hobby that is sucking up all of time, energy and resources, leaving you one dimensional and keeping you from succeeding in other areas of your life. This card invites you to acknowledge the bad habit so that you can eliminate its power. Create a new routine or two to support your self-mastery. The Devil challenges you to take power back. And as you master a healthier schedule, you’ll be leaving more room (and time, and resources) for being more of who you really want to be. And hanging out with people who share similar healthy habits.

For a longer reading, check out your 2024 Year Ahead on the Bohemian Path Tarot YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/9zTtesDf_og

 

PISCES

Card: Justice

Theme: Fair contracts, Negotiation and Mediation

Meditation for yourself: I negotiate fair terms for all parties in the contract (including myself).

When in doubt, try: Reviewing the evidence/documentation

Practical action: Ask probing questions; read the fine print; clarify boundaries and consequences; make no assumptions – get it in writing

Balance, fairness, and harmony. That’s what Justice is: fair play, win-win, reciprocity, and agreements that honor the rights and contributions of all signing parties. You may see a verdict fall in your favor under this card, or you may be informed of an inheritance, or you may be presented with a contract. Alternatively, you may be in a position to judge what is in the interest of fair play, what will resolve issues and bind agreements, and what will restore the peace. On the flip side, be wary of requests for “favors” that create an imbalance of power or debt. This card invites you to embody justice as you go through the world. Since some Pisceans can give too much of themselves, remember this card as you make connections in the coming year. Asking for fair recompense is as important for yourself as it is for your commitments to other people and organizations. Honor boundaries, speak your truth, and be prepared to meet someone in the middle. Do the right thing and Karma will do right by you.

For a longer reading, check out your 2024 Year Ahead on the Bohemian Path Tarot YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/_iK-GwB7OQU

 

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