The Year of the Hermit, 2025, is coming to a close. What did we face internally?

An End-of-Year Tarot Reading to Release 2025 & Welcome 2026

In Tarot, The Hermit corresponds to the year 2025. The Wheel of Fortune will rule 2026.

The Hermit marked the start of a year filled with uncertainty, not the peaceful retreat I had hoped for. Instead, things felt messy and chaotic. I spent months waiting, unsure of what would happen next. I thought The Hermit would guide me inward to heal and accept disappointment, but instead, I found myself quietly growing in ways I didn’t expect. I learned to look back and recognize my feelings of anger and unrest as grief. During this time, I worried my projects would stall and felt a real sense of loss as chances slipped away. I tried to protect myself, hoping to find inner strength slowly. The Hermit’s lantern didn’t light a clear path, but it offered just enough wisdom to help me keep going and release a new deck, even though I had no control over its funding, production, or delivery.

Now, as the Wheel of Fortune begins to spin, everything we’ve nurtured in solitude is poised to meet its moment for opportunity and the change we have long awaited. The Wheel of Fortune will guide us through 2026, but only if we notice fast spins and slow revolutions at the right place and time. Now we can step out and let our hard-won insights shine, as The Hermit’s lantern sets the Wheel in motion for the year ahead.

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The Lessons

This year taught me that growth does not require visibility at all costs. Some of the most meaningful progress unfolded beyond others' gaze, in spaces where slowness rekindled my connection to a healing community. I learned that not every offering needs to explain itself. I realized that I will need to trust the quiet power of my work, which carries farther and lasts longer than anything driven by urgency.

The Challenges

I navigated systems that were never designed with artists in mind, learning where they constrained creativity rather than supported it. Along the way, I released platforms, expectations, and timelines that no longer fit the shape of my work or my life. Each challenge molded my boundaries and strengthened my resolve to choose integrity over convenience.

What I Released & What I Honored

I had to let go of over-performing and the pressure to prove worth through constant output. That wasn't easy. Instead, I embraced a new perspective: what I released, I released fully; what I honored, I honored fiercely. In its place, I deepened my trust that the right audience would find what was meant for them. I am grateful to those who read slowly and feel deeply, to the quiet supporters who return again and again, and to the unseen moments when only faith carried me forward.

I hope the coming year brings beauty that doesn’t feel rushed and prosperity that doesn’t take too much. I want the work ahead to feel like devotion, not just a demand, and I hope what I create lasts beyond trends and reaches the people who need it, whenever that may be.

Wishing you a year of expansion and good fortune!

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The 2024 Year-End Tarot Spread

Every year, I carve out a peaceful  time to do a reading for myself, reflecting on the year that's passed and the one ahead. Looking back on this year, which was guided by The Strength card, I'm filled with gratitude for how it helped me navigate so many challenges. Now, as I turn toward 2025, I’m excited to see that it’s the year of The Hermit! It feels like the perfect time for a full year of self-reflection, with the goal of learning how to shine a lantern that helps others find their way up a steep, winding path. It's exactly the kind of energy I need right now.

I’d like to share the tarot spread that I developed in the hopes that we all can do this exercise together and share a window of collective consciousness. 

Three Guides And An Oracle

Three Guides And An Oracle
When reading for myself, it’s often hard to be objective. Sometimes, I don’t want to see cards that suggest that I have to do work or that something needs me to turn back and start over. Sometimes, some solid advice is required, but my mind is too close to the matter, and I need another point of view on the spot. That’s where the three Sigil cards–The Mystic, Augur, and Sage guide cards come in.

A Mystic, an Augur, and a Sage can describe a wise person interchangeably. Still, in my new deck, I assigned each card with a specific power and perspective so they could help by giving their unique approach and perspective when solving a mystery.

My Method

Before choosing my oracle cards from a deck for a reading, I place the three Sigil cards—the Mystic, the Augur, and the Sage cards—face down and make sure I mix them well thoroughly. I then choose one, and that becomes my guide. Please place it in the top space. Then, I pull cards from the deck as my reading and use the wisdom, techniques, or perspectives of the Sigil card on top. 

Here is a breakdown for each Sigil guide card I use. At the bottom, there is a link to download your cards. Feel free to print them on card stock for personal use, cut them out, and use them when you need a teacher and guide. 

The Mystic
The Mystic engages in magick and honors the power of ritual to influence their surroundings. When The Mystic appears, you are encouraged to alter your actions and strengthen your capacity to influence the outcome of a situation.

You are encouraged to use spells, chants, and rituals to alter your experiences and surroundings. For example, you might choose some crystals and set them in a formation, light a candle, and visualize or say out loud what you intend to do. You are drawing in help from external energies and allies. 

After careful consideration, you create your ritual, spell, or planned steps and couple that with the oracle card(s) you have chosen.

The Augur
The Augur gathers insight by looking for signs and patterns in nature and the cosmos. They are in tune with the life force of everything and use intuition to understand auspicious messages. When the Augur appears, the skill you should apply is intuition and use observations as clues to understand the challenges in your life better.

With the Augur as your guide, look for signs, clues, and natural or supernatural events to understand a situation or to make predictions. You may take a walk in nature, look around, and see what strikes you as a clue that will augment your chosen Oracle card.
You might notice patterns in nature, animals that appear, clouds in the sky, natural events such as lightning strikes, and other signs that make predictions. Create your action steps with the Oracle card (s) you chose. Believe in synchronicity!

The Sage
The Sage possesses the stories and secrets of the ages. They study ancient texts and preserve the oral histories passed down through generations. You can explore books and legends as metaphors for your dilemma.

The Sage will encourage you to consult books and old knowledge to interpret circumstances and situations. An example might be to select a book off the shelf that relates to your card to find more and educate yourself about the subject matter. What comes up for you? The Sage is a scribe and keeper of records. Journaling is always a Sage’s recommendation.

Set aside time for more profound readings and more time to do the work needed to manifest.
Yes, this often deepens and extends the reading beyond the typical boundaries of a one or even a three-card pull by suggesting some research or work. I believe that Oracle decks are for self-help, and therefore, there needs to be action that follows a reading. A reading isn’t to verify my (flawed?) opinion or tell me I’m right. That is just feeding the ego. Working on the shadowy sides of ourselves lifts the obstructions and lets the light in.

The soon-to-be-released Mystic, Augur, and Sage Oracle decks include these three sigil cards. They’re the perfect deck for exploring perspectives from around the globe, going deeper into the work, and engaging in a sacred journey of spiritual growth.