Tarot Advice For Each Zodiac Sign On Embracing Optimism & Hope
It’s a hard world out there, and it’s harder when our own minds rebel against us, and feed us the catastrophic scenarios that might happen.
Hope and optimism don’t ask us to deny the difficult aspects of life, but they challenge us to see how sometimes challenges and difficulties help strengthen our resolve and mold us into more resilient people. It can be hard to hope when the world feels dark, but it’s important that we not lose sight of the light within us.
Our tarot reader drew a card for each zodiac sign on how they can embrace optimism and hope.
Aries
Your Card: Ace of Cups, Reversed.
It’s funny how life’s journey can impact us emotionally. When things have been difficult and bad for a long while, it can seem like a protective strategy to turn down the volume on the emotions that lead us towards hope. When we’ve been really hurt, hope can feel like a burden. Creating a mindset where we’re able to manifest the best aspects of ourselves requires careful cultivation, Aries. Hope isn’t something to fear, or suppress. Don’t allow the difficult experiences of your past to dictate your future by pulling your thoughts away from the bright possibilities.
Taurus
Your Card: Temperance.
The best way for you to embrace optimism and hope is by exploring life’s balances, and finding the harmonious flow of energy that happens in the spaces between the extremes. As you temper your grounded perspective with the emotional wisdom that you’ve gathered through the years, you’ll discover that hope flows easily. Knowing your resilience, and understanding the constant flux and change of the world around you is a powerful and potent reminder that as long as there is life, there is hope, Taurus.
Gemini
Your Card: Five of Wands, Reversed.
You’ll find hope by resisting your cynicism, Gemini. Cynicism is a powerful barrier between you and the world, and can feel like a protective one. Often at the root of cynicism are the harsh, cruel narratives used by our inner critic. Cynicism becomes a way of normalizing and rationalizing our poor treatment of ourselves, and confirming our inner bias against the world. To embrace hope and optimism will mean putting down the weapons you’ve aimed against yourself.
Cancer
Your Card: Nine of Cups, Reversed.
Hope isn’t about the outcome, Cancer, it’s about our mental and emotional journey towards it. It can be hard to allow yourself to hope after a big disappointment, but hope isn’t about a single feeling before a single act – it’s a mindset and a habit that needs to be cultivated. It can be hard, especially after a big failure, to realize that you deserve the bright feelings of hope and optimism, but you are worthy. Instead of getting caught up in the outcome, focus on the joys you feel on the journey.
Leo
Your Card: Ten of Wands.
When we’re feeling stressed or like our needs aren’t being met, it can be very hard to see beyond what we’re currently dealing with, much less experience the positive vibes and optimism that hope has to offer. This is by no fault of your own – the focus needs to be on the here and now when things are that real. But there are moments where you can manage to pull your eyes off of the present and glimpse the future, and in those moments you’d see how close you are to a life-altering breakthrough, Leo. Hope is right there, next to you, waiting for your invite to help you make that final push.
Virgo
Your Card: Knight of Cups.
You are not heavily associated with the dreamer in love with love, but for you to embrace hope means you’re going to need to dive into your own feelings, Virgo. The plunge might be uncomfortable at first, and it’s going to require that you be more abstract than you’re used to. You aren’t chasing a result or selecting a destination, but instead are focused on following your feelings. To embrace hope means letting go of the analytical aspects of yourself, and letting go of your grip on timelines and milestones.
Libra
Your Card: Two of Cups.
Libra, it’s unsurprising that your journey towards hope involves your ability to connect with others, and strike a balance with them. The Two of Cups explores the interplay and balance of emotions in relationships, and the joining of two into one – without losing either. To embrace hope, you should allow this balance to occur instead of attempting to tip the scales. Remember, connection demands vulnerability and patience, and is in itself a hopeful act.
Scorpio
Your Card: King of Pentacles, Reversed.
It can be comforting to know that we are in control of our destinies, Scorpio. But your capacity to embrace hope and optimism shouldn’t be contingent on your ability to dominate every aspect of your future. There can be more power in letting go than in building up. You’ll find a more certain and long-term path towards embracing optimism and hope by learning about your resilience in the face of the unknown, and your ability to be flexible.
Sagittarius
Your Card: Strength.
Your fiery resolve isn’t the only Strength that’s here, Sagittarius. It’s the resilient, indomitable voice inside that tells you to get up every time you’ve been knocked down. You’ll find hope there, in your quiet and gentle resolve. Your optimism comes from knowing that in the center of the wildest of storms, you have the determination to persevere and the ability to reframe every challenge into an opportunity for growth and healing. Every time you retain your kindness in the face of adversity, hope will be there.
Capricorn
Your Card: Justice, Reversed.
Your grounded perspective helps you to understand the depths of power at play, and you have a hard time ignoring injustice once it crosses your path. But fighting every injustice won’t give you hope or optimism, it will wear you down. You can not possibly bear the weight of the world’s injustices on your shoulders, Capricorn, and the best way for you to find hope and optimism is to let go. It is a radical act of hope and optimism to trust that the universe will address it.
Aquarius
Your Card: 4 of Wands.
Being the visionary you are, Aquarius, means you are often operating far past known realms. It’s hard to know when to celebrate something if you’re doing something so novel you can’t be sure that it’s an achievement. The celebration and acknowledgement of your progress holds a lot of hope and optimism within. It’s not the end goal or end state that is the purpose of celebration or hope – but in the willingness to engage with the journey. If you can celebrate the meaning of each step, you can find the optimism to take the next one.
Pisces
Your Card: Six of Swords, Reversed.
Wiping the slate clean and starting fresh can be exhilarating, Pisces, but you will be more rewarded by looking for hope and optimism exactly where you are, right now. Face Instead of seeking external factors to give you the hope you’re looking for, you can find the optimistic outlook you’re seeking by acknowledging how far you’ve come in an imperfect situation. Encourage yourself to reframe the challenging situations you face, and look at this time as an opportunity to exercise patience and engage meaningfully with hope.