Tarotscope For Today: Monday, August 19, 2024

ARIES

Your Card: Nine of Wands, reversed

Something is crushing your spirit today. Don’t allow it to push you into giving up. Whatever is troubling you is something that you can overcome. It’s okay to feel drained and exhausted, but it’s never acceptable to throw in the towel. Use today to recharge and take care of yourself. Remind yourself that your dreams and desires are worth taking risks for. Tomorrow, get up and try again. If you’re holding on to any past challenges, emotional wounds, or disappointments that are preventing you from fully giving it your all, try working through them. 

TAURUS

Your Card: Three of Pentacles, reversed

Be mindful of any miscommunication today, Taurus. The reversal of the Three of Pentacles warns of possible conflict. At work, make sure that you do your part in terms of collaboration and teamwork. Make your ideas heard, but be open and receptive to those of others. If you’re struggling to get on the same page as loved ones, do your best to work through your differences and come to a compromise. Be willing to give others the same respect and understanding that you require. Resist the urge to retreat into yourself and practice open communication. 

GEMINI

Your Card: The Hermit

The Hermit shows up when you need time alone to recharge, reflect, gain a new perspective, and process any emotions that have gone unprocessed. With the Full Moon in Aquarius today transiting through your ninth house of expansion and adventure, it would truly benefit you to look inward and challenge yourself. How can you start stepping more outside of your comfort zone? Is there any exploring you yearn for but have been holding yourself back from? Would you like to learn something new or hone in on a craft or skill? In what ways can you maximize your potential? How can you start inviting new connections and experiences into your life? What do you need to heal to manifest more magic?

CANCER

Your Card: Queen of Cups

The Queen of Cups wants you to practice self-compassion and self-kindness today. This Full Moon is going to be a deeply transformative one for you with it landing in your powerful eighth house of death and rebirth. Strong emotions from the past that you’ve been suppressing are likely to rise to the surface today. Don’t shame yourself for any feelings you encounter today. Let yourself process them so that you may finally heal from them. Mourn the past, Cancer. It’s the only way that you can finally make the changes necessary to step into an improved and more empowered version of yourself. 

LEO

Your Card: Ace of Wands, reversed

What’s got you so down today, Leo? Something has you feeling out of touch with your spark and creative passion. The reversed Ace of Wands wants you to take a step back this Monday and identify the source of your blockage. How can you get that inspiration back? Is it self-doubt standing in your way? Personal struggles? Is there anyone or anything draining you of your energy? Find out what it is, so that you may make the necessary changes. It might feel completely impossible, but try to create something—anything—today. Maybe just a little brainstorming or warming up is all that’s needed to stop staring at a blank page or white canvas. Have fun with it. You don’t need to aim for perfection today. Create something just for the sake of creation.

VIRGO

Your Card: Four of Pentacles, reversed

The Four of Pentacles is a card of letting go. With a Full Moon being a time of release, you should make an effort to identify anything that’s been holding you back so that you may leave it behind. Take into consideration that your wellness, lifestyle, healing, and daily routine zone is activated under this lunation. What changes do you need to make to benefit any of these areas? What attachments do you need to break? What patterns of avoidance keep you from connecting with your innermost feelings or from making any real progress with your goals? Do you cling on to material possessions as a way to avoid facing deeper issues?

LIBRA

Your Card: Ace of Pentacles

The Ace of Pentacles represents abundance, prosperity, new beginnings, security, stability, and manifestation. Being that today it’s the Full Moon in Aquarius, it’s a good day to let go of everything that stands in the way of realizing your dreams and welcoming opportunities into your life. Before you can set your intentions and manifest, you need to identify what changes you need to make and get rid of everything that holds you back from making real progress. This means releasing fears, self-limiting thoughts and behavior, toxic patterns and relationships, procrastination, inconsistency, and distractions. Sit alone today and write out each and every thing you need to leave behind, then burn that piece of paper. 

SCORPIO

Your Card: The Star

The Star shows up in a reading to remind you that there is always hope for a better future—one that’s full of magic, joy, and light. This card wants you to have faith that the Universe is always conspiring in your favor, so long as you’re willing to help yourself. The peace that you so deeply crave could be yours if you would just allow yourself to confront those old wounds you’ve tried so hard to suppress. Don’t ignore the pain, Scorpio. Process it and heal it. Feel everything you need to feel, even if it makes you fall apart for a little while. If it’s inspiration you’re after, then get out there into the world and find it. Life is what you make of it. Take advantage of the Full Moon’s power today to set you on a more aligned, illuminated path. 

SAGITTARIUS

Your Card: Three of Cups, reversed

The Full Moon today electrifies your third house, which governs communication and how we connect with others, making the reversal of the Three of Cups an apt card to pull for this occasion. This card urges you to nurture your most meaningful connections. When was the last time you spent quality time with your loved ones? Make an effort to do so today. If life’s demands don’t allow it, then a simple phone call can go a long way. Don’t lose sight of what matters most. This card also shows up when you need to reexamine a certain relationship in your life. Is there someone who leaves you wanting more? Is there anyone toxic in your life who takes more than they give?

CAPRICORN 

Your Card: Seven of Swords

The Seven of Swords tells of deception, manipulation, and scheming. Someone here isn’t being particularly forthcoming with the truth or with their intentions. Do you need to reflect on whether there may be someone in your life being cunning or conniving to achieve their aims? Or is that person you, Capricorn? Think about how you may be affecting your relationships or impacting someone emotionally when you behave in a manipulative manner to achieve a desired outcome. It’s always best to be transparent, in every situation, especially with those closest to you. Be mindful. Act with integrity. Demand the same from others. 

AQUARIUS

Your Card: The Sun, reversed

Happy Full Moon, Aquarius! This lunation is in your sign, activating your zone of self, identity, and new beginnings. Today you’re being granted a chance at personal reinvention and renewal. The reversal of The Sun is telling you that if you want to welcome a new and improved era, you’re going to have to stop pouring your energy into situations and people who don’t bring your life any meaning. Those are the only things stopping you from living your best life. You can have joy, fulfillment, and magic. You just have to embody a more authentic, aligned, and empowered you. Stop wasting your time with that which robs you of your power. 

PISCES

Your Card: The World, reversed

The reversal of The World calls on you to complete unfinished business and encourages you to leave the past where it belongs. The reason there’s this void in your life keeping you from experiencing true joy and fulfillment is because there’s something that you’re refusing to move on from or finally face. It’s time to face the emotions, realities, and fears that you’ve been suppressing. Until you do, you can’t move closer to the things that are truly meant for you. Don’t you want to embark on a more aligned path? Let go of all that baggage weighing you down and tie up any loose ends you’ve yet to do.