May 2023 Tarot Stories

Tarot Stories are horoscopes divined by the Tarot. They can be read as guidance or inspiration. Read for your Sun & Rising signs. Take what resonates, leave what doesn't. Live your life!

Taurus: 4 of Wands x The Hanged Man

Happy Birthday Szn Taurus! You Eclipse szn baddies have this natural knack for keeping it together under pressure, like a only Fixed Earth sign can! May will bring you stability, enjoyment, celebration of seemingly small yet significant successes, new levels attained in creative projects or work related tasks. But the question is: can you be patient? Momentum could be temporarily stalled while circumstances beyond your control work themselves out around you. Embody an active and keenly aware stillness. Instead of "waiting for the other shoe to drop" define possible courses of action for yourself regardless of the outcome. The upcoming Lunar Eclipse  (May 5th) in Scorpio (your partner/sibling sign) will occur in the house directly opposite your Taurus Sun, illuminating themes like yours and others' resources, fixedness, openings and closings. You could find yourself answering questions of ownership, or tackling divisions of resources or labour: who owns what? Who does what work?

We know Eclipses shake things up abruptly--not to mention the current Mercury retrograde in Taurus [until May 14]-- so try having a less firm grip on expected outcomes and results. Yours and everyone else schedule (and budget) is likely to change. Despite your best intentions and actions, realities and feelings of uncertainty, waiting, sacrifice, pensiveness and lack of direction may arise. The medicine the Hanged Man both necessitates and provides is a change in perspective, and it's often initiated by delays and/or discomfort. Always, with the Taurus/Scorpio pair highlighted I think of physical pleasure, comfort, luxury and kink. These experiences may be yours to easily access in new, never thought of or seen ways. Enjoy that part! It could also be fleeting! This month significant milestones or announcements are likely to be met and made, but the grander scheme or goal is far from complete. What are you celebrating (besides your beautiful self, of course)? And what are you still yearning for?

Gemini: 4 of Disks x Princess of Wands

Dear Gemini, you may be concerned with conserving your resources--time, money, space, energy etc-- in order to make a big impact, splash, impression or launch later. This could look like saving for a special vacation or retreat, or more abstract like building emotional and mental capacity. A specific passion from Aries season (March 21-April 19) will likely be reignited now and be the muse or the root of the action that you take this month. You are planning to make a big "I AM" statement, or exercise any and all modes of self expression. Go for it! Just make sure you are fed, rested, or otherwise sufficiently resourced before heading down that path. Burn out is real, and tbh, while the Princess of Wands burns brightly, they can't burn for a long time. You'll have a specific window of opportunity this month to mobilise the resources you have saved (or hoarded) to execute your Passion Project. Let the whole world know how you really feel based on what you create and curate. Boundary making, wealth and/or power building are all on your plate right now, and these themes and their related manifestations (i.e. how they are materially showing up in your life) are indivisible right now. Using your resources to operationalize your vision is cute AF; creating and sharing your vision as a resource for others to learn and enjoy from is sexy AF; packing up your toys and leaving the sandbox because your ego has been injured is neither. If you're not careful with this energy power may be quick to go your heads, greediness or selfish behavior could dominate if left unchecked, and you could end up losing more than you went in with. Be confident not arrogant. The gifts of this month are here for a good time, not a long time.

Cancer: 2 of Wands x 3 of Wands

Progress! You've moved seamlessly from a crossroads into research mode. You're aware of what your options are, this month Cancer and have already made up your mind on which way to go based on your personal values and strengths. I love this for you! Please carry this renewable energy with you as you arrive at another crossroads, again and again and maybe one more time this month. There's something déjà vu-y about this pair at this time. How comfortable are you with starting over? How comfortable are you with making multiple plans? You are at the beginning stages of a creative project, a work related task or some kind of exciting relationship. Woohoo. But these early matters, decisions, conversations, actions may spin the block for you again and again. As my secondary school English teacher Mr Langhorn always said, "repetition reinforces learning!" So what are you learning? These Russian Doll moments may be the influence of the keen detail oriented, editing goals of the current Merc Rx. You're being asked to really focus on the foundations of the thing you are building right now; these initial processes are essential to the next phases of decision making and doing. Take this time, over and over again if you have to, to get it right. You won't regret the redo's.

Leo: Knight of Swords x 8 of Wands

Eliminate all of the distractions around you, Leo! Don't slow your row to let anyone into your boat. You'll need a sharp mind and swift hand to navigate this month. The environment around you may be full of other people's thoughts, opinions, narratives, rules and so but the race you're running only has one player, and that's you; so what anyone else has to say or do matters not. May matters are likely to activate tunnel vision within you, and a sense of urgency you did not have before. There is certainly a fire under your ass, bb! Be astute, prioritize facts over feelings, and don't delay in responding to messages, invitations, offers, etc. You are being called to honor the intellectual within you, to honour the Truth within you, to honour your own ambitions. Be direct, decisive, daring and focused in most, if not all things. Life may come at you fast but you're faster. This energy is supportive of intellectual pursuits, publishing and issues of justice. If you organise your stuff correctly you won't just have the information/ideas/plans that you require but also be in step with the timely actions needed to reach your goals. I want you to feel safe to walk your talk, Leo! Eclipse and Merc Rx shenanigans could make others perceive your focused assertiveness as aggression, rudeness, or hostility, and your urgency for rashness or lack of tact… but like, I'm sorry, y'all gonna just have to sort that out later (if it's important enough); there may not be time or space left for any deep heart to hearts that drain you of your mental and physical energies.

Virgo: 2 of Cups x 7 of Swords

It can be hard to know how to love, when to love, or whom to love. Whether you experience loving as an intuitive knowing and expression or a more cerebral process, negative thoughts or even the feeling of imposter syndrome could wreak havoc on your (self) love life. Half-truths, lack of transparency, pessimism, or flat out betrayal could pepper your experiences of harmonious union with self or other. What does balance in love mean to you? What does balance in love look like? Can you consider the ways you may be betraying your own self in love this month, Vigo? Missed connections due to shyness, lack of self worth or courage? Locking eyes with a stranger on the subway or at the market but instead of feeding thoughts of anticipation and curiosity, anxiety and detachment get fueled instead. After the Mercury Rx (ending Sun. May 14th) you may feel inclined to take a microscope to your thoughts and mental processes around or about love. How are they letting love blossom in your life? Or, on the other hand, how are they strangling love in your life? I want you to consider your union with yourself first, this may be the real matter, or at least may hold the key to eliminating negative narratives that create distance between you and the all the love you deserve to experience.