If you didn’t get the mother you deserved, this is a good week to face up to that. Because then, you can start mothering yourself—literally or metaphorically, whichever.
Next Week in the Cards
We’ve got those cute cats from the Meow’s Tarot in the house. Dang. Don’t these cards just scream “loss of illusion”?
Outlook: The Empress
People are making room for growth, new beginnings, and fresh starts. Expect clearing the decks, self-care, gathering supplies, stocking shelves, or other prep work to be well underway. This could be literal—canning, winterizing, deep cleaning—or metaphorical: rethinking long-held assumptions, changing habits, deepening relationships, or sketching out a new project. The Empress is fertile ground. She’s the one who makes things grow—but you’ve got to give her something to work with.
Advice: Three of Swords
Bit of a buzzkill here, following the Empress. But it’s a pointed reminder: you cannot embrace the new if you refuse to release the old. You’ve got to weed out the dead flowers so the new ones have a chance.
This is where sunk cost fallacy sneaks in. Maybe you’ve poured years, tears and massive energy into something—it’s hard to let it go. But investment doesn’t equal value, especially in the here and now. The Empress says, build where life is. The Three of Swords says, stop writing checks on a closed account.
It could be a job, a friendship, a belief, or a situation that isn’t healthy. Is there a dead horse you’re still beating? A past injustice you keep relitigating? Something gone you pretend is coming back?
I’m not saying it wasn’t real or that it doesn’t matter. But maybe it’s just…done. And clinging to unsubstantiated hope doesn’t make something less done. You don’t want to wait on life to show up, anyway. You want to live where you’re at!
Let go of outdated ideas, false hopes, and any promise that doesn’t materialize. The pain may be sharp, but it’s finite and clean—like cauterizing a wound. Once you stop bleeding out your energy, you can start to heal.
Now, for you:
Is there anything you hold onto just because you’ve already paid so much? What would change if you stopped making payments?
