Tarot Readings
by
~*~Velvet Angel ~*~

Astrological Tarot Reading
~for the year ahead~

Card 1:  First House -- House of Self (ruled by the Sign Aries and the Planet Mars)
The First House is all about you -- your appearance, how you think about yourself, and how you choose to present yourself in relationships with other people.

Card 2:  Second House -- House of Possessions (ruled by the Sign Taurus and the Planet Venus)
The Second House is related to things you own . . . in terms of finances, money, material possessions, resources, income, property, etc. -- everything that is available to help you live your life the way you want.  This House is also about how you use your time (which is another resource, although an intangible one).

Card 3:  Third House -- House of Communication (ruled by the sign Gemini and the planet Mercury)
Communications are highlighted in the Third House -- the kind you make in person through the use of speech, writing, sign language, body language, facial expressions, etc.  It can also be via the written methods -- such as email or letters.  Travel is also ruled by the Third House.  This is the house of "busy-ness" . . . taking care of the routine things that are the necessities of life.

Card 4:  Fourth House -- House of Family and Home (ruled by the Sign Cancer and the Moon)
This House involves family, relatives, home, roots, heritage, history, and security issues.  This House can also involve things of your past -- including your past experiences, people, and places from your past, and how you feel about them now.  This House is also related to buying, selling, renting, and owning land, buildings, apartment, condos, or other fixed forms of wealth (which is a form of security that may affect the idea of house and family).

Card 5:  Fifth House -- House of Pleasure and Creativity (ruled by the Sign Leo and the Sun)
The Fifth House is related to your creative abilities, to be lucky, and to enjoy the pleasures of life.  It can involve any kind of creative endeavor.  Additionally, gambling, investments, sports, and risk-taking can come up in Fifth House matters.  It is what represents the "thrill" of life for you . . . the things that are pleasureable and fun.  This may also include love, romance, children, hobbies, or anything you view as something "fun" to spend your time with.  It also has to do with the relations between people.

Card 6:  Sixth House -- House of Health, Service, and Work (ruled by the Sign Virgo and the Planet Mercury)
The Sixth House rules the state of your health as well as what you put into your body.  It also rules how things work -- such as your job, employees, devices that work for you, and also how your body works.  This house rules food, farming, planting, cooking, exercise, physicians, and servants.  This House is associated with work and service to the community.

Card 7:  Seventh House -- House of Partnerships and Commitment (ruled by the Sign Libra and Planet Venus)
This House rules committed relationships of a romantic and business nature.  Such relationships don't necessarily have to be marriage, but definitely not of the casual or fleeting type.  It's about relationships that are destined to last for a long time.  In terms of business relationships, this can involve oral or written contractually binding agreements between people.  This is the house of rules and law, though not necessarily of justice.  Court cases, lawsuits, and negotiations are all Seventh House matters.  This House involves obligations.

Card 8:  Eighth House -- House of Sex and the Transmission and Exchange of Resources (ruled by the Sign Scorpio and the Planets Mars and Pluto)
The Eighth House rules the transmission and exchange of resources and other kinds of energy between you and others.  This is the house of extremes (such as "good" and "evil," man and woman, and yin and yang).  It can also involve the extremes of power, whether good or bad.  This is also considered the "House of Other People's Money) where loans, money you manage for others, and inheritances may be involved.  Resurrection, rebirth, transformation, and endings are also energies of this house.

Card 9:  Ninth House -- House of Philosophy and Exchange of Information (ruled by the Sign Sagittarius and the Planet Jupiter)
The Ninth House is associated with philosophies, religions, and belief systems.  This is also about higher education.  It involves the exchange of ideas, and can also include aspects of travel -- the things that broaden your understanding of the world, or that allows you to exchange ideas with many different people.  The exchange of information can arise through books, newspapers, magazines, and electronically transmitted information of all kinds -- such as the internet, television, radio, and other wireless communication devices.  The communications ruled by the Ninth House are about sharing college level thinking, expert advice, historical facts, philosophy, and research.

Card 10:  Tenth House -- House of Social Status and Authority (ruled by the Sign Capricorn and the Planet Saturn)
This House refers to your highest ambitions, which may be seen through your career.  It represents the place you have attained in your social (or work/career) group and in society as a whole.  It's about how you are recognized or categorized by society.  In terms of authority, this House shows how you feel about the idea of "authority" or being such a figure in a group setting.  How you respect yourself and how you feel about becoming an authority are Tenth House matters.  This House involes the roles you choose and how you fill them.  In a more practical context, employers and their rules are covered here, as are any other organizations which have the ability to rule over us.

Card 11:  Eleventh House -- House of Friendships and Group Interractions (ruled by the Sign Aquarius and the Planets Saturn and Uranus)
The Eleventh House has to do with friends and other groups of people that you interact with, because you share common goals and aspirations, or because you can be more effective banding together to accomplish those goals.  This House also rules the unexpected in any form, a factor that should be considered in all forecasts of the future.

Card 12:  Twelfth House -- House of the Subconscious, Weakness, and Restrictions (ruled by the Sign Pisces and the Planets Jupiter and Neptune)
This House deals with the review of where we have been (and what we've done) and where we decide to go from there.  There is a focus on strengths and weaknesses which may be hidden from public view.  This House deals with the internal things within us -- including how we feel weak or restricted.  It can also be considered in terms of confronting karma. . . for it is in this house that we meet up with the results of everything we have done.  The last House of the zodiac also recognizes that we can feel bound in life -- stuck and confined.  For this reason, the Twelfh House rules jails, hopsitals, institutions, and any space (or situation) that inhibits our sense of freedom.  Danger, secret enemies, or affairs are also issues to beware of in this House.  Although this last House seems pretty touch, it's actually here that we stand on the precipice and determine how we will proceed.  By visiting the unconscious and meeting with the past, we begin to formulate what the future will bring to us.

This is a good reading to look at important areas for the year ahead.  This is not one that goes month by month, but instead highlights the areas of the astrological houses in which you might feel an especially strong impact during the year.  This "impact" could be positive or negative, but having an idea for the things to watch for through the year can be a helpful guide in planning and preparing for major  ideas, ventures, and events in your life.