Prophecy 2025: Part Two

Merry Meet and Welcome you magickal souls!!!!

It's time for the first review of the cards I pulled for January, February and March during the Becoming the Seer: Prophecy 2025 workshop hosted by Wise Woman Witchery as part of the community subscription.

As I mentioned in Part One, I used two decks this year because I wanted to experiment with mixing their energies based on the two different questions asked of each month. The decks that called to me for this were the Wild Unknown Animal Spirit Oracle deck for the energy of each month, and the Celtic Dragon Tarot deck for the resources available to me each month.

January's Energy

Turtle

When I initially pulled this card, I thought that with the Water element connection it would be an emotional time for me. With the shell holding a connection to the Moon as well as the elemental association with Water, I felt that the Moon could be an ally or a more pronounced presence at this time.

Well, it was an emotional month as I started counselling, bringing up emotions from the past that I've done my best to ignore for many years, and I realised some painful truths about my past and particular relationships.

I also found that the New Moon in Aquarius was particularly special for me as it happened near to my birthday. The Moon herself has also called to me most strongly so I'll be taking this through the year and working on my Lunar connections.

January's Resources

High Priest

Within this deck, this card is the equivalent of the Hierophant within traditional tarot decks.

To me, this card was saying that I would have opportunities to learn from at least one teacher, if not more. And considering that I started counselling, this card is definitely accurate.

I am having to be my own teacher when it comes to bringing my Craft and spirituality into my therapy but it's not entirely impossible for me to do on my own. So I'm having to be my own "High Priest" to find magickal things to do alongside the more "mundane" counselling.

I have discovered that I am surrounded by teachers, from my friends and family to my neighbours and people online so there are still plenty of inspiring figures.

February's Energy

Panther & Cheetah

When I initially saw the Panther card, I saw an aggressively defensive animal. Within this image, I don't get the feeling that this Panther is getting ready to attack. But it is ready to do whatever might be necessary for its own personal peace to be restored. This makes sense because one of the things that the Panther is associated with is protection.

Some of the Panther's other associations are: a guardian of secrets, mystery, rebirth, transformation, spiritual growth, and self-awareness.

This makes sense as February was about unveiling specific secrets I had hidden for some time but that no longer served me that way. I've been on a self-awareness journey since mid-January and I would hope that I am growing within myself and spiritually.

With the Cheetah, my immediate reaction was that February would be a quick moving time, likely with me following at least one particular target. The Cheetah is also focused on whatever its target is, as it isn't looking out from within this card.

The Cheetah is associated with speed, focus, seizing opportunities with precision and grace, and maintaining a balance of knowing when to rest and when to act swiftly.

I did choose to act swiftly on certain revelations I experienced, and I'm not sure if I acted too quickly. However, at east I seized opportunities, and I did try to do this with precision and grace, aiming my emotions away from people who didn't deserve that.

I also paid attention to when my body needed rest and when it was ready to be more active and/or creative.

Both of these cards are from the Fire Element group, since the Wild Unknown Animal Spirit deck doesn't have suits. Fire, to me, is all about passion, my personal inner fire, and what it is that I care about. I spent most of this month trying to mentally prepare for what I call my "March Madness", which was when a lot of my interests occurred within a very small amount of time. In this instance, that involved: two early morning Formula 1 race weekends back-to-back, 3 rugby matches on the same day while also occurring during a race weekend, a concert, and medical appointments.

Also, with both of these cards as "big cats", there is a greater association for February with strength, independence, courage, protection, and a connection to primal energy. Grief is a primal energy, and it needs to be expressed with courage, something which I have struggled with for years, feeling like my grief was unimportant next to someone else's. I needed to have courage to express it because this wasn't something I have done before. I have always been independent, only able to rely on myself (and maybe one other person for sure), so this highlighted just how far I have come in the last few years when it comes to being an adult as well as how far I will go to protect my independence.

February's Resources

Nine of Cups & Queen of Wands

With the Nine of Cups, I felt like this card was saying that I needed to share my emotions more than anything else. And to be honest, this isn't something that typically comes naturally to me as I am used to bottling up my emotions and keeping them to myself.

However, this was definitely possible with the help of my counsellor, some great neighbours, new friends and, of course, my closest friend.

I felt like this particular dragon was looking disapprovingly on, as if to ensure that I learned from my actions in the past.

Acknowledging the emotions I faced was definitely challenging and I did feel like I needed to deal with each one before moving on to the next.

With the Queen of Wands, I felt like this was all about intentions and purpose. Without hiding anything, I did intend to get as much done as I could with regards to this blog and my YouTube channel so that March wasn't quite as full of "madness" as it could have been.

However, while listening to the wisdom of the Cheetah, this wasn't quite as successful as I wanted but I was still happy that I did what I could do rather than pushing myself too hard to do what I wanted. So while I set the intention to sort these two projects out, I did make plans that were flexible according to what I could physically and mentally do.

I wanted to be in charge and direct everything but in reality, I spent most of the month in a restful state.

To be fair, my actions still had purpose so I didn't feel like February was full of complete failures.

March Energy

Unicorn

When I first pulled this card, I initially noted down dream-time, miracle, and truly special as my key words. These were most likely related to the myths and legends surround the Unicorn.

This month was rather special for me but not in the ways I was expecting. Two reasons that I was expecting were that the Formula 1 2025 season started, and then I saw Wardruna in concert again (read about it here).

But the unexpected ones were that I have a health issue that I need to keep an eye on until whenever I get scheduled for surgery, and as a result of this, I have to seriously work towards a dream of losing weight.

However, I have realised that I am living the life I wanted for myself because I am a Writer through this blog and I'm doing it because it's my dream, and not because someone else it pushing their own on me.

March Resources

Eight of Swords

With this card, my initial key-words were: opportunity to free myself, and bravery.

To be honest, March was full of these because I needed to be brave and deal with a health issue on my own, and I'm facing the need for surgery on my own.

I have also had to be brave in a slightly different way because of the health issue and surgery since I have been told by several more people that I need to lose weight. Considering that I've tried on my own, I'm definitely more mindful about my diet but I need help and support so I had to be brave and reach out to a group.

Honestly, needing to lose weight has meant that I am now in the process of trying to free myself from the many comments that others have made in the past about my physical size. Each one has hurt but that pain won't last for much longer.

I mentioned for the January cards that I started counselling but they ended in March, quite naturally too. I understand myself, my behaviours, and my way of thinking better, and I hope to continue to improve myself. So I had to be brave with the ending of those sessions.

These first three months of 2025 have certainly been eventful in a variety of ways but I am grateful to each and every one of them because they've each taught me something new about myself and my life.

I just hope that the next three months won't be quite so full-on as I would appreciate a rest but we'll see how that pans out when I do the next review in about three month's time. Also, feel free to connect with Wise Woman Witchery to do this every December and even more every month.

Peace and love to all!!!!