Every year on New Year’s Eve, I pull 12 tarot cards for my coming year – and most years I pull them for a few friends and family members as well. I’ve never been the sort of diviner who does daily pulls; I’m more interested in the larger patterns than the smaller flows, unless I’m investigating a specific issue. But a monthly card gives me something to focus on and consider each month, and it becomes the roof pole around which I organize myself. Then after the month is over, it becomes the center of the web of my monthly reflection, as I think about what I struggled with and what I learned during the month I’ve just completed. I think a monthly card can give really valuable insight into where you are on your life-path, and pulling monthly cards for a whole year gives you touch-points along the way.
My Year-Ahead spread is one of my most popular divination products, and the monthly card forms the basis for my Card of the Month Club on Patreon (which will remain the place with the lowest price point for a monthly card from me unless you catch the New Year’s Eve flash sale), though I draw the cards for the Patreon Club just before the new month starts instead of all at once. With the spread in my shop, you can have all twelve cards at once in a deck of your choice, whereas the Patreon Club has a different deck for every month throughout the year. Also, the Year-Ahead spread in the shop gives the option of an additional three cards for a yearly focus, and those can be in the same or a different deck.
For myself, I usually pull two cards: for tarot, I use all major arcana, but I also pull oracle cards (from an oracle deck I’ve been working on), and the interplay of the two cards gives me even more insight into each month in the coming year. In the past I’ve also used lenormand, runes, and ogham to good effect, and I do have an option in my shop for 12 runes if that sounds more helpful! Any of the deck listings with an option for 12 could be used for a year-ahead spread, and they are all currently also on sale through the end of January: no coupon code needed!
So if you’re interested, please check out my web shop! These spreads are approx 20% off now through the end of January. Make sure you’re shopping on my website, though – I have an Etsy shop as well, but the sales won’t be active there!