Wheel of Fortune

Wheel of Fortune turns, and so does your situation. What was up comes down, what was down rises, and no position lasts forever. It points to a turning point, a change of luck, the end of one cycle and the start of another, and the sense that something larger than your plans is at work.

Not all of it is yours to control, but your response is. Notice the opening when it appears and step into it. If things are hard, remember that this is a phase, not a verdict. If they’re good, enjoy them without assuming they’ll last unchanged. Look for the pattern: what keeps coming round, and what you could do differently when it does.

Reversed, the wheel feels stuck, or you’re fighting its turn. A change you want may be delayed, or a change has already come and you’re still pushing against it. A run of bad luck can hide a pattern you keep repeating. Resisting what has already shifted tends to cost more than adapting to it. Ask what you can change, accept what you can’t, and get ready for when the turn comes back your way.

The Wheel’s truth, that everything changes, can become an excuse for doing nothing. You wait for luck to fix things, read every setback as a sign, and give up your own part in what happens. Or you credit good times to yourself and bad ones to fate.

Fast: change can arrive quickly and without warning. The card has no season of its own; it marks a turning, whenever that comes.

The tenth card ends the first half of the trumps. After the long look inward, the world turns again, and you meet change you didn’t choose and can’t stop.

Jupiter rules growth, expansion and good fortune, the greater benefic of astrology. Kaph, the palm of the hand, sits on path 21 from Chesed to Netzach, mercy flowing into feeling and desire. The palm is where fortune tellers read your luck.

Something may shift today, small or large. Watch for the opening: a chance meeting, a new idea, a door that wasn’t there yesterday. If the day goes against you, remember it’s one turn of many. Move with what changes instead of holding on to how you planned it.

Your year card. Add the month and day of your birthday to the current year, then add the digits of the total until it is 22 or less. 22 is the Fool. Or take the 22 Majors out of your deck, shuffle them and draw one.

Change and timing run through this year. A cycle may close and a new one open: a move, a career shift, a relationship turning a corner. Some of it you won’t choose. Luck can run hot and cold, so hold good fortune lightly and ride out the dips without panic. Watch for patterns that keep repeating; this is a year when you can step out of one.