A fellow Absolute Write blogger and fast becoming internet friend, Dawn, has been kind enough to offer readings hosted by her Alter Ego, Miss Michele. I received a short mini-reading last week and today purchased one of her readings. The results follow.

The tarot gives us a lot of high cards (8s, 9s and 10s) toward the end of the calendar year, telling us that this year will represent the end of a phase and the start of something new for Mysti. With two Pages in the spread, she will receive significant news. Pages, too, support the start of something new. Several cards point to a marriage or proposal on the horizon. Multiple swords and cups in the reading indicate changes in the realm of love, romance and relationships. Overall, the year will focus on family and love developments over money and career, although the Wheel of Fortune, Nine of Cups and Ace of Pentacles tell us Mysti won’t be lacking in those areas, either!

January: The year will get better as it goes along, but it won’t exactly start on a high note. The Two of Swords indicates a decision Mysti must make, to release the old and make way for a new path to be paved as the year progresses. She feels as if her hands are tied, but is, in fact, closing her eyes to the facts. What is Mysti not seeing about her current situation, which is slowing her progress? Mysti feels like her life is in a holding pattern, a stalemate. Mysti, the tarot says you would be wise to get your feelings out in the open–only then, can progress be made.

February: A new business proposition or opportunity appears for Mysti in February, indicated by the propitious Ace of Pentacles.
Based on the cards surrounding the Ace of Pentacles and the overall theme of the year, February could be a time of enhanced fertility for Mysti and her partner, a good time to conceive if they wish to do so or to simply begin laying the emotional and financial foundation for their family to grow.

March: With the appearance of the Hermit, March becomes a time for introspection for Mysti. She will step back from preparations made and work done in February to carefully consider her next step. While Mysti may feel frustrated that everything is taking too much time–she wants to move forward–this is what is necessary right now.

April: April brings more good things, the final stages of effort before culmination. Work on wrapping things up, not new projects. The Nine of Cups, the “wish card” shows up here, indicating good news. This is one of the many cards pointing to a marriage for Mysti.

May: Thematically similar to the Nine of cups, the Wheel of Fortune points again to a completion of a cycle. After a quiet period in March, the spring will blur together in a flurry of activity as projects are completed. However, the tarot warns Mysti she cannot control everything… let go and let fortune carry your life where it may, at this point. It will be good!

June: With the Eight of Cups, the change Mysti has been waiting for finally manifests itself. Mysti will begin to let go of things, people, or situations that are not working in her life.

July: Another Major Arcana, the Moon, shows big discoveries in July. Mysti may embark on a new project, more creative than her past work–perhaps fiction of some sort, a novel or a screenplay. Be aware… the Eight of Cups and the Moon, together, indicate deception is possible. Keep your eyes open. Trust the other guy, but always count the cards. Most importantly, do not deceive yourself.

August: The entire summer could be a period of mistrust and deception. The Page of Swords, in August, again warns that someone may be lying, or Mysti could be lying to herself. Someone’s behavior, perhaps her own, will disappoint. Mysti may overextend herself, or sign a contract she’s not sure about. Things may not turn out as Mysti had expected or hoped, but this setback is only paving the way for another new beginning in the fall. This could involve her son and a selected school or educational program.

September: September brings another card of new beginnings, the Ace of Cups. After a rough summer, Mysti will experience emotional renewal in an important relationship. This is another card that supports marriage and/or pregnancy for Mysti in 2008. It could also indicate sending her son off to school and, with that, finding a newfound freedom once again.

October: After this emotional renewal, things are going almost too well, but Mysti feels trapped in her situation. The Eight of Swords shows she is overworked and confused if she has taken the right path. Everyone is pulling on her, and she’s anxious and longing for quiet time alone, but feeling guilty about taking it. Hang tight. The feeling will pass.

November: As the year draws to an end, the Major Arcana The World shows itself. You have reached your goal. All you have hoped for in the past year has manifested itself. Take a break, relax, and enjoy your accomplishments!

December: The feeling of success and attainment continues through the holiday season with the Six of Wands. You will be recognized for your efforts. After a year of hard work and struggles you even *feel* like a winner. Travel and a vacation is possible.

The overall theme for the year, as Miss Michele alluded to earlier, is shown in the Page of Wands. Surrounded as he is by powerful Major Arcana such as the Wheel of Fortune and the World, he tells of a landmark year for Mysti, built on dozens of *small* accomplishments and bits and pieces of good news. Romance will be passionate, intense and sexual, with the tangible results of both starting a family and strengthening her relationship with her significant other. Mysti will have a successful, healthy year, and her energy will be high.

Taking into account the numerology knowledge I possess, this reading is quite accurate with that which I determined in October with my birthday.  From October 30, 2007 – October 29, 2008 I will be faced with many endings and many new beginnings in my life.  This reading reflects that entirely.

Beginning with January, Miss Michele states that I will feel as though my hands are tied and I’m experiencing the feelings of stalemate.  I’ve been feeling this way for a time in a few different aspects of my life.

Beginning in August 2007, I encountered an event that truly sent our financial stability spiraling downward.  With the choice to file a lawsuit or move forward, I made the choice to move forward.  I cut those ties with that particular company and found a job outside of the home.  Though a difficult and emotionally devastating decision, it was necessary.

With that new job and Rob’s new career path begun, we were able to pull ourselves up and out of the financial distress that loomed over our heads in the course of three months, though not without loss.  Those losses will maintain their impact on our lives through this year, but we’ll survive.

Along with that financial stress, there were many discussions regarding our relationship coming to an end.  The difficulty added with those conversations left me backed into a corner one afternoon when he, again, made the choice to “talk” about our relationship.  After making a statement with the choice in my hands, I finally stated that it was obviously what he wanted and that it could be so.  Devastated, I got up from the couch and walked out of the room, to cry for some time.

It was through the process of making my own plans to move forward and move on with my life that life suddenly became more challenging, yet simple.  Somewhere along the weeks that followed, Rob wanted to forget the conversation we had, to which I stated I couldn’t just forget it and he needed to get his head on straight before I would even entertain the idea of discussing any sort of relationship with him again.

That happened and we’ve since become much stronger in many ways, as a couple.  There are definitely moments where I don’t speak my peace, however.  Those moments lead to times of ill feelings until I do speak about it.  Once those thoughts, concerns and issues meet their resolution, life again becomes flowing.

As part of my drive and desire for my life to be much better, speaking that which I feel has found its way to my resolutions for 2008.

Thank you to Miss Michele for the amazing reading.  As I said, there would be much more reflection and notation to follow this reading.

If you would like to extend yourself to a peek at what your year has in store, stop by Miss Michele’s blog and place your order.