You don’t need to know the difference between a three-card and a Celtic cross spread to get the most out of a tarot card reading. All you need: your Sun sign! Here’s what I do: Shuffle my tarot deck and pull out the cards in order from Aries to Pisces, plus one general card for everyone so that you can get specific advice around your personality. Let’s go!

A GENERAL CARD FOR EVERYONE: FIVE OF SWORDS

Conflict is part of the human condition. We all disagree and argue with each other sometimes. To what end? Has anyone ever changed your mind about something through an angry tweet or a lecture? The Five of Swords acknowledges that conflict occurs, but asks us to make peace and focus on compromise and community. Play your part in making your corner of this planet more peaceful. Be the kind of person you wish there were more of in the world.

ARIES: KNIGHT OF SWORDS

Knights are the extreme version of their suit, and Swords are all about ideas, disagreements, intellect, and opinions. The Knight of Swords is strong, assertive, sure of himself, and eager to bring his ideas and ambitious to the wider world. So, get out there. Be confident in your ability and your opinion, and take it to the max. This is a time to focus on what you believe in and want to happen. You are unstoppable this week!

TAURUS: TEN OF CUPS

No Taurus would turn down romance, indulgence, good sex, and pleasure of all kinds. Well, the Ten of Cups promises all of that and more this week. Lasting, loving relationships are yours to be had. If you’er single, keep an eye out for caring, charismatic water signs (Pisces, Cancer, and Scorpio). Go all-in on your love life goals this week. Be visible, kind, charming, and committed. Initiate some magical moments and dates and you can take things to the next level.

GEMINI: NINE OF WANDS

It’s not going to be as bad as you think it is. The obstacle you’ve been dreading is actually more like a hill than a mountain, and you can climb it easily. So, get to it. Take a deep breath, look this issue in the eye, figure out your plan of action, and take that first step. The Nine of Wands is a reassuring card that suggests your idea of something is far worse than the reality. Stop overthinking and procrastinating and get to it. Blast through this problem and feel great.

CANCER: THE SUN

Lucky you, Cancer, because The Sun is the tarot’s most positive card, promising all sorts of joy and success ahead… all you need to do is to summon your self-confidence and step up to make things happen! Apply for that job, pitch that idea, ask for that raise, sign up for that class, nominate yourself for that award, re-start your dating apps. The areas positively impacted by this card include international travel, romance, work, and wealth. A showering of blessings will fall on you when you reach out and make moves to receive them. Enjoy this week. Make the most of it!

LEO: NINE OF PENTACLES

Do what is best for Future You this week. Take steps to start new pathways leading in the areas of health, wealth, and work. Invest in YOU! The Nine of Pentacles reveals that there is no better way to spend your precious time and energy this week. Look ahead, think about where you’re going and what you want, and consider the things you want to be better or different. Then focus on a few things you can activate NOW that will tangibly help you start to work towards these goals. You won’t regret this.

VIRGO: KING OF WANDS

Look out for exciting, dynamic fire signs in your world this week (that’s Leo, Aries, and Sagittarius). Lean into their energy! Look to collaborate, create, and use them as a sounding board. We all need to tune in to other people’s positive energies sometimes. The King of Wands shows that you’re in an adventurous mood. Surround yourself with fun-loving, lucky, ambitious people and go for it. Let them help you.

LIBRA: QUEEN OF SWORDS

You are just like the Queen of Swords, Libra. You’re an intellectual, a thinker, an analyst. This is the week to use your brainpower and figure out some stuff from a rational, intellectual, objective perspective. Go back over recent events and process them in a dispassionate way. Extract life lessons. Read up on things you want to learn more about. Buy new books, go to the library, listen to a podcast about subjects that fascinate you. Feed your mind.

SCORPIO: FOUR OF WANDS

Ambition runs through your veins, Scorpio. You love to get ahead, prove a point, make progress, and lead. Go do it this week because the Four of Wands is a hint that you’re starting to outgrow your current situation. You’re ready for a new goal. This might involve a career change, a new job, or even a move. Think about where you are, both literally and metaphorically, and whether there are greater opportunities elsewhere. This might be the start of your 2024 ambitions!

SAGITTARIUS: SIX OF WANDS

Great news, Sag, because the Six of Wands is a card of victory, good luck, and prosperity. Whatever you’re doing well right now… do more! Make your success a platform to build on. Go bigger, bolder, brighter, and better. Expand your ambitions and goals. You are ruled by Jupiter, and good luck always comes along to help you achiever your positive ideas. This is a strong signal that you’re on the right path, and you can make it even better. The rewards are all there waiting for you. Do more of what you love this week.

CAPRICORN: TWO OF PENTACLES

Capricorn, be abundant! The Two of Pentacles is a welcoming card, inviting new opportunities, people, activities, and ideas into your realm—the more, the better. The more you do this week, the more you will want to do, and one thing always leads to another. There is good fortune and luck all around you, and plenty of vitality and energy to help you do whatever you want. Be spontaneous, be joyful, and be welcoming. Say yes to everything!

AQUARIUS: FIVE OF CUPS

Sadness is usually a momentary feeling, a passing echo of grief from a past memory. Don’t suppress those sad echoes, but don’t clutch onto them too tightly, either. Let them come… and then go again. Notice what brings them on. It doesn’t mean you should avoid it, not at all—but you can learn a lot about yourself and your growth from noticing how, when, and why you feel sad.

PISCES: TWO OF WANDS

Creativity needs boundaries, a brief, and a focus in order for your imagination to have something to create for. Creativity without a plan is just imagination and, as nice as it, it doesn’t lead anyplace. The Two of Wands asks you to set yourself a few creative briefs this week for your powerful imagination to work on. Write down an objective or two. Meditate on them. Start brainstorming and get your ideas down on paper. Prioritize and refine them. You will come up with something innovative, I promise!