Horoscope Tarot Spread with Jo Tracey

Today, I welcome Jo Tracey, astrologer, writer, mum and fellow Aussie. Thank goodness for people like Jo. Jo is a super-star astrologer AND knows how to read the Tarot cards. Not like me. I've had three big books on astrology sitting on my bookshelf for YEARS, never read. Every time I go to start, I freak out about how much I have to learn! So, when I met Jo and found out she has a talent for marrying up Tarot and astrology, I couldn't wait to get her on the Biddy Tarot blog.

Today she shares her down-to-earth version of the Horoscope Tarot spread. Over to you, Jo…

I had a tarot reading the other day.

I tend to have one done at least once a year. It helps clarify the themes that I see coming through astrologically for me.

Fridays reading went much as I thought it might, until:

‘it looks like there’s a move on the way…’

‘I don’t think so,’ I said.

‘I’ll leave that with you, then,’ she says.

In the very next spread:

‘Are you sure that you’re not thinking of moving?’

and the next…

‘Jo, three times can’t be a coincidence. There’s definitely something happening on the home-front…’

That’s when it hit me. Jupiter will be moving through my 4^th house for most of the next 12 months- and Jupiter in the 4^th house always involves expansion or change a home…and very often signifies a move.

So, what is the 4^th house, and what does it have to do with tarot?

The easiest way to describe this is to look at the Horoscope Tarot Spread.

Horoscope Tarot Spread

This Tarot Spread resembles a Zodiac chart, with each card representing an astrological house, or area of life.  I like to think of the houses as the stage on which the planets, or actors in your life, play out their roles.

Here’s how it works:

• Shuffle the cards as you normally would and spread them out face down.
• Select the first card. This is placed at the 9 o’clock position. This represents the first house.
• Lay the next card at the 8 o’clock position. This represents the second house.
• Continue to lay another 10 cards anticlockwise until you have a round spread that looks like a clock.
• Interpret the cards in relation to their house meanings. As an example, in my spread, the card that signified the 1^st house, or me, was Knight of Wands. I’m feeling ready to go on crusade, my health is good, my enthusiasm high. The message? Go for it.

The Houses

Each card represents a “house.” Each house is associated with an element, a tarot suit, a zodiac sign and the planet that rules that sign:

1^st House– is identity. This is you – your personality, your physicality, how you look.

Associations: Fire, Wands, Aries, Mars

2^nd House- is resources. This is your self worth, your possessions, your money (& how you earn it).

Associations: Earth, Pentacles, Taurus, Venus

3^rd House– is communication and knowledge. What you know, your early learning style, your siblings, your neighbours, your short or routine journeys, your environment. Associations: Air, Swords, Gemini, Mercury

4^th House– is Home & Family. This is where you live, your attachments, your roots, your structure, your history, your domestic life & your emotional security (or otherwise).

Associations: Water, Cups, Cancer, the Moon

5^th House– is Creativity & Children. The things we give birth to & take risks on. This is where we play, fall in love and create.

Associations: Fire, Wands, Leo, the Sun

6^th House– is Work & Service. This is your health (& habits), your responsibilities, the mundane work that you do & those who do work for you.

Associations: Earth, Pentacles, Virgo, Mercury

7^th House– is Relationships. This is where you interact with others- and how. Committed romantic or business partnerships…& openly declared enemies are represented here.

Associations: Air, Swords, Libra, Venus

8^th House– is Tough Stuff. This house represents the things we don’t want to talk about- death, taxes, inheritances. It’s also joint resources, other peoples money, sex & transformation.

Associations: Water, Cups, Scorpio, Pluto*

9^th House– is Expansion & Beliefs. This house is about expanding your mind, your horizons, your knowledge & your belief systems. It’s religion, philosophy, travel, adventure, law and the learning we do because we want to.

Associations: Fire, Wands, Sagittarius, Jupiter

10^th House– is Career. This is your career, your reputation, you in the world, your public persona, your social responsibilities.

Associations: Earth, Pentacles, Capricorn, Saturn

11^th House– is Friends & Community. Here we find your hopes & dreams, your friends, your associations, & your social life.

Associations: Air, Swords, Aquarius, Uranus*

12^th House– is Secrets & Undoing. This is us in private. It’s the things we keep locked away in the closet- the things that bring us undone. It’s also karmic lessons, spirituality, where we escape and what we know subconsciously.

Associations: Water, Cups, Pisces, Neptune*

*The modern rulers of Scorpio, Aquarius & Pisces are Pluto, Uranus, & Neptune. These signs also have a traditional rulership- Mars, Saturn & Jupiter, respectively.

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