March Tarot Reading - Transformation & Manifestation

Step into March, with guest reader Merlin (my cat) with clarity and purpose as we explore the powerful messages of the tarot. This reading delves into Judgement’s call for transformation, the Page of Pentacles' path of learning, the Magician’s power to manifest, the Two of Swords’ moment of choice, Strength’s mastery of resilience, and the Ace of Pentacles’ promise of new opportunities. This journey will guide you through self-discovery, empowerment, and the steps needed to create lasting success. Tune in, align with your highest potential, and embrace the magic of the month ahead.

Deck Used - Tarot Original 1909
Music - My own composition

Transcript

Hello everyone and welcome to March Tarot Insights.

In this reading we're going to be taking a look at the energies,

Lessons and guidance that potentially will shape this month for those that are connecting with this reading.

In these readings I use six cards exploring the overarching theme for the month.

I'll choose three cards to explore more of a kind of dynamic movement journey ahead.

I pick a card for attitudes that we might need to adopt or outlooks that we might need to adopt in order to get the best possible results from the month and then based on that what the best possible outcome for us might be.

I'm a little bit late,

It's already the 2nd of March but that's okay the unconscious is timeless and one of the reasons why I've been maybe slightly behind is I've just been in a really hyper social period which I just wanted to touch on because not that I'm an astrologer,

It's a completely different language and I do follow some amazing astrologers but some big themes at the moment are the two retrogades which is Mercury and it's a Gemini that's my ruler and Venus as a Taurus rising that is also a major thing for me and one of the things that comes up is people,

Places and things from the past can re-emerge and essentially that's what's happened so I've been connecting,

I'm such a hermit but I've been connecting with some old friends and that's been really nice and I've just wanted to follow that energy so I just thought I might put that out there just in case that also resonates with some of you if you're new to this page I wanted to just say that I use the tarot as a tool for exploring the group's unconscious processes and by the group I mean the people that are naturally drawn to this reading and this reading can be accessed at any time just to say again that the unconscious doesn't perceive time so if you read this March Insights and it's next February just trust that maybe there's something in here that you still need to hear I also just wanted to say that I don't use this as a way of predicting the future I don't believe in that but as a way of reflecting on possible,

The possible dynamics that might be operating perhaps beneath the surface in a way that's potentially unseen and the cards are just a way of pulling out one thread from a lot of potential threads and just to see how that lands and how that kind of narrative fits in with your current life circumstances with that I'm gonna start and with these talks I don't really do any like audio polishing it's just me sitting here doing the reading don't do any editing it's just kind of live so I do have a few things but yeah so in fact maybe we'll just take a bit of a deep breath yeah and just feel ourselves kind of grounded whatever that means for you and just connecting perhaps with me or with your environment and becoming receptive to what's about to transpire and then we can draw the first card so this is the overarching theme for the month month of March 2025 the card is being pulled on the 2nd of March so we have the judgment card and what I would consider a call to awakening and transformation so if you've followed tarot or if you don't have a deck and you're not familiar with the imagery I always give just a little description so we have some men women and children rising from their graves I'm using an original 1909 Rider Waite deck their arms out pointing upwards they're stretching up to heaven and there's an angel above them divine messenger I'm pretty sure it's the angel Archangel Gabriel and he's blowing a trumpet as if the trumpet sound is calling them forward and this is a description a depiction sorry of the final judgment or a judgment I'd say that can't be avoided it's inescapable in fact you can see some mountains in the background that I think sort of not just represent obstacles and challenges that have led you to this point but also the sort of they're unmovable and this uh this reckoning is something excuse me um that is um yeah like I said unavoidable and I can get quite triggered by some of this sort of what's the word Abrahamic sort of classic Judeo imagery if it resonates with you if that's your kind of path or you've been uh you've grown up in those types of communities like I have a Roman Catholic and uh you feel still connected to that imagery I think um yeah this could be a really powerful card for you for me it can be a bit triggering triggering triggering that's a new word uh triggering in terms of the concept of final judgments however you know religions adopt these archetypical images for a reason and judgment is something that is intrinsic and innate within the human psyche and the socialized human psyche so my interpretation of this is that we're being asked to look now at our journey with clarity and to accept what has been and to step boldly into what comes next it feels like with this card that march is a time of um rebirth realization stepping into a higher purpose these people have been called towards heaven I think that's the bit I will take from the imagery they've been called to a higher place a new level a new reality so it's a very powerful symbol of awakening self-evaluation transformation asking us to rise above the past and embrace the call of something more something higher something greater and I get a sense that this is the month that you may start to feel that shift um the sense that you're on the brink of something new and that something bigger and better is is coming so I just wanted to say that I don't believe in the binary the binary sort of nature of the cards that reverse cards are always reverse and upright cards it's just their upright meaning but they are actually on a spectrum and if a card appears reversed then it's just asking us to reflect maybe more on that side of it but it doesn't mean that you're cutting off the upright meaning and you know vice versa if a card is upright I still think that we should be looking at the um sometimes looking at the the reverse meaning as well and the reason I say that is because my cat Merlin before I turned the card over with his tail spun the card around so it's interesting because I don't know for 100% if it was in the upright or the reverse position and considering his name is Merlin and he has kind of magical properties I'm actually going to give a few bullet points of like which of the different different perspectives so in the upright position I really feel that this is about the trumpet that the archangel is playing and that there is a call and this could be your intuition it could be a sense that a shift is happening and it now is very much a time to act with clarity and courage and to answer that call there's also something in the upright position around releasing the past you know the figures are in a grave they're in a certain state of maybe stasis or a death-like stasis or just a previous level of existence and the you know to move forward we always have to maybe say goodbye to some wounds which always sounds great but maybe we're hanging on to our wounds maybe we quite like them regrets limiting beliefs parts of our story that just no longer resonate so there might be a bit of shedding that's going to going to happen and um you know if for me you believe that we are fully empowered to take control of our own destiny then maybe there is a decision that needs to be made and that the the call is something that you're going to have to make yourself so this isn't like the justice card which is laws and logic and rationality but with judgment there is much more of a blending of the intellect with intuition so not just listening to our head but also tuning into our hearts and learning what past experiences might have to teach us and i also think that with the group of people that are rising from this grave that we're not alone in this and that maybe this is a chance to embrace healing and sort of community and finding people like-minded people they're going to help you navigate this transition total cosmic i don't really like kind of pop popular tarot kind of marketing but um yes cosmic upgrade why not it's cosmic upgrade everything's going to come into alignment the big picture the big story of your life moving into the next chapter of that but just to put in some of those reverse reverse uh potential reverse meanings that you know there's obviously you can ignore this call if you want you know maybe you feel overwhelmed or maybe you're frightened maybe the sacrifices that you might have to make just are too too much right now um i would just say that what we resist persists i think that's paraphrased from carl jung but this probably won't go away whatever it is and it's something that um that you will need to look at at some point and also just you know with judgment maybe that judgment is more of an inner critic maybe you feel that you're not ready don't feel capable you don't feel worthy maybe you have some fear-based delusions and maybe just instead of letting doubt rule that maybe this is a chance to reframe reframe your mindset step into kind of more self-compassion just some other things you know fear of change growth is uncomfortable that's okay it's okay to be uncomfortable intimidated by so many possibilities and then obviously just pure this is me just pure avoidance and avoiding self-reflection and just distracting ourselves with some instagram scrolling or netflix or without just having that time to pause and journal and have some quiet introspection yeah so maybe the message here what past experiences or beliefs or emotional patterns am i ready to leave behind and what new phrase am i stepping into i apologize my voice is sounding a bit croaky and it's because i've been doing a lot of talking over the last few days and i'm not going to go back and change the audio so you're going to have to just have me croaky today so now looking at the next three cards and this is very much about the journey that we're going to be taken on this month and thank you merlin for helping out with the previous card so we've got the page of pentacles so you can imagine a young i think he looks like a someone who's just graduated or about to attend school but a page the page of pentacles you can imagine a young seeker that's standing in a vast open field there are flowers about to bloom fresh possibility stretched before him it's a freshly plowed field i guess that hints at the potential for abundance and growth but nothing's growing just yet so maybe is he willing to put the effort in in the distance there are mountains and i always feel the mountains are things that need to be climbed challenges that might need to be climbed to reach your full potential at the peak he's got something in his hand which is a coin golden coin and he's looking at it studying it with curiosity i think this represents his aspirations and his ideas and the seeds of success that are waiting to be cultivated yeah careful planning dedication and a willingness to learn so i think this is inviting us to adopt i guess what we call in our meditation practice a beginner's mindset or to embrace a student mindset this month so whether we're exploring a new project or career path personal growth endeavor march is probably a time of planning study and you know like the recently plowed field laying the groundwork for future success just reminds me of those uh retrogade cycles actually where traditionally they can represent sort of reassessment pausing and reassessing laying the groundwork for things to sort of start at the end of the retrogate so this really actually resonates quite strongly with kind of like the collective and i'd encourage us all just to stay open and curious and remember that you know all big things all great transitions that we saw in that judgment card start with a single intentional step forward so maybe on a practical level just this might be a time just to look at what your goals might be even if you do feel like a beginner what small changes can you make to at least take that first step onto the path which i'm sure will grow into something significant so the second card is the magician reminds me again of my cat merlin so the magician he's dressed in robes and he looks very kind of esoteric um flamboyant it's a great card he has one hand reaching up towards the sky and the other pointing to the earth reminds me of the phrase as above so below which has probably thousands of interpretations over the over the years but for me this is about the reflection of the interconnectedness of all things and what exists in the the unseen so for me it's a psychotherapist the unconscious will begin to be manifested in the physical world the energy that's within us shapes the reality around us and that the magician is the bridge between those two worlds whether it's divine and material unconscious and conscious the bridge for channeling between those is represented in this card and the magician is a master of this so there's a table in front of him and he has a representation of the four suits from the tarot deck so you have ones which is sort of creativity passion representing fire swords which is air which is thought intellect ideas cups or vessels which is water emotion and intuition and pentacles which is earth stability and material success so once he has all those tools at his disposal he is completely able to actualize his own destiny above his head you have the sort of figure of eight infinity symbol which for me represents limitless is limitless the boundaries that we impose really just from ourselves but actually the potential for actualizing our vision is limitless and he aligns his vision with willpower and action and energy from all of the elements the magician sort of the presence here represents an invitation really to step into your personal power that we possess all of these skills knowledge and resources to create the life that we we want and that we desire so perhaps this is our moment to really focus and take action and trust in our ability to manifest very interesting for me because i made a commitment at the beginning of the year that i would do all the manifesting work that i could do subliminal staff intention setting vision boarding journaling you know i said i'm going to do it for one year and just see what happens i'm a bit of a skeptic really that's why i thought i would do it as a very a test and i can tell you even as a skeptic i really believe in this and that we need to ensure that our inner world is the reflection you know what we're thinking and what we're feeling is in aligned with the things that we want to achieve and appear and manifest on the outside and in a very sort of slow way this is beginning to happen for me we're being provided with opportunities and we need to harness them so what are we going to create guys what is it that you want to manifest and create what is that and are we truly aligned our internal world with what we want to happen on the on the external and then the final card for the journeys the two of swords i think last month we had the two of pentacles in exactly the same position so the imagery of the card is a blindfolded woman sitting with a sword in each hand excuse me symbolizing sort of mental tension and indecision that comes when there are two opposing forces pulling us in different directions and maybe this can mean a lack of clear vision maybe perhaps a fear or unwillingness to face the truth of a situation or perhaps we are uncertain hesitation in a conflict that clarity may feel just out of reach so behind her the sea stretches out towards the horizon and there's rocks and there's things sticking out from the waters obstacles i would say here that there is an opportunity to pause and reflect if you are juggling things and that by not choosing to do anything that in itself is still a choice but i feel strongly that the blindfold is the key here in that if we remove the blindfold then we know what we're dealing with so what is it that's maybe covering or blurring or obscuring your vision and that we need to trust deep down that we already know what needs to be done that's one feeling that comes up that maybe we need to just sit with the two things or three things four things and maybe just to quiet the noise and listen to the inner wisdom but at the same time now i'm thinking about it you know when i'm in a yoga class teaching a yoga class or a yoga nidra i blindfold myself i put eye bag eye masks on so maybe there's also a second interpretation so if it resonates please go with it that actually perhaps we need to keep the blindfold on and to withdraw our senses away from the exterior the external world and that the answers that we're looking for for decisions actually make this very in tune with the magician but the answers that we're looking for to affect decisions and choices in the outside world they're not out there but actually we need to pause withdraw the senses inward and then the answer will come from within so now um the fifth card which is the attitudes and behaviors mindset that we need to adopt to get the best possible outcome amazing so we've got the strength card kind of does what it says on the tin but actually you know there's different types of strength and this card we see a woman calmly holding open the jaws of a lion and the lion is obviously but they are a very strong wild and whether that's something that is within us i'm sure it is within all of us or whether it represents an obstacle in the outside world or a situation the force that she exerts it's not aggression she's not tying the lion up or chaining the lion up she's not shooting it with a harpoon with a with a tranquilizer gun it's not caught in a trap she's not hurting it in any way instead she places her hands onto the most dangerous part if you think about it into the jaws of the powerful lion and she controls it subdues it with what i think grace patience confidence and she remains composed she is composed in the presence of raw primitive animal wild power and i think this really speaks to the mastery of the magician the inner strength courage discipline especially in the times of adversity and she tames the lion and i think again this is not about dominance or brute force but self-control compassion resilience a steady resolve so perhaps in march strength card urges us to cultivate patience and resilience and self-mastery and there may be moments where emotions are running really high obstacles seem insurmountable challenges test us trying to push us off the path towards that high reality depicted in the judgment card but our power lies in the ability to remain steady and to lead to lead the lion to lead those forces with both strength and kindness and to trust in our own resilience so i would encourage us all to try and harness our inner power stay composed guys in the face of adversity truth comes from within we're not suppressing anything we want to understand guide embrace with confidence and then moving into our final card my stomach is growling at me like a lion saying why have you not given me breakfast but i really wanted to do this i was just feeling very inspired this morning okay so we've got the ace of pentacles all aces represent new beginnings pentacles material and financial material wealth not just obviously not just wealth in terms of money but abundance so i would say this is the ultimate you know best outcome for marches that we're going to end up leaving having at least started or being aware of a new opportunity and the promise of abundance in the card a hand emerges from the clouds gracefully extending a golden coin which is freely available to those that want to seize it this symbolizes a chance for material or personal growth and it may appear there's something about it just appearing out of thin air the more i look at it that you know maybe sometimes even with all the best visioning and manifesting it might just be coming completely out of the left field a stroke of luck sudden doors open when we get everything else in alignment more of those opportunities are going to happen it's a seed of prosperity that with the page of coins with the right cultivation can turn into something really meaningful sustainable and the surrounding landscape is very lush and fertile it's a beautiful card all the aces i love so it's up to you really if you want to choose that coin if you want to trust in your ability to turn this moment of opportunity of march into lasting abundance the universe has placed this gift before you and it's up to you whether you want to claim it and make it flourish so just a little recap if you've made it all the way through and weren't put off by my stomach growling maybe just some final takeaways we have a judgment that urges us to awaken release the past step into a new chapter and in order to do that we need to go on this journey where it was represented by the page of pentacles the magician and the two of swords all of which speaks to manifestation and abundance by i feel clearing out our inner world and getting our inner world and vision in exact alignment with what we want to see on the outside and that there may be indecision along the way but to just go within remove the blindfold to find the clarity that you need life is never smooth there will be challenges but with the strength card we can meet them with patience resilience and grace avoid the temptation to dominate and use aggression acquire fortitude and strength is what's needed for long-term success and if all of that comes into play we're gonna have this wonderful new beginning with the ace of pentacles which will bring stability rewards and long-term success what are we going to do this month reflect on what needs to go and what new beginnings we want take action don't just dream it go out and create it trust yourself when making decisions your inner compass intuition whether at the heart level or the mind level will guide you stay patient stay persistent don't give up quiet steady strength without the need to dominate march looks like it's going to be an amazing month of transformation and opportunity so step forward and embrace the power of the magician that is within you i know i'm going to do that now i'm going to go and have some breakfast that's the first thing i need to do before i can manifest anything and just thank you for this reading i really like doing something it's just a bit more informal uh yeah so i hope i don't get so many uh clicks on this but you know i hope that the ones that do i've got some really nice uh ratings so i know it's resonating with the right people and that's what matters to me happy march people and look out for my um equinox meditations that will be coming out before the 21st of march bye for now