✦ Cosmic Letters
Monthly astrology & tarot musings — arriving around the new moon.
The suit of emotion, relationships, and the inner world.
Upright: new love, emotional beginnings, compassion, overflowing feeling
Reversed: emotional loss, blocked feelings, emptiness
The start of something felt rather than thought, an open heart ready to receive.
Upright: partnership, mutual attraction, connection, union
Reversed: imbalance in a relationship, broken communication, disconnection
A genuine meeting between two people, feeling seen and seeing someone back.
Upright: friendship, celebration, community, shared joy
Reversed: overindulgence, gossip, isolation from your circle
Joy that’s better because it’s shared, friendships and community worth celebrating.
Upright: apathy, contemplation, missed opportunity, discontent
Reversed: renewed interest, waking up to what’s being offered
Sitting with what you have but not quite seeing it, an offer close by you haven’t noticed yet.
Upright: loss, regret, grief, focusing on what’s gone
Reversed: acceptance, moving on, finding peace
Grief that’s real, but often paired with two cups still standing you haven’t turned to see yet.
Upright: nostalgia, childhood memories, innocence, reunion
Reversed: living in the past, stuck in old patterns, unrealistic nostalgia
Warmth from the past showing up in the present, sometimes a person, sometimes just a feeling.
Upright: choices, illusion, wishful thinking, too many options
Reversed: clarity, cutting through illusion, making a real decision
A lot of appealing options, not all of them real, discernment matters more here than desire.
Upright: walking away, seeking something deeper, disillusionment
Reversed: fear of moving on, staying too long, avoidance
Leaving something behind, not out of anger, but because it stopped being enough.
Upright: satisfaction, contentment, wishes fulfilled, emotional wellbeing
Reversed: overindulgence, smugness, hollow satisfaction
The "wish card," a genuine sense of having what you wanted, or being close to it.
Upright: emotional fulfillment, harmony, family happiness, lasting joy
Reversed: disconnection within family, broken harmony, unrealistic expectations
The long-view happiness, not a single moment but a life that feels emotionally whole.
Upright: emotional openness, curiosity, creative beginnings, a message
Reversed: emotional immaturity, insecurity, unrealistic ideas
Approaching feelings with openness and imagination rather than caution.
Upright: romance, following the heart, an offer, idealism
Reversed: moodiness, unrealistic expectations, disappointment
Acting from feeling, a romantic gesture or offer made with real sincerity.
Upright: compassion, emotional security, intuition, nurturing
Reversed: emotional insecurity, moodiness, martyrdom
Emotional maturity that can hold space for others without losing herself in it.
Upright: emotional balance, diplomacy, calm control of feeling
Reversed: emotional manipulation, moodiness, volatility
Someone who feels deeply but doesn’t let feeling run the room, calm strength built on emotional maturity.
A glossary can tell you what a card means. A reading tells you what it means for you.
✦ Cosmic Letters
Monthly astrology & tarot musings — arriving around the new moon.