Tarot Taps for Friday the 19th of September 2025

Present The Hermit Reversed

The lantern turns inward but feels dim. Instead of guiding with wisdom, reversed Hermit shows withdrawal, isolation, or ignoring inner truth. The question is: are you shutting yourself off because solitude feels safe, or are you resisting the lesson solitude could teach?

Element: Earth (grounding, but here unstable).

Numerology: 9 → endings, spiritual insight, but reversed it’s delayed.

Colorology: Grey cloaks wisdom but here may feel heavy or dull.

“In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion.” – Albert Camus

“The longest journey is the journey inward.” – Dag Hammarskjöld

“Isolation is not the same as solitude; one heals, the other festers.”

Helps or Hinders Two of Pentacles Reversed

The juggling act collapses. Instead of balance, it’s dropped balls, overwhelm, or refusal to adapt. Paired with the Hermit reversed, this suggests avoidance: shutting down when things get too much rather than finding rhythm.

Element: Earth, unstable.

Numerology: 2 → choices, duality, reversed it signals indecision or imbalance.

Colors: Greens and browns connection to physical/material demands but reversed, they look muddied.

“You can do anything, but not everything.” – David Allen

“Balance is not something you find, it’s something you create.” – Jana Kingsford

Past The Moon

Illusions, uncertainty, and hidden truths shaped this path. The Moon whispers of foggy judgment, confusion, maybe even fear that clouded clarity. It set the stage for why things feel unstable now.

Element: Water (emotion, intuition, dreams).

Numerology: 18 → reduces to 9, echoing Hermit. Spiritual cycle at play.

Colorology: Silvers and blues → mystery, subconscious.

“We are all like the bright moon; we still have our darker side.” – Kahlil Gibran

“Illusion is the first of all pleasures.” – Voltaire

Root Five of Cups

The foundation is grief and regret. The spilled cups show what’s been lost, but two remain standing. Energy is stuck in mourning rather than moving forward. This is the soil everything else grows out of.

Element: Water.

Numerology: 5 → conflict, challenge, change.

Colors: Black cloak (mourning), grey river (flow of time).

“Don’t cry over spilled milk, but do learn from it.”

“Every adversity carries with it the seed of equal or greater benefit.” – Napoleon Hill

Crown Justice

At the top of the spread: clarity, truth, fairness. Justice demands accountability and balance. This is the ideal the guiding principle even while chaos and regret tug below.

Element: Air.

Numerology: 11 → master number of intuition, truth.

Colorology: White (purity), red (action).

“Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.” – Gloria Steinem

Near Future Six of Wands

Finally, victory. Public recognition, a win, overcoming. Out of the fog comes confidence. You rise, even if others doubted.

Element: Fire (action, visibility).

Numerology: 6 → harmony, triumph.

Colors: Red banners, white horse → passion carried with purity.

“Victory is sweetest when you’ve known defeat.” – Malcolm Forbes

You and Me Nine of Cups Reversed

Wish fulfillment soured. Instead of satisfaction, it feels hollow. Perhaps the victories (Six of Wands) don’t bring the inner peace hoped for. A warning about chasing surface wins without deeper fulfillment.

Element: Water.

Numerology: 9 again, repeating theme of endings.

Colors: Golden cups → reversed, they spill.

“Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.”

External Influence Queen of Cups Reversed

Outside energy feels emotionally unstable, manipulative, or unavailable. Could be someone projecting their emotional chaos outward, or a situation stirring emotional confusion.

Element: Water.

Numerology: Queen → mature feminine archetype, reversed it’s distortion.

Colors: Blues of compassion, here twisted into moodiness.

“Beware of those who weep with realization, for they are the ones who most betray.”

Hopes and Fears Ten of Wands

The weight of responsibility. Hope: to prove you can carry it all. Fear: to be crushed beneath it. This is the burden card, and it’s honest about exhaustion.

Element: Fire.

Numerology: 10 → completion, but heavy.

Colors: Browns and yellows earthly struggle but also enlightenment.

“You can do anything, but not everything.” – (again fitting here)

“It’s not the load that breaks you, it’s the way you carry it.” – Lena Horne

Outcome Knight of Pentacles

Steady progress, hard work, reliability. Not flashy victory, but consistent movement. The Knight promises stability after all the illusions, grief, imbalance, and burdens. A grounded ending.

Element: Earth.

Numerology: Knight → action and duty.

Colors: Browns and greens → growth, persistence.

“Slow and steady wins the race.” – Aesop

“Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.” – Samuel Johnson

Patterns & Themes

Repetition of 9s: Hermit reversed (9), Moon (18 → 9), Nine of Cups reversed → a cycle closing, but resistance to finishing the lesson.

Water Energy: Moon, Five of Cups, Nine of Cups, Queen of Cups. Emotions are the battlefield.

Earth Energy in Outcome: Hermit reversed, Two of Pentacles reversed, Knight of Pentacles → grounding must be restored.

Storyline: Illusions (Moon) led to grief (Five of Cups), imbalance (Two of Pentacles reversed), and isolation (Hermit reversed). Justice insists truth will prevail, victory comes (Six of Wands), but beware of hollow wins (Nine of Cups reversed) and emotionally draining influences (Queen of Cups reversed). The burden is heavy (Ten of Wands), but the outcome is reliability and forward progress (Knight of Pentacles).