Iris X Reading of the Week/Week beginning on 11/17/25:

It's been a busy week over here, and it's finally my weekend (monday and tuesday!) I have a tendency to give people multiple Tarot deck options when I am at events. The Wayfarer Tarot (created by Margaret Shipman and me) is my Go-To Tarot deck. Every reader has one of those. The Tarot deck that communicates so easily and clearly that it doesn't matter if you are tired and distracted- it's just clear. I shuffled The Wayfarer Tarot, and asked for a reading for someone who will see this post. I never know who it is for until I post it. Read on- see if it's for you. 

The reading begins with the Page of Water. This is a messenger card, speaking from the heart. It often comes up when we need to hear something about our emotions or there is something to work through. I pulled another card to get a sense of the message, and got the VIII of Air. You are feeling trapped in your own thoughts. You need to make a change, but you feel like you can't change the position that you are in. You have outgrown the cage that you are in, and you have to get out of it. You may be looking in the wrong direction, and convincing yourself to stay in a situation that you should leave. 

The Star appears next showing that you are on the other side of a very difficult or challenging situation. Something fell apart in  your life, and you are on the other side now. You are starting to heal. The energy that has been stuck is starting to flow again. Where you were stuck, you are moving now. You are just beginning to feel better after a really hard ordeal. You can expect your creativity and inspiration to return soon. 

The X of Earth shows you in a place of prosperity and success in the future. A community sitting around a table celebrating the work that has been done and the success that has been gained. This is a card of wellness, happiness, and feeling complete- like you have done a very good job. You will feel like you have roots going into the ground, and that you can plan for the future. 

The key to this reading is Temperance. Stay tempered and calm. Know your truth, and don't get yanked around to extremes of one way or the other. The world around you may be crazy, but it is important to stay calm and tempered. The center of the situation and a mixing up of ways is always best. If you are struggling, try to bring down the challenge by degrees. Just a bit at a time until you find the perfect balance. 

Here's what I see. If this is your reading, you have been holding yourself in a trap. It's not that you mean to do this, you just feel like you don't know which way to go. You are thinking and overthinking and wrapping yourself up in knots with your thoughts. You have been going through a really hard time. For so long, that you don't quite believe that things will improve. But you are on the other side of something that has caused you significant harm. When you leave the cage, you will begin to heal. Things that you thought were lost to your sadness and stress will return. You will feel creative again and the colors of the world will be bright and inspiring. When you leave the cage, you will find that you are not alone. There are a lot of people standing with you- there is a net to catch you. You will find prosperity and success and feel good again. It is important to stay calm and tempered. If you think to leave the cage and end up in a place of extremes where you feel like you have to stay; calm down and find a middle path. Your answers are not in the place of the extreme. You may be feeling like if you leave the cage, everything will fall apart. This is an extreme thought- it's going to go better than you think. You just have to take a step, start to heal- and trust that there will be a community that will pick you up on the other side and help you to find success, wellness and prosperity. You are telling yourself that you can't go, and that it won't be ok. You are not right. You will be fine- it's time to take a step. 

If you need a reading this week, send a message to irisxtarot@gmail.com. Have a great week!