Man, this week’s energy felt heavy, especially when I sat down to pull some cards for money matters for Virgo. I don’t usually stress about the future much, but the past few months have been a total mess, and I needed some kind of direction. Not a fluffy prediction, just a straight-up answer on whether I should keep pushing this new setup or just go crawl back to a regular nine-to-five desk job.
I started doing these detailed readings mainly because everything I thought was secure in my life just went totally sideways late last year. I was working with this big software company, right? Promised the world—big bonus, stock options, the whole bit. I gave them two years of my life, staying late, skipping holidays, building up their entire Asia infrastructure. And then what happened?
The Mess That Made Me Pick Up the Deck
My old boss, a guy I thought was my pal, got canned during a stupid internal re-shuffle. The new manager, this self-important kid who clearly hated me, decided my role wasn’t “essential” anymore. One Friday, I was signing off on a major deliverable, the next Monday, my access badge wouldn’t work at the door. No warning, no severance, nothing. They completely ghosted me.
I was utterly blindsided.
It wasn’t just the job, either. We’d just put a huge deposit down on a new place, banking on that year-end bonus. My spouse had quit their gig to focus on their art, and suddenly, my income was gone. We drained the savings account faster than I could track it. For three months, I was just spinning my wheels, applying for jobs I hated, sitting in interviews, and watching the bank account get slimmer every damn day. It was pure panic. That’s why the money reading for Virgo this week became so damn critical.
I needed to know if the crazy, highly unstable freelance consulting setup I cobbled together out of desperation was going to actually pay off, or if I needed to wave the white flag and take the first boring offer that came my way.
My Practice: The Deep Dive Spread
I usually just do a simple three-card pull for a quick check. But for this session, I went all in. I cleared off the dining table, ignored the mountain of laundry, and laid out a full ten-card Celtic Cross spread, focusing only on the finances and career transition. It felt like a surgical procedure, not a fun spiritual moment. I was searching for the cold, hard data.
The first few cards were exactly what I expected, and honestly, they kind of pissed me off.
- The card covering me was The Five of Pentacles. Yep, poverty, feeling left out, total financial strain. Thanks, Captain Obvious. I was living it.
- The obstacle card, The Tower, was right there next to it. That just confirmed what I already knew: my whole corporate foundation was just violently ripped out from under me.
I paused there for a long time. It felt like the cards were just mocking my situation.
But then, things shifted when I got to the cards that showed the immediate past and the central aspiration. The immediate past had The Three of Swords. Betrayal. That one hit hard, remembering how I was locked out by my “friends.” But the aspiration card, the one showing what I should be aiming for, was The Emperor.
The “Career Boost” Revelation
That’s the point where the reading stopped being about my past disaster and started being about the future. The Emperor isn’t about getting lucky or winning the lottery. It’s about structure, authority, and building a solid, independent kingdom. It was the universe telling me to stop being a victim of the corporate chaos and to finally step up and be the damn boss of my own stuff.
The whole “Career Boost” energy I felt wasn’t some external gift coming my way. It was a prompt to grab the reins of that messy freelance setup I had created and solidify it. It was a command to stop consulting and start structuring the business like a proper entity. I needed to move from panic mode to CEO mode.
The final few cards sealed the deal, especially the outcome card, which showed The Eight of Wands. Fast movement. Rapid change. That essentially told me that the work I was already doing—the networking, the late nights building the new website, the proposals I was hesitantly sending out—was about to pick up speed big time, but only if I adopted The Emperor’s mindset first.
I closed the reading, packed up the cards, and the first thing I did wasn’t go apply for another corporate job. I spent the next three days drawing up my real rates, legally registering the business name I’d been using informally, and finally emailing my old contacts with a professional, structured offering, not a plea for a gig. That immediate push, that structural change, that’s where the boost is coming from. It’s not magic, it’s just being told to stop messing around and get organized. I needed that kick in the butt more than I needed luck.
