The Minnow Pond Blog
Current astrology, weekly and monthly tarot forecasts, and deep dives into the meaning and symbolism of the cards.
Tarot Card MeaningsThe Four Kinds Of Fresh Start, And Which One You Are Actually In
A beginning is not one thing. There are four, they behave differently, and mistaking one for another is why fresh starts stall in the third week.Read more ›
Astrology & TransitsYou Are Grieving Something You Would Not Take Back
If someone offered it back today, on exactly the terms it was on, you would not take it. Three signs got a version of this message this month.Read more ›
Astrology & TransitsYou Are Handling It Too Carefully
There is something in your life you are treating like it might break. It will not break. The careful handling is the problem.Read more ›
Astrology & TransitsKeep A Notebook For The Ideas That Arrive Sideways
Uranus is retrograde in Gemini, which is why the useful thoughts keep turning up while your hands are busy. Catch them before you judge them.Read more ›
Astrology & TransitsMid September: What Each Sign Is Building Right Now
The second half of September reads noticeably better than the first. Here is what each of the twelve signs is working with right now.Read more ›
Reading RoundupsSeptember 21st to 27th: What Each Sign Is Being Asked to Notice
Mars finishes its long run through Cancer on the 27th, and that is the headline for the week. Here is what came through for all twelve signs.Read more ›
Astrology & TransitsProtecting Your Energy And Hiding Are Not The Same Thing
Boundaries came up for nearly every sign this month. So did the instruction to come out of hiding. Both are true, and telling them apart is the work.Read more ›
Tarot Card MeaningsUpside Down Does Not Mean Opposite
Reversals get treated as a switch that flips a card to its negative. Reading on a spectrum is more accurate and more useful.Read more ›
Tarot Card MeaningsWhat Every Seven Is Really Asking You
Four cards, four suits, one question. The sevens all catch you at the same awkward stage.Read more ›
Astrology & TransitsMars Leaves Cancer On September 27th, And Everything Speeds Up
Mars has been in Cancer since summer, slowing everything down. Here is what changes on the 27th and how to use the run up.Read more ›
Tarot Card MeaningsThe Third Option You Keep Missing
When a choice feels like this or that, it usually is not. Here is how to find the option sitting behind you.Read more ›
Monthly RoundupWhat The Rest Of September Is Asking Of Each Sign
The September readings for all twelve signs, drawn from the monthly set, with the harvest available before Mars moves on the 27th.Read more ›
Reading RoundupsWhat Each Sign Is Being Asked To Notice: September 14th to 20th
A short read on the week of September 14th for all twelve signs, in Chris’s own words from this week’s readings.Read more ›
Astrology & TransitsWho Is In Your Circle Right Now
Reading Insight A recurring thread running through this month’s readings, especially for fire signs, is a quiet audit of who is actually in your circle. Not…Read more ›
Astrology & TransitsAct As If: The Message Repeating Across Every Reading
Reading Insight A phrase that keeps circling back through readings this month, in different words every time, is act as if. Not wishful thinking, and not pretendi…Read more ›
Astrology & TransitsSlow Does Not Mean Uninterested
If someone new in your life is moving slower than you are used to, more than one reading this month wants you to hear this clearly: that is not automatically aRead more ›
Astrology & TransitsThe Boundaries Wake Up Call Everyone Is Getting Right Now
An unusually consistent theme is running through readings this month: a boundaries wake up call. Not the vague, general kind of boundaries advice, but specificRead more ›
Astrology & TransitsWhy Doing It Your Own Weird Way Wins This Month
A strange, specific message keeps showing up across totally different signs this month: stop building the standard version of what everyone else builds.Read more ›
Astrology & TransitsWhy Everything Feels Slower Than You Would Like Right Now
If your week feels like everything is moving through mud right now, that is not your imagination and it is not you doing anything wrong.Read more ›
Reading RoundupsSeptember 7th to 13th Tarot: What Each Sign Is Being Asked to Notice
This week just about everyone is dealing with slow moving Mars in Cancer, so patience is the theme, especially around love and any decision that feels rushed.Read more ›
Tarot Card MeaningsThe Hidden Symbols in the Three of Pentacles (And the Secret to Standing Out)
Two tiny triangles sit at the top of the Three of Pentacles, and once you know what they mean, this humble card of hard work becomes a lesson in making anything y…Read more ›
Tarot Card MeaningsWhat the Rabbit in Tarot Really Means
That little rabbit tucked into one of the tarot’s most abundant cards is quiet, practical guidance. Here is what it is really telling you about abundance, f…Read more ›
Astrology & TransitsYou Are Allowed to Choose a Different Life
A lot of you are standing at a decision that quietly changes everything, and the only thing in the way is the fear of regret. Here is why the life you want is all…Read more ›
Astrology & TransitsStop Starting Over: You Are Closer to the Finish Than You Think
You are not behind and you are not lazy. You keep resetting right before the win. Here is how to finish what you started this time.Read more ›
Monthly RoundupSeptember 2026 Tarot: What Each Sign Is Stepping Into
September is a reset month after the Pisces eclipse, and the theme running through every sign is happiness you have to choose and build. Here is what each of the…Read more ›
Astrology & TransitsThe Fresh Start You Can Actually Feel Coming
That quiet sense that the hard part is behind you is real. Here is the fresh start energy building for you now, and how to keep it clean.Read more ›
Tarot Card Meanings5 Tarot Cards Everyone Fears (And Why They Are Usually Good News)
The scariest tarot cards get their reputation from the artwork, not the message. Here are five feared cards and why they usually mean good news.Read more ›
Reading RoundupsWeekly Tarot, August 31 to September 6, 2026: What Each Sign Is Stepping Into
This is the first full week after the Pisces eclipse, and it reads more like an ending than a beginning. Here is what each sign is stepping into, from the win Leo…Read more ›
Astrology & TransitsLet Yourself Be Happy Without Asking Why
You do not need a reason to be happy. If something good is starting for you this week, you are allowed to enjoy it without asking why. Here is how to let it be go…Read more ›
Astrology & TransitsThe Career Tarot Spread That Shows You What to Do Next
A simple three card tarot spread that shows you where you actually stand at work, what is really in the way, and the next move that opens the door.Read more ›
Astrology & TransitsSet One Standard and Hold It
You do not need ten new habits this week. You need one standard you refuse to drop below, especially on the day it would be easier to let it slide. Here is how to…Read more ›
Astrology & TransitsThe Only 3-Card Tarot Spread You Need When You’re Stuck
A simple three card tarot spread that shows you the root, the heart of it, and your next step. The fastest way to turn a foggy feeling into a clear move.Read more ›
Astrology & TransitsYou Just Dodged a Trap: The Protective Energy Around You Right Now
The protective energy in your readings right now says you avoided something costly. Here is how to keep that protection strong.Read more ›
Astrology & TransitsWhat Each Zodiac Sign Needs to Hear Right Now
One honest line for every sign, pulled from the current tarot readings. Find yours, then go watch your full reading.Read more ›
Reading RoundupsWeekly Tarot, August 24 to 30, 2026: What Each Sign Is Working With
The eclipse on the 28th is in Pisces and it is the last one there for years, which makes this a week for ending something on purpose rather than waiting to be for…Read more ›
Astrology & TransitsYes or No Tarot: The Simple 3-Card Method That Actually Answers You
A clear three card yes or no tarot method that reads the energy of your question instead of just counting cards. Pull one honest answer in minutes.Read more ›
Astrology & TransitsWhat Eclipse Season Is Quietly Clearing Out of Your Life
The eclipse season meaning right now is completion. Here is what is being cleared, and how to let it go on purpose.Read more ›
Astrology & TransitsSlow Down to Speed Up
If you feel behind and like you should be pushing harder, the sky is telling you the opposite. Mars, the planet of drive and action, is moving through Cancer unti…Read more ›
Astrology & TransitsStop Playing the Same Old Song
If the old playbook has quietly stopped working for you, it is not you. The rules actually changed. Uranus, the planet of disruption and reinvention, moved into G…Read more ›
Astrology & TransitsYou Think You Only Have Two Choices. There Is a Third.
A lot of people are stuck at the same crossroads right now, staring at two options and quietly hating both. Stay or go. Yes or no. This or that. Here is the messa…Read more ›
Astrology & TransitsEclipses Do Not End Your Path, They Realign It
If something in your life feels like it is being shaken loose right now, you are reading the sky correctly. We are heading into the final Pisces eclipse of this c…Read more ›
Astrology & TransitsIs It a Pipe Dream, or Are You Just in the Ugly Middle?
You are building something, and lately you have caught yourself wondering whether you made the whole thing up. Here is how to tell the difference between a dream…Read more ›
Reading RoundupsYour Week Ahead: Tarot for Every Sign, August 17 to 23
You are in the gap between two eclipses this week, and that is where things get clear. What August 17 to 23 is asking of every sign, with a link to your full read…Read more ›
Reading RoundupsAugust 2026 Bonus Tarot Readings: What Is Ending for Every Sign
Something is ending for you this month, and that is just how eclipse season works. What August is clearing out for every sign, what replaces it, and where you end…Read more ›
Tarot Card MeaningsThe Fool Card: Why You Are More Ready Than You Feel
When the Fool turns up, most people read it as naive, reckless, someone about to walk off a cliff. Look closer and the card is quietly telling you the opposite.Read more ›
Tarot Card MeaningsThe Moon Card: Why It Is Not Telling You to Stop
The Moon gets read as a warning to stop, but it is the opposite. It is telling you to keep going through the fear and the fog, and not to abandon your path for th…Read more ›
Reading RoundupsYour Week Ahead: Tarot for Every Sign, August 10 to 16
Your weekly tarot forecast for August 10 to 16, 2026, the week of the Leo solar eclipse. What the week is asking of every sign, with a link to your full reading.Read more ›
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