The Minnow Pond Blog
Current astrology, weekly and monthly tarot forecasts, and deep dives into the meaning and symbolism of the cards.
Astrology & TransitsBuild Momentum Before Mars Slows You Down
Mars turns retrograde on January 10 and runs until April 1, so November and December are the time to get ahead.Read more ›
Astrology & TransitsGive A Retrograde A Few Days To Finish
Mercury and Venus both turn direct this week, but clarity arrives after the date, not on it.Read more ›
Reading RoundupsNovember 9th to 15th: What Each Sign Should Expect As The Retrogrades End
Mercury and Venus turn direct this week. Here is what came through for each sign, November 9th to 15th.Read more ›
Monthly RoundupThe Rest Of 2026: What Each Sign Should Build Before January
Mars turns retrograde on January 10. Here is what each sign should build before then.Read more ›
Astrology & TransitsPast Failures Are Data, Not A Verdict
A second look at something that has not worked before can be worth it, with small stakes.Read more ›
Astrology & TransitsPick One Small Step And Call It The Week
When a project feels too big to start, shrink the week to one step.Read more ›
Astrology & TransitsThe Easy Fix Is Saying It Out Loud
Several readings this week had the same simple answer: tell someone.Read more ›
Astrology & TransitsSimplify Before You Try To Solve It
When your head feels like a ball of yarn, less thinking usually helps more than extra thinking.Read more ›
Astrology & TransitsThe Work You Already Did Is Still Paying You
Retrograde season tends to deliver returns on old effort. Here is how to notice them.Read more ›
Reading RoundupsNovember 2nd to 8th: What Each Sign Should Get Moving On
Mercury and Venus are both retrograde. Here is what came through for each sign from November 2nd to 8th.Read more ›
Astrology & TransitsCollect Experiences, Not Just Results
Uranus in Gemini rewards the odd, unplanned approach. Here is how to use it without upending your life.Read more ›
Astrology & TransitsGet More Points Of View Before You Decide
The more perspectives you collect, the better your results. Here is how to do that without stalling.Read more ›
Astrology & TransitsThe Strong Move Is Not Explaining Yourself
Retrograde season makes everyone want to defend their choices. Here is why skipping that can be the stronger move.Read more ›
Monthly RoundupNovember 2026: What Each Sign Should Stop Holding Onto
Two retrogrades are making everyone reassess what they value this November. Here is what came through for each sign.Read more ›
Astrology & TransitsEnjoy The Middle Of The Thing
This week is about enjoying the part of the project nobody posts about: the middle.Read more ›
Astrology & TransitsYour Odd Mix Of Skills Is The Whole Pitch
Uranus in Gemini keeps pointing at the same advice: combine two things that do not seem to belong together.Read more ›
Reading RoundupsOctober 26th to November 1st: What Each Sign Should Pay Attention To
Mercury retrogrades in Scorpio and Venus retrogrades back into Libra, so this is the first full week of both. Here is what came through for each sign.Read more ›
Astrology & TransitsWhy Every Reading Is About Big Change Right Now
Sudden change keeps showing up in readings this year. Here is why it makes sense and what to do with it.Read more ›
Astrology & TransitsWhy You Keep Being Told To Learn Something
Readings this month keep pointing at learning, research, and getting more information. Here is why it matters and how to pick what to study.Read more ›
Astrology & TransitsWhen The Surprise Is The Good News
A sudden change can feel like a loss in the first week and look like the best thing that happened to you by spring. Here is how to tell the difference.Read more ›
Astrology & TransitsYour Standards Are Not Too High
If you are tired of letting the wrong things into your life, here is how to set a standard you can keep and where it usually comes from.Read more ›
Astrology & TransitsAct Like You Can Handle It
When a big opportunity shows up, the most common move is to talk yourself out of it. Here is a simpler approach that tends to work better.Read more ›
Astrology & TransitsDo Not Fall In Love With The Story
Venus retrograde is fine for dating. The risk is building a whole future around someone you have only half seen. Here is how to keep your head clear.Read more ›
Astrology & TransitsRetrogrades Do Not Say Stop
Venus is retrograde and Mercury is about to join it. Nothing in astrology tells you to stop, so here is how to use the next few weeks instead of waiting them out.Read more ›
Monthly RoundupMid October 2026: Where Each Sign Should Take Its Time
Venus is retrograde in Scorpio and Mercury is about to join it. Here is what each sign is being asked to do with the slower second half of October, Pisces to Aries.Read more ›
Reading RoundupsOctober 12th to 18th: What Each Sign Should Focus On
Venus and Mercury are both retrograde in Scorpio. Here is what each sign should focus on this week.Read more ›
Astrology & TransitsThe Thing You Keep Doing That Is Not Working
There is something you have been doing faithfully that stopped paying out a while ago. Here is how to run the audit honestly and what usually happens after.Read more ›
Astrology & TransitsStuck Between Staying and Leaving
Stay or go, and every time you get close to an answer you talk yourself back into the middle. The stalemate has its own price, and you are already paying it.Read more ›
Astrology & TransitsWhy You Feel Unlucky When You Are Not
Some people are genuinely unlucky. Most people who feel unlucky are not, and the difference is usually a shortlist that got too short.Read more ›
Astrology & TransitsThe Help You Need Is Probably a Person
You have been trying to think your way out alone and it has not worked. Why the missing piece is usually an input, and inputs arrive attached to people.Read more ›
Astrology & TransitsYou Are Carrying More Than You Signed Up For
Nobody handed you all of this at once. It accumulated one reasonable yes at a time, and now the total is the problem, not any single item.Read more ›
Astrology & TransitsThe Light Bulb Moment Is Not the Hard Part
The idea arrived and it was good. That was weeks ago. Why insight feels like progress, and the unglamorous step that converts it.Read more ›
Astrology & TransitsYou Do Not Owe Anyone An Explanation Right Now
Several signs were told to keep new plans private and let results do the talking. Here is how to do that without being cold about it.Read more ›
Astrology & TransitsStart With The Smallest Version
Why the smallest version of an idea is the one that actually gets built, with a few ways to try it this week.Read more ›
Tarot Card MeaningsFour Suits, Four Kinds Of Question
Cups, pentacles, swords and wands each ask a different kind of question. Here is how to tell which one a reading is really about.Read more ›
Tarot Card MeaningsFour Kinds Of People Who Show Up In Your Readings
Court cards look like people. Here is what pages, knights, queens and kings each mean, and how to tell whether they are someone in your life or a mode you are bei…Read more ›
Astrology & TransitsIs The Juice Worth The Squeeze?
A simple way to decide whether a job, a project or a person is worth what it takes out of you.Read more ›
Astrology & TransitsTwo Retrogrades In One Sign Means It Is Research Season
Venus and Mercury both back up through Scorpio this fall. Here is why that is a reason to investigate, not a reason to freeze.Read more ›
Reading RoundupsOctober 5th to 11th: What Each Sign Should Build Now
Venus is retrograde in Scorpio, Mercury follows mid-month, and Mars and Jupiter are both in Leo. Here is what each sign should build this week.Read more ›
Astrology & TransitsWhy Good News Makes You Nervous
A lot of this week’s readings pointed at a win, and a lot of people felt more anxious, not less. Here is why that happens and what to do with it.Read more ›
Astrology & TransitsVenus Turns Retrograde On October 3rd: Look Twice, Then Decide
Venus goes retrograde in Scorpio on October 3rd. What it means for money, appearance, dating and the past, in plain terms, and what it does not mean.Read more ›
Astrology & TransitsYou Are Allowed To Become Someone Slightly Different
Identity keeps coming up in the readings, in a practical way. How you dress, talk and come across is more habit than fate, and October is a good month to start ch…Read more ›
Astrology & TransitsLeave Room In Your Week For The Thing You Did Not Plan
A full calendar feels productive. It is also where surprise openings go to die. How to keep space for the good thing you cannot schedule.Read more ›
Tarot Card MeaningsFour Kinds Of Speed, And The One That Costs You
Mars just moved into Leo and things are about to feel faster. Not all speed is the same, and one kind quietly costs you.Read more ›
Reading RoundupsSeptember 28th to October 4th: Where Each Sign Picks Up Speed
Mars moves into Leo the day before this week starts, and most of you will feel it as speed. Here is what came through for each sign, and why easing in beats rushing.Read more ›
Monthly RoundupOctober 2026: What Each Sign Should Look At Twice
Mars leaves Cancer and Venus turns retrograde in Scorpio on October 3rd. Here is what each sign is being asked to check twice this month, Pisces to Aries.Read more ›
Astrology & TransitsLuck You Can Actually Manufacture
Luck ran through this week’s readings, and the odd part of the message was that believing something is lucky appears to make it so. It is also free.Read more ›
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