Daily Oracle Pulls: December 29 - January 4
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This week, we welcome in 2026, the year of the Wheel. I’ll explain what that means later but for now, let’s focus on what this week’s cards have in store. We begin with the Cold Moon, a card which asks you to focus on the good rather than dwelling on the bad. This is especially needed as we enter the final days of 2025. Reflection is a natural thing to do during this time. To contemplate how the past year has changed you and what you wish to change as we enter a new year. But this is also a wonderful time to let the past be in the past. To accept that you can leave behind the version of you which only exists in 2025.
We’ll begin 2026 with some heavier energy: swords. And while it may not feel like it, there is a chance to move forward with a burst of fresh energy. The ten of swords makes an appearance, perhaps to encourage you to truly let go of 2025. It will be over fully once this card arrives so give yourself permission to let it go fully too.
Monday December 29, 2025
→ Cold Moon
Focusing on the negative is almost second nature to most people. To dwell on what’s wrong, what’s missing, what’s unfair or what’s strange has somehow become synonymous with seeking personal growth. We tell ourselves that we’re just identifying problems or that we’re reflecting. When really, what we’re doing is self-bullying. We’re allowing ourselves to be our own haters by ripping apart every single way that we don’t measure up to our often unrealistic expectations. Cold Moon has appeared in this reading to bring clarity to what’s actually important: the ways in which you’re getting it right. The things that did go well or that have exceeded your expectations. To choose to invest in the positive comment rather than the negative one. That’s not to say you shouldn’t reflect on things that are less than perfect. But the goal is to reflect and make a plan to change it rather than just dwelling on it as a form of self-punishment.
Tuesday December 30, 2025
→ Gratitude
Gratitude is hard to find sometimes isn’t it? Especially during those times when you feel like life has been too hard on you or unfair. It makes it challenging to see the good in the world and even more challenging to find something to be thankful for. This card hasn’t appeared to try to convince you that your life has been perfect or that this year hasn’t been hard. But it has appeared to encourage you to find some good anyway. To rejoice about something wonderful even if it's small. Some unexpected kindness or perhaps a difficult situation that you survived. Maybe it's the book you read this year that’s your new favorite or that restored your hope. Or maybe it's that the year is over and you’re ready for something new. It doesn’t need to be a huge thing or profound or sound spiritually evolved. It just needs to be honest. Honest gratitude will feel better than performed gratitude anyday.
Wednesday December 31, 2025
→ Yule Log
There are people who are creative and have immense potential. They see the world in a truly unique way. There are people who are practical and able to get things done. They make the cold calls, work the long hours and know how to be their own cheerleader. Then there are those rare few people who are both. Those are the people who reach the highest levels of success. Not just because they’re more talented than others and not just because they’re hard workers. But because they match their masculine and feminine energies. Think of it this way, a male sperm and female egg are required to make a baby. Masculine and feminine create something magical. So why would the gestation of your goals be any different? You need to be able to create and self-promote. You need to dream big and meet that imagination with practical action. Risk needs to be calculated and action should check in with intuition. You’ll likely set your resolutions or intentions for the New Year; let them be balanced. Let it be something where both parts of you can show up fully.
Thursday January 01, 2025
→ Apprentice of Winter Swords
We begin 2026 with explosive energy. The Apprentice of Winter Swords, or what you might know as the knight of swords, is incredibly swift in her actions. She blazes into decisions, often with little thought or consideration for the consequences. She trusts herself to know the answer even if she has no experience to back up this choice. But sometimes a bit of recklessness is needed to get the job done. There are positive qualities about spontaneity especially if you are someone who typically drags your feet. Today, you are being asked to do something daring and to do it without giving yourself time to talk yourself out of it. Be assertive, throw some caution (within reason of course) to the wind and charge into a course of action.
Friday January 02, 2025
→Ten of Winter Swords
It’s a new year which in theory means a fresh start but with the presence of the ten of winter swords, it's clear that you are still in the midst of an ending. The ten of swords is not unlike the tower. It appears when something is truly over and you have no choice but to accept this outcome. Yes it's devastating and perhaps even hurtful but it needs to be otherwise, you’d keep trying to hold on. This could be something physical like an event which rocks you to your core. But it could just as easily be a realization that there’s no more to be done. You simply have to acknowledge it: this is where things are. The positive news is that while painful, it is truly the end. You can actually begin the healing process now that there’s no threat of reconnection.
Saturday January 03, 2025
→ The Winter Witch
Yesterday’s card was hard but the Winter Witch, aka the Magician, comes to you as a reminder that you are not without power. Perhaps you can't control a situation but you can control yourself and your actions. The Winter Witch is confident in her abilities: to heal, to manifest, to do what she needs to do. She offers you some of that confidence, reminding you that you always have resources available to you. They may not be what you wanted or expected but they are available nevertheless. You have spirit backing you up. You have the elements to support your growth, you have your own intuition that’s quietly whispering what you need to do. It’s not that things aren’t there, or even that you aren’t listening. The problem is that you haven’t trusted yourself to take this information and put it into action.
Sunday January 04, 2025
→ New Moon
Don’t expect clarity today. There will be shadows and illusions, detours and frustrations that are just a part of your experience for right now. Don’t make any effort to force understanding. Instead, allow yourself to lean on your inner knowing. Ask yourself what feels right rather than looking for logic to justify or explain. Listen to your gut instincts. If something sours your stomach then believe that it isn’t right for you today. Likewise, if something feels good then move forward with that option. But know that what you see and what you feel may not match up. That there isn’t going to be a big flashing sign, even if you ask for one. Today’s lesson is to learn how to rely on your intuition when the path in front of you is hazy. To have faith in yourself to know which direction is right for you.
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