Basic Bitch Tarot Tip - Tarot Timing
Let's talk timing predictions...which means this will be a longer tip with some info, more on the traditional side. First and foremost, do not let your readings cause self-fulfilling prophecies if you don't like what you see. Tarot shows the path you are on and the most likely outcome. You can make different decisions to change this. Tarot is a tool that alerts us to where we are going - it is not a definitive answer.
With that in mind, let's talk timing. Everyone has different associations, but these are mine, mainly influenced by traditional schools of thought:
Wands - Spring
Cups - Summer
Swords - Autumn
Pentacles - Winter
I take wands as days, swords as weeks, cups as months, and pentacles as years. The number on the card is the amount of time (ex., two of swords = two weeks; five of cups = five months).
Now what happens with the majors? Well, you can use their zodiac sign to give you a time period (ex., The Emperor is Aries associated so timeline is from March 21-April 20). For the cards that don't have a zodiac sign associated with it:
• The Fool: will happen unexpectedly
• The Magician: Mercury is the planet of this card, so think of it as the timing will move quickly
• The High Priestess: timing is hidden/secret
• The Empress: nine months; on a full moon or Friday
• Wheel of Fortune: will happen in it's own time; usually within a year
• The Hanged Man: delayed; may need a new perspective to speed it up
• The Tower: will happen with force and is unavoidable
• The Sun: daytime or summer
• Judgement: possibly on a Tuesday; may involve more than one factor so a decision will have to be made
• The World: not fixed in time, may take some work to get there
Court cards are an entirely different thing: look at the decans of the associated zodiac signs. Some choose to omit court cards for timing due to it being more complex. I won't get into it in this post, but there are other resources to find this information until I make one dedicated for them!