I've pulled the reversed Queen but you may recognize her as the reversed Empress of the Rider-Waite deck.  Kind of a difference in garb and appearance between these two characters, isn't there?

Who cares. 

Let's get to the idea behind these cards, which is that *someone* is feeling neglected, abused, ignored, abandoned, demeaned, betrayed or (as a sum of all these things) perhaps desperate and destructive but definitely alone.  Whether that *someone* is you or someone else in your life, including a loved one, that *someone* needs work (as in therapy, repose, fun) this weekend.  Ordinary or usual levels of sensitivity are cranked all the way up, up, up to hormonal, hypersensitive, or even a just plain emotionally-RED FUCKING ALERT.

I'm not sure what's going on with a good number of you out there, particularly women, Mother Nature and/or all the feminine zodiac signs (Taurus, Cancer, Virgo, Scorpio, Capricorn, Pisces) but holy cow-- we're all in for a ride.  Challenge or confrontation or a total dethroning cometh beginning this weekend.  Which means you'll either hear the news you don't want to hear but have been expecting all along this weekend or sometime next week.  If dealing with this involves facing it head on and receiving a big ol' adrenaline rush out of the experience, great.  That's just fantastic.  Some of us prefer to be let go than to let go.  Helps us move on more easily.   It's OK.  I get it.  Just don't wait until you're eighty-five to be let go, know what I mean?

Rock on.  In fact, you get extra points for covering your bases throughout the week, you know, before shit hits the fan this weekend and beyond.  Let's face it.  Someone is considering hurting some of our feelings BIG TIME.  And if our instincts have been trying to tell us that from Monday through today, well, it makes sense that some of us have been covering our bases.

If your version of dealing with this stuff, however, means running away, stabbing to death what or who you've deemed the cause of all your woes, and/or joining the French Foreign Legion, understand that while this will refresh or distract or entertain you, your problem will still be here when you come to, when you get back.  When you wake up.  Some of you could even wake up in prison. 

You don't want that, do you?

There is a tremendous fear here of losing one's cherished or comfortable position (as wife, partner, queen, ruler, etc) BUT ladies (I say "ladies" because this card is mainly for those who possess a vagina, then everyone else), control yourselves.  Chances are that this position has been making you confused, stressed, miserable.  The road has been a difficult one.  So take all the good stuff from it, all the lessons, the good and bad and ugly, roll it all up into a little ball and put it in your pocket, saving it for the next round. 

Everything that has made you miserable up until now will serve you.  No one wants to hear that at this stage, but it's true.  I'm living proof of that. 

Now, as there is the scent of despair in the air, as well as the sinking feeling of failure plus certain fear and stress surrounding the unknown, I urge some of you to reach out to a loved one such as a friend, even a counselor or shop owner you know for a chat.  This applies foremost to those of you who are thinking of doing something stupid-- please think and talk to someone before you act.  Some of you will be saving your life, even the life of someone else just through the simple act of talking.  The aftershocks of stupidity and unleashed fury-sans-thought could leave behind devastating effects for many.

With that in mind, it would also be a good idea to chill out, breathe, maybe offer an ear to someone in need.  Don't be surprised if you wind up being someone's rock without your offering or the person beside you asking.  Conversations that heal will come about and evolve on their own.  Naturally.  All most will want at this time is a cup of tea and an hour of our time. 

Careful around some strangers, though. 

Finally, I recommend whatever recharges your battery this weekend, whether that means a day with the family or an afternoon visiting with a loved one.  I find a visit with my amazing in-laws out in Long Island is always a peaceful experience.  Many, many, many of us need a break from our routines.  Get out of the house if you can.  And get talking, because a lot of us "need to talk". 

And let's not just take a break-- let's plan for very near-future breaks, too.  Like a random Friday or Monday off.  A lot of you have sick days you're not using.  Plan around them.  Use them.  You need them.  And some of you damn well deserve them.

Have a great weekend.