Introduction
2024 is just around the corner, so I have put together some Tarot guidance for the year ahead. This article is looking at general guidance for everyone using Tarot.
Why use Tarot to guide your general energy in 2024? Tarot helps you listen to your intuition and in turn, guide your actions to best act for your highest good.
This year’s Tarot card is Strength, number eight in the major Arcana suit. The number eight is also linked to the astrological sign Scorpio, which is the 8th sign of the zodiac. Eight is considered lucky in many cultures and is of significance in many religions. You will also find eight is present in music (an octave is made up of eight notes in a major scale), film titles, and sports (the black pool ball is numbered 8).
Calculation
This is calculated by adding the numbers:
2 + 0 + 2 + 4 = 8.
First I will outline what the number eight signifies in numerology. These will be general nuances or energies that you can use to apply to all aspects of your life. Whether this be in love, career, or your spiritual journey. In fact, your spiritual journey is the main theme for the year ahead, but I am jumping ahead a little.
If you wish to get more personal guidance using numerology and Tarot, you will need to calculate your life number slightly differently from the above method. I will briefly explain this at the end of this post. Click here if you wish to go straight to your personal number.
NUMEROLOGY
The number eight has a special significance in numerology as it can also be looked at as an infinity symbol (a lemniscate). Fate or divine intervention can be closely associated with this number. In Southeast Asian cultures and languages, eight is associated with wealth, victory, prosperity, good luck, and overcoming challenges.
Returning to the spiritual journey, eight encourages us to balance our materialistic and spiritual lives to have a more fulfilling life. To achieve your goals, consider using more Yin energy or feminine energy to be successful. Be confident in how you approach any challenges this year by being patient and hard-working in your attitude.
LIFE PATH NUMBER
Calculation
If you want to calculate your birth life path number, add your birthdate digit numbers for example, 21 December 2020 would be worked out as:
Birth life path number
= 2 + 1 +1 +2 + 2 +0 + 2 + 0
= 10
= 1 + 0
= 1 (life path number)
Life path numbers are used by some people to guide them through their life cycles. We will experience several life cycles in a lifetime, each cycle will have a lesson to learn from which you can find out about according to the life path number. We can all look at the general energy of a life path 8 to guide us through 2024.
Improve your higher self and those of others by tapping into your inner wisdom and inner strength in making decisions in 2024. Be more inclusive and come from a balanced attitude to your community rather than from an egoistic viewpoint. Help others around you and you will likely find that you will also benefit in the long-term.
Personality
Life path number 8 people tend to be confident with strong leadership skills. They have a natural ability to understand and manage life’s materialistic side, enabling them to run a company or business successfully. Business success is likely with a life path number 8, but they still need to put the effort in to make it work. As a result of their success in their worldly life, they inspire others and become role models.
Finances
Path life number 8 people tend to love the luxurious side of life, which is something most of us aspire to, but to fully realise a life path number 8, you also need to understand how to use your wealth for your community. It’s not all success with this group, as a life path number 8 can also experience extreme bankruptcy, big financial costs, or common misunderstandings from others. There is still a necessity to keep an eye on not overspending on your budget.
In Love
There is a natural tendency to act withdrawn or unemotional in matters of the heart, even if you are feeling passionate about personal relationships. People may interpret your outward appearance as being aloof or egotistical. Isolation is possible if life path 8’s don’t keep grounded and realistic in where their status is and in how they treat others.
Eight in Tarot
MAJOR ARCANA
In the major Arcana, we can find a lemniscate (infinity symbol) in the Magician and the World cards.
The Magician uses their internal strength (skill and knowledge) to create magic. They know how to use their strength to manifest externally.
In the World card, we can see the lemniscate twice around the wreath, which I interpret as using our inner strength to close a life cycle and to start a new one.
MINOR ARCANA
In the minor Arcana, you can see the lemniscate symbol in the Two of Pentacles card. The juggling of the pentacles requires the person to use their inner strength to keep them in balance.
This is not easy as can be seen by the person appearing to be almost off-balance while juggling.
Looking at the other “eight” cards in the minor Arcana gives us more clarity of the subtle energies of this number. In the Eight of Cups, you can see the person walking away with a heavy energy of leaving behind the cups which has taken a lot of time and effort to build up. It requires a lot of internal reflection and strength to realise that the best option for future happiness is to cut your losses and move on.
The Eight of Pentacles requires a lot of determination to improve on the current situation (money, work, materialistic issues). There is a subtle energy to the craftsman that shows steady concentration on getting things right.
The Eight of Swords also depicts struggle, this time the woman is struggling to free herself from mental thoughts that bind her on the spot. Seemingly unable to free herself, we can see that she is loosely tied up. If she applied a freer mindset, the way out of her situation would be there. Albeit the way forward is still difficult and will require effort to find a solution eventually.
The last card, the Eight of Wands is linked to fast energies. As a Wand card, action is key for success in a situation. This card encourages us to be more confident to act quickly to get the results we want. This may require making quick decisions to keep up with the situation or to make a successful impact.
Quick communication or even travel may be required which means you need to be confident in yourself to do this successfully.
There seems to be no quick fix to any of the problems presenting themselves to the characters in the minor Arcana Eight cards. The process of achieving success is just as important as the final result. Learning how to do things differently can be helpful for you to realise other goals in the future.
The realisation that you need to move on for either self-love or for the love of others around you, is the common theme amongst the Eights in Tarot.
Strength in 2024
While 2023 (the Chariot) looked at using more physical power and determination to achieve a better higher self, 2024 encourages you to use more subtle and internal energies. The process of realising your internal strengths and weaknesses is just as important as how you wield your powers this upcoming year.
Applying your strengths in aspects of your life will help you achieve success, but you also need to consider how others will be affected by your decisions and actions. Try to see how you can use your strengths and skills to improve your connection to your community. Each person bringing their different strengths to a problem or situation will raise the higher self of your community and to yourself.
WORK
Interactions with colleagues and management or boss will be improved by being more considerate of others. I’m not saying that you need to sacrifice your aspirations or needs to allow others to progress, rather think of the collective’s needs rather than pushing for your own agenda completely. There is always an opportunity to learn or show off your skills by working with others and sharing a common goal.
If you feel in a rut, then you may want to look at how to move into a new direction in your career. Do you need to learn new skills? Do you need to change your workplace or team to get that better job? Think of getting advice and guidance from others to realise success in your goals. Don’t be afraid of saying what you want or need, but remember that you also may need to be flexible in how you receive help from others.
LOVE
If you’re in a relationship, you may look at stepping up the level of commitment together. Whether moving in together, marriage, having children or even just committing to each other, you should keep communication respectful and considerate to increase both your happiness.
If single, you may want to switch up how you find a partner. Concentrating on what matters to you and pursuing those matters will create a better-balanced you. It’s hard to constantly live a life suited to other people’s needs. Do what makes you happy because you are the most important person in your life. When you are happy with yourself, this will become an attraction others will find hard to resist.
SPIRITUALITY
Learning to face challenges in life is not easy. You need to find inner strength and determination to find out the cause and solution in overcoming life’s trials. Learning new ways of resolving repeating problems can break life cycles. If you are continually facing what seems like familiar problems, then this year will be a good time to break negative life cycles. Once you can break repeated bad decisions and reactions, you will realise a freer life ahead where tricky situations become less of a burden on you.
The Strength card encourages you to use Yin energy or the more feminine and intuitive aspect of yourself. Whereas last year’s card (The Chariot) encouraged a more Yang approach, using a more masculine energy, this year is about subtle forces. Think about how you can improve your decisions from within. This year it is all about looking within and finding your own strength to forge a better future ahead.
However, it can be too easy to self-criticise. Don’t be too critical of yourself, we all make mistakes. Find peace in yourself and to those around you. Give out love to receive love. Be more adventurous and try new things this year. Don’t worry too much about failure ahead, you can learn from these situations and turn failures into positive experiences as lessons learnt.
Personalised Advice for 2024
I have only looked at the general energy for the year ahead for everyone. However, if you want to look at your personal Tarot advice using numerology and Tarot then you need to calculate your number slightly differently.
Calculation
Using an example birthdate of the 4 February:
Birthdate = 4 February
Time period = 4 February, 2024 to 3 February 4, 2025
= 4 + 2 + 2 + 0 + 2 + 4
= 1 + 4
= 5 (The Hierophant)
So, I may want to look at my core beliefs and see how they fit in with conventional ways of thinking. For work, I may want to look at working more closely in a team. There are advantages to working in a team with supervision and guidance from senior colleagues. There may also be more opportunities for professional learning which will add to my skills.
Also, the advice is to be more conservative with my money by using trusted money-saving plans and sticking to budgets. I should try to not cheat or use quick-fix plans to save money. Slow and steady seems to be better.
In personal relationships, I should put more effort into improving communication with my close loved ones. Deepening bonds may lead to the next level up in a relationship, whether marriage, moving in together, or having children.
FURTHER ADVICE / ACTION
Another tip I have to use Tarot more effectively is to reflect on past readings and make notes in a journal about how Tarot did help (or not help) in your recent history. Questions you can ask yourself are:
“What happened in 2023 that matched with the Tarot cards advice/predictions?”
“How did my decisions differ from the Tarot advice?”
“Would the result have improved if I had applied more Tarot guidance?”
It may help to look at last year’s Tarot card, The Chariot, to review the past year.
Were there any lessons learnt that you can use for 2024?"
"What difference is there between using Yin or Yang energy?"
"What personality traits do you have that are more Yin energy?"
If you are interested in how numerology can help you in other aspects of your life, then check out master numerologist, Hans Decoz’s website. Here he has put together lots of free apps and information on how numerology works.
(Good Life Tarot is not affiliated with the “World Numerology” website)
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