Ace of Swords

February 2025: A monthly Tarot reading for the collective, explored through the lens of Human Design.

Welcome to this monthly series, where I intuitively pull a tarot card for the collective, and share my interpretation through the lens of Human Design.

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Ace of Swords

Clarity • Vision • Truth
What if you stopped chasing clarity, and trusted what feels right for you today?

What is Being Illuminated?

How are we all feeling after last month’s X of Swords energy? Did you perhaps feel the weight of an ending, the sharp recognition of something that could no longer continue? A shedding of a particular way of thinking or seeing the world or yourself?

This transition isn’t just personal, it is collective. We have now entered the Year of the Wood Snake, a year of deep transformation. Pluto has moved into Aquarius, marking the start of a new era, and we are in a collective 9 year, the closing of a cycle.

Change is not just coming—it’s already here.

The Ace of Swords arrives with a flash of clarity, piercing through the fog. A new beginning, but not the kind that starts from nothing. It is the kind of beginning that emerges only after the wreckage has settled, after illusions have crumbled, after you have faced what needed to be seen.

What are you now seeing with new eyes?

What is being revealed that you couldn’t perceive before?

The Ace of Swords is the moment the sky breaks open after the storm—the first breath after a long-held silence. It is the light returning, both literally and metaphorically. This month, as we move through Imbolc, the midpoint between winter and spring, we feel the shift: the slow, steady return of warmth, of possibility, of clarity. But clarity is not always comfortable.

What illusions are being stripped away?

What truths are becoming impossible to ignore?

Aquarius season, ruled by Uranus, does not allow us to cling to the outdated. It forces us to question, to innovate, to rebel against what no longer fits. The Ace of Swords cuts through the noise and reveals what’s real. You may find yourself re-evaluating, and recognizing where you may be operating from assumption rather than truth.

What outdated beliefs are you being invited to release?

What shifts when you stop seeing change as something to fear and instead as something to wield?

We are entering a time where anything inauthentic will become glaringly apparent. Where anything within you that is outdated, or misaligned will be calling out for refinement. The Wood Snake reminds us that true transformation doesn’t happen overnight—it’s the slow alchemy of shedding, refining, integrating.

What in your life needs refining, not for show, but for substance?

If you dared to realign, not just in vision but in action, what lasting masterpiece could you create?

This month, notice the revelations. The flashes of insight. The moments of clarity where you think I can’t unsee this now.

They are your invitations.

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Clarity in Its Many Forms

We are taught to seek clarity through the mind—to analyse, rationalise, and think our way into certainty. But what if clarity doesn’t begin in the mind at all? What if it first arrives as a whisper in the body—a sensation, a pull, a knowing before the words form?

Have you ever felt an answer settle in your bones before your mind could explain it?

Have you ever known something to be true, not because you thought about it, but because you felt it?

The body often registers truth long before the mind catches up.

Mind and body are not separate entities, but deeply intertwined, reciprocal systems. Clarity, intuition, and prosperity begin to flourish when the mind and body are in harmony. Thoughts, emotions, and mental states manifest as physical sensations, just as bodily experiences shape perception, mood, and cognition. Observing how the sensation of inner knowing feels inside of your body strengthens this mind-body connection, allowing for a state of balance between these two forces—integrating the logical mind with intuitive wisdom.

Ignoring one at the expense of the other creates an imbalance.

If you’re only seeking answers in your mind, you’re only hearing half the story.

How Does Clarity Speak to You?

Clarity does not arrive the same way for everyone. Some hear it as a whisper. Some feel it as a pull. Some must wait, watching the tides shift, knowing the right moment will eventually come. Your Human Design Authority reveals how truth moves through you. Your body already knows.

How does truth feel for you? Can you listen, even when the world tells you to think harder, move faster, decide now?

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For paid members, you’ll find a deep dive into the seven Human Design Authority types and how clarity uniquely presents for each, along with somatic practices to help you embody your Authority—not just intellectualize it. You will also find recommendations for which of my healing mats can best support you in your process, and how you can incorporate them into your somatic practice 𖦹