🏳️‍🌈 Weekly Tarot Reading: Clarity, Courage, and the Turning Point (Pride Edition)

Jun 18
3 min read

Updated: Jun 29

This week, The Luminous Threshold (our name for the Rainbow Moon Tarot by Samantha West) meets us again in our Pride month series. We return to this deck not only for its bold queer visuals but because it speaks to the in-between places... those sacred thresholds where clarity sharpens, identity expands, and power hums quietly in the shadows.

And in honour of Pride, each card's reflection is paired with lyrics from LGBTQ+ artists. These aren’t just songs; they are touchstones. Through them, we hear echoes of our own resilience, our own reckoning, our own release. As queer creators, this is both celebration and invocation.

This reading also arrived after a much-needed pause. I took over a week off to honour my energy, my disabilities, and the reasons I began this work in the first place. This post, my return to the rhythm, is a love letter to sustainability. The kind that doesn’t compromise our health for productivity.

✨ Pick a Card

Let the cards speak to your becoming.

Let them mirror back a piece of you that you didn’t know needed seeing.

This reading will find you to deliver a message at the right time, regardless of what "week" you find it in.

Interestingly, synchronicity showed up between our collective pulls. Racquel for her collective reading got the same card as my draw for card 1 - the same deck on the same day from her version of the Rainbow Moon, which we call The Soothing Mirror. There was a beautiful echo between our draws. That’s the magic of being attuned to the same current.

Card One: Knight of Daggers — "The Flash of Truth"

“You can kiss a hundred boys in bars Shoot another shot, try to stop the feeling...” — Chappell Roan, "Good Luck, Babe!"

A digital tarot reading slide titled “The Flash of Truth” featuring the Knight of Daggers from the Rainbow Moon Tarot. The card depicts a blue-haired figure with bat wings in a teal outfit on a yellow hill. The background is a brick wall with rainbow hues. The accompanying text describes the card’s meaning as an invitation to speak truth with clarity and boldness. A quote in purple script reads: “I move with purpose and precision.” Footer includes the handle @LettersFromTheCards and the deck’s name.

This is the week to pierce through illusion. The Knight of Daggers doesn’t hesitate, they move with sharp clarity, even if it means confrontation. If you’ve been circling something without saying the thing that needs to be said, this card invites you to stop swallowing your voice. You may not be able to fix it all, but you can name what’s real.

Reflection Prompt:

Where am I ready to speak a truth I’ve been avoiding?

Card Two: Nine of Wands — "The Holding Flame"

“Every day I'm trying not to hate myself But lately it's not hurting like it did before...” — Sam Smith, "Love Me More"

A tarot interpretation slide titled “The Holding Flame” featuring the Nine of Wands. The card shows a pink-haired figure resting on one knee, holding a wand among a field of blooming trees. Background is a soft holographic foil with iridescent pastels. The text explores themes of endurance and self-protection, reminding the reader of their sacred boundaries. A handwritten affirmation at the bottom says: “I protect what I’ve earned.” Footer includes: The Luminous Threshold @LettersFromTheCards.

You are almost there. This card speaks of endurance. Of showing up, even when the finish line keeps moving. The Nine of Wands knows exhaustion, but it also knows devotion. This isn’t the week to quit. It's the week to bless boundaries, honour pace, and acknowledge the path you’ve carved through fire.

Reflection Prompt:

What part of me needs to be reminded I am already doing enough?

Card Three: Eight of Daggers (Reversed) — "The Thread Unwinding"

“I'm done confusing all these ashes with my worth.” — Hayley Kiyoko, "Panorama"

An interpretive tarot slide titled “The Thread Unwinding” featuring the Eight of Daggers reversed. The card shows a figure in pink bound with white ribbon, surrounded by eight daggers, blindfolded against a golden wallpaper. The text describes loosening mental bindings and finding inner freedom. A multicoloured swirling ribbon background underscores the card’s energy of liberation. The affirmation reads: “I free myself with every truth I claim.” Footer: The Luminous Threshold @LettersFromTheCards.

Something is loosening. Where there was once fear, there's now a softening... a glimmer of release. The Eight of Daggers reversed is a shift in perspective: a door cracking open. If you’ve felt trapped by old narratives or beliefs that shrink your voice, this week offers a choice to see yourself anew. Step gently. Breathe deeper. You’re not who you used to be.

Reflection Prompt:

What story am I ready to retire so I can make space for a truer one?

Let the Light In

You can find truth through discomfort.

Access inner resilience, and let go of old stories of self.

This week’s cards offer three distinct paths; truth, perseverance, liberation... but all ask for the same thing: to honour where you are and what you know.

As queer people, we live at the edges. And those edges are luminous.

If a card moved something in you, let it. Write. Wander. Cry. Revisit..

Or send to a friend who might walk the same edges.

Want to go deeper?

If this reading stirred something in you, we offer personalised written tarot readings crafted with care for clarity, for resilience, for reclaiming your story.

Choose your letter. Digital or mailed. Let the cards meet you where you are.

With heart,

— Cat

@LettersFromTheCards | www.lettersfromthecards.com

Featuring cards from The Luminous Threshold (Rainbow Moon Tarot by Samantha West)