Major Arcana · VII

The Chariot Year

Water

The Chariot year is when the wanting becomes moving. The project that kept circling finally has motion under it. The decision gets made and acted on the same week instead of deliberated for a year. Drive doesn't have to look like anyone else's to be real: it can be slow, soft, nonlinear, and still carry you where you meant to go. The work of the year is holding your own reins, keeping the pulling forces pointed one direction by your own focus. You know what moves you. This year you get to use it.

What to do with a Chariot yearPoint your drive at something you chose, then let it move even when progress is slow or uneven. Before a big push, check what's actually driving it, and give yourself permission to reroute when the road stops being yours.

Your twelve months

Each month steps one place forward through the cycle. The same twelve, in the same order, for any Chariot year.

January
StrengthFebruary
The HermitMarch
Wheel of FortuneApril
JusticeMay
The Hanged OneJune
DeathJuly
TemperanceAugust
The DevilSeptember
The TowerOctober
The StarNovember
The MoonDecember
The Sun

Element weather

How the twelve months balance across the elements.

5Fire months3Water months2Air months2Earth months

The rest of the cycle

The nine Majors a Chariot year doesn’t touch.

The FoolThe MagicianThe High PriestessThe EmpressThe EmperorThe HierophantThe LoversJudgementThe World
The full year-ahead reading

The whole Chariot year, woven

This page is the theme. The full reading walks all twelve months in the Almanac’s voice, reads the element weather, brings in how your Bearing meets the year, and closes with the skills and reflection questions a Chariot year calls for.

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