In the cards this week: Passion and Change

Hopefully it's all good

Mar 17, 2025

Two Minoan Tarot cards on a gray background. ThePriestess of Daggers is painted in shades of deep red and brown. It shows a Minoan woman standing, facing left, brandishing a dagger. The Two of Horns is painted in shades of earthy green and brown. It shows two pairs of Minoan sacred horns in midair as they tumble off a shrine.

This week's Minoan Tarot cards:

Priestess of Daggers: Embody the warmth, creativity, and passion of your inner Fire. Live it in such a way that it resonates in others around you and touches their hearts.

Two of Horns: Let the smaller aspects of your life shift and rearrange themselves so you have more room for joy.

Our old friend the Two of Horns, a.k.a. Stalker Card, has shown up again this morning. But it’s in the second position, so let’s start with the first card, the one I drew from the top of the deck to give us an overall view of the week ahead.

For the new folks, the suit cards are color-coded (red for Fire, green for Earth, gold for Air, blue for Water) so it’s easy to see what you’ve got. And the face cards don’t refer so much to people of a specific sex or gender as to personality traits that are often considered as gendered in some way in our culture. We all have both masculine and feminine within us.

The Priestess of Daggers is one half of the highest-ranking pair of Fire suit face cards; her masculine counterpart is the Priest of Daggers. In the Minoan Tarot, all the face cards come in masculine-feminine pairs, for balance. My inspiration for this arrangement was the 15th century Cary-Yale Visconti Tarocchi deck, which has three sets of male-female court card pairs.

The Priestess of Daggers, speaks to a particular set of Fire-y personality traits. The Priestess and Priest cards represent mature people, and the feminine face cards encapsulate the idea of embodying a trait rather than acting out on it. In other words, being rather than doing.

So this card talks about being Fire, in a mature, balanced way. What does that look like in your life?

Where does your passion and creativity lie? How can you embody the warmth and confidence that your passions and creative pursuits generate in you?

Embracing these aspects of Fire as a part of your being rather than just as something you do can change the way the world responds to you. It lights other people’s Fire, in so many ways, by setting an example for them. It gives other people the courage to embrace their own passion and creativity. And that’s a good thing at any time, but especially now, when those passions and creative pursuits can offer us some mental health support.

Now for the second card, drawn from the bottom of the deck as our “secret treasure” for how to find joy in these interesting times.

The base meaning of the Two of Horns is short-term and/or small-scale changes in the material aspects of life. Lots of us are juggling that sort of thing right now.

But how is that a window to joy?

What if you step back, take a breath, and ask the universe/deity/higher self to help those changes shuffle your life so there’s a little more room for joy? And to help you see the ways in which the changes can bring a little joy? (Yes, I was tempted to say spark joy - forgive me 😂)

One of the key aspects of the Two of Horns is that the changes always balance out: they’re neither all good nor all bad. So even if the negative aspects are more “in your face,” try looking past them to find the secret treasure. I promise, it’s there.

I wish you a week full of unexpected joy!

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Some of Laura's books in a row on a dark blue water-drop background. From left to right, the titles are The Last Priestess of Malia, The Minoan Tarot, Labrys & Horns, Leap! A Love Story, Ariadne's Thread, and The Minoan Coloring Book.

About Laura Perry

I'm the founder and Temple Mom of Ariadne's Tribe, a worldwide inclusive Minoan spiritual tradition. I'm also an author, artist, and creator who works magic with words, paint, ink, music, textiles, and herbs. My spiritual practice includes spirit work and herbalism through the lens of lifelong animism. I write pagan / polytheist / magical non-fiction and fiction across several different subjects and genres. My Minoan title in the Moon Books Pantheons series is now available for pre-order and will be released on 26 August 2025. While that process percolates along, I’m finishing up the illustrations for a book of modern Minoan myths which will be released on 21 June 2025. I’m also an avid herb and vegetable gardener and living history demonstrator.