Your weekly tarot horoscope reading for June 29 to July 5
A very busy week cosmically — a new month ahead, a Full Moon in Capricorn (career goals), a Mercury Retrograde (do less and think more), and Mars moving into Gemini (multitasking and challenging ambitions).
Feels like a reboot week. Step back from the action and download the data in your life: what’s performing well and what is not, and why, and what can you do about it?
No rush or pressure to step into anything radical or demanding, simply run the numbers, assess reality, establish the facts, and draw up some new strategies you could implement in the remainder of 2026.
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Meaning: You are a deeply passionate person, the sort for whom ‘wow’ (said heartfeltly and genuinely) might be a signature word! And you should feed that passion, activate and amplify it by visiting amazing places, watching spectacles, enjoying new releases, pushing the boat out in terms of what you take on, see, do, and invest in.
Think of something you feel you’d be awed by and go do or see or experience it this week — or at least start saving up. Your life was always meant to be bigger and wilder than the Average Joe!
Meaning: You are unstoppable when truly roused, but it’s the rousing that be hard to activate! Enter into some form of competition this week, be it a team thing, a solo project, a head-to-head with a rival, a broader group event, or even just applying actual targets with scheduled milestones on something you have to accomplish (and are maybe struggling to stick to the plan).
Add a heathy dose of competition and goal-setting to your priorities right now and you will smash them out the park, as they say!
Meaning: You protect your peace of mind above everything else, at any cost. Folk get shunted and ghosted when they hurt you, chores get dropped, places struck off the list, and roles vacated. And then life carries on, and sometimes they come back. Like zombies!
Well, take a look around right now and notice what has crept back into your life and is once again causing stress or worry or upset. And reestablish the boundary, think of it like mental health maintenance. Put the blocks or ring-fences or good habits back in place that protected you so well before. Repair the breaches. Feel in control. Put your peace of mind first.
Meaning: There are a few thorns in your side right now, things that are bothering you, although you’re pretending they’re not because maybe you once held affection for this person/place/role. But now it is a nuisance, unreliable, a pain or just not working like it did.
You are fully entitled to quit, leave, move on, step back or withdraw. In fact, you should. Not everything deserves your sparkling presence and loving heart. You are such a giving person that folk will just keep on taking, even when it seems obvious it’s not in your best interests. Save yourself, Cancer. Be your own hero and make changes.
Meaning: Focus in on the areas of health, wealth, work and home DIY. What goals or projects have you got ongoing here? What do you regularly undertake, invest in, or do in order to keep these areas strong and healthy?
If nothing, then maybe it’s a good time to start that practice and consider what needs attention. This is about the long term, the year ahead, investing steadfastly in something that will build up to a big, beautiful pay off over time. Look ahead… what might 2027 look like ideally? What do you therefore need to start doing different now?
Meaning: You innately carry a gene that makes you want to help, support, and fix everything. You have an eye for perfection and detail, and a need to serve. This can get you into other folks’ business and also have you propping up things that are not your responsibility. Folk let you do it because you’re good at it… but it comes at a price. Firstly, your own stuff. Secondly, over time, resentment creeps in.
So, look at where you’re doing things you’re not actually accountable for. And stop. Don’t steal someone else’s self-esteem by doing the things they should be doing themselves that would build that inner belief. Let them figure it out.
Meaning: Knowledge is power, and empowering. Being informed, skilled, and shrewd about the things you need to be capable of is important, makes you feel good, and opens new doors. Make a plan of action here.
What skills or knowledge would benefit you in your career progress or satisfaction? What personal projects call your attention? Learning can be done informally or formally, at pace or over a long period of time. You can cut your cloth accordingly, but start cutting! You can make a big difference to your prospects.
Meaning: You are brave and demanding, you enjoy a good thrill and can face danger easier than most. You benefit from getting your blood pumping a little harder, and summer affords more opportunities to do something big and exciting with longer days, time off, access to the great outdoors and a greater appetite to be out and about, doing different stuff.
So, plan your adventures this week; travel, nature, vigorous activity or exploration, competition and rivalry, challenges and dares. Make 2026 the boldest summer season you’ve ever had, get it researched and booked now!
Meaning: Focus on your life admin this week. I know, it’s not fun… but if you can make it streamlined, updated and autonomous then you don’t need to bother with it again for a whole year. A few tweaks and tucks will get things flowing better, under control, and without you receiving unpleasant surprises or demands.
Look at bills, contracts, paperwork, auditing, tax, major money investments, savings, pension, and anything else ‘big’ in your financial realm. Use new tech, upgrade, streamline, consolidate, get advice on stuff you’re unsure of. Invest the time here this week and a future you will be very grateful!
Meaning: Life is hard, we accrue regrets and sorrows, we miss folk, we grieve, we worry. You are the master of soldiering on regardless, never pausing to rest or reflect, just keeping on with the mission.
Take a time out this week. Not just lying in bed crying, but just moments and phases in the day or evening that you can in solitude or talking with a confidant about things that hurt, pain or worry you. Turn them over, look at them from new angles, let your mind and heart move on a notch and come to a new understanding. This inner work is powerful, it helps you stay calm, on an even keel and hopeful for the future.
Meaning: You are notoriously self-sufficient and eager to be in your own company, doing your own thing, at your own behest and pace. But you’re maybe not using this space as effectively as you could, or for your own betterment and progress. Doomscrolling? Lazing? Following a default vs a design?
Look at your leisure time, your personal time, your own environment and routines. What would be better, more healthy, more fun, more rewarding? Change the schedule, the rituals, and the surroundings to make the new pathways the new default, and life will improve enormously. Focus on what you do when alone and make it more fulfilling.
Meaning: Where are you heading? What are you working towards achieving or securing? How’s it going? Do you feel you’re on the right path? Ask yourself these questions this week and be honest. If things are going great, then good for you, go faster. If things don’t feel motivating or on track, then step back and review your goals, your desires, your feasible steps and how you can make them more meaningful.
You can probably go higher, faster, than you think or are currently aiming for. With focused intent, you can do more than you believe. Let your imagination roam this week, design compelling goals that are achievable with consistent steps, and set off on a quest you’re really excited to be on, rather than simply going through the motions.
Kerry King has been reading, teaching and creating tarot for 30 years. Join her magical, exclusive Tarot Club for forecasts, predictions, lessons and readings straight to your inbox. Enjoy one month free for all Metro readers (no lock-in or commitment) over on Patreon.
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