It’s the Pride Parade today, so I thought I would pull this spread.
Grand Marshal: Knight of Wands
The Grand Marshal is the hero or role model guiding this whole journey, and the Knight of Wands is bold, unmissable energy — passionate, impulsive, riding in fast. This tells you the archetype leading you forward is someone (or some part of you) who moves on instinct and courage rather than careful planning. That’s the spirit setting the tone for the road ahead.
1. Beginnings — The Chariot
What is my goal and how can I get started?
The Chariot is pure directed will. Two opposing forces (echoing the traditional black and white sphinxes) are being harnessed and driven forward together rather than left to pull apart. The goal here isn’t found by waiting for clarity — it’s found by choosing a direction and driving toward it with focus. Getting started means committing, not perfecting the plan first.
2. Challenges — Eight of Cups
What are the challenges I face in moving forward?
The real challenge is walking away from something that once felt secure or good, even though it no longer serves where you’re headed. The moon overhead suggests this isn’t fully rational yet — there’s an emotional pull you’re still making sense of. The obstacle isn’t external; it’s the reluctance to leave something behind.
3. Support — Four of Pentacles
Who or what is supporting my efforts?
Interesting that support shows up here as a card about holding tight to resources and security. This suggests your support system right now is something stable and protective — financial ground, a sense of security, or your own instinct to conserve energy and not overextend. It’s steady, if a little guarded.
4. Change — Strength
What needs to change in order to move forward?
A rainbow arches overhead as the lion is tamed not by force, but by patience and gentleness. What needs to change is the impulse to control through willpower alone (echoing the Knight of Wands’ fire) — real progress here comes from softening, from meeting whatever feels wild in you or your situation with compassion rather than force.
5. Progress — Queen of Cups
What signs of progress do I see? What have I learned so far?
You’ve grown emotionally more attuned. The Queen holds her cup like something sacred — this is a sign that you’ve learned to lead with empathy and emotional intelligence rather than reacting on instinct. That’s real, hard-won progress from where the Knight of Wands started this parade.
6. Conclusion — The Hanged Man
What is the end result of my journey?
Upright, this card is about willing surrender and seeing things from an entirely new angle — pausing on purpose rather than being forced to. This suggests the end result of this journey isn’t a clean, decisive victory. Instead, it’s arriving at a place of acceptance: choosing to let go, to hang suspended for a while, and to see your situation from a perspective you couldn’t access while you were still charging forward.
This spread traces an arc from bold, willful momentum (Knight of Wands, The Chariot) through emotional reckoning (Eight of Cups, Four of Pentacles) toward softened strength and emotional wisdom (Strength, Queen of Cups) — landing on conscious surrender rather than triumph (The Hanged Man). The throughline: your Grand Marshal energy wants to charge ahead, but the real growth in this journey is learning to pause, release your grip, and see things from a new vantage point.
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