Leo 

Dear Leo, your main cards for 2023 are Death, The Hierophant, and Temperance

The overarching theme for this year is figuring out how you want to continue the journey this year. While you’ve been working hard over the past couple of years to unlearn some of the structural boundaries that have kept you from pursuing what you truly want, sometimes you still feel those restraints cutting your skin.

In many ways, the structure is almost like a safety net for you for when you don’t really want to spend extra energy in decision-making (because let’s face it, life is complicated enough just going through the motions of each day, having one less thing to think about is often an easy way out), yet at the same time they also become a limit for you to push against to feel like you have a purpose.

With Death and Temperance, we’re looking at moments this year that will offer you choices to make; whether to continue on the path of something that is already well-planned out, relatively smooth, and that you can clearly see the end goal, or if you’re willing to break the cycle and start a new adventure (but be prepared to take on the challenges).

But otherwise, take care in trying to navigate your boundaries and your ties with formality.

Keywords for the year: Boundaries, Structure, Paths, Decisions, and Contemplation

Love & Relationships: Strength, The Tower, and The Fool

In terms of your relationships, Strength suggests that friendships will be taking more precedence this year than your love relationships. That being said, it doesn’t mean that there won’t be any romance in 2023, it’s just that you’ll find that platonic connections might be more important to you.

With the Tower card, it’s that your ideals and values regarding what a partnership should look like will be completely shaken up — perhaps this is triggered by an event of sorts, one in which you will be forced to confront your beliefs and be urged to make changes.

However, after the storm, the Fool is a reminder that the destruction of something also provides a clean slate to start anew. Look forward to a new chapter beginning at the end of the year, in which it’ll seem like possibilities are endless.

Career & Work: The Garden, The Mountain, The Scythe, The Tree, The Sun, and The Crossroads

The Crossroads continue to echo the same theme of making a choice in life; whether to take the road less taken or not. However, your career trajectory this 2023 sees significant growth in pursuing the things you are passionate about, according to the Tree and the Sun, though again, as you have a tendency to overwork yourself (or spend too much energy on one side and neglect other aspects of your life), these two cards remind you to always keep a balance as to not burn out.

The Scythe and the Mountain suggest that your career will also pose many challenges that will require dedication and determination to work through them (they’re not impossible to overcome, simply difficult). The Scythe in particular is an indication that you may also need to make a decision to cut away certain dreams and ideas that no longer serve you.

The Garden is a good omen that the projects and work you do this year will gain significant recognition. Whether or not that is rewarding will depend on how you choose your path.