Looking Ahead: Tarot Guidance for the Final Quarter of 2025
As August draws to a close, so does the warm embrace of summer. With the final quarter of 2025 approaching, it’s the perfect time to reflect and recalibrate before autumn arrives. Renowned author and tarot reader Kerry Ward has drawn cards for each zodiac element, offering spiritual guidance to help everyone finish the year strong. “The turn of the wheel of the year is an important time to step outside of ordinary reality and reflect,” Ward explained to The Post. These tarot insights provide not just predictions, but practical wisdom for navigating the changing seasons of our lives.
For the passionate Fire signs (Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius), The Wheel of Fortune card brings a message of positive change and opportunity. This powerful major arcana card suggests that the shifting seasons will bring fresh energy that these dynamic signs will particularly welcome. Ward advises Fire signs to take an active role in their own development: “Be an agent of your own progress and activate key steps to alter areas you wish to shift.” The approach she recommends is both practical and achievable—choose one to four specific areas for improvement, begin now, and set a year-end completion goal. This focused strategy can create meaningful transformation without feeling overwhelming. Fire signs are encouraged to adopt the mantra, “I welcome new opportunities and trust the universe to lead me to my highest good,” embracing both their natural leadership qualities and the cosmic support available to them during this transitional time.
Earth signs (Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn) receive the Five of Wands, a card that calls for resolution of lingering conflicts and challenges before winter arrives. These grounded, practical signs are being urged to address the “thorns in their side”—those persistent issues that create ongoing discomfort or distraction. “It’s time to address them here at the end of summer and before fall really kicks in, because you want to revel, celebrate, and really enjoy the tail end of 2025,” Ward explains. While Earth signs typically prefer stability and may be tempted to avoid confrontation, this card suggests that investing energy now in resolving difficulties will create space for genuine enjoyment later. The hard work of today becomes the foundation for tomorrow’s peace and celebration. Earth signs can strengthen their resolve with the mantra: “I embrace challenges as opportunities to grow stronger and wiser,” transforming potential obstacles into stepping stones for personal growth.
The intellectual Air signs (Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius) draw The Hierophant, a card that emphasizes the power of community and collective wisdom. While Air signs often pride themselves on their independence and original thinking, The Hierophant reminds them that certain achievements require collaboration and shared resources. “Join up with others who can bring skills, ideas, and energies to create a fresh alchemy of opportunity to get a bigger job done!” Ward advises. This card encourages Air signs to find common ground with others—whether through shared principles, mutual interests, or complementary skills—and form alliances that multiply their effectiveness. As natural communicators, Air signs are well-positioned to build these bridges and create meaningful connections. Their suggested mantra, “I honor tradition and find strength in structure and community as I move forward with purpose,” balances their innovative tendencies with an appreciation for established wisdom and collective support.
For the intuitive Water signs (Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces), The Star brings a message of hope, inspiration, and untapped potential. This luminous card appears when we need to be reminded of our inner light and the possibilities that await when we approach life with optimism rather than fear. “Vibrate upwards, elevate your mind and spirit, seek inspiration, look up and marvel at the sky, the expanse, the potential all around,” Ward shares. Water signs, with their emotional depth and sensitivity, sometimes get caught in worries or past hurts. The Star encourages them to lift their gaze and recognize that autumn presents “an apex opportunity to grow, thrive, and learn.” Ward adds an especially encouraging note for these signs: “You are often a late starter, but all the best is yet to come. Make 2025 your masterpiece by going all in with the time you have left.” With the mantra “My inner light shines bright, inspiring renewal and positive transformation,” Water signs can harness their natural intuition and emotional intelligence to create beautiful possibilities in the months ahead.
As we transition from summer to fall, these tarot insights remind us that endings are also beginnings. Each element—Fire, Earth, Air, and Water—receives guidance uniquely suited to their natural tendencies and challenges. While Fire signs are encouraged to channel their energy into specific improvements, Earth signs are called to clear away obstacles. Air signs receive an invitation to collaborate more deeply, and Water signs are reminded to let hope rather than fear guide their decisions. Together, these readings create a tapestry of wisdom for approaching the final months of 2025 with intention and awareness. Whether we’re actively creating change, resolving conflicts, building alliances, or nurturing hope, we all have the opportunity to make the remainder of the year meaningful and fulfilling. As astrologer Reda Wigle, who “researches and irreverently reports on planetary configurations,” might remind us: the stars may guide us, but we chart our own course through their light.
