The Right Career for You: Tarot Pick a Card

Hello, my soul friends! Today I have a career reading. This reading primarily focuses on the approach you should take in your career, though I will include possible career suggestions.

That means this reading works for those who are looking for something new or how to spice up an existing career or life passion.

All you have to do is pick the pile that sticks out to you the most. Which animal inspires your intuition? That’s your pile and that’s your tarot reading.

After you select your cards, scroll down to your pile or choose below.

Today I’m using the Mystic Mondays Tarot deck (this is an affiliate link that supports me if you make a purchase). Remember that you have free will. That means you can manifest the positive and avoid the negative of any reading.

Now let’s see which career is right for you.

Pile 1: Rooster

Seek Balance First

I see two possible meanings in your spread. Both meanings center on the first card, The Hanged Man, Reversed. For a minority of you, the right career does not require a lot of mental stimulation.

That doesn’t mean you aren’t intelligent or you’re incapable of using your intelligence in life, but that your job needs to be mentally relaxing.

I believe this is necessary for the minority of the pile for the same reason the majority of this pile has the second meaning: for most, this card means you need a job where you don’t have to make a lot of sacrifices.

For some people, their career is their identity and everything else comes second, including love, family, and leisure. But for others, and especially in this pile, your job needs to be balanced with the rest of your life (even if it is your life purpose).

This would be the spread I would expect to see for a writer who needs a day job to make ends meet or a parent who chooses to take a good, but not “perfect” job for the sake of their family. Someone who also wants to work in healthcare may choose to avoid being a doctor and instead be a nurse so they work fewer hours (even if they had the mental ability to be a doctor).

Work/life balance is crucial for you. Make sure that your job does not stress you out or take you away from the other values in your life.

Don’t Expect Your Passion to Pay

This may also surprise some of you, but the Ace of Wands, Reversed indicates that you may not find your passion fulfilled with your career. Thus the writer with a day job. The creatives in this pile may also only have this “right career” temporarily until their passion earns them enough money to quit.

But sometimes, a job you really like and is personally fulfilling doesn’t meet all your passion requirements. I think here of artists who become animators for studios. Yes, they’re doing art for a living, but not their art. And maybe they don’t want to quit their day job anyway.

It’s not a bad thing to have a traditional job, a part-time job, or a job that helps you make ends meet. And there’s a happy bonus to not making your passion your source of income: you have the freedom to pursue your inspiration where it leads even if it doesn’t make money.

So don’t put all your weight on your career to fulfill your passions. Give yourself room outside of your job to pursue some of your passions so you don’t have to stress about “selling out.”

That same animator example from before? They found a job that matches their interests, but they now have the freedom outside of work to create art just for themselves without worrying about matching the market. Their bills are still paid at the end of the month.

Money Isn’t Everything

Your last card is the Wheel of Fortune, Reversed. Don’t focus on making a lot of money in your career. That’s not to say you shouldn’t consider the cost of living, but that you shouldn’t be so ambitious and push yourself so hard that you’re only working for material bonuses.

As you consider what career to go into or shift within a current career, ask yourself how much you really need. Once you know your needs instead of just your wants, you’ll be able to rationally decide between a higher income versus a work/life balance.

I do think you’re at risk of going for the job or project that earns more even at the cost of your sanity. So make it a point to know what income you need to earn so you know to put a value on other things once you meet that income.

As for career suggestions, this is an open pile when it comes to possibilities. Consider your interests first, but it seems like your best bet is a trade, working for a stable company, part-time work, or self-employment. That’s because work/life balance instead of huge responsibilities for large teams is what you need to focus on.

Your best job is likely one where you only work 20-40 hours per week.

Also, this spread may be relevant for someone who is a homemaker. They prioritize homemaking but want to earn money on the side to support their families. Or they want to pursue a hobby and earn some money from it.

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Pile 2: Octopus

Sneak Into the Market

Stay with me here, but my first thought when seeing your spread was the singer Taylor Swift. She’s the perfect example of what this spread is trying to tell you.

The first card is Knight of Cups, Reversed. This is a card about not being lost in the clouds or following romantic ideals in life due to its potential self-destructive qualities. How does that apply to Taylor Swift? Taylor Swift didn’t just pursue a music career like a lost dreamer – she was strategic and business-minded.

Even if you’re creative, you need to shift into a career that allows you to be ambitious, especially in a capitalist sense. Taylor Swift clearly went into country music first to stand out and then shifted to pop. Would she have stood out had she not? Unlikely.

You need to look at your interests and consider how to take advantage despite your weaknesses. I did this myself: I didn’t have video equipment and I couldn’t take in-person or live tarot readings… so I wrote pick a cards instead.

That’s what you need to do with your career: approach what you’re doing in a non-traditional way that still finds a way to meet the market. The good news is that even creatives can do this!

Consider Your Skills

The second card in your spread is Strength. Back to the Taylor Swift analogy: her vocal range isn’t that great (she’s no Adele), but she makes use of storytelling (thus the reason she went into country music first) and the relatability of love. She didn’t try to be anything she wasn’t as a mainstream singer.

Instead of seeing your limitations as weaknesses, see them as boundaries in which you can focus. That doesn’t mean you can’t expand or experiment later: Taylor even released an indie-folk album randomly during lockdown that was well-received and was perhaps her true creative side.

If you don’t lean on your strengths, you won’t have a foundation from which you can explore your other interests. So what I want you to do is list what you’re good at and where you struggle. Then ask yourself what careers fit those strengths, but not those weaknesses.

Someone who loves technology, but struggles with math and programming, may find that communicating tech ideas to the general public would be a better fit for them than a non-tech writer job or a job as a programmer.

The right career for you is probably where you fit strongly inside a “vanilla” field, but you approach that traditional fit in a new way. Try googling or ChatGPTing “unusual careers related to X” for an interest or skill you have.

For example, someone with accounting skills could go into sports or entertainment accounting instead of just preparing regular business documents.

Be Hungry for Success

The third card is The Chariot. I’ve heard a lot of men in the last few years mention how impressed they are with Taylor Swift’s work ethic. They may not like her music, but when they take their wives or daughters to a concert, they can’t help but feel like a fan themselves.

Hard work can go a long way. In a time when singers are canceling shows or projects and disappointing fans who spent a lot of money, Taylor is an industry workhorse. Her onstage skills used to leave something to be desired, but recently she’s begun to wow audiences with her tenacity in performance and frequent album releases.

You may feel as if you won’t ever be the best or that people won’t value your skills. But if you work hard, you’re eventually going to do better than the naturally gifted who do only the minimum. You will have opportunities others can’t even dream of and respect that is truly deserved.

What kind of careers are best? You want something with a lot of responsibility, such as a professional career, your own business, or something in entertainment. I think you’re going to thrive in a career where you can strive to compete even if you’re not the best right now.

And one reason why the capitalist element is important is that it will give you an objective measure of your reach. Income or profits will be a barometer for how well you’re doing in the market. An artist, for example, will know they’re making fans happy right now based on their sales.

So whether you pick a traditional career or something creative, make sure there’s an ambitious and market-oriented approach to it.

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Pile 3: Dog

Happy Boundaries

You have a fun spread and I imagine many who chose this pile will do best in a career that doesn’t feel like a career. But there’s an interesting caveat.

The second card in your spread, Princess of Wands, has an explorative and almost nomadic element. For some of you, the best career will be that of a digital nomad, self-employed creative, or something where you aren’t tied down to a 9-to-5.

But your first card, Seven of Cups, Reversed, indicates focus. Whatever you do, you’re going to have a clear goal or profession and your exploration will be within that career.

Here’s what I mean: someone may decide to be a romance writer. They decide not to do anything outside of that. So no writing tups podcast, blog, or merch store. Their job is romance writing.

Yet in that career, they explore different ways to write romance. Perhaps they write historical romances, contemporary romances, and even fantasy romances.

Your best career will be something like that. You’ll have a clear profession you fit into, and even a niche, but you push that niche as far as it can go.

Don’t Do Things the Normal Way

Back to your second card, the Princess of Wands. I don’t think you’ll be happy in a career that’s stuck behind a desk at an office. You need freedom. This could be freedom of location, but it may also be flexible work hours.

That said, some of you may be in a traditional job, but that job lets you travel (journalism) or gives you the option to pursue personal interests related to your career (many tech jobs do this).

I also think you’ll be best served by tying your career to a passion. That’s because you’ll get a lot of fulfillment from a career that lets you make use of your creative flow state.

But, overall, it seems like the right career for you is one that’s fun or has a lot of lifestyle perks.

Of course, these jobs aren’t always easy to get. But they aren’t impossible to get. If you’re young, single, and don’t have children, be willing to take more risks (college, internships, and moving) to enter into an industry.

But let’s say you’re interested in something like poetry, but you can’t go to grad school and work the academic circuit. It’s not over for you. Rupi Kaur and other Instagram poets created an entire industry by making use of social media and self-publishing. Academic poets may turn their noses, but Instagram poets can make a living off their work and have far more readers.

There’s always a way to exist outside of an industry and reach people. The bonus is that this approach usually lets you be self-employed or own your own business. And I think that will work for you better than the traditional route anyway.

Don’t Work Too Hard

The last card in your spread is Eight of Pentacles, Reversed. This is about not being a perfectionist.

Sometimes, hard work isn’t worth it. Yes, writer Brandon Sanderson works eight hours a day, but many professional novelists work four hours or less. Your work is likely to be mentally stimulating or require creativity and this process can normally only be maintained for three or so hours.

Understand how long you can maintain your focus and make sure that your deep work is limited to that timeframe. Other tasks like checking e-mails can take place outside that time, but the work that “matters” needs to be limited so you have more downtime and room to think.

Relaxation will help your brain rest and get your creative juices flowing. Work less and do more.

Now what sort of careers fit this pile? Any traditionally creative career works, even if it’s in an established “office” environment (fashion, entertainment, and journalism come to mind).

But most of you will be better served by self-employment or owning your own business. For this, I favor any digital nomad career such as writing, e-commerce, content creation, or programming.

Be careful about starting a business with a storefront. That’s a lot of responsibility and having employees may be mentally taxing.

A chef is a good example of this. Could a chef in this pile open a restaurant? Sure, but they’d be better served by creating a food truck, writing cookbooks, or creating content online. The less you’re bound by a 9-to-5, the better.

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