A Collective Tarot Reading for 2026: Nervous System Wisdom

About this episode

In this episode, Shannon Knight offers a collective tarot reading for 2026, focusing on themes of awareness, regulation, and intention as we transition into the new year.

In this last episode of 2025 for ⁠ The Tarot Diagnosis ⁠ , and I’m offering a collective reading using my annual New Year spread. This reading is for all of us - a shared reflection on what we’re carrying forward, what we’re releasing, and how we can meet the coming year with more awareness, regulation, and intention. At the center of the spread is our 2026 collective year card: The Wheel of Fortune , an archetype that speaks to change, movement, uncertainty, and the reality that life keeps turning whether we feel ready or not. Throughout the episode, I walk through each card in the seven-card spread and explore it through a therapeutic, nervous-system–informed lens . We begin by looking back at 2025 and naming something to be proud of, which arrives in the form of the Four of Cups which I realize feels like emotional discernment and learning where our energy no longer belongs. From there, the Two of Wands invites us to continue exploring curiosity, vision, and expansion in 2026, especially by gently stepping into our stretch zone rather than pushing ourselves into panic. As the reading unfolds, the Four of Swords emerges as a key lesson from the Wheel of Fortune itself…

People in this episode

Host: Shannon Knight

Topics covered

• collective tarot reading
• nervous system
• self-reflection
• 2026 predictions
• emotional awareness
• intentional living

Keywords

• tarot reading
• nervous system
• 2026
• self-reflection
• emotional discernment
• rest
• intentional pauses

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Tarot Diagnosis, The Wheel of Fortune, Four of Cups, Two of Wands, Four of Swords, Five of Pentacles

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