Tarot for the Seasons: January - Vision & Intention
- Julie Embleton
- Dec 29, 2025
- 5 min read
Welcome to the January Tarot Challenge! Whether you joined us last month or are stepping in to Tarot for the Seasons for the first time, I’m delighted to have you along for another month of tarot exploration. Thank you for your enthusiasm, insights, and beautiful energy that make this community so special. As we turn the page to January, the collective spirit naturally shifts towards fresh starts, new goals, and a desire for clarity. The energy of this season is all about vision and intention; setting your sights on what you wish to create and inviting tarot to illuminate your path.
January’s crisp, clear days encourage us to pause, reflect, and dream forward. It’s a powerful time to set intentions and use tarot as a tool for guidance and inspiration. As we journey through the month, we’ll use weekly tarot spreads and journaling prompts to support our visioning and help us move into the year with focus and purpose.
Tarot & January Connection: Harnessing Winter’s Wisdom
Winter holds a unique energy: quiet, introspective, and full of potential. Tarot and journaling are perfect companions for this season, offering gentle guidance as you turn inward and listen to your intuition. Pulling cards in January can help you clarify your desires, uncover hidden motivations, and set realistic, heartfelt intentions. Journaling alongside your readings deepens your connection, allowing you to notice patterns and celebrate progress. And if needed, gently course-correct!
Weekly Challenge Overview
Each week in January, we’ll focus on a different aspect of vision and intention, guided by a themed 3-card tarot spread. Don't forget you can download the free Tarot Tracker to keep a record of your draws and insights. The links are below!
Week 1: Vision Seeds: How big can you dream?
Prompt: What seeds of vision am I planting for the year ahead?
Expanded Guidance: This first week is all about planting the seeds for the year ahead. Give yourself permission to dream without limits, tuning in to both your heart’s desires and your soul’s quiet whispers. Reflect on what truly matters to you; what you want to nurture, create, or transform. As you lay out your cards, invite them to reveal not only the grand visions but also the subtle intentions that may be ready to surface.
Let this spread guide you to articulate your vision with clarity, and notice any inspiration or intuitive nudges that arise. Remember, even the smallest seed can grow into something extraordinary with care and attention.
Vision Seeds
1: Your Core Vision for the Year
2: What Will Support This Vision
3: A Hidden Strength to Nurture
Week 2: Pathways & Possibilities: What route is for me?
Prompt: What pathways and possibilities are opening up for me?
Expanded Guidance: With your vision set, this week invites you to explore the many paths that could lead you towards your goals. Sometimes opportunities appear in unexpected ways, or a gentle shift in perspective opens a new door. Use this spread to identify what’s emerging in your life. It may be new connections, ideas, or resources that could support your journey. Allow the cards to highlight possibilities you might have overlooked, and encourage yourself to remain open to change.
This is a time for curiosity and hope, trusting that the universe is offering support, even if the route ahead looks different from what you first imagined.
Pathways & Possibilities
1: A Door Opening Now
2: An Opportunity to Embrace
3: Guidance for Moving Forward
Week 3: Overcoming Obstacles: What's happening for you, not to you?
Prompt: What challenges might I encounter, and how can I navigate them?
Expanded Guidance: Every meaningful journey comes with its own set of challenges. This week’s spread is designed to help you face any obstacles with courage and resourcefulness. Rather than seeing difficulties as setbacks, view them as opportunities for growth and learning. Let your cards reveal the nature of any challenges you might encounter, and pay close attention to the strengths and allies available to you—whether they are internal qualities, supportive people, or spiritual resources.
This guidance is about resilience, reminding you that you are never alone and that every challenge can be navigated with wisdom and grace.
Overcoming Obstacles
1: The Main Challenge This Month
2: A Resource or Ally
3: Your Best Way Through
Week 4: Anchor & Align: How to remain grounded.
Prompt: How can I anchor my intentions and stay aligned?
Expanded Guidance: As January draws to a close, it’s time to ground your intentions and integrate all that you’ve discovered. This week’s spread encourages you to reflect on the journey so far, anchoring the lessons and insights you wish to carry forward. Consider what helps you stay aligned with your true self and intentions, especially as life gets busier. The cards may offer practical steps or gentle reminders to support your ongoing alignment.
Use this guidance to celebrate your progress, acknowledge your growth, and move into the coming months with renewed confidence and a sense of purpose.
Anchor & Align
1: What to Anchor
2: How to Stay Aligned
3: A Gift to Carry Forward
Free Downloadable Tracker
Choose between the printable or fillable tracker sheet to follow your progress and reflect on your readings.
Further Journaling: Deepening Your Insight
Journaling is a powerful way to deepen your connection to tarot and your own intuition. Each week, try these journal prompts to help you reflect, integrate, and gain greater clarity:
Week 1 Journal Prompts
What vision feels most exciting or meaningful to me right now?
What strengths or resources do I already have to support this vision?
Week 2 Journal Prompts
What new possibilities am I noticing in my life?
How can I remain open to unexpected opportunities?
Week 3 Journal Prompts
What challenges have I faced in the past, and how did I overcome them?
Who or what supports me most when I encounter obstacles?
Week 4 Journal Prompts
What practices help me stay grounded and aligned with my intentions?
What insights or gifts am I taking with me into the coming months?
Journaling alongside your tarot practice helps you uncover deeper layers of meaning, track your growth, and celebrate your journey with compassion and curiosity. I've designed this challenge to allow flow, so some weeks you may prefer to journal instead of draw cards, or vice versa. Go with what feels right to you. My intention is for everyone to tailor the challange to their needs and energy levels. There's no 'must'!
Are you ready to join the January Tarot Challenge? If you'd like to share your spreads, reflections, and/or progress on Instagram, tag me @CelticSoulSanctuary to connect with our wonderful community. If you prefer, you can also email me at julie@creativesoultarot.com. Let’s inspire and support each other as we move into the new year together.
January is a time of vision, intention, and gentle beginnings. With tarot and journaling as your guides, you can set a meaningful course for the year ahead, grounded in clarity and self-trust. I’m so grateful to walk this path with you. Thank you for taking part, and for sharing!
Wishing you a magical and inspired January, my friends. Tarot for the Seasons returns in February with Awakening & Inspiration, so I'll meet you here for more tarot fun!
If you’re ready to deepen your spiritual journey, explore the Creative Soul Tarot Journal for even more ways to connect with tarot. The digital edition is only €8.
For anyone new to journaling, or returning to a journaling practice, my free 7 Days to Inner Clarity mini-course might be just the inspiration you need.
Lunar curious? Check out the Lunar Wisdom Course, a month-long journey through the moon's phases blending tarot, meditation and ritual.
And finally, for those seeking an in-depth look into the year ahead, the Your Date With Destiny reading offers a comprehensive, 12-card personalised reading to illuminate your path. January availability is filling fast, so get yours booked today!
