May 1, 2026 • 12 mins
Buckle up. This week's energy is shifting, accelerating, and opening new doors — but only if you don't burn out before you get there.
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- Fresh starts and next chapters picking up speed — sometimes all at once
- Why the most exciting opportunities this week require a clear, rested mind
- New emotional beginnings and the relationships ready to deepen
- A curiosity or passion nudging you to explore something brand new
- The one caution that could derail all of it if you ignore it
This energy is exciting. The question is — are you truly available to receive it?
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Unknown (00:00):
Hey, beautiful soul, welcome in for your weekly
(00:02):
reading, energy check,potentials report for the week
of May 1 through May 8, HappyMay we have arrived. There is a
lot happening in the energy thisweek, so I'm gonna dive right in
because it's a little chaotic.
But that doesn't necessarilymean it's a bad thing. So don't
get alarmed. We look at thepositive and the challenging
(00:23):
side of things here. But thisisn't really challenge. It just
feels like a lot of movement, alot of shifts, a lot of next
chapter. So there could be somethings in the overall energy for
you this week that maybe hadgotten started before and then
had to pause and are startingback up, or are just a little
stop start in the energy. Butthere is going to be some fast
(00:43):
moving energy as part of thisweek. Now, this week has a few
different page and night cards,which can represent ourselves or
can represent another person. SoI'm going to give it a few ways,
since this is a general reading,we'll see how it applies to each
of us, maybe a little bitdifferently. This first card is
Page of Pentacles, and page isreally the youngest in the
(01:08):
court part of the cards.
So the court cards are obviouslypage knight, queen and king, and
the page is just the youngestenergy of those and what that
means. It doesn't necessarilymean age of a person. It means
either that they are not fullydeveloped in their business
skills yet or in theirabundance. But the bright side
(01:31):
of this card, or thispersonality or energy
represented here is this, isthis young, determined, fresh
new ideas, willing to try newthings, willing to work hard, or
really give it your all, beingreally determined, really
excited, and bringing fresh newperspective. This card, this
(01:51):
Page of Pentacles, these pagesin particular, often represent a
next chapter. Now it's a littledifferent than an ace card,
where it's a whole new chapterof our book. This is is often
just kind of next chapter in theseries, but it can be the
beginning of a new segment ofour path, a new version of
what's going on.
(02:11):
This will apply to everyone,but for those of you that are
looking at hiring someone rightnow or working with a new
colleague, let's say this canrepresent someone that is,
again, young in their career,but very determined, very
coachable, very teachable. Sodon't necessarily write someone
off this week because they don'thave the depth of experience,
because that can be made up forin willingness to learn and grow
(02:35):
and in this kind of fresh youngvibe, determination. So this is
a great card, but this is nextchapter, opportunity around your
abundance. And with this, I wantto just say for some of you,
this will be looking at yourtime and making sure that you
are allocating time in a mature,wise way. I'm thinking of a
friend who seems to alwaysunderestimate how much time
(03:00):
tasks will take, and this issomething we've talked about as
friends quite a bit, because Itend to add in a buffer of time,
so I tend to be early forthings, and I tend to have extra
time, which not everyone loves,and you don't have to do it that
way, but just making sure thatwe are allocating enough time
for the things that we need todo that we are considering all
(03:22):
the aspects of business. I'mthinking of someone else who is
just kind of ending one businessand starting another. And it's
an external from my circlefriend. And I know these people
through someone, and I talk withthis person because this
business, they are onlyconsidering the money that will
come in as a result of theirbusiness, but they're not
(03:45):
considering their operatingcosts. So it's things like this
with this page energy, it justcan be immature. Is maybe too
strong of a way to say it, butnot as seasoned, maybe so just
little heads up to make sureyou're dotting I's and crossing
T's. But don't write someone offbecause they are fresh energy.
This next card is Knight ofWands, and this is a very fast
(04:05):
moving energy. With this, Knightwands often have to do with
things we're passionate about.
This could be related to yourwork, or it could be
just a personal passion, or kindof a
life passion, if you will. Andthis is just letting us know
that there might be someexcitement or some shifts in
(04:26):
things that we are passionateabout or excited about this
week. But as part of thisenergy, I would also expect to
see the overall energy of thingspicking up speed,
like in a marked way this week.
So that's what I was talkingabout when I was saying
sometimes things seem slow, andthen all of a
sudden it's like, hurry, hurry,hurry.
We have to get this in. It couldbe that you've been waiting for
(04:48):
something to come in, to moveforward with, and like several
components come together all atthe same time. Or someone had
you on hold for something, andnow they want the whole thing
tomorrow. So. Slow and steadywins a race here. I want to say
just because external factors ortimelines or deadlines are
changing very quickly doesn'tmean we have to get filled with
(05:10):
panic and anxiety. We can chooseto be grounded, even if the
energy around us is picking upspeed. So just hang on to that
with this card. This next cardis a different type of new
beginning. This is Ace of Cups.
Now the ace of cups is beautifulbecause it has this spilling
over cup that spirit is bringingin from the side in perhaps an
unexpected or new way. And forsome of you, there is this
(05:34):
little blue heart poking out thetop of this cup. And some times,
in some readings, this canindicate either an announcement
of a pregnancy or a new kiddocoming into the family, or like
a marriage and a new personcoming into the family. This can
be a deepening of an existingrelationship, but just know
there is room for growth,expansion, deepening next
(05:57):
chapter, energy in youremotions, in your
relationship space. So ifyou have been wanting to, as we
kind of head into the springtowards summer, wanting to focus
on your relationships andgatherings and bringing people
together, if you've been gettingthat nudge already, this is a
great validation for you. Andthis, of course, is paying
(06:18):
attention to your own emotions.
How do you feel going into thisnext chapter? Are you really
feeling and looking at youremotions? Are you filling up
your own cup so that you cangive from what is spilling over?
That's a bit of a strong cautionhere. We're going to see it
again in just a minute, butmaking sure that we are
(06:38):
restoring our own energy,tending to our side of the
street, if you will, dealingwith emotions that are coming up
for you, positive orchallenging, all of the
emotions. Because if we're notand we're trying to give from an
empty cup or a half full cup, weare just going to exhaust
ourselves, which, again, we'regoing to see a caution
(06:59):
about that in a minute. Thisnext card is page of wands. This
is our next page. We saw Page ofPentacles and we saw Knight of
Wands. So this is page of wands.
Page of wands is adventurous. Isinviting us to explore, to try
new versions or orientations ofour passion, right? So maybe
(07:19):
historically, you have reallyloved to read as one of your
passions,and spirit might be nudging you
to try your hand at writing orediting or reading in a
different way. Maybe it's adifferent subject you're going
to read on. Maybe you're gettingcurious in this card, actually,
there are some sand dunes in thebackground. They're not big
hills that she needs tosurmount, just little hills that
(07:40):
she gets to explore. This cardalways reminds me of Egypt for
some reason. So perhaps some ofyou are feeling adventurous and
hoping to travel to Egypt in thefuture, and now you're going to
get excited and learn all aboutit. Right? This is sometimes a
learning card where we reallycan deepen our wisdom, deep in
our our well for this passionthat we have, but it's also an
(08:03):
invitation. It's an invitationto find again, that zest inside
of you, that life force energyin this card, the little girl is
depicted with, I'm sure a littlegirl, I guess she's a young
girl. Paige is usually kind ofteenage type
energy, or just not fullymatured into whatever it's
growinginto energy, but she's got a red
ribbon in her hair and a redshirt on which is indicating
(08:26):
that passion, that life force,energy, that
vitality of youth, right?
So looking at the things thatare kind of peaking your
curiosity right now withyouthful or fun or fresh
perspective can also be a bigpart of this, as you're choosing
what to prioritize and what tomake time for next. Now this
(08:49):
last card, as I'm saying, whatwe're going to prioritize next.
This is the four of swords. Fouroften is a nod to balance, so
you think about the four legs ofa table or chair. This four,
this four of swords in the card.
It is a person lying on theirback in bed with their head
over, hand over their face. Andthere are four swords on the
wall pointing down. Sometimes,in some of these cards, because
(09:13):
of the flat, you know, nature,two dimensional nature of cards,
it can look like the swords areover the person. It's not
actually what this cardoriginally meant was having to
do with a knight that was cominghome from a long journey, a long
expedition, a long battle, andreally needing to rest, needing
to get some calm, needing toshut out the outside world and
(09:37):
take a big break. So the spiritof this card still has to do
with prioritizing rest, or atleast making sure that it is on
your schedule, time to rest,time to restore yourself.
Remember, we had that cautionwith the ace of cups about
filling up your own cup if youhave already been like I said,
there's a lot of energy, a lotof business. Ness and shifting
(09:59):
energy and swirling energyaround us this week. So if
you've already been feeling likeyou're running a marathon and a
little exhausted, just know thatpushing harder forward could
lead to clumsiness or catching acold or just general exhaustion
or careless mistakes. So that isthe extra caution this week, is
(10:21):
make sure that you are findingsome way to schedule in or
prioritize or get the rest,recovery, relaxation,
rejuvenation that you need, andas part of that, with swords,
swords really do have to do withour mental energy. You're not
going to be as strong in themental energy for all of these
wonderful, creative and freshenergy and new chapter pursuits.
(10:44):
With all this quick, movingenergy, you're not going to be
as sharp in your mind if you'renot restoring yourself and
getting the rest that you need.
So take a break if you can.
Could be a weekend off. Could bea little more than that, if you
could get it. But even if it'slike, okay for this next two
weeks, or even the month of May,I'm going to go to bed an hour
earlier, let's just say maybeit's something like that, or I'm
(11:08):
going to do all of my lunch prepand morning stuff at night so
that I could sleep in 20 minuteslater. It could even be small
adjustments like that, but makesure that you are leaving extra
time,yeah, just because we can get
make careless mistakes or quickchoices in a way that's not best
serving us. But this is a reallyexciting week. A lot of things
(11:32):
can get connected this weekthat maybe weren't. There might
be new opportunities, new peoplefor you to engage with. New
Yeah, new challenges or oropportunities being presented to
you. So it's an exciting week,very busy and a lot of energy,
but let me know how this isshowing up for you. If you are
not already following thepodcast, spirit speakeasy, I
(11:53):
would love it. If you did, youcan find it wherever
you listen to podcasts or on mywebsite, joyful medium.com the
video version lives in the blogsection, so let me know how this
energy is showing up for youthis week, and I will see you
next week. Big hugs. Lots oflove. Bye for now. You.
Hey, beautiful soul, welcome in for your weekly
(00:02):
reading, energy check,potentials report for the week
of May 1 through May 8, HappyMay we have arrived. There is a
lot happening in the energy thisweek, so I'm gonna dive right in
because it's a little chaotic.
But that doesn't necessarilymean it's a bad thing. So don't
get alarmed. We look at thepositive and the challenging
(00:23):
side of things here. But thisisn't really challenge. It just
feels like a lot of movement, alot of shifts, a lot of next
chapter. So there could be somethings in the overall energy for
you this week that maybe hadgotten started before and then
had to pause and are startingback up, or are just a little
stop start in the energy. Butthere is going to be some fast
(00:43):
moving energy as part of thisweek. Now, this week has a few
different page and night cards,which can represent ourselves or
can represent another person. SoI'm going to give it a few ways,
since this is a general reading,we'll see how it applies to each
of us, maybe a little bitdifferently. This first card is
Page of Pentacles, and page isreally the youngest in the
(01:08):
court part of the cards.
So the court cards are obviouslypage knight, queen and king, and
the page is just the youngestenergy of those and what that
means. It doesn't necessarilymean age of a person. It means
either that they are not fullydeveloped in their business
skills yet or in theirabundance. But the bright side
(01:31):
of this card, or thispersonality or energy
represented here is this, isthis young, determined, fresh
new ideas, willing to try newthings, willing to work hard, or
really give it your all, beingreally determined, really
excited, and bringing fresh newperspective. This card, this
(01:51):
Page of Pentacles, these pagesin particular, often represent a
next chapter. Now it's a littledifferent than an ace card,
where it's a whole new chapterof our book. This is is often
just kind of next chapter in theseries, but it can be the
beginning of a new segment ofour path, a new version of
what's going on.
(02:11):
This will apply to everyone,but for those of you that are
looking at hiring someone rightnow or working with a new
colleague, let's say this canrepresent someone that is,
again, young in their career,but very determined, very
coachable, very teachable. Sodon't necessarily write someone
off this week because they don'thave the depth of experience,
because that can be made up forin willingness to learn and grow
(02:35):
and in this kind of fresh youngvibe, determination. So this is
a great card, but this is nextchapter, opportunity around your
abundance. And with this, I wantto just say for some of you,
this will be looking at yourtime and making sure that you
are allocating time in a mature,wise way. I'm thinking of a
friend who seems to alwaysunderestimate how much time
(03:00):
tasks will take, and this issomething we've talked about as
friends quite a bit, because Itend to add in a buffer of time,
so I tend to be early forthings, and I tend to have extra
time, which not everyone loves,and you don't have to do it that
way, but just making sure thatwe are allocating enough time
for the things that we need todo that we are considering all
(03:22):
the aspects of business. I'mthinking of someone else who is
just kind of ending one businessand starting another. And it's
an external from my circlefriend. And I know these people
through someone, and I talk withthis person because this
business, they are onlyconsidering the money that will
come in as a result of theirbusiness, but they're not
(03:45):
considering their operatingcosts. So it's things like this
with this page energy, it justcan be immature. Is maybe too
strong of a way to say it, butnot as seasoned, maybe so just
little heads up to make sureyou're dotting I's and crossing
T's. But don't write someone offbecause they are fresh energy.
This next card is Knight ofWands, and this is a very fast
(04:05):
moving energy. With this, Knightwands often have to do with
things we're passionate about.
This could be related to yourwork, or it could be
just a personal passion, or kindof a
life passion, if you will. Andthis is just letting us know
that there might be someexcitement or some shifts in
(04:26):
things that we are passionateabout or excited about this
week. But as part of thisenergy, I would also expect to
see the overall energy of thingspicking up speed,
like in a marked way this week.
So that's what I was talkingabout when I was saying
sometimes things seem slow, andthen all of a
sudden it's like, hurry, hurry,hurry.
We have to get this in. It couldbe that you've been waiting for
(04:48):
something to come in, to moveforward with, and like several
components come together all atthe same time. Or someone had
you on hold for something, andnow they want the whole thing
tomorrow. So. Slow and steadywins a race here. I want to say
just because external factors ortimelines or deadlines are
changing very quickly doesn'tmean we have to get filled with
(05:10):
panic and anxiety. We can chooseto be grounded, even if the
energy around us is picking upspeed. So just hang on to that
with this card. This next cardis a different type of new
beginning. This is Ace of Cups.
Now the ace of cups is beautifulbecause it has this spilling
over cup that spirit is bringingin from the side in perhaps an
unexpected or new way. And forsome of you, there is this
(05:34):
little blue heart poking out thetop of this cup. And some times,
in some readings, this canindicate either an announcement
of a pregnancy or a new kiddocoming into the family, or like
a marriage and a new personcoming into the family. This can
be a deepening of an existingrelationship, but just know
there is room for growth,expansion, deepening next
(05:57):
chapter, energy in youremotions, in your
relationship space. So ifyou have been wanting to, as we
kind of head into the springtowards summer, wanting to focus
on your relationships andgatherings and bringing people
together, if you've been gettingthat nudge already, this is a
great validation for you. Andthis, of course, is paying
(06:18):
attention to your own emotions.
How do you feel going into thisnext chapter? Are you really
feeling and looking at youremotions? Are you filling up
your own cup so that you cangive from what is spilling over?
That's a bit of a strong cautionhere. We're going to see it
again in just a minute, butmaking sure that we are
(06:38):
restoring our own energy,tending to our side of the
street, if you will, dealingwith emotions that are coming up
for you, positive orchallenging, all of the
emotions. Because if we're notand we're trying to give from an
empty cup or a half full cup, weare just going to exhaust
ourselves, which, again, we'regoing to see a caution
(06:59):
about that in a minute. Thisnext card is page of wands. This
is our next page. We saw Page ofPentacles and we saw Knight of
Wands. So this is page of wands.
Page of wands is adventurous. Isinviting us to explore, to try
new versions or orientations ofour passion, right? So maybe
(07:19):
historically, you have reallyloved to read as one of your
passions,and spirit might be nudging you
to try your hand at writing orediting or reading in a
different way. Maybe it's adifferent subject you're going
to read on. Maybe you're gettingcurious in this card, actually,
there are some sand dunes in thebackground. They're not big
hills that she needs tosurmount, just little hills that
(07:40):
she gets to explore. This cardalways reminds me of Egypt for
some reason. So perhaps some ofyou are feeling adventurous and
hoping to travel to Egypt in thefuture, and now you're going to
get excited and learn all aboutit. Right? This is sometimes a
learning card where we reallycan deepen our wisdom, deep in
our our well for this passionthat we have, but it's also an
(08:03):
invitation. It's an invitationto find again, that zest inside
of you, that life force energyin this card, the little girl is
depicted with, I'm sure a littlegirl, I guess she's a young
girl. Paige is usually kind ofteenage type
energy, or just not fullymatured into whatever it's
growinginto energy, but she's got a red
ribbon in her hair and a redshirt on which is indicating
(08:26):
that passion, that life force,energy, that
vitality of youth, right?
So looking at the things thatare kind of peaking your
curiosity right now withyouthful or fun or fresh
perspective can also be a bigpart of this, as you're choosing
what to prioritize and what tomake time for next. Now this
(08:49):
last card, as I'm saying, whatwe're going to prioritize next.
This is the four of swords. Fouroften is a nod to balance, so
you think about the four legs ofa table or chair. This four,
this four of swords in the card.
It is a person lying on theirback in bed with their head
over, hand over their face. Andthere are four swords on the
wall pointing down. Sometimes,in some of these cards, because
(09:13):
of the flat, you know, nature,two dimensional nature of cards,
it can look like the swords areover the person. It's not
actually what this cardoriginally meant was having to
do with a knight that was cominghome from a long journey, a long
expedition, a long battle, andreally needing to rest, needing
to get some calm, needing toshut out the outside world and
(09:37):
take a big break. So the spiritof this card still has to do
with prioritizing rest, or atleast making sure that it is on
your schedule, time to rest,time to restore yourself.
Remember, we had that cautionwith the ace of cups about
filling up your own cup if youhave already been like I said,
there's a lot of energy, a lotof business. Ness and shifting
(09:59):
energy and swirling energyaround us this week. So if
you've already been feeling likeyou're running a marathon and a
little exhausted, just know thatpushing harder forward could
lead to clumsiness or catching acold or just general exhaustion
or careless mistakes. So that isthe extra caution this week, is
(10:21):
make sure that you are findingsome way to schedule in or
prioritize or get the rest,recovery, relaxation,
rejuvenation that you need, andas part of that, with swords,
swords really do have to do withour mental energy. You're not
going to be as strong in themental energy for all of these
wonderful, creative and freshenergy and new chapter pursuits.
(10:44):
With all this quick, movingenergy, you're not going to be
as sharp in your mind if you'renot restoring yourself and
getting the rest that you need.
So take a break if you can.
Could be a weekend off. Could bea little more than that, if you
could get it. But even if it'slike, okay for this next two
weeks, or even the month of May,I'm going to go to bed an hour
earlier, let's just say maybeit's something like that, or I'm
(11:08):
going to do all of my lunch prepand morning stuff at night so
that I could sleep in 20 minuteslater. It could even be small
adjustments like that, but makesure that you are leaving extra
time,yeah, just because we can get
make careless mistakes or quickchoices in a way that's not best
serving us. But this is a reallyexciting week. A lot of things
(11:32):
can get connected this weekthat maybe weren't. There might
be new opportunities, new peoplefor you to engage with. New
Yeah, new challenges or oropportunities being presented to
you. So it's an exciting week,very busy and a lot of energy,
but let me know how this isshowing up for you. If you are
not already following thepodcast, spirit speakeasy, I
(11:53):
would love it. If you did, youcan find it wherever
you listen to podcasts or on mywebsite, joyful medium.com the
video version lives in the blogsection, so let me know how this
energy is showing up for youthis week, and I will see you
next week. Big hugs. Lots oflove. Bye for now. You.
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