April 24, 2026 • 11 mins
If you've been waiting for a sign to finally go for it — this week's energy might be it. Welcome to the weekly reading, energy check and guidance for April 24–May 1.
The cards are highlighting:
- A golden opportunity — what you pour your energy into this week has serious potential
- Why spreading yourself too thin could cost you right now
- The inner compass you keep forgetting to consult
- A defensive moment coming — and how not to let it derail you
- A fresh start that's bigger than you're giving it credit for
You are guided. The question is — what are you finally ready to go all in on?
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Unknown (00:00):
Hey, beautiful soul, welcome in for your weekly
(00:02):
reading and energy check forFriday, April 24 through Friday
May 1. This is an amazingspread.
So if you have been reallyhaving some creative energy
moving in you, or you've beenwanting to know, where is my
creative energy, this just mightbe the answer for you. I am so
excited for what we're about totalk about. This is all really
(00:24):
good energy and happy. May thisfirst card that we have is king
of pentacles. Now this is aking sitting on his
throne holding a goldenpentacle, and this is reminding
us that now is the time formoving things forward that have
to do with your abundance.
(00:45):
So if you have been thinkingabout a new project or an
expansion of your business oradding some
services to your business, forexample, this might be the
time to do it with this card.
It is often said that thisrepresents King Midas, and so
for those of you thatdon't remember King Midas,
everything he touches turns togold. Now I wouldn't take this
(01:08):
literally, although I wish, butI do think that anything that
you are putting your energyinto, pouring your life force
into really allowing yourcreativity to express those
things in the energy this weekhave an extra potential to
really either take hold or toexpand or to have success in
ways that might be surprising.
(01:32):
There's alittle caution that comes with
this cardin the form of the next card,
which is two of Pentacles. Andthis
card literally shows a figurejuggling two Pentacles
with the infinity sign that goesbetween them, with two of
Pentacles. One of the thingswe're being asked to remember,
or to have as a heads up,really, is, yes, you have this
(01:55):
ability to create and to becomeabundant right now and to really
grow whatever it is you'repouring your attention into but
just know that we can't alwaysdo all of the things all at once
that we might like to do. So ifyou are really spreading your
energy thinas part of this pouring in,
just know you might really feellike you're juggling a lot right
(02:16):
now, if you are really wantingto create something new for you.
That might mean a choice inthese two Pentacles that this
figure is juggling. This mightmean, well, you can't
focus 100% of energy ontwo different things, so
something's got togive, right? So this is a very
give and take energy with thistwo of Pentacles. But it's not a
bad heads up, because thisfigure eight, this infinity
(02:37):
symbol that dances between thesetwo Pentacles being
juggled reminds us thatabundance is an energy.
It is not something that isstatic and unmoving, right? It's
like water.
It moves. There's a flow.
What goes around comes around.
We have seasons that we'rehaving to till our garden
(03:00):
and seasons that we'reharvesting, we
have times where the energyfeels abundant and other times
where we need to pull back. So alittle caution and reminder
about all of that with thiswonderful news of the Midas
touch king of pentacles, whodoesn't love a king of pentacles
in their life. And again, thiscould also be about someone
close to you.
(03:22):
So if this isn't you, butperhaps
your partner, let's just say, iswanting to expand their business
or wanting to take a promotionin their job. That could also be
representative of this. And thenthe two of Pentacles would be
the same heads up likesomething's going to have to
give they might needmore time and energy in their
workspace.
To create this abundance, youmight then have to renegotiate
(03:44):
some of the other duties that weshare, for example. So this next
card is wonderful news,alongside these Pentacles.
This is the star now. This isa major arcana card, which
means that it is a season of ourlife or for the collective we do
have a guiding light right now,a North Star. So we can look at
(04:07):
this a lot of ways. And thereare several
meanings that I want to sharetoday as part of this reading.
Just so you know, I won't alwaysshare
every meaning of each card inevery reading, because we are
reading them specificallyfor the energy of the week.
This star is reminding you thatyou have this compass within
you. You can call it yourintuition. You can call it your
(04:27):
higher self. You can call it theGod of your heart, whatever you
like, but you are not swimmingin the sea of vast confusion.
You really do know what is inintegrity for you in any given
situation.
As part of this Guiding Light,we're being
asked to have temperance, which,if you can see the figure on the
(04:49):
card, it is a woman who is kneeldown on one knee, and she has
two pitchers of water, oneneither hand, and she's pouring
one pitcher out onto the landand one pitcher into the water.
So. Now this is reminding usthat we have to have some
version of ebb and flow betweenour earthly pursuits and our
emotions, our emotionaldevelopment, right? That's part
(05:10):
of being guided. That's part ofreceiving our breadcrumbs.
That's part ofmoving forward in an
intuitively guided or a higher,divinely guided way.
The other piece ofthis is remembering that there
will be different seasons ofdifferent things to focus on
with this card as part of thisguidance.
(05:31):
So sometimes somethingmight not be moving as fast as
we'd like, for example, and thenall of a sudden, pick up speed.
I do feel like this is a pickingup speed week, just for the
record, but reminding you thatthere is some version of balance
or give and take that's going toneed to be a part of your either
spiritual practice, personalpractice, scheduling practice.
(05:51):
So it's a beautifulcard with a little bit of
warning of just remembering thatit's not always all one way, but
that you are divinely guided. Soif you are feeling like you need
to search for answers, rememberto search within. Remember to
get an integrity with yourself,to really tune into your beliefs
(06:12):
in any given situation, theperson that you're wanting to
grow into becoming more of, andpause and connect in with that
divine guidance that you haveaccess to, and know that you
really are movingas part of your plan and what
yoursoul wants you to experience
(06:33):
as part of all this. Now there'sa caution card that follows, and
then another exciting, fun card.
So this caution card here isseven of wands. In the picture
on the card is depicted aperson. She's female in this
depiction, and she's holding awand. I think I said wand, it's
seven of wands, if I said sevenof swords, and she's holding
this wand, and there are theseother wands, six of them pouring
(06:56):
towards her with no figuresbehind them. They kind of look
like they're just standing atdifferent heights. But she is on
guard as if she is beingattacked by these swords. She is
not being attacked by theseswords. So part of what I know
here, with the rest of thisspread, is this is a little bit
of an echo of a continuation oflast week, when we were being
asked to look from differentperspectives in an overarching
(07:18):
way. This time, we're beingasked to look from different
perspectives in aday to day way. While it might
feel like someone's feedbackis aggressive or is less than
constructive, could you see itfrom a different perspective and
take any granules of worth outof what they have to say, even
(07:39):
if it feels not great in theoverall right, could you look at
people who are disagreeing withyour opinion with either
compassion, or could you getneutral? Or could you realize
that it's not your job to fightevery battle to
argue out every point entirely,and you might be feeling just a
(08:00):
little defensive or a little onedge this week, or someone
around you might be so thereason it's important to know
this is because then we canchoose how we respond. So pause.
You might receive an email or acommunication or, like
I said, some feedback aboutsomething that you're really
passionate about or that'simportant to you, and you might
(08:20):
feel on guard. You might feelyour initial response. Might be
offended, pause. Look from adifferent perspective. See if
you can either have some time oryou can take some space with it.
See if you can ask someonethat's a wise advisor of how to
better use this information thanto just let it make you angry or
(08:40):
defensive or want to fight back,because that is rarely the best
solution. But as the mostwonderful news you have in this
next card, the option to make awhole new choice. This next card
is the fool, and this is us thisyear. We are still in this one
year. Collectively, we are allstepping out onto new parts of
(09:03):
our journey, new parts of ourpath, coming into ourselves.
Even more, this is also a majorarcana, so it's a collective
overarching energy. This week,there might be some whole New
Beginnings that we are not fullyexpecting or that are just
bubbling up. This could bethings like changes with people
(09:25):
in positions of power. Thiscould be things around changing
of Alliance or allegiance,right? This is a whole new
chapter, fresh start, newbeginning type of energy. So I
just want to put that little bitout there. But then I want to
come back to this first card,this king of pentacles. And
(09:45):
maybe this is you starting a newbusiness, or starting a whole
next chapter or new location ofyour existing business. Maybe
this is you really deciding, oh,I want to pursue this passion of
mine. Or. Creative pursuit, or Ireally want to give all of my
time in this direction, maybenot all of your time. But you
(10:06):
know what I mean? I really wantto give my time in this
direction and start this wholenew undertaking, right? So it
doesn't have to be a complete180 or a complete upheaval, but
it is something that's starting,that's new and fresh and
exciting. And the the cards hereare doubling down on this fact
that we are being guided.
Because in this card, alongsidethis fool stepping out, kind of
(10:27):
onto a cliff, with the city inthe background, sun shining
down, there is a little tiny dogat their heel. It kind of looks
like a wiener dog puppy. It's socute. And this represents our
spirit guides, our team us, notbeing alone those on the other
side that are cheering us on. SoI love that this is such a
(10:48):
happy, wonderful, good newscard. But we're being shown
twice in this spread that, hey,you have an internal compass.
You know what is right for youand
what you want to align yourselfwith and who you're becoming in
this next stepping out and youare guided along the way. So let
me know what is shifting orpivoting or coming to the
(11:09):
surface for you this week. Whatare you touching that you're
hoping to turn to gold thisweek? Leave it in the comments
wherever you're watching orlistening to this. And if you
want to see the video version,remember it's available on my
website, joyful medium.com, inthe blog section, and I will see
you. Those of you that arelistening via spirit speakeasy
podcast, I'll see you all onMonday for our next scheduled
(11:32):
podcast episode. Big hugs. Lotsof love. Bye for now you.
Hey, beautiful soul, welcome in for your weekly
(00:02):
reading and energy check forFriday, April 24 through Friday
May 1. This is an amazingspread.
So if you have been reallyhaving some creative energy
moving in you, or you've beenwanting to know, where is my
creative energy, this just mightbe the answer for you. I am so
excited for what we're about totalk about. This is all really
(00:24):
good energy and happy. May thisfirst card that we have is king
of pentacles. Now this is aking sitting on his
throne holding a goldenpentacle, and this is reminding
us that now is the time formoving things forward that have
to do with your abundance.
(00:45):
So if you have been thinkingabout a new project or an
expansion of your business oradding some
services to your business, forexample, this might be the
time to do it with this card.
It is often said that thisrepresents King Midas, and so
for those of you thatdon't remember King Midas,
everything he touches turns togold. Now I wouldn't take this
(01:08):
literally, although I wish, butI do think that anything that
you are putting your energyinto, pouring your life force
into really allowing yourcreativity to express those
things in the energy this weekhave an extra potential to
really either take hold or toexpand or to have success in
ways that might be surprising.
(01:32):
There's alittle caution that comes with
this cardin the form of the next card,
which is two of Pentacles. Andthis
card literally shows a figurejuggling two Pentacles
with the infinity sign that goesbetween them, with two of
Pentacles. One of the thingswe're being asked to remember,
or to have as a heads up,really, is, yes, you have this
(01:55):
ability to create and to becomeabundant right now and to really
grow whatever it is you'repouring your attention into but
just know that we can't alwaysdo all of the things all at once
that we might like to do. So ifyou are really spreading your
energy thinas part of this pouring in,
just know you might really feellike you're juggling a lot right
(02:16):
now, if you are really wantingto create something new for you.
That might mean a choice inthese two Pentacles that this
figure is juggling. This mightmean, well, you can't
focus 100% of energy ontwo different things, so
something's got togive, right? So this is a very
give and take energy with thistwo of Pentacles. But it's not a
bad heads up, because thisfigure eight, this infinity
(02:37):
symbol that dances between thesetwo Pentacles being
juggled reminds us thatabundance is an energy.
It is not something that isstatic and unmoving, right? It's
like water.
It moves. There's a flow.
What goes around comes around.
We have seasons that we'rehaving to till our garden
(03:00):
and seasons that we'reharvesting, we
have times where the energyfeels abundant and other times
where we need to pull back. So alittle caution and reminder
about all of that with thiswonderful news of the Midas
touch king of pentacles, whodoesn't love a king of pentacles
in their life. And again, thiscould also be about someone
close to you.
(03:22):
So if this isn't you, butperhaps
your partner, let's just say, iswanting to expand their business
or wanting to take a promotionin their job. That could also be
representative of this. And thenthe two of Pentacles would be
the same heads up likesomething's going to have to
give they might needmore time and energy in their
workspace.
To create this abundance, youmight then have to renegotiate
(03:44):
some of the other duties that weshare, for example. So this next
card is wonderful news,alongside these Pentacles.
This is the star now. This isa major arcana card, which
means that it is a season of ourlife or for the collective we do
have a guiding light right now,a North Star. So we can look at
(04:07):
this a lot of ways. And thereare several
meanings that I want to sharetoday as part of this reading.
Just so you know, I won't alwaysshare
every meaning of each card inevery reading, because we are
reading them specificallyfor the energy of the week.
This star is reminding you thatyou have this compass within
you. You can call it yourintuition. You can call it your
(04:27):
higher self. You can call it theGod of your heart, whatever you
like, but you are not swimmingin the sea of vast confusion.
You really do know what is inintegrity for you in any given
situation.
As part of this Guiding Light,we're being
asked to have temperance, which,if you can see the figure on the
(04:49):
card, it is a woman who is kneeldown on one knee, and she has
two pitchers of water, oneneither hand, and she's pouring
one pitcher out onto the landand one pitcher into the water.
So. Now this is reminding usthat we have to have some
version of ebb and flow betweenour earthly pursuits and our
emotions, our emotionaldevelopment, right? That's part
(05:10):
of being guided. That's part ofreceiving our breadcrumbs.
That's part ofmoving forward in an
intuitively guided or a higher,divinely guided way.
The other piece ofthis is remembering that there
will be different seasons ofdifferent things to focus on
with this card as part of thisguidance.
(05:31):
So sometimes somethingmight not be moving as fast as
we'd like, for example, and thenall of a sudden, pick up speed.
I do feel like this is a pickingup speed week, just for the
record, but reminding you thatthere is some version of balance
or give and take that's going toneed to be a part of your either
spiritual practice, personalpractice, scheduling practice.
(05:51):
So it's a beautifulcard with a little bit of
warning of just remembering thatit's not always all one way, but
that you are divinely guided. Soif you are feeling like you need
to search for answers, rememberto search within. Remember to
get an integrity with yourself,to really tune into your beliefs
(06:12):
in any given situation, theperson that you're wanting to
grow into becoming more of, andpause and connect in with that
divine guidance that you haveaccess to, and know that you
really are movingas part of your plan and what
yoursoul wants you to experience
(06:33):
as part of all this. Now there'sa caution card that follows, and
then another exciting, fun card.
So this caution card here isseven of wands. In the picture
on the card is depicted aperson. She's female in this
depiction, and she's holding awand. I think I said wand, it's
seven of wands, if I said sevenof swords, and she's holding
this wand, and there are theseother wands, six of them pouring
(06:56):
towards her with no figuresbehind them. They kind of look
like they're just standing atdifferent heights. But she is on
guard as if she is beingattacked by these swords. She is
not being attacked by theseswords. So part of what I know
here, with the rest of thisspread, is this is a little bit
of an echo of a continuation oflast week, when we were being
asked to look from differentperspectives in an overarching
(07:18):
way. This time, we're beingasked to look from different
perspectives in aday to day way. While it might
feel like someone's feedbackis aggressive or is less than
constructive, could you see itfrom a different perspective and
take any granules of worth outof what they have to say, even
(07:39):
if it feels not great in theoverall right, could you look at
people who are disagreeing withyour opinion with either
compassion, or could you getneutral? Or could you realize
that it's not your job to fightevery battle to
argue out every point entirely,and you might be feeling just a
(08:00):
little defensive or a little onedge this week, or someone
around you might be so thereason it's important to know
this is because then we canchoose how we respond. So pause.
You might receive an email or acommunication or, like
I said, some feedback aboutsomething that you're really
passionate about or that'simportant to you, and you might
(08:20):
feel on guard. You might feelyour initial response. Might be
offended, pause. Look from adifferent perspective. See if
you can either have some time oryou can take some space with it.
See if you can ask someonethat's a wise advisor of how to
better use this information thanto just let it make you angry or
(08:40):
defensive or want to fight back,because that is rarely the best
solution. But as the mostwonderful news you have in this
next card, the option to make awhole new choice. This next card
is the fool, and this is us thisyear. We are still in this one
year. Collectively, we are allstepping out onto new parts of
(09:03):
our journey, new parts of ourpath, coming into ourselves.
Even more, this is also a majorarcana, so it's a collective
overarching energy. This week,there might be some whole New
Beginnings that we are not fullyexpecting or that are just
bubbling up. This could bethings like changes with people
(09:25):
in positions of power. Thiscould be things around changing
of Alliance or allegiance,right? This is a whole new
chapter, fresh start, newbeginning type of energy. So I
just want to put that little bitout there. But then I want to
come back to this first card,this king of pentacles. And
(09:45):
maybe this is you starting a newbusiness, or starting a whole
next chapter or new location ofyour existing business. Maybe
this is you really deciding, oh,I want to pursue this passion of
mine. Or. Creative pursuit, or Ireally want to give all of my
time in this direction, maybenot all of your time. But you
(10:06):
know what I mean? I really wantto give my time in this
direction and start this wholenew undertaking, right? So it
doesn't have to be a complete180 or a complete upheaval, but
it is something that's starting,that's new and fresh and
exciting. And the the cards hereare doubling down on this fact
that we are being guided.
Because in this card, alongsidethis fool stepping out, kind of
(10:27):
onto a cliff, with the city inthe background, sun shining
down, there is a little tiny dogat their heel. It kind of looks
like a wiener dog puppy. It's socute. And this represents our
spirit guides, our team us, notbeing alone those on the other
side that are cheering us on. SoI love that this is such a
(10:48):
happy, wonderful, good newscard. But we're being shown
twice in this spread that, hey,you have an internal compass.
You know what is right for youand
what you want to align yourselfwith and who you're becoming in
this next stepping out and youare guided along the way. So let
me know what is shifting orpivoting or coming to the
(11:09):
surface for you this week. Whatare you touching that you're
hoping to turn to gold thisweek? Leave it in the comments
wherever you're watching orlistening to this. And if you
want to see the video version,remember it's available on my
website, joyful medium.com, inthe blog section, and I will see
you. Those of you that arelistening via spirit speakeasy
podcast, I'll see you all onMonday for our next scheduled
(11:32):
podcast episode. Big hugs. Lotsof love. Bye for now you.
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