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Cosmic Cathy's Tarot

Hello, and welcome to Cosmic Cathy’s advice column, where I will answer your problems by asking my trusty tarot cards your questions. Be them big or small, comedy related or personal, I will deliver the answer to all your woes with one turn of the card!

Dear Cosmic Cathy, we are a month into 2026 and I still have no idea what to do with myself. I feel stuck in a rut and all I know is I want to be happier in a year than I am now. What should I do? Stuck-in-a-Rut, Skye.

Dear Stuck-in-a-Rut, Happy New Year - no it isn’t too late to say that, because January doesn’t count anyway! The card I have for you is the Queen of Pentacles, a beautiful card that predicts the future is bright and comfortable. However she tells me that you’ve been trying to do the right thing even though it isn’t what is in your heart and this is why you’re floundering. I suspect that just means you’ve fallen for the dry-January hype and by the time you read this your sorrows will have been replaced with hangovers, but if it is deeper just follow your heart, go against the grain and by the end of this year you may even have started a new trend.

Dear Cosmic Cathy, How do I stop caring and overthinking. I send texts and WhatsApp messages to friends and they don’t reply, sometimes for weeks and it’s driving me mad! I keep thinking if there’s anything I've done to annoy them until they finally reply saying they were just busy. My question is how do I stop caring so much. I always reply to all texts in minutes or seconds! It’s really bringing me down.

Anon, Somewhere in Scotland.

Dear Anon, I am truly sorry it took me so long to respond to your message, I wanted to but because I value you and don’t want to give you a half-arsed response, I was waiting until I had time to devote myself fully to your reply… and how time runs away with us! However, now I fully have the time to respond, I have drawn The Page of Swords in the reversed position, interestingly she is a collector of messages and in this position reminds us that we should not try to guess what other people are thinking. She tells you to look inward when you start wondering what you’ve done wrong, to stop guessing your friends’ feelings (when you know fine well they were going to respond and then got distracted) and be objective. The Page upright is all about acting immediately, your card however was reversed, which means you’ve been acting too hastily, you are allowed to turn your phone to silent and ignore your texts from time to time, that phone doesn’t own you. Remember Anon, people love a good moan, if you did something wrong, they’d be sure to tell you. It is very likely your friends see you as a lovely little reward, *I’ll text Anon back when I have done this chore so I can spend a lovely ten minutes chatting to them*... Oh my, is that the time already!

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Disclaimer: Cosmic Cathy can only take credit for positives that come from your reading, she cannot be implemented in personal catastrophes, court cases or your divorce.