I said this for Cancerians in the Horoscopes but it is broadly relevant for many of us: the Saturn-Pluto conjunction can’t be lightened but we can build strength. The months since April have been such a challenge, with the Saturn, South Node and Pluto being heavyweight life and love challenges that demand an equally forceful or substantial response.
But I think that the bird is a phoenix, symbolic of the metamorphosis she made to gain both material and psychological security. She is a woman of means, depicted in the garden she created, a falcon on her wrist. The Nine of Pentacles is one of my favorite cards and really the playing cards just evolved from Tarot, the symbolism stripped but still apparent to those in the know. Switch random playing cards to synchronicity cued playing cards for the real answer. It’s such a good example of a repeating sign or timely affirmation.