Post by STORMDANCER on Apr 2, 2012 20:15:59 GMT
Card 1: Three of Discs: Past
I am feeling that the best part of your formative years were in learning and self-discipline, mastering tasks and discovering your place in the world. Because of your past work and really putting 100% into things you have come to a point where you can contribute to the work situation that you are in now.. You were given the independence to show your competency within a group situation, be it at the office, in the classroom or among your family or love relationships. I feel that you shine at this and have really worked hard to be the best you can be.
This is a card that often comes up to mark the achievement of goals in your working area, and teaches attainment through effort. It advises you to keep the pressure up so that you maintain momentum, and to pay attention to detail.
It will sometimes appear in a reading to reveal a period where you concentrate all your thoughts and aspirations on one target, and then channel all your energies into that project, to the exclusion of all else. Sometimes people do this in order to avoid facing emotional pain and distress. It's worth looking for evidence of this when this card comes up. Whilst it can be useful in the short-term to achieve something when you feel hurt, it can often be very damaging if you continue to hide from your own feelings.
The Lord of Works indicates high levels of professional ambition, and promises the drive and confidence to achieve these. There's a good deal of dynamic energy attached to the card, and this is usually well-harnessed and put to good use.
I would say this card was a largely positive card, which shows that hard work and concentration can eventually gain you your highest objectives. But it's important to remember that you need to be fully focused on the project in hand, allowing nothing to get in the way.
I am also feeling a pain or a loss in your past a male figure who was someone very special to you I feel this male energy around you a lot watching over you. I am feeling also horses in your past like a strong love for or riding one. Someone has or had a Labrador that you will connect to.
Card 2: Ace of swords: Future
I feel that you are clarifying an absolute in your life under which you have been serving. Perhaps you sought a Tarot reading specifically to find a better way to describe what is going on in your life. The Ace of Swords is especially empowering in this position because you are able to confront vagaries and inaccuracies in your life that are not adding up. The Ace of Swords gives you the strength to confront situations that do not mesh with your understanding of things and the presence of mind to articulate your position.
This card is a sweeping whirling energy - like a breath of fresh air. It blows away the cobwebs, washes away the red herrings, and generally allows us to see straight through to the core of any situation which requires our attention.
Often when this card has influence, we will find ourselves able to make decisions which have confounded us before, often as a result of receiving new information or being able to remove distractions and mystifications.
Every now and again, the Ace of Swords will come up as the Sword of Justice.....the self-same one we see held by the figure on the Adjustment card. When you find yourself in this situation, be very careful about the judgements you make. To be just requires that you are totally balanced, and centred within yourself. This is the only way that you are able to make choices based on the actual issues at hand, without being swayed or influenced by irrelevancies.
When it is time to "cut through the B.S.," this card will do the cutting for you: The Ace of Swords. This is the card that appears when communication is in need of being clarified. That is a nice way of saying that when someone is giving you a snow job about something, the Ace of Swords is with you to cut those words to shreds and find the clear meaning of them. This card delivers the reality of the situation to you. This is not always easy to accept, as often it is you who have been lying to yourself, denying the truth about a relationship or other intense situation in your life. This card perseveres in a quest for what is real, but your idea of what that reality might actually be is not guaranteed.
Card 3: Wheel of Fortune: Future
This is a great position for this card to land in because although the change ahead that it signals could be disruptive and unwelcome. If you are happy with the stability in your life right now, the Wheel of Fortune card in the future position reminds you that this too shall change. If life is tense or uncooperative at the time of this reading I am doing for you, the presence of this card off in the distance of your journey through life should be an inspiring reminder that this too shall pass. As the wheel of life turns, and we struggle to get to grips with it, gradually we learn the trick of getting things to go our way. Often we interpret this as luck - though we each make our own luck in life - good and bad! Fortune holds the secret of learning to harness the positive forces in life and to turn these to our advantage.
The very first thing we have to accept is that what we send out is what we get back - its form may be slightly altered, but it remains the fruit of our initial seeding thought. The next thing we have to accept is that good fortune is limitless - you don't take it from somebody else by receiving it yourself. There's more than enough abundance to go around in this Universe. And finally, you have to open yourself to receive your share.
Often we don't like to do this, for fear of disappointment or disillusionment. If we put our hopes on something and it doesn't materialise, does that mean we aren't 'good enough'? Rather than face that dichotomy, we often shut our minds altogether, with the result that we don't get the things we want and need.
Be alert to chance meetings, opportunities and quirky happenings on this day. Fate has a funny way of re-arranging things. Be open to receiving things that come as open-hearted gifts.
Card 4: Six of swords
Often we will have passed through a period of dreadful confusion - and frequently a time of emotional suffering. But this card indicates that, at least for the moment, pressure has eased, and we can try to sort out what we really feel. Frequently we need first to rest until we feel refreshed, but eventually we will be required to assess events and make new decisions for our future.
Because we will find ourselves seeing things more clearly, difficult and demanding decisions will be easier to make. We will find ourselves with a more clear overview of the issues we are facing. And we will be able to make choices which bring us peace of mind and happiness.
Expect to find greater objectivity, clarity and new perspectives as a result of the 6 of Swords. This is a card that indicates a healthy balance between the emotions and the intellect, where we can think through even delicate situations, with detached impartiality.
Card 5: The Magus
The Magus, at his highest level of interpretation, indicates the intricate and complex web of influences that binds the Universe to itself, and to all else. This is essentially a card about communication, but on the subtle levels beyond the material world.
If you want to manifest your heart's desire into the mundane world, you will have to come to terms with the actuality, the workings and the efficient manipulation of this web, understanding its laws and vagaries.
This web is what causes so-called 'coincidences', or those freak connections that we make right when we most need them. It is this system that brings the teacher to the student at exactly the right time, puts the very book we need on the bookshelf just when we needed it, draws the right person into our lives at the opportune moment.
You can see, therefore, how essential it is if you want to achieve your highest possible destiny, that you develop your understanding of the web of life. And in so doing, become a magus of sorts yourself.
So on a day ruled by the Magus, we need to be experimenting with the way this web works. We need to look at the thoughts we are transmitting ourselves - because what goes around comes around, remember? What we put out eventually finds its way back to us - coloured by everything it has touched along the way. This is the single most practical reason for positive thinking!!
We need to consider our overall direction and the things we are doing to fulfil our aspirations. We need to look at how every single action we take can be made into an act of magick. People miss this concept all the time. Yet holding the idea in the forefront of your mind changes the way that you approach your daily activities.
So acting with intent is another thing we can practise on the day of the Magus. For instance, if you cook a meal, cook it with the intention that it will sustain the very spirit of those who eat it. If you do the washing up, do it remembering that you are washing away the stains of the world. If you are driving to see a friend, regard the journey as another step in your growth and development. Get the idea? Practise everything with intent. From personal experience, let me tell you it really gets the mundane stuff done quickly, efficiently and with a full heart.
Also when working the affirmation for today, remember one thing - if you aren't happy with your life the way you've made it so far, the Magus releases the power within you to make it something happier and more satisfying. All you have to do is begin........
This card signals the urgency of a situation of which you must seize to take advantage. In this position, The Magus indicates that your ability to be yourself and impress the right person or people can have a big impact on the direction your life takes. The Magus in the present position is a metaphor for your free will and good luck combining in a rare opportunity to move way ahead in life. When this card is in your reading, take your great leap forward.
Card 6: The Moon
The Moon is a psychological card of projecting fear into your present and your future, based on past experiences. The images, thoughts and feelings that you have repressed over time cause inner disturbances that are becoming overwhelming. As a result, you are now experiencing negative blocks within your personality, causing fear and anxiety. To remedy this, you need to go through a purging process whereby deep memories are released. This is a time when you need to go deep into your soul and dredge up your anxieties, fears, psychic blocks and personality disturbances. Many invisible things are coming to the surface including secret motives, clandestine information and ancient hidden truths. These newly discovered resources may confuse you but once they are brought to your awareness, they will no longer haunt you.
The Moon is a card of illusion and deception, and therefore often suggests a time when something is not as it appears to be. Vigilance and clear perception will be necessary to find that which is hidden before it is too late.
Oftentimes, the Moon appears in a reading when you are not sure of your destination, or even of the path you are travelling but you travel nonetheless. You may have lost your way and are now left to walk in the dark, guided only by your inner light and intuition. You need to go on without a clear picture of where you are, where you are going or where you have been. The Moon is a card of intuition and psychic forces, so let go of your conscious mental blocks or negative self-talk, and allow your intuition to guide you. Your dreams, intuitions, and inner promptings lead you forward toward higher levels of understanding if you listen carefully and use your judgment to help interpret the veiled messages of the unconscious. Not only will the way forward be revealed but in many cases you will learn lessons about yourself that will be valuable in later journeys.
Card 7: Eight of Discs
The Eight of Pentacles in this position is a case of, "be careful what you wish for, you just might get it." This is the hard work that you know is ahead on your way to your dream. This is meeting the agent who says he would love to read your screenplay, setting you on a month-long writing frenzy. This card in this position is the old boyfriend on the Internet who asks to see a current picture of you on your social networking profile.
There is work ahead that needs to be diligently approached now and in the future. The goal is known and is attainable. Now you simply must stop everything, change most of it; reinvent the wheel to support the way you roll and work toward achieving everything you want.
There is a money warning here with this card that there may be unexpected expense, and good money management will enable us to fund whatever arises.
Also the 8 of Disks can apply to a period where you enter into additional training in order to enhance your career projects..
Finally in the spiritual area, when the Lord of Prudence comes up with cards like the the Moon, you're approaching a period of rapid spiritual development - almost an initiation. In this case, this card is warning you to be alert for opportunities, ready to deal with stress and pressure, and to manage your energies thoughtfully and carefully. You can perhaps see the correlation which exists with regard to energy management between the material and spiritual definitions of the card - in either case energy must be regulated and respected in order for life to go smoothly and for you to get the best out of your experiences.
I feel you have experienced a lot of psychic energy around yourself and have questioned things for many years. You hear things and also have a great empathic ability to feel others pain and upset etc just by standing near them. Now is the time to work on this ability because you have a wonderful gift you have not yet awakened to.
You have a holiday or a journey coming up soon. I am feeling at times in the past you felt like you were stood on the edge of a cliff not knowing which way to go.
I also feel security was something that was important to you and an issue. This wanting security created some issues but this was worked through and it was almost like I feel anew beginning for you.
Some one has been ill in your close family unit or yourself and I feel a crossroads was there when the illness was going to go one way or the other. I feel anger around this and also loss of self esteem.
I am seeing things have been a bit chaotic for you and your family and in many ways you have felt lonely and in some ways cut off and in solitude.
I see an argument with a male figure in your life over a lie or some sort of deceit but because you did this you feel like you have come alive and its almost like a rebirth of self within you.
I am seeing hope and truth moving in and also a pregnancy within your family, close friends or self. Someone who has been trying for some time maybe.
Make sure you communicate with your close friends and partner because I feel you close off and you have to open up a bit more to make things easier.
You may find a new hobby that overtakes your whole life. An obsession with a new partner can instantly turn passion into a dangerous addiction. I feel a man in your life who is a trampler of logic and planning; it is a coming bout with pure emotional ecstasy and the aftermath of losing that perfect pleasure. Forewarned is forearmed and you may have a little head start in separating a con artist looking to bed you from a true lover for the ages.
I feel that good times are coming your way. If you can get past any trust issues, there are people who will truly warm up to you and include you in their way of life.
Is there a man you crave? Is there a co-worker you wish would get fired? Is there a job prospect out there that would be the best imaginable career move possible? Be careful what you wish for, you may get it. That man might be a jerk. Your co-worker might be replaced by an even more terrible person. That job might be great but the company could close at a time that is terrible for your finances. I feel now is a time that should make you put thought before desire.
I Hope this answers things for you until I get to read for you xxx
Storm xxx
