Wild cards
Hmmm.... I really do need to seize the opportunity.
Your Interpretations
Self: Queen of Coins
POSITIONAL (MAIN) MEANING
You can divine the true meaning of confusing events and use your penetrating intuition to further peace and harmony in the world.
The card in the Self position touches on an aspect of how you perceive yourself right now, including how at peace you are with and within yourself.
The Queen of Coins in this position indicates that you have come into full possession of your instincts and intuitions. You trust your body's wisdom, know how to decipher the signs and clues within daily events, and can feel the energies at work to discern the direction in which things are moving in the world.
You may be a bit of an oracle for your family or tribe. You can open yourself to a question and decipher the natural response your body/mind gives. You may work with oracle systems like the Tarot, I-Ching or Runes -- or you may not. The feedback you give yourself or others is useful, practical and educational. You are grounded in the practical world and your hunches are trustworthy; others can bank on them. This card is quite a compliment to you. The world needs your gifts.
Situation: The Tower
POSITIONAL (MAIN) MEANING
A tremendous surge of energy is seeking release. Be vigilant, take extra care and prepare yourself for disruptions.
The Situation position refers to the general set of influences that surround you and affect your
personal experience of peace. We all have to deal with conflict and are affected by the process.
When the Tower is in this position, an overflow of energy may be seeking release. Until that happens, it may be an insecure time. This could manifest as an event that appears to occur by accident, a misguided war, or it could be a natural development that has been building over time. At any rate, the highly charged situation is currently at critical mass. Even a minor shift in the energy could cause the conditions to become unrestrained.
Although you may not be directly involved, be aware that the situation is volatile and unstable. Stay alert, vigilant, and don't take the commotion personally. It is just avalanche weather. Try to stay out of the way of the slide.
Challenges/ Opportunities: The Hierophant
POSITIONAL (MAIN) MEANING
Help make the invisible visible.
The card in the Challenges/Opportunities position reflects
how you can use creativity and skill to turn conflicts into harmonious understanding.
The Hierophant in this position points to someone who is recognized and respected for the qualities that once made them seem strange to others. People like this see into the invisible spaces, communicate with animals, plants or the elements, and generally live in the world but are not bound to it.
Although an extra degree of sensitivity to your experience of life has at times seemed a setback, the Hierophant is now in a position to make it pay. This is a specialist, a person with a gift. With self-discipline, you can turn your unique point of view into a path of service.
Foundation: Two of Swords
POSITIONAL (MAIN) MEANING
You have the power to become more flexible in the ways you do things, in order to create new outcomes.
The card in the Foundation position points to influences from your personal history, your roots and background that have an effect on your capacity for inner and outer peace.
The Two of Swords in this position suggests that you have experienced dealing with mixed messages and private agendas. The people around you have resisted compromise, fought for black-and-white positions or generally refused to be tolerant of different ideas. When it comes to differences of opinion, do your best not to let yourself become too identified with one side or the other.
You have the potential to communicate differently and more effectively than the methods used against you in the past. If you keep your mind open to shades of gray, to subtle nuances, you can restrain any impulse you may have to jump to conclusions or resort to old, rigid thinking patterns. This is your opportunity to modify old patterns and create new outcomes. Start by recognizing the pressure that an inherited belief system puts on you to fall back into old habits. New choices are available, even in conflicted situations like those that once dominated you.
Recent Past: Seven of Swords
POSITIONAL (MAIN) MEANING
Others see something admirable and inspiring in you, and they want you to live up to what they see.
The card in the Recent Past position refers to events in your life that are departing, recently influential but now diminishing in their power to affect you. You can rise above the conflicts of the past!
The Seven of Swords in this position suggests that you have done something splendid, heroic or generally helpful -- perhaps quite accidentally. This focused more attention on you than you may have wanted, and possibly may be applying the pressure of new expectations.
If your courageous, inspiring action was at all serendipitous, you may in some ways feel unworthy of the credit you have been given. Nevertheless, it's important to understand that, when action was needed, you didn't stop to count the cost or worry about your own security or comfort. What you did was heroic even if -- possibly especially if -- your actions weren't premeditated. When others say you are something special and someone to admire, be receptive.
Higher Power: The High Priestess
POSITIONAL (MAIN) MEANING
Throw off the tyranny of ego and meditate on your relationship.
The card in the Higher Power position represents your
highest intention and ideals with respect to the development of peace -- within yourself and in your world.
With the High Priestess in this position, your Higher Self is calling you to spiritual practice. Serenity and inner peace come from stilling the waters of the emotions and expanding the mind as large as Nature itself.
By opening yourself to the great mysteries, you can air out your ego and let go of narcissistic tendencies, which do nothing to enhance relationship growth. Remember that you are one with Nature. Get back in touch with what is really important and let go of self-centered points of view.
Developments: The Hanged Man
POSITIONAL (MAIN) MEANING
A time of surrender approaches. As your dignity, control and cherished self-image are stripped away, you will rediscover the deeper and more authentic parts of yourself.
The card in the Developments position shows which way your efforts to achieve harmony seem to be headed. By making
skillful choices, you can improve on or neutralize possible conflicts, including those within yourself.
The Hanged Man card suggests that you may soon face a test on how far you have outgrown the victim mentality and its companion, that helpless, hopeless feeling. Your situation may quite likely feel bleak during this time. Remember, however, that whatever you lose from a purge are things that never were yours in the first place.
Practice graceful acceptance of what you cannot change. Use the "enforced downtime" of the Hanged Man situation to truly acknowledge your offenses and repent of them, for yourself and for all who might have been harmed. If you do your homework and accept the necessary adjustments to your previous style and world-view, you may gain a whole new perspective on who you are and why you are here. This alone will help vindicate all that you have been through.
The basic unfairness of the situation may or may not ever become apparent to others, and perhaps that is not the point. The point is to get back to your unadorned truth, at the core of you, and resolve never to get so far away from the essentials again.
Lesson: Nine of Coins
POSITIONAL (MAIN) MEANING
Willing sacrifice for the greater good leads to significant personal growth.
The card in the Lesson position represents the personal investment or sacrifice required to achieve inner and outer peace.
The Nine of Coins in this position requires that you modify your lifestyle and volunteer a bit. Forego some of your easy, comfortable, self-indulgent style so that some of the resources that have flowed to you can flow through you.
There's no merit to doing this if you are forced to, but there is valuable growth to be had by choosing a path of self-sacrifice voluntarily. If this means you tithe or give up entertainment to volunteer, then you do it. Everybody has to make a contribution to manifest the changes that need to happen. This card is reminding you of that now.
Allies: Knight of Cups
POSITIONAL (MAIN) MEANING
With strong support you feel confident that the dream is worth the risks.
The card in the Allies position points to people who can be supportive of your commitment to peace at this time.
The Knight of Cups (in some decks, a Prince) in this position suggests your timing is near perfect. The greater flow of events is supporting you, and your team or family group is ready to hear what you have been preparing to share.
Everyone is positioned for agreement, harmony and support. As you are bringing yourself back into the fold, it's wonderful to rediscover that you are not alone. Allies are positioned nearby who will help and guide you, just as you would do for them. Count your blessings; this is a fine position to be in. This is the perfect time to reclaim your place in the circle.
Advice: Ace of Coins
POSITIONAL (MAIN) MEANING
Take small, steady steps toward your long-term vision and you will accumulate magnificent results.
The card in the Advice position offers guidance regarding
how you relate to your path of cultivating inner and outer peace. With wisdom as your guide, you can make a difference!
The Ace of Coins in this position advises that you use nature's lesson of compound interest to gradually reach your goal. Slow and steady forces -- visible and invisible -- will drive your idea along if you position yourself correctly at the outset. Then you can let the current carry you towards your personal, spiritual or healing destination. Try to stay with approaches and behaviors that are natural, cumulative and non-dramatic.
This card advises that if you take a step every day, one day you may find that you have closed the gap that has separated you from your ideal. The secret to success does not lie in inflating your ideas to grandiose levels. Instead, it comes about by knowing what you truly want and need, while humbly and faithfully taking one step at a time to get it.
Potentials: The Emperor
POSITIONAL (MAIN) MEANING
Focused will, self-empowerment and hard work bring the results you want.
The card in the long-term Potentials position points to unknowns still taking shape. Perhaps it represents a "wild card" yet to be played.
With the Emperor in this position, circumstances are pointing to a promotion. You will be able to step up to a higher level of competence and enter a wider sphere of power. Opportunities will arise that you previously only dreamed of.
The Emperor confirms that the good things in life result from hard work supported by a sense of self-empowerment coupled with enthusiasm. His achievement is won by exertion of will -- he makes plans and follows them through. He knows how to create strategic alliances, and is an active force in the shaping of circumstances. Seize the opportunity, design a long-term plan, then get to work.
Your Interpretations
Self: Queen of Coins
POSITIONAL (MAIN) MEANING
You can divine the true meaning of confusing events and use your penetrating intuition to further peace and harmony in the world.
The card in the Self position touches on an aspect of how you perceive yourself right now, including how at peace you are with and within yourself.
The Queen of Coins in this position indicates that you have come into full possession of your instincts and intuitions. You trust your body's wisdom, know how to decipher the signs and clues within daily events, and can feel the energies at work to discern the direction in which things are moving in the world.
You may be a bit of an oracle for your family or tribe. You can open yourself to a question and decipher the natural response your body/mind gives. You may work with oracle systems like the Tarot, I-Ching or Runes -- or you may not. The feedback you give yourself or others is useful, practical and educational. You are grounded in the practical world and your hunches are trustworthy; others can bank on them. This card is quite a compliment to you. The world needs your gifts.
Situation: The Tower
POSITIONAL (MAIN) MEANING
A tremendous surge of energy is seeking release. Be vigilant, take extra care and prepare yourself for disruptions.
The Situation position refers to the general set of influences that surround you and affect your
personal experience of peace. We all have to deal with conflict and are affected by the process.
When the Tower is in this position, an overflow of energy may be seeking release. Until that happens, it may be an insecure time. This could manifest as an event that appears to occur by accident, a misguided war, or it could be a natural development that has been building over time. At any rate, the highly charged situation is currently at critical mass. Even a minor shift in the energy could cause the conditions to become unrestrained.
Although you may not be directly involved, be aware that the situation is volatile and unstable. Stay alert, vigilant, and don't take the commotion personally. It is just avalanche weather. Try to stay out of the way of the slide.
Challenges/ Opportunities: The Hierophant
POSITIONAL (MAIN) MEANING
Help make the invisible visible.
The card in the Challenges/Opportunities position reflects
how you can use creativity and skill to turn conflicts into harmonious understanding.
The Hierophant in this position points to someone who is recognized and respected for the qualities that once made them seem strange to others. People like this see into the invisible spaces, communicate with animals, plants or the elements, and generally live in the world but are not bound to it.
Although an extra degree of sensitivity to your experience of life has at times seemed a setback, the Hierophant is now in a position to make it pay. This is a specialist, a person with a gift. With self-discipline, you can turn your unique point of view into a path of service.
Foundation: Two of Swords
POSITIONAL (MAIN) MEANING
You have the power to become more flexible in the ways you do things, in order to create new outcomes.
The card in the Foundation position points to influences from your personal history, your roots and background that have an effect on your capacity for inner and outer peace.
The Two of Swords in this position suggests that you have experienced dealing with mixed messages and private agendas. The people around you have resisted compromise, fought for black-and-white positions or generally refused to be tolerant of different ideas. When it comes to differences of opinion, do your best not to let yourself become too identified with one side or the other.
You have the potential to communicate differently and more effectively than the methods used against you in the past. If you keep your mind open to shades of gray, to subtle nuances, you can restrain any impulse you may have to jump to conclusions or resort to old, rigid thinking patterns. This is your opportunity to modify old patterns and create new outcomes. Start by recognizing the pressure that an inherited belief system puts on you to fall back into old habits. New choices are available, even in conflicted situations like those that once dominated you.
Recent Past: Seven of Swords
POSITIONAL (MAIN) MEANING
Others see something admirable and inspiring in you, and they want you to live up to what they see.
The card in the Recent Past position refers to events in your life that are departing, recently influential but now diminishing in their power to affect you. You can rise above the conflicts of the past!
The Seven of Swords in this position suggests that you have done something splendid, heroic or generally helpful -- perhaps quite accidentally. This focused more attention on you than you may have wanted, and possibly may be applying the pressure of new expectations.
If your courageous, inspiring action was at all serendipitous, you may in some ways feel unworthy of the credit you have been given. Nevertheless, it's important to understand that, when action was needed, you didn't stop to count the cost or worry about your own security or comfort. What you did was heroic even if -- possibly especially if -- your actions weren't premeditated. When others say you are something special and someone to admire, be receptive.
Higher Power: The High Priestess
POSITIONAL (MAIN) MEANING
Throw off the tyranny of ego and meditate on your relationship.
The card in the Higher Power position represents your
highest intention and ideals with respect to the development of peace -- within yourself and in your world.
With the High Priestess in this position, your Higher Self is calling you to spiritual practice. Serenity and inner peace come from stilling the waters of the emotions and expanding the mind as large as Nature itself.
By opening yourself to the great mysteries, you can air out your ego and let go of narcissistic tendencies, which do nothing to enhance relationship growth. Remember that you are one with Nature. Get back in touch with what is really important and let go of self-centered points of view.
Developments: The Hanged Man
POSITIONAL (MAIN) MEANING
A time of surrender approaches. As your dignity, control and cherished self-image are stripped away, you will rediscover the deeper and more authentic parts of yourself.
The card in the Developments position shows which way your efforts to achieve harmony seem to be headed. By making
skillful choices, you can improve on or neutralize possible conflicts, including those within yourself.
The Hanged Man card suggests that you may soon face a test on how far you have outgrown the victim mentality and its companion, that helpless, hopeless feeling. Your situation may quite likely feel bleak during this time. Remember, however, that whatever you lose from a purge are things that never were yours in the first place.
Practice graceful acceptance of what you cannot change. Use the "enforced downtime" of the Hanged Man situation to truly acknowledge your offenses and repent of them, for yourself and for all who might have been harmed. If you do your homework and accept the necessary adjustments to your previous style and world-view, you may gain a whole new perspective on who you are and why you are here. This alone will help vindicate all that you have been through.
The basic unfairness of the situation may or may not ever become apparent to others, and perhaps that is not the point. The point is to get back to your unadorned truth, at the core of you, and resolve never to get so far away from the essentials again.
Lesson: Nine of Coins
POSITIONAL (MAIN) MEANING
Willing sacrifice for the greater good leads to significant personal growth.
The card in the Lesson position represents the personal investment or sacrifice required to achieve inner and outer peace.
The Nine of Coins in this position requires that you modify your lifestyle and volunteer a bit. Forego some of your easy, comfortable, self-indulgent style so that some of the resources that have flowed to you can flow through you.
There's no merit to doing this if you are forced to, but there is valuable growth to be had by choosing a path of self-sacrifice voluntarily. If this means you tithe or give up entertainment to volunteer, then you do it. Everybody has to make a contribution to manifest the changes that need to happen. This card is reminding you of that now.
Allies: Knight of Cups
POSITIONAL (MAIN) MEANING
With strong support you feel confident that the dream is worth the risks.
The card in the Allies position points to people who can be supportive of your commitment to peace at this time.
The Knight of Cups (in some decks, a Prince) in this position suggests your timing is near perfect. The greater flow of events is supporting you, and your team or family group is ready to hear what you have been preparing to share.
Everyone is positioned for agreement, harmony and support. As you are bringing yourself back into the fold, it's wonderful to rediscover that you are not alone. Allies are positioned nearby who will help and guide you, just as you would do for them. Count your blessings; this is a fine position to be in. This is the perfect time to reclaim your place in the circle.
Advice: Ace of Coins
POSITIONAL (MAIN) MEANING
Take small, steady steps toward your long-term vision and you will accumulate magnificent results.
The card in the Advice position offers guidance regarding
how you relate to your path of cultivating inner and outer peace. With wisdom as your guide, you can make a difference!
The Ace of Coins in this position advises that you use nature's lesson of compound interest to gradually reach your goal. Slow and steady forces -- visible and invisible -- will drive your idea along if you position yourself correctly at the outset. Then you can let the current carry you towards your personal, spiritual or healing destination. Try to stay with approaches and behaviors that are natural, cumulative and non-dramatic.
This card advises that if you take a step every day, one day you may find that you have closed the gap that has separated you from your ideal. The secret to success does not lie in inflating your ideas to grandiose levels. Instead, it comes about by knowing what you truly want and need, while humbly and faithfully taking one step at a time to get it.
Potentials: The Emperor
POSITIONAL (MAIN) MEANING
Focused will, self-empowerment and hard work bring the results you want.
The card in the long-term Potentials position points to unknowns still taking shape. Perhaps it represents a "wild card" yet to be played.
With the Emperor in this position, circumstances are pointing to a promotion. You will be able to step up to a higher level of competence and enter a wider sphere of power. Opportunities will arise that you previously only dreamed of.
The Emperor confirms that the good things in life result from hard work supported by a sense of self-empowerment coupled with enthusiasm. His achievement is won by exertion of will -- he makes plans and follows them through. He knows how to create strategic alliances, and is an active force in the shaping of circumstances. Seize the opportunity, design a long-term plan, then get to work.