Beginnings of a love relationship. Expression of warm feelings. Romantic longing for some thing extraordinary. Cruisin.
The receptivity representing feelings and emotions. Harmony and an overwhelming heart with the desire to express deep rooted feelings.
An urge toward relationships, bringing joy and passion.
This represents a great release of emotional raw energy after a period of control.
A reflection of the unconscious. Productivity, plenty, sentimental ties, deep love for one self.
Going with the flow, entertaining everything but accepting little.
Spiritual nourishment and emotional replenishment.
Satisfactory conclusion of an emotional matter.
Jealousy, laziness, gullibility, vindictiveness, deceit or treachery.
Emotional dryness, feeling oneself empty. Avoidance of intimacy, negative feelings, heartbreak.
Overindulgence, inertia or lost opportunity.
Unrequited affection brings loneliness and insecurity.
Attention to detail is required in official or legal matters.
Difficulty continuing on current path of emotion.
The reversal of a situation brings reunification, stillness and reflection.
Seeing things from a unique point of view. Enduring difficulties for a worthy cause. A period of deep self examination. Passivity, acceptance of reality even if it is the opposite of what one expects.
Great foresight and stamina and being of a higher power.
This card portends a greater test when our sense of self-discipline is pushes to new boundaries. Submitting to a greater faith and outside of mentation, so truly trust one’s inner abilities is often to risk it all.
The result of this card is inevitably a new reality or perspective of sorts, adapting and evolving to the querent’s best creative boundaries.
In a lot of ways, this card is of a tryst with consciousness. And communing with the universe to make grandly creative reflection as inspiration.
Suffering the company or actions of fools. Inadvertently playing martyr.
Creative blocks of inspiration. Lack of clarity in vision.
Isolation.Denying one’s own unique qualities, striving to be “normal” at all costs. Living in one’s private and imaginary reality.
A turning point in spiritual life means
trust, forgiveness, and contentment. A greater sacrifice for one’s evolution begets a willingness of attitude to it.
Courage, fortitude and Self-Discipline. You are tested on your principles and what you stand for.
This lesson of harnessing one’s aggression and directing it toward a creative end.
Strength applied to joyful purpose. Through such an experience we come in contact with the beast but also with the hero, emerging from this contest with trust in oneself and integrity towards others. The lion within is the image of the infantile savage and royalty, interpreted as vigour.
A fair and balanced judgment. A
developed conscience. Rationality, reasoning by clear rules and common norms. Touch of grace and humanity
beyond the objective considerations.
Look beneath the surface; do not judge others by appearance alone.
Balanced emotions result in harmonious partnerships. Legal Matters.
Try to forget past wrongs; events cannot be altered. Weigh every situation carefully and impartially.
Petty accountability, a critical and judgmental attitude, guilt.
Repressed instincts without any transformation, leaving behind a strong shell within a soul without passion and without a true identity.
Frustration and resentment through inability to adjust to circumstances.
Delay or legal matters.
And/or obviously very difficult circumstances. The very essence of strength or fortitude reversed.
Essentially this card deals with all matters associated with the spoken or written word, and also the symbolic occult sense of all meaning outside of your self.
A new beginning or stride with ambition, will and competitive instinct.
The Chariot is a change to good, an introspection that this conflict cannot be avoided, but needs to be faced with strength and containment.
This card always has a backdrop of great outer outer activity, and represents the fortitude to take its challenge.
And bring with it your stride and strongest Self.
Victory or an achievement putting the querent in a strong and protected
position. Ambition, energy, motivation to move forward. Public honor. Power and high status.
This is a card of daring. Great artistic success or triumph in work. Sustained effort will bring progress and success.
Apply energy wisely and plan carefully, otherwise lack of direction could bring failure.
Lack of refinement. Introspection is necessary to clear vision and reach goal.
Caution is recommended to this, as you are still about to burst into stride or a flurry or activity.
Get in touch with your instincts, or find your awareness, they may be obstacles or delays. You will find yourself put to the test.
Harmonious uniting of heaven and earth, divine protection and power to transcend the mundane world into inspiration and crystallisation.
Conjunction with the universal intellect and the insight that there are endless possibilities of existence as we connect with feeling, instinct, imagination or intuition.
Openness, simplicity, return to nature. Purity, honesty. Showing yourself “as you are,” accepting one’s body and desires. Generosity. Luck from heaven. Intuitive feeling of guidance or energy corning from a higher plane.
This is sum and cumulation of all of all our past decisions and conscious choices, when seen from the Universal perspective.
There is great silence, calm and mystic experience in this card, provided we look inward.
Either way, this is a sign of our ‘twinkling’ light, whether as light in the eyes or outer glow. There are usually several insights to this portent and sign. Celebrate or meditate, this can be a very fruitful time.
Blind hope. Naive optimism and wishful-thinking. Exposing oneself to danger or abuse. Difficulty in setting proper boundaries. Squandering, wastefulness.
Self-doubt could impede progress temporarily,
but confidence will likely find itself restored. A renewal of mental, physical, and spiritual energy.
Apply balance and restraint, there is immense subconscious process brimming inside you under the surface.
Reconnect with inner silence, and clarity with inspiration will undoubtedly heal you.
All the pyscho-babble of mass consciousness towers overs our lives. Fundamental change is always sudden.
This is a powerful instinctual force emerging from the unconscious, stronger than the will’s efforts to repress it.
Collapse of old forms, inner or outer structures, of false or outgrown values, masks.
Let go of fear and the survival instinct to face the unknown for it implies the fall, ruin or danger. But it also means freedom from stagnation and restriction – a spiritual healing force. This break-through will result in changes reverberating through outer life.
Getting free from confinement. Sudden breakthrough after long preparations. Sparkling sexual encounter. Success lies in simplicity and modesty.
New inner awareness will result from sudden
conflict.
Spur-of-the-moment action could bring chaos.
Without looking inward it can be a stagnant state.
Shock, collapse of projects or trusted structures. A fall from an apparently solid and secure position. Chaos, confusion, difficulty in understanding what is going on. Vanity and pride that could lead to failure.
A high cost must be paid to gain freedom of
mind, body, and spirit.
Self-knowledge could bring about a traumatic but nonetheless satisfying change.
This card denotes a change for the better after a sudden disappointment or loss.
Victory, triumph – a clear break through, a combination of power, success & accolades.
The pleasure of receiving recognition for one’s achievements or creative work.
Satisfaction and confidence in abilities or promotion.
A benediction to harmony and beauty. With this ecstasy we reach a sensation of eternity beyond the body, a gate of initiation in itself.
Collaboration. A strong alliance between two parties with different goals but common present interests. A taste for luxury made possible by favorable conditions.
Clear Reward. Good news and/of advancement.
Excessive pursuit of luxury. The need to break up an alliance of opponents.
Using one’s reputation to bully and domineer others. False pride or arrogance.
Beware that success fosters envy in others.
An oppressive attitude brings victory but no real gain. Diplomacy overcomes opposition from others.
Delayed but eventual reward.
Overcoming difficult trials and opposition from others.
A solid base and benefits that are already evident. The necessary impasse when different elements harmonise before ignition.
A time of reward for efforts made. This domestic fire that’s constant and active energy.
One finds security and confidence in creative abilities, friendships and strong ties. An open opportunity or closed security. Beauty and harmony as the ideal.
Perfected work that brings future successes.
A new romantic attachment that brings happiness.
Stalemate. A temporary stop in order to prepare for future advancement. Tensions at present, but good prospects in the long run. Making a move now is in nobody’s interest.
Narrow-mindedness that may lead to stubbornness or needing to seek objectivity.
Further efforts required to actualise goals.
Unfulfilled romantic yearnings.
An overtly materialistic outlook can smother creativity.
Exclusivity, snobbery.
A need to be healed, sometimes a need to heal others.
The fulfilment of being useful and caring to others needs. Greater emotional and spiritual maturity.
Emotional maturity, optimism, ability to overcome past injuries and look ahead. Openness to new things, but with prudence and caution. Closing one’s ear to voices from the past.
A joyous man full of love and availability, who wants to help and guide others. Someone that constantly wants to help others but possibly struggling to be at peace with themselves.
A powerful new friend or counsellor.
This is a wonderful card if it indicates you, else help can be expected from someone else if it indicates another.
Manipulating people through their emotions. Difficulty in overcoming an emotional blow. A pessimistic outlook caused by negative past experiences.
A deep-seated worry or problem reemerges.
Finding your own solution can avoid open confrontation. or conflict.
Guard against manipulation in financial, legal matters and emotional matters.
Make sure that you are seeing your problems realistically. This card indicates that you need healing, your pride could be getting in the way. If this is you, find help and heal yourself.
Conversely, if this indicates someone around you, this indicates someones suffering because of their own outlook, and needs to find humility to open themselves up to healing. Tread carefully around them, someone in pain often tends to lash out.
Two thoughts at peace with each other. Two ideas that abide and resonate.
Contrary to the glory of silence, this is peaceful concordance in the inception of thought. At this stage, the energy of varying ideas fuse together to make a rational premise.
The two of swords represents the element of air, and indicates an almost vulnerable harmony almost like that spark of genius when two opposite get along and find an affinity. At this stage is balance, with the blessing of the wind.
As the two of time, this reflects the consolidated second after a fruitful or wholesome moment. It takes the eyes 1/3rd of a second to focus, and it takes as long for the subconscious to make a coherent thought. There are said to be 4 moments to a second in time as normal cognition. Memory is a partially conscious device that it captures the second while dismissing the moments.
Agreeing with a thought is seconding it as affirmation. That’s the two of swords.
This can also be a card of stalemate, the Two of Swords can signify good coming out of evil, help in adversity, a difficult choice, or a situation that brings spiritual satisfaction.
A difficult choice which demands self-honesty. There is a need to be make with oneself, or perhaps a choice of sorts.
If so, one of the paths indicates certain success.
Boundaries. Limits that protect and define something which is in development. Making full use of the present situation. Preparations for future advancement. A clear view encompassing the overall situation.
Period of frustration and impasse in negotiations or discussions.
A difficult decision needs to be made soon. Or a deadlock in affairs through inability to make a decision has already occurred.
An emotional problem that causes indecision.
A need for careful thought before committing the self. Or the refusal to face a situation merely delays.
Unsure as to which path it would be best to take. This is a card of indecision in its current state. Make peace with yourself, then make a decision.
In matters of work, this is not a good sign, this shows the early stage of activity, and if so an error in the thought or path taken.
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