As you have not asked a specific question, this will therefore be a general reading by default.
A general reading is where it is left entirely up to the reader's inner guidance to decide as to what it is felt is most important for that person to know at this moment in time in his or her best interests.
Readings of the type given here are thought to refer only to the period of the next six months or so after your request.
The very first card I drew on your behalf which will automatically become the focus for this reading was the one which is simply but appropriately named
The World.
This is generally accepted by most readers to be the last card of the so called major arcana, and it is normally interpreted to mean that you have effectively now completed whatever preparation is required for you to finally move out into the world at large and to test your wings. In other words it suggests that the main thinking and planning phase of your life is now at an end (or it is near to ending), and that the time for moving out of your comfort zone and taking what calculated risks are required for you to discover your true potential as both a spiritual and human being.
While this would be the card you would most expect to represent a young adult who has now completed their education and is either looking for a job or perhaps ready to travel the world to learn as much as they can about themselves and their own personality strengths and weaknesses, our lives consist of an ongoing series of opportunities to make such beginnings, each one presenting us with challenges which are especially designed to help us discover the immense strength which we all possess, which may only reveal itself in times of extreme stress or during a crisis.
I would consequently interpret the World to mean in the context of your reading that during approximately the next six months you will undergo such a new beginning in one of more life areas. This will necessarily involve you having to learn to think about and do things in entirely new ways when compared to what you may have done in the past, and I would be dishonest if I told you that this was going to be plain sailing all of the way.
While there will always continue to be challenges ahead for you which will sometimes appear to overload your ability to cope on a day to day basis, I sense that there are inner strengths and resources of which you are still to become aware, let alone you having yet learned to use them to your maximum advantage.
There is a strong feeling of determination, commitment and a general air of optimism about you, balanced with you being practical and realistic concerning your own limitations (which are nowhere as narrow and rigid as you may have been lead to believe by others who have shaken your self confidence often quite unintentionally.
One thing I know is that earlier in your life (and this tendency may still be current) you have somehow learned all too well for your own good that every other person than yourself knows better than you do what is the right thing to do in any situation. You should not immediately reject or ignore other people's advice when it is offered to you, and should instead carefully consider it and all it's possible future consequences, before making a final balanced decision as to how best to proceed from there on. On the other hand to continually accept somebody else's opinion in preference to your own will do untold damage to your confidence in yourself to become a mature and relatively independent human being over the longer term.
If a person outside yourself or your relationships persists in interfering in what is obviously not any of their business, then learn to be more assertive or stand up more for your right to live your life as you best see fit to do so. Be more assertive rather than being openly aggressive with such "toxic people" in your life, as they often are not intending to do you any harm.
Actually much of the advice they offer is quite sound. But it is what they frequently believe is their God given right to force their opinions upon you and to at the same time make you feel terribly guilty for ever questioning their right to run your life instead of you being in the driver's seat, which is basically the issue of negative contention here.
Exercise extreme caution but be more assertive in the presence of "toxic people" in your life, because as the word suggests their negative influence on you can poison your spirit, much faster and more effectively with far fewer visible symptoms than the most poisonous substance known can do the same with your physical body.
The potential damage which they can do to your belief in and respect for yourself can often run extremely deep, and persist for the rest of your life if not quickly and correctly treated. As with most things in life, a dose of prevention soon after the initial interference happens is often much more effective and faster in its healing effects than even the most qualified professional will be in attempting to cure you that much later, when the damage done is already well progressed.
Go out into the world with faith and courage as your loyal travelling companions, and prove beyond a shadow of a doubt to both yourself and to others that you are perfectly capable of standing on your own two feet when the chips are down.
Be more assertive but do not at the same time go out intentionally looking for trouble or for a fight, as trouble is often more than capable of finding each of us without any further invitation or assistance on our part.
God Bless,
eye_of_tiger (male)
