Hi Gem,
I want to firstly wish you a blessed xmas
It was the 12 house pshyce, you are my guineafowl,(pig is not my style)lol.
I suppose i can do it, the only thing is that I put them all in text boxes. I didn't conclude it, only pasted the meanings of the cards. I did sleep over it as you know full well
. It didn't keep me up as i keep my meanings on the comp. and therefore only copy and paste. I kinda think you have a lot more experience to put the meanings in context.
There are 36 cards for the current so I would think it should describe your goals, and thirty six for advice.
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So how i'm going to construct this: I will place the area of interest first, the card describbing the current and then the card of advise for the specific house.
House 1- Body.
This is the house of the body and the self. It refers to one’s relationship with one’s body, self-image, and mannerisms, as well as one’s likes and dislikes. This house can also depict one’s goals in life. It is helpful for learning how we present ourselves to the world and how the world perceives us. Self-image underlies all the other aspects and colors the entire reading.
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Ten of Wands(-)
You may face legal action against you. These problems are self-created because you took on to much to handle and could not foresee possible losses. There is also a possibility that you may lose all you’ve gained, even if surrounding cards are positive the negative influence remains.
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Queen of Cups (+)
A soft nurturing mother figure, perhaps too protective. Kind but not energetic. Will help if it is not to taxing. Good insight, love, gentleness. Mystery, intuition.
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King Of Wands (+) A man of status and wealth who is friendly toward you and willing to help you with either money or advice. He is conscientious, honest and intelligent. If he is your rival, he will be fair and generous. If a friend, you are well advised to take this persons advice. If not a person, the situation itself is an honest one: things appear as they are. There is also a possibility of unexpected good news, maybe an inheritance, a career advance, success in an ongoing or upcoming business venture. Unexpected help or advise which will make your venture easier.
House 2- Money.
This is the house of money and possessions. It concerns what one owns, earning power, and one’s relationship to money and finance. This house can provide useful information about what endeavors may be lucrative for the querant. If there is a problem, be sure to get advice.
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Seven of Swords (-)
When relating this situation to the Hermit, we see the tendency of stagnation, no movement, no real improvement in your environment. You may even see this as a point where you are hesitant to move ahead because you haven’t though of a solution or plan of action yet. Clearly defining your future and goals will give you insight regarding a possible way out. This card may also signify that it is impossible for you to move on, simply because there are too many obstacles holding you back. Although your thoughts are more negative at this stage, you need to act wisely in your decisions and consider waiting some time to achieve your goals. Looking at your situation you may expect some good thing to happen. A proposal or declaration of love might be a possible change for the better.
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Nine of Wands (-)
Indicated you may see that your success was halted partly to your own stubbornness. It’s as if you learned nothing from previous mistakes. What is worse, you have been given good advice but are fighting to keep this environment of failure. Expect more obstacles, even injury and illness. Try to get yourself together, learn from your mistakes, take good advice and maybe you’ll be better of in future.
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Ten of Cups (-) In this card, we see the completion of all the previous events and influences, the stable family life we all sought after is not happening for you at this time, so many small irritations leads to strive. It also explains that the real issues or problems are experienced and not addressed timeously, but held back and then suddenly the smallest thing sparks an argument. It is at this point whereby both lash out, sometimes reverting to violence. Resulting in anger, even hate. Love is a two way street, a give and take. If your relationship gets to a point whereby giving is the only thing keeping it together, expect it to be a recipe for disaster. The possibility is that you are being taken for a ride by someone who doesn’t really love you.
House 3 – Environment.
This is the house of environment. It deals with family ties and early education. It can give insight into one’s relationship with one’s parents, sisters and brothers. It also deals with travel, especially to work. As much of our modern environment is filled with machines, this house can also show our relationship with machines.
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9 0f Pentacles(+) You have the wisdom and experience you need to properly manage your affairs and to handle any problems that may come up in the future. Your goals are well and truly accomplished, or soon will be. Your prudent management, planning and actions have been your strong point.
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Devil (-)
The Devil represents the antithesis, the forces that strive to upset the harmonious order of existence. It is not simply being an individualist, or wanting his own way, that makes this being evil. The Magician also tries to impose his own will on the universe, and, in fact one of the results of completing the path of the Tarot is to enable you to truly control your own destiny.The allegory here is not the independent will, but of an intelligence that works to destroy for the sake of upsetting the divine balance. His purpose is to defeat Divine Law and return the world to a state of chaos.The ancients taught that there is an order to the universe, within which all living beings could find their own best destiny. Divine Law seeks to establish and maintain that order. The Devil works to upset and undermine it. He may operate as a temper, or he may command fear, but either way his purpose is to offer irresistible inducements to stray from the true path spiritual development you have become adept enough to be a valuable servant for the forces of evil. This is the point at which you can choose either to continue toward your ultimate goal, or take the left-hand path, which ends here. The inducements are especially tempting to you at this time. You’ve just been forced to wait for fulfillment of your purpose(s) (Temperance). The Devil seems to offer a way to achieve those purposes without any more waiting, or any further work.
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Justice (+)
This is divine justice as opposed to human justice- absolutely impartial and fair. She stands in direct contradiction to human justice, which is influenced by factors that make it imperfect. True justice, divine justice, cannot be swayed by either influence or personal preferences, or by the simple limitations of human ability to judge between right and wrong. That which should be, will be, and no one can change it.
Her scales are absolutely in balance, and she sees clearly what must be done. The sword in one hand and the scales in the other symbolise the dual nature of Justice: accuracy and severity.
In this stage of your spiritual development, this is the type of vision that is required of you to learn as an initiate. To pass through these portals you must learn to look outward at the world and inward at yourself without bias, with your eyes open, seeing only and precisely what there is, rather than what you want to see, or hope to see, and judging it only and exactly for what it truly is.
House 4 – Home.
This house symbolizes home life, including matters of family, ancestry, inheritance, and tradition. Here we can find out about one’s relationship to one’s family in the present as well as the past. It also deals with the type of home one lived in as a child, at the present, and will live in the future, and one’s attitude toward maintaining one’s home.
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Two of Pentacles (-)
Your financial planning and implementation, lacks the proper balance. The troubles ahead are not calculated risks. You put yourself in such a vulnerable position that you may start receiving legal notices and may expect legal action against you. The resources you have, are insufficient to be able to finance and maintain the project you are in or are planning. Your ability to handle more than one thing at a time is doubtful and most probably ill-conceived. Find your balance and maintain your status quo, rather than losing more than you should.
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Ace of Pentacles (+)
If you have ever wondered how it happens that some people just get it right so often, as if they were born with a golden spoon in their mouths. Sometimes it takes years to get going or get started, but with this card it’s not actually, fall in your lap, but almost. You’ll still need to do something and, WOW, what you do will make perfect sense and things will also start “just happening” for you.
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Ace of Wands (-)
There is no better way to put in than ”you’re screwed”. This is not because you did everything wrong. Sometimes it’s just not the time to do it or you didn’t think of everything. You may have been overeager in the sense that you didn’t investigate all the facets or, was given incorrect information. Your self-confidence took a dip and maybe you didn’t create an environment of productive actions. If the cycle of failure hasn’t completed yet, go back to the drawing board and see what can be done, to ensure success. If it is obvious nothing can save your venture, dump it, otherwise you may suffer more. However, don’t despair make the correct moves and success is yours.
House 5 – Creativity.
This is the house of creativity. It deals with all the aspects of love, including sex, children, creative projects, business and art. This house will show what one enjoys and what kind of world one wants to manifest. It can also deal with parties and festivities.
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Seven of Pentacles (-) You made some bad decisions regarding investments made, personal or financial. Success is not always only financial. The full picture of success includes your personal life as well. The false reality you created, gave you an unstable base to start with. It doesn’t help to assess your wellbeing at which you don’t really own. You have loaned or are burdened to such an extend that you should consider creative and alternative means of income.
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Knight of Wands (-) A treacherous, deceitful young man. Trickery, swindling, fraud, lies. Trust betrayed. Heartbreak; emotional harm to you.
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Judgement (+)
Like the Death card, Judgement symbolises the end of your old life and the beginning of a new one. But in this case, whatever change is about to happen will be for the better. Your questions will be answered; your doubts resolved. You will know the truth at last.
These answers may happen on either the spiritual or the mundane plane of life. On the mundane, for example, it may be that you can expect a new career, a new romance, a change for the better in your general lifestyle.
On the spiritual level, the answers are even more important. Up until now, you have been striving toward a goal sustained only by your faith that it must exist and that it’s worth striving for.
Now you will be shown that it does in fact exist, and that nothing could be more worth striving for. Judgement promises the reward for your faith and you’re striving: proof that there is a reason and a purpose for both your existence and that of the universe where you sprang from, and through which you moved to reach this goal. Form no on, you no longer have to believe. You know. Note that despite the type of illustration used here; this card does not actually refer to the Last Judgement in the sense of the end of the entire world. But it does mean the end of an old world for you: and what are coming to an end are puzzlement, despair and doubt. Judgement is a positive card, symbolising regeneration, rebirth, and understanding. Most importantly, you have a right to these rewards, because you earned them by your faith and you’re striving despite doubts. It is by our personal behaviour and character that we are judged.
House 6 – Service and Health.
This is the house of service and health. It usually relates to one’s workplace and the relationships one forms there. One can also see the state of one’s health in this house and get advice about how to improve one’s health. How you interact with others has a lot to do with your ego development. It is usually good to get advice in this area.
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Eight of Pentacles (+) In this card it is obvious that your success lies in your own ability and craftsmanship. Here it is not about learning the ability, but already having it. In being eight, you know what you want, how to get it and where to go. You have planned your future well and are on your way to success. The success you will deserve or earn is based on your own knowledge and skills.
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Queen of Pentacles (+) A kind and generous woman, an excellent and careful manager, with both intelligence and intuitive knowledge. Like the King, she may either favor you, or she may be indifferent. She is attractive and very persuasive; she knows how to get her own way, not through feminine wiles, but simply because she knows what she’s doing. If not a person, the card represents security, wisdom and prudence, financial security.
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Page of Swords (+)A malicious treacherous young man or woman, someone who will hurt (or try to hurt) you out of spite. If you are not their enemy, they are perfectly capable of making you one, whether or not you are aware of it (or do anything to warrant it). If this card does not represent a person, then beware of spying, malicious rumor, bad news coming or received. May also indicate sickness. Other indications are that you should be careful in the decisions you make, and use the required level-headedness. Be on the look out for bad rumor being spread about you; be careful whom you can trust. The Page of Swords also indicates that you are mentally restless and eager to look at life in a fresh new way.
House 7 – Marriage.
This is the house of marriage and relationships, including partnerships. For most people it would describe your relationship with your spouse (your spirit are not orientated to a specific sex). Here we can see your ability to harmonize with others and we can get advice about how to improve relationships. Advice is recommended because it is not always easy to know what your partner values, here the cards can help.
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Wheel of Fortune (+)We are all bound to the Wheel of Fortune. Some of us are fighting our way upward while others fall by the wayside. Some sit on top of the heap, apparently unaffected by the vagaries of fortune. But the wheel is turning for everyone, whether or not we are aware of it. What results for everyone is pure chance, and has nothing to do with individual worth, or lack of it. The message here is in direct contrast to Justice. In both cards, each individual is treated with strict impartiality. In Justice, however, the result is fair; you get what you deserve. In fortune you get what happens to come, no matter what you deserve. What’s worse, the forces controlling your life don’t consider you, or anyone else, at all; they don’t even see you. In effect you become like the objects on the jugglers table, tossed about at random. In fact you are even less than that, for at least the juggler watches what he’s working with, even if he doesn’t care about anyone but himself. The Wheel of Fortune teaches us that there are things in life that just happen, and over which not you, and not even blind fate has control. You must be aware that the wheel is constantly turning, and that your life is being affected by it. If you want success, you have to fight to take control of the uncontrollable; to force fate to give you what you choose, whether or not you deserve it. The secret of good fortune is to learn to use your psychic or inner powers, to control your fate, rather than allowing yourself to be shifted around by any wind that blows. Blind fortune has no interest in who wins or who loses; she simply turns the wheel at random. If you want to come out at the top, you have to learn to care enough about what happens to you to take control of the Wheel of Fortune.
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Ace of Swords (-) Your victory is premature and spells disaster for you, you most definitely abused the power given to you and the affects has already or will start showing soon. You rushed in with too much confidence and dotted here and there, you will start seeing the flaws. Your common sense has let you down because you did not consider the consequences correctly. Your action has brought strife and negative factors into your professional and personal life. The opposing forces within yourself will now be evident; care must be taken to at least maintain your dignity. This card also foretells sickness of you or someone close to you.
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Eight of Cups (-) The indications here are very clear. The situation this card describes is where you are or has been. An unhappy relationship, financially unstable, etc. we can see that the person is turning away from that which is, therefore, starting a new chapter. It is a turning away from the unhappy situations and movement to new opportunities, happiness and joy in your personal and financial affairs.
House 8 – Sex and Death.
This is the house of sex and death. As we learned in the earlier chapters, sex and death are deeply connected to the mystical quest. Death represents endings and thee life energy or sexual energy is strong, you have the power to overcome endings with new beginnings. This is called regeneration. Ultimately the mystic learns to overcome mortality itself by ceasing to identify with what is temporary. This house can depict where you stand in relationship to desire and loss but it can also show your psychic ability.
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Death (-)Death symbolizes a complete severance with the past, the ending of your life as it was. You may say; giving up old ideas and old ways of acting. You can also interpret it as a complete change in your life or lifestyle. It also represents the end of close associations, either because you move on or others move on. Death’s sickle symbolizes reaping, you have sown your seed, now is the time to reap the harvest. You take what you learned and move on to the next (and, if you have learned what you should) higher plane of existence. There is an actual death here, but, with the beginning of a new life. The Death card allegorises the end of the person you used to be, but not something to fear. It’s something you have earned in fact it’s something you have worked for, the end of who and what you were comes because of the sacrifices you have made.
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Ace of Cups (-)You have been hoping for the right person to come into your life, maybe you’ve had a few flings and have been in a relationship which you hoped would be stable and amicable. The right person maybe in the background somewhere but it’s not the right time now. It takes more than the Tarot to direct you, surrounding circumstances may be a good indication. If you are in a relationship, it would be best for you to examine your needs and see, if what you have, is really what you hoped for. Maybe you should start getting ready for the inevitable change which may be in the future for you.
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Ace of Cups (-)You have been hoping for the right person to come into your life, maybe you’ve had a few flings and have been in a relationship which you hoped would be stable and amicable. The right person maybe in the background somewhere but it’s not the right time now. It takes more than the Tarot to direct you, surrounding circumstances may be a good indication. If you are in a relationship, it would be best for you to examine your needs and see, if what you have, is really what you hoped for. Maybe you should start getting ready for the inevitable change which may be in the future for you.
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Tower (-)The most familiar story corresponding to the symbolism of this card is that of the tower of Babel. The people of Babel came very close to accomplishing what could be humanity’s greatest goal: a complete unity of purpose. They all spoke one language, they all worked together to accomplish one end result. The result of their cooperation was that their work was destroyed, their language was confused, and they were scattered to the four corners of the Earth.
It’s important to understand that it was not the actual building of the tower that was wrong; and not the fact that they all worked together in perfect cooperation in building it. Where they erred was in the reason the tower was built. Rather than using their united strength to reach toward the divine in themselves, they used it to challenge God and to attempt to rule the Earth in God’s stead.
This card follows from Arcanum Fifteen, The Devil. The purpose of your path toward spiritual enlightenment is to become like God. But, says the Tarot, you don’t become like God simply by having power over the material plain. If you are tempted by the possibilities in controlling this world instead of striving for wisdom and spiritual growth, you will lose all you gained. The reason for the disaster is not because you developed great powers, but because you misused them. It is destruction resulting directly from your own lack of understanding and good judgment, and/or from the misuse of your own free will.
The Falling Tower can represent actual material loss as in finances, relationships, prestige or personal influence. It can also be understood as a warning that your powers are not as great, or your understanding of them as complete, as you believe. In this sense, it illustrates the disaster which can and will happen to those who use magick without understanding its true purposes, the destruction of the person who plays with powers beyond their control or understanding.
In the spiritual sense, The Falling Tower symbolizes the result for you if you take the path the Devil offered- even though, in this case, you strike out on your own to do it.
Although it has been hinted at along the way, this is the first direct statement in the Tarot of how you must view your ultimate goal. It is not this world you are trying to conquer.
At this point of your search, it is still tempting to evaluate success according to the terms of this world, to impress others, to rule this plane, or in some other way to attain mundane status. What makes it even more tempting is that you now have attained the power to twist the world at your will- at least for a time. But your goal is greater than that. You must learn to see beyond the obvious to a higher level of attainment. If you surrender your spiritual progress for material power, you will lose everything you have gained.
House 9 – Philosophy.
This is the house of philosophy. It describes your mental exploration and higher education. It may also describe foreign travel and your abilities to speak another language. This house can be thought of the higher aspects than those introduced in the third house.
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Three of Swords (+)
You are or will enter dark times in your personal or business relationship. Times in which you are severed and torn away from that which was supposed to be a stable union. Now it turns out to be a union with selfish interests as the main motive. Don’t consider this situation to improve, in trying you will only make it worse. Your physiological well-being has been altered to a state of devastation and loss. It would be better to move on, and find the glimmer of hope. This is a situation you do not want to continue, protect your interests because the other party will most definitely do it, save what you can. Step away and retain your dignity. This ending is not amicable.
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Seven of Cups (-)
It seems possible for you to achieve that which you have been hoping for. Your will to succeed is strong enough and well developed. You may or have already entered projects or planned something. These can now be seen as coming into reality with rewards matching your determination.
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Empress (-)The Empress is the female ruler of the house- the Mother. She understands how things work in this world in order for her subjects (whom she treats as her children) to be safe, happy and content; she has the power to make certain things do work in harmony.
She is also the symbol of feminine instinct-intuitive flashes that enable you to make the right decision when there is no time for conscious thought. She is protection and fertility. She teaches love between people (the union of souls rather than mere sexual attractions) as the Mother, she is the door or gate through which we enter this world; as a ruler, she insures harmony and the ability of people to work with, rather than at odds with each other. The Empress is the ruling force that creates an environment in which each person is free to develop their own individual potential. The unknown. Doubts and difficulties. Indecision. Selfishness. Loss of power, inability to solve problems or make useful plans. Vacillation, ignorance.
The Empress is the one who knows how to make this world run smoothly, if you are willing to listen (to her) and co-operate (with others). If this card represents you, then you are capable of getting things organised and working together in harmony, this include those around you, if only you can get them to listen to you.
House 10 – Career.
This house deals with career. It has to do with how you live your life in the world outside of your home and it should be compared to house four to see if there is a healthy balance between home and work in your life. This house can also represent ambition and show you what others respect about you.
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Three of Wands (+) You had the opportunity to establish a firm basis for your endeavors and have rightly done so, with a dignified approach, wisdom and clarity of mind, you will gain success. This card indicates cooperation and maturity as the key to your success; in general your financial endeavors are protected. You may also receive advice from a business associate or advisor. Whatever obstacles were introduced by previous cards may be overcome by you. You should not act impulsively; you know what to do. Use your experience and common knowledge.
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King of Pentacles (-)
A dangerous man and one you will do well to avoid. In business, he can be an absolute ruthless competitor. If not a person, the card signifies doubt, weakness, fear, despair. Danger to you. Vice and perversity; corruption and evil intentions; conceit.
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Four of Cups (-)
Now is the time to seize the day. After having some rest or a period of stillness, you are able to shift into high gear again, be it in a new relationship or endeavor. You appreciate the success around you, and are ready to build on this established foundation. The fourth Cup you are offered will complete your happiness and bring a sense of fulfillment and contentment to you. Approach the matter with vigor. A better, brighter future awaits you.
House 11 – Friends, Hopes and Fears.
This is the house of friendship, but it also deals with your hopes and fears. It may show how you relate to groups and professional or political organizations. The friends shown here are those who can further your ambitions and dreams.
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Queen of Sword (+)
You are or will be entering a period of sadness with quarrels and disputes all around you. These situations are created by a nasty person, a rival. You may have also lost someone dear to you and are now mourning or will do so in the future. Your strength lies in your self-confidence to overcome these obstacles.
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Page of Wands (+) Possible help, or at least moral support, from a sensitive young friend or relative. Also, if you need someone to bear testimony in your favor (either in business or family matters), this person will do so, or may have already done so. A faithful friend, a lover. Expect a message. A possible contract likely to be
favorable.
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Three of Cups (-)
Relationships you have started or may enter into, are based to fulfill your physical needs only, although it may, don’t expect it to improve at this stage. In business, expect insignificant achievements at this stage, especially in partnerships.
House 12 – Inner self.
This is the house of inner self. This is the secret you that you don’t often share with others. This house can depict sorrows and limitations. We might call it the house of Karma. But it is also a spiritual house that can represent our psychic gifts and rewards.
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Three of Pentacles (-)
You have tackled a project beyond your capabilities; this is not only in your business but also in your personal relationships. You touch and let go to the point where people no longer trust your word as it lacks that pure commitment and dedication. In this you are so preoccupied with pettiness that it actually clouds your ultimate goal. You need to acquire the needed skill and practical ability to complete what you have started. Focus your mind on that which you have, go back to the drawing board, design your future and don’t let your impatience get in your way.
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Six of Swords (-)
When relating this situation to the Chariot, we see the tendency of stagnation, no movement, no real improvement in your environment. You may even see this as a point where you are hesitant to move ahead because you haven’t though of a solution or plan of action yet. Clearly defining your future and goals will give you insight regarding a possible way out. This card may also signify that it is impossible for you to move on, simply because there are too many obstacles holding you back. Although your thoughts are more negative at this stage, you need to act wisely in your decisions and consider waiting some time to achieve your goals. Looking at your situation you may expect some good thing to happen. A proposal or declaration of love might be a possible change for the better.
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Strength (-)
This card symbolises the inner strength required to overcome obstacles placed in your path. Brute force is not conquered by brute force; rather, it is spiritual strength that overcomes physical strength. In almost all the legends of humans overcoming some powerful beast, be it a lion or a dragon, or anything else, victory is won by right, not by might—by the individuals inner fortitude and trust in God.
The beast in this case may be or represent external obstacles to your spiritual progress. It also represents the beast within, however, your own fears and passions, and other qualities within yourself which may seem to be stronger than you are, but which can be changed and tamed if you persist in the belief that it is you who are the stronger. The lion symbolises any apparently unbeatable opponent which can be conquered if you have faith in yourself and the will to succeed. (Just an example: anyone who has ever given up smoking, or stayed with a strict diet, has conquered this kind of beast.)The allegory here is also, as mentioned above, of a battle between the physical and the spiritual enlightenment. To achieve your ends, you must overcome or tame your base passions and force them to surrender to your higher self.
Abuse of power, despotism. Failure, disgrace. Weakness (either physical or spiritual), discord, lack of harmony.
Cards of advice layed on top of first cards
House 1- Body.
This is the house of the body and the self. It refers to one’s relationship with one’s body, self-image, and mannerisms, as well as one’s likes and dislikes. This house can also depict one’s goals in life. It is helpful for learning how we present ourselves to the world and how the world perceives us. Self-image underlies all the other aspects and colors the entire reading.
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Star(+)
Consider the imagery of the stars. From the earliest times people have been fascinated and guided by these heavenly bodies. Astrology shows how the stars influence the day to day cycle or influences of our lives, and even those with no knowledge about astrology still seek for advice in the star, and pay heed to them. Travellers use the North Star and The Southern Cross to find their way. People have always seen pictures in the arrangement of the stars and created legends about them. Now, in our own time, the stars take on yet another important meaning as slowly but surely we make our way toward them.
The stars represent the universe in all its mystery and potential for growth, learning and power. They symbolise what is out there, still on the material plane, but yet beyond the confines of this world. In many ways not just in astrology, the stars direct our life. In this Arcanum the seeker is given the opportunity to assume control of that direction. As the Tower suggests the use of power unwisely results in total destruction, the Stars show the potential of that wisdom and understanding, which is true power. Greek myths relate that the Olympian deities set humans among the stars to immortalise them. Arcanum seventeen shows the beginning of your immortality.
At this point in your quest you become a teacher as well as a seeker. The stars arrange themselves at your direction, giving you the power that the Magician only attempts to employ: to be at the centre of the universe, to change the heavens at your will.
But to gain and keep this power you must put something back. The young woman in the picture is pouring life force, symbolised by water back into the earth plane, even as the stars above her head arrange themselves to their power into her. It is the beginning of a transformation: the stars above her head do what she does, because she is beginning to become what they are. It is a prime example, if a different definition than the Magician’s, of “as above, so below”.
The young woman represents eternal youth and true beauty. The stars above her symbolise the potential to achieve your goals, and more importantly, true understanding of what those goals should be. The water in the stream symbolise serenity (greater than patience); born of the knowledge that you will overcome all obstacles. It is a generous portion of both her knowledge and her power that she returns to the Earth to revitalise that from which she sprang. The stars teach that even as you prepare to go on to a higher plane of knowledge and achievement, it is important to remember that your roots, and therefore the basis of your strength, are in this plane. You must consider not only where you are going, but those who will come after you.
Wisdom, immortality, spiritual enlightenment. Hope, happiness, intellectual fulfilment. Satisfaction, hope, bright prospects, destiny, insights. Progress toward your goal; understanding to what those goals should be.
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Five of Wands(+)
You are or have entered a time in which you are not really sure what to do; it’s an area you haven’t explored before. In this sense you have to learn as you go. There is strenuous opposition around you. Therefore it makes it so much harder to achieve your goals. One thing is sure, that when you have fought the good battle, you will be armed with knowledge, understanding and power. When others get to the point you are now, they too will fight you for that portion you achieved. With your experience and knowledge you will be able to fight back victoriously. But remember, the most important thing never to forget, is that this is also a time of planning and strategizing to retain your agility.
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Four of Wands(+)
Well to say the least, you are reminded that life is not trouble free, these you experienced and “won the battle”, now you are ready to enjoy the fruits of your determination. Not forgetting the celebrations, the possible marriage and festivities. Maybe you and your partner reached the point where you have joined forces and endured whatever was thrown at you. Your relationship is now so much stronger. You have established a sound base for your business and all that hard work resulted in quiet success and harmony. Snares and obstacles are out of the way, it made space to celebrate and enjoy the good things in life.
House 2- Money.
This is the house of money and possessions. It concerns what one owns, earning power, and one’s relationship to money and finance. This house can provide useful information about what endeavors may be lucrative for the Querent. If there is a problem, be sure to get advice.
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Nine of Wands(+) The task is performed successfully, the job is done. The person to whom this card refers has learned discipline, the ability to plan wisely, and courage under fire. Even if there are problems (which may be shown by the other cards), you know how to deal with them, they no longer defeat you by just happening. If there is opposition, your skills, strength and courage will make you a formidable opponent. What you seek most, leadership, a successful career, is right there. You’ve only to shine the Hermit's light upward to see it. You might feel tired, wary and on guard; but remind yourself that you have reserves of energy and strength for that final push. Completion of all you've worked for is right there, all you need do is, go for it
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Don’t know what happened, lost this one!!
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Seven of Pentacles (-)
You made some bad decisions regarding investments made, personal or financial. Success is not always only financial. The full picture of success includes your personal life as well. The false reality you created, gave you an unstable base to start with. It doesn’t help to assess your wellbeing at which you don’t really own. You have loaned or are burdened to such an extend that you should consider creative and alternative means of income.
House 3 – Environment.
This is the house of environment. It deals with family ties and early education. It can give insight into one’s relationship with one’s parents, sisters and brothers. It also deals with travel, especially to work. As much of our modern environment is filled with machines, this house can also show our relationship with machines.
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King of Pentacles (-)
A dangerous man and one you will do well to avoid. In business, he can be an absolute ruthless competitor. If not a person, the card signifies doubt, weakness, fear, despair. Danger to you. Vice and perversity; corruption and evil intentions; conceit.
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Eight of Swords(+)
This is a warning that things can go wrong; if you watch your back, you may keep this a warning and not a fact. Check all your affairs carefully, and without delay. If you exposed yourself to illegal activities, expect to be caught. You need to urgently rectify anything which may spell disaster or has the potential to cause losses. Chances are that you will suffer in any event.
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Chariot(-)
Having reconciled the opposites within yourself to the point where you are able to draw on them at need, you are now in a position to overcome your real enemies; these can be on the mundane but also the psychic level.
Just as a chariot in battle runs down the enemy forces, The Chariot in the Tarot symbolises victory over all who oppose you. These are not elements (as in Arcanum six) that can be made to reconcile and work together. They are forces which are by their nature enemies: good and evil, positive and negative, right and wrong. In some cases, they may still be factors within yourself which you must force to work in tandem, if not in agreement. Just as often, these opposing forces represent people or events in your life which are working which are working to prevent you from reaching goals. Because you have drawn strength from the opposites within yourself by making them work together, you can now recognise your true enemies and use their own weakness-and your strength-against them. This is the victory The Chariot pictures. All your enemies have been confounded; all your aims have been fulfilled; nothing can stand in the way of your success.
The level of The Chariot is another point where it is very tempting for you to stop with your spiritual development. After all, you have not only made peace with yourself, but you have overcome everything in your way to reach and master a major goal. In fact, what you have achieved is important enough that it may seem to be the goal you were seeking. It can be very difficult to convince yourself that there is even more you can accomplish, if you will only continue your search. Conflict, war, trouble. Defeat or disharmony. Quarrels, disputes. Being overpowered by enemies or obstacles.
The Chariot offers you the means to take what you’ve learned so far and use it to overcome anyone or anything trying to prevent you from reaching your goals. If this card represents you, then whether or not you are aware of it, you are now in a position to defeat your enemies and force them to accept your terms. Look within yourself. The strength is there.
House 4 – Home.
This house symbolizes home life, including matters of family, ancestry, inheritance, and tradition. Here we can find out about one’s relationship to one’s family in the present as well as the past. It also deals with the type of home one lived in as a child, at the present, and will live in the future, and one’s attitude toward maintaining one’s home.
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Wheel of Fortune(+) We are all bound to the Wheel of Fortune. Some of us are fighting our way upward while others fall by the wayside. Some sit on top of the heap, apparently unaffected by the vagaries of fortune. But the wheel is turning for everyone, whether or not we are aware of it. What results for everyone is pure chance, and has nothing to do with individual worth, or lack of it. The message here is in direct contrast to Justice. In both cards, each individual is treated with strict impartiality. In Justice, however, the result is fair; you get what you deserve. In fortune you get what happens to come, no matter what you deserve. What’s worse, the forces controlling your life don’t consider you, or anyone else, at all; they don’t even see you. In effect you become like the objects on the jugglers table, tossed about at random. In fact you are even less than that, for at least the juggler watches what he’s working with, even if he doesn’t care about anyone but himself. The Wheel of Fortune teaches us that there are things in life that just happen, and over which not you, and not even blind fate has control. You must be aware that the wheel is constantly turning, and that your life is being affected by it. If you want success, you have to fight to take control of the uncontrollable; to force fate to give you what you choose, whether or not you deserve it.
The secret of good fortune is to learn to use your psychic or inner powers, to control your fate, rather than allowing yourself to be shifted around by any wind that blows. Blind fortune has no interest in who wins or who loses; she simply turns the wheel at random. If you want to come out at the top, you have to learn to care enough about what happens to you to take control of the Wheel of Fortune.
Good luck, destiny, fortune. Success, an unexpected turn of events. Promotion or elevation. Victory or obstacles overcome by good fortune.
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World(+) Being the last number of the Major Arcana. In this representation, you are the adept you have tried to become throughout your journey. Your transmutation (shown in the previous card, Judgment) is complete, and you have achieved the perfect synthesis of body (material), mind (intellect), soul (self-awareness), and spirit (subconscious).
The world symbolizes complete mastery and understanding of your own inner nature and of the forces surrounding you. You know what is good and what is right in the universe and understand its intended order. You can also now, trust your judgment regarding which actions to take at any given moment. You have attained the status of full adept.
This card is the reverse of the Tower, in Arcanum sixteen, destruction resulted from misuse of power; the failed adept assumed authority which he or she did not in fact have, and reached for a goal he or she had no right. But here you attain an even greater goal than anything you could have wished for, or even imagined, at that earlier level.
There is no possibility of destruction, because it is no longer possible for you to make the wrong choices. Everything you do is right. And you have the right to everything you have. You know who and what you are; you know why you are and you know the reason for your existence. All of these answers serve to prove your individuality and individual worth. This is the reward for your efforts.
Completion, perfection, synthesis, ultimate change. Honesty and truth; assured success, harmony, attainment. Graduation; completion of a cycle. Recognition, reward, acclaim.
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Hierophant(+)
Whatever your supreme deity, it is evident that he or she does not descend from the Heavens at regular intervals to speak directly to the general populace. So most if not all, religions have individuals whose task it is to interpret the divine will for their followers. The more organised or structured the religion, the greater the authority of its High Priest
The point to remember here is that it’s not only in organised religion that some human representative possesses this kind of authority, the search for the truth, the interpreter of secret mysteries, the one who points the way to salvation(or whatever your ultimate spiritual goal may be).
But this figure also symbolises any organised philosophical or educational institution, be it religious or temporal that exerts that kind of mind control over the followers. in all such institutionalised philosophies, there is someone, or some controlling group, who insists that they are the only ones who know the truth, and you either obey their word or be damned.
In Arcanum Five, you arte being challenged to decide. At this particular stage of your spiritual development, you are given the opportunity to uncover the ultimate mystery- to discover the Will of God as it applies to you. Again the Hierophant is the Guardian of a Gate. To go through you must become him. Do you decide for yourself what is the road to your salvation, or do you let some other authority, even the Tarot! think for you? What you decide now will affect the rest of your spiritual development from this point on.
Note that this is not always a favourable card. Unlike the High Priestess, who uses her wisdom and understanding to enable others to find their true paths, The High Priest uses his power to increase his own authority over others. This card presents you with the choice of exploring your own soul’s needs, or adapting your Self to the requirements of others.
Mercy, goodness, kindness, alliance (including possible marriage). Creativity. The search for truth. Understanding and inspiration. Religious needs and inclinations. Moral courage; the ability to go your own road if you believe its right, despite opposition.
House 5 – Creativity.
This is the house of creativity. It deals with all the aspects of love, including sex, children, creative projects, business and art. This house will show what one enjoys and what kind of world one wants to manifest. It can also deal with parties and festivities.
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Strength(+)
This card symbolises the inner strength required to overcome obstacles placed in your path. Brute force is not conquered by brute force; rather, it is spiritual strength that overcomes physical strength. In almost all the legends of humans overcoming some powerful beast, be it a lion or a dragon, or anything else, victory is won by right, not by might—by the individuals inner fortitude and trust in God.
The beast in this case may be or represent external obstacles to your spiritual progress. It also represents the beast within, however, your own fears and passions, and other qualities within yourself which may seem to be stronger than you are, but which can be changed and tamed if you persist in the belief that it is you who are the stronger. The lion symbolises any apparently unbeatable opponent which can be conquered if you have faith in yourself and the will to succeed. (Just an example: anyone who has ever given up smoking, or stayed with a strict diet, has conquered this kind of beast.)The allegory here is also, as mentioned above, of a battle between the physical and the spiritual enlightenment. To achieve your ends, you must overcome or tame your base passions and force them to surrender to your higher self.
Force of will, moral strength. Personal vitality. Courage, triumph. Fortitude, determination, energy, defiance. Ability to endure hardship. Success.
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Knight of Cups(+)
Honest and intelligent young man who is friendly towards you. A brother, friend or lover. Good advice, a message, a visit, or an invitation. True love
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Ace of Wands(-)
There is no better way to put in than ”you’re screwed”. This is not because you did everything wrong. Sometimes it’s just not the time to do it or you didn’t think of everything. You may have been overeager in the sense that you didn’t investigate all the facets or, was given incorrect information. Your self-confidence took a dip and maybe you didn’t create an environment of productive actions. If the cycle of failure hasn’t completed yet, go back to the drawing board and see what can be done, to ensure success. If it is obvious nothing can save your venture, dump it, otherwise you may suffer more. However, don’t despair make the correct moves and success is yours
House 6 – Service and Health.
This is the house of service and health. It usually relates to one’s workplace and the relationships one forms there. One can also see the state of one’s health in this house and get advice about how to improve one’s health. How you interact with others has a lot to do with your ego development. It is usually good to get advice in this area.
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Ace of Swords(-)
Your victory is premature and spells disaster for you, you most definitely abused the power given to you and the affects has already or will start showing soon. You rushed in with too much confidence and dotted here and there, you will start seeing the flaws. Your common sense has let you down because you did not consider the consequences correctly. Your action has brought strife and negative factors into your professional and personal life. The opposing forces within yourself will now be evident; care must be taken to at least maintain your dignity. This card also foretells sickness of you or someone close to you.
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Queen of Swords(+)
You are or will be entering a period of sadness with quarrels and disputes all around you. These situations are created by a nasty person, a rival. You may have also lost someone dear to you and are now mourning or will do so in the future. Your strength lies in your self-confidence to overcome these obstacles.
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Eight of Wands(-)
Things are still moving, but either the situation or the consequences are unpleasant to go through, again be prepared; know exactly what you’re doing, if you don’t watch your back, failure is also a possibility. The times are right not just for you but for others, and that means somebody is likely to get hurt in the free-for-all. You neglected your duties both in your business and in your family life and are now suffering with the result and bad conscious.
House 7 – Marriage.
This is the house of marriage and relationships, including partnerships. For most people it would describe your relationship with your spouse (your spirit are not orientated to a specific sex). Here we can see your ability to harmonize with others and we can get advice about how to improve relationships. Advice is recommended because it is not always easy to know what your partner values, here the cards can help.
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Page of Pentacles(+)
Scholarly, reflective young man or woman; a dreamer. Intelligent, versed in and interested in the arts, refined and sensitive. If this does not represent a person expect good news, and or a bearer of good tidings, enjoyment, worldly pleasure or satisfaction, luxury.
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Ten of Swords(+)
It is extremely difficult for anyone to really give advice if you have reached this point. This card is the concentration of all that which may go wrong. The fact that we see a sunrise means that you can do something about it, but, it will take time, and very hard work to get all of these things sorted out and hopefully return to some state of normality. The period you are in or may enter will be a life changing experience. If you maintain your inner strength, draw on all your resources, you will make it through. Expect to feel exhausted and defeated. You need to keep focus and not be swayed by circumstances, do whatever you can to heal yourself and keep this experience as a point of reference to protect yourself in future. Even friendships, relationships and partnerships will be unstable and insecure.
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Three of Pentacles(+)
You have been or will be rumbling on with a project which needs time and dedication. This card shows that you need to stretch yourself a bit, explore those hidden talents and apply all your knowledge and experience to achieve your success. You have reached the first point in your success. It is now that you need to look at the lose ends; bring them together to achieve your ultimate goal. With determination you are moving forward to completion. Putting to practice your creative mind in business is of utmost importance. This first stage of completion and the praise going with it, has boosted you to achieve even greater things - keep up the good work.
House 8 – Sex and Death.
This is the house of sex and death. As we learned in the earlier chapters, sex and death are deeply connected to the mystical quest. Death represents endings and thee life energy or sexual energy is strong, you have the power to overcome endings with new beginnings. This is called regeneration. Ultimately the mystic learns to overcome mortality itself by ceasing to identify with what is temporary. This house can depict where you stand in relationship to desire and loss but it can also show your psychic ability.
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Hanged man(+) As with the Hermit (Arcanum Nine), many religions and myths describe a divine or semi-divine figure who chose to endure some form of personal sacrifice in order to attain divine wisdom or even godhood. In Norse myth for example, Odin, ruler of the Gods, hung for nine days and nights from the sacred tree, Yggdrasil, to attain the wisdom of the runes. In the case of the Hermit, seeking in solitude is the means to understanding your goal; in the Hanged man, the message is that personal sacrifice is required of you in order to attain it. In the case of Odin’s runes, that’s just icing on the cake-but it’s not the reason for the sacrifice.The point is that the choice must be yours, and the sacrifice must be a willing one, because the goal is worth it to you. Both sacrifices and goal may be on any one level. But whatever your goal is, there is the need to sacrifice your childish or selfish illusions to achieve your adult dreams. Just as God created humans in the divine image of the man or woman you choose to be.There is also another message in the card. The only person you are entitled to sacrifice to attain your goals is yourself.
Self-sacrifice, growth or wisdom, intuition. Devotion, surrender, renunciation. Giving something up for the sake of something better. Prophecy.
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Five of Pentacles(+) The meaning of this card has far-reaching consequences. You are or will soon be in a position where you have been ripped to pieces by those wanting their money. You’ve been left with nothing. The unfortunate part is that you may have been the cause of all this turmoil and destruction. You based everything on one single project to ensure financial stability. With all the eggs in one basket, you risked all and lost the battle. You dropped the basket or the handle merely broke. Not only is it your financial, but also your spiritual and mental position that is suffering. Nobody could foresee this happening, although you saw it coming you didn’t act fast enough to ensure your well-being. This is an all time low for you and will not disappear overnight. The only thing for you to do is to weather the storm, get it over and done with. Then start building again, for anything will be better than what you have now. Remember to, then, keep this cycle in mind and take precautionary measures.
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Lovers(-)The Lovers allegory is a union of opposites, pictured here as male and female, and of the mystical bond between those two who are like in spirit, it can refer to romantic love, or an ideal friendship, or some other close bond between people, especially when there are or has been some barrier or opposition which the two souls involved must or will overcome. If in this case, then it is mutual commitment that is the essential element which unites those whose lives must run together.
But there are also other kinds of marriage and kinds of opposites than need to be reconciled... as an allegory of your personal spiritual development, the lovers depict the unions of opposites within yourself. Each of us has qualities which we perceive as positive or negative, and the traits which are apparently in conflict. And for each of these qualities or traits, there are those which we accept and others we would prefer to eliminate; some, in fact, which we don’t even want to, admit we have.
The Lovers asks you to explore and reconcile these opposites within yourself rather than attempting to eliminate or change them. By understanding and utilising both sides of your nature, you become a coherent whole, no longer in conflict with yourself. And because this is a difficult task, once again it is commitment which is required of you in order to reach your goals.
You are not simply being asked to accept the presence of these different traits. You are being asked to understand that even the ones you don’t approve of are necessary to your continued growth and wellbeing. Opposites do not mean one is good and one is evil. The opposite traits within yourself- or within the other person with whom you are trying to bond- are mirrors of each other, which compliment and can support each other. What needs to be accomplished here is a union of these opposites: a way of making them work together which eliminates their conflicts and creates a whole greater than the sum of its parts.
The reward for resolving the disparate elements within yourself is an increase in your own strength and will. You no longer waste time and energy struggling- uselessly!-to eliminate qualities in yourself or others that disturb you. Instead, you integrate them into yourself and then can use them to further your own control of situations and events. Attraction, love, problems or trials overcome by harmony, union, and cooperation. Wise decisions: the correct choices made (perhaps between two equally worthy goals); a positive struggle, but with happiness as outcome.
House 9 – Philosophy.
This is the house of philosophy. It describes your mental exploration and higher education. It may also describe foreign travel and your abilities to speak another language. This house can be thought of the higher aspects than those introduced in the third house.
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Judgement(+)Like the Death card, Judgement symbolises the end of your old life and the beginning of a new one. But in this case, whatever change is about to happen will be for the better. Your questions will be answered; your doubts resolved. You will know the truth at last.
These answers may happen on either the spiritual or the mundane plane of life. On the mundane, for example, it may be that you can expect a new career, a new romance, a change for the better in your general lifestyle.
On the spiritual level, the answers are even more important. Up until now, you have been striving toward a goal sustained only by your faith that it must exist and that it’s worth striving for.
Now you will be shown that it does in fact exist, and that nothing could be more worth striving for. Judgement promises the reward for your faith and you’re striving: proof that there is a reason and a purpose for both your existence and that of the universe where you sprang from, and through which you moved to reach this goal. Form no on, you no longer have to believe. You know. Note that despite the type of illustration used here; this card does not actually refer to the Last Judgement in the sense of the end of the entire world. But it does mean the end of an old world for you: and what are coming to an end are puzzlement, despair and doubt. Judgement is a positive card, symbolising regeneration, rebirth, and understanding. Most importantly, you have a right to these rewards, because you earned them by your faith
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