What is your desperation about Rasha? That you didn’t go home? That you broke up with your boy friend of 2 years? That a proposal for marriage did not work out? That you had an argument with your family?
At the risk of coming across insensitive, please bear with me for a while: We are still in the first month of 2009. Why are you giving up so soon? Why do you wish to label 2009 as a bad year for you just because certain events in your life went 'wrong'? Could it be that these events had to go wrong in order to pave the way for better things to come?
Let us see what the cards have to say:
I am using a spread called The Star (I know there are different versions to it) with the Rider Waite deck.
THE PAST: Page of Pentacles.
You had plans set out for you like this young man who was looking to invest his coin in the land to bring back dividends. He had foresight and trust in the land and his own abilities that things would work out and that his ideas for a prosperous future would work out. He is that kind of a soul, bringing in good messages for success and ability to plan for the future. That was in the past.
THE PRESENT: Three of Pentacles.
Going back to the drawing board and making plans to start afresh. Almost like an apprentice working your way to building something new, but this is something that cannot be done alone. You need people around you, or their approval and support to get the job done. Whether you wish or are starting a new home, a new project, education, you are dependent on others to give you their seal of approval. Family? Parents? As solo as you would like to go about this project, you will need support from your surrounding.
POSITIVE INFLUENCES: Three of Wands.
Here is a man looking at the horizon with new ideas and taking control of his own destiny. I feel the recent events around you will give you a sense of independence to look at the future under a different light. You being in control of your own destiny and in that bring back the results that you sow for yourself.
NEGATIVE INFLUENCES: Ten of Cups.
The ideal family bliss. Now, how can this be a negative influence? It can, considering the trauma you have been through and it can cause you more traumas if you continue building on these ideas. Please don’t get me wrong; I am not saying that you should not aspire for a blissful family life. On the contrary. But if you make this failed engagement, the break up with your boy friend, the happy family life that you were aspiring for constantly occupying your mind, the end result has a potential of having a negative impact on you.
THE FUTURE (the most likely outcome): Page of Cups.
A message of love and romance will come again at your door, assuming things are not changed from your current pace. Along with romance, I feel this Page (element of water and signified by the sign of Pisces) advises you to be forgiving to people’s mistakes and take a more loving approach towards them.
UNPREDICTABLE ELEMENT: The Hierophant.
A major Arcana card – a man of the cloth, a religious leader or someone of religious nature on the earthly realm. I see you doing things the unconventional way; ways that you were possibly not brought up with. There is also a lot to learn in this process. The Hierophant stands for knowledge of things on the earthly realm. Things for you to learn and get acquainted with in order to start recognising what is what. Might you be considering going into education or learning new things about yourself that you thought you already knew? It may even mean the blessing of a marriage; but before that, the Hierophant is asking that you seek some knowledge about your surroundings and, most of all, about yourself. The events that you have been through recently, should not be in vain – a lot of knowledge and lessons there for you to carry forward.
SYNTHESIS: (Summary of the cards’ messages): The Star.
A beautiful card to end the reading with: one of hope, healing and nurturing the body and soul to prepare the ground for the life ahead.
I hope this has shed some light on your situation and you feel a bit better now.
I look forward to hearing from you and your news.
Blessings and don’t be harsh on 2009
Cedars