Cedars

I do hope you are in good health? May I ask a reading of you, but please do not worry if you are too busy or is too much trouble.

It would be great to have a reading about my love life going forward. Any insight most welcome.

Ln

I will post my reading for you very soon, Lino.

Hi Lino
Sorry for my late reply. I was not in the ‘reading’ frame of mind. This happens at times and please forgive me that it has taken me a while to get back to you.

I will try and connect with your energies before laying the cards and see what I get. Sometimes I get visions, words, events which may be symbolic and only you could interpret their meaning.

Lino, I see you shaking hands with someone (a male person) and I get the feeling it is some form of agreement, a seal of approval or a deal made. I see this person leave the room and you are in a space or an office of some sort feeling quite content and at the same time overwhelmed with what has just happened. I don’t get the feeling that this person with whom you have made an alliance is a lot older than you. I also get the feeling that you may have known him in the past or in the work environment. I feel this is a new step for you - something which you never expected would happen and now that it has happened you wonder where to start from.  The meeting with this male person was purely on professional grounds and I don’t get the feeling that there would be an y personal contact with him. I get the feeling of a woman in the distance who had been concerned or may even have been praying for this situation to come to fruition. She was always in the background and she may not have expressed her feeling and thoughts towards this issue openly, but she seems quite pleased with the result now. I get the feeling this is a mother figure... You have to start believing that this is a fact and it has happened and for you now to put your efforts to make a go of it.
This is what I got about your current energies.

Not knowing if you are currently seeing or dating someone, I will ask the question: what does Lino need to know about her love life for the foreseeable future (coming 3 – 6 months).

I am using the Rider Waite deck.

Instead of just picking three or four cards, I am going to use a spread which applies to most things in life. I do hope it sheds some light on your question.

What is going on in your life right now?
Eight of Pentacles. The Four of Pentacles flew off while I was shuffling.
These two cards could be referring to a work situation, as they are from the suit of Pentacles, but they may also have other meanings for your current life in general.
In the Eight of Pentacles we see a man bent over his work area and carving a coin while five other coins are waiting to be carved and one already on the floor. This reflects a situation of being devoted to one’s work or putting all efforts either to learn something new or spending most of one’s time on a project at hand. This could also mean a training of some sort to learn new skills or going further in expanding one’s horizons by way of hands-on training. The Four of Pentacles, however, is a state of wait and see as we see a man who is holding on to all his four coins – almost like a miser – and not letting go. Perhaps it is time to be prudent with your expenses  or may be hold all your cards close to your chest and not give in to temptations. Whilst this may be known in tarot circles as the miser card, it may also stand for prudence in not splashing out money unnecessarily. Whichever way you look at it, coupled with the Eight of Pentacles, they refer to a situation to do with your financial and material status. Whether the Four of Pentacles is also telling you not to be too hasty about a certain situation or even a person, is all a matter of interpretation for you.

What you should concentrate on – your priorities.
Knight of Swords. Queen of Swords.
Hmmm..... we have two people here and whether you should concentrate on them or be wary of  them is for you to decide.
The Knight of Swords is a man in his twenties to early thirties who is all over the place and never sits still. He can be intelligent and he is not too modest about it. He can be a gentleman but has a habit of forgetting his promises and does things on a whim. He lacks tact when he comes in expressing his opinions and also not really rules by his heart.  As he is always on the move, this card can also mean for you to be in motion or change situations and places. If this is a person in your life, please be aware of some of his all talk, but no substance qualities and his sweet talking but no delivering qualities.
The Queen of Swords is a non-nonsense woman. She could be a mother figure, a business contact, a woman of authority who follows her mind rather than her heart. This is a woman who does not suffer fools gladly and she tells the truth bluntly and without any concerns about its effect. She may be cold, but she is wise. She can be a bitch at times but will not play games by hiding the truth or telling lies.
With these two Air elements of people around you,  I am wondering if they are resonating with you and the caution that you should be aware of them or even make them your priorities to handle them correctly.

Possible potential for Outcome.
The Sun. Six of Cups.
The sun as the word itself indicates is all brightness and warmth and the coming into fruition all that you have been working on. It is a new lease of life, a new birth, clean from the start, like the boy in the picture riding naked on a white horse and the sun smiling above him. This also means you may beat your best in communication and conveying your thoughts.  Very positive card which heralds success and personal accomplishment.
The Six of Cups takes me to your childhood or  a time when you may have had tender feelings towards someone who may be back on the scene or coming into your life. This is the nostalgia card as well as the card which is telling you to have some fun, flirt around with someone with whom you feel at ease and happy to be in their company. Whether it will go somewhere or not is difficult to tell at this moment, but while the opportunity is there, we all need to lighten up and bring some laughter into our life.

I hope this reading resonated with you Lino and I do hope it answered some of your questions.
I would be happy to hear from you.

Blessings.

Cedars

Thank you for your kind reading.

I must, in the first instance, advise you that I had no such concern about your "delay" in reading.
The number and quality of readings you so kindly deliver to all on this site is truly commendable, therefore none of us can ever reasonably complain about any such delay , especially when the "delay" is 3 days!

Ok, so feedback. A great deal of the reading will come to fruition in the future, therefore it is difficult for me to comment either way at this moment in time.
However, I thought I'd give you some insight on the things that have taken place, and therefore I can feedback on in terms of the accuracy of your reading.

I have lost many jobs owing to low self esteem and the economy over the past 10 years. I never imagined that I would ever retain employment,and also be valued in my job (as a result of these past experiences). However, I recently survived a redundancy selection period and was praised as being one of the top scorers.

I now have a new boss, who has a reputation for being very demanding and difficult, and he last week told me he thought that I was exceptionally good at my job, given my history and past low self esteem issues - I was shocked/overwhelmed by this never heard before feedback, and still am.

So the opening of your reading is accurate. I am not sure if the guy in his twenties to 30s you mentioned is a close friend (or soon to be ex close friend of mine that fits the description of being intelligent, not modest about it and tactless) with whom I am currently arguing with - or an (very recently) ex lover that also fits that description very closely.
However, it is very very unlikely that I would welcome him back into my life (or he would make an attempt to return), as the parting of ways was not cordial.

I am however going on a blind date tomorrow. I am anxious about it as it took me some time to recover from the ex lover and parting of ways mentioned above. I have only just stabilised, and am not sure if I am ready to put myself 'back out there' in terms of being ready to accept the rough and the smooth of dating. I am not sure I'm ready for either outcome - I'm not sure I have time for a relationship as I am setting up a business in my spare time, and am not sure I have the emotional strength to deal with unrequited love/ rejection of any sort etc. I also am not sure at this moment in time if I am going on this date to mitigate low self esteem, given my past demons around low self esteem, that I am not sure are 100 per cent "cleared".
But also do not want to ever decline  any situation on the grounds of fear. Tricky one. So this is where things stand for me. Will keep you updated. Thanks again.

Love and light

L

Dear Lino
Thank you for your kind words and the generosity with which you commend the humble work that I do here.

I feel with the court cards they could be anyone; either presently in your life or coming up soon.

You seem to be on the right track of things and especially in beating your low self esteem. I share with you your fears and trepidations of entering into a new relationship, but that should not stop us from experiencing new feelings my good friend. Go on this date and see how things turn out. Whilst I agree with your efforts of self preservation, but we cannot build brick walls around us and prevent what could be happiness for us. Yes, yes, there is the flip side too... it could also be sadness and pain.

Can we avoid any of these in life? No.

Be happy and let us know how things work out for you.

Blessings to you