Your present position. This card reveals influences, and shows the general direction of the reading.
Strength
Strength is the rawest form of power, and you possess it in some form. It is a very positive card if you are fighting illness or recovering from injury. As might be suspected, its influence over you, and the use you put it to, can trend towards light or dark. You likely trend towards facing your problems courageously, head-on, and conquering them through perseverance and will. However, with this ability to overcome life's obstacles, comes the responsibility to control yourself, and this card may be a warning to take command of your own actions or emotions before they damage you or the people you care about.
Key interpretations:
In this position, the card reveals:
You possess discipline and inner strength which is propped up by your integrity. Your honesty in dealings with others, and especially yourself, has positioned you at the beginning of a momentous time in your life. Rely on your self-knowledge and creative energy.
Immediate Influences. This card reveals the nature of the obstacles immediately before you.
Seven of Cups
This card speaks strongly to your inner self. It is trying to tell you something about your unconscious or the realms of your imagination. Your hopes, dreams, and unrealized aspirations are all fair game to the Seven of Cups. It speaks of a deep confusion, or a lack of understanding of your true motivations by your conscious mind. It is time to look carefully at your own motivations and reexamine your goals, but it is also a risky time to act upon your conclusions.
Key interpretations:
In this position, the card reveals:
You will find your mental or creative activities will bring you a surprise bonus.
Recent influences or events in the past from which your current situation has arisen.
The Star
The Star's presence signifies a period of respite and renewal for you. This renewal may be spiritual, physical, or both. It is a particularly positive sign if you or someone close is recovering from illness or injury. It is a light in the darkness, illuminating your future and your past.
Key interpretations:
In this position, the card reveals:
You cannot wallow in the past, so begin to apply positive energy to helping yourself.
Reveals a recent influence or event which is coming to an end.
Queen of Cups
Sensitivity and an affectionate nature are traditionally associated with the Queen of Cups, who is the emotionally open balance to the King. Despite her open nature, you will still find her influence to be largely passive. Particularly for men, her presence is a reminder to stay in touch with the emotional aspects of their character. You should take her presence as a gentle hand seeking to show you the power of your own inner aspects, whose power may be obscured by their quiet nature.
Key interpretations:
In this position, the card reveals:
The success you have been waiting for for so long is not here, but it is coming. Maintain faith, rely on your abilities.
Shows your desired goals and aims, and reveals the best outcome that can be achieved in your current situation.
Knight of Pentacles
The Knight of Pentacles symbolizes the virtues of patience, honour, and dependability, and his presence in your spread may indicate you also possess these traits. An alternative traditional view is that he represents a young man, a dependable bearer of good news who will soon enter your life.
Key interpretations:
In this position, the card reveals:
A difficult matter is in your future. You may be able to avoid involvement, but if you see it through to resolution you will receive an unexpected reward.
Reveals a new influence that will soon be brought to bear in your life.
The Wheel of Fortune
Symbolic of life's cycles, the Wheel of Fortune speaks to good beginnings. Most likely, you will find the events foretold to be positive, but, being aspects of luck, they may also be beyond your control and influence. Tend to the things you can control with care, and learn not to agonize over the ones you cannot.
Key interpretations:
In this position, the card reveals:
You will soon have a chance to change paths to one leading to personal growth and happiness, if you can find the strength to change your ways of thinking.
This card reveals your negative feelings, and provides additional information about how you feel in your present environment..
Eight of Cups
The Eight of Cups suggests that there is stability and security in your life, but at a personal cost. You are probably unfulfilled by your current life. Depending on the rest of your spread, it may be a strong push for you to move on, and find the courage to strike out in a new direction. You will have to look closely at your work, your relationship, and your own beliefs to identify the source of your dissatisfaction, and then decide if you are willing to set aside some of your life's stability in order to find happiness.
Key interpretations:
In this position, the card reveals:
Pain and disillusion stalk the road ahead. In battling them you will gain a deeper understanding of yourself.
This card shows your influence on the people around you, and their influence on you. It also shows how they fit into your home, work, and surroundings.
The Devil
The Devil is in the business of entrapment. It signifies a situation from which there is no escape, or a road leading to one. Forewarning may let you avoid the trap, or it may not. What sort of trap, and how you might avoid it, depends on where the Devil appears in your spread, and what other cards surround it. This card does not foretell doom, only the need for prudence.
Key interpretations:
In this position, the card reveals:
You must be wary of extravagance causing you to live beyond your means.
Your inner emotions.
Death
Death is indicative of change in your future. This change can be in almost any aspect of your life, but it will almost certainly be permanent, significant, and absolute. Death suggests a complete severance between the past and the future, and it could potentially be painful. Despite the sense of loss that may accompany it, Death fills an important and natural role in life, and leads eventually to acceptance. It is a necessary part of moving forward, and you will find the changes easiest if you embrace them, rather than fight them. Expect the end of a close friendship, a job, a marriage, or something else significant - but do not focus too greatly on the negative. Look for the silver lining, and opportunities to grow. This is not a card to be afraid of because it leads to new beginnings.
Key interpretations:
In this position, the card reveals:
Your inner transformation will arise through the impetus of external forces.
This card reveals the final outcome to your question. It's the product of all the other influences shown in this spread.
Six of Pentacles
Success in your life is bound up in generosity. This may mean your prosperity will arise from your investment in others, perhaps a financial investment, or maybe advice and support for a friend. This card can also mean the reverse, that your success will arise from the generosity of someone else. The two are, of course, not exclusive, and drawing this card suggests you naturally lean towards kind acts and charity.
Key interpretations:
In this position, the card reveals:
What you have given will return to you threefold in the end.