Current Influences

Three of Wands

If you can manage to consistently bring your creativity and inventiveness to the table, then the Three of Wands brings good news. You are about to enter a time where your potential for productivity and accomplishment is very favourable. Keep your eyes open for new career opportunities and your mind open to new possibilities. The rewards these new opportunities bring, however, will take some time. You will need to be patient and stick around for the long haul. Also, look for new allies, as any new undertakings will be most successful if undertaken as partnerships.

Key interpretations:

  • Achievement
  • Fresh starts
  • Long-term success
  • Partnerships
  • Trade

In this position, the card reveals:

Be on the lookout for a new partnership. It will help you on your path towards wealth or fame.

Obstacles

Two of Pentacles

The Two of Pentacles is, as always, bound up in the forces of change, and of balance. Like its brothers, the Two of Pentacles can mean good or ill, but it as a strong indicator that the status quo will be disrupted. There will be challenges in your future, but your fate is largely in your own hands in the sense that the final outcome depends own how you respond to these challenges. This card suggests your best outcome is one that can be reached through prudence and careful planning.

Key interpretations:

  • Balance
  • Fluctuating Wealth
  • Juggling
  • Prudence
  • Transfer or Exchange

In this position, the card reveals:

A change for the better is coming to you, in the form of a communication.

Past Foundations

Ace of Pentacles

Aces always represent a new beginning in some form, and the Ace of Pentacles suggests a strong positive one for you. Your life is about to enter a very productive period, or at least a period which will see your work rewarded in good measure to the level of work you are willing to perform. This period will also see most of your relationships on stable ground, and, despite the hard work you may be doing, you will be very content with your situation.

Key interpretations:

  • Emotional stability
  • Financial gain
  • Luck
  • Recognition
  • Success

In this position, the card reveals:

You have accrued the resources you need to secure material achievement.

Past Events

The Sun

As an inherently good influence, finding the Sun is a positive development. It suggests personal gain, and that personal goals and joy are within reach, if you are willing to invest the effort to actualize them. If you are embarking on a new personal venture, such as marriage or beginning a family, the Sun is of particular influence.

Key interpretations:

  • Abundance
  • Achievement
  • Joy
  • Productivity
  • Success

In this position, the card reveals:

Your work or study is forming the basis for a future triumph.

Goals and Destiny

Three of Pentacles

If you can maintain a clear sense of purpose over the coming months, you are well positioned to see your hard work get the recognition it deserves. While it is not guaranteed, and it may tax your interpersonal skills, if you maintain your own pace and trust in others, recognition will be yours. That outcome will be worth your determination, as it may not only provide material reward, but also lead to a sense of lasting accomplishment.

Key interpretations:

  • Excellence
  • Mastery
  • Satisfaction
  • Success
  • Teamwork

In this position, the card reveals:

You are about to achieve success in some venture. Follow it up to maximize your own gain.

Future

King of Cups

The King of Cups is the worldly and calm projection of authority. To find him in your spread is most likely a reference to someone else who will aid you in achieving your goals. This person may seem unconcerned, even distant, but their motivations are pure. Whatever advice they give will be important to you and should be considered in your own deliberations. If it does refer to you personally, it shows an inner strength and tightly disciplined control of emotions.

Key interpretations:

  • Compassionate
  • Good advice / Helpful
  • Integrity
  • Mature, Authoritative Man
  • Spouse

In this position, the card reveals:

If you want peace, seek advice. You cannot find it on your own.

The Querant (you)

Four of Swords

Representing order and stability, combined with the tumultuous nature of the Swords, the Four of Swords offers you respite from the battles in your life. The peace may be temporary, but appreciate it while it lasts. It may point towards recovery from prolonged illness.

Key interpretations:

  • Delays
  • Healing
  • Rest
  • Sickness
  • Withdrawal

In this position, the card reveals:

You are approaching a time to renew energies after a particularly stressful period of your life.

Friends and Family

Page of Swords

Your personality may trend towards the stubborn and opinionated, if the Page represents you in the spread, but it is also indicative of strong analytical skills and an energetic nature. You have a predilection towards identifying the core of issues and accurately assessing your own stance on them. This will allow you to become an excellent negotiator. If the card refers to a situation, prepare yourself to make many important decisions quickly. Trust in your reason and your judgment to navigate these difficulties.

Key interpretations:

  • Aggressive
  • Challenging
  • Change
  • Intelligent
  • Vigilant

In this position, the card reveals:

You will need to rely on grace and dexterity to bring fulfillment.

Hopes, Fears, and Ideals

Ten of Cups

You can expect to attain a longterm goal if you find the Ten of Cups in your spread. This card has, like the rest of the Cups, many emotional undertones. It may signal the mending of bridges between friends or family members you were once close to, if there has been a rift. You may also find that it symbolizes your own inner emotional turmoil being resolved. In reference to marriage it is usually indicative of lasting emotional bonds.

Key interpretations:

  • Abundance
  • Achievement
  • Commitment
  • Family
  • Happiness

In this position, the card reveals:

You will find permanence and stability in your emotional life.

The Final Outcome

The Hermit

There are times in every life, when one must step back and carefully examine their situations and decisions. Finding the Hermit in your spread suggests this is such a time for you. You are in need of a period of inner reflection, away from the current demands of your position. This retreat can be physical, or a search within. Only a deep and honest introspection will lead to a solution, however.

Key interpretations:

  • Detachment
  • Guidance
  • Solitude
  • Soul-searching and introspection
  • Thinking and reflection

In this position, the card reveals:

Life has tested you, and now you are prepared as few will ever be. No matter what the future holds, you will be well and truly prepared to make the best of it.