Technically it's now February 14th, but I did in fact do a Tarot reading yesterday; I just didn't get the chance to post it until now.
I didn't have the opportunity to read about the card until late last night, so there will be no morning interpretation.
Daily Exercise
Spread: 1-card daily
Card drawn: 8 of Cups
Interpretation: The card is about leaving behind something you felt comfortable with and embracing change. Very simply put, it is about the drastic change I decided on and felt no remorse for when I got my nose pierced.
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February 10th ~ Dailies
This time I used a little different exercise which I'll try to use whenever I have the time (I'll reserve 1-card readings for busy days).
I came across this spread on a forum yesterday. You start by separating out your Major Arcana cards, Court cards, and Minor Arcana cards. You shuffle each and use the following spread:
1 (Major)
.
.
2 (Court)
.
.
3 (Minor)
where:
1 - A lesson or situation you'll face.
2 - Someone you'll come into contact with or something you'll learn about yourself.
3 - An obstacle or advice.
I laid them out horizonatally, which worked well for me, then drew a Major Arcana for (1), a Court card for (2), and a Minor Arcana card for (3). Here is my result:
Daily Exercise
Spread: 3-card daily (major, court, minor)
Major Arcana: The Tower, Rx
Court: Page of Swords, Rx
Minor Arcana: 7 of Cups
Morning Interpretation:
(I apologize for the quick answer. Normally, I'd go into detail with each card, but it seems I'm running a little late.)
The Tower, reversed, means I'll have an epiphany of some sort that will result from something within myself. The Page of Swords (which happens to be my court card and the one most like me), reversed, tells me that I want to learn something that perhaps I shouldn't be spending so much time on. The 7 of Cups is about many choices which I have emotional ties to, and tells me to step back from my emotions to make a decision.
These cards came together fairly easily. What I believe they're telling me is that my epiphany actually is the thing which I'll learn about myself. I've become too enthralled by Tarot (which has an emotional pull over me) and have neglected my studies. This is the thing that I want to learn which I shouldn't be spending as much time on as I do.
Evening Interpretation: I'll come back to this later this evening and make more notes. (I apologize for not returning to this. My nerves were shot that night and it wasn't a good time for judging interpretations, but as far as I remember the reading was almost spot on.)
I came across this spread on a forum yesterday. You start by separating out your Major Arcana cards, Court cards, and Minor Arcana cards. You shuffle each and use the following spread:
1 (Major)
.
.
2 (Court)
.
.
3 (Minor)
where:
1 - A lesson or situation you'll face.
2 - Someone you'll come into contact with or something you'll learn about yourself.
3 - An obstacle or advice.
I laid them out horizonatally, which worked well for me, then drew a Major Arcana for (1), a Court card for (2), and a Minor Arcana card for (3). Here is my result:
Daily Exercise
Spread: 3-card daily (major, court, minor)
Major Arcana: The Tower, Rx
Court: Page of Swords, Rx
Minor Arcana: 7 of Cups
Morning Interpretation:
(I apologize for the quick answer. Normally, I'd go into detail with each card, but it seems I'm running a little late.)
The Tower, reversed, means I'll have an epiphany of some sort that will result from something within myself. The Page of Swords (which happens to be my court card and the one most like me), reversed, tells me that I want to learn something that perhaps I shouldn't be spending so much time on. The 7 of Cups is about many choices which I have emotional ties to, and tells me to step back from my emotions to make a decision.
These cards came together fairly easily. What I believe they're telling me is that my epiphany actually is the thing which I'll learn about myself. I've become too enthralled by Tarot (which has an emotional pull over me) and have neglected my studies. This is the thing that I want to learn which I shouldn't be spending as much time on as I do.
Evening Interpretation: I'll come back to this later this evening and make more notes. (I apologize for not returning to this. My nerves were shot that night and it wasn't a good time for judging interpretations, but as far as I remember the reading was almost spot on.)
February 9th ~ Dailies
Daily Exercise:
Card drawn: 5 of Swords, Rx
Morning interpretation: The card foretells of an empty victory that isn't worth the consequences. I can only guess this means some kind of verbal argument I may have later in the day that I will win without benefit.
Evening interpretation:
I was close in my earlier interpretation. Instead of being about an empty battle I would win, I think this card foretold what I would witness such a battle. When shuffling and drawing the card, I asked the question, "What will the day hold?" It could be about the argument which my aunt won against my grandfather. It wasn't worth the consequences because everyone felt bad in the end, and it was definitely an empty victory (although I fully understand the reasoning behind it).
Other: I want to note that I drew this card last night while doing a 3-card (morning, noon, night) spread about today. I'm really shocked how accurate the cards seem to be all the time, and how very little the odds are that after shuffling and flipping the cards many times before each reading, then spreading them out and drawing at random, that I would come up with this card again.
Card drawn: 5 of Swords, Rx
Morning interpretation: The card foretells of an empty victory that isn't worth the consequences. I can only guess this means some kind of verbal argument I may have later in the day that I will win without benefit.
Evening interpretation:
I was close in my earlier interpretation. Instead of being about an empty battle I would win, I think this card foretold what I would witness such a battle. When shuffling and drawing the card, I asked the question, "What will the day hold?" It could be about the argument which my aunt won against my grandfather. It wasn't worth the consequences because everyone felt bad in the end, and it was definitely an empty victory (although I fully understand the reasoning behind it).
Other: I want to note that I drew this card last night while doing a 3-card (morning, noon, night) spread about today. I'm really shocked how accurate the cards seem to be all the time, and how very little the odds are that after shuffling and flipping the cards many times before each reading, then spreading them out and drawing at random, that I would come up with this card again.
February 9th
Since I've been working on a Tarot journal for a while now, I'd like to start off this blog by jumping into my first successful (or so it would appear) reading.
After asking a few general questions suggested in "The Dreamer's Journal" by Barbara Moore, and not getting much in the way of good answers, I decided to come up with a couple questions of my own to try my hand at 3-card spreads. Until this point, I'd only been using 1-card spreads, which I've decided I have little use for (besides daily morning readings, which I'll get to later).
I used a basic outline illustrated in the book, a vertical spread that looked something like this:
1. Where I am
3. Where I want or don't want to be
2. How I end up there
I changed the wording a bit from what was in the book, because this suited my ends better. The original version was 1. Where I am, 2. Where I want to be, and 3. How to get there, which works just fine if the outcome is positive, but since mine was a warning, I needed to change it up.
The question - What do I need to do to be successful in the future?
For (1) I drew the Fool, for (3) the Ace of Pentacles Rx, and the 4 of Pentacles for (2).
The accuracy of the reading shocked me. Until that moment, I didn't fully expect them to work. I hoped they would, but I'd mostly convinced myself that was an empty wish.
Interpretation:
Where I am (the Fool) - My present position is full of choices and many possible paths I could take into the future. As a freshman in college, this is exactly true.
Where I want/don't want to be (the Ace of Pentacles, reversed) - My future goals are faced with bad luck. My plans will not take root as expected.
How I end up there (4 of Pentacles) - The path to my outcome, which is not at all bright, embodies my fears regarding the future and the fact that it isn't set in stone. If I continue to hold onto my plans so tightly, I'll develop an unhealthy, controlling view of the future, which will affect my goals negatively. This describes perfectly what I've been doing with my college career, backing myself into corners trying to have a dozen back-up plans to force my foremost plan to come to light. It's kept me awake many nights, and is something I apparently need to stop.
Conclusion (the answer to the question) - To be successful, I need to remain open-minded about the future.
After asking a few general questions suggested in "The Dreamer's Journal" by Barbara Moore, and not getting much in the way of good answers, I decided to come up with a couple questions of my own to try my hand at 3-card spreads. Until this point, I'd only been using 1-card spreads, which I've decided I have little use for (besides daily morning readings, which I'll get to later).
I used a basic outline illustrated in the book, a vertical spread that looked something like this:
1. Where I am
3. Where I want or don't want to be
2. How I end up there
I changed the wording a bit from what was in the book, because this suited my ends better. The original version was 1. Where I am, 2. Where I want to be, and 3. How to get there, which works just fine if the outcome is positive, but since mine was a warning, I needed to change it up.
The question - What do I need to do to be successful in the future?
For (1) I drew the Fool, for (3) the Ace of Pentacles Rx, and the 4 of Pentacles for (2).
The accuracy of the reading shocked me. Until that moment, I didn't fully expect them to work. I hoped they would, but I'd mostly convinced myself that was an empty wish.
Interpretation:
Where I am (the Fool) - My present position is full of choices and many possible paths I could take into the future. As a freshman in college, this is exactly true.
Where I want/don't want to be (the Ace of Pentacles, reversed) - My future goals are faced with bad luck. My plans will not take root as expected.
How I end up there (4 of Pentacles) - The path to my outcome, which is not at all bright, embodies my fears regarding the future and the fact that it isn't set in stone. If I continue to hold onto my plans so tightly, I'll develop an unhealthy, controlling view of the future, which will affect my goals negatively. This describes perfectly what I've been doing with my college career, backing myself into corners trying to have a dozen back-up plans to force my foremost plan to come to light. It's kept me awake many nights, and is something I apparently need to stop.
Conclusion (the answer to the question) - To be successful, I need to remain open-minded about the future.
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