Midnight, 1/20

I did a reading with a close friend last night. No specific question; I read a Celtic Cross spread for an overall outlook.

I had her shuffle the deck (it can be done different ways- 3 times, or, what I usually do, is shuffle until they feel satisfied). Then, they use their left hand to cut the deck into three piles, moving to the left. I then pile everything back up (with the first pile- my left, her right) and start to deal. As a reader, I prefer to differentiate between Reversed or Upright cards; because this is the case, I need to pay special attention- draw/flip the cards sideways (not flipping them around). Also note- I consider the position (Upright/Reversed) based on how the subject can see them.

1. Ace of Rods, Reversed
Lack of growth, delays, cancellations, etc. I connected this to a few things: we had some meetings that night together that involved some uber schedule changes; also life was in a sort of lull. Spiritual emptiness because right now there's a lot of things in life she needs to deal/cope with.

2. The Tower
Traumatic changes, broken homes, outgrowing environments. There's been a lot of family drama in life, as well as the breakup. Also, soon enough she'll outgrow college and move on to grad school- a whole new start, a whole new life.

3. Page of Cups
Someone quiet and intelligent; perfectionist, artistic.. Realizing self-worth. She jumped in and related it to herself! (Realistically :P)

4. Judgment
Healing. Release, freedom, etc. I related it back to what I saw in her, before the holidays and after- I could see that some healing had happened; she was more herself again, and able to talk about things. Also she's free now, to be herself, to be her own person, to focus on her own choices (and not be tied down by how it will affect others), etc. This is one of the ones (see post script note, haha) that was a lot easier in conversation/discussion than typing it up now. It was a give and take interpretation.

5. Wheel of Fortune, Reversed
Good Karma! Woohoo!! Basically, this card (reversed) symbolizes a change in fortune. Miss Friend has had a pretty rough run of luck in the past few months, so a change is due!

6. Four of Cups, Reversed
The "warning" of sorts from this card was in response to her view of independence. She is often a very independent person, and this card represents resentment of help being offered. It symbolizes new contacts or relationships- she just went through a rbeakup, so this seemed to represent that it's ok to move on. Also, in regards to her workload in life, sometimes it's alright to distribute the burden (in shared workloads), especially when it's NORMAL for others to be taking charge of some of the responsibility (hard to explain without revealing her identity).

7. Seven of Cups
She has LOTS of options right now, in lots of different things, and her best strategy is to focus on ONE goal per topic/issue. Focus her energy towards one goal, and it's more likely to result in success (aka focus on ten things, and they'll be half ass. Direct your energy to one, and it will be KICKass :D)

8. Ten of Pentacles, Reversed
Finances = home issues. Dur. We're in college. Kinda self-explanatory

9. Two of Pentacles, Reversed
Instability. It brings up the heavy workload again, cautioning against taking on too much (again, she needs to focus her energy on fewer goals to get better results, and/or ask for help!)

10. Six of Rods
TRIUMPH!! WOOHOO! (actually, I just now realized I effed up last night and read the reversed... which made us uber confused and I had to stretch for an interpretation haha). Basically, if she makes the right choices, everything will turn out great! It won't be easy, but she will succeed :D



**I'm realizing it's a lot more difficult to explain these things in type, not through back and forth conversation and discussion... Hm.