I'm Back and Ready to Act!

It's SUMMER and it's time to relax! (In between 3 jobs, of course >< haha). So to bring me back down to earth, my friend and I each did a reading for each other. I won't be posting my personal reading, but I shall share the reading I did for Violet.

The overall situation was future financial status, and I used the Celtic Cross spread. I should note: This reading was done as distance (I shuffled the cards and relayed the message via IM). As stated in a previous reading/post, Violet is a close friend of mine; I felt comfortable enough with her to feel confident in the reading even without her physically with me.

Though I used the Celtic Cross Spread, I tried a different interpretation style I recently read about. This interpretation looks at the cards in pairs. I'll explain as I go. Also, I originally marked certain cards as Reversed, but as I progressed through the reading, I ended up reading everything upright. Started as a mistake, but ended up feeling right in the end.

1. Death
2. Hanged Man
3. Sun
4. Queen of Swords
5. King of Rods
6. Queen of Rods
7. Six of Pentacles
8. Six of Rods
9. Three of Pentacles
10. The World

First: Cards one and two are paired together as "The Core Situation"*- Death represents the central issue (ending of a life stage, new beginnings, etc.) and Hanged Man represents what Violet must do about it (adjustment, improvement- aka, ADAPT!).

Next: Cards 3 & 5 represent "Levels of Consciousness"- The Sun represents her inner feelings, or 'deeper truth' about the situation (satisfaction, accomplishment & success), whereas the King of Rods should represent the more surface, material feelings (Passionate, generous father?- I referenced this to graduation gifts, but I'll admit it was somewhat of a stretch).

Cards 4 & 6 represent Time- Queen of Swords is a symbol of the past (Decisions, One who can bear their sorrow, Discussion- aka, her entire school year), and Queen of Rods (interesting that 2 Queens came up in a pair together) is the near future (a forceful, vibrant female with a fondness for the home- I likened it to her coming into her strength in her newfound independence).

Card 7 & 8: Yourself and Others. Together, these cards show Triumph and Accomplishment. Six of Pentacles represents Violet herself, with gifts, charity, receiving what is rightfully theirs, etc. Six of Rods represents Violet's environment/family/friends, and showed success through labor, helpful friends, etc. These two cards really went well together, feeding off of each other and each one supporting the other.

Card 9: Hopes and Fears of the Subject. Three of Pentacles represented Rewards for her efforts, success, accomplishment, etc.

Card 10: This final card is for the overall "final" outcome. The World represents completion, success and triumph.

Notice any continuous themes? It was exciting, let me tell you, to be able to offer a mostly POSITIVE reading for once!

<3 Now off to do a reading, or card search, of my own!!!!




*This pairing lesson was found at learntarot.com, and was part of Lesson 16.