Tarot Card Meanings

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Thirteens Tarot Card Meanings

Learn the meaning of Tarot cards, with Thirteens basic information and observations on each of the 78 cards in a Rider-Waite style Tarot deck.
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Introd'ction ................................................................................................................. 4 -a.or Arcana ............................................................................................................... 7 )//0............................................................................................................................. 7 -A1ICIAN.................................................................................................................. 8 2I12 34IESTESS ..................................................................................................... 10 E-34ESS.................................................................................................................... 12 E-3E4/4 .................................................................................................................. 14 2IE4/32ANT .......................................................................................................... 15 0/5E4S ...................................................................................................................... 17 C2A4I/T................................................................................................................... 20 ST4EN1T2 ................................................................................................................ 22 2E4-IT...................................................................................................................... 25 62EE0 /) )/4T7NE ............................................................................................ 27 87STICE ...................................................................................................................... 28 2AN1E9 -AN ........................................................................................................ 29 9EAT2 ....................................................................................................................... 32 TE-3E4ANCE.......................................................................................................... 34 9E5I0 ......................................................................................................................... 36 T/6E4 ....................................................................................................................... 38 STA4 ........................................................................................................................... 40 -//N ........................................................................................................................ 42 S7N ............................................................................................................................. 44 8791E-ENT............................................................................................................. 46 6/409 ...................................................................................................................... 48
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-inor Arcana # S'its ................................................................................................. 50 ACES ........................................................................................................................... 52 T6/S .......................................................................................................................... 53 T24EES ...................................................................................................................... 55 )/74S ........................................................................................................................ 58 )I5ES........................................................................................................................... 60 SI:ES ........................................................................................................................... 63 SE5ENS ...................................................................................................................... 66 EI12TS ....................................................................................................................... 68 NINES ......................................................................................................................... 71 TENS ........................................................................................................................... 74 Co'rt Cards ................................................................................................................ 78 3A1ES ........................................................................................................................ 80 ;NI12TS ................................................................................................................... 83 <7EENS ..................................................................................................................... 86 ;IN1S ......................................................................................................................... 89

ntrod!ction
Not long a%ter I .oined the Aeclectic Tarot )or'&, I started an in%or&al st'dy gro'p in hopes o% going thro'gh the 4ider#6aite dec$ and distilling o't ,hat &ost readers %elt ,ere good, *asic &eanings %or *eginners to learn( This e#*oo$ is the res'lt( /+er the years, I ha+e t,ea$ed these &eanings( This partic'lar edition, ho,e+er, has the &ost changes as I tried to consolidate all I=d learned in the inter+ening years ,ith the so&e o% the original, 4ider#6aite &eanings into a co&prehensi+e ,hole( I pass this onto yo' ,ith *lessings and a ,ar& ,elco&e onto the 3ath o% the Tarot( It is a ne+er ending, *'t al,ays %ascinating .o'rney( Bless=d Be Thirteen " #rief $ote to #eginners abo!t Learning Tarot %ards& There are &any ,ays to learn the cards( ;ey ,ords is a pop'lar &ethod, ,here the st'dent assigns >;ey? ,ords to each card and &e&ori@es the& li$e %lash cards( So >)ool? is gi+en a $ey ,ord li$e >*eginnings? and any ti&e it t'rns 'p, that is ,hat the reader thin$s( Another pop'lar &ethod is .o'rnal ,riting, ,here the st'dent creates their o,n tarot *oo$ *y ,riting do,n either their personal i&pressions or a co&*ination o% *oo$ &eanings and i&pressions in a .o'rnal( So&e st'dents rely on &editation, going o+er a card a day, e+en sleeping ,ith the& 'nder their pillo,s( So&e ta$e classes in tarot reading, so&e 'se old %ashioned &e&ori@ation( -ost, ho,e+er, rely on *oo$s( Boo$s ha+e their pros and cons( /n the pro side, the st'dent gets an o+er+ie, o% agreed on &eanings, an idea o% the history o% the cards and the &eaning o% the sy&*ols 'sed( 2o,e+er, there is a tendency %or *oo$s to o+er,hel& the st'dent ,ith too &'ch in%or&ation( Also, st'dents ha+e a *ad ha*it o% carrying their *oo$s aro'nd ,ith the&, loo$ing 'p &eanings e+ery ti&e they lay do,n cards( 6hile +ery co&&on, %lipping thro'gh a *oo$ to re&ind yo' ,hat the card is a*o't is not a +ery good ,ay to learn tarot( The *est ,ay to 'se *oo$s is to ta$e in ,hat see&s i&portant to yo', personally, a*o't the card as yo' read the eAplanation( So ,hen yo' read a*o't the )ool, yo' &ay *e str'c$ *y the %act that he is a*o't *eing %oolish(
That is certainly eno'gh to start( So&e ti&e later, ,hen yo'=re &ore %a&iliar ,ith the dec$, yo' &ay re#read this *oo$, and *e str'c$ *y the >ne, *eginnings? aspect o% the )ool( Bo'=ll add that to yo'r >%oolish? &eaning( And still later, yo' &ay read o+er the &eaning again and %ind that the >ca'tion? sy&*oli@ed *y the dog see&s i&portant( In short, yo' do not ha+e to re&e&*er or *e re&inded o% all the possi*le &eanings the *oo$ gi+es yo' a*o't the )ool( Bo' start ,ith ,hat stri$es yo' and add on, *it *y *it( 5ery soon, yo' ,ill not only ha+e a +ery layered +ie, o% the )ool to dra, on in interpreting hi&, *'t %ind that ne, insights and ideas are occ'rring to yo', no *oo$ reC'ired( Another thing to $eep in &ind is that the *oo$ &eanings are not eAact &eanings, nor the only &eanings( They are general and *asic so that they can co+er any topic %ro& car repair to spirit'al crises to internet chat roo&s( Thin$ o% s'ch *oo$s, incl'ding this one, li$e reading pri&ers( The st'dent learns that >A? is %or >Apple(? B't the letter >A? can *e 'sed to create &any &ore ,ords than >Apple(? 0i$e,ise, the st'dent learns that the )ool &eans >*eginnings(? So ,hen they get the )ool, they &ight consider i% anything is ne, or *eginning( The )ool, ho,e+er, can also &ean *eing %oolish, or *eing care%ree, or, gi+en the i&age, ta$ing the dog %or a ,al$( This *oo$ ,ill gi+e yo' &eanings that are generally agreed on, li$e the so'nds o% the letters o% the alpha*et( They ,ill allo, yo' to disc'ss the cards ,ith other st'dents o% the tarot( As yo' gain a deeper and *etter 'nderstanding o% the cards, ho,e+er, p'tting together those cards into ,ords and ,ords into sentences, yo' ,ill see that the cards can eApress a great range o% &eaning, and there ,ill *e di%%ering +ie,s on those &eanings( 0i$e di%%ering ideas o% ho, to prono'nce ,ords or ,hat ,ords can &ean( This is %ine( 3art o% the tric$ to Tarot is getting it to tell yo' ,hat it ,ants yo', in partic'lar, to $no,( 9o not *e a%raid to tr'st yo'r int'ition, and re&e&*er that there is no r'sh, no one ,ay o% learning( 7se ,hate+er &ethod or co&*ination o% &ethods help yo' to hear ,hat the cards ha+e to say( Rider-Waite& I% a dec$ is called a >Tarot? dec$ then it is li$ely *ased on one o% three dec$s Rider-Waite Dcreator Arth'r Ed,ard 6aiteE, Thoth Dcreator Alistair Cro,leyE, or 'arseilles Dcreator 'n$no,nE( This *oo$ 'ses the 4ider#6aite dec$ as that is the *est $no,n dec$ and the one that ninety percent o% the dec$s 'se as their inspiration( Bo' &ay ha+e already %allen in lo+e ,ith a dec$, and that=s all right( Be a,are, ho,e+er, that i% yo' 'se another dec$ ,ith this e#*oo$, so&e o% the
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i&ages descri*ed &ight not &atch 'p to ,hat yo' see on yo'r cards, as dec$ creators &a$e changes to the i&ages according to their o,n artistic inspirations or the the&e o% the dec$( -ost i&portantly, do not %eel that yo' ha+e to learn all "8 cards at once( 1et to $no, the cards as yo' ,o'ld get to $no, people, go at yo'r o,n pace learning as &any or as %e, at a ti&e as %eels right to yo'(
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#asic symbols
The %ool in color%'l &otley, the pac$ tied to a sta%%, a s&all dog, a cli%%( #asic +tory 6ith all his ,orldly possessions in one s&all pac$, the )ool tra+els he $no,s not ,here( So %illed ,ith +isions, C'estions, ,onder and eAcite&ent is he, that he doesnFt see the cli%% he is li$ely to %all o+er( At his heel a s&all dog harries hi& Dor tries to ,arn hi& o% a possi*le &is#stepE( 6ill the )ool learn to pay attention to ,here he=s going *e%ore it=s too lateG #asic 'eaning At H0 Dor, in so&e dec$s, H22, the last card as &'ch as the %irst o% the -a.orsE the )ool is the card o% in%inite possi*ilities( The *ag on the sta%% indicates that he has all he needs to do or *e anything he ,ants, he has only to stop and 'npac$( 2e is on his ,ay to a *rand ne, *eginning( B't the card carries a little *ar$ o% ,arning as ,ell( 6hile it=s ,onder%'l to *e enthralled ,ith all aro'nd yo', eAcited *y all li%e has to o%%er, yo' still need to ,atch yo'r step, lest yo' %all and end 'p loo$ing the %ool( Thirteen,s *bservations As a card, the )ool 'lti&ately stands %or a ne, *eginning o%ten in+ol+ing a literal &o+e to a ne, ho&e or .o*( The C'erent D&eaning the sitter, or the one as$ing the cards %or ad+iceE &ight *e starting to date again, or trying o't so&e ne, acti+ity( ThereFs &ore than .'st change here, there is rene,al, &o+e&ent, and the energy o% a %resh start( In the Tarot, cards li$e The -agician or The 2er&it can o%ten stand %or the C'erent or %or so&eone in the C'erentFs li%e( The )ool, ho,e+er, 's'ally stands %or the C'erent, hi&sel%( They are *ac$ at @ero, ,hether that *e in ro&antic a%%airs, or career, ,or$ or intellect'al p'rs'its( )ar %ro& *eing sad or %r'strated *y ha+ing to start o+er, ho,e+er, the C'erent %eels re&ar$a*ly I%reeI, light hearted and re%reshed, as i% *eing gi+en a second chance( They %eel yo'ng and energi@ed, as eAcited as a child ,ho has disco+ered a ne, toyshop( 6ho $no,s ,hat they ,ill %ind on the shel+esG
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In addition, they li$ely ha+e no idea ,here theyFre going or ,hat theyFre going to do( B't that doesnFt &atter( )or the )ool, the &ost i&portant thing is to .'st go o't and en.oy the ,orld( To see ,hat there is to see and delight in all o% it( 7n%ort'nately, this childli$e state can &a$e one o+erly opti&istic or nai+e( A )ool can *e a )ool( That *'siness opport'nity &ight not *e so >s're %ire? or a&a@ing as it see&s, and that ne, lo+er &ight not *e so %la,less( 0i$e the )ool, yo' &ight *e so *'sy sightseeing and i&agining the possi*ilities that yo' co&pletely &iss the %act that yo'=re a*o't to go right o%% a cli%%J The card ad+ises that one listen to that ,atch%'l little dog, ,hich &ight *e a concerned %riend, a ,ise tarot reader, so&eone harassing yo' %ro& the sidelines, or .'st yo'r instincts( 2o,e+er eAciting ne, *eginnings &ay *e, yo' still ha+e to ,atch yo'r step(
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#asic +ymbols 4ed and ,hite coloring, the le&niscate Din%inity sy&*olE, a s&all ,and, a ta*le displaying a chalice, a pentacle, a sta%% D,andE and a s,ord( #asic +tory Tra+elling on his ,ay, the )ool %irst enco'nters a -agician( S$il%'l, sel%# con%ident, a po,er%'l &ag's ,ith the in%inite as a halo %loating a*o+e his head, the -agician &es&eri@es the )ool( 6hen as$ed, the )ool gi+es o+er his *'ndled pac$ and stic$ to the -agician( 4aising his ,and to hea+en, pointing his %inger to Earth, the -agician calls on all po,ers( -agically, the cloth o% the pac$ 'n%olds 'pon the ta*le, re+ealing its contents( And to the )oolFs eyes it is as i% the -agician has created the %'t're ,ith a ,ord( All the possi*ilities are laid o't, all the directions he can ta$e The cool, airy S,ord o% intellect and co&&'nication, the %iery 6and o% passions and a&*ition, the o+er%lo,ing Chalice o% lo+e and e&otions, the solid 3entacle o% ,or$, possessions and *ody( 6ith these tools, the )ool can create anything, &a$e anything o% his li%e( B't hereFs the C'estion, did the -agician create the tools, or ,ere they already in the pac$G /nly the -agician $no,s # and on this &ystery, o'r eloC'ent &age re%'ses to say a ,ord( #asic 'eaning
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At H1, the -agician is the &ale po,er o% creation *y ,illpo,er and desire( The le&niscate Din%inity sy&*olE o+er his head indicates the energy o% tho'ght( Th's, he dra,s di+ine po,er do,n %ro& the hea+ens into his ,hite ,and, &olds it ,ith that energy o% tho'ght, and &a$es it &ani%est on Earth Dhis %inger pointing to the gro'ndE( This is that &ost ancient &agic to &a$e real ,hate+er he i&agines in his head &erely *y saying it alo'd( DKAnd 1od said F0et there *e 0ightJF and there ,as 0ightKE( 4e%lecting this is the %act that the -agician is o%ten represented *y -erc'ry( -erc'ry is the planet and god o% s&ooth tal$ers and sales&en( Also cle+er ,ith the sleight o% hand D-erc'ry I,asI the god o% thie+esJE and a &edicine &an # either a real doctor or so&eone trying to sell yo' sna$e oil( The 4 s'its *e%ore hi& re&ind 's o% the 4 aces, ,hich in the Tarot sy&*oli@e the ra,, 'nde+eloped, 'ndirected po,er o% each s'it( 6hen the -agician appears, he re+eals these to yo'( The tarot reader &ight ,ell interpret this card as telling the C'erent that they ,ill *e gi+en a +ision, an idea, a &agical, &ental i&age o% ,hate+er it is they &ost ,ant the sol'tion to a pro*le&, an a&*itio's career, a lo+e li%e, a .o*( Thirteen,s *bservations I% any card in the Tarot is the Tarot, it is the -agician( 2eFs one o% the &ost recogni@a*le cards, al,ays a %a+orite( 2eFs also the only card in the &a.or arcana that re%ers to the &inors ,ith the Ktr'&psK displayed 'pon his ta*le( /ne ,ay to loo$ at the& is as ideas that the -agician is o%%ering yo'( Th's, the card is a*o't getting an idea and %inding a ,ay to +er*ali@e it( This is the %irst step to,ard &a$ing it a reality( 6hich is ,hy the -agician can indicate a ti&e ,hen one is eloC'ent and charis&atic, cle+er, ,itty, in+enti+e and pers'asi+e( ;eep in &ind, ho,e+er, that the -agician co'ld *e a tric$ster( I% this card represents so&e &agnetic person in the C'erent=s li%e, they need to &a$e s're that he=s or she is a gen'ine &agician, not a con &an( The card can also indicate an interest in certain careers or so&eone ,ho is already in one o% those careers a scientist, in+entor or &edical pro%essional( The card also relates to careers ,here speech and ,riting is o% great i&portance a sales&an, &oti+ational spea$er, storyteller, politician, or co&&entator( This &ight *e the C'erent hi&sel%, so&ething the C'erent ,ants to *e, or so&eone ,ho ,as, is or ,ill *e in his li%e( -ost i&portantly, the -agician card stands %or the Kre+ealK # as in a &agic tric$( The hand$erchie% is draped o+er an e&pty *oA, the -agician ,a+es his ,and, IprestoJI##no, there is a do+e in the *oA( The -agician card does the sa&e %or the C'erent##only ,hat it re+eals is not *irds or ra**its *'t NE6
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idea e&phasis on NE6( 6hen the -agician card appears, the C'erent is li$ely to say KNo, thereFs an ideaJ 6hy didnFt I thin$ o% that *e%oreGK Tr'th is the C'erent pro*a*ly had that idea in his head all along( The -agician &erely re+ealed it to hi&, allo,ed hi& to +er*ali@e it and crystalli@e that idea( B't ,hat ,ill the C'erent do ,ith this ideaG ThatFs a C'estion %or the neAt card((((
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#asic symbols Bl'e, ,hite and *lac$ colors, po&egranates, the &oon cro,n o% Isis, +eil, solar cross, crescent &oon( Blac$ L ,hite lot's, pillars DB stands %or Boa@, signi%ying negation, 8 stands %or 8achin, &eaning *eginningE( Scroll ,ith the ,ord Tora on it Deither the 8e,ish Torah or an anagra& o% >Tarot,? ,here the %inal letter is le%t 'nseenE( #asic +tory Contin'ing his .o'rney, the )ool co&es 'pon a *ea'ti%'l and &ysterio's +eiled lady enthroned *et,een t,o pillars and ill'&inated *y the &oon( She is the opposite o% the -agician, C'iet ,here he ,as loC'acio's, still ,here he ,as in &otion, sitting ,hile he stood, shro'ded in the night ,here he ,as o't in the *right o% day( Sensing that she is a great seer, the )ool lays o't his s,ord, chalice, sta%% and pentacle *e%ore her( KThe -agician sho,ed &e these, *'t no, IF& in a C'andary( There are so &any things I co'ld do ,ith the&( I canFt decide(K The 2igh 3riestess doesn=t spea$( Instead she hands hi& a pair o% ancient scrolls( Seating hi&sel% at her %eet, the )ool p'ts his decision#&a$ing on hold and reads *y the light o% her crescent &oon( >I did not $no, any o% this,? says the )ool( The scrolls, li$e a secret &an'al, ha+e gi+en hi& insight into his ne, tools( >This in%or&ation helps &e to narro, things do,n, *'t I=& still a%raid o% &a$ing a ,rong decision(? The ,ords co&e to hi& then, not %ro& ,itho't *'t %ro& ,ithin What do your instincts tell you? The )ool re%lects on that, and that=s ,hen he $no,s ,hat he sho'ld do( 9ecision &ade, he rises to lea+e e+en tho'gh he s'spects that the 2igh 3riestess has &ore secrets she co'ld re+eal to hi&##li$e ,hat lies *ehind the po&egranate c'rtain( 4ight no,, ho,e+er, he is %oc'sed and ready to *e on his ,ay( Than$ing the 2igh 3riestess, he heads o%%( B't as he lea+es he hears that inner +oice, rising li$e the ,aters ,hich spring and %lo, %ro& *eneath her throne We'll meet again...when you're ready to travel the most secret path of all."

#asic 'eaning
/nce yo' ha+e an idea, yo' also ha+e decisions to &a$e( The 2igh 3riestess holds scrolls o% arcane in%or&ation in her ar&s( In addition, the &oon cro,n on her head as ,ell as the crescent *y her %oot indicates her ,illingness to ill'&inate ,hat yo' other,ise &ight not see a*o't a .o* possi*ility, an in+est&ent, lo+e, career, %a&ily, etc( B't yo' need so&e alone ti&e, so&e C'iet ti&e to &editate and re%lect( This is ,hat the card is all a*o't( Seated *et,een t,o pillars as *et,een t,o choices, the 2igh 3riestess is not a*o't &a$ing a decision so &'ch as holding decision#&a$ing at *ay ,hile yo' ta$e ti&e to listen to yo'r inner +oice( She ,ants yo' to gain $no,ledge *e%ore yo' act instinct'al $no,ledge, s'pernat'ral $no,ledge, secret $no,ledge, or sel%#$no,ledge( The 2igh 3riestess, ho,e+er, goes *eyond e+en that %or those ,ho see$ &ore( Behind her throne is the c'rtain that leads to the deepest, &ost esoteric $no,ledgeM the po&egranates that decorate it re&ind 's o% 3ersephone, ,ho ,as ta$en do,n into the land o% the dead, ate its %r'it and *eca&e the only goddess allo,ed to tra+el to and %ro& that strange land( The 2igh 3riestess is o'r g'ide to all that is &ysterio's and &ystical( Thirteen,s *bservations I% there is a card that sy&*oli@es the tarot reader it is the 2igh 3riestess( A ,o&an Dor &anJE o% psychic po,ers, int'ition and secret $no,ledge( 6here the -agician is a*o't re+ealing, the 2igh 3riestess is a*o't $eeping things hidden *ehind the c'rtain( 6here he 'rges the C'erent to +er*ali@e ,hat he=s thin$ing, the 2igh 3riestess 'rges hi& to silently re%lect on his %eelings( She is not only the co&pli&ent to the -agician, ho,e+er, *'t to t,o other &a.ors( She is the co'nterpoint to the 2ierophant, &aintaining secret traditions and rites passed %ro& seer to s'ccessor, rather than ad+ocating co&&'nity traditions( And she is the nat'ral &oonlight to the 2er&it=s &an&ade lantern, eC'ally solitary and o% the night, *'t acting as rest%'l li*rarian o% in%or&ation rather than restless see$er o% it( I% the reader %eels the 2igh 3riestess stands %or the C'erent then this is a ti&e o% solitary in+estigation %or the& or perhaps .'st a ti&e to tr'st their instincts( Things $ept secret ,ill *e re+ealed, either passed on to the& *y another or co&ing to the& psychically *y ,ay o% +isions or po,er%'l %eelings( Insights &ay *e %o'nd in crystal *alls, tea lea+es, drea&s or con+ersations ,ith spirits( Standing %or so&eone other than the C'erent, the 2igh 3riestess is 's'ally read as a spirit'al ,o&an or &edi'&, a teacher o% archaic $no,ledge, li*rarian or .'st a recl'si+e relati+e ,ho $no,s &any %a&ily secrets( She &ay co&e across as cold, 'npredicta*le and scary, *'t her instincts and insights ,ill *e 'ncanny(
The 2igh 3riestess i% o%ten seen as a perpet'al &aiden, the eternal +irgin o% an Athena, 9iana or 5esta( B't so&e +ie, her as also representing a ,o&an ,ho &ight *e pregnant( In s'ch instances, the 2igh 3riestess is N/T +ie,ed as an e&*le& o% %ertility, a >&other,? *'t rather as a still, C'iet inc'*ator ,here the >idea? DchildE can re&ain sta*le and protected( KIF+e a ne, idea,K says the C'erent##than$s to the -agician( B't no, there are decisions to &a$e( 6hat direction sho'ld one ta$e this ideaG The 2igh 3riestess not only o%%ers ill'&ination, re+ealing secret paths and hidden dangers, *'t also a still, C'iet place *et,een the pillars o% dar$ and light, eAistence and negation, ,aA and ,ane ,here one can pa'se, see, %eel and re%lect on ,hat one really ,ants to do ,ith this idea( No, that yo' $no, ,hat yo' ,ant to do, ho, do yo' &a$e it realG The neAt card ,ill disc'ss thatN(
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#asic +ymbols A go,n decorated ,ith po&egranates, a cro,n o% stars, a rod, a heart#shaped shield ,ith the sy&*ol %or 5en's, a %ield o% ripe ,heat( #asic +tory 2a+ing decided ,hat he ,ill create ,ith his tools, the )ool strides %or,ard, i&patient to &a$e his %'t're a %'ll#gro,n reality( This is ,hen he co&es 'pon the E&press( 2er hair gold as ,heat, ,earing a cro,n o% stars, and a ,hite go,n dotted ,ith po&egranates( She rests *ac$ on her throne s'rro'nded *y an a*'ndance o% grain and a l'sh garden( It is possi*le that she is pregnant(I ;neeling, the )ool relates to her his story( And she, in t'rn, s&iles a &otherly s&ile and gently gi+es hi& this ad+ice K0i$e ne,ly planted grain or a ne,*orn *a*e, a ne, li%e, a ne, relationship, a ne, creation is %ragile( It reC'ires patience and n'rt'ring( It needs lo+e and attention( /nly this ,ill *ring it to %r'ition(K 7nderstanding at last that his creations ,ill ta$e ti&e to de+elop, the )ool than$s the E&press and contin'es on his ,ay( I 3regnant( 6ell, not in the 4ider#6aite dec$ she isnFt( B't &any other dec$s go %or pregnancy as part o% the E&press= iconography( #asic 'eaning
The E&press is a creator, *e it creation o% li%e, o% ro&ance, o% art or *'siness( 6hile the -agician is the pri&al spar$, the idea &ade real, and the 2igh 3riestess is the one ,ho gi+es the idea ti&e and space to decide on a %or&, the E&press is either the ,o&* or n'rsery ,here it gro,s till it reaches a certain le+el o% &at'rity( This is ,hy the E&press= sy&*ol is 5en's, goddess o% *ea'ti%'l things and gardens, as ,ells as seA and lo+e( 5en's is the goddess o% artists, and helps the& painsta$ingly de+elop their pieces %ro& clay to stat'e, %ro& %irst *r'shstro$e to &asterpiece( E+en so, ho,e+er, the E&press has &ore in co&&on ,ith 9e&eter, goddess o% a*'ndance, then sens'al 5en's, as the ,heat in the *ac$gro'nd and the po&egranates on her dress i&ply( She is the gi+er o% Earthly gi%ts, the great, %ertile &other goddess( Bet at the sa&e ti&e, she can, in anger, ,ithhold as 9e&eter did ,hen her da'ghter, 3ersephone ,as $idnapped( In %'ry and grie%, she $ept the Earth *arren till her child ,as ret'rned to her( Thirteen,s *bservations The E&press card is one o% the easier tr'&ps to read( SheFs the 1reat -other, so &'ch so that she=s o%ten +ie,ed as one o% those cards that can indicate a >positi+e? ans,er i% a ,o&an is ,ondering i% she can get pregnant( This is the %ertile ,o&* ,here anything can gro, and thri+e Das co&pared to the protecti+e >inc'*ator? o% the 2igh 3riestessE( The E&press= a*ility to &other goes *eyond the ,o&*, ho,e+er( She is patient, lo+ing, gi+ing, genero's, de+oted the 'lti&ate n'rt'rer( I% de%ining her as the C'erent, yo' can say that they are c'rrently %eeling li$e a &other hen, ,orried a*o't their children, ne, *'siness, ne, creation, or ne, ro&ance( -ale or %e&ale, they ,ant to dote and ho+er and %ret o+er e+ery little snee@e and pro*le&( They li$ely also ,ant to tal$ only a*o't their *a*y, *oasting o% its gro,th and de+elop&ent, sending pict'res o% it to %riends and relati+es( 0i$e,ise, the ad+ice a reader &ight gi+e on getting this card co'ld *e si&ilar to that o%%ered to a &other ,ith a yo'ng child either that yo'ng things need ti&e to gro,, and so reC'ire patience and attention, or that ,hile an in%ant needs a great deal o% care, a toddler needs less, and a child e+en less( A good &other ad.'sts her care as the child &at'res and de+elops, gi+ing the& roo& to cra,l and then r'n and play( I% de%ining the E&press as so&eone related to the C'erent, it is li$ely the C'erentFs &other or a ,o&an ,ho is +ery &otherly to,ard the&( /% co'rse, the E&press can also *e a*o't the not so nice aspects o% a &o&( She can s&other, not $no, ,hen to let go, *e possessi+e and .ealo's o% those
,ho ,o'ld ta$e a,ay her K*a*y(K It is i&portant %or the C'erent to reali@e that plants can die %ro& o+er#,atering as easily as they can %ro& neglect( 0i$e any good &other or good gardener, the C'erent &'st ha+e patience and the a*ility to ad.'st and i&pro+ise as their >*a*y? spro'ts and gro,s(
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#asic +ymbols Throne, ra&Fs heads, or* and scepter( So&eti&es an eagle( #asic +tory The )ool ,as gi+en options *y the -agician, and decided on one ,ith help %ro& the 2igh 3riestess( 2e learned ho, to de+elop it than$s to the E&press( No, it has reached as stage ,here he &'st %ind a ,ay to &anage it( 2o, to do thisG 2e approaches a great E&peror seated on a stone throne( The )ool is a&a@ed *y the ,ay the E&peror is instantly, eagerly o*eyed in e+ery partic'lar, at ho, ,ell his E&pire is r'n and organi@ed( 4espect%'lly, he as$s the E&peror ho, it is he does this( And the E&peror ans,ers KStrong ,ill and a solid %o'ndation o% la,s and order( ItFs all +ery ,ell,K he eAplains to the )ool, Kto *e i&aginati+e, creati+e, instinct'al, patientM *'t to control one &'st *e alert, *ra+e and aggressi+e(K 4eady no, to lead and direct rather than *e led, the )ool heads o't ,ith ne, p'rpose( #asic 'eaning The E&peror, as Aries, the 4a&, nat'rally %ollo,s the E&press( /n the one hand, he is -ars Dthe planet that r'les AriesE to her 5en's, her lo+er and co&pli&ent, %ather to her &other, ci+ili@ation to her nat're, i&posed order to her art%'l creati+ity( 2e is the >All )ather? gi+ing his children the str'ct're they need in their li+es to help the& *eco&e responsi*le ad'lts( Aries is also, ho,e+er, the %irst sign o% the Oodiac, &etaphorically the >in%ant(? 0i$e an in%ant he is %illed ,ith enth'sias&, energy, aggression( 2e is direct, g'ileless and all too o%ten irresisti*le( 7n%ort'nately, li$e a *a*y he can also *e a tyrant i&patient, de&anding, controlling( In the ,orst o% circ'&stances, the E&peror is a despot, i&posing his ,ill capricio'sly on his s'*.ects( In the *est o% circ'&stances, he signi%ies an intelligent, enth'siastic leader that e+eryone ,ants to %ollo,, the great &onarch o% an orderly, la,%'l, thri+ing E&pire(

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The E&peror card is the K6hoFs the *ossGK card( It is an i&portant C'estion( The &eaning o% the card incl'des *eing in control o+er yo'r en+iron&ent, yo'r *ody, yo'r te&per, yo'r instincts, yo'r lo+e li%e( This card gi+es the C'erent per&ission to *e aggressi+e, *ra+e, *old and in co&&and( I% the card doesn=t see& to indicate the C'erent, it co'ld *e e&*le&atic o% their %ather or a %ather %ig're ,ho ,as, is or ,ill *e in their li+es, a leader, e&ployer, teacher or partner( This co'ld *e either type o% %ather#%ig're, the de&anding tyrant, hated and %eared, or the charis&atic leader, respected and ad&ired( The E&peror can also *e a ,arning to the C'erent to thin$ a*o't ,hether their E&pire has *eco&e an 'n,elco&e chore( I% it has, are they no, a *ad leader, de&anding, 'nreasona*le, 'nhappyG It &ight *e ti&e to a*dicate the throne( I%, ho,e+er, ,hat the C'erent is *'ilding has &erely gotten to a point ,here it=s o'tgro,n the n'rsery, then the ad+ice is to s,itch %ro& lo+ing &other to str'ct'red, organi@ed %ather( To set do,n la,s, discipline and r'les, to plan o't the %'t're and lead the ,ay(
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#asic +ymbols T,in pillars, sta%%, throne, hand raised in *lessing, t,o acolytes( #asic +tory 2a+ing created a solid %o'ndation on ,hich to *'ild his %'t're, the )ool is str'c$ ,ith a s'dden %ear( 6hat i% e+erything heFs ,or$ed %or is ta$en a,ayG Is stolen, or lost, or destroyed or +anishesG /r ,hat i% ,hat he=s created isn=t good eno'ghG In a panic, he heads into a te&ple ,here he %inds the 2ierophant, a ,ise and holy &an( Acolytes $neel *e%ore the &an ready to hear and pass on his teachings( The )ool tells the 2ierophant his %ears, and as$s ho, he can *e %ree o% the&( KThere are t,o ,ays,K says the 2ierophant sagely, KEither gi+e 'p that ,hich yo' %ear to lose so it no longer holds any po,er o+er yo', or consider ,hat yo' ,ill still ha+e i% yo'r %ear co&es to pass( A%ter all,K the 2ierophant contin'es, Ki% yo' did lose all yo'Fd *'ilt, yo' ,o'ld still $eep the eAperience and $no,ledge that yo'F+e gained 'p to this point, ,o'ldnFt yo'G?
>That is tr'e,? the )ool says( >B't ,hat a*o't the co&&'nity, society and %riends I=+e disco+ered than$s to ,hat I=+e createdG -ore than $no,ledge or eAperience, I +al'e the&( I% I lost all, I=d lose the& too, ,o'ldn=t IG? >Not necessarily,? the 2ierophant ans,ers ,ith a ,ar& glo, in his co&passionate eyes( >I% yo'r co&&'nity has traditions that yo' all share, ethics and *elie%s, then yo' ,ill ne+er lose that %ello,ship e+en i% circ'&stances %orce yo' to part( Bo' can e+en pass s'ch onto yo'r children gi+ing the& the sa&e %ello,ship ,ith each other and ,ith past generations(? 2earing this, the )ool %eels his heart ease, as i% $nots o% %ear ha+e *een loosened( A sense o% peace *lan$ets hi&, and he ta$es a &o&ent to than$ the good 2ierophant &ost pro%o'ndly( Stepping o't o% the sanct'ary he &a$es his ,ay to a &eeting ,ith his %riends( Tonight they ,ill tal$ a*o't ho, they can create lessons and traditions to preser+e not only their eAperience and $no,ledge, *'t their co&&'nity( #asic 'eaning Ta'r's the Earthly *'ll &ay see& an odd sign %or a holy &an, *'t it &a$es sense i% yo' 'nderstand that the 2ierophantFs p'rpose is to *ring the spirit'al do,n to Earth( 6here the 2igh 3riestess connects to the esoteric ,ith her secret, solitary rites, the 2ierophant Dor 2igh 3riestE leads his %loc$ in shared, co&&'nal rit'als( The 2ierophant is ,ell s'ited to *e s'ch a leader as, li$e all Ta'reans, he stri+es to create har&ony and peace in the &idst o% crisis( S'ch rit'als, rites and traditions re&ind the co&&'nity o% their +al'es, their shared identity and the religio's str'ct're that gi+es their li+es order and &eaning( No &atter ho, chaotic and %rightening the ti&es, this can *ring tranC'illity( The 2ierophantFs only pro*le& is that, li$e the B'll, he can *e st'**orn and hide*o'nd( Also, as he is ,or$ing %or the har&ony o% the co&&'nity, the 2ierophant is not a card that %a+ors indi+id'ality( 2ar&ony cannot *e achie+ed i% e+eryone is &arching to their o,n dr'&&er( The 2ierophant is a*o't shared %eelings, *elie%s and ,ays( It e+en can *e a*o't *lending in or s'rrendering to tradition and co&&'nity rather than asserting yo'r 'niC'eness Thirteen,s *bservations The 2ierophant card o%ten %eat'res religio's sy&*ols that elicit strong %eelings in *oth readers and C'erents( So&e %ind it hard to disassociate the 2ierophant %ro& certain organi@ed religions Dor *ranches o% a religionE, ,hich they +ie, as do&ineering, irrational, e+en cr'el( And so they tend to interpret the 2ierophant only *y his potential negati+es as hide#*o'nd, literal and stodgy(
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I li$e to point o't that there are dec$s ,here the 2ierophant is the /racle at 9elphi, a yogi, a pagan high priest or a +illage elder( I% it helps, the reader can try and thin$ o% the 2ierophant as one o% these less con+entional spirit'al leaders( It is certainly tr'e, ho,e+er, that the 2ierophant can represent those in the C'erent=s li%e ,ho preach *y the *oo$, or re%'se to de+iate one iota %ro& old# %ashioned ,ays o% doing things( Try to $eep in &ind, ho,e+er, that s'ch irasci*le, orthodoA types are 's'ally acting o't o% %ear( They=re terri%ied that any change ,ill ,ea$en the co&&'nity and its %aith( This is ironic as s'ch traditions are &eant to erase %ear and create peace and har&ony, not generate &ore %ear( 0i$e,ise, the 2ierophant &ight ,ell *e a ,arning to the C'erent, hi&sel%, against *eing too st'**orn, too %ear%'l o% change, especially in &atters o% theology, ethics or traditions( The 2ierophant co'ld appear as a re&inder that the ai& o% traditions is not to %ollo, the& *y rote, *'t to 'se the& to $eep ali+e the spirit and %aith o% a people( This is an i&portant &essage( 6hen things are going +ery ,rong in the ,orld, it is the 2ierophant ,ho ,ades in, C'iets the panic, and o%%ers good, practical ad+ice as ,ell as spirit'al ass'rances( 2e is the teacher, therapist, co'nselor, ad+isor, priest or ra**i( 2e ans,ers C'estions people ,o'ld as$ o% the di+ine, *'t also acts as the +oice o% the co&&'nity, spea$ing %or the people as ,ell as to the&( The 2ierophant sy&*oli@es the co&&'nity=s traditions, ethics and %aith, the spirit'ality that de%ines and 'ni%ies the&, generation to generation( >4e&e&*er ,here yo' ca&e %ro&,? this card tells yo', >the traditions o% yo'r %ore%athers, the lessons o% yo'r %aith, and yo' ,ill $no, ho, to s'r+i+e this crisis(? In the direst ti&es o% loss and %ear, the 2ierophant is there to re&ind yo' that yo' are ne+er alone(
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#asic +ymbols An angel or c'pid, a &an and a ,o&an, t,o trees Din 6aite, it is Ada& L E+e ,ith one tree ha+ing a serpent and applesE # in so&e dec$s one tree is %lo,ering, *'t the other has %r'it( Also in so&e dec$s there is a &an standing *et,een t,o ,o&en(
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#asic +tory
The )ool co&es to a cross#road, %illed ,ith energy, con%idence and p'rpose, $no,ing eAactly ,here he ,ants to go and ,hat he ,ants to do( B't he co&es to a dead stop( A %lo,ering tree &ar$s the path he ,ants to ta$e, the one heFs *een planning on ta$ing( B't standing *e%ore a %r'it tree &ar$ing the other path is a ,o&an( The )ool has &et and had relationships ,ith ,o&en *e%ore, so&e %ar &ore *ea'ti%'l and all'ring( B't she is di%%erent( Seeing her, he %eels as tho'gh heFs .'st *een shot in the heart ,ith c'pidFs arro,( That=s ho, shoc$ing, ho, pain%'l is his KrecognitionK o% her( As he spea$s ,ith her, the %eeling intensi%iesM li$e %inding a &issing part o% hi&sel%( It is clear that she %eels the sa&e a*o't hi&( They %inish each other=s sentences, thin$ the sa&e tho'ghts( It is as i% an Angel a*o+e had introd'ced their so'ls to each other( Tho'gh it ,as his plan to %ollo, the path o% the %lo,ering tree, and tho'gh it ,ill ca'se so&e tro'*le %or hi& to *ring this ,o&an ,ith hi&, the )ool $no,s he dare not lea+e her *ehind( 0i$e the %r'it tree, she ,ill %'l%il hi&( No &atter ho, di+ergent %ro& his original intent, she is his %'t're( 2e chooses her, and together they head do,n a ,hole ne, road( #asic 'eaning Ne, 4eaders o%ten as$, >6hat is the 0o+ers= card a*o'tG Is it a*o't %inding lo+eG? Bes, and no( It is possi*le that the original na&e o% this card ,as >0o+e(? The oldest dec$s call it >The a&oro's one,? The 0o+ers *eing a &istranslation( So really, it=s a*o't one person *eing >in lo+e? ,ith so&eone or so&ething( -any *oo$s, ho,e+er, de%ine the card not as >0o+e? *'t as a >choice(? And the i&ages that ha+e *een 'sed %or this card &a$e it e+en &ore con%'sing( The original tr'&p %eat'red a &an and a ,o&an ,ith a c'pid a*o+e the& a*o't to shoot his dart Dinto ,hichG C'pid=s arro,s only &a$e the one they stri$e %all in lo+eE( 0ater dec$s had a &an choosing *et,een t,o ,o&en, or a &an &eeting his tr'e lo+e ,ith the help o% a &atch&a$er( Still later, ,ith 6aite, ,e ha+e an Angel a*o+e Ada& and E+e( The Angel stands %or 4aphael, ,ho is e&*le&atic o% -erc'ry and Air, ,ith Ada& and E+e related to 1e&ini Dsign o% -erc'ryE in that E+e split %ro& Ada& and is, essentially, his t,in( And the %r'it %ro& the Tree o% ;no,ledge indicates Ada& and E+e choosing to >$no,? each other in e+ery sense o% the ,ord( This connection to 1e&ini &eans that the 0o+ers card is N/T a*o't >ro&ance? or passion( 4o&antic e&otions are typically related to ,ater( And
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*la@ing passion is associated ,ith %ire( 1e&ini, an air sign, is a*o't &essages and &a$ing contact( It=s a*o't the psyche( In addition, at HP the 0o+er=s card is a*o't >har&ony(? Th's, it is a*o't so&ething that spea$s to yo', that yo' >$no,? and recogni@e as yo'r other or &irror sel% Dt,inE, and ,hich &a$es yo' %eel har&onically *alanced or co&plete( Bo' &ay eAperience this psychic attraction to so&ething s&all li$e a pair o% shoes yo' ha+e to ha+e, or a roc$ *and ,hose &'sic says all yo' e+er ,anted to say( /r yo' &ight *e dra,n to so&ething h'ge, a plot o% land yo' ,ant to o,n, or so&eone else=s *oy%riendQgirl%riend ,ho, at %irst sight, &a$es yo' thin$ >That=s &y h's*andQ,i%e(? In interpretation, the card indicates that the C'erent has co&e across, or ,ill co&e across a person, career, challenge or thing Da p'ppy, a car, a ho'seE that they ,ill %all in lo+e ,ith( They ,ill $no, instincti+ely that it ,as &eant %or the&, e+en i% it &eans di+erging %ro& their chosen path Dthat is the >0o+e? partE( /n the other hand, their co&&on sense &'st also &a$e a decision on ,hether or not to go along ,ith this psychic >choice(? There is o%ten a &eas're o% hardship or cost that co&es ,ith gi+ing into this spirit'al attraction( Thirteen,s *bservations The 0o+ers= card o%ten con%'ses readers as its &ost co&&on interpretation is a*o't &a$ing a choice( I% ,e eAa&ine it closer, ,e see this does go along ,ith the na&e Dor &is#na&e o% the cardE( T,o choices are in+ol+ed ,ith the card( )irst, yo'r so'l or psyche is &a$ing its choice( It recogni@es this other personQthing as *eing yo'r spirit'al t,in or as har&oni@ing ,ith yo'M yo' *eco&e >a&oro's? %or it( No, the rest o% yo', the de&ands o% yo'r li%e, yo'r e&otional heart, passionate so'l, can agree or not( That=s the other choice( Bo' will %eel po,er%'lly dra,n to this career, challenge, person or thing so &'ch so that, no &atter ho, scary, ho, di%%ic'lt, irrational or tro'*leso&e, yo' ,ill *e inclined to go %or it( This is 0/5E( B't yo' ,ill also $no, that it co&es at a cost( -ay*e the person yo'=re attracted to isn=t a ro&antic and yo'r drea&s o% a ,ine#and#roses lo+e a%%air can=t *e( -ay*e they don=t set yo' on %ire and yo' can=t ha+e the passion yo' ,ant( /r &ay*e this thingQperson is .'st incon+enient( Bo'r %riends and %a&ily &ay also ,eigh in( They &ay thin$ yo'=re cra@y, &ay arg'e ,ith yo' not to get in+ol+ed( Bo', yo'rsel%, &ight thin$ its &adness to change yo'r li%e or *rea$ ,ith yo'r co&&'nity in order to ha+e this( Co&ing a%ter the E&peror ,ith his i&perial r'les, and a%ter the
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2ierophant ,ith his co&&'nal %aith, The 0o+ers ac$no,ledges a spirit'al po,er that o%ten de%ies earthly la,s and religio's traditions( /*eying this 'rge can *e %oolish, dangero's, sel%ish, tho'ghtless, or earth#shattering( Bet yo' can say >no? to this attraction( Bo' do ha+e that choice( I%, ho,e+er, yo' don=t allo, yo'rsel% to try and &a$e this person, career, challenge or thing a part o% yo'r li%e, yo' &ay regret it, pro%o'ndly and %ore+er(
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#asic +ymbols Tri'&phal KcarK DchariotE, ar&ored ,arrior, s'n and &oon sy&*ols, linga& and yoni sy&*ol Dthe encircled rod on the ,inged shieldE, *lac$ and ,hite sphinAesQlionsQhorses, so&eti&es at rest( A canopy o% stars( So&eti&es a throne inside the car( #asic +tory The )ool is close to co&pleting ,hat he set o't to create long ago, *ac$ ,hen the -agician re+ealed those tools to hi&( B't ene&ies are no, standing in his ,ay, de+io's h'&an ene&ies, *ad circ'&stances, e+en con%'sion in his o,n &ind( ThereFs no &ore %or,ard &o&ent'&M he %eels he is %ighting .'st to stay ,here he is( 6al$ing along the shore, ,atching the ,a+es co&e in, he p'@@les o+er ho, to de%eat these ene&ies and get things &o+ing %or,ard once again( It is here that he co&es across a charioteer, standing in his gold and sil+er chariot, his *lac$ and ,hite steeds at rest( KBo' see& a +ictorio's ,arrior,K the )ool re&ar$s( >I %eel *eset *y &y ene&ies, 'na*le to &o+e %or,ard( 6hat sho'ld I doG >)irst, yo' &'st ar&or yo'rsel%,? the Charioteer stri$es the chariot and then his *reastplate ,ith a ga'ntleted %ist, &a$ing *oth ring o't( >NeAt, yo' &'st %oc's on yo'r goal, ,here do yo' &ean to go, ,hat do yo' &ean to do(? The ,arrior nods to his *easts( KBo'r steeds $eep the ,heels t'rning, *'t it is yo'r control and direction o% the& that gets the& to their destination( 9ar$ and light, they &'st *e &ade to dra, in har&ony, 'nder yo'r g'idance(K The )ool nods( That &a$es sense( >6hat i% so&eone or so&ething gets in yo'r ,ayG? The Charioteer coolly &eets the )ool=s ga@e( >Bo' r'n the& do,n( Bo'r ai& is +ictory, and to *e +ictorio's yo' &'st ha+e 'n,a+ering con%idence in yo'r ca'se( Ne+er C'estion, ne+er do'*t ,hat yo'=re trying to achie+e( Ne+er lose yo'r %oc's or yo'r &oti+ation(?
The )ool is i&pressed and inspired( 2e thin$s he no, $no,s ho, to get past all the distractions and set*ac$s that ha+e *een $eeping hi& trapped in place, li$e a riptide in the ocean( 2e than$s the ,arrior, *'t *e%ore he lea+es, the ,arrior stays the )ool( K/ne thing &ore yo' sho'ld $eep in &ind,? he says, >5ictory is not the end, it is the *eginning( 4e&e&*er that *e%ore yo' decide to enter into any contest(K #asic 'eaning The chariot is one o% the &ost co&pleA cards to de%ine( /n its &ost *asic le+el, it=s a*o't getting ,hat yo' ,ant( It i&plies ,ar, a str'ggle, and an e+ent'al, hard#,on +ictory o+er ene&ies, o*stacles, nat're, or the 'ncertainties inside yo'( B't there is a great deal &ore to it( The charioteer ,ears e&*le&s o% the s'n, yet the sign *ehind this card is Cancer, the &oon( The chariot is all a*o't &otion, and yet it is o%ten sho,n as stationary( 6hat does this all &eanG It &eans a 'nion o% opposites, li$e the *lac$ and ,hite steeds( They p'll in di%%erent directions, *'t &'st *e Dand can *eJE &ade to go together in one direction( That is perhaps the &ost i&portant &essage o% the Chariot( Separate the dri+er %or& the chariot, the chariot %ro& the horses, the horses %ro& each other and %ro& the dri+er, and nothing gets done( They all do their o,n thing( 3't the& all together, ,ith the sa&e goal in &ind, and there ,ill *e no stopping the&( Con%idence as ,ell as 'nity o% p'rpose and control is needed, and, &ost especially, &oti+ation( The card can, in %act, indicate ne, &oti+ation or inspiration, ,hich gets a stagnant sit'ation &o+ing again( It can also i&ply, on a &ore prag&atic le+el, a trip D's'ally *y carE( Thirteen,s *bservations The Chariot is a %ascinating card, *'t also %r'strating to interpret( 0i$e Cancer, the cra*, it is a*o't *eing ar&ored, sel%#reliant and in co&&and o% one=s o,n destiny( /n the *attle%ield, a chariot is a'tono&o's( It %ights alone, not ,ith other troops or ca+alry( Bet the Chariot is also a sy&*ol o% 'ni%ied parts( I% any part is &issingR chariot, horses, dri+erRit cannot go( The cra* &o+es %ro& one plane to the neAt D,ater to land and *ac$ againE and the Chariot is +ie,ed as &o+ing li$e,ise, %ro& conscio's and 'nconscio's, Earthly to spirit'al( Also, li$e chariots, cra*s co&e 'pon each other %ro& the
side rather than straight on( So there is a tric$y ele&ent to The Chariot %or all that it see&s to tra+el in a straight line( The Chariot is a card o% contradictions( It=s a*o't side,ise *attles, yet also a*o't %'ll#speed ahead( It=s a*o't the hard eAterior and the so%t interior, the light and dar$, the ,ater and the shore, &oon and s'n( It is the SphinA, ,hich is also o%ten a sy&*ol o% Cancer, the lion and the &an 'nited, a &ystery( Bet the Chariot says all these can *e 'nited( The C'erent ,ho gets this card is li$ely dealing ,ith a lot o% contradictions in their li%e( -ay*e arg'ing people, or a +ariety o% di%%erent %eelings( The card says that they &'st *eco&e the dri+er o% the chariot( They &'st decide on a goal, ta$e control and get all the contradictions to ignore their ,ants and go ,here the C'erent ,ants( 2o, can the C'erent do thisG By *eing con%ident( The one ,ho has 'n,a+ering %aith in their con+ictions is the one ,ho can &a$e others p't aside their di%%erences and do as as$ed( 0i$e,ise, s'ch a person can o+erco&e their do'*ts and 'ncertainties and achie+e +ictory( Bo' &'st ha+e %aith that there is nothing that can stand in yo'r ,ay( Note, ho,e+er, that this 'nity and the con%idence that creates it ,ill last only till +ictory is achie+ed( B't then, the Chariot isn=t interested in 'nity %or 'nity=s sa$e( /nly in 'nity %or +ictory=s sa$e( The Chariot is a &ar+elo's card in that it can ass're the C'erent s'ccess no &atter the odds( B't the card also ,arns that the dri+e to,ard this +ictory &ight lead to r'thless, diehard *eha+ior, to a desire to ,in at any cost( The C'erent sho'ld *e re&inded that ,inning isn=t e+erything nor >the only thing(? It is, rather, the start o% things(
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#asic +ymbols A ,o&an in ,hite ,ith a le&niscate ho+ering o+er her head, a lion( #asic +tory The )ool, +ictorio's o+er his ene&ies, is %eeling arrogant, po,er%'l, e+en +enge%'l( There are hot passions in hi&, ones he %inds hi&sel% 'na*le and 'n,illing to control( It is in this state that he co&es across a &aiden str'ggling ,ith a lion( 4'nning to help, he arri+es in ti&e to see her gently *'t %ir&ly sh't the lionFs &o'thJ In %act, the *east, ,hich see&ed so ,ild and %ierce, is no, co&pletely at her co&&and(
A&a@ed, the )ool as$s her, K2o, did yo' do thatGK /ne hand on the lionFs &ane, she ans,ers, >I as$ed the lion to do it, and it did it(K >B't#*'t#> the )ool st'tters, con%o'nded( >6hy did it ,ant to o*eyG? At that &o&ent, the -aiden &eets the )oolFs eyesM he sees in her ,ar&th, gentleness, a heart so great that its generosity see&s as in%inite as its ,illingness to 'nderstand( And that is ,hen the )ool 'nderstands eAactly ,hy the lion did her *idding( It ,anted to connect to that higher energy( Bet there is still one thing that con%'ses the )ool( >B't,? he says, &'ch so%ter no,, >6hy ,o'ld yo', %air &aiden, ,ant to $eep co&pany ,ith a *eastG? >Beca'se he, too, is %illed ,ith a ,onder%'l energy,? the -aiden says( >It is ,ild and %ierce, *'t it can *e *an$ed, li$e a %ire in a hearth( I $ne, i% he ,o'ld ta$e direction %ro& &e, ,e co'ld *oth *e ,ar&ed(? >So, too,? she adds, >are o'r passions( 0et the& r'n ,ild and they ,ill do da&age( B't ,e can, ,ith gentle %ortit'de, chec$ and direct those passions( In doing so, ,e can get so &'ch &ore o't o% the&( And yet, still sate the&(? 2is rage C'ieted, the enlightened )ool ,al$s a,ay $no,ing that it ,asnFt only the lion that ,as ta&ed this day *y a -aidenFs p're and innocent strength( #asic 'eaning There are &any stories that co&e to &ind ,ith this card 9aniel in the lion=s den( Aesop=s %a*le o% >The S'n and the 6ind,? ,here the S'n=s ,ar&th, as co&pared to the 6ind=s coldness, pers'ades a &an to ta$e o%% his coat( Also tales o% saintly &aids ,ho get *r'tish *ar*arians to $neel do,n in prayer( 6hat ,e see in all these stories is the ta&ing o% the *east *y ,ay o% inner strength and gentleness( The -aiden represents higher %eelings and that ,e can eAperience i% ,e *ring o'r ,ild passions to heel( And so ,e ,illingly do so( This card, ho,e+er, isn=t .'st a*o't the -aiden=s po,er( 0i$e its r'ling sign 0eo, this card is also a*o't the hot, roaring energy and enth'sias& o% the 0ion incl'ding passions li$e >l'st? D,hich is the na&e it ,as gi+en *y Cro,ley in his Thoth dec$E( The lion=s po,er &ay *e %rightening, *'t it is also desira*le( -'ch can *e achie+ed i% s'ch po,er is p't to 'se( So&e dec$s, in %act, la*el this card as >3o,er(?
That energies can *e *ro'ght 'nder control and 'sed is +ery close to the &essage o% the Chariot, ,hich &ight *e ,hy, in so&e dec$s, it is 8'stice that is card H8 instead o% Strength( There is a di%%erence, ho,e+er, *et,een Strength and the Chariot( The Chariot is a card a*o't 'sing yo'r i&p'lses to achie+e a +ictory( Strength is a*o't co&*ining t,o strengths to o+erco&e ,ea$ness( The -aiden is ,ea$ o% %or&, *'t her &astery o% hersel% is po,er%'l( The 0ion is strong o% %or&, *'t ,ea$ ,hen it co&es to &astering hi&sel%( The -aiden=s co&&ands o+erco&e the 0ion=s ,ea$ness, and his %or& o+erco&es the -aiden=s ,ea$ness( This is ,hy the -aiden doesn=t try to harness the lion to a chariot, nor does she r'n %ro& it or try to $ill it( She &eets its eyes, to'ches it, e&*races it( This is a card a*o't 'nderstanding o'r ,ild nat'res, accepting the&, yet also gentling those passions so that they ,or$ for 's rather than against 's( 3'tting these t,o strengths together creates perse+erance, personal honor, and co'rage( The card can also stand %or a stead%ast %riend( Thirteen,s *2inion The essence o% ci+ili@ation is *eing a*le to thin$ *eyond pri&al ani&al needs li$e %ood, s'r+i+al and seA( The -aiden ,ith her le&niscate D,hich, ,e re&e&*er %ro& the -agician card, indicates the energy o% tho'ghtE, p're ,hite ro*es and %loral ,reath is indicati+e o% lo%tier aspirations li$e honor, co&passion and *ra+ery( Th's, the Strength card re&inds 's that, 'nli$e a *east, ,e ha+e the %ortit'de to end're the pain, stay 'nda'nted *y %ear, and resist o'r ani&al desires( 6e can do &ore and *e greater( S'ch aspirations shine o't o% 's, li$e Kin+iolate innocenceK &a$ing e+en those ,ith &ore physical strength *o, to o'r ,ill( Cro,ley, o% co'rse, has a di%%erent ta$e( 2e sees the ,o&an ,ith the lion as e&*racing her po,er to create l'st Dand *e l'st%'lE and 'sing that to ci+ili@e the ,orld( Bet this is not so di%%erent %ro& 6aite ,ho also arg'es that the 0ion wants to o*ey the -aiden( 7nli$e the i&perial %iat o% the E&peror or the &orality and traditions o% the 2ierophant, the -aiden Dci+ili@ationE gains control o+er o'r ani&al nat'res *y sho,ing 's all the ,onder%'l energies ,e ,ill gain i% ,e o*ey her( This is +ery li$e ,ild yo'ths choosing to .oin the &ilitary and o*ey its restrictions *eca'se doing so gi+es the& lo%ty %eelings o% pride and glory( 6e sho'ld not %orget, ho,e+er, that the ,o&an also sees so&ething ,onder%'l in the lion( She doesnFt ,ant to erase the lion or &a$e it other than a lion, *'t she can see that the lion=s energy is *eing ,asted( She is &o+ed to ta&e it so that they can *oth *ene%it(
6ang in the <a**alistic Tarot li$ens Strength to a 5estal 5irgin tending a sacred %la&e( And this, I thin$, is one o% the *est interpretations( )ire is a %ear%'l thing, hot, *'rning # all too easily a*le to spar$ o't o% control( B't so&e,here along the ,ay, ,e lost o'r %ear # *'t not o'r respect # %or %ire( 6ith ,ill and intelligence, ,e ca&e to 'nderstand its nat're and &a$e it o'r tool( Si&ilarly ,e can direct and &a$e great good 'se o% o'r passions, *'t only i% ,e=re ,illing to see the& as a nat'ral part o% 's, sacred e+en, li$e the 5estal 5irgin=s %la&e( I thin$ it also ,orth noting that, as ,ith %ire or ta&ing a lion, one &ight get *'rned or scratched a %e, ti&es *y that ,hich yo'Fre trying to 'nderstand, *e it a sit'ation, a person, or yo'r o,n 'n,orthy i&p'lses( The i&portant &essage o% the strength card is to ha+e %ortit'de( 6hen yo'r gentle strength *rings this ,ild thing 'nder control, yo' *oth ,ill *e %ree o% ,ea$nesses, and a*le to co&&and o% great po,er(
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#asic +ymbols A ro*ed &an or &on$ carrying a lantern, so&eti&es in hand, so&eti&es hanging o%% a sta%%( A *arren landscape( #asic +tory A%ter a long and *'sy li%eti&e, *'ilding, creating, lo+ing, hating, %ighting, co&pro&ising, %ailing, s'cceeding, the )ool %eels a pro%o'nd need to retreat( In a s&all, r'stic ho&e deep in the ,oods, he hides, reading, cleaning, organi@ing, resting or .'st thin$ing( B't e+ery night at d's$ he heads o't, tra+eling across the *are, a't'&nal landscape( 2e carries only a sta%% and a lantern( It is d'ring these restless ,al$s %ro& d's$ till da,n, peering at and eAa&ining ,hate+er ta$es his %ancy, that he sees things heFs &issed d'ring his li%eti&e( 2is lantern ill'&inates ani&als and insects that only co&e o't at night, %lo,ers and plants that only *loo& *y &oon or star light( As these secret corners o% the ,orld are ill'&inated and eAplored *y hi&, he %eels that he is also ill'&inating hidden areas o% his &ind( In a ,ay, he has *eco&e the )ool again( As in the *eginning, he goes ,here+er inspiration leads hi&( Bac$ then, ho,e+er, his sta%% rested on his sho'lder, carrying 'nseen his pac$( The )ool ,as li$e the pac$ ,rapped 'p, 'n$no,n( The 2er&itFs sta%% leans o't *e%ore hi& no,, not *ehind( And it carries a lantern,

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not a pac$( The 2er&it is li$e the lantern, ill'&inated %ro& ,ithin *y all he is, capa*le o% penetrating the dar$ness(
4epresented *y 5irgo, the 2er&it is a card o% introspection, analysis and, ,ell, +irginity( This is not a ti&e %or sociali@ingM the card indicates, instead, a desire %or peace and solit'de( Nor is it a ti&e %or action, disc'ssion or decisions( It is a ti&e to thin$, organi@e, r'&inate, and ta$e stoc$( There &ay *e %eelings o% %r'stration and discontent d'ring this ti&e o% ,ithdra,al( B't s'ch ti&es lead to enlighten&ent, ill'&ination, clarity( In regards to people, the 2er&it can represents a ,ise, inspirational person, %riend, teacher or therapist, so&eone the C'erent 's'ally sees alone, so&eone the rest o% the C'erentFs %riends and %a&ily &ay not $no, a*o't( This is a person ,ho can shine a light on things that ,ere pre+io'sly &ysterio's and con%'sing( They ,ill help the C'erent 'nderstand the&sel+es or %ind ,hat it is they are see$ing( Thirteen,s *bservations /ne o% the i&portant things a*o't this card is that the 2er&it is al&ost al,ays sho,n on the &o+e( 2eFs ne+er hiding a,ay in his ca+e( 4ather, heFs o't ,andering, searching( This is apt %or the restless &ind o% a 5irgo, al,ays gathering in%or&ation, analy@ing, &a$ing connections( 5irgos are also $no,n %or *eing the s$eptics o% the @odiac( I% anyone is going to stic$ a lantern into a dar$ place and ta$e a good loo$ at ,hatFs going on, it=s a 5irgo( Co&*ined ,ith a desire to .'st K*e alone,K the 2er&it indicates a %eeling o% i&patience ,ith people( The C'erent &ight *e sensiti+e to ha+ing hisQher peace dist'r*ed, or eApress distain %or those ,ho can=t see ,hat theyFre seeing DKAre yo' *lindGK &ight *e their re%rain, or, &ore typically, KBo' .'st donFt get it, and I canFt eAplain it to yo'(KE( They=re li$ely to *e gr'&py and anti#social( )or the C'erent, ho,e+er, this is a special ti&e( 0i$e an artist ,ho hides a,ay %or days then e&erges to paint a &asterpiece, this C'iet ti&e allo,s all the pieces to %all into place( Their &inds are ali+e, and they can see things they ,eren=t a*le to see *e%ore( So go ahead and enco'rage the& to ta$e late night dri+es, long ,al$s, hide in their roo& or go on retreat %or a &onth( 6hen they co&e *ac$, theyFll ha+e a ne, 'nderstanding o% the ,orld, o% their li+es, and o% the&sel+es( ItFll *e the *est thing %or the&, and %or e+eryone else(

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A ,heel t'rning cloc$,ise ,ith risingQ%alling %ig'res or *easts on it( 6aite also incl'des a good &any 2e*re, letters and alche&ical sy&*ols( /%ten there is a sphinA perched atop the ,heel( #asic +tory )ro& o't o% hiding co&es the )ool, into the s'nlight, as i% *eing p'lled 'p %ro& so&e lo,, dar$ point on a ,heel( It is ti&e %or a change( Sta%% in hand, he heads *ac$ o't into the ,orld, eApecting nothing( B't, strangely, things see& to happen to hi& as the ho'rs go *y, good things( 6andering *y a ,ater ,heel a ,o&an o%%ers hi& a drin$ in a golden chalice, and then 'rges hi& to $eep the c'pM as he ,anders *y a ,ind&ill, he stops to ,atch a yo'ng &an s,inging a s,ordM ,hen he eApresses his ad&iration o% the ,eapon, the yo'ng &an presses it into his hand, insisting that he ta$e it( And %inally, ,hen he co&es 'pon a rich &erchant sitting in a ,agon, right o+er one o% the ,heels, the &an hands hi& a *ag o% &oney( KI decided to gi+e this to the tenth person ,ho ,al$ed past &e today,K eAplains the -erchant, KBo'Fre the tenth(K The )ool hardly tho'ght he co'ld still *e s'rprised, *'t he is( It is as i% e+erything good that he e+er did in his li%e is *eing paid *ac$ to hi&, three#%old( All l'c$ this day is his( #asic 'eaning 6ith 8'piter as its r'ling planet, the 6heel o% )ort'ne is all a*o't l'c$ and change( The ,heel sy&*oli@es co&pleteness as ,ell as the rise and %all o% %ort'nes and the &essage that ,hat goes aro'nd co&es aro'nd( Al&ost e+ery de%inition o% this card indicates a*'ndance, happiness, ele+ation, or l'c$M a change that .'st happens, and *rings ,ith it great .oy( Thirteen,s *bservations As &'ch as the Tarot is a*o't ,hat a C'erent can do to change their li%e or sel%, there are cards that ad&it that so&eti&es yo' .'st get l'c$y( So&eti&es things happen to yo' o+er ,hich yo' ha+e no control, and yo' rise o% %all on that t'rn o% the ,heel( This is the card a*o't ho, ,e so&eti&es %ind o'rsel+es soaring 'p or do,n on li%e=s )erris ,heel( The 6heel can &ean &o+e&ent, change or e+ol'tion, and in that respect it can *e a*o't ho, ,e all change positions, so&e o% 's rising so&e o% 's %alling, so&e dropping to a nadir, so&e reaching a @enith(
-ost o% the ti&e, ho,e+er, this card s'ggests that s'ch changes ,ill *ring ,ith the& good %ort'ne( The person yo'Fre reading %or is going to get that &oney, that .o*, that pro&otion, that &arriage proposal, that *rea$ theyF+e *een ,aiting %or( Call it $ar&ic pay*ac$ %or all the good things theyF+e done in li%e # destiny or .'st l'c$ # *'t ,hate+er lotteries are o't there, large or s&all, theyF+e .'st ,on one(
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#asic +ymbols The 8'stice %ig're seated or standing *et,een pillars, scales in one hand D's'ally le%tE, 'praised s,ord in the other hand( So&eti&es *lind%olded( #asic +tory The )ool is loo$ing %or a ne, path, a ne, aspiration and inspiration %or his li%e( Sitting 'ncertain at a crossroads he notices a *lind ,ise ,o&an listening to t,o *rothers arg'e o+er an inheritance( They ha+e co&e to her %or .'dg&ent( /ne *rother has the ,hole inheritance, the other has nothing( KI as$ that all o% it *e gi+en to &e,K the poor *rother de&ands, KNot only *eca'se I ha+e a *etter right to it, *'t *eca'se I ,ill not *e ,aste%'l ,ith it, as he isJK B't the rich *rother protests, KIt is right%'lly &ine and thatFs all that sho'ld &atter, not ,hat I do ,ith itJK The ,o&an listens, then a,ards hal% o% the rich *rotherFs inheritance to the poor *rother( The )ool thin$s this only %air, *'t neither *rother is happy( The rich one hates losing hal% his ,ealth, and the poor one %eels he o'ght to ha+e gotten all( KBo' ,ere %air,K the )ool re&ar$s to the ,o&an a%ter the *rothers ha+e le%t( KBes, I ,as,K she ans,ers plainly( K6ith only hal% the inheritance, the rich one ,ill stop *eing so ,aste%'l( And the poor one ,ill ha+e as &'ch as he needs( E+en tho'gh they cannot see it, this decision ,as good %or *oth(K The )ool thin$s on this and reali@es that he has spent his li%e achie+ing ,orldly a&*itions and physical goods ,hile lea+ing his spirit'al sel% to star+e( 2e o'ght to ha+e gi+en hal% his ti&e and energy to his spirit'al sel%, *'t he didn=t( It=s no ,onder that he %eels 'n*alanced( Than$ing the ,o&an, he heads o't to restore eC'ili*ri'& to his inner scales(

#asic 'eaning
6ith 0i*ra as its r'ling sign, 8'stice is a*o't cold, o*.ecti+e *alance thro'gh reason or nat'ral %orce( This is the card that tells the C'erent that eAcesses ha+e conseC'ences( Ind'lging in drin$ing and dr'gs ,ill a%%ect their health, .'st as eAcessi+e eAercise can da&age &'scles and .oints and ,or$ing too &'ch can &a$e one neglect %a&ily and %riends( 8'stice 'rges the C'erent to &a$e ad.'st&ents, do ,hate+er is necessary to *ring things *ac$ into *alance physically, e&otionally, socially, spirit'ally( In a &ore &'ndane sense, this card &ay signal a co'rt case, legal doc'&ents, ad.'st&ents in a &arriage or partnership( The o'tco&e o% all o% these &ay not *e eAactly ,hat the C'erent ,ants, *'t it ,ill *e ,hat they need( It ,ill also *e scr'p'lo'sly %air( I% the card is re+ersed, it can indicate *ias, o*str'ction o% the la,, or legal co&plications( Thirteen,s *bservations I thin$ 8'stice is a good card Das co&pared to StrengthE to stand as the %irst o% the neAt ten cards o% the -a.or Arcana( The reason I thin$ it right is *eca'se ,ith it ,e &o+e %ro& the physical ,orld D%irst ten cardsE into the &etaphysical ,orld DneAt tenE( 6hen I loo$ at 8'stice, I al,ays see the t,o ,orlds *alanced on her scales( KBo'F+e spent all yo'r ti&e in one,K she see&s to *e saying, ti&e to &o+e into the other and *alance things o't(K /ne thing to re&e&*er a*o't the 8'stice card is that it is not a*o't p'nish&ent, good, *ad, right or ,rong( It is a*o't ad.'st&ent( The s,ord s'ggests that so&eti&es this ,onFt *e pleasant( 8'stice pares things do,n ,ith that s,ord so that the scales end 'p eC'al( S,ords represent the &ind and s'ggest that 8'stice only listens to reason, logic and %acts( She ,ill not *e tric$ed *y appeals to e&otions or passions, nor *ri*ed %or that &atter( She ,ill *e rational and cool#headed( The &essage is to that yo' &'st *e cool#headed as ,ell, and do ,hatFs necessary, no &atter ho, hard, ho, disagreea*le, in order to gain, or re#gain eC'ili*ri'&( It is not a nice card, *'t it is a +ery ,ise card(
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#asic +ymbols A &an hanging *y one %oot %ro& a *ar or tree( 2is %ree leg is al,ays *ent to %or& an in+erted K4,K his %ace is al,ays peace%'l, ne+er s'%%ering( So&eti&es his hands are *o'nd, so&eti&es they dangle( So&eti&es coins %all o't o% his poc$ets or hands(

#asic +tory
The )ool settles *eneath a tree, intent on %inding his spirit'al sel%( There he stays %or nine days, ,itho't eating, *arely &o+ing( 3eople pass *y hi&, ani&als, clo'ds, the ,ind, the rain, the stars, s'n and &oon( /n the ninth day, ,ith no conscio's tho'ght o% ,hy, he cli&*s the tree and dangles %ro& a *ranch 'pside do,n li$e a child( )or a &o&ent, he s'rrenders all that he is, ,ants, $no,s or cares a*o't( Coins %all %ro& his poc$ets and as he ga@es do,n on the& # seeing the& not as &oney *'t only as ro'nd *its o% &etal( It see&s to hi& that his perspecti+e o% the ,orld has co&pletely changed, as i% his in+erted position has allo,ed hi& to dangle *et,een the &'ndane ,orld and the spirit'al ,orld, a*le to see *oth( It is a da@@ling &o&ent, drea&li$e yet crystal clear( Ti&eless as this &o&ent o% clarity see&s, he reali@es that it ,ill not last( 5ery soon, he &'st right hi&sel%, *'t ,hen he does, things ,ill *e di%%erent( 2e ,ill ha+e to act on ,hat heFs learned( )or no,, ho,e+er, he .'st hangs, ,eightless as i% 'nder,ater, o*ser+ing, a*sor*ing, seeing( #asic 'eaning 6ith Nept'ne Dor 6aterE as its planet, the 2anged -an is perhaps the &ost %ascinating card in the dec$( At H12, it is the opposite o% the 6orld card, H21( 6ith the 6orld card yo' go in%initely o't( 6ith the 2anged -an, yo' go in%initely in( So&e readers *elie+e the 2anged -an re%lects the story o% /din ,ho o%%ered hi&sel% as a sacri%ice in order to gain $no,ledge( 2anging %ro& the ,orld tree, ,o'nded *y a spear, gi+en no *read or &ead, he dangled %or nine days( /n the last day, he sa, on the gro'nd r'nes that had %allen %ro& the tree, 'nderstood their &eaning, and, co&ing do,n, scooped the& 'p %or his o,n( All $no,ledge is to *e %o'nd in these r'nes( /ther readers li$e to point o't that in older dec$s the card ,as $no,n as >The Traitor,? re%erring to the %act that, historically, so&e co'ntries h'ng traitors 'pside do,n *y one %oot( And still other readers li$e to point o't that the 2anged -an is li$e that &o&ent ,hen a *a*e in the ,o&* t'rns 'pside do,n so that it &ay *e *orn, hanging, as it ,ere, %ro& its '&*ilical cord( The 2anged -an is si&ilar to all o% these li$e /din, he allo,s hi&sel% to *e h'ng so that he can gain ,isdo& %or the ,orld( 0i$e traitors o% old, he sacri%ices hi&sel% %or a ca'se, and sees things %ro& an >in+erted? perspecti+e( 6hat is right to hi& is ,rong to others and +ice +ersa( And li$e the *a*e in
the ,o&*, the 2anged -an hangs s'spended *et,een one ,orld Dthe ,o&*E and the neAt Do'tside the ,o&*E( 6hat is i&portant to re&e&*er is that this is a card a*o't s'spension, not li%e or death( The C'erent &ight ,ell %eel that one thing has ended, yet the neAt has not *eg'n, and they are st'c$ in a $ind o% ,aiting roo&( Things ,ill contin'e on in a &o&ent, *'t %or no,, they %loat, ti&eless( Bet this isn=t .'st a position o% rest as the C'erent is in+erted( 6hich &eans so is hisQher +ie, o% the ,orld is +ery di%%erent %ro& the rest o% 's ,ho ,al$ 'pright( Th's, this ,aiting *eco&es a ti&e o% trial or &editation, sel%lessness, sacri%ice, prophecy( This ne, ,ay o% seeing things o%ten leads to insights and enlighten&ent( Ans,ers that el'ded the C'erent *eco&e clear, sol'tions to pro*le&s are %o'nd( All o% ,hich the 2anged -an hoped to *'y ,ith his sacri%ice( Thirteen,s *bservations The %irst step into the esoteric, ,e &ight ,ell say, is to shed the &'ndane ,orld and *e >re*orn(? To do this, ,e &'st s'rrender all ,e tho'ght ,e $ne,, all resistance to ne, ,ays o% thin$ing( 6e &'st &a$e o'rsel+es +enera*le to +isions and psychic energies( 6e &'st, i% yo' li$e, ret'rn to >the ,o&*,? a spirit'al ,o&* this ti&e aro'nd( The one *elonging to the 2igh 3riestess ,ho, re&e&*er, sits at that still place *et,een opposites( This the 2anged -an does ,hen he ,illingly allo,s hi&sel% to *e s'spended and dangle in+erted %ro& one leg( Nept'ne is spirit'ality, drea&s and psychic a*ilities, and the 2anged -an has allo,ed hi&sel% to *e lo,ered into those deep ,aters, %loating there, a*sor*ing all they o%%er hi&( 2e is ,aiting %or that &o&ent ,hen he ,ill *e *orn into a ne, conscio'sness( Th's, this card signi%ies a ti&e ,hen the C'erent is %eeling sensiti+e, +'lnera*le, intro+erted, s'spended e+en as they also eAperience insight so deep that %or a &o&ent, nothing *'t that insight eAists( This is the card o% +ision C'ests *'t also, +ery si&ply, o% those ti&es ,hen yo' p't aside yo'r pre.'dices and open yo'rsel% 'p to di%%erent ideas( /r .'st try so&ething ne, and strange( -eaning that the 2anged -an co'ld *e as si&ple as going o't ,ith a type o% person yo' ne+er i&agined dating, or trying so&e odd c'isine( It is a ti&e ,hen yo' change yo'r perspecti+e( S'ch &o&ents donFt last, and they 's'ally reC'ire so&e $ind o% sacri%ice( Sacri%ice o% a *elie% or a ,ish, drea&, hope, &oney, ti&e or e+en sel%hood( The sacri%ice &ay *e &ade to get into the in+erted position, or it &ay *e &ade to get o't o% the in+erted position( Either ,ay, in order to gain, yo' &'st gi+e(
1reat or s&all, spirit'al or &'ndane ,hat yo' gain %ro& &a$ing that sacri%ice and allo,ing yo'rsel% to see things di%%erently is insights and sol'tions( These can help yo' and e+eryone else yo' care a*o't( 6hich is o%ten ,hy one goes thro'gh it all in the %irst place( /ne thing is certain, once yo' ha+e *een the 2anged -an yo' ne+er see things C'ite as yo' did *e%ore(
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#asic +ymbols S$eletal 9eath, *lac$ ro*es or ar&or, so&eti&es ,ith a scythe or a %lag %eat'ring a ,hite rose on a *lac$ %ield( There is o%ten a rising s'n( So&eti&es there are other %ig'res, the &ost co&&on *eing a child( #asic +tory 2a+ing le%t the tree %ro& ,here he h'ng, the )ool &o+es care%'lly thro'gh a %allo, %ield, head still clearing %ro& +isions( The air is cold and ,intry, the trees *are( 2e $no,s he has started on his spirit'al .o'rney in earnest, *'t %eels strangely e&pty and pro%o'ndly sad, as i% he has lost so&ething( Be%ore hi& he sees, rising ,ith the s'n, a s$eleton in *lac$ ar&or &o'nted on a ,hite horse( 2e recogni@es it as 9eath( As it stops *e%ore hi&, he h'&*ly as$s, K2a+e I diedGK And the S$eleton ans,ers, KBes, in a ,ay( Bo' sacri%iced yo'r old ,orld, yo'r old sel%( Both are gone, dead(K The )ool cannot $eep %ro& ,eeping( >)orgi+e &e,? he says, e&*arrassed *y his tears( >There is nothing to %orgi+e,? 9eath replies( >-o'rning is nat'ral and yo' &'st deal ,ith yo'r loss *e%ore yo' can accept anything ne,( ;eep in &ind, ho,e+er, that old lea+es &'st ,ither and %ly a,ay %ro& a tree=s *ranches, lea+ing the& *are, *e%ore ne, green lea+es can appear(K As 9eath rides a,ay, the )ool sees the tr'th in those ,ords( 2e, too, %eels li$e a s$eleton, all that he ,as stripped a,ay( This, he 'nderstands, is ho, all great trans%or&ations start, *y re&o+ing e+erything do,n to *are *one or soil so that so&ething ne, has roo& to gro,( #asic 'eaning 3erhaps the &ost co&&on C'estion as$ed a*o't Tarot Cards is, >Can the 9eath card &ean a real deathG?
Bes, it can( The 9eath card is a*o't endings, and that incl'des the ending o% a li%e( 6hat e+eryone see&s to %orget, ho,e+er, is that the 9eath card is not eAcl'si+ely a*o't the end o% a h'&an li%e( In %act, it=s %ar &ore li$ely that the card is telling yo' that a gold%ish or a ho'seplant ,ill die( 9eath can &ean the >end? o% anything The end o% an era, the end o% a trip, the closing o% a resta'rant, the *rea$ing 'p o% a *and, the concl'sion o% a +ery ro'gh ,ee$( Any and all o% these as ,ell as a &illion &ore possi*le interpretations can *e applied to the 9eath card( So it is %oolish to %ear it %or the %act that, once in a great ,hile, it ,ill let yo' $no, that so&e sic$, elderly relati+e &ight not *e long %or this ,orld( E+en &ore i&portant to re&e&*er the Death card is less about something dying then about how a person deals with endings( 6e &ight *e delighted that so&ething is %inally o+er and done ,ith, li$e a terri*le .o* ,e hated( /r ,e &ight *e heart*ro$en, li$e o+er the loss o% that poor gold%ish( Either ,ay, ,e reC'ire ti&e to co&e to ter&s ,ith the %act that so&ething ,e ,ere 'sed to is no longer a part o% o'r li+es( 6ith Scorpio as its sign, the 9eath card is as &'ch a*o't trans%or&ation as a*o't loss( Scorpio has three %or&s scorpion, serpent, eagle( The 9eath card indicates this transition %ro& lo,er to higher to highest( In addition, Scorpio is also a*o't seA( So e+en as so&ething is ta$en %ro& 's, so&ething ne, is created( That ne, thing ,ill not *e the sa&e as ,hat ,as lost, *'t it ,ill step into that e&pty space and gi+e 's reason to carry on( Thirteen,s *bservations The connection o% seA and death in Scorpio Dthe sign stands %or *othE is a strong indication o% ,hat this card is all a*o't( 6e ,esterners see K9eathK as a %rightening card *eca'se ,e o%ten see 9eath as an end, and ,e hate %or things to co&e to an end( 2o,e+er, in other traditions, 9eath is .'st a nat'ral and i&portant, i% sad part o% an on#going cycle( In a $ar&ic sense, yo' die so that yo' &ay *e re*orn( 6inter co&es so that there can *e a spring, and ,e can only appreciate ,hat ,e ha+e ,hen ,e $no, that there is loss( The 9eath card signals s'ch things( This is a ti&e o% change( Be%ore or e+en as this change occ'rs, ho,e+er, the C'erent needs to &o'rn, cry, and grie+e( 6ang notes that 9eath Kh'&*lesK all( 6hich &eans that ,e are *ro'ght lo,, %eel e&pty or stripped to the *one( /nce ,e ha+e gone thro'gh this lo, point, ho,e+er, ,e ,ill %ind that there is roo& %or so&ething ne,, %resh or di%%erent to co&e into o'r li+es( So&ething that &ight eA'lt or trans%or& 's(
So ,hile a Tarot 4eader needs to tell their C'erent, C'ite honestly, that they ,ill *e going thro'gh a ti&e o% sorro, and &o'rning, ,e can also tell the& that this, too, is not %ore+er( /'r sadness ,ill end in a s'nrise, in a ne,*orn phoeniA rising %ro& the ashes o% the old(
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#asic +ymbols An angel Do%ten %e&ale or genderlessE, a pool or ri+er o% ,ater( T,o c'ps or *ea$ers, a %l'id %lo,ing *et,een the&( #asic +tory 4eco+ering %ro& %eelings o% loss at last, the )ool *egins to ,onder i% he ,ill %inally %ind the ne, spirit'ality he=s a%ter( It occ'rs to hi& that so %ar, he=s *een dealing ,ith opposites the t,o opposing sides o% the scales D8'sticeE, the &aterial and spirit'al D,hich he h'ng *et,een as the 2anged &anE, death and *irth Dthe one leading into the other in the 9eath cardE( 9oes one al,ays ha+e to *e s'rrendered to get the otherG 2e ,onders( It is at this point that he co&es 'pon a ,inged %ig're standing ,ith one %oot in a *roo$, the other on a roc$( The radiant creat're po'rs so&ething %ro& one %las$ into another( 9ra,ing closer, the )ool sees that ,hat is *eing po'red %ro& one %las$ is %ire, ,hile ,ater %lo,s %ro& the other( The t,o are *eing *lended together into a co&pletely di%%erent s'*stanceJ K2o, can yo' &iA %ire and ,aterGK the )ool %inally ,hispers( Ne+er pa'sing, the Angel ans,ers, KBo' &'st ha+e the right +essels and 'se the right proportions(K The )ool ,atches ,ith ,onder( KCan this *e done ,ith all oppositesGK he as$s( KIndeed,K the Angel replies, KAny oppositions, %ire and ,ater, &an and ,o&an, thesis and anti#thesis, can *e &ade into a 'ni%ied third( It is only a lac$ o% ,ill and a dis*elie% in the possi*ility that $eeps opposites, opposite(K And that is ,hen the )ool *egins to 'nderstand that he is the one ,ho is $eeping his 'ni+erse in t,ain, holding li%eQdeath, &aterial ,orld and spirit'al ,orld separate( In hi& the t,o co'ld &erge( All it ta$es, the )ool reali@es, is the right proportions, the right +essel and eno'gh %aith that the t,o can *e 'ni%ied( #asic 'eaning
It is hard, at %irst, to see ,here Sagittari's, the r'ling sign o% this card, %its in( Sagittari's is an eApansi+e sign and ,e o%ten identi%y Te&perance ,ith a*stinence( Te&perance, ho,e+er, really &eans &oderation( Th's, yo' don=t gi+e 'p ,ine, *'t rather c't the ,ine ,ith ,ater( There is, ho,e+er, another angle to the card, that o% >te&pering? or trans%or&ingRth's ,e contin'e on %ro& 9eath, ,hich prepared 's %or trans%or&ation( 6ith te&pering, iron is trans%or&ed into steel ,ith heating and cooling, %ire and ,ater( Si&ilarly, Sagittari's, the centa'r, is another one o% those creat'res that &erges *east and &an into so&ething 'niC'e( Bet not so 'niC'e, as &en and horses ha+e o%ten >&erged? together, the one on the *ac$ o% the other to %or& a 'nit( And then there is the *o, and arro,, one &o+ing, one stationary, ,or$ing together to point the ,ay( Te&perance &ay *e, at %irst glance, a ,arning to Kte&perK yo'r *eha+ior, *'t it &ay also *e a re&inder that see&ingly irreconcila*le opposites &ay not *e irreconcila*le( Sagittari's is a sign o% opti&is&, philosophy, and ta$ing ris$s( This card 'rges the C'erent to ha+e %aith that they can &erge %iery red and ,atery *l'e into other,orldly +iolet( B't they ,ill need to eAperi&ent, ha+e con%idence, and try, try, again( Thirteen,s *bservations In &any ,ays, this card is a*o't the Sagittarian desire to %ind a 'ni%ied %ield theory, a ,ay o% *lending opposites, achie+ing synthesis( Cro,ley calls the card KAlche&yK and that &ight ,ell *e the *est de%inition %or it( In %act, it so&eti&es ,or$s *est %or &e to i&agine the Angel ,earing a la* coat and +ery care%'lly po'ring &eas'red a&o'nts o% colored liC'ids into *ea$ers rather than c'ps( /ne thing to re&e&*er is that Te&perance isn=t a*o't s'rrendering either the ,ater or the ,ine( It is a*o't &iAing things 'ntil yo' get eAactly ,hat yo' ,ant, ,hich is 's'ally a per%ect *lend o% the t,o( In a reading, this card o%ten represents a sit'ation ,here the C'erent can=t get opposites to >*lend? together Dchoices, *elie% syste&s, %a&ilies, %riendsE and &ay %eel that they ha+e to gi+e 'p so&ething( Te&perance tells the C'erent that they don=t ha+e to do that( It says that a synthesis can *e achie+ed i% the C'erent is ,illing to $eep on trying, eAperi&enting, and ad.'sting the a&o'nts( The <'erent &ight, %or eAa&ple, *e trying to &erge t,o %'ll %a&ilies ,hen *lending has to occ'r *it *y *it ,ith indi+id'als( This is ,here the >&oderation? &essage co&es in( Try to &a$e yo'r a&*ition &ore realistic and yo' &ight ,ell achie+e it(
The card is also a re&inder that a *o, and arro, are 'seless apart, *'t together a %or&ida*le ,eapon( This card tells the C'erent that they CAN and sho'ld p't thesis and anti#thesis together to get the e+en &ore 'se%'l synthesis( B't it ,ill ta$e ti&e, care, patience and eAperi&entation( And, yes, &oderation(
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#asic +ymbols A ,inged, horned de+il, a *lac$ pedestal, a na$ed &ale and %e&ale %ig're, chains, in+erted pentagra&( #asic +tory The )ool co&es to the %oot o% an enor&o's *lac$ &o'ntain ,here reigns a creat're hal% goat, hal% god( At his hoo+es na$ed people, lin$ed to the godFs throne *y chains, engage in e+ery ind'lgence i&agina*le seA, dr'gs, %ood, drin$( The closer the )ool gets, the &ore he %eels his o,n earthly desires rising in hi&( Carnal desires, h'nger %or %ood and po,er, greed and sel%ishness( KI ha+e gi+en 'p all s'ch desiresJK he roars at the 1oat god, resisting the *east=s po,er ,ith all his &ight( 2e is s're that this is a test o% his ne, spirit'ality, one ,here he &'st pro+e that the te&ptations o% the &aterial ,orld cannot s,ay hi&( The creat're responds to his de%iance ,ith a c'rio's loo$( KAll I a& doing is *ringing o't ,hat is already in yo',K it responds &ildly( KS'ch %eelings are nothing to %ear, nothing to *e asha&ed o%, or e+en to a+oid( They are e+en 'se%'l to helping yo' in yo'r C'est %or spirit'ality, tho'gh &any try to pretend other,ise(K The )ool gest'res angrily at the chained &en and ,o&en, KBo' say that e+en tho'gh these are clearly ensla+ed to the &aterial ,orldGK The 1oat#god &i&ics the )oolFs gest're( KTa$e another loo$(K The )ool does so, and reali@es that the chained collars the &en and ,o&en ,ear are ,ide eno'gh %or the& to easily slip o%% o+er their heads( KThey can *e %ree i% they ,ish to *e,K the 1oat#god says, KThey re&ain here *eca'se they ,ant to *e controlled *y their *ase, *estial desires( There are, ho,e+er, othersN(K At this the 1oat#god gest'res 'p,ard, to,ard the pea$ o% the &o'ntain( KN/thers ,ho ha+e 'sed these sa&e i&p'lses to cli&* to the highest heights( I% they had denied their desires they=d ne+er ha+e gotten there(?
/n hearing this, the )ool sees that he has &ista$en the 1oat#god( This is not a creat're o% e+il as he tho'ght, *'t o% great po,er, the lo,est and the highest, *oth o% *east and god( 0i$e all po,er, it is %rightening, and dangero's(((*'t it is also a $ey to %reedo& and transcendence( #asic 'eaning 3erhaps the &ost &is'nderstood card o% all the &a.or arcana, the 9e+il is not really KSatanK at all, *'t 3an the hal%#goat nat're god andQor 9ionysi's DBacch'sE( These are gods o% pleas're and a*andon, o% ,ild *eha+ior and 'n*ridled desires( So&eti&es, this card says, it is good to dance ,ith Bacch's, s'rrendering control, or *e Bacch's and &anip'late( Too &'ch restraint can hold yo' *ac$ and $eep yo' %ro& achie+ing i&portant things( In this regard, ,e &ight say that this card is a*o't *eing honest ,ith yo'rsel%( 6hat do yo' desireG 6hat gi+es yo' pleas'reG 6hat has po,er o+er yo' Dand ,ill ensla+e yo' i% yo' let itE, and ,hat &a$es yo' %eel po,er%'l Dand ,ill help yo' reach yo'r highest goalsEG 6ith Capricorn as its r'ling sign, the 9e+il is also a card a*o't a&*itions, a*o't co&&it&ent and reso'rce%'lness( This is the &o'ntain goat that ai&s to get to the top and does all its needs to do to get there( As a person, the 9e+il can stand %or a &an or ,o&an o% &oney or erotic po,er, aggressi+e, controlling, or .'st pers'asi+e( This is not to say a *ad person, *'t certainly a po,er%'l person ,ho is hard to resist( The C'erent needs to ,atch the&sel+es lest they end 'p needing this po,er%'l person to gi+e the& identity( /n the other hand, the C'erent &ight %ind the&sel+es in >9e+il? &ode, egging others on, playing p'ppet &aster( This, too, can *eco&e their identity( Th's, the addict and p'sher can create a co#dependent relationship that is not healthy %or either( 6hen not indicating a person, the 9e+il card is synony&o's ,ith te&ptation and addiction, anything that ,e %ind hard to resist *e it chocolate, seA or heroin( 4eaders sho'ld as$ C'erents i% there=s anything they=+e *een ha+ing tro'*le resisting o% late( It is i&portant to point o't, as the card does, that, o%ten Dtho'gh not al,aysE, ,e don=t resist is *eca'se ,e don=t ,ant to( This needs to *e recogni@ed and ac$no,ledge as it &eans that the po,er to change the sit'ation is ,ith 's, not ,ith ,hat te&pts 's( Thirteen,s *bservations -ost cards 'rge *alance, 'nity, restraint, yin#yang( Not this card( The 9e+il, to the contrary, is a card that re+els in eAtre&ity, eAcess and loss o% control( There is a con+incing arg'&ent that this is the &ost po,er%'l and dangero's
card in the dec$( At its a*sol'te ,orst, it is the card o% the addict or the stal$er, totally o*sessed, ensla+ed, relentless( At its +ery *est, it is a card a*o't c'tting loose, going %or the gold, cli&*ing e+ery &o'ntain( There are, I thin$, three essential points that a reader &'st &a$e ,hen this card appears( )irst, that ,e ha+e to *e honest a*o't o'r ,ea$nesses and addictions, denial only &a$es it easier %or the& to control 's( Second, that it is nat'ral to ha+e sel%#interest, a desire %or pleas're e+en and, occasionally, to ind'lge in eAcesses( 9oing so &ight e+en *e essential to achie+ing o'r ai&s( 6e didn=t %ly to the -oon *y *eing &oderate, sa%e or ca'tio's, *y resisting te&ptation( 2o,e+er, and this is the last point, it is all too easy to *eco&e ensla+ed to the po,er o% s'ch pleas'res and eAcesses( The &ost po,er%'l person is the one ,ho can conscio'sly decide ,hen to ind'lge, and ,hen to ,al$ a,ay %ro& ind'lging ,itho't hesitation or regret( This card is a*o't te&ptation and control, addictions and &anip'lation( It as$s 's a &ost i&portant C'estion ,ho or ,hat ,ill ,e allo, to ensla+e 'sG And ,ho or ,hat ,ill *e 'nder o'r controlG /nly *y 'nderstanding this part o% o'rsel+es can ,e gain po,er o+er it and 'se it to o'r *ene%it rather than letting it 'se 's(
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#asic +ymbols A to,er on a roc$y o'tcrop, a po,er%'l *olt o% lightning, one or t,o %ig'res %alling %ro& the to,er, so&eti&es ,a+es crashing *elo,( #asic +tory As the )ool lea+es the throne o% the 1oat 1od, he co&es 'pon a To,er, %antastic, &agni%icent, and %a&iliar( In %act, The )ool, hi&sel%, helped *'ild this To,er *ac$ ,hen the &ost i&portant thing to hi& ,as &a$ing his &ar$ on the ,orld and pro+ing hi&sel% *etter than other &en( Inside the To,er, at the top, arrogant &en still li+e, con+inced o% their rightness( Seeing the To,er again, the )ool %eels as i% lightning has .'st %lashed across his &indM he tho'ght heFd le%t that old sel% *ehind ,hen he started on this spirit'al .o'rney( B't he reali@es no, that he hasnFt( 2eFs *een seeing hi&sel%, li$e the To,er, li$e the &en inside, as alone and sing'lar and s'perior, ,hen in %act, he is no s'ch thing(
So capt'red is he *y the shoc$ o% this insight, that he opens his &o'th and releases a S2/7TJ And to his astonish&ent and terror, a *olt o% act'al lightning slashes do,n %ro& the hea+ens stri$ing the To,er and sending its residents leaping o't into the ,aters *elo,( In a &o&ent, it is o+er( The To,er is r'**le, only roc$s re&aining( St'nned and sha$en to the core, the )ool eAperiences pro%o'nd %ear and dis*elie%( B't also, a strange clarity o% +ision, as i% his inner eye has %inally opened( 2e tore do,n his resistance to change and sacri%ice D2anged &anE, then ca&e to ter&s ,ith 9eath D9eathEM he learned a*o't &oderation and synthesis DTe&peranceE and a*o't po,er DThe 9e+ilE( B't here and no,, he has done ,hat ,as hardest he destroyed the lies o% his li%e( 6hatFs le%t are the %o'ndations o% tr'th( /n this he can re*'ild hi&sel%( #asic 'eaning 6ith -ars as its r'ling planet, the To,er is a card a*o't ,ar, a ,ar *et,een the str'ct'res o% lies and the lightning %lash o% tr'th( This is a card a*o't anything ,e *elie+e to *e tr'e, *'t later learn is %alse( This reali@ation 's'ally co&es as a shoc$, hence, the +iolent i&age( It is, C'ite si&ply, that &o&ent in any story ,here so&eone %inds o't a shoc$ing tr'th, one that shatters their perceptions and &a$es the& reassess their *elie%s( 6hen the <'erent gets this card, they can eApect to *e sha$en 'p, *linded *y a re+elation( It so&eti&es ta$es a +ery *right %lash o% light to re+eal a tr'th that ,as so ,ell hidden( And it so&eti&es ta$es an earthC'a$e to *ring do,n *elie%s that ,ere so cle+erly constr'cted( 6hatFs &ost i&portant to re&e&*er is that the tearing do,n o% this str'ct're, ho,e+er pain%'l, allo,s 's to %ind o't ,hat is tr'e and relia*le( 6hat ,ill stand rather than %all apart( Thirteen,s *bservations The To,er is one o% the clearest cards ,hen it co&es to &eaning( )alse str'ct'res, %alse instit'tions, %alse *elie%s are going to co&e Dor ha+e already co&eE t'&*ling do,n, s'ddenly, +iolently and all at once( This sort o% prediction can scare anyone, especially as the one yo'Fre reading %or li$ely does not $no, that so&ething is %alse( Not yet( To the contrary, they pro*a*ly *elie+e that their lo+er is *eing %aith%'l, that their religio's *elie%s are tr'e and right, that there are no pro*le&s in their %a&ily str'ct're, that e+erything is %ine at ,or$(((oh, and that theyFre %ine( 8'st %ine, really( Alas, theyFre a*o't to get a +ery r'de a,a$ening( Sha$en 'p, torn do,n, *lo,n as'nder( And all a reader can really do to so%ten the *lo, is ass're the C'erent that it is %or the *est( Nothing *'ilt on a lie, on %alsehoods, can re&ain standing %or long( Better %or it to co&e do,n so that it can *e re*'ilt on tr'thRor not re*'ilt at all, i% that=s ,hat see&s *est( This r'de a,a$ening is

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not going to *e pleasant or painless or easy, *'t it ,ill *e %or the *est in the end(
Se+en or eight stars, a $neeling ,o&an D's'ally n'deE, a pool o% ,ater, t,o 'rns( #asic +tory /n the *lea$ landscape ,here the To,er stood, the )ool sits, e&pty, despairing( 2e hoped to %ind direction on this spirit'al .o'rney, a path to his spirit'al sel%, *'t ha+ing .'st learned that &ost o% his li%e ,as a lie, he no, %eels lost( Sitting on the cold stones, he ga@es 'p at the night s$y ,ishing %or so&e $ind o% g'ide( And that is ,hen he notices, near*y, a *ea'ti%'l girl ,ith t,o ,ater 'rns( As he ,atches, she $neels *y a pool o% ,ater ill'&inated ,ith re%lected starlight( She e&pties the 'rns, one into the pool, one onto the thirsty gro'nd( K6hat are yo' doing,K he as$s her( She loo$s 'p at hi&, her eyes t,in$ling li$e stars( KI a& re%illing this pool, so that those ,ho are thirsty &ay drin$, and I a& also ,atering the earth so that &ore %r'it trees ,ill gro, to %eed those ,ho are h'ngry(K She nods *ac$ to a single %r'it tree that stands near*y, a nightingale singing a&id its *ranches( KCo&e,? she in+ites( >Sate yo'r h'nger and C'ench yo'r thirst(K The )ool pl'c$s so&e %r'it %ro& the tree, then $neels *y her and drin$s %ro& the pool( The ,ater tastes ,onder%'l, li$e liC'id starlight, and the %r'it is eC'ally delicio's( Both help to heal his ,o'nded heart( 2a+ing C'enched his thirst and sated his h'nger, the )ool lays *ac$ to ga@e 'p at the stars( >They=re so *ea'ti%'l,? he said, >*'t so distant(? >0i$e possi*le %'t'res,? agrees the girl( >Cool and distant( Bet i% yo' $eep one in sight, it can g'ide yo' to yo'r destination no &atter ho, %ar a,ay it is(K E+en as she says this, she *egan to %ade a,ay, li$e de,, +anishing( All that re&ains is a glea& that ,as at the center o% her %orehead( This rises 'p and 'p, 'ntil it settles in the night s$y as a shining star( K)ollo, yo'r star,K the ,o&anFs +oice see&s to sing %ro& that light, Kand ha+e hope(K
The )ool ta$es in a *reath and rises( It is a dar$ night, a desolate land( B't %or the %irst ti&e, he has a g'iding light to sho, hi& the ,ay( 9istant as it is, it restores his %aith( #asic 'eaning 6ith AC'ari's as its r'ling sign, The Star is a card that loo$s to the %'t're( It does not predict any i&&ediate or po,er%'l change, *'t it does predict hope and healing, e+en 'neApected help to o%%er 's s'stenance in *lea$ ti&es( Th's, the card says that there is aid and assistance o't there to help 's tho'gh hard ti&es, li$e organi@ations that o%%er %ood and shelter in the ,a$e o% a terri*le %lood or %ire( This assistance &ight, to 's, *e a %riend or co'nselor, an 'pli%ting *oo$ or &'sic, anything that appears in o'r li%e and heals o'r ,o'nded spirit( -ore, the card tells 's that ,e can achie+e ,hat ,e &ost ,ant to achie+e, li$e %lood or %ire +icti&s ,anting to re*'ild( This %'t're, ho,e+er, ,on=t *e gro,ing to %'ll si@e o+ernight li$e 8ac$=s Beanstal$( It ,ill ta$e ti&e and ,e &'st not lose sight o% it( This &ay see& li$e cold co&%ort( No one ,ants to hear that the person they=re interested is not interested in the&, *'t ,ill *e in the %'t're( /r that they ,ill not s'cceed today, *'t ,ill later on in their li%e( Still, it is there, a gli&&er o% light in the dar$ness( The C'estion is, do ,e %eel it=s ,orth ,aiting %or or notG That is the C'estion the Star &a$es 's as$ o'rsel+es 6hat do ,e ,ant *ad eno'gh that ,e ,ill go the distance %or itG The ans,er ,ill tell 's as &'ch a*o't ,hat ,e are as ,hat ,e co'ld *e( Thirteen,s *bservations The Star is one o% those cards that al&ost e+eryone lo+es( It is o%ten the &ost *ea'ti%'l card in the dec$ and its i&age s'ggests the peace and har&ony o% its &eaning( 6hile this card o%%ers hope and possi*ilities, ho,e+er, the reader &'st re&e&*er that these are in the distance( /nly a ti&e o% healing and peace, li$e the oasis o% ,ater *e%ore the Star, are in the no,( 0i$e AC'ari's, the card=s +ision is %or to&orro,( This &eans that i% the C'erent is see$ing lo+e, a career, %a&e, ,ealth or e+en spirit'al enlighten&ent, they can only *e told that it is a possi*ility( It is not going to happen anyti&e soon( B't i%, li$e a ship na+igating its ,ay, they $eep the star in their sights, they ,ill e+ent'ally reach that other land they=re see$ing( The Star o%%ers no g'arantees, o% co'rse, that the tra+eler ,on=t tire and gi+e 'p or *e l'red in another direction( And there is no telling ,hat o*stacles
they=ll enco'nter along the ,ay( All the Star pro&ises is that a partic'lar %'t're can eAist( The Star o%%ers peace and healing and a gli&pse o% the %'t're( It is 'p to the C'erent to decide i% they are ,illing to go a%ter that %'t're, no &atter ho, long it &ay ta$e the& to get there(
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#asic +ymbols A %'ll &oon D,ith a crescent ,ithinE, t,in pillars, t,o dogsQ,ol+es ho,ling, a strea& that r'ns to the ocean, a cray%ish e&erging o't o% the ,ater( #asic +tory )ollo,ing the star the )ool tra+els thro'gh the night( The %'ll -oon rises, ill'&inating %or hi& a ,atery path( And he *egins to %eel disoriented, as i% ,al$ing in his sleep( 2e passes 'nder the &oon, *et,een t,o pillars ancient and strange( S'ddenly, he loo$s aro'nd to %ind hi&sel% in another land entirely( 6hen he ,as in the presence o% the 2igh 3riestess, he sa, hints o% this dar$ land thro'gh the sheer +eil draped *ehind her throne( And later, ,hen he h'ng %ro& the tree, he %elt hi&sel% *et,een the physical ,orld and this one( No,, he has at last passed *ehind the +eil( 2ere are the &ysteries he so'ght, the dar$est &ysteries, ones that ha+e to do ,ith the &ost pri&al and ancient po,ers( It is a land poets, artists, &'sicians and &ad&en $no, ,ell, a terri%ying, all'ring place, ,ith +ery di%%erent r'les( 6ol+es r'n ,ild across this land, h'nting alongside &aidens ,ith *o, and arro,s( Creat'res %ro& childhood night&ares and %antasies peer %ro& shado,s, eyes glo,ing( The path the )ool ,as ,al$ing is no, a ri+er, and he stands hip#deep in the po,er%'l p'll o% its salty ,aters( There is, on the near*y shore, a s&all *oat, *'t it has no r'dder, no oar( The )ool reali@es he has only t,o choices( 2e can lose hi&sel% in this desolate, pri&al land o% &adness and ill'sion, ho,l ,ith the ,ol+es, *e h'nted do,n, or he can get into the *oat and tr'st hi&sel% to the ri+er( The &oon ,ill *e in control either ,ay, *'t in the *oat his s'rrender to the po,ers o% the 'nconscio's ,ill at least ta$e hi& so&e,here( Inspiration, +isions and geni's are the re,ards o% s'ch s'rrender to the -oon=s -agic, as artists, poets and seers $no,( The )ool gets into the *oat, and sho+es o%%( As the ,aters s,eep hi& a,ay, &oon*ea&s light his KpathK and he %eels the -istress o% this dar$ land ga@ing do,n at hi& ,ith the 2igh 3riestessFs appro+ing eyes(

#asic 'eaning
6ith 3isces as its r'ling sign, the -oon is all a*o't +isions and ill'sions, &adness, geni's and poetry( At its dar$est this can *e a +ery scary card ,arning the C'erent o% hidden ene&ies, &ental illness, alcoholic *lac$o'ts or a *ad dr'g trip( At its +ery *est, ho,e+er, the -oon is a card o% geni's, o% &ental *rea$thro'ghs, astonishing creati+ity, po,er%'l &agic, and int'ition( The C'erent ,ho gets this card sho'ld *e ,arned that they &ay *e going thro'gh a ti&e o% e&otional and &ental trial, a ti&e ,hen they=ll do things that see& to &a$e sense to the&, yet ,hen they co&e o't o% it they=ll ,onder, >6hy did I do thatG It &a$es no senseJ? Their &ind ,ill *e playing tric$s on the&, and so this is not a good ti&e %or &a$ing decisions that reC'ire rational tho'ght and a clear head( This card can, li$e,ise, signal a cra@y ti&e %or relationships( 6hirl,ind ro&ances, po,er%'l and drea&li$e, *'t not tr'st,orthy( )or %a&ilies and %riends this is a ti&e o% e&otional 'ps and do,ns( I% the C'erent has any past &ental pro*le&s, they &'st *e +igilant in ta$ing their &edication and seeing their therapist( They sho'ld a+oid recreational dr'gs or alcohol, they ,ill ha+e a *ad reaction i% they ta$e either( At the sa&e ti&e, the -oon signals great creati+ity, enhanced psychic po,ers, +isions( The C'erent=s .'dg&ent &ay not *e tr'st,orthy, *'t they ,ill ha+e int'iti+e %lashes that are re&ar$a*ly acc'rate( Thirteen,s *bservations This is the card o% that scary, drea&y, secret other,orld ,here lies the &ost po,er%'l and dar$ &agic and artistic talents( Th's, it is the card %or the &ost eAtre&e types ,ho see& to *e straddling that line *et,een artistic geni's and psychopath( 2ere are the ,ild, &ean, cra@y dr'n$s ,ho prod'ce gro'nd*rea$ing ,or$s ,ith pen or paint*r'sh( 2ere are the &'sicians ,ith ,ic$ed &ood s,ings, dar$, dar$, dar$ depressions and char&ing &anic &odes( These &en and ,o&en ha+e no inhi*itions and donFt e+en try to control the&sel+es in polite society( Their cra@y *eha+ior is so&eti&es inspired, so&eti&es horri*ly e&*arrassing, e+en 'n*elie+a*le and o%ten dangero's( B't the art, poetry, &'sic they prod'ce((((itFs &agic( This is also ,here seers, &edi'&s and holy &enQ,o&en %ind the&sel+es a%ter ,ee$s o% %asting, prayers and &editation, ,hen they %inally ha+e that holy +ision( 2ere is the &agical %orest in %airy tales, the ,asteland in &yths ,here heroes &eet ,ith spirits, oracles, sphinAes and their o,n shado, sel+es( There is no predicting ,hat ,ill happen ,hen ,e go to this land in
drea&s or ,hile hall'cinating on &'shroo&s( And there is no predicting ho, it ,ill change 's( The -oon is the ,ild card o% the -a.or Arcana( 6hen I get this card, I let the C'erent $no, theyFre in %or an e&otional and &ental rollercoaster ride( They=re going to *e &oody, sensiti+e, and a little irrational( They can do t,o things, either ,ander thro'gh this cra@y, l'natic landscape ho,ling at the &oon Dget dr'n$, ,allo, in depression, alienate %riends and %a&ily ,ith ,ild, antisocial *eha+iorE, or get in a *oat and go thro'gh it p'rpose%'lly( -eaning that they sho'ld pro*a*ly ta$e 'p painting, ,riting poetry or so&e other creati+e endea+or ,here they can trans%or& all they=re seeing and %eeling into so&ething *ea'ti%'l(
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#asic +ymbols The S'n, one or t,o na$ed children Da na$ed little *oy, so&eti&es riding a ,hite pony or a *oy L a girlE, s'n%lo,ers, o%ten a ,all, so&eti&es a red *anner( #asic +tory The )ool ,a$es at da,n %ro& his long, dar$ night o% the so'l to %ind that the ri+er has deposited hi& in a serene pool( There is a ,alled garden aro'nd this pond do&inated *y roses, lilies and splendid, nodding s'n%lo,ers( Stepping ashore, he ,atches the s'n rise o+erhead( The day is clear( A childFs la'ghter attracts his attention and he sees a little *oy ride a s&all ,hite pony into the garden( KCo&eJK says the little *oy, leaping o%% the horse and r'nning 'p to hi&( KCo&e seeJK And the child proceeds to ta$e the )oolFs hand and enth'siastically point o't all &anner o% things, the *'sy insects in the grass, the seeds and petals on the s'n%lo,ers, the ,ay the light spar$les on the pond( 2e as$s C'estions o% the )ool, si&ple *'t pro%o'nd ones, li$e K6hy is the s$y *l'eGK 2e sings songs, and plays ga&es ,ith the )ool( At one point the )ool stops, *lin$ing 'p at the S'n so large and golden o+erhead, and he %inds hi&sel% s&iling, ,ider and *righter than he has in a +ery long ti&e( 2e has *een tested and tried, con%'sed and scared, dis&ayed and a&a@ed( B't this is the %irst ti&e that he has *een si&ply and p'rely happy( 2is &ind %eels ill'&inated, his so'l light and *right as a s'n*ea&, and it=s all than$s to this child ,ith his si&ple C'estions, ga&es and songs( This *oy has helped the )ool see the ,orld and hi&sel% ane,(
K6ho are yo'GK the )ool as$s the child at last( The child s&iles at this and see&s to shine( And then he gro,s *righter and *righter 'ntil he t'rns into p're s'nlight( KIF& Bo',K the *oyFs +oice says thro'gho't the garden, KThe ne, yo'(K And as the ,ords %ill the )ool ,ith ,ar&th and energy, he co&es to reali@e that this garden, the s'n a*o+e, the child, all eAist ,ithin hi&( 2e has .'st &et his o,n inner light( #asic 'eaning The S'n is r'led *y(((the S'n, o% co'rse and as the -oon ,as yo'r inner dar$ness, the ,ild, 'nta&ed, 'nconscio's part o% yo', the S'n is yo'r inner light, ci+ili@ed and rational, yang to yin, Apollo to 9iana( The S'n pro&ises the C'erent their day in the s'n( 1lory, tri'&ph, si&ple pleas'res and tr'ths( As the &oon sy&*oli@ed inspiration %ro& drea&s, this card sy&*oli@es disco+eries &ade ,ide a,a$e( This is science and &ath, *ea'ti%'lly constr'cted &'sic, care%'lly reasoned philosophy( It is a card o% intellect and yo'th%'l energy( 0i$e the S'n, the C'erent ,ill li$ely co&e across to others as ,ar& and radiant, and they can *e told that this is a good ti&e to &a$e decisions and ta$e tests( Standing %or another person, this card can indicate those in the C'erent=s li%e ,ho are the &ost le+el headed and s'nny( Also the &ost yo'th%'l( And, yes, the childQchildren in this card can *e ta$en literally i% other cards in the spread see& to s'ggest it( Bo'r C'erent can *e in%or&ed that a ,anted and &ost ,elco&e *a*e ,ill soon *e on the ,ay( 0i$ely a *oy, or t,ins( Thirteen,s *bservations I act'ally ha+e predicted children ,ith this card once, and once only( -ost o% the ti&e, ho,e+er, this card, to &e, is all a*o't the Apollian ideal( Bo'ng, healthy, ne, and %resh( Things that ,ere &'ddled co&e clear, e+erything %alls into place, and e+erything see&s to go yo'r ,ay( The &oney yo' ,ere ,aiting %or arri+esM errors in the &ath are corrected to gi+e yo' a *it &ore than eApected( The pro.ect yo'F+e *een ,or$ing on co&es o't per%ectly and yo' get all the credit( Tra%%ic lights t'rn green %or yo', liars co&e clean and apologi@e, the garden *loo&s, the s$y is *l'e, the ,eather is ,ar& and s,eet( Is there another side to thisG As ,ith all the cards, there can *e( Too &'ch s'n can lea+e yo' s'n*'rned, ,hich is to say that the card can indicate *eing too rational and %act'al, or too opti&istic( Bo' &ay see e+erything as *right and
cheery, ignoring possi*le shado,s( A person can end 'p %ainting %ro& s'nstro$e *eca'se they ,ere too &'ch in the light and heat( )or the &ost part, ho,e+er, this card echoes the song K2ere co&es the S'n((((K and a*sol'tely e+erything is going to *e all right(
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#asic +ymbols Angel, tr'&pets, gra+es ,ith people rising %ro& the&, o%ten ,ater or an ocean( #asic +tory As the )ool lea+es the garden o% the S'n, he %eels that he is near the end o% his .o'rney, ready to ta$e a %inal step( B't so&ething is $eeping hi& %ro& doing this, holding hi& *ac$( 2e ga@es 'p, hoping to %ind g'idance %ro& the S'nM instead he sees a*o+e hi& a %iery angel, *ea'ti%'l and terri*le( KBo' are right,K the Angelic %ig're con%ir&s, Kyo' ha+e only one last step on yo'r .o'rney, one %inal step to co&pletion( B't yo' cannot ta$e that step 'ntil yo' lay yo'r past to rest(K The )ool is pert'r*ed( K0ay it to restG I tho'ght IFd le%t it *ehind, all o% itJK KThere is no ,ay to lea+e the past *ehind,K The Angel o*ser+es( KEach step ,ears do,n the shoe .'st a *it, and so shapes the neAt step yo' ta$e, and the neAt and the neAt( Bo'r past is al,ays 'nder yo'r %eet( Bo' cannot hide %ro& it, r'n %ro& it, or rid yo'rsel% o% it( B't yo' can call it 'p, and co&e to ter&s ,ith it( Are yo' ,illing to do thatGK The Angel hands the )ool a s&all tr'&pet( The )ool is hesitant, *'t he $no,s that the Angel is right( There are certain &e&ories he has a hard ti&e loo$ing *ac$ on as they &a$e hi& %eel g'ilty, asha&ed, angry( 2e $no,s that he=s ne+er co&e to ter&s ,ith ,hat happened and he &'st i% he ,ants to &a$e that %inal transition( 2e *lo,s the tr'&pet and it crac$s open the Earth( )ro& 'nder the )oolFs %eet, the spirits o% his past sel+es rise 'p, incl'ding those less than ad&ira*le past sel+es that he=s tried to %orget( )or the %irst ti&e, he %aces the&( They are, he sees, nothing to %ear( They ,ere hi& once#'pon#a#ti&e, *'t not no,( E+en as he reali@es this, he %inds hi&sel% %orgi+ing those past sel+es %or the ,rongs they did that le%t hi& %eeling *ad(
2e senses, in t'rn, that they %orgi+e hi& %or ignoring the lessons they had to teach hi&( As he reaches an 'nderstanding ,ith the&, they start to rise 'p and %loat a,ay, +anishing into the s$y( Tho'gh they re&ain as eAperiences and &e&ories, they no longer ha+e any po,er o+er hi&( 2e is %ree o% ill# %eelings, re*orn, and li+ing in the present( #asic 'eaning 6ith )ire as its r'ling ele&ent, 8'dge&ent is a*o't re*irth and res'rrection( The idea o% 8'dge&ent 9ay is that the dead rise, their sins are %orgi+en, and they &o+e onto hea+en( The 8'dge&ent card is si&ilar in that it as$s 's to res'rrect the past, %orgi+e it, and let it go( There are ,o'nds %ro& the past that ,e ne+er let heal, sins ,eF+e co&&itted that ,e re%'se to %orgi+e, *ad ha*its ,e ha+enFt the co'rage to lose( 8'dge&ent ad+ises 's to %inally %ace these, recogni@e that the past is past, and p't the& to rest, a*sol'tely and irre+oca*ly( The reader can tell the C'erent that they need to %orgi+e or *e %orgi+en, do so&ething they=+e *een p'tting o%%, or ha+e the co'rage to %inally end so&ething that isn=t good %or the&( It is ti&e to &o+e on( This is also a card o% healing, C'ite literally %ro& an accident or illness( It can indicate a ti&e in the hospital, or a ti&e o% signi%icant change( Thirteen,s *bservations 8'dge&ent can *e a hard card to readM it 's'ally signals a change, one that in+ol+es lea+ing so&ething old co&pletely *ehind and stepping into so&ething co&pletely ne,( 0i$e closing the door on an old .o*, and opening the door to a ne, and +ery di%%erent career( B't itFs also a*o't &a$ing a %inal decision, to ta$e that pl'nge into the ne, career, to %orgi+e yo'r %a&ily, to lea+e an a*'si+e spo'se, to &a$e a ne, li%e( To heal and rene,( ItFs a +ery hard card to read, in part *eca'se it deals ,ith +ery hard and %inal decisions( And it &eans %acing so&ething that &ost C'erents donFt ,ant to %ace( This is not a*o't 9eath, so&ething ending ,hether yo' ,ant it to or not, this is a*o't deciding to &a$e a change, to stop doing so&ething that isn=t ,or$ing and do so&ething that ,ill ,or$( 6hich &eans that it=s really a card a*o't co'rage, and a*o't recogni@ing that yo'=re holding onto so&ething that needs to *e let go( >Bo' canFt hide any longer,? this card says, >all the co%%ins ha+e opened, and all that yo' tho'ght ,as *'ried is o't in the open( )ace ,hat yo' ha+e to %ace and lay it to rest so that yo' can &o+e on( -a$e that decision( Change(?

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6o&an or her&aphrodite dancing, a ,reath in the shape o% a Boni Dal&ond shaped circleE, t,o ,ands, a cher'*, an eagle, a lion, a *'ll( #asic +tory The )ool t'rns to ta$e that %inal step along his %inal path, and %inds, to his *e&'se&ent, that he is right *ac$ ,here he started, at the edge o% that +ery sa&e cli%% he al&ost stepped o+er ,hen he ,as yo'ng and too %oolish to loo$ ,here he ,as going( B't no, he sees his position +ery di%%erently( 2e tho'ght he co'ld separate *ody and &ind, learn all a*o't one, then lea+e it to learn a*o't the other( B't in the end, it is all a*o't the sel% &ind and *ody, past and %'t're, the indi+id'al, and the ,orld( All one, incl'ding the )ool and the -ystic ,ho are *oth door,ays to the secrets o% the 'ni+erse( 6ith a $no,ing s&ile, the )ool ta$es that %inal step right o%% the cli%%(((and soars( 2igher and higher, 'ntil the ,hole o% the ,orld is his to see( And there he dances, s'rro'nded *y a yoni o% stars, at one ,ith the 'ni+erse( Ending, in a sense, ,here he *egan, *eginning again at the end( The ,orld t'rns, and the )oolFs .o'rney is co&plete( #asic 'eaning The 6orld Dor 7ni+erseE card pict'res a dancer in a Boni Dso&eti&es &ade o% la'rel lea+esE( The Boni sy&*oli@es the great -other, the cer+iA thro'gh ,hich e+erything is *orn, and also the door,ay to the neAt li%e a%ter death( It is indicati+e o% a co&plete circle( The 9ancer has one leg crossed o+er the other, .'st li$e the 2anged &an( She is, in a sense, his opposite, the 2anged -an right#side#'p( As the 2anged -an sa, in%initely in,ard, the 9ancer sees in%initely o't,ard( The 9ancer is also the opposite o% the 6heel( The 6heel goes 'p and do,n li$e a )erris 6heel, ,hich &eans those on it %eel li$e they get &o+ed to higher or lo,er positions, are l'c$y or 'nl'c$y( The 6orld, *y co&pare, goes ro'nd and ro'nd li$e a caro'sel( This &eans that ,hate+er corner o% the 'ni+erse a person gets sent to, it see&s eC'ally ,onder%'l and interesting, not li$e a pro&otion or de&otion( 6ith the 6orld there are no Oeniths or NadirsM each corner is di%%erent, *'t all are si&ilarly i&portant( 6hich *rings 's to the 0ion, B'll, Cher'* and Eagle standing %or 0eo, Ta'r's, AC'ari's and Scorpio, the %iAed signs o% the Oodiac Dalso so&eti&es %o'nd on The 6heel o% )ort'ne cardE( These are sy&*olic o% the %o'r ele&ents D%o'r
s'its o% the tarotE, %o'r co&pass points, %o'r seasons, and the %o'r corners o% the 'ni+erse( All ,ithin the 9ancerFs sight and po,er( Th's, the 6orld card is a*o't, %irst, co&pletion and co&petency( The C'erent &ay ha+e co&e to the end o% a long#ter& pro.ect or grad'ated %ro& a %ield o% st'dy( There is the %eeling that they ha+e hit all the points o% the circle( There ,ill *e ,ell#earned praise, cele*ration and s'ccess( Sat'rn, the card=s r'ling planet, rein%orces this( Sat'rn is the >scholar? card, and indicates that the C'erent is no, an eApert in their s'*.ect( Th's, this is not, li$e 9eath, the end o% so&ething, *'t rather a change in %reC'ency( )ro& st'dent to teacher, %ro& apprentice to &aster( The C'erent has %inished their %irst go#aro'nd and goes right into another spin as a pro%essional( And, %inally, on a &ore &'ndane le+el, the 6orld card indicates tra+el, not short *'siness trips, *'t long, %antastic trips( -ay*e a lect're to'r, *oo$ signing, or .'st a trip aro'nd the ,orld( This can *e a ,onder%'l card o% ,holeness, satis%action and independence( Thirteen,s *bservations There are three possi*le things I 's'ally see in this card ,hen it co&es 'p, so&eti&es co&*ined, so&eti&es not D1E E+erything %inally co&ing together, s'ccess%'lly and at last( The C'erent ,ill grad'ate, &arry a%ter a long engage&ent, %inish that h'ge pro.ect, or get their 3h(9( This is a card a*o't co&pleting things, and getting ,ell earned cheers and pats on the *ac$ ,hen yo' do( D2E The C'erent is or ,ill *eco&e a teacher, a Sensei, a scholar or &aster o% their pro%ession( -eaning they=+e shi%ted %ro& *eing seen as a co&&on ,or$er to *eing seen as an eApert( They &ay stop ,or$ing %or others and start 'p their o,n *'siness( /r it &ay *e that so&eone ,ill retire and they=ll ta$e o+er( D3E They are either tra+eling no, or ,ill *e tra+eling( 0'c$ily %or the&, the 6orld card indicates that theyFll %eel co&%orta*le and ,elco&e no &atter ,here they go, pro+ided %or *y those ,ho sent or in+ited the& on this trip( The 6orld card indicates a person ,ho o,ns little( The ,hole ,orld is their ho&e and gi+es the& ,hat they need(

'inor "rcana - +!its
The -inors are separated into %o'r s'its( These s'its represent certain things Wands Also $no,n as sta+es, spears, rods( Ele&ent )I4E Dtho'gh so&e dec$s ha+e it as AirE( I% )I4E then 4epresents passion( As s'ch, in a reading it 's'ally stands %or a&*ition, career, creati+e endea+ors, religion andQor philosophy( Anything a person &ight p't their energy and so'l into( This is so&ething yo' ha+e to do, ,hether yo' are reco&pensed %or it or not( It is so&ething that *'rns inside o% yo' and yo' need to act on it( This is the s'it o% ad+ent'rers and in+entors, inspirational spea$ers, and those ,ith religio's or patriotic @eal( It is the s'it o% eAcite&ent and i&patience, hot p'rs'its, grand ideals and gest'res, and the desire to &a$e one=s &ar$ on the ,orld( 6ands also indicate hot te&pers, passionate desires, enth'sias&, charis&a, co&petiti+eness, athletics, and restlessness that 's'ally translate to tra+el and &o+e&ent( %!2s Also $no,n as chalices, *o,ls, ca'ldrons( Ele&ent 6ATE4 4epresents the e&otions( Special Note 6hen readers see that C'ps represent >e&otions? they erroneo'sly thin$ that the other s'its are 'ne&otional( >E&otions? is an i&precise designation %or c'ps *eca'se all s'its relate to e&otions( 6ands are passionate e&otions, ,hile S,ords o%ten indicate anAieties and 3entacles are &ore practical %eelings( 6hat ,o'ld *e &ore precise is to say that C'ps are a*o't ro&antic or poetic e&otions, the ones ,e identi%y as relating to >the heart(? Sorro,, *liss, nostalgia, &elancholy( These are %eelings that yo' s'rrender to, that yo' %lo, or sin$ into( Best $no,n %or representing o'r ro&antic lo+e li%e, c'p cards are o%ten a*o't o'r %eelings to,ard one another( The ,ar& connections ,e ha+e ,ith %a&ily or %riends, o'r recognition o% so&eone ,ho is sy&pathetic to 's, or regret ,hen ,e h'rt or ,rong others, or lose the&( 0oneliness(
C'ps can also stands %or e&otional eAtre&es s'ch as elation or depression, and the negati+es that co&e ,ith s'ch e&otions, li$e o+er#ind'lgence in %ood, drin$, dr'gs( 0i$e,ise the positi+es ,e can create %ro& s'ch e&otions li$e poetry, art, &'sic or dance( As co&pared to the passionate spirit'alis& o% 6ands, ,hich tends to ,ant to spread its @eal, C'ps relates to &ore solitary or h'&*le spirit'alis&( The search %or *ea'ty and di+ine lo+e( )or this reason, C'ps are +ery &'ch lin$ed to psychic po,ers, +isions, ill'sions( As the sensiti+e e&otions o% c'ps allo, 's contact ,ith each other, they also open 's 'p to the esoteric( +words Also $no,n as $ni+es, daggers, *lades( Ele&ent AI4( So&e dec$s ha+e it as )ire( I% AI4 then S,ords represent the &ind and the +oice( 2ere is the s'it o% sharp ideas and sharp tong'es, o% thin$ing things thro'gh or thin$ingQsaying too &'ch( S,ords are cle+erness and a lo+e o% %acts, they are >s,ordplay? in the sense o% sol+ing pro*le&s, per%or&ing calc'lations, disc'ssing and de*ating( The s'it is also, ho,e+er, a*o't *raggarts and gossips, liars and slanderers( 6hich, not s'rprisingly, also &a$es S,ords the s'it o% anAieties, ,orries, pro*le&s and tro'*les( A s,ord is a ,eapon ,ith a c'tting edge and sharp point( E+ery ti&e ,e 'se o'r &ind and eApress o'r tho'ghts ,e r'n the ris$ o% getting into a s,ord%ight( And in this day o% glo*al co&&'nications, there are a great &any ,ays to get into s'ch %ights( In the tarot, the S,ord is that &ightier >pen? standing %or ,riting, research, tele+ision, radio and the internet( It is all %or&s o% in%or&ation and so the card o% science, &athe&atics and &edicine as ,ell as de*ate, analysis and .o'rnalis&( Tho'ghts *ree@e into yo'r &ind( They are &ade into ,ords and those ,ords are gi+en *reath or are ,ritten 'p( -essages %ly thro'gh the air, and *ring *ac$ responses( So&eti&es this &ay res'lt in a s,ord%ight, other ti&es in s,ords crossing together in 'nity, an agree&ent reached( /entacles Also $no,n as dis$s or coins( Ele&ent EA4T2
This is the s'it o% health, &oney, l'c$ and ,or$, the s'it o% the physical( It relates to o'r *ody, o'r ho&e, o'r +al'a*les( All that ,e consider solid, real and o% this ,orld( )or this reason, 3entacles represent the prag&atic, co&&on sense side o% li%e li$e the .o*Q,or$ ,e do to p't %ood on the ta*le and the &oney ,e sa+e 'p to pay the *ills( Not s'rprisingly, ho,e+er, 3entacles can also indicate ind'lging in l'A'ries, those things that &oney can *'y( 3entacles is the slo,#gro,th, long#ter& s'it, the s'it a*o't creating so&ething real rather than see$ing eAcite&ent li$e 6ands, or theori@ing li$e S,ords or drea&ing o% ro&ance li$e C'ps( 2ence, 3entacles stands %or the *an$ers and *'siness o,ners, the cra%ts&en, %ar&ers, shop$eepers and la*orers( Those ,ho see their ,orth in so&ething they ha+e *'ilt, *e it a corporation or a *a$ery( This is also a card a*o't social interaction and responsi*ilities( 6hich is ,hy, in regards to %eelings, it is a s'it a*o't greed +s( generosity, a*o't doing ,hat enriches o'rsel+es +s( ,hat enriches others( Also ,hat one has or doesn=t ha+e and ho, that a%%ects ho, others +ie, 's( Th's it is as &'ch a s'it a*o't ho, ,e respond to *eing l'c$y or ,ealthy as it is a*o't l'c$ and ,ealth(
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Aces are the root %orce, the spar$ or seed o% the s'it( 4elate the& to the -agician, ,ho presents the tools to the )ool( They ha+e no p'rpose yet, *'t are %illed ,ith ra, potential( They are the acti+e energy o% the s'it ready to *e 'sed( They can also indicate co&pass direction or season, *'t ,hich is ,hich is o%ten de*ated( 2ere are the &ost typical directions and seasons( I%, ho,e+er, they donFt %eel right to yo', the reader, change the& to ,hat ,or$s( "ce of Wands So'thQS'&&er A ne, spar$ o% energy %or a ne, passion( This 's'ally indicates that the C'erent has .'st disco+ered or ,ants to disco+er a ne, religion, philosophy, ca'se or career choice, possi*ly e+en a ne, seA'al partner( They %eel their energy go 'p, they %eel the heat, and they ,ant &ore o% it( They ta$e 'p the ,and and start ,al$ing( "ce of %!2s 6estQ)all E&otions rising 'p %or ne, lo+e( This 's'ally indicates that the C'erent is %eeling a ne, ,elling o% e&otion or *eginning to ha+e so&e +i+id drea&s(
TheyFre not ,riting the poetry yet, *'t they %eel the desire to, or they &ay ha+e ca'ght sight o% a %ig're across a roo& and %elt a t'g at their heart, or e+en passed *y so&e holy place and %elt the spirit yearning( TheyF+e li%ted the c'p and they ,ant to drin$ %ro& it( "ce of +words EastQSpring The &ind a,a$ening %or ne, challenges( This 's'ally indicates that the personFs &ind is %eeling sharper, clearer( They ,ant to tal$, ,ant to disc'ss or ,rite( The *ree@e stirs thro'gh the trees and the %ledgling thin$s o% trying o't its ne,ly %eathered ,ings( The s,ord is li%ted, and the C'erent ,ants to test its edge( "ce of /entacles NorthQ6inter Ne, l'c$, health or ,or$ %or ne, prosperity( There is no desire to *'rn, or %lo, or %lyM here is a physical need to *e gro'nded, to &a$e, *'ild and to'ch( 0i$e a seed in the gro'nd, there is a desire to spro't roots and .'st *eco&e( The pentacle is ta$en in hand, and, %or no,, the C'erent ,ants only to ha+e it solidly in his poc$et( These are the Aces, the ra, or initial passion, %eelings, tho'ghts and needs that can *e directed into so&ething &ore( They represent hope, a possi*ility, an action to ta$e, a %'t're that yo' can create( Choose ,isely ,hat yo' ta$e 'p %ro& the -agicianFs ta*le %or each has its pit%alls as ,ell as pinnacles(
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The t,o are related to the 2igh 3riestess( As s'ch they indicate d'ality, a pa'se *et,een t,o choices or an atte&pt do t,o thing at once( -ost i&portantly, they indicate instinct'al $no,ledge( Aces are 'ndirected energyM the t,os are that point ,here yo' %ind o't &ore a*o't the energy so that yo' can $no, ,hich direction to go ,ith it( Th's Two of Wands 3ict're 's'ally %eat'res a &an ,ith one ,and in hand, the other set aside( Th's, the card is 's'ally a*o't &a$ing a choice( 6ands are passion, and passion is not so&ething that ,or$s ,hen split( It reC'ires a single %oc's( This
card indicates a choice a*o't ,here to p't yo'r energy and passion( So&e readers %ind this card con%'sing as co&pared to the 0o+ers card, ,hich is also a*o't choice( The 0o+ers is 's'ally a*o't an 'neApected choice co&ing into yo'r li%e( Bo' intended to go one ,ay, *'t so&ething appeared, yo' %eel connected to it, and no, ha+e a choice to &a$e( /%ten the 0o+ers carries a %eeling that the ,rong choice co'ld lead to real regret( By co&parison, the t,o ,ands present yo' ,ith eC'al directions to go( A %or$ in the road and either ,ay see&s good( /r t,o ,ays o% doing the sa&e thing( Both loo$ good, *'t yo' can only p't yo'r energy into doing one( So yo' &a$e a choice( Bo'=ll li$ely ha+e an instincti+e %eeling that one is slightly &ore to yo'r li$ing then the other( This card signals that &o&ent ,here yo' pa'se, gi+e *oth ,al$ing stic$s a %eel in the hand and decide on one o+er the other( Bo' li$ely ,ill not regret that choice, only that yo' didn=t ha+e energy eno'gh to do *oth( Two of %!2s This card o% t,o people loo$ing into each otherFs eyes is one o% the easiest to read # it is recognition o% lo+e, o% a %riend or a sy&pathetic so'l( It &ight also *e that $ind o% recognition o% *eing dra,n to a creati+e endea+or or spirit'al path( Th's, the s,elling o% e&otion ,ithin yo' is to,ard this person or thing( This happens all the ti&e to 's( 6e=re at a party, %eeling li$e ,e can=t tal$ to anyone, sit do,n at the *ar, &eet the eyes o% the person neAt to 's and %eel that they %eel the sa&e ,ay( That ,e=re >si&patico(? -ay*e ,e la'gh or s&ile or eAchange a %e, ,ords( It is a &o&ent o% shared %eeling, and it co'ld lead to &ore i% ,e ,ant to in+est &ore e&otion into the relationship, i% ,e %eel that this &ight *e %or 's( /r, as the night ends, ,e &ight .'st nod to the other person and go o'r separate ,ay( A choice &'st *e &ade o% ,hether ,e ,ill direct o'r ne, e&otions to,ard the& or not( Two of +words This is a stri$ing i&age o% a *lind%olded lady ,ith t,o s,ords( Crossed s,ords s'ggest a clash o% ideas or ,ords( The *lind%olded lady, indicating i&partiality, crosses her ar&s and so holds the s,ords apart( This is the $no,ledge o% ho, to $eep these t,o sides %ro& %ighting( It is +ery si&ilar to a -other ,ho tells her *ic$ering children >I don=t care ,ho started it, go to yo'r roo&sJ? Th's $eeping the children apart and the ho'se at peace( Each child ,ants &o& to ta$e hisQher side, *'t she=d decided to stay ne'tral and $eep the& li$e,ise, ,hich &eans that her sol'tion is te&porary( The
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%ight *et,een the& hasn=t *een resol+ed, it=s .'st *een p't on hold( Sooner or later, this tr'ce ,ill end( This can indicate the C'erent %eeling li$e heQshe is in the &iddle o% so&ething as a peace$eeper, or in a sit'ation ,here tensions are r'nning high and the l'll in %ighting isn=t going to last( It=s possi*le that the C'erent is trying to deny or ignore the %act that they didn=t sol+e the pro*le& and a reader ,o'ld do ,ell to re&ind the& that they can=t p't o%% &a$ing a real decision %or long( 6hen ,e are %aced ,ith t,o opposing ideas or decisions ,ith eC'ally +alid arg'&ents, ,e do ha+e a tendency to say, >I can=t &a$e 'p &y &ind right no,, let &e *eJ? B't sooner or later, o'r &inds ha+e to go *ac$ online and ,e ,ill ha+e to decide ,hat to do( Two of /entacles Standing *e%ore the ,a+es o% an ocean, a %ello, de%tly .'ggles t,o pentacles( The &eaning is pretty straight%or,ard( This is the .'ggling %inances, .o*s, responsi*ilities card( 6e pay one *ill, and don=t pay the other D,hich is 'p in the airE( 6hen it co&es do,n and ,e can=t p't it o%% any longer, ,e pay that and let the other one *e 'p in the air( The C'erent &ay *e doing this *eca'se they ,ant to or &ay need to do this( They &ay %eel they=+e ,or$ed so hard on *oth that they ha+en=t the heart to p't either one aside( And so they s,itch o%% p't >,or$? or &oney into one thing ,hile neglecting the other, $eeping *oth ali+e, *'t allo,ing neither to thri+e( Bet this .'ggling &ay *e a good idea( 2a+ing t,o .o*s or pro.ects also allo,s there to *e a %ail#sa%e, so&ething to %all *ac$ on i% the other goes ,rong( As ,ith the s,ords, there=s no $eeping this 'p %ore+er, *'t it &ay s'%%ice ,hile yo'=re ,aiting %or yo'r l'c$ to change or circ'&stances to help &a$e the decision %or yo'(
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6e had one, indi+isi*le thing, a stirring( 6e tho'ght that one ,as goodM then ,e noticed its other side, the 2yde to 9r( 8e$yll, the yin to the yang( 6e needed to see *oth sides in order to 'nderstand it and $no, ho, to de+elop it( So ,e 'nderstand this passion, e&otion, idea or ,or$ that ,e=+e ta$en 'p( 6e ha+e decided to p't o'r energy, %eelings, *rainpo,er or ,or$ into it( /'r neAt &o+e, o% co'rse, is %or 's to do .'st that and de+elop it, create a third corner( /ne that ,ill, *alance o't the other t,o, %or& a triangle and allo, %or e+ol'tion and gro,th(
4'ling o+er the threes is the E&press ,hose card is a*o't ne,*orn things, ,hich &'st *e n'rsed and *a*ied( As the t,os ,ere the %act#%inding period, the period or ha&&ering o't the details, p'tting o%% the decision or &a$ing the decision, threes are a*o't 'sing that $no,ledge to ta$e the %irst step or get the %irst res'lts( It is a*o't i&pro+ising o'r ,ay thro'gh those early ti&es o% %ragile de+elop&ent( Three of Wands A &an ,ith t,o ,ands, holding a third, loo$s o't to sea, ,aiting( So&eti&es there are *oats on the hori@on( This is the card o% K,aiting %or the ships to co&e in(K The person has in+ested their passion in so&ething # a ne, career, a *ig &o+e to a ne, city Dre&e&*er ,ands signi%y tra+el as ,ellE, &ay*e theyF+e e+en thro,n their hat into a political ring # and no, the energy they sent o't is co&ing *ac$ to the&( It is a card o% progress, o% the %irst hint that the drea& can *e &ade real( This card also indicates that, li$e a ,o&an holding her ne, *orn *a*e in her ar&s %or the %irst ti&e, or a politician hearing that the %irst ro'nd o% +otes are %or hi&Qher, the C'erent &ight rightly *e %eeling a little pro'd, e+en po,er%'l( They &ight *e ,arned, ho,e+er, to not get too eAcited( Tho'gh there is a sense that positi+e res'lts are co&ing in, they sho'ld ,ait till the ships ha+e all appeared and doc$ed *e%ore cele*rating or *oasting( Three of %!2s Three &aidens ,ith three o+er%lo,ing c'ps cele*rate( The creation here, springing %ro& the in+est&ent o% e&otion, is >%a&ily? &eaning either %a&ily &e&*ers that yo'=re re'nited ,ith, or a yo'ng %riendship ,ith people ,ho are li$e %a&ily( In the 4ider#6aite dec$ a't'&nal %r'it s'rro'nds o'r three ladies, s'ggesting that they are cele*rating the a*'ndance o% the har+est to s'stain the& thro'gh lean ti&es( /r, perhaps, this relates to the great, Elysian &ysteries, ,hich cele*rated the ret'rn o% 3ersephone %ro& the 'nder,orld and, ,ith her, the ret'rn o% a*'ndant grain and %r'it( Either ,ay, they interloc$ ar&s as they li%t their c'ps, toasting each other, 'nited in .oy and lo+e( This card can signi%y parties, ,eddings, anni+ersaries, *a*y sho,ers, *irthdays or a holiday dinner( 6hat it signals &ost strongly, ho,e+er, is *eing ,ith those ,ho are e&otionally in t'ne ,ith yo' and yo' ,ith the&( I% this card co&es 'p regarding a C'estion a*o't a ne, relationship, it 's'ally &eans that yo'=re either disc'ssing it ,ith %riendsQ%a&ily, or introd'cing this ne, person to %riendsQ%a&ily( Bo'=re ta$ing the neAt step in strengthening yo'r e&otional *ond ,ith the person( That is to say, yo'=re %eeling serio's

Three of +words
eno'gh a*o't the& to let the& &eet those ,ho are i&portant to yo'Rand let those ,ho are i&portant to yo' &eet the&(
Ah, the dreaded three o% s,ords( Three s,ords pierce a heart( Against the *ac$gro'nd o% a stor&, it *leeds( This card o%ten relates to lo+e#triangles, *'t re&e&*er this is an air sign, so ,hat ,o'nds the C'erent is not an action, *'t so&ething said to the&, or read *y the&( There is a strong possi*ility that a secret has %inally co&e o't( A reader &ay ,onder ho, this di%%ers %ro& The To,er, ,hich is a*o't a si&ilar re+eal( The To,er re+eals that so&ething yo' ,ere passionate a*o't is %alse, and that is &ost i&portant( 6ith the To,er, the C'erent had no idea, none at all, that ,hat they tho'ght ,as tr'e ,as not tr'e( They *elie+ed it heart and so'l( 6ith the Three o% S,ords, the C'erent 's'ally senses that so&ething is 'p e+en i% they don=t $no, ,hat( A %riend has *een a+oiding yo', perhaps, or &a$ing strange eAc'ses( So&ething is 'p, *'t no one ,ill say ,hat( It %eels li$e e+eryone is $eeping so&ething secret %ro& yo'( And yo' &ay e+en ha+e yo'r s'spicions o% ,hat( The Three o% S,ords indicates that it=s going to %inally co&e o't( It ,ill *e h'rt%'l, the ,ords sharp, piercing( >I donFt li$e yo',? or, >I ,ant to *rea$ 'p,? or >I=& in lo+e ,ith yo'r *est %riend? Do'chJE( B't it ,ill not *e a *olt o't o% the *l'e( It &ay e+en *e a relie% to %inally $no,( No &ore ,aiting, o*sessing, ,ondering, ,orrying a*o't ,hat co'ld *e ,rong( This c'tting tr'th, ho,e+er *itter and pain%'l, allo,s all that tension and 'ncertainty to %inally drain o't( The C'erent $no,s ho, things stand, the tr'th a*o't ho, they=re seen *y others( This de+elop&ent allo,s the& to &o+e on( Three of /entacles A cra%ts&an sho,s o%% his ,or$ o% three pentacles to his patrons( This is so&eti&es $no,n as the >cra%ts&an=s card,? and it relates to doing a .o* so ,ell or 'niC'ely that it gains patronage( So&e readers %ind this card con%'sing as it sho,s a >&aster? cra%ts&an at H3, *'t the card o% apprenticeship is at H8( Sho'ldn=t >apprenticeship? co&e %irstG Act'ally, the Three o% 3entacles isn=t really a*o't *eing a &aster o% yo'r cra%t, and Eight o% 3entacles, ,hen it=s a*o't apprenticeship, is 's'ally a*o't learning so&ething ne, and di%%erent( So cards are not as o't o% order as they see&(
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6e ,ill get to the Eight later, *'t %or right no, it=s i&portant to 'nderstand that the %oc's o% the Three o% 3entacles isn=t on the cra%ts&an( It=s on the in+estors( 6e &ight ,ell *e re&inded o% t,o yo'ng &en ,ho created one o% the %irst des$top co&p'ters in their garage( They ,eren=t &aster co&p'ter# &a$ers at the ti&e, *'t their prod'ct ca'ght the attention o% in+estors and they ,ere a*le to p't their ,or$ and ti&e into &a$ing &ore( This is ,hat the card is all a*o't( The C'erent is or ,ill *e gi+en the &oney or opport'nity to n'rt're and de+elop so&ething( A %riend &ight gi+e the& %'nding, or their *oss &ight gi+e the& &ore ti&e to ,or$ on a pro.ect( 2ealth ,ise, this card can also indicate positi+e res'lts %ro& a ne, eAercise progra& or therapy( That initial *o't o% ,or$ has paid o%%(
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)o'rs are r'led *y the E&peror and, li$e *oth the E&peror and his throne, they signi%y sta*ility( The %irst stage is co&plete the in+ested passion, e&otion, *rainpo,er and ,or$ gotten past *eing yo'ng and %ragile and is no, rooted and strong( Esta*lished( This can *e positi+e, a solid %o'ndation on ,hich to *'ild &ore, or negati+e, so&ething that has co&e to a halt and doesn=t $no, ho, to e+ol+e any %'rther( )o!r of Wands This card, ,ith its %o'r ,ands holding 'p garlands, i&plies that the %o'ndation is %inished and ready to *e de+eloped( It signi%ies the s'ccess%'l co&pletion o% a %irst stage or a %irst dra%t, %irst %'ll rehearsal, %irst election to a s&all *'t signi%icant post( It also predicts that the C'erent ,ill Dor hasE en.oyed this &o&ent o% co&pletion, cele*rated it( /%ten this card is read as indicating &arriage, this *eca'se &arriage is seen as the >co&pletion? o% the %irst stage o% a relationship( The co'ple ce&ent the %o'ndation they=+e laid do,n ,ith a co&&it&ent cere&ony( There is a danger ,hen this card co&es 'p, ho,e+er, o% the C'erent %eeling li$e they=+e %inished the pro.ect ,hen, in tr'th, they=+e only %inished that %irst part( -any see &arriage as the goal o% a relationship rather than the co&pletion o% a stage( A reader &ight do ,ell to re&ind the C'erent that ,hile a cele*ration %or ha+ing co&pleted this %irst stage is ,ell deser+ed, they need to also thin$ o% ,ays to re#energi@e the&sel+es( There is &ore to do( )o!r of %!2s 6ater is a*o't &o+e&ent and %lo,, &a$ing the sta*ility o% the >%o'rs? contrary to this ele&ent( 6hich is ,hy it=s a card a*o't dissatis%action( A &an
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sitting 'nder a tree ,ith three c'ps is o%%ered a %o'rth *y a hand %ro& a clo'd( 2e see&s to *e staring at the three c'ps he has, the %o'rth %ro& the clo'd s'ggesting that he %eels 'nhappy ,ith those three( This is so&eti&es called the Kgrass is greenerK card( It indicates discontent( 6hat ,e tho'ght ,as ,onder%'l ,hen o'r %eelings ,ere ne, is no, ta$en %or granted( 6e &ight e+en start to %ind %a'lt ,ith it, *eco&e irritated *y ,hat ,e i&agine is lac$ing or ,rong ,ith it( The &an 'nder the tree is still, co&%orta*ly seated e+en, *'t it=s clear that his %eelings are restless( Thin$ o% those ,ho ste, in their e&otions, gr'&*ling and gro'sing, &ay*e ,asting their ti&e drin$ing or spending too &'ch ti&e on the internet( 2e=s too loc$ed in ha*it and ro'tine to &o+e, *'t ha*it and ro'tine no longer gi+e hi& co&%ort( 2e is dissatis%ied and *ored( The C'erent &ight *e on either side o% this stagnant relationship, the &an 'nder the tree or the 'nappreciated c'ps( Either ,ay, so&ething &'st *e done to *ring these %eelings o't into the open and change the&( There is still ti&e to sal+age the relationship, *'t that ti&e is r'nning o't( )o!r of +words A yo'ng &an rests on a pallet, three s,ords a*o+e, one 'nder hi&( Tho'gh this card Din the 4ider#6aite dec$E &a$es the yo'ng &an loo$ dead, he is really resting( This is the K&editationK card and it ad+ises the C'erent that they need to rest, re%lect, rec'perate and %ind their ,ay *ac$ to the&sel+es( Being that S,ords are e&*le&s o% %ighting, o% anAieties and arg'&ents, the stillness o% the n'&*er %o'r is 's'ally a ,elco&e respite( This is a ti&e %or e+eryone to >p't 'p their s,ords? and allo, ,o'nds in%licted in these &entalQ+er*al *attles to heal( There is a %ascinating story *ehind this i&age o% the yo'ng &an on the co%%in Dcredit to -o.o %or this history lessonE Be%ore $nights ,ent o%% to *attle or on cr'sade they ,o'ld co&&ission a sarcophag's %or the&sel+es in case they died( Those that ret'rned sa%e and so'nd, i% tr'ly chi+alro's, ,o'ld literally lie do,n in their co%%in in a sho, o% h'&ility and contrition( They ,o'ld &editate on ,hether they=d *een tr'e to their &ission, their $ing and god( Also on ho, easily they co'ld ha+e ended 'p in this co%%in as a corpse rather than ali+e and o%%ering 'p prayers o% than$s %or *eing spared( Th's, this card 's'ally indicates that the C'erent has s'r+i+ed a ti&e o% arg'&ents, &is'nderstandings, &ental or +er*al a*'se, e+en a ner+o's *rea$do,n( They co'ld *e rec'perating %ro& a physical illness or in.'ry as ,ell( The )o'r o% S,ords is that ti&e they need to heal, clear their head, .'st thin$ a*o't ,hat they did and ,hat they need to do di%%erently %ro& no, on( The s'it o% S,ords ta$es a &'ch#needed &ental *reather in this card( It can signal that the C'erent has retreated, or sho'ld *e ad+ised to literally or
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)o!r of /entacles
%ig'rati+ely retreat %ro& ,hat they=+e *een thin$ing %ar too &'ch a*o't in order to rest their *rain and re#e+al'ate their position(
A &an holds tight to his %o'r pentacles in this card( The &an in the Three o% 3entacles, ,ho got ,or$, &oney, l'c$, health is, in this card, holding on tight to ,hat he de+eloped( 2e is not in+esting it or spending it or sharing itM he is not trying to get &ore ,or$ or add on a ne, roo& to his ho'se( 2e is .'st trying to $eep things still and 'nchanging( This is so&eti&es called the &iser card, *'t that &ay *e too harsh a .'dg&ent on it( There are ti&es ,hen it=s good to hold onto ,hat yo' ha+e and this card can *e read as ad+ice that there are c'rrently no good in+est&ents, so hold onto yo'r &oney, or that this is not a ti&e to change .o*s or ta$e on ne, pro.ects( 8'st $eep doing ,hat yo'=re doing( It &ay e+en s'ggest that yo' don=t tal$ a*o't yo'r ,or$( A non#disclos're agree&ent( /n the positi+e side, this tells the C'erent that theyFre in a position o% stat's, health, &oney, e+en co&%ort( B'siness is good and sta*le, ,or$ is steady, &oney is in the *an$( There is, ho,e+er, a negati+e to this card in that the C'erent &ight *e holding on too tight( They &ight *e too a%raid o% to spend any &oney, too a%raid to ta$e on any ne, ,or$( In the &ost eAtre&e negati+e, this is the card o% hoarders and pac$rats( Also the card o% .ealo's relationships ,here one person +ie,s the other as their property and ,on=t let the& lea+e the ho'se( This can *e the card o% the sh't# ins and agorapho*ics( So ,hile this card can *e good ad+ice to the spendthri%t or shopaholic that they need to hold onto their &oney, or to the ,or$aholic to not ta$e on &ore .o*s, it can also *e the opposite, ad+ising the &iser to *e &ore genero's ,ith good l'c$ and good %ort'ne( It is a card that can *e telling the C'erent to en.oy ,hat they ha+e *eca'se holding still leads to stagnation(
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As %o'rs ,ere a*o't sta*ility and &aintaining ,hat yo' ha+e *'ilt 'p, the %i+es are a*o't insta*ility and the loss o% at least so&e o% ,hat yo' ha+e( )i+e is the n'&*er o% se+erity and %ear *'t also strength( 2ence, it=s no s'rprise that the )i+es see& to pose *oth a se+ere pro*le&, and a ,ay to escape the %ear %elt at %acing that pro*le&(
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9ealing ,ith this 'pset in the de+elop&ent o% o'r passion, e&otion, idea or ,or$ h'&*les, teaches and &at'res 's( It isn=t a pleasant eAperience, and o'r pride, especially, is li$ely to s'%%er, *'t it does strengthen 's( )ive of Wands )i+e si&ilar yo'ng &en ,ith %i+e ,ands *attle a&ong the&sel+es( 6hen yo' in+est energy in a pro.ect, yo' o%ten %ind that it de+elops and gro,s C'ic$ly in the early stages, *'t not in later stages( 0i$e a s&all co&pany .'st starting, or so&eone ,ho r'ns %or &ayor o% a s&all to,n, the lac$ o% serio's co&petition &a$es s'ccess li$ely( B't ,hen that co&pany gets *ig eno'gh, or the little &ayor ,ants to *e a state representati+e, then ,inning *eco&es harder( -ore co&petition, or .'st stronger co&petition &a$es it harder( The )i+e 6ands is a*o't this &o&ent ,hen ,e %ind o'rsel+es co&peting ,ith others ,ho ha+e .'st as &'ch clo't and a&*ition( It predicts con%lict and po,er str'ggles, inner do'*ts and %ears( 0i$e an athlete ,ho stands o't in high school, yet in college %inds that he=s not so a&a@ing or special, ,e can lose o'r passion and dri+e to s'cceed( This is, as ,ith all the %i+es, a *lo, to one=s pride( The C'estion >ho, can I stand o'tG? The ans,er is to o+erco&e yo'r %ear o% co&petition and *e *old( This is not the ti&e to retreat or play it sa%e( This is the ti&e to p'll o't all the stops and do so&ething di%%erent( The C'erent sho'ld *e ad+ised that they=re loo$ing at so&e sti%% co&petition( The *attle &ay *e play%'l, a test rather than serio's, *'t their per%or&ance co'ld &a$e a di%%erence to their %'t're( )ive of %!2s A yo'ng &an loo$s do,n in despair at three spilled c'ps o% ,ine, ne+er seeing the t,o still standing( This is the card o% spilled &il$( It s'ggests an o*session o+er so&ething that has *een lost so &'ch so that ,hat re&ains goes 'nnoticed( The C'erent &ight *e %eeling disappointed in so&eone %or not li+ing 'p to their eApectations, &a$ing the& *lind to the personFs good C'alities( /r the C'erent the&sel+es &ight ha+e done so&ething they no, regret, and they .'st canFt get past it( 4e&e&*er the )o'r o% C'ps and ho, &'ch %a'lt and dissatis%action the &an %o'nd ,ith his three c'psG No, they=re gone and he is h'&*led, cr'shed( 6hy didn=t he +al'e the& as he sho'ld ha+eG T,o c'ps re&ain, *'t he &ay not $no, they=re there, or he &ay %ears to loo$ *ac$( 6hat i% they, too are goneG
The C'estion K2o, do I stop %ro& dro,ning in these &orti%ying %eelingsGK The ans,er is to ha+e the strength to stop staring do,n at ,hat ,ent ,rong( There is no %inding rede&ption i% yo'=re too lost in ,oe and %ear to loo$ %or it( The C'erent is li$ely going thro'gh a ti&e ,here they %eel sha&e o+er their *ad %eelings, regret o+er so&ething they lost or $noc$ed o+er( The reader &'st re&ind the& that all is not as hopeless as it see&s( They can redee& the&sel+es( )ive of +words A s&ir$ing yo'ng &an gathers 'p s,ords ,on in *attle %ro& t,o, h'&iliated losers( In arg'&ents and *attles o% ideas there are going to *e ti&es ,hen one .'st loses or has to s'rrender( The ,inner seen in this card has clearly *een ,inning %ights( -ay*e %airly, &ay*e not, *'t it is clear that he has so&e ad+antage as ,ell as the con%idence that no one can *eat hi&( 3ride can &a$e 's *lind to o'r o,n li&its and ,ea$nesses( It can l're 's into %ights ,e ,eren=t ready %or, or ,eren=t eC'al to ,inning( -ost o% the ti&e, ,e pro*a*ly $ne, it ,as a *ad idea, yet ,e let o'rsel+es *e tric$ed, l'red, or goaded into %ighting( And no, ,e are dishonored( The C'estion >2o, can I s'r+i+e this disgraceG? The Ans,er >By learning %ro& it yo'r ,ea$nesses and li&its(? 0osses li$e this teach 's to $no, o'rsel+es and *e *etter prepared %or the neAt ti&e( They teach 's ho, and ,hen to ,al$ a,ay %ro& %ights, ,hich can o%ten *e harder than gi+ing in, and so sa+e o'rsel+es %ro& the greater da&age o% %ail're( Note that this card in the %'t're position can so&eti&e teach this C'erent this lesson ,itho't &a$ing the& go thro'gh it( A reader can say, >9on=t let yo'rsel% get into a %ight ,ith this person, yo' ,ill lose,? and i% the C'erent listens, they ,ill a+oid ha+ing to learn the hard ,ay ho, to *e strong and ,al$ a,ay %ro& s'ch %ights( )ive of /entacles Another %a&o's card( T,o poor %ol$ sit o'tside a ch'rch ,ith %i+e pentacles on its stained glass ,indo,( This is a card that predicts loss, %inancial loss, *ad l'c$, a set#*ac$ in health( It is a di%%ic'lt ti&e, as all %i+es are( The poor %ol$ %eel e&*arrassed *y their po+erty, *'t they are too pro'd to as$ %or help, pre%erring to rely on each other rather than *egging al&s %ro& the rich ch'rch(
This card relates as ,ell to the 2ierophant=s e&phasis on co&&'nity and social nor&s( In so&e +ie,s o% the card those o't in the stor& ha+e chosen to *e o't there( The >ch'rch? disappro+es o% the& or their relationships and rather than con%or& to traditional standards, they stay o'tside( Si&ilar to the other %i+es, there is, once again, the iss'e o% pride and h'&ility( The pro*le&, >2o, can I s'r+i+e this i&po+erished ti&e ,itho't s'rrendering &y prideG? The ans,er >Bo' ha+e to reconsider yo'r +al'es(? 6hile those in this card &ay ha+e lost &aterial things, e+en the respect o% society, they still ha+e each other( S'ch ti&es teach 's ,ho o'r real %riends are, ,ho is honestly genero's, and ,hat really &atters to 's( 6hen ti&es are good again, ,e ,ill re&e&*er ,hat ,e learned in these hard ti&es and not *e %ooled *y sha& %riendships or capricio's social regard( 6e ,ill $no, ,ho and ,hat ,e can really tr'st(
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SiAes are the restoration o% *alance and har&ony a%ter the 'psets o% the %i+es( These cards predict an eAchange, a gi+e and ta$e that res'lts in a ne, eC'ili*ri'&( It &ay not last, *'t %or that &o&ent, e+erything is sta*le( 6ith this card, there is an al&ost KAh#2AJK o% recognition as i% yo'=+e %o'nd a sol'tion, and &ore than a little a,e at its per%ect sy&&etry( I% yo' connect the siAes to the 0o+ers card yo'Fll see ho, it ,or$s( 0i$e 1e&ini, yo' recogni@e yo'r t,in, yo'r so'l &ate, yo'r eC'al( -ay*e yo' didnFt e+en $no, ho, 'ne+en, ho, lopsided yo'r li%e ,as, *'t no, that yo'F+e &et this person or thing yo'r inner *alance is restored( 2ere is the gi+e and ta$e that the cards say yo' need to achie+e har&ony +i7 of Wands The 5ictory Card A +ictorio's &an on a horse, carrying a ,and ,ith a la'rel ,reath, is appla'ded *y all( 2ere is the concl'sion to ,hat happened ,ith the )i+e o% 6ands( Co&petition ,as %ierce, the C'erent ,as *old and stood o't not only as the ,inner, *'t as the cro,d pleaser( No, he %inds a 'niC'e eC'ili*ri'&( The cro,d o%%ers the +ictor appla'se, ,hich energi@es hi& and &a$es hi& eager to $eep ,inning( 2e, in t'rn, o%%ers the& a cha&pion to adore, gi+ing the& energy and inspiration( Both are 'pli%ted the +ictor ,ith the ad'lation, the cro,d ,ith a hero to ad'late(
6e=+e all seen this sort o% eAchange o% energy ,ith sports or roc$ heroes ,ho are >p'&ped 'p? *y the enth'sias& o% the cro,d and in t'rn, p't on a per%or&ance that energi@es their %ans( /% co'rse, the star &'st $eep p'tting on good sho,s i% he eApects to hold onto his %ans, and the cro,d &'st &aintain their le+el o% eAcite&ent to get their sho,( 6hich is ,hy the card also carries a ,arning not to *eco&e too attached or reliant s'ch sho,s or on s'ch appla'se( 2eroes can ha+e *ad days, and %ans can dri%t a,ay( At this &o&ent, ho,e+er, the C'erent gets the +ictory and recognition they need to %eel in+inci*le, and gi+es *ac$ to those cheering hi& on( +i7 of %!2s T,o children a&ong siA %lo,ering c'ps( There is a great deal o% rich and co&pleA sy&*olis& in this card, *'t in a n'tshell, it is a &o&ent o% innocent lo+e, the *oy and the girl *oth to'ching that one c'p ,ith the %lo,er in it( 2e gets .oy %ro& gi+ing it to her, and she gets .oy in recei+ing it %ro& hi&( This card is &ost o%ten +ie,ed as nostalgia, o% so&e old %riend or thing co&ing *ac$ into o'r li+es and letting 's reli+e a happy &o&ent %ro& o'r past( The real &eaning, ho,e+er, is >.oy,? in partic'lar, a $no,n .oy( This is the connection ,e &a$e ,ith so&eone Dor so&ethingE ,ho al,ays &a$es 's %eel happy( They, in t'rn, get an eC'al &eas're o% .oy %ro& &a$ing 's happy( The .oy ,e get is %a&iliar and relia*le( This &ight *e gained *y %lipping thro'gh old photos and re&e&*ering happier ti&es, chatting ,ith a *elo+ed %a&ily &e&*er, &eeting ,ith good %riends %or a drin$, ind'lging in %a&iliar %oods, or en.oying the co&%ort o% a %a+orite pair o% slippers( As ,ith all the siAes, this re&ar$a*le &o&ent o% happiness cannot last, no &ore than the children can stay innocent children( This $no,n .oy, li$e a *o,l o% chic$en so'p, can &a$e e+erything right and *etter %or the &o&ent, *'t the C'erent sho'ld not rely on it as a &iracle c're( This card can also ,arn that the C'erent is too attached to the >$no,n,? and a%raid to eAperience anything ne, or 'n$no,n( They &ay *e too reliant on old ha*its or too attached to an old lo+er( )or this &o&ent, ho,e+er, the reader can tell the C'erent that this is ,hat they need to restore e&otional eC'ili*ri'& to connect ,ith so&eone or so&ething that they $no, ,ill &a$e the& happy( +i7 of +words A *oat o% s,ords, *eing %erried across a ri+er ,ith a ,o&an as passenger( The classic 4ider#6aite &eaning is that one is lea+ing di%%ic'lties *ehind( A trip or change o% scene &ay *e the ans,er to restoring *alance here( B't there is
&ore to it than this( In relation to the &ind, ideas and ,ords o% the s,ord s'it, this is also a*o't %inding a sol'tion to &ath pro*le&s and *rain t,isters, not .'st tro'*les( The %erry&an is part o% the gi+eQta$e here( 2e has a %are than$s to this passenger, and his passenger has a ,ay across the ri+er( 6hat he sy&*oli@es is help in %inding ans,ers or sol'tions to pro*le&s( 2e &ight *e a re%erence *oo$ or ,e*site, or perhaps .'st so&eone ,ho ,ill listen ,hile yo' tal$ and ,or$ things o't in yo'r head( 2e ro,s yo' in the right direction, a,ay %ro& con%'sion and &ental t'r&oil to s&ooth, tho'ght%'l ,aters( 6aters clear and cla& that yo' can, in %act, see the other shore, the ans,er, in sightJ There it is, a ,ay to &a$e yo'r idea, yo'r arg'&ent, yo'r %or&'la ,or$ s&oothly, per%ectly, *ea'ti%'lly( I so&eti&es call this the >E're$a? card in that it has that %eeling o% a scientist catching sight o% a sol'tion( The reader sho'ld ,arn the C'erent that they ha+en=t arri+ed at that other shore yet( There &ay *e a good deal to ,or$ o't, *'t this is a *rea$#thro'gh &o&ent ,here the &ind is ,or$ing once again( And ,ho&e+er, or ,hate+er helped yo' get there also %eels &entally re,arded( Note that this card can also *e a*o't trips *y *oat( +i7 of /entacles A ,ealthy &an holding scales hands o't &oney to the poor( This is C'ite a contrast to the )i+e o% 3entacles ,ith a sh't door *et,een the poor on the o'tside and the rich on the insideM also ,here the poor &ight ha+e *een too pro'd to ta$e charity, or the rich 'n,illing to gi+e to those ,ho they dee&ed 'n,orthy o% their generosity( 2ere, in the SiA o% 3entacles, the poor $neel and hold o't hands %or the &oney, not too pro'd to ta$e it, and the &erchant %reely gi+es it, not .'dging the& as he does so( Both gain in this eAchange( The C'estion that &'st *e as$ed ,hen this card appears, ho,e+er, is ,hich is the C'erentG 9o they ha+e too &'ch and need to restore *alance to their li+es *y gi+ing so&e o% it a,ayG -eaning, perhaps, that it=s ti&e to clear o't the closet and gi+e old clothes to a local charity, do +ol'nteer ,or$ or &a$e a donationG E+en, perhaps, help o't a %riend in needG /r is it ti&e to accept that gi%t o% &oney *eing o%%ered *y a genero's relati+e, go to a %ree clinic, try %or a scholarship or see$ other types o% assistanceG Balanced as this gi+e and ta$e is, it poses a C'andary not seen in the other siAes( 6hich is ho, to %reely gi+e and ta$e( The gi+er &'st gi+e %reely, not *eca'se they ,ant to %eel s'perior or good a*o't the&sel+es( 0i$e,ise, the
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C'erent &'st not let pride, resent&ent or sha&e get in the ,ay o% ta$ing( 6e all need assistance no, and then( The &essage to the C'erent &ight ,ell *e to accept ,hat yo'=re o%%ered no,( It &ay *e that in the %'t're yo'=ll ha+e a chance to restore the *alance *y helping o't another as yo' ,ere helped(
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The %i+es ,ere a*o't insta*ility and loss, losing &o&ent'&, losing lo+e, losing an arg'&ent, and losing &oney( The SiAes restored har&ony ,ith their gi+e and ta$e( No, co&es the Se+ens( Se+en is a &agic n'&*er, a n'&*er o% creati+ity and indi+id'ality( Bo' &ight ,ant to stay in the co&%ort and co&pany o% the SiAes, *'t challenges are a part o% li%e, and ,e o%ten ha+e to %ace the& on o'r o,n( As ,ith the Chariot, the Se+ens reC'ire that yo' ta$e control in a to'gh sit'ation, &anage yo'r responsi*ilities, and %ind a ,ay to s'cceed( /ne constant is the paradoA o% the chariot, a card that sho'ld *e a*o't &o+e&ent, *'t is pict'red at rest( 0i$e,ise, the dri+er o% a chariot ne+er &o+es( 2e holds %ast to the reins and stands still there in the car( It goes %ro& one point to the other at his co&&and, *'t he, carried along ,ithin, re&ains stead%ast( In the Se+ens, that is the &ost co&&on ,ay to s'cceed( 4e&ain stead%ast ,ithin( Th's these cards o%%er yo' a chance to sho, not only ,hat yo'=+e learned and retrained %ro& yo'r trails, *'t ho, ,ell yo' deal ,ith the 'neApected( +even of Wands A &an de%ends hi&sel% ,ith one ,and against siA others( This is the K'nder siegeK card( The sta$es are high, and the C'erent is 'nder attac$M e+en ,orse, the odds are against hi&( This is ,here the energy yo'=+e *een 'sing to create &'st *e 'sed to de%end ,hat yo'=+e created( 7s'ally this card indicates a disagree&ent ,ith ho, yo' are directing and &anaging yo'r career, criticis& o% a philosophy, or a schis& in the religion( Those ,ho yo' gathered in, ,ho ,ere yo'r s'pporters are no, at odds ,ith yo'( They thin$ yo'=re in error and that so&eone else co'ld do *etter( They ,ant yo' to step do,n( And so yo'=re on the de%ensi+e, %ighting to regain control( The card 'rges yo' to stand yo'r gro'nd( The reader can tell the C'erent that tho'gh his ene&ies see& stronger, they don=t eApect resistance, and his %ighting spirit ,ill da'nt the&(
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This card tells 's to 'se ,hat ,e=+e learned a*o't &aintaining o'r energy, a*o't *eing *old and stal,art and ,e ,ill ,in the *attle( +even of %!2s A &an sees se+en c'ps %loating on a clo'd, each ,ith so&ething enticing rising o't o% it( This is the >daydrea&? card( C'ps are the s'it o% e&otions, *'t also %antasies and ill'sions( It is card ,here o'r o,n drea&s and e&otions &a$e the sit'ation di%%ic'lt( Thin$ o% a girl ,ho gets as$ed o't *y three di%%erent *oys( 2er strong e&otions to,ard each $eep her %ro& saying yes or noM instead, she ind'lges in %antasies o% ho, the dates &ight go, ,hich not only p'ts o%% the decision, *'t &a$es it harder( This is the Se+en o% C'ps ,here yo', the chooser, are gi+en the challenge o% getting past &iAed e&otions and sel%#deception( It predicts that the C'erent is or ,ill *e %aced ,ith choices that e&otionally p'll the& in se+eral directions( 9aydrea&s o% ,hat co'ld *e ,ill %'rther &'ddy the ,aters( Se+en, as &entioned, is a n'&*er o% creati+ity, and c'ps are the s'it o% creati+e drea&ers( 6hich &a$es the challenge o% this Se+en to rein in that a*'ndance o% creati+ity( To stop it %ro& r'nning ,ild( E&otions, too, ha+e to *e reined in( The C'erent needs to concentrate on ,hat they really %eel, really ,ant and can realistically i&agine getting %ro& each o% these choices( The choice &'st *e &ade not hastily, *'t so*erly and &at'rely( And de%initi+ely( /nce again, the &essage is to stand %ast( 9on=t let yo'r e&otions carry yo' o%% into %antasies and daydrea&s( Stay in reality, %oc's on &a$ing a decision( This card can also indicate a person ,ho is li+ing in drea&s, pre%erring %antasy to reality, or so&eone lost in >their c'ps(? -eaning 'sing alcohol or dr'gs to escape reality( +even of +words A thie% snea$s o%% ,ith %i+e o't o% se+en s,ords( It=s no s'rprise that ,hen it co&es to s,ords, attac$s are snea$y and tric$y, not direct li$e ,ith 6ands( Bet this is still an attac$ that reC'ires creati+ity and stead%astness( The i&age also 's *ac$ to n'&*er %i+e Dstolen s,ordsE and >loss? along ,ith ,hat re&ains *ehind, n'&*er t,o, and choices( This is the KThie%K card, and tho'gh it can *e ta$en literally Dprotect yo'rsel% against the%tE, it 's'ally &eans a di%%erent type o% stealing( Being the intellect and co&&'nication, ,hat &ight *e stolen are ideas, so&ething yo'=+e ,ritten, or e+en an internet pass,ord( The C'erent sho'ld *e ,arned to *e on
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their g'ard, especially against those ,ho are trying to eAtract in%or&ation %ro& the&( Stand g'ard o+er ,hat yo' +al'e, and try to o't,it the thie%( In so&e cases, in %act, this card &ight *e ad+ising the C'erent that they ha+e to *e the thie%( They need to *e tric$y, snea$y, e+en dishonest *eca'se, in so&e sit'ations, honesty is not the *est policy( So&eti&es %lattery, lies, disse&*ling is necessary to get *ac$ ,hat yo' %eel *elongs to yo'( +even of /entacles A %ar&er leans on his spade ga@ing at pentacles that gro, on a *'sh li$e %r'it( 2e has done all the ,or$, planted, planned, toiled( No,, all he can do is ,ait( And ,ait he has, %or so long that he=s gro,ing i&patient( 2e=s *eginning to do'*t that the %r'it on this tree ,ill e+er *e ready to har+est and sell( In all %o'r Se+ens, the challenge presented cannot *e ,on 'nless the C'erent is deter&ined to s'cceed and ,ill not let hi&sel% gi+e 'p( The challenge in the solid, earthy 3entacles e&phasi@es this the &ost( So&eti&es called >)ail're? this is a card ,here one=s patience is *eginning to ,ear thin( Bo' &ay *e te&pted to anno'nce that it=s all a %ail're and ,al$ a,ay( /r, ,eary o% ,aiting, yo' co'ld &a$e a &ista$e, ass'&e that the %r'it is ripe ,hen it=s not( This is an especially hard card Dand challengeE %or so&eone ,ho has *een o't o% ,or$ %or a ,hile, or has *een trying to get *ac$ their health( They ha+e to *e told that, hard as it is, they &'st eAtend their patience( They &'st also *e care%'l to recogni@e real opport'nity %ro& %alse opport'nity( It=s all too easy to act o't o% %r'stration, thin$ing that doing anything is *etter than doing nothing( B't acting o't o% %r'stration can lead to %ail're( 4eal opport'nity is on its ,ay( 2ang in there and 'se all yo'=+e learned to recogni@e it ,hen yo' see it(
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1oing ,ith the 4ider#6aite dec$, ,eFll relate the Eights to Strength( The Eights are li$e the -aiden, the ,ill and intelligence to *ring o'r passions to heel( By doing so, the t,o &a$e the lion=s energy &ore e%%icient, &ore po,er%'l and lo%ty in p'rpose( The n'&*er eight is, li$e,ise, a*o't li&itations *'t also a*o't transcending the&( As ,ith Strength, ha+ing r'les allo, one to achie+e so&ething higher, &ore di+ine, as ,ild %ire *an$ed in a %ireplace creates &ore heat and light then i% it ,as allo,ed to *'rn as it li$ed(
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As Se+en ,as the indi+id'al learning to stand his gro'nd and pro+e his reso'rce%'lness, Eight is the indi+id'al *o,ing to li&itations( 4ather than de%ying the&, he %inds creati+e ,ays to get the &ost o't o% s'ch r'les( The hope *eing that not only ,ill he learn %ro& s'ch restrictions, *'t that they ,ill *ring o't the *est in hi&( 0ight of Wands Eight ,ands c't across the s$y( 6hen ,e %inally p't to 'se o'r h'&an intellect to &anage o'r energy, ,e %ind that ,e can really speed things 'p( This isn=t a*o't >ta&ing? the energy, *'t rather a+oiding ,aste and &a$ing the *est 'se o% it( This is o'r eAa&ple o% *an$ing the %ire so that ,e ha+e &ore heat and light( Another eAa&ple ,o'ld *e $no,ing ,hen to speed 'p on a high,ay and ,hen to slo, do,n( I% ,e speed all the ti&e, ,e &ay spin o't o% control on c'r+es and crash( This ,ay ,e not only get ,here ,e=re going *'t o%ten get there %aster than those &o+ing at top speed( This card predicts %ast de+elop&ents, %ast tra+el, things happening C'ic$ly and co&petently( Nothing ,asted( 6hate+er is going on, the C'erent ,on=t need to ,orry a*o't it *eing on ti&e, it sho'ld arri+e early( Things ,ill get done C'ic$ly and ,ill de+elop in a speedy &anner ,ith energy to spare( This ,ill *e, in part, *eca'se they 'nderstand ho, their energy ,or$s, and ho, to li&it it so as to get the &ost o't o% it( 0ight of %!2s A &an lea+es *ehind eight c'ps to %ollo, the &oon( There are t,o +ie,s on this card( So&e +ie, it as a $ind o% >&orning a%ter(? In this interpretation, the C'erent has *een ind'lging, possi*ly %or a ,hile, in l'A'ries, drin$, etc( /r, at least, ind'lging in ,hat see&ed i&portant to hi&( No, he has >so*ered 'p? and reali@ed that he ,asted his %eelings on so&ething or so&eone ,ho, li$e cheap ,ine, ,asn=t ,orth it( 0i$e the 0ion, he lea+es the ,ild ,here he roa&ed %ree, and see$s the -aiden Dthe -oonE ,here there he &ay not %eel so %reely, *'t ,ill gain &ore %ro& those %eelings( This can *e ta$en literally as a card a*o't the C'erent so*ering 'p %ro& *inge drin$ing or a ,ild relationship and reali@ing that it *ro'ght hi& do,n, &ade hi& see& 'nci+ili@ed and *r'tal( No, he ,ants to do *etter( The other +ie, o% his card is si&ilar, *'t less harsh( The C'erent &ay gen'inely care %or these %a&iliar c'ps DthingsQpeopleE ,hether or not they li+ed 'p to eApectations( A cra@y ne, drea&, ho,e+er, is calling to hi&, &ay*e has *een calling %or a ,hile( 2is instincts are to %ollo, the drea&( B't good idea or not Dan in+erted card &ight s'ggest that itFs a *ad idea or an
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ill'sionE, he=ll need %ortit'de to do this( It is easy to gi+e yo'r e&otions %reely to ,hat is $no,n, harder to gi+e the& to ,hat is 'n$no,n( Bet the 'n$no,n is ,hat ,ill li$ely raise yo' 'p to a ne, le+el( In *oth instances, the card tells the C'erent that ,hate+er they=+e *een in+esting their e&otions in, it has *ro'ght the& do,n, &ade the& less o% a h'&an *eing than they ,ant to *e( They need to gi+e their %eeling to that that ,hich ,ill enno*le the&( This so&ething ,ill not *e %o'nd in any %a&iliar places( They &'st ha+e the %ortit'de to search %or it else,here( This can *e a card o% separation or di+orce, or perhaps a spirit'al calling( It co'ld also i&ply a literal &o+e or trip, especially %ro& an esta*lished ho&e to a ne,, 'n$no,n one in an 'n$no,n land(
0ight of +words A ,o&an is tied and *lind%olded ,ithin a cage o% s,ords( This is the Kda&ned i% yo' do, da&ned i% yo' donFt,K card( The C'erent is in a sit'ation ,here theyFre a%raid to &o+e( I% they &o+e, theyFll get c't( 2o,e+er, the ropes that *ind the&, the *lind%old o+er their eyes, are their o,n %ears, $eeping the& still, i&&o*ile( And so the longer they stay, the &ore they constrain and entrap the&sel+es( Altho'gh the li&itation o% the eights are &eant to trans%or&, there are negati+es and dra,*ac$s to this( The Eight o% S,ords is eAactly that( It is ,hat happens ,hen yo' try to p't li&itations on ,ords or tho'ght( The &oti+ation *ehind this &ay *e lo%ty, to not h'rt %eelings or $eep tho'ghts on di+ine rather than *ase &atters( B't ,hat ends 'p happening is that either literally D,ith censorshipE or %ig'rati+ely the C'erent ends 'p %eeling li$e they can=t say or thin$ anything( This is a card a*o't second#g'essing e+ery ,ord, &ay*e e+en ,orrying a*o't yo'r o,n tho'ghts and ,hat they say a*o't yo'( In real ,orld ter&s this co'ld indicate eAtre&es o% social or legal censorship, %ears o% *eing c't do,n %or o%%ending a person or gro'p, %ears o% *eing c't do,n %or disagreeing( This card can also indicate yo'r %ears o% ,hat others &ight *e saying a*o't yo'( )ears o% gossip, criticis&, ins'lts( )ortit'de is the only ,ay to transcend this deadly &iA o% eAternal and internal li&itations( 0i$e the -aiden ta$ing the chance o% getting &a'led *y the 0ion, the C'erent &'st *e prepared to end'ring pain and disappro+al other,ise they ,ill re&ain trapped and silenced(
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Th's, the card 'rges yo' to ha+e the co'rage to spea$ 'p or %ace do,n ,hat=s *eing said a*o't yo'( To &o+e and try to get past the s,ords( The longer yo' stay &'te and still, the ,orse it ,ill get( 0ight of /entacles An apprentice or cra%ts&an ,or$s on the last o% eight pentacles that he has created, the other hanging co&pleted( To 'nderstand this card, ,e &ight ,ell go all the ,ay *ac$ to the Three o% 3entacles and the story that de+eloped %ro& there( 6e sa, the cra%ts&an gaining patronage, ,hich led to an a*'ndance o% %'nds to hold tight to in the )o'r o% 3entacles( Alas, the cra%ts&an lost it all in the )i+e o% 3entacles, *'t generosity sa+ed hi& in the SiA o% 3entacles( In the Se+en o% 3entacles he stood his gro'nd, ,aiting and ,atching %or a %resh opport'nity( No, that opport'nity has co&e in the Eight o% 3entacles( This card co'ld, in %act, indicate a ne, .o* or ne, training( A ne, in+est&ent or ne, ,or$o't progra&( In so&e interpretations, the C'erent &ight *e at a lo,er le+el than he ,as, going thro'gh an apprenticeship( This &ight *e a little de&orali@ing, *'t there is still gratit'de %or the e&ploy&ent( Either ,ay, there are clearly no patrons this ti&e to %inance hi&M he is ,or$ing hard to pro+e so&ething to hi&sel% and his ne, e&ployer, not to i&press rich *ac$ers( Seeing it %ro& another angle, it is ,or$ing o't at a local gy& rather than at a eApensi+e %itness center, and ,or$ing o't %or yo'r o,n good not in hopes o% i&pressing anyone( This card is a*o't diligence and li&iting yo'r ,or$ to a partic'lar pro.ect( It is doing yo'r *est not to sho, o%% ,hat yo' can do or in the hopes o% so&ething &ore Das in the Three o% 3entacles %or patronageE, *'t *eca'se yo' ,ant to ta$e pride in yo'r ,or$( To this end, ,hether learning this s$ill or already a &aster at it, the C'erent ,ill Dor sho'ldE pay attention to details, research, train, and do ,hate+er else is needed to %eel that their ,or$ goes a*o+e and *eyond( E+en i% no one else notices, they ,ill $no, that they ha+e ta$en the&sel+es to a higher le+el(
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Nine is a n'&*er o% co&pletion Dso is Ten, *'t ,eFll get to thatE( It is the n'&*er ,hen e+erything that=s *een learned or acco&plished is integrated, and ,e can see it all as one, as the tr'th( 0i$e the 2er&it, ,ho connects to the nines, these are cards ,here ,e ret'rn to o'rsel+es, as only ,e, o'rsel+es, ha+e &ore to teach 's( 6e loo$ at ,hat ,e=+e done, earned, gained, and ,e thin$ a*o't ,hat &ore ,e &ight do to
&a$e o'r li+es Dor the s'itE co&plete( 6e shine a light on all ,e=+e acco&plished to disco+er ,hat &ight still *e &issing( Nines are a&ong the &ost po,er%'l cards, 's'ally granting the C'erent ,hat it is they, li$e the 2er&it, are see$ing( $ine of Wands A ,o'nded &an holding a ,and stands g'ard o+er the other eight ,ands( This is the >%ail're#is#not#an#option,? card( Thin$ o% cli&*ing %light a%ter %light o% stairs to get to the topM yo' %inally stop, panting, and ,onder K6ill I e+er get to the topGK 7nli$e the Se+en o% 3entacles, ho,e+er, there is no gi+ing 'p, no going *ac$ a%ter all yo'=+e done to get this high( Bo' dig deep, %ind so&e reser+e o% energy and $eep going( 0i$e,ise, o'r soldier, ,o'nded and tired as he is, is not going to stop protecting those ,ands( Th's, the energy o% the ,ands is in+ested *ac$ into o'rsel+es %or that %inal p'sh( Tho'gh ,e &ay not $no, it, this ,ill *e o'r last in+est&ent, co&pleting ,hat ,e set o't to create( The card predicts that the C'erent ,ill get ,hat they see$ %ro& the ,ands, a career goal, leadership position, ,hate+er they=+e in+ested their energy into &a$ing real( They ,ill, ho,e+er, %eel g'arded and ,ary till it=s done( And, li$e cli&*ing %light a%ter %light o% stairs, they &ight *e a little paranoid at this point( They &ight not *elie+e that all they=+e in+ested is a*o't to pay o%%( /r, li$e the soldier, they &ay not *e ,illing to let so&eone else g'ard their ,ands e+en i% they co'ld 'se a rest( 6hich &eans that this card o%ten co&es 'p %or C'erents ,ho are 'na*le to delegate, ,orn#o't &others ,ho ,on=t let anyone else, not e+en dad, care %or their *a*y, directors ,ho ,on=t let anyone else rehearse the actors, etc( The res'lts o% this ,ill *e seen in 10Q6ands( In !Q6ands, ho,e+er, the C'erent only needs to *e ass'red that they do ha+e reser+es o% energy and strength %or that %inal p'sh( Co&pletion o% all theyF+e ,or$ed %or is right there, all they need do is go %or itJ $ine of %!2s An inn$eeper sits *e%ore nine c'ps set o't %or g'ests( This is considered one o% the *est cards o% the &inors, the K,ishK card( ;eep in &ind, ho,e+er, that this card is not Aladdin=s &agic lantern granting yo' that ne, car or ,inning lottery n'&*er( It is a*o't o'r ,ish %or e&otional %'l%il&ent( In so&e &ystical syste&s it=s tho'ght that ,hat yo' p't o't ,ill ret'rn *ac$ to yo' three%old( /r, as Sha$espeare p't it, the &ore lo+e yo' gi+e to others,
the &ore yo' ha+e, %or >*oth are in%inite(? D4o&eo L 8'liet, II,iiE( This is so&ething o% the &eaning o% this card( The &ore lo+e and good e&otions that yo' p't o't into the 'ni+erse, the &ore co&e *ac$ to yo' 'ntil yo' ha+e a %east o% good ,ishes( Thin$ o% it li$e ,al$ing into an inn and %inding that the inn$eeper has already %illed his chalices ,ith the *est ,ine %or yo' and yo'r %riends( The reader can predict %or the C'erent satis%action in %a&ily, %riends and relationships, .oy and ca&araderie( They ,ill %eel creati+e and happy( In addition, this card co'ld *e a prediction o% a great dinner, an a&a@ing party or .'st a ,onder%'l night at the local p'*( $ine of +words A ,o&an ,a$es %ro& a night&are, nine s,ords on the ,all( It can *e a good thing to %ind ,hat yo' see$, eAcept ,hen it co&es to ideas, ,ords or pro*le&s( )ind too &any o% the& and they ,ill o+er,hel& yo' especially, as ,ith all the nines, yo' %oc's the& on yo'rsel%( 6e all $no, this card, it is the one ,here ,e ,a$e 'p at night and go o+er o'r tro'*les, pro*le&s, ,orries, tho'ghts, o'r %ailings, pro*le&s ,e ha+en=t yet sol+ed, ideas that ,ent ,rong, things ,e sho'ld not ha+e said that ,e did( The C'erent is at the height o% their anAiety, %ar too %oc'sed and %ar too critical o% the&sel+es( There is a positi+e aspect, ho,e+er, to this ,a$ing %ro& night&ares, ,hich is that the C'erent &ay *e seeing things o't o% proportion( I% they >,a$e#'p,? as this card s'ggests they can or ,ill, they &ight see that things aren=t so *ad or 'n&anagea*le( This card co'ld also *e literal in predicting inso&nia, or %ar too &any sleepless nights alone and a,a$e going o+er and o+er ,hate+er ,orry or pro*le& is gna,ing at yo'( The C'erent=s li%e &ay see& li$e a *ad drea& to the&, one they ,ish they co'ld ,a$e 'p %ro&( /ne thing is s're, ho,e+er, this despair and anAiety only &a$es the sit'ation ,orse, and o%%ers no sol'tions( The C'erent &'st %ind a ,ay to get o't o% their heads( $ine of /entacles A ,o&an ,al$s a&ong nine K*losso&ingK pentacles ,hile delighting in a *ird that has alighted on her hand( 0i$e the 2er&it, the ,o&an here has retreated %ro& the ,orld, *'t 'nli$e hi& it is into a pri+ate garden o% *ea'ty and pleas're( This is a card a*o't *eing a*le to spend &oney on yo'rsel%, ,or$ %or yo'rsel%, etc( 6hat the pentacle s'it see$s##health, l'c$, &oney, solid ,or$Ris achie+ed in this card( It is i&portant to 'nderstand, ho,e+er, that it
is achie+ed on an inti&ate rather than grand scale, one o% co&%ort %or the sel%, not op'lence that eAtends *eyond the sel%( This is not o*scene ,ealth %or yachts and &ansions, *'t rather &oney eno'gh %or a co@y ho&e in the right neigh*orhood or a s&all sail*oat to ta$e o't on ,ee$ends( 2ealth#,ise, yo' &ay not *e in shape %or the /ly&pics, *'t yo' loo$ good and %eel good( This card can signi%y a l'c$y ,ind%all or pay&ent %or ,or$ ,ell done( It co'ld indicate a healthy *an$ acco'nt or &a$ing a %inal pay&ent on so&ething and $no,ing that yo' o,n it o'tright( It can also indicate a retreat to a spa or one o% those *ea'ti%'l *ed L *rea$%ast inns ,here yo'Fre pa&pered and ,aited on hand and %oot( It &ight, as ,ell, indicate %inally getting yo'r o,n o%%ice at ,or$, or a .o* position that s'its yo'( /r, perhaps, it is .'st *eing a*le to a%%ord an apart&ent ,here yo' can li+e on yo'r o,n( This card &ay predict only a +ery s&all paradise, *'t it ,ill *e pri+ate and it ,ill *e all yo'rs(
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As the aces ,ere the p're, ele&ental spar$ o% the s'it, the tens are the ele&ent o% the s'it co&plete, *oth physical and spirit'al( This card is a*o't ,hat co&pletes that t'rn o% the ,heel, getting it *ac$ to >1? and yet carrying ,ith it all that it has eAperienced thro'gh those other n'&*ers on its ,ay ro'nd the circle( Ten of Wands A &an carries ten hea+y ,ands, trying to $eep the& together, *o,ed o+er *y their ,eight( The i&age on this card i&plies that the <'erent has co&plete control o% all the &any things he ,anted control o+er( 2e is the leader, the *oss( B't this &eans that all the *'rdens are his as ,ell( The C'alities o% 6ands##passions, te&per, creati+ity, energy, spirit, a&*itionRneed so&e restrictions, as in the eight o% ,ands, to &a$e the& %aster and &ore e%%icient( 6hen they *eco&e too restricted, ho,e+er, or gi+en so &any tas$s that the energy is parceled o't into &any portions, then nothing can thri+e( All the energy can do, at *est, is &aintain itsel%( 6e o%ten see this in li%e( So&eone co&es 'p ,ith a great idea and starts a &o+e&ent( The &o+e&ent has energy, dri+e and creati+ity( It gro,s and thri+es( Then it *eco&es h'gely pop'lar, ,hich ,e &ight thin$ is a good thing, *'t t'rns o't to *e the r'in o% it( It gets ,eighed do,n *y *'rea'cracy,
r'les, legalities( 0i$e,ise ,ith a s&all *'siness that gets too corporate, or a %a&ily ,here &o&, dad and $ids sign the&sel+es 'p %or too &any acti+ities( All energy goes into &aintaining a stat's C'o rather than allo,ing or %ostering change and inno+ation( This, alas, is ,here 6ands co&es to i% it goes all the ,ay aro'nd to that %inal t'rn( The &essage o% the card is rather li$e that old saying, >it 'sed to *e a*o't the &'sicJ? Too &'ch s'ccess or achie+e&ent can &a$e yo' lose sight o% yo'r passion %or so&ething( Especially i% that s'ccess reC'ires yo' to &anage a c'&*erso&e &'sic e&pire rather than .'st playing the &'sic( 6hen this card sho,s 'p, it=s ti&e to let the C'erent $no, that they=re ,eighed do,n *y too &any responsi*ilities( This is the Nine o% 3entacles pl's one( They=+e not only ,eighed do,n their *ody, *'t their spirit( They need to scale *ac$ or delegate a'thority( -ost o% all, they need to re&e&*er ,hy they ,anted to do this in the %irst place( They need to redisco+er their passion %or the thing rather than *e *'rdened *y it( Ten of %!2s A %a&ily delights in a rain*o, o% c'ps( This card indicates that the C'erent has risen a*o+e petty e&otions, li$e anger or resent&ent, to &at're e&otions( -eaning that they are a*le to %eel ,hat others %eel, and $no, ho, to respond to the& and create an e&otional connection( This, in t'rn, allo,s the& to create the sort o% %a&ily, %riendships and neigh*orhoods ,e all drea& o% ha+ing( /nes that $no, ho, to o%%er e&otional s'pport, 'nderstanding and co&%ort( Th's, the card predicts that the C'erent has the instincts, control and &at'rity to get o't o% e&otional di%%ic'lties and &is'nderstandingM they $no, ho, to restore e&otional har&ony *et,een %a&ily &e&*ers, %riends and neigh*ors( As ad+ice, it 'rges the C'erent to *e e&pathetic, also to s&ile, *e $ind, *e ,ar&, *e e&otionally genero's, and to tr'st their e&otional ,isdo&( It also predicts good ti&es ,ith those ,e lo+eRre'nions, holidays, special occasions( I% any s'ch are co&ing 'p, the C'erent can *e told that they=ll go *etter than eApected( As %or relationships, the C'erent can *e told to re&e&*er the lo+e that *ro'ght the& and their partner together and o'ght to *e holding the& together still( 3't aside the disagree&ents o+er &oney or ,or$ or politics and delight in the rain*o,(
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A &an dead ,ith ten s,ords in his *ac$( There are cards in the tarot that can scare C'erents and this is one o% those( 4eaders sho'ld re&ind their sitters, ho,e+er, that S,ords re%er to the &ind and co&&'nication, not &'rder(
6hen, li$e the 6heel, tho'ghts co&e *ac$ aro'nd to the top carrying ,ith the& all past disc'ssions, arg'&ents, analysis and atte&pts to sol+e pro*le&s, they also co&e to an end( There is no &ore le%t to $no, a*o't the s'*.ect or say a*o't it( 9ra&atic and %rightening as this i&age is, it essentially says that any path yo'r &ind co'ld go do,n has *een gone do,nM any disc'ssion yo' co'ld ha+e on this topic has *een disc'ssed( /% co'rse, the i&age doesn=t .'st portray a death, *'t a &'rder and a *r'tal one at that( Sta**ed in the *ac$( The ,ords and tho'ghts o% others can sta* yo' in the *ac$, &'rdering yo'r theory, idea, rep'tation( Any o% these &ay *e the +icti& portrayed in this i&age, *'t there is a positi+e( The ,orst has *een done( And ne, theories, ideas and e+en rep'tations can *e %o'nd( 6hen the C'erent gets this card the ad+ice is that it is ti&e to end ,hate+er has *een on their &ind, or ,hate+er iss'e they=+e *een arg'ing or disc'ssing( They ha+e gone as %ar as they can ,ith these tho'ghts or arg'&ent( E+en i% they co'ld arg'e &ore or di%%erently, e+eryone is tired o% listening to the&( It is also li$ely that d,elling on this iss'e has le%t the C'erent=s &ind ,eary, d'll, dead( It is ti&e %or a ne, topic that ,ill enli+en the &ind rather than $eeping it pinned to the gro'nd( Ten of /entacles A &an, ,o&an and child are stepping thro'gh the portal to the gro'nds o% a castle( /'tside sits an elder in rich ro*es patterned ,ith grapes, petting one o% t,o dogs( The old &an, it appears, is passing on his ,ealth to the neAt generationRthe &an and ,o&anRand, tho'gh the&, to the generation a%ter that in the %or& o% the child( Th's ,e see *oth the &'ndane 'se o% the 3entacles Da *ea'ti%'l ho&eE and the spirit'al 'se Dpro+iding %or othersE( Cro,ley calls this card >The 0ord o% 6ealth(? This is a card a*o't ha+ing an a*'ndance o% so&ething, so &'ch so that yo' +ie, it di%%erently than ,hen it ,as a rarity( Note ho, the elder sits o'tside ,hile the co'ple and child are on their ,ay in( The castle is nothing ne, or special to hi&( 2e +al'es, instead, his ti&e o'tdoors ,ith the dogs, and ta$es en.oy&ent %ro& ho, the castle delights the yo'ng co'ple and the child( The elder is also the li+ing +ersion o% the castle, as rich and regal, and the card see$s to re&ind the +ie,er that as there is +al'e in the grand old castle, so there is +al'e in the grand old &an(
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In &eaning, this card is a*o't a pinnacle in prosperity a %a&ily ho&e *o'ght and paid %or, a *'siness that can *e passed onto one=s children( It can indicate so&eone=s retire&ent, dealings ,ith elderly relati+es, genealogy, or inheritancesRlarge or s&all( It can *e a*o't antiC'es and other old, +al'ed things passed do,n thro'gh the generations( /n a si&pler le+el, the card can indicate passing things on, li$e re&o+ing all those old clothes cl'ttering 'p the closet and gi+ing the& to the ho&eless, s'rrendering that collection o% st'%%ed ani&als to a children=s hospital or clearing o't *oo$s %ro& the o+er%lo,ing *oo$shel+es and handing the& o+er to a local li*rary( Tho'gh si&ilar to the SiA o% 3entacles, this is not so &'ch a*o't generosity as it is a*o't 'sing yo'r a*'ndance D,ealthE to lea+e a legacy( >Bo' ha+e too &'ch to en.oy,? the card says( >1i+e it to those ,ho can en.oy it(? This co'ld also indicate +ol'nteer ,or$ i% yo' %ind yo'rsel% ,ith too &'ch ti&e on yo'r hands( The Ten o% 3entacles is the Nine o% 3entacles pl's one( In the Nine o% 3entacles yo' had eno'gh to ind'lge yo'rsel%( In the Ten o% 3entacles yo' ha+e eno'gh to ind'lge others, and so yo' co&plete the s'it spirit'ally as ,ell as physically(
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It is generally agreed *y readers that co'rts are the &ost tro'*leso&e cards in the dec$( They are di%%ic'lt to read %or a +ariety o% reasons( )or eAa&ple, the >-agician? indicates the %ig're=s pro%ession( B't a >;night? is not so speci%ic in ,hat he does, and there are %o'r o% the&( 9o they all do the sa&e thingG In addition, Co'rts can *e di%%ic'lt to read in the conteAt o% a spread( I% yo' get the <'een o% C'ps in the K2ealthK position in a spread, ,hat does that &eanG D2o, ,o'ld I read thisG Alternati+e &edicine, li$ely dispensed *y a ne,, %e&ale healer that the C'erent is going to or sho'ld go toE( Co'rt cards, ho,e+er, can *e +ery 'se%'l( They are a&ong the *est cards to signi%y people in the C'erent=s li%e, or the C'erent hi&Qhersel%( And once yo' get to $no, the signi%icance o% their positions *etter, they can C'ite clear in &eaning no &atter the position( 0et 's try to de&ysti%y the co'rt cards( )o'r Co'rts 4ider#6aite style the co'rts are 3ages, ;nights, <'eens, ;ings( Cro,ley style the co'rts are 3rincesses, 3rinces, <'eens, ;nights( There are pros and cons to each( 6e, ho,e+er, ,ill *e disc'ssing the 4ider#6aite=s co'rt syste&( 6ays to &a$e reading Co'rt Cards easier 1E %o!rt cards fre8!ently indicate 2eo2le, so&eone in the C'erentFs li%e Dpast or presentE, or so&eone a*o't to co&e into the C'erentFs li%e or the C'erent, the&sel+es( So ,hen a co'rt card appears, consider ,hether it &ight represent the C'erent or so&eone the C'erent $no,s( 1ender 's'ally goes along ,ith the cards, *'t doesn=t ha+e to( So&eti&es a ,o&an ,ill %ind hersel% the >;ing o% 3entacles? in a relationship ,ith the &an as the ><'een o% 6ands(? -eaning that she is concerned ,ith &anaging the ho&e, .o* and %inances ,hile he is interested in passion and ro&ance( Typically, ho,e+er, ;ings represent ad'lt &ales, <'eens ad'lt %e&ales, ;nights yo'ths o% either gender, 3ages children o% either gender( So&eti&es a Co'rt ,ill appeal so strongly to the C'erent that it ,ill *eco&e their card representing the& at all ti&es( It doesn=t &atter i% it &atches their *irth sign Dsee H3E or not( I% they %eel that they are the <'een o% 6ands then that is ,hat they are( It is less a*o't ha+ing the s'n sign o% 0eo than it is a*o't *eing a dra&atic, passionate, artistic ,o&an(
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-ost ti&es, ho,e+er, the Co'rt representing the C'erent or others ,ill change( They &ay *e a ;night o% 3entacles D&ale or %e&aleE at ,or$, *'t a ;ing o% 6ands D&ale or %e&aleE at ho&e( I% the C'estion *eing as$ed is a*o't ho, they are in a relationship, they &ay get the ;night o% C'ps as representing the&, ,hereas i% the C'estion is a*o't career, they &ay get the <'een o% S,ords( This tells the& ,hat &atters to the& in this sit'ation, and ,hy it &ay or &ay not *e gi+ing the& di%%ic'lties( 2E %o!rt %ards have 2artic!lar, symbolic meanings( I% it see&s clear that the Co'rt Card is not a person, then the reader &ight consider the &ost co&&on, sy&*olic &eanings o% the Co'rt Cards( 3ages, %or eAa&ple, can indicate K&essages,K ;nights K&o+e&entK or a Ktrips? Das they ride on horse*ac$E( <'eens are >creators? li$e the E&press, *'ilding the nest o% that s'it, and ;ings are >&anagers? li$e the E&peror, organi@ing and directing the s'it( 3E 9odiac symbols DdesignationsE can o%ten help decipher Co'rt Cards( -ost dec$ creators assign the ;ings, <'eens and ;nights a sign o% the Oodiac( 6ands are 's'ally the )ire signs, C'ps the 6ater signs, S,ords the Air signs, and 3entacles the Earth signs( 2o,e+er, ,hich card is ,hich Oodiac sy&*ol can di%%er %ro& dec$ to dec$( So eAa&ine i&ages care%'lly to see ,hich card is ,hich Oodiac sign in yo'r partic'lar dec$( The pentacle co'rt card that has a *'ll in it D%or eAa&pleE is 'ndo'*tedly Ta'r's, ,hether it is ;ing, <'een or ;night( Bo' can, o% co'rse, ignore s'ch e&*le&s and &a$e yo'r o,n assign&ents i% yo' li$e( I% yo' %eel that the <'een o% S,ords is an AC'ari's, then she is an AC'ari's and it doesn=t &atter i% the dec$ creator has gi+en her 0i*ra=s scales or i% another reader has her as 1e&ini( 6hate+er ,or$s %or yo' is %ine( 2o,e+er, it ,ill ca'se pro*le&s i% yo' insist that the <'een o% S,ords &'st *e a 5irgo as no, yo'=+e a 3entacle Co'rt card ,ith no Oodiac sign, and an Air Sign ,ith no Co'rt CardJ ;eep the s'its in line ,ith their ele&ents and Oodiac D6ands to )ire SAirT signs, C'ps to 6ater signs, S,ords to Air S)ireT signs, 3entacles to Earth signsE( This ,ill a+oid con%'sion( The .o* o% Oodiac signs is to help %ind o't ,ho the card &ight represent( So i% yo' get a <'een o% C'ps, yo' &ight as$ the C'erent, >9o yo' $no, a ScorpioG? and that &ight help yo' disco+er ,ho the <'een o% C'ps represents in the spread( 6hat the Oodiac is not intended to do is li&it the Co'rts( -eaning that i% yo'r C'erent, a 0eo, %eels li$e a <'een o% S,ords, then there is no reason to insist that she can=t *e represented *y that card( 6e are &ore than .'st o'r S'n Signs( 6hich is ,hy ,e can *e represented *y a ;night o% 3entacles in a spread e+en i% ,e=re not a 5irgo(
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The Oodiac signs are, in short, si&ply a ,ay o% narro,ing do,n ,ho the card &ight represent ,hen it=s not other,ise clear(
The %irst co'rt cards are the 3ages Dor 3rincessesE( It is al,ays *est to i&agine the& as yo'ng, and ,ith a letter or scroll in hand( The ele&ent o% the pages is KEarthK indicating so&ething yo'ng, gro,ing, a seed planted( So the 3age o% 6ands ,o'ld *e KEarth o% )ireK # the seed o% %ire, so to spea$( 3ages &ost o%ten stand %or children, tho'gh they can also *e said to *e the K)oolFsK alter ego, &eaning that they are +ery ne, to their >ele&ent,? a st'dent or apprentice( Th's, ,hen no children see& to *e in+ol+ed Dthe person yo'Fre reading %or is childless, has no %riends ,ith $ids, etc(E, then the 3ages can indicate that the C'erent is a*o't to recei+e a &essage, or that the C'erent=s Dor so&eone in the C'erent=s li%eE is at a ne, stage( They %eel ne, and eAcited a*o't it, *'t also are li$ely to &a$e &ista$es( They are i&&at're( /age of Wands "s a message 6ands o%ten signi%y tra+el as ,ell as passion, religion, te&per and career( This card can signi%y a &essage %ro& %ar a,ay a*o't a trip, career &o+e, leadership position or so&ething spirit'alQphilosophical( "s Time:0nvironment& This card can relate to a ti&e o% ne, learning, ne, disco+eries, ne, in+entions( There is child#li$e eAcite&ent and energy to get things started( "s a %hild or ;child-like< /erson& The 3age o% 6ands is the sort o% child Dor child#li$e ad'ltE ,ho is %'ll o% energy( -anic, ,e &ight call hi&Qher( They al,ays ,ant to go o'tside and play and are al,ays getting into strange places, cli&*ing trees, ,anting to go to distant places, li$e to a&'se&ent par$s or on ca&ping trips( 2eQshe is ne+er ho&e %or dinner on ti&e, and can *e %r'strating( 2o,e+er, heQshe is also so charis&atic and opti&istic that they=re o%ten %orgi+en( 2eQshe is *'t happy, %'n#lo+ing, en.oys *eing the center o% attention and the leader( 6arn the C'erent, ho,e+er, that *eing >i&&at're? this person &ight tend to *'lly others or thro, te&per tantr'&s(
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/age of %!2s
" message 7s'ally the 3age o% C'ps signi%ies a &essage o% %a&ily &atters or a &atter o% the heart( It &ight *e an artistic &essage, a story or poe&, or a &essage con%essing deep %eelings( "s Time and 0nvironment& This is a ti&e o% %resh e&otions, %eeling the& p'rely and ,ondering at the&( 4o&ance is at the stage o% p'ppy lo+e and cr'shes( "s a %hild or ;child-like< /erson& This is the daydrea&er, head in the clo'ds, rarely paying attention, ,hich &a$es it di%%ic'lt to get the& to %oc's on ho&e,or$ or chores( The 3age o% C'ps has got a great i&agination, an artistic *ent, and a lo+e o% story#telling ,hich is *oth ,onder%'l, *'t pro*le&atic, as they &ay let their i&aginations r'n a,ay ,ith the&( They ,ill *elie+e that there are el+es in the garden and &onsters 'nder the *ed( Ad'lt#,ise, they &ay not *e ta$en serio's as they=re +ie,ed as too >airy#%airy(? 5ery $ind and s,eet, theyFll *ring yo' %resh pic$ed %lo,er, &a$e yo' a card, ,rite yo' a songM they=ll try to resc'e sic$ *irds or a*andoned $ittens, and ta$e +ery serio'sly the death o% a gold%ish( 6hen sad, theyFre the saddest $id yo' e+er sa,( 6hen happy, theyFre positi+ely *liss%'l( 6arn the C'erent, ho,e+er, that *eing >i&&at're? this person ,ill *e o+erly sensiti+e( /ne has to *e clear ,ith the& or they ,ill &is'nderstand, *'t one also has to *e prepared %or +ery e&otional reactions( /age of +words " message 3age o% S,ords signals &essages relating to in%or&ation or pro*le&s( It is so&eti&es a*o't illness and o%ten r'&or or gossip( 6hen the C'erent gets the 3age o% S,ords, they sho'ld *e ,arned to chec$ it o't( They sho'ld not pass on the &essage 'ntil they=re s're it=s tr'e( S,ords are ,ords and tho'ghts, and neither &ay ha+e any +alidity *ehind the&( "s Time and 0nvironment& This is a ti&e o% ne, ideas and tho'ghts( They not only see& ne,, *'t 'niC'e, special, and there is a great deal o% chatter, tal$, and disc'ssion( It &ay not *e +ery &at're, *'t it is rapid and de+eloping %ast( "s a %hild or ;child-like< /erson& Bo' canFt sh't 'p the 3age o% S,ords( They ,ant to $no, e+erything, *e told e+erything, and, e+en &ore alar&ing, anything they hear, theyFll repeat( This is the child that ,ill go 'p to A'nt 2a@el and say, KAre yo' carrying a *a*yG -o&&y says it loo$s li$e yo'
are((((K This card co'ld ,arn the C'erent that they or so&eone else &ight *l'rts o't so&ething they heard that they sho'ldn=t *e *l'rting( /n the positi+e side, this child or child#li$e person co'ld *e C'ite a prodigy, good at p'@@les, C'ic$ to learn( The card can signal a*sor*ing ne, in%or&ation C'ic$ly, or sol+ing pro*le&s %ast, also 'sing a co&p'ter( 6arn the C'erent, ho,e+er, that *eing >i&&at're? this person ,ill *e prone to arg'e( Not only is there a ris$ o% this 3age o% S,ords *eing a tattletale, *'t they tend to thin$ they $no,#it#all ,hen they don=t( This can *e a card a*o't *oasting, gossip and lying, either $no,ingly or 'n$no,ingly( /age of /entacles " message -essages a*o't &oney, a good, 'neApected t'rn in health, a l'c$y happenstance or ,or$( Time and 0nvironment& The 3age=s ele&ent o% Earth ,or$s in %a+or o% this ti&e( There is ne, gro,th, steady de+elop&ent( E+erything %ro& the econo&y to the *ody see&s yo'th%'l and healthy( "s a %hild or ;child-like< /erson& The 3age o% 3entacles is a hands#on sort o% child or child#li$e ad'lt( They en.oy ha&&ering together *irdho'ses, helping *'ild a tree ho'se, coo$ing, cleaning( I% a child#li$e ad'lt, they li$ely ,ant to %iA things aro'nd the ho'se *e it a lea$y %a'cet or crea$y %loor*oards( They are into ho&e repair andQor hand&ade gi%ts( They are also ind'strio's ,hen it co&es to chores, ta$ing on eAtra in order to earn eAtra &oney( They=ll ,ater la,ns, ,al$ pets( TheyFre +ery %r'gal ,ith that &oney, $eeping it in the piggy *an$ and co'nting it o't o%ten to see ho, &'ch theyF+e got( Si&ilarly, they=re +ery health conscio's, seeing eAercise not as a co&petition Das a 3age o% 6ands &ightE *'t as sel%#i&pro+e&ent( They=re &ore interested in *eating their o,n record rather than so&eone else=s( As a child, they &ay see& too serio's and ad'lt#li$e( As an ad'lt, they &ay see& to *e st'c$ doing &ore >child#li$e? ,or$, li$e *eing a dog#,al$er, rather than e&ployed in a &ore ad'lt .o*( Tho'gh they can *e genero's and good hearted, the C'erent sho'ld *e ,arned that *eing >i&&at're? this person ,ill rarely do anything %or %ree, not i% they can get so&eone to pay the& to do it( -eaning i% the C'erent goes o't on a date ,ith this child#li$e person, they=ll *e eating so&e,here cheap or going 9'tch( There is an ele&ent o% >,hat=s in it %or &eG? in the 3age o% 3entacles(

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;nights or princes are the spirit o% the teenager, all a*o't changes, &o+e&ent, action( ;nights are ne+er stillM as the pagesQprincesses s'ggest &essages, the $nightsQprinces s'ggest tra+el and spreading ,hat they $no,( They are also, as ;nights, a*o't engaging in *attle( Ele&entally, they are Air &o+ing and %lo,ing( As a person, theyFre li$ely to stand %or a yo'ng ad'lt or so&eone ,ho acts +ery li$e a teen( Their *elie%s are p'rer than o% an ad'lt, less cynical, &ore %ierce( And li$e their ele&ent, they are prone to arg'e and %ight %or ,hat they *elie+e( In this they are &ost $night li$e po,er%'lly, al&ost 'nC'estioning loyal to a $ingdo& or ca'se( =night of Wands "s travel& An eAciting trip, and li$ely a long one to an eAotic place *y &otorcycle, car, *'s or train( "s %hanges:'ovement& 0i$e the teen years, ;nights are a*o't &at'ring, changes, &o+e&ent and the ;night o% 6ands ,o'ld s'ggest things s,itching, &o+ing, or changing rapidly( Energy, in partic'lar, &ight go 'p or do,n dra&atically( In the negati+e, there is a %ighting at&osphere to this ;night, the ti&e or en+iron&ent &ay *e electric ,ith an al&ost sports#li$e desire to do *attle, e+en ,hen it &ight not *e ,ise to do so( Changes ,on=t *e %rightening, *'t they &ay see& ,ild and 'neApected( "s a Teen or Teen-Like /erson& The ;night o% 6ands is the Ktilting at ,ind&illsK ;night( The $ind o% yo'th ,ho al,ays goes %or grand, dra&atic gest'res( This is the restless teen or teen#li$e ad'lt ,ho lo+es his car and see&s to li+e in it, dri+ing e+ery,here, pic$ing 'p his %riends as he goes( And there is 's'ally no telling ,here he=ll dri+e to or end 'p( 2eFs pop'lar, the center o% attention, the leader ,ho co&es 'p ,ith cra@y ideas( 2eFll *e +oted class president or 3ro& ;ing, and is li$ely an aggressi+e player on the %oot*all tea&, *'t don=t eApect hi& to *e all that serio's or serio's &inded( 2e=s at an age ,here he ,ants to ha+e %'n and party( /n the negati+e side, this teen can *e headstrong, *ossy or a *'llyRand a ris$#ta$er, &eaning he co'ld do dangero's things and con+ince others to do dangero's things( A little narcissistic, heFs not al,ays sensiti+e to others %eelings( 9onFt eApect hi& to *e relia*le or on ti&e, *'t he can *e %iercely loyal to his %riends, and his religion ,hether that is sports, a philosophy or ch'rch(

=night of %!2s
"s travel& Tra+el to la$e, ri+er or sea, or *y ,ater( "s %hange:'ovement& As ,ith the Teen years, this card can indicate changes that in+ol+e e&otional 'ps and do,n( The &ood in the C'erent=s en+iron&ent, ,ith %riends or %a&ily, &ight s,itch rapidly %ro& elation to depression, %ro& sorro, to opti&is&( Especially in regards to a relationship this card can indicate a ti&e o% e&otional %l'A, o% %ights a*o't %eelings( "s a Teen or Teen-Like /erson& A $night in the tr'est sense, this is the $night o% lo+e, the >e&o? teen drea&y, sensiti+e, &oody, Kdeep(K 2e plays &'sic, spends long ho'rs alone in his roo& ,ith the shades dra,n, he ,rites dar$, &eaning%'l poetry( 2e or she ,ill %all in lo+e, pro%o'ndly and ro&antically, and *elie+e that theirs is the tr'est, the &ost intense and spirit'al lo+e e+er( They can, li$e,ise, see the&sel+es as &ore spirit'al, artistic or >deep? than others( They ha+e a tendency to *elie+e that others .'st >don=t 'nderstand? and can=t 'nderstand the po,er o% their %eelings( The ;night o% C'ps sho'ld *e ,atched %or depression, ,hich can *e +ery real and serio's( This teen or teen#li$e person &ay *e so lost in e&otions that they are inclined to,ard s'icide( They are also in danger o% eAperi&enting ,ith dr'gs and alcohol, not to ha+e %'n, *'t to escape %ro& their intense %eelings( Tho'gh &oody, the ;night o% C'ps is %iercely loyal to anyone and anything he lo+es, incl'ding %a&ily( =night of +words "s Travel& Tra+el *y air( "s %hange:'ovement& This is a card that indicates a ti&e and en+iron&ent o% rapid changes( In the positi+e, there are rapid tho'ghtsM ideas %ly, pro*le&s and challenges C'ic$ly appear and are C'ic$ly sol+ed( In the negati+e, there &ight *e too &'ch thin$ing( This is the &ost >;night? o% the ;nights, &eaning things ,ill %eel restlessness, ,ill change direction in a *lin$, or go %ro& @ero#to#siAty in a second( There ,ill *e an inclination to arg'e( It co'ld *e %rightening and ,orrying, *'t also &entally sti&'lating( "s a Teen or Teen-Like /erson& Too s&art %or his o,n good, the ;night o% S,ords is also too tal$ati+e( 2eQshe is the sort to get into a do@en %la&e ,ars on a do@en internet chat sites( This is the sort o% teenQteen#li$e person ,ho ,ill C'estions his teachers D*ossesE, li$es to play de+ilFs ad+ocate, and arg'e ,ith his %riends and %a&ily .'st %or the sa$e o% arg'ing(
Cool and logical, he can *e +ery s&art and a&a@ing at pro*le&#sol+ing( This, ho,e+er, can &a$e hi& arrogant, cold, e+en cr'el to those he +ie,s as not so *right( This sharp &ind and sharp tong'e can also lead hi& to spread gossip or nasty r'&ors .'st to see ,hat ,ill happen( 2e &ay *e an internet troll or hac$er and li$ely to ca'se serio's tro'*le or get into serio's tro'*le *eca'se o% it( 2e %ails to consider the conseC'ences o% his ,ords, and can *e 'ncaring a*o't others %eelings( 2e is, ho,e+er, a good ;night to ha+e on yo'r side, as he ,ill %ind cle+er ,ays to ,in in *attle( I% thereFs anything this $night ,ill %ight and die %or, it is %or %reedo& o% in%or&ation and speech( =night of /entacles "s Travel& Tra+el on %oot, hi$ing, ,al$ing, cycling( "s %hanges:'ovement& The ;night o% 3entacles is the &ost opposite to the Air ele&ent o% the ;nights( This &eans that he is the least ;night#li$e( Not inclined to &o+e or %ight( /n the positi+e, &o+e&ent and changes ,ill %eel steady, as this ;night is +ery consistent( B't ;nights are s'pposed to *e %ast, and this ;night is plodding( It ,ill see& li$e things are &o+ingQchanging at a cra,l, and that those ,ho sho'ld de%end their positions and p't 'p a %ight are ta$ing too long to do so( "s a Teen or Teen-Like /erson& The ;night o% 3entacles has all $inds o% pro.ects going, .o*s on the side, and eAtra#c'rric'lar acti+ities( 2e ta$es his ,or$ Dor st'diesE +ery serio'sly, and is al,ays loo$ing ahead to the %'t're( 2e li$ely has, in %act, long ter& plans, incl'ding ,hat he ,ants to *e, ,hat he ,ants to do, do,n to getting &arried and ha+ing children( 6hile this see&s +ery positi+e, it can ca'se hi& pro*le&s ,hen it co&es to handling the 'neApected or i&pro+ising( I% he didn=t plan %or it, he doesn=t $no, ,hat to do a*o't it( Si&ilarly, this ;night is 'nco&%orta*le standing o't( 6hile he ,ants to ha+e the *est that &oney can *'y, he also ,ants to %it in( Th's, i% e+ery one o% his peers &'st ha+e a certain cell phone, he &'st ha+e it as ,ell( I% he can a%%ord the *est o% these, he ,ill *'y the *est( I% he can=t a%%ord it, he ,ill ,or$ at part# ti&e .o*s till he can a%%ord it( 6hile this gi+es hi& an a&a@ing ,or$ ethic, it also &a$es hi& too reliant on &aterial things to gi+e hi& stat's, and &ay &a$e hi& e&*arrassed i% he doesn=t ha+e eno'gh( This teen or teen#li$e person needs to ha+e his o,n roo& or secret place, and ,oe to anyone ,ho goes into that roo& or changes it in any ,ay( The ;night o% 3entacles has his o,n organi@ation syste& %or e+erything, and a ro'tine %or $eeping healthy( Not s'rprisingly, this teen can *e %ar too solitary, too
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concerned ,ith per%ection, or earning a place o% respect( )ear o% %ail're or standing o't &ay $eep hi& %ro& lea+ing his roo&( 2e needs to >lighten 'p(? 2e +al'es and protects *ea'ti%'l things and is a loyal e&ployee i% treated right(
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The ele&ent o% <'eens is ,ater and, not s'rprisingly, they are a re%lection o% the E&press( In this they signi%y the creati+e %orce( That ,hich n'rt'res, sla$es thirst and helps things to gro,( 6hen <'eens appear they signal a ti&e o% gro,th and de+elop&ent, a ti&e ,hen the C'erent is &a$ing things real( >!een of Wands "s a develo2ment& 9e+eloping a trip or &a$ing real a career, or creating a &o+e&ent( "s an ad!lt woman& They light 'p a roo& ,hen they enter, radiating ,ar&th and energy, h'&or and spirit( 5ery o%ten this C'een is in entertain&ent, an actress or pop star( The <'een o% 6ands can also *e a leader and acti+ist( 0i$e other 6ands, the <'een o% 6ands signals ha+ing charis&a, dra,ing others to yo' li$e &oths to a %la&e( 2er energy can certainly *'rn others as she is hot, passionate, and restless( /n the other hand, the <'een o% 6ands can *e gentleM she lo+es children and is an enth'siastic participant in their li+es &a$ing cost'&es %or plays, coaching tea&s, etc( 6hich is good, *'t the C'erent sho'ld *e ,arned that this ,o&an &ight *e in danger o% *eing a soccer &o&Rtoo in+ol+ed ,ith her children=s li+es( The <'een o% 6ands is a +ery creati+e ,o&an ,ith *o'ndless energy to &a$e, do, tra+el, entertain( The pro*le&, o% co'rse, is that this C'een has tro'*le $eeping o't o% the spotlight( She can o+er,hel& or inti&idate, *e *ossy and o+er*earing( At her *est, ho,e+er, she is an inspiration to %a&ily and %riends, and o%ten to ad&iring strangers as ,ell( No &atter the sit'ation, this ,o&an ,ill get things done and done ,ell( >!een of %!2s "s a develo2ment& 9e+eloping a ro&ance, psychic po,ers, or the gro,th o% a %a&ily( "s an ad!lt woman& /%ten a healer, co'nselor or psychic, this is a ,o&an ,ho see&s to $no, ,hatFs ,rong e+en *e%ore yo' open yo'r &o'th( Call her
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the e&otional %iA#it ,o&an or the 'lti&ate >&o&,? *'t she see&s to ha+e eAactly the right sol'tion to pro*le&s relating to %a&ily, %riends, lo+e( So&eti&es she is so shy and sel%#e%%acing yo' &ight not e+en notice herM other ti&es she can *e a little scary, drea&y, &ysterio's, possessing other,orldly po,ers or a spirit'al connection( She can *e a creati+e storyteller or artist( Also, de+o'tly spirit'al in her o,n ,ay( A%%ectionate and lo+ing, she h'gs, heals, and *a$es coo$ies %or her children( 2er int'ition is 'ncanny and her te&per(((,ell, it r'ns +ery deep and yo' donFt e+er ,ant it t'rned against yo'( Tal$ a*o't scary( 7n%ort'nately, this is also a C'een ,ho can s'%%er %ro& hor&onal i&*alances, depression, &oodiness, alcoholis&, del'sions and dr'g addiction( She is not a*o+e e&otional &anip'lation, playing the %ragile %e&ale ,ho needs protecting, the in+alid ,ho needs tending, or the sensiti+e ,ho can=t *e told *ad ne,s( At her *est, ho,e+er, she has is a ,ell o% e&otional s'pport and e&pathy that ne+er r'ns dry( She ,ill al,ays *e there %or yo'( >!een of +words "s a develo2ment& 9e+eloping a speech, a scienti%ic theory, a dissertation, ,or$ing on a de*ate, or .'st spreading ne,s( "s an ad!lt woman& SheFs a ,al$ing encyclopedia( Anything yo' ,ant to $no,, this ,o&an $no,s it, and as s'ch she can &ingle ,ith al&ost anyone( She can tal$ science ,ith the scientists, history ,ith the historians, literat're ,ith the poets( She $no,s o*sc're %acts, strange tit#*its, and she see&s to lo+e nothing *etter than to po'r it all o't, gi+e it a,ay li$e gi%ts to help people( In %act this ,o&an is li$ely to *e in+ol+ed in a .o* that incl'des tal$ing psychology, politics, radio, or research( She &ight *e a scientist, doctor or la,yer( )ar#sighted, she is 's'ally ahead o% the ga&e ,hen it co&es to ne, de+elop&ents and ,ill do &any thingsR%ro& coo$ing ne, c'isines, to 'sing 'ncon+entional child rearing techniC'esRlong *e%ore it=s in +og'e( All o% ,hich tends to &a$e her appear eccentric( It=s no s'rprise that &en and ,o&en %ind the&sel+es either threatened *y her or %ascinated( 2er cool de&eanor enhances her all're, &a$ing her the &ost >C'een#li$e? o% the C'eens, and her talent ,ith ,ords can *e 'sed to either lead one gently and pers'asi+ely o+er to her side, or tear an arg'&ent Dand a person=s sel%#,orthE to pieces( /*+io'sly, her style o% parenting can see& >'n#&otherly? as she *elie+es in o%%ering 'p %acts to sol+e pro*le&s rather than h'gs and $isses( No one is *etter at intellect'ally sti&'lating her children, $eeping the& c'rio's, helping the& ,ith ho&e,or$ or dealing coolly and e%%ecti+ely ,ith e&ergencies( B't
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she is lac$ing ,hen it co&es to pro+iding e&otional 'nderstanding and s'pport( The <'een o% S,ords also li$es to $no, e+erything, and she is li$ely to listen in on con+ersations, read e#&ails, etc( 6orse, she &ight ,ell tell others ,hat she=s learned thin$ing it ,ill do good( She &eans ,ell, *'t her need to $no, and sol+e pro*le&s o%ten o't,eighs other considerations( At her *est, ho,e+er, she is the C'een o% strategy( I% there is a pro*le& that needs to *e sol+ed, a p'@@le ,or$ed o't, the <'een o% S,ords is the one yo' ,ant( >!een of /entacles "s a develo2ment& -a$ing real a *'siness, altering a ,or$ sit'ation, or de+eloping an eAercise or health plan( "s an ad!lt woman& This is the practical, do,n#to#earth ,o&an( She &ight, in %act, *e an Earth -other type going %or organic li+ing, ho&e gardens, and &a$ing her o,n ho&e i&pro+e&ents, or a %ar&er=s ,i%e, tending chic$ens, $nitting s,eaters and canning .a&s( B't she co'ld also *e one o% the rich and %a&o's( 4ich or not, it is li$ely that she also o,ns her o,n s'ccess%'l *'siness, *e it coo$ies she *a$es at ho&e and sells at local co%%ee ho'ses, a s&all shop or a &'lti#national corporation( 2er acco'nting is scr'p'lo's, *'t that doesnFt &ean sheFs a%raid to spend( She lo+es *ea'ti%'l things and, i% she is on the ,ealthy side, ,ill spare no eApense to decorate her ho&es ,ith the per%ect paintings, %'rnit're, and trin$ets( 2er ,ealth and taste ,ill *e e+ident in her dress, .e,elry and &a$e#'p as ,ell( An enth'siastic o'tdoors ,o&an, sheFs al,ays enco'raging %riends and %a&ily to eAercise, and she lo+es her o'tdoor gardens as &'ch as her indoor ho&e( As in ,or$, nothing less than gi+ing her all to her %a&ily ,ill do %or the <'een o% 3entacles( She ,ants the& to ha+e the *est so they can s'cceed( 2er children &ay not ha+e the *est, *'t they ,ill ne+er ,antM they ,ill appreciate that their &other ,or$s hard to &a$e s're they get ,hat they need, and that their %a&ily is steeped in good +al'es and traditions( The <'een o% 3entacles eApectations &ay p't a lot o% press're her children, &ore than she reali@es( Also, this <'eenFs prag&atis&, her disli$e o% anything strange or distaste%'l, &ay eAcl'de anything 'niC'e or i&aginati+e # sol'tions as ,ell as people( E+en as an 'ncon+entional Earth -other type, the <'een o% 3entacles ,ill ,ant her children to %it in ,ith her co&&'nity, its +al'es and traditions( 2er children or partner &ay %eel that they canFt *e the&sel+es and still *e lo+ed(
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At her *est, ho,e+er, this is the <'een o% s'ccess( She has the patience, good sense and deter&ination to &a$e things happen( She $no,s ho, to &a$e drea&s a reality(
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;ings( Altho'gh they co&e last, they really sho'ld co&e %irst, as ;ings are ,here the Co'rt Cards start( They are the %ire # their ele&ent # the passion, the dri+ing %orce( This is ,hy Cro,ley has the& as ;nights riding on horse*ac$, rather than sitting passi+ely on a throne( ;ings are %illed ,ith energy, &o+ing, leading, generating( The thing to re&e&*er ,ith the ;ings, ho,e+er, is that ,hile they are po,er%'l &oti+ators, they are still Kin the cro,nK # in the head( They can &o+e &o'ntains ,ith their enth'sias& and energy and light a %ire 'nder al&ost anything( B't they canFt &a$e it real all *y the&sel+es( 6hat they can do, li$e the E&peror is &oti+ate, plan and co&&and( The <'een is the one ,ho ,ill &a$e it real, and the ;night ,ill ta$e it *eyond the castle ,alls( B't ,itho't the ;ing, it ,onFt happen at all( Th's, ;ings in a spread can indicate &oti+ation, a *eginning or start o% so&ething( As act'al people, ;ings stand %or &en Dor ,o&enE ,ho are leaders, planners or ha+e high aspirationsM they drea& o% ha+ing the *est K$ingdo&K in the land( And they eApect loyalty, especially %ro& %a&ily and %riends( They are &en D,o&enE o% in%l'ence and po,erM others co&e to the& %or ad+ice and, *eing ;ings, they=re 's'ally st'**ornly s're that they=re right( =ing of Wands "s 'otivation& The planning o% a great trip, the idea %or so&e grand ne, career, *eing &oti+ated to go into politics or ta$e charge( 9epending ,here it is in the spread, it can indicate that the C'erent has decided to ta$e co&&and, to o+erthro, the old ,ith his ne,, *old ideas( "s an "d!lt 'ale& Call hi& KThe 3reacher(K 2e %ills a roo& ,hen he ,al$s in, eApansi+e, %'ll o% energy, charis&a, %'n( Bo' $no, this &anM heFs the &oti+ational spea$er, the charis&atic ch'rch leader, the great inno+ator ,ho can t'rn a co&pany aro'nd, ,ith e&ployees ,or$ing o+erti&e to please hi&( 2e is the ,ar& politician, the idea &an, the *'llying coach ,ho trans%or&s losers into ,inners( 2e lo+es danger, ad+ent're, challenges(
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This is AleAander the 1reat, 8'li's Caesar, 2enry 5( 2e al,ays has to lead the charge and he hasnFt %riends so &'ch as ,orshippersM people either lo+e hi& or hate hi&, and the sa&e goes %or his %a&ily( Not that he doesnFt lo+e his %a&ilyM he %ell in lo+e ,ith his ,i%e at %irst sight and ,ooed her till she lo+ed hi& *ac$M and heFs great ,ith $ids( No dad ,as e+er so in+enti+e or %'n( B't he %'lly eApects his %a&ily to co&e ,ith hi&, ,here+er he goes U *e it on A%rican Sa%ari or to the 3resident=s &ansion( They &'st s'pport ,hate+er he does( I% they donFt, his other side can co&e to the s'r%ace, one that is .ealo's, i&patient, tyrannical( It is not s'rprising that so&eti&es his ,i%e or children ,ill re*el against hi&, or lea+e hi& altogether( At his *est, ho,e+er, he is as adored *y his o%%#spring as he is *y his people( 2is praise and appro+al is ,orth &ore to the& than %a&e or %ort'nes, and they ,ill go a*o+e and *eyond the call o% d'ty to please hi&( =ing of %!2s "s 'otivation& The &oti+ation to start a %a&ily, ,hich co'ld incl'de a proposal or s'ggestion to the ,i%e to ha+e children( -oti+ation to *e a ne, and *etter pro+ider, %ather and h's*and, or *e &ore e&otionally &at're( "s an "d!lt 'ale& Call hi& KThe 1od%ather(K A $inder, gentler, &ore lo+ing &an yo'Fll ne+er &eet( 2is K$ingdo&K is his %a&ily, and his one drea& is to *e sitting at the head o% a h'ge ta*le %illed ,ith $in, $ids, grand$ids, ser+ing 'p %ood to the& all( 2e is pater%a&ilias, the %ather as capa*le o% roc$ing *a*ies to sleep, *andaging h'rts and telling *edti&e stories as he is at coaching a sports tea& or o%%ering %atherly ad+ice( 2is %a&ily al,ays co&es %irstM %or the& heFll ,or$, sacri%ice, do .'st a*o't anythingM and, yes, li$e the K1od%atherK he ,ill consider doing terri*le things to anyone ,ho ca'ses the& grie%( This ;ing 'nderstands e&otions and is a &aster o% his o,n e&otions( As s'ch, his a&*ition is to ha+e a ;ingdo& ,here e+eryone is e&otionally &at're, &eaning co'rtly and ci+il( 2ence, he &oti+ates his %a&ily, %riends and co&&'nity to *e &ore neigh*orly and polite and responsi*le %or each other=s ,ell *eing( To *e, i% yo' ,ill, conscio's o% each other=s %eelings( This is ,hy he=s so&eti&es seen in the occ'pation o% a .'dge, as he is +ery sensiti+e to %airness and $no,s ho, to p't hi&sel% in another=s shoes, to 'nderstand ,hy they did ,hat they did( 5ery li$e the <'een o% C'ps, ho,e+er, he can *e too so%t and senti&ental( No &atter ho, prodigal the son, this %ather ,ill al,ays *ail the $id o't( It is al&ost i&possi*le to &a$e hi& see reason ,hen it co&es to his %a&ily( And there is another pro*le& li$e his C'een, he=s not a*o+e &anip'lating e&otions to get ,hat he ,ants, especially i% he=s trying to $eep those he lo+es close to hi&(
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2e also, li$e all the C'p Co'rts, &ay tend to,ard depression or alcoholis&( At his *est, ho,e+er, this is the &an the ,hole neigh*orhood thin$s o% as >9ad(? 6hether he really is their %ather or .'st a s'rrogate, he is the one ,ho settles disp'tes, the one they go to ,hen they=re in need o% g'idance( 2e is the %ather %ig're that e+ery %ather aspires to *e( =ing of +words "s 'otivation& -oti+ated to co&e 'p ,ith ideas or arg'e points( -oti+ated to %ind sol'tions, sol+e pro*le&s or %ind *etter ,ays o% doing things( "s an "d!lt 'ale& Call hi& KThe 8'dgeK( 2is $ingdo& is the $ingdo& o% high ideals( 0o+ing, %riendly, *'t distant, the one thing e+eryone says a*o't this &an is K2eFs )air(K 0i$ely a la,yer, .'dge, &'sician, politician or architect, he is a patient, care%'l &an, ,ith +ery high ideals( Tho'gh he=s o*.ecti+e and s&art eno'gh to see *oth sides o% an arg'&ent, he has strong *elie%s, ,hich he eApects his %a&ily and %riends to %ollo,( Not that he isnFt a good %atherM he can *e $ind, play%'l, a lo+ing and %aith%'l h's*and( 2e engages his children in sti&'lating dinner con+ersations, 'rging the& to thin$ %or the&sel+es, de*ate and research( B't tho'gh he treats his ,i%e and $ids %airly, ac$no,ledging ,hen they are right, he does not p't %a&ily %irst li$e the ;ing o% C'ps( Ideals co&e %irst, and he can *e 'n%orgi+ing o% the %a&ily &e&*er ,ho is ,ea$er or &ore Kh'&anK than he( I% his o,n son or da'ghter co&&itted a cri&e, he=d .'dge the& the sa&e as any other cri&inal, and sentence the& the sa&e as any other cri&inal( Th's, his o,n %airness lea+es his %a&ily %eeling less than special to hi& and, at the sa&e ti&e, less a*le to &a$e &ista$es( This ;ing has the &ost *rilliant &ind, one that, li$e a &aster chess player, can see &any &o+es ahead, and ta$e into acco'nt a do@en di%%erent %actors and ele&ents( This p'ts hi& a*o+e and so&eti&e *eyond his s'*.ects( They &ay not al,ays 'nderstand ,hy he decides as he decides, *'t he does so ,ith the highest ideals and *est intent( 6hich is ,hy he ,ill not *'dge ,hen it co&es to 'pholding his decisions, not e+en %or his nearest and dearest( Tho'gh he can *e +ie,ed as cold, distant, harsh, e+en cr'el, he is, at his *est, a*le to see +ery clearly ho, his .'dg&ents ,ill a%%ect e+eryone in the present and %'t're( 2e is the one that e+eryone, e+en the other ;ings, go to ,hen they need so&eone to &a$e the hardest and &ost %ar#reaching decisions( =ing of /entacles "s 'otivation& -oti+ation to start a ne, *'siness, &oti+ation to cra%t or *'ild so&ething, to sa+e &oney or restore health(
"s an "d!lt 'ale& Call hi& the K/ld )ar&erK and his ;ingdo& is his K*'sinessK or %ar&( 3ro'd and sel%#reliant, this estee&ed gentle&an is li$ely a ci+il ser+ant, eAec'ti+e, engineer, &anager, %ar&er, health g'r' or, s'rprisingly, entertainer( 6here+er he is, he ,or$ed hard to *e in charge and in charge he intends to stay( 2e $no,s he o'ght to *e in charge *eca'se he has co&&on sense, a &etic'lo's nat're, and the a*ility to &oti+e others to ,or$ hard( It=s i&portant to hi& that the .o* *e done right( And, in %act, ,hate+er he is in charge o% ,ill gro, steadily, relia*ly, and a*'ndantly( No ris$s or chances ,ill *e ta$en, ho,e+er( And there li$ely ,ill *e no inno+ations or changes( Beca'se he is spare ,ith ,ords, he can see& cold and aloo%, *'t those ,ho get to $no, hi& %ind hi& s'rprisingly char&ing and %'nny( 6hen he=s relaAed he can tell the &ost a&'sing tales at the dinner ta*le( And he is, 'nderneath it all, $ind and loyal( I% yo' need help, he ,ill help and ne+er as$ %or repay&ent( B't i% yo' help hi&, heFll repay yo' as soon as he canM he doesnFt li$e *eing *eholden to anyone( 2e ,ill al,ays pro+ide %or his %a&ily e+en sacri%ice %or the&, and he eApects the& to *e eC'ally responsi*le, hard,or$ing and disciplined( I% they are, he=ll stic$ *y the& thro'gh thic$ and thin( I% they aren=t, ho,e+er, they &ay *e dee&ed la@y and co'ld *e diso,ned, especially i% they=re odd or di%%erent eno'gh to e&*arrass the ;ing o% 3entacles( -'ch li$e his C'een, the ;ing o% 3entacles ,ants to *e respected *y his co&&'nity, and so is conser+ati+e in 'pholding its +al'es and traditions( 2e is not i&p'lsi+e, eAperi&ental or artisticRhis &otto &ost li$ely is >i% it ain=t *ro$e don=t %iA it(? B't ,hile he=s not against others *eing eAperi&ental or artistic, he disli$es anything or anyone ,ho &a$es him stand o't( Anyone ,ho ca'ses hi& e&*arrass&ent, *e they %a&ily, %riends or ene&ies, ,ill not *e %orgi+en( In addition to this st'**orn nat're, the ;ing o% 3entacles can *e an odd &iA o% cheap and spend#thri%t, c'tting corners and re%'sing to pay %or things he *elie+es sho'ld *e cheaper li$e &il$, yet spending a great deal on things he *elie+es gi+e hi& stat's, li$e clothes or a ne, car( At his *est, ho,e+er, he generates s'ch respect %or his hard ,or$, his care, and his innate generosity that those ,ho lo+e hi& +al'e his appro+al o% their ,or$ &ore than the gold he pays the& %or it(

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