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Tarot Reading What lies in my future?

Reading Performed 10/30/2021 at 5:57 PM

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The Meanings of these Tarot Cards

This Covers You

This card gives the influence which is affecting the person or matter of inquiry generally, the atmosphere of it in which the other currents work.

Seven of Cups from the Vivid Waite Smith Tarot Deck

Card Meaning When Upright

Fairy favors, images of reflection, tenderness, imagination, scrying; moderate success, but nothing permanent or substantial.

S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings

Idea, Sentiment, Reflection, Project

Card Description

Cups holding strange visions are presented to a figure in the foreground, as if offering a choice.

This Crosses You

It shows the nature of the obstacles in the matter. If it is a favourable card, the opposing forces will not be serious, or it may indicate that something good in itself will not be productive of good in the particular connexion.

Five of Swords from the Vivid Waite Smith Tarot Deck

Card Meaning When Upright

Deterioration, destruction, revocation, disgrace, dishonor, loss.

S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings

Mourning, Sadness, Affliction

Card Description

A scornful man watches two retreating and dejected figures, whose swords lie on the ground. He carries two others on his left shoulder. A third sword in his right hand points to earth. He is the master in possession of the field.

This Crowns You

It represents (a) the Querent €™s aim or ideal in the matter; (b) the best that can be achieved under the circumstances, but that which has not yet been made actual.

Eight of Pentacles from the Vivid Waite Smith Tarot Deck

Card Meaning When Upright

Work, employment, jobs, craftsmanship; skill in craft and business, perhaps at an entry level.

S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings

A dark Girl, Beauty, Candour, Chastity, Innocence, Modesty

Card Description

An artist at his work in stone, which he exhibits in the form of trophies.

This is Beneath You

It shows the foundation or basis of the matter, that which has already passed into actuality and which the Significator has made his own.

Five of Wands from the Vivid Waite Smith Tarot Deck

Card Meaning When Upright

Imitation, as in a pretend fight, but also the battle of life—strenuous competition and the struggle of the search for riches and fortune. Thus, possibly a card of gold, gain, luxury.

S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings

Gold, Opulence, Gain, Heritage, Riches, Fortune, Money

Card Description

A group of youths brandish staves, as if in sport. They play at mock warfare, and the divinatory meanings match this.

This is Behind You

It gives the influence that is just passed, or is now passing away.

Queen of Swords from the Vivid Waite Smith Tarot Deck

Card Meaning When Upright

Widowhood, female infertility, absence, sterility, mourning, deprivation, separation.

S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings

Widowhood, Loss, Privation, Absence, Separation

Card Description

Her right hand holds her weapon vertical, and the hilt rests on an arm of her throne. Her left hand is extended, the arm raised. Her expression is stern but humble; it suggests familiarity with sorrow. It does not represent mercy, and despite her sword, she is not a symbol of power.

This is Before You

It shows the influence that is coming into action and will operate in the near future.

The Heirophant from the Vivid Waite Smith Tarot Deck

Card Meaning When Upright

Marriage, alliance, captivity, servitude; also mercy and goodness; inspiration; the man to whom the Querent has recourse.

S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings

 Mercy, Beneficence Kindness, Goodness

Card Description

He wears the triple crown and is seated between two pillars, but not those of the Temple guarded by the High Priestess. In his left hand he holds a scepter ending with the triple cross. With his right hand he gives the well-known ecclesiastical sign of esotericism, distinguishing between the surface and concealed parts of doctrine. At his feet are the crossed keys, and two priestly ministers in albs (priestly robes) kneel before him. He is the ruling power of external religion, as the High Priestess is the prevailing force of the esoteric power.

Your Self

Signifies the person or thing about which the question has been asked, and shows its position or attitude in the circumstances.

Knight of Cups from the Vivid Waite Smith Tarot Deck

Card Meaning When Upright

Arrival, approach—sometimes that of a messenger; advances, proposition, demeanor, invitation, temptation.

S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings

Arrival, Approach, Advance

Card Description

A graceful but not warlike figure rides quietly. He wears a winged helmet to symbolize the imagination. He is a dreamer, and the images of sensory things haunt him in his vision.

Your House

Your environment and the tendencies at work therein which have an effect on the matter €”for instance, your position in life, the influence of immediate friends, and so forth.

Page of Swords from the Vivid Waite Smith Tarot Deck

Card Meaning When Upright

Authority, supervision, vigilance, spying, examination.

S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings

A Spy, Overlooking, Authority

Card Description

An agile, active figure holds a sword upright in both hands. He walks swiftly over rugged land, and around him the clouds are moving wildly. He is alert and watchful, looking this way and that, as if an expected enemy might appear at any moment.

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Ace of Wands from the Vivid Waite Smith Tarot Deck

Card Meaning When Upright

Creation, invention, enterprise, and the powers producing these; guiding principles, beginning, source; birth, family, origin, and perhaps the virility behind them; the starting point of enterprises; possibly money, fortune, inheritance.

S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings

Birth, Commencement, Beginning, Origin, Source

Card Description

A hand extending from a cloud grasps a stout wand or club.

The Final Result

The culmination which is brought about by the influences shewn by the other cards that have been turned up in the divination.

Three of Cups from the Vivid Waite Smith Tarot Deck

Card Meaning When Upright

The conclusion of any matter in plenty, perfection and merriment; an easy birth; victory, fulfillment, solace, healing.

S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings

Success, Triumph, Victory, Favourable issue

Card Description

Ladies stand in a garden with cups held high, as if making a promise to one another.

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