Tarot Reading What lies in my future?
Reading Performed 04/18/2014 at 1:55 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.
The World from the Tarot Genoves Deck
Card Meaning When Upright
Completion, Good Reward;
S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings
Completion, Good Reward
Card Description
Within a flowery wreath is a female figure nude save for a light scarf. She represents Nature and the Divine Presence therein. In each hand she should bear a wand. At the four angles of the card are the four cherubic animals of the Apocalypse. Above, the Eagle and the Man; below, the Lion and the Bull. It represents Completion, Reward.
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.
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.
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.
This is Behind You
It gives the influence that is just passed, or is now passing away.
This is Before You
It shows the influence that is coming into action and will operate in the near future.
The Papess from the Tarot Genoves Deck
Card Meaning When Reversed
Conceit, Ignorance, Unskillfulness, Superficial Knowledge.
S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings
Conceit, Ignorance, Unskilfulness, Superficial Knowledge.
Card Description
A woman crowned with a high mitre or tiara (her head encircled by a veil), a stole (or a solar cross) upon her breast, and the Book of Science open in her hand. She represents Science, Wisdom, or Knowledge.
Your Self
Signifies the person or thing about which the question has been asked, and shows its position or attitude in the circumstances.
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.
Your Hopes and Fears
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.
The Emperor from the Tarot Genoves Deck
Card Meaning When Upright
Realisation, Effect, Development;
S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings
Realisation, Effect, Development
Card Description
He is crowned (and leaning against a throne, his legs form a cross, and beside him, beneath his left hand, is a shield blazoned with an eagle). In his right hand he bears a sceptre similar to that of the Empress. His body and arms form a triangle, of which his head is the apex, so that the whole figure represents a triangle above a cross. He represents Realisation.