Tarot Reading Current relationship issue? Where should I stand?
Reading Performed 12/25/2016 at 11:35 PM
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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.
Six of Wands from the Waite Smith Tarot Deck
Card Meaning When Reversed
Apprehension, fear, as of a victorious enemy at the gate; treachery, disloyalty, as of gates being opened to the enemy; also indefinite delay.
Papus's Divinatory Meanings (When Upright)
Failure.
Card Description
A laurelled horseman bears one staff adorned with a laurel crown; footmen with staves are at his side.
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.
Seven of Wands from the Waite Smith Tarot Deck
Card Meaning When Reversed
Perplexity, embarrassments, anxiety. It is also a caution against indecision.
Papus's Divinatory Meanings (When Upright)
Certain success.
Card Description
A young man on a craggy eminence brandishing a staff; six other staves are raised towards him from below.
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.
The Emperor from the Waite Smith Tarot Deck
Card Meaning When Reversed
Benevolence, compassion, credit; also confusion to enemies, obstruction, immaturity.
Papus's Divinatory Meanings (When Upright)
Will.
Card Description
He has a form of the Crux ansata for his sceptre and a globe in his left hand. He is a crowned monarch--commanding, stately, seated on a throne, the arms of which axe fronted by rams\' heads. He is executive and realization, the power of this world, here clothed with the highest of its natural attributes. He is occasionally represented as seated on a cubic stone, which, however, confuses some of the issues. He is the virile power, to which the Empress responds, and in this sense is he who seeks to remove the Veil of Isis; yet she remains virgo intacta. It should be understood that this card and that of the Empress do not precisely represent the condition of married life, though this state is implied. On the surface, as I have indicated, they stand for mundane royalty, uplifted on the seats of the mighty; but above this there is the suggestion of another presence. They signify also--and the male figure especially--the higher kingship, occupying the intellectual throne. Hereof is the lordship of thought rather than of the animal world. Both personalities, after their own manner, are "full of strange experience," but theirs is not consciously the wisdom which draws from a higher world. The Emperor has been described as (a) will in its embodied form, but this is only one of its applications, and (b) as an expression of virtualities contained in the Absolute Being--but this is fantasy.
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.
Three of Cups from the Waite Smith Tarot Deck
Card Meaning When Reversed
Expedition, dispatch, achievement, end. It signifies also the side of excess in physical enjoyment, and the pleasures of the senses.
Papus's Divinatory Meanings (When Upright)
Mutual love.
Card Description
Maidens in a garden-ground with cups uplifted, as if pledging one another.
This is Behind You
It gives the influence that is just passed, or is now passing away.
The World from the Waite Smith Tarot Deck
Card Meaning When Reversed
Inertia, fixity, stagnation, permanence.
Papus's Divinatory Meanings (When Upright)
Assured Success.
Card Description
As this final message of the Major Trumps is unchanged--and indeed unchangeable--in respect of its design, it has been partly described already regarding its deeper sense. It represents also the perfection and end of the Cosmos, the secret which is within it, the rapture of the universe when it understands itself in God. It is further the state of the soul in the consciousness of Divine Vision, reflected from the self-knowing spirit. But these meanings are without prejudice to that which I have said concerning it on the material side. It has more than one message on the macrocosmic side and is, for example, the state of the restored world when the law of manifestation shall have been carried to the highest degree of natural perfection. But it is perhaps more especially a story of the past, referring to that day when all was declared to be good, when the morning stars sang together and all the Sons of God shouted for joy. One of the worst explanations concerning it is that the figure symbolizes the Magus when he has reached the highest degree of initiation; another account says that it represents the absolute, which is ridiculous. The figure has been said to stand for Truth, which is, however, more properly allocated to the seventeenth card. Lastly, it has been called the Crown of the Magi.
This is Before You
It shows the influence that is coming into action and will operate in the near future.
The Moon from the Waite Smith Tarot Deck
Card Meaning When Reversed
Instability, inconstancy, silence, lesser degrees of deception and error.
Papus's Divinatory Meanings (When Upright)
Hidden Enemies. Danger.
Card Description
The distinction between this card and some of the conventional types is that the moon is increasing on what is called the side of mercy, to the right of the observer. It has sixteen chief and sixteen secondary rays. The card represents life of the imagination apart from life of the spirit. The path between the towers is the issue into the unknown. The dog and wolf are the fears of the natural mind in the presence of that place of exit, when there is only reflected light to guide it. The last reference is a key to another form of symbolism. The intellectual light is a reflection and beyond it is the unknown mystery which it cannot shew forth. It illuminates our animal nature, types of which are represented below--the dog, the wolf and that which comes up out of the deeps, the nameless and hideous tendency which is lower than the savage beast. It strives to attain manifestation, symbolized by crawling from the abyss of water to the land, but as a rule it sinks back whence it came. The face of the mind directs a calm gaze upon the unrest below; the dew of thought falls; the message is: Peace, be still; and it may be that there shall come a calm upon the animal nature, while the abyss beneath shall cease from giving up a form.
Your Self
Signifies the person or thing about which the question has been asked, and shows its position or attitude in the circumstances.
Queen of Swords from the Waite Smith Tarot Deck
Card Meaning When Reversed
Malice, bigotry, artifice, prudery, bale, deceit.
Papus's Divinatory Meanings (When Upright)
A dark wicked woman. A gossip. A calumniator. Jealous.
Card Description
Her right hand raises the weapon vertically and the hilt rests on an arm of her royal chair the left hand is extended, the arm raised her countenance is severe but chastened; it suggests familiarity with sorrow. It does not represent mercy, and, her sword notwithstanding, she is scarcely a symbol of power.
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.
Three of Pentacles from the Waite Smith Tarot Deck
Card Meaning When Upright
Metier, trade, skilled labour; usually, however, regarded as a card of nobility, aristocracy, renown, glory.
Papus's Divinatory Meanings
A small sum of money.
Card Description
A sculptor at his work in a monastery. Compare the design which illustrates the Eight of Pentacles. The apprentice or amateur therein has received his reward and is now at work in earnest.
Your Hopes and Fears
Four of Pentacles from the Waite Smith Tarot Deck
Card Meaning When Reversed
Suspense, delay, opposition.
Papus's Divinatory Meanings (When Upright)
Loss of money.
Card Description
A crowned figure, having a pentacle over his crown, clasps another with hands and arms; two pentacles are under his feet. He holds to that which he has.
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.
Page of Pentacles from the Waite Smith Tarot Deck
Card Meaning When Reversed
Prodigality, dissipation, liberality, luxury; unfavourable news.
Papus's Divinatory Meanings (When Upright)
A fair child. A messenger. A letter.
Card Description
A youthful figure, looking intently at the pentacle which hovers over his raised hands. He moves slowly, insensible of that which is about him.
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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.
Six of Wands from the Waite Smith Tarot Deck
Card Meaning When Reversed
Apprehension, fear, as of a victorious enemy at the gate; treachery, disloyalty, as of gates being opened to the enemy; also indefinite delay.
Papus's Divinatory Meanings (When Upright)
Failure.
Card Description
A laurelled horseman bears one staff adorned with a laurel crown; footmen with staves are at his side.
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.
Seven of Wands from the Waite Smith Tarot Deck
Card Meaning When Reversed
Perplexity, embarrassments, anxiety. It is also a caution against indecision.
Papus's Divinatory Meanings (When Upright)
Certain success.
Card Description
A young man on a craggy eminence brandishing a staff; six other staves are raised towards him from below.
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.
The Emperor from the Waite Smith Tarot Deck
Card Meaning When Reversed
Benevolence, compassion, credit; also confusion to enemies, obstruction, immaturity.
Papus's Divinatory Meanings (When Upright)
Will.
Card Description
He has a form of the Crux ansata for his sceptre and a globe in his left hand. He is a crowned monarch--commanding, stately, seated on a throne, the arms of which axe fronted by rams\' heads. He is executive and realization, the power of this world, here clothed with the highest of its natural attributes. He is occasionally represented as seated on a cubic stone, which, however, confuses some of the issues. He is the virile power, to which the Empress responds, and in this sense is he who seeks to remove the Veil of Isis; yet she remains virgo intacta. It should be understood that this card and that of the Empress do not precisely represent the condition of married life, though this state is implied. On the surface, as I have indicated, they stand for mundane royalty, uplifted on the seats of the mighty; but above this there is the suggestion of another presence. They signify also--and the male figure especially--the higher kingship, occupying the intellectual throne. Hereof is the lordship of thought rather than of the animal world. Both personalities, after their own manner, are "full of strange experience," but theirs is not consciously the wisdom which draws from a higher world. The Emperor has been described as (a) will in its embodied form, but this is only one of its applications, and (b) as an expression of virtualities contained in the Absolute Being--but this is fantasy.
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.
Three of Cups from the Waite Smith Tarot Deck
Card Meaning When Reversed
Expedition, dispatch, achievement, end. It signifies also the side of excess in physical enjoyment, and the pleasures of the senses.
Papus's Divinatory Meanings (When Upright)
Mutual love.
Card Description
Maidens in a garden-ground with cups uplifted, as if pledging one another.
This is Behind You
It gives the influence that is just passed, or is now passing away.
The World from the Waite Smith Tarot Deck
Card Meaning When Reversed
Inertia, fixity, stagnation, permanence.
Papus's Divinatory Meanings (When Upright)
Assured Success.
Card Description
As this final message of the Major Trumps is unchanged--and indeed unchangeable--in respect of its design, it has been partly described already regarding its deeper sense. It represents also the perfection and end of the Cosmos, the secret which is within it, the rapture of the universe when it understands itself in God. It is further the state of the soul in the consciousness of Divine Vision, reflected from the self-knowing spirit. But these meanings are without prejudice to that which I have said concerning it on the material side. It has more than one message on the macrocosmic side and is, for example, the state of the restored world when the law of manifestation shall have been carried to the highest degree of natural perfection. But it is perhaps more especially a story of the past, referring to that day when all was declared to be good, when the morning stars sang together and all the Sons of God shouted for joy. One of the worst explanations concerning it is that the figure symbolizes the Magus when he has reached the highest degree of initiation; another account says that it represents the absolute, which is ridiculous. The figure has been said to stand for Truth, which is, however, more properly allocated to the seventeenth card. Lastly, it has been called the Crown of the Magi.
This is Before You
It shows the influence that is coming into action and will operate in the near future.
The Moon from the Waite Smith Tarot Deck
Card Meaning When Reversed
Instability, inconstancy, silence, lesser degrees of deception and error.
Papus's Divinatory Meanings (When Upright)
Hidden Enemies. Danger.
Card Description
The distinction between this card and some of the conventional types is that the moon is increasing on what is called the side of mercy, to the right of the observer. It has sixteen chief and sixteen secondary rays. The card represents life of the imagination apart from life of the spirit. The path between the towers is the issue into the unknown. The dog and wolf are the fears of the natural mind in the presence of that place of exit, when there is only reflected light to guide it. The last reference is a key to another form of symbolism. The intellectual light is a reflection and beyond it is the unknown mystery which it cannot shew forth. It illuminates our animal nature, types of which are represented below--the dog, the wolf and that which comes up out of the deeps, the nameless and hideous tendency which is lower than the savage beast. It strives to attain manifestation, symbolized by crawling from the abyss of water to the land, but as a rule it sinks back whence it came. The face of the mind directs a calm gaze upon the unrest below; the dew of thought falls; the message is: Peace, be still; and it may be that there shall come a calm upon the animal nature, while the abyss beneath shall cease from giving up a form.
Your Self
Signifies the person or thing about which the question has been asked, and shows its position or attitude in the circumstances.
Queen of Swords from the Waite Smith Tarot Deck
Card Meaning When Reversed
Malice, bigotry, artifice, prudery, bale, deceit.
Papus's Divinatory Meanings (When Upright)
A dark wicked woman. A gossip. A calumniator. Jealous.
Card Description
Her right hand raises the weapon vertically and the hilt rests on an arm of her royal chair the left hand is extended, the arm raised her countenance is severe but chastened; it suggests familiarity with sorrow. It does not represent mercy, and, her sword notwithstanding, she is scarcely a symbol of power.
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.
Three of Pentacles from the Waite Smith Tarot Deck
Card Meaning When Upright
Metier, trade, skilled labour; usually, however, regarded as a card of nobility, aristocracy, renown, glory.
Papus's Divinatory Meanings
A small sum of money.
Card Description
A sculptor at his work in a monastery. Compare the design which illustrates the Eight of Pentacles. The apprentice or amateur therein has received his reward and is now at work in earnest.
Your Hopes and Fears
Four of Pentacles from the Waite Smith Tarot Deck
Card Meaning When Reversed
Suspense, delay, opposition.
Papus's Divinatory Meanings (When Upright)
Loss of money.
Card Description
A crowned figure, having a pentacle over his crown, clasps another with hands and arms; two pentacles are under his feet. He holds to that which he has.
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.
Page of Pentacles from the Waite Smith Tarot Deck
Card Meaning When Reversed
Prodigality, dissipation, liberality, luxury; unfavourable news.
Papus's Divinatory Meanings (When Upright)
A fair child. A messenger. A letter.
Card Description
A youthful figure, looking intently at the pentacle which hovers over his raised hands. He moves slowly, insensible of that which is about him.
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