Shuffle and deal out the top three cards from left to right.
My question: When will I figure out what my passion and purpose are?
My Cards:
II Priestess
III Empress
XI Justice
The Answer:
The prospects for the future may reach its natural conclusion by the Fall Equinox
Well, that’s promising. Fall is when I have often felt that my life would start moving in a more dicisive direction. Ada starts school five mornings a week and Ian will be a little more independent and I will have time to take on a little more. Right now, I am terribly underwater with just the kids and the house and trying to find time for a little fun. This will also give me some more time to finish this analysis and complete some other soul searching and self learning tools that I will write about at another time.
The Cards:
II Priestess
My take: This is a very mystical card. A woman holds a sphere, eyes closed, asking for the answers. The moon is out and it is dark. Candles are burning, a scroll is on the table reading “Darkness into darkness, the key to all mystery”. Although this seems like a pretty dark card, I feel a very positive energy coming from it. This is a card of psychic abilities and knowing the questions to ask. She is beautiful and strong.
The card: The priestess represents the path to our subconscious. The darkness of the card represents our fear of the knowledge our subconscious holds, or even the existence of it at all. The two pillars on the card represent the duality of our conscious existence, always categorizing things as one way or the other. Our subconscious cannot be directly confronted but must be approached through meditation and openness. Then and only then may we get a glimpse of what lays beyond. The priestess is past the pillars, representing her move past the duality of consciousness. She embraces the moon’s calming energy and is there to lead us through the tensions of our lives. We are very lucky if her sphere shows us a little of what we are looking for.
This is a fitting card for this reading for me as I am trying to access my subconscious to help me understand my life path, passions and purpose.
III Empress
My take: Mother nature, the natural progression of things. Bringing things or ideas to life. Abundance. The empress represents the natural order of things. Our ideas, loved ones, businesses and selves must be nurtured and carefully cared for. We all contain and exude maternal instincts.
The card: Mothering, nurturing, raising, growing. Giving birth to a child or idea. Self-care. The woman in the card is half woman half tree and holds a glowing infant. The empress represents manifestation and bringing forth our creations into the light. The act of giving birth, gardening, landscaping, sharing ideas. Anything maternal – your mother, your maternal instincts. The need to provide a nurturing environment to that which needs tending, whether ourselves, our families, our business, our ideas.
XI Justice
My take: A armor clad bust holds a scale in perfect balance. This represents our life in balance. Tit for tat, legal matters. There are lights emanating from the scales, maybe indicating a more cosmic way of looking at justice. Karma?
The card: justice, fairness, judgment (and maybe too much of it), objectiveness. The use of our belief system for the betterment of the world. We must beware of being too judgmental, which is an easy place for the mind to go. The figure of just is eyeless signifying the commitment to her cause.
Reading Analysis:
The priestess obviously signifies my journey to find my path in this life, which lies within my subconscious. Because I was asking about time, the empress means that things will come about in their natural timing (be patient Karin) and because the empress has to do with maternal things, it is possible that my path has to do with or I am led their by my mom life. Regarding justice, this card basically informed about the fall equinox as the time I can expect to learn something of significance. I am not sure how they calculated that, as it wasn’t explained. I wonder though if it may tell a little about what I may learn, when the time comes. I guess we will only know once something happens. I will update this post after the fall solstice.
For this reading we will use cards I-X of the major arcana. Shuffle the cards and draw two laying them in a cover and cross layout (one upright and the other crossing on top of that).
My question: What should I do next?
My Cards:
Covers: III Empress
Crosses: IV Emperor
Answer: You will need to tend to the wishes of others. Mind your constituencies.
Card Analysis:
III Empress
My thoughts: A woman grows out of a tree in the midst of a great forest. She holds a baby and is surrounded by the earths bounty. This card represents to me mother earth and the mother and caregiver in all of us. It says to stay in tune with our instincts to care for ourselves, others and the earth. There is abundance in life and in nature. Enjoy and embrace this. Could mean the birth of a child or idea.
The card: Mothering, nurturing, raising, growing. Giving birth to a child or idea. Self-care. The woman in the card is half woman half tree and holds a glowing infant. The empress represents manifestation and bringing forth our creations into the light. The act of giving birth, gardening, landscaping, sharing ideas. Anything maternal – your mother, your maternal instincts. The need to provide a nurturing environment to that which needs tending, whether ourselves, our families, our business, our ideas.
IV Emperor
My thoughts: A strong man stands over a city, holding two scepters, he manipulates and dictates the workings of the city. Orderly, structured, strong. Like the empress, caring for others, but in a more structured way. The need to add structure to your life. A need to formalize or add structure to your relationships with others.
The card: Authority, power, institutions, regulations, civic duty, fatherhood, tyranny. Being human means the need for social structure. The emperor sees the potential for organization and structure in all things. We must weigh benefits and sacrifices of using power to create social architecture. Examine the roll of power in your own life. Take hold of and use your own power and be aware of the ramifications of doing so.
What this reading means to me
As a stay at home mom, my mothering nature is foremost in my thoughts and day to day life. I must care for those around me without forgetting to care for myself. I must also use my power to add structure to my routine. I will be better able to care for myself and my family if I have a plan and cut out time for all the important jobs I must do. I must care for and enjoy time with my family, take care of and nurture myself so that I can tap into my inner power to propel me in the direction I should be going, and I must nurture my home by keeping it clean and cared for inside and out so that we all have a comfortable place to relax and be together. I will start to look again at my routine and adjust for changes and re-implement areas that I have fallen off. I will also tap into my strength and power to be calm and confident in dealing with my daily challenges.
Add up the numbers of your last birthday.
6+1+2+0+0+7=16
And reduce to one number
1+6=7
VII Chariot
Me: A chariot with racing horses speeds across the card. The card is predominantly water. This says fluid motion to me. Life is moving fast. The waves breaking may indicate that is may be a bumpy ride. There is an industrial looking structure in the background. Something to do with work? The clouds are dark and tumultuous. The card seems dark in nature but the chariot, man and horses are all brightly illuminated making it seem like they are cruising easily through the obstacles around them.
Cards: Moving forward with confidence and exuberance. There is a tension between his youthful energy, lack of experience and confidence brimming on arrogance. Careful attension must be paid to balancing the energies represented here. The structure in the background represents trying to construct a framework around oneself, placing things in context as a tool to help him navigate through life.
Book: This is a time to overcome things. The environment may seem unstable, but you have the ability to overcome. Just stay on top of things, turn inward and muster your courage. The opportunity to drive your own life. Your efforts will produce swift and thrilling victories.
What it means: Well this year has definitely been full of ups and downs and keeps plowing forward no matter how hard we try to reign it in. It’s funny, because my husband’s job has been in limbo for going on six months now and although it has been a little scary, i have always had the utmost confidence that we would come flying out the other side into a better place. This confidence has never wavered, even when things were looking really bad. I am acutely aware this year, this website is proof to this, that I am in need of structure and direction. I am ready to come out of my mommy hole and start moving forward with my own life as well. Interesting.
Add up the month, day and year of your birth…
June 1, 1973
6+1+1+9+7+3=27
Reduce to 1 number by adding again
2+7=9
IX Hermit
Me: A wise man sits in a meditative state far away from the rest of the world. He holds a staff with a brightly lit orb at the top like a beacon. He enjoys his solitude but his light calls to others to join him and learn from his wisdom. He must be careful not to stray to far.
Card: Self-imposed isolation. Examining actions and feelings in a rational manner in order to gain wisdom from them. The light signifies his ability to shine light on and darkest and most hidden parts of his mind. This introspection is a wonderful tool, but shouldn’t be an end point. Risks falling into escape rather than exploration. Relies solely on himself to reach the goal.
Book: The card of people who have grown wise. The ability to understand things. Loners of the world. You enjoy getting away and being alone, not only to relax but to meditate and be introspective. Your job is to hold up the light for others to follow. You must not retreat into your hermitage perminantly, but come back to share what you’ve learned with others.
What it means: I can totally see this as me. This is something I am very aware of in myself. I really have to push myself, for the sake of myself, my friends and my family to be present and social and aware of the rest of the world. I am a little socially anxcious and find large groups extremely uncomfortable and small talk unbearable. I am constantly examining my life, my actions, the actions of other and how they relate to me, what they mean, how to fully take advantage of all situations to push me further down my path. I am aware and active in keeping myself here and not allowing myself to escape into my head more than is productive. Having meaning to my presence in this lifetime is very important to me. Although I am still looking, I know that my way of giving back and contributing will reveal itself. I always find it funny how I can be so rational and so free in my associations at the same time. I guess this kind of explains it.