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Readings, 1/2/06
Jan. 5th, 2006 10:35 amHunter did tarot readings for Tammie and I on Monday evening, using a
one-card-per-month spread. His is a nonstandard deck with seasons
instead of suits and a specific fairy or festival on each card. The
festivals were removed for the year spread. My year spread was very
disturbing; we did another different spread afterward called the Fairy
Mound. In between, I shuffled the cards a couple times like you do for
poker or whatever. Tammie said, "You don't really want to shuffle them
that way." I said, "Yes, I do. They need to be shaken up a bit. That
last one was too chilling." (And I do know you're not supposed to. It
felt like the right thing to do at the time.)
one-card-per-month spread. His is a nonstandard deck with seasons
instead of suits and a specific fairy or festival on each card. The
festivals were removed for the year spread. My year spread was very
disturbing; we did another different spread afterward called the Fairy
Mound. In between, I shuffled the cards a couple times like you do for
poker or whatever. Tammie said, "You don't really want to shuffle them
that way." I said, "Yes, I do. They need to be shaken up a bit. That
last one was too chilling." (And I do know you're not supposed to. It
felt like the right thing to do at the time.)
| January | 7 of Summer, Reversed (Will o' the Wisp) | Faithless friends, false or broken promises, unreliability |
| February | 6 of Winter, Reversed (Lhiannon Shee) | Escape into daydreams, fantasy life, ignoring reality |
| March | 3 of Winter (Boggart) | Trouble or disturbance at home, family arguments, quarrels perhaps involving a troublesome child |
| April | 3 of Summer, Reversed (Gruagach "The longhaired one") | Empty forms and rituals, stuck in a rut, going through the motions, boredom, possibly family disagreement about a will or legacy, change of residence |
| May | Knave of Summer (Robin Goodfellow "Puck") | Fun and good-hearted mischief, adventures, new experiences, celebrations, entertainments A fearless, witty, impetuous, unpredictable young man, quick-tempered, ready for excitement, hates injustice |
| June | 4 of Autumn, Reversed (Banshee) | Development of psychic senses, listen to intuition, dreams, portents |
| July | 9 of Summer (Jenny Greenteeth) | Danger, uncertainty, pitfalls, deceptive appearance - a wolf in sheep's clothing |
| August | 7 of Autumn, Reversed (Lake Maiden) | Misplaced pride, false claims, superficial knowledge mistaken for wisdom |
| September | King of Autumn (King Finvarra) | Authority or authority figures, the law, legal settlements, contracts and agreements A compassionate sensitive and emotionally supportive mature man concerned with social issues and people |
| October | Queen of Spring, Reversed (The Sea Mither) | Poverty, lack, sterility, blocked creativity A bitter lonely woman or widow, a malicious gossip |
| November | King of Summer, Reversed (The Oakman) | Idleness, complacency, inertia, fear of change, inability to adapt to changing circumstances, failure to seize opportunities or follow up on promising openings A materialistic, ruthless uncaring mature man |
| December | 6 of Summer (Aine) | Harmony, new romance, marriage, commitment, friendship, partnership, cooperation |
| 1: Self in present | Ace of Autumn (Mermaid) | Emotions and feelings, great fulfillment and joy, time of creativity. Harbinger of love, attraction, marriage, female sensuality |
| 2: Closest influences | 8 of Summer (Tam Lin) | Restoration, release from bad or frightening situation, pleasure after pain, relief |
| 3: Greatest desire | 4 of Spring (Befind "White lady") | Rite of passage, life changing experience, baby |
| 4: Mental processes, current events | King of Winter, Reversed (Gwyn ap Nudd) | Power misused, abuse, obsession, violation, injury, insult, breaking of faith, profanation of sacred mysteries (The description of the possible individual was not written down, but it reminded me of my dad) |
| 5: Emotions | Imbolc | Potent energies of resurgence, freshness, originality, purification and new beginnings |
| 6: Past influences affecting the present | Midsummer | Joyful energies, magic, consummation, enchantment, culmination, celebration, delight, fun, light, illumination, clarity |
| 7: Spiritual concerns | Lady of Summer (The Green Lady) | Growth, progress, expansion, vittality, energy, virility, potency |
| 8: Practical matters | 3 of Autumn (Changeling) | Something or someone not what they seem, victim of fraud or duplicity |
| 9: Unavoidable karmic events | King of Summer (The Oakman) | Power, good government, received knowledge and authority, gifts of willpower and self-control |
| 10: Important future influences | 8 of Winter (Bogeyman) | Lost sense of proportion, oversensitivity |
| 11: Immediate concerns | 6 of Spring, Reversed (Garconere) | Ignoring present circumstances, wallowing in nostalgia, living in the past |
| 12: Path to success | 2 of Summer (Wayland Smith) | Hard work, creation, craftsmanship, knowledge, skill, mastery, opportunity and success at hand, transmutation, forging new things from old |
| 13: Outcome | King of Autumn, Reversed (King Finvarra) | Self-indulgent sensuality, clandestine love affair, lack of self-control, selfishness, using others A moody languid man, lecherous, unscrupulous, disloyal or violent |
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Jan. 14th, 2002 09:49 pmIt's only nine-thirty, but my cold is acting up and I haven't slept well for two days. I think I'm going to bed really early tonight. I only just now got Rosa to bed--or well, about ten minutes ago, just long enough to read a drastically cut-down portion of my friends list and write a few comments. I know, I promised myself I wouldn't do that, but I couldn't resist.
I'm feeling really good, otherwise, though, and I think I'll manage to sleep better tonight.
I was really bad today about reading. Well, first of all I was getting obsessive about my email again, hoping for mail from certain people, and then even when I managed to get away from that, I found myself reading some documentation for my project, just because it was there. I could easily have procrastinated doing it--I had plenty of other work to do--and in a normal week almost certainly would have. This is not a normal week.
Over lunch I had a tarot reading from Jill. I wish I had written down the reading, but I didn't think of it until she'd already shuffled the cards back together. My question was "what does 2002 hold for me?" and the answer, the future card, was "Bounty". I was not asking about finances but about love, and everything pointed to a very good, very full year with many blessings. That was wonderful. Other points of interest were a strong indication that I have a spirit guide trying to reach me and lead me somewhere, and when we did another spread on that, a very strong indication that my spiritual and mundane lives need to be more closely unified. I think the Artist's Way is a vital step in that direction, and I think I'll be working with someone on encountering the spirit guide.
The fact that a lion has been breathing in my face for two nights trying to get me to do something was a pretty good attention-getter. As I told Jill, I don't often See things until they hit me in the butt. This was almost as good. It isn't every day you get kept awake by lion breath all night.
For the smart-alecks among us, tarot reading is allowed. Even if there are words on the cards, and there are, on her deck, it is a very intuition-based exercise. It was interesting too, because a mutual friend of ours, Suzanne, was also there, and Jill read her cards also. Not even really knowing what Suz's personal situation was, or even having heard the first half of the reading (I arrived late), I made what Jill felt were some very good guesses on what the cards were saying. Unfortunately we don't think Suz really wanted to hear it.
Why I was late: I wasn't even planning to be there at all. I had gone to the license bureau to get plates for my car. Unfortunately, I didn't have all the necessary paperwork (Ray had last year's personal property tax receipt that I needed), and they sent me away again. So I called Jill, she was still in the office, and invited me to tag along. I'm really glad I did, that reading was very encouraging.
Has anyone else noticed what a good, round, full number 2002 actually is? It seems very auspicious.
Aside to dj, in the first reading the 'spiritual influence' came up King of Wands, a fire card, I forget what it's "word" was, but the instantI saw it it made me think of you. I'm not quite sure what that means, except to point toward the Artist's Way again. (Redheaded man with a short beard, robed in red. Can you say Bleys? I knew you could...)
I'm feeling really good, otherwise, though, and I think I'll manage to sleep better tonight.
I was really bad today about reading. Well, first of all I was getting obsessive about my email again, hoping for mail from certain people, and then even when I managed to get away from that, I found myself reading some documentation for my project, just because it was there. I could easily have procrastinated doing it--I had plenty of other work to do--and in a normal week almost certainly would have. This is not a normal week.
Over lunch I had a tarot reading from Jill. I wish I had written down the reading, but I didn't think of it until she'd already shuffled the cards back together. My question was "what does 2002 hold for me?" and the answer, the future card, was "Bounty". I was not asking about finances but about love, and everything pointed to a very good, very full year with many blessings. That was wonderful. Other points of interest were a strong indication that I have a spirit guide trying to reach me and lead me somewhere, and when we did another spread on that, a very strong indication that my spiritual and mundane lives need to be more closely unified. I think the Artist's Way is a vital step in that direction, and I think I'll be working with someone on encountering the spirit guide.
The fact that a lion has been breathing in my face for two nights trying to get me to do something was a pretty good attention-getter. As I told Jill, I don't often See things until they hit me in the butt. This was almost as good. It isn't every day you get kept awake by lion breath all night.
For the smart-alecks among us, tarot reading is allowed. Even if there are words on the cards, and there are, on her deck, it is a very intuition-based exercise. It was interesting too, because a mutual friend of ours, Suzanne, was also there, and Jill read her cards also. Not even really knowing what Suz's personal situation was, or even having heard the first half of the reading (I arrived late), I made what Jill felt were some very good guesses on what the cards were saying. Unfortunately we don't think Suz really wanted to hear it.
Why I was late: I wasn't even planning to be there at all. I had gone to the license bureau to get plates for my car. Unfortunately, I didn't have all the necessary paperwork (Ray had last year's personal property tax receipt that I needed), and they sent me away again. So I called Jill, she was still in the office, and invited me to tag along. I'm really glad I did, that reading was very encouraging.
Has anyone else noticed what a good, round, full number 2002 actually is? It seems very auspicious.
Aside to dj, in the first reading the 'spiritual influence' came up King of Wands, a fire card, I forget what it's "word" was, but the instantI saw it it made me think of you. I'm not quite sure what that means, except to point toward the Artist's Way again. (Redheaded man with a short beard, robed in red. Can you say Bleys? I knew you could...)
