November 22, 2011

• Tarot by Donna

  Legacy of the Divine Tarot  Deck

  DAILY READING

  Work, Home, Unexpected, Your Role, Outcome

  WORK

  

  
  Knight of Cups - Knight of Cups is someone whose current actions in this situation are motivated by emotion. His heart is focused on something, such as a vision, a quest, a creation, or on someone. In this case, he is absolutely compelled to follow his heart to the exclusion of all else, for good or ill. At this point, he considers nothing else; all that matters is his presumed love, reconciliation, poetry, art, or dream. It will be very difficult to turn this knight’s attention from his current pursuit.  // Taking  a journey into the depths of his heart, he finds strength and direction after having been immersed in his dream.

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  HOME

  
  XIII Death - While this card rarely means actual physical death, I think under the present circumstances, it does. I think it means your brother’s death and the awareness of the death of your relationship with your mother. From the ashes of death is reborn new hope for the future. There is always hope present. Though the bloom is hardly visible, focus on finding the hope amid the ashes.

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  UNEXPECTED

  
  7 Wands - I would apply this card directly to the situation with EYT. You feel on the defensive and I sense a feeling in this particular instance, of feeling pushed out from the inside rather than protecting and defending the inside from those without. Stand your ground. You may no longer belong on the inside of this particular place, but you still have strength and authenticity and have no reason or need to feel like less of a person. Let go. You are just about out the door. Just walk away. The attacker(s) will not follow you.

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  YOUR ROLE

  
  IX Hermit - Your role is to take some time out for introspection. You’ve been through hell. You’re tired. Your soul is weary. Give yourself a reprieve. It’s okay.

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  OUTCOME

  
  6 Coins - Although the pentacles (coins in this deck) are generally about finances and earth, this particular reading I get more of a sense of balance from this card. Things will come into balance if you just take the time. Wait. Be patient with yourself and others, watch carefully, but don’t rush forward. The scales will balance out and you won’t feel like you’re on such unstable a foundation as you do now.

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  PERSONAL LAYOUT

  Past, Present, Future
  Spiritual, Physical, Emotional
  Overall

  PAST

  
  2 Wands - Before, you were two against the world. Your brother and you … but this is past.

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  PRESENT

  
  8 Cups - In the midst of a metamorphosis. Difficult. HUGE changes and challenges, but look at the way he’s going for it! You can do this! Change is here and in the process in you. Leaving the past behind and moving ahead to the future, even as you cannot see it all in the mist.  The cups surrounding you, in this instance, I feel are friends who are full of love, support and joy, cheering you on your way.

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  FUTURE

  
  Page of Cups - Pages are inexperienced. They have a lot of knowledge, but not a lot of practice. The future is as yet unknown, and you’re getting your feet wet as you move forward into it. Cautiously, because you want to get it right, slightly impatient because you have the head knowledge even if your emotions and your heart aren’t quite aligned yet with what you know.

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  SPIRITUAL

  
  4 Wands - There is a stability in your spiritual life that can ground you here. When you’re feeling overwhelmed by the heat of what is happening around you, there is a stream of cool water to quench that heat within the boundaries of your spiritual life. It is your haven right now.

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  PHYSICAL

  
  5 Wands - Physically, you may be a bit at war with yourself. Fighting off all the emotional trauma is messing with your body. You’re out of sync and at odds with yourself.  This is just a wake-up call to pay attention to how your emotions affect you physically.

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  EMOTIONAL

  
  XVIII Moon - The moon is dreamy. A bit surreal. Expectations are high, but realistically… they may be too high. The moon is just a reflection of the light of the sun. It’s not the real thing. Be careful not to get drawn in by unrealistic expectations.

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  OVERALL

  
  7 Swords - This is an interesting placement for the seven of swords. As I would interpret it in this situation… possibly you went out to battle without letting anyone know? You forgot a few swords and weren’t prepared for what you went off to fight and you’re sneaking back in the window so as not to wake anyone and pick up the two you forgot.   Maybe you don’t need to be sneaky about it. It’s evident you feel inadequate, and the five swords you carry are already heavy enough. Perhaps you could change your mind and put the swords back? 

  Another possible interpretation is that someone else took your swords and left you with only two… and you feel bereft and inadequate, and downright betrayed by the loss of those five swords. The thief didn’t feel they could do without them, however, and maybe they tried to leave you at least something?  Look at the guilt on his face. You caught him in the act. .. but he’s already out the window and falling backwards … there’s no turning back now. Can you let him have the swords without holding blame over him?  Don’t forget the 5 of Wands here, either, as the emotions created by this can war with your physical wellbeing.

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   SITUATION LAYOUT

  Current Situation, Your Expectations, Hidden Influence, Advice, Outcome

  CURRENT SITUATION

  
  3 Wands - You have worked hard on something (EYT?) and yet, it’s time to let it go, and now you are watching the ship sail away. Will it be successful still? Did you do the right thing staying behind? You got off the ship and are watching its magnificence disappear in the sun. That was hard, but it was the only option you felt you had. Now it’s time to find something new.

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  YOUR EXPECTATIONS

  
  XI Justice - Justice. You want justice. But you want to be fair, too. My gut feeling is to trust karma, in this case. Karma will mete out justice fairly and logically.

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  HIDDEN INFLUENCE

  
  4 Swords - Again we are here with exhaustion and tiredness. As with the Hermit earlier, there is a desperate need for rest and resolution. Time to restore your soul.  This card is also related to the Death card and could bring in the obvious influence your brother’s death has had on your present circumstances, but I think that, although that has a large influence, there is an equal influence at present of your physical and emotional exhaustion. Stop. Breathe. Restore. Enough pain! You’re so worn out right now that you don’t even notice the bed is made up of the hilts of swords.

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  ADVICE

  
  8 Swords - A very interesting card for the ADVICE position!  I had to ponder it for only a moment however, to see that she feels, like you, attacked on all sides without any possibility of movement without harm. So therein is the advice. The more you struggle, the more risk you take of being skewered by one or more of those swords.  Honey, DON’T MOVE!  If you stay still, relax yourself, calm down, the threat of those swords will pull away on their own.

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  OUTCOME

  
  Ace of Cups - What a lovely outcome card!! — Aces are all about beginnings and possibilities. Freshness. A Gift, or unexpected opportunity.  A moment of fortuitous possibility. The time is right to act! What you plant right now has the potential for success. You have been and are going through a battle, but the outcome is beautiful!  Drink Deeply and be fulfilled — jump right in and be refreshed! (in my book – I love what it says about this card:  A fully submerged cup. It appears to be an organic part of this dark and mysterious world but clearly retains its individuality. This suggests diving into the ocean but not losing yourself completely. The illumination comes through the water itself, another reminder that emotions become filters and affect the way we see things — not that an emotional view is bad or wrong; just be aware that it may be different.

   

  Life is a series of dreams, escapes, and then returning to reality.  With my brother’s recent death, there is another changing of chapters in the story with my mother.  Yes, EYT was a type of dream and it is ok that I walked away.  It is a time for me to retreat and seek balance.  My childhood with my brother is over, the triangle with him and my mother.  Now I can move forward with chosen family.  Focus on developing my spiritual relationships.  I have been stressed by my diet, pms, emotions, etc. and need to return to better self-care.  I love the image that the moon is just a reflection of the sun, not the real thing and to be aware of unrealistic expectations. The 7 Swords sneaky battle scene is interesting.  Yes, I created EYT and yes it was time to release it to others.  And trusting in karma, everyone’s worst punishment and best reward is just being themselves.  Yes, enough exhaustion  Relax, be still and know that I am God, to be found in the watery depths.

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