COTD

COTD

Emperor - Authority, father-figure, structure, solid foundation

I am not sure if this is going more towards asking for help or in ref to last nights cards about taking time out and relaxing I will become more along the lines of a father-figure or wiseman to others again. For now im going to try and chill and take some advice from both cards.

" The Emperor is the father figure of the Tarot deck. He is the ‘provider’ and protects and defends his loved ones. He has established a solid family line and is often seen as the patriarch of a wide network of family members. He offers guidance, advice and wisdom to others and in doing so, demonstrates authority and grounding. His wisdom is obtained through worldly, life experience. He has ‘been there, done that’, and has the battle armour to prove it. He takes what he has learned, and passes it on to the next generation, so someday they can be as wise and powerful as he is. He brings security and comfort to those around him. "

My card of the day

Four of Swords - Contemplation, recuperation, passivity, relaxation, rest

So... This happened... A man lays down, sword in hand as if tired after a long day or fight - This is almost how i feel right now. Tired and worn out and just wanting to rest and lie down forever.

" The Four of Swords shows a period of rest and recovery after a time of challenge, with the promise that, once recovered, you can and will return to the challenge. In the meantime, the Four of Swords provides a new challenge – to stay silent and inactive. This is the time build up your mental strength. Meditate and spend time in a calm atmosphere. You need to replenish your strength and spend time in spiritual thinking. You need to rest and relax. "

Card of the day

Queen of Swords - Quick thinker, organised, perceptive, independent

So todays card is one that I have pulled before, I link this to someone in my past and I think she might just be thinking of me this morning.

I look at this card and see someone that is ready for action if it calls for it, A strong yet wise person who knows how to fight but most importantly When to fight!

Ambers card for the day

I was just asked by Amber to pull a card for her after she saw my COTD (Eight of Swords -Reversed)

King of Cups - Emotional balance and control, generosity

This card shows a bearded mad in smart cloth, Jacket and top hat, smoking and drinking, He looks content in what his doing and has a view that he has seen it all before, Being a king he has indeed been on the trip before and knows what to expect and being the sute of cups its all about emotion.

It seems that you need to trust in your heart, feel strong and give your love generously but be a little smart in who to. 

" The King of Cups, like all the court cards in the suit of Cups, represents emotion, creativity, and the unconscious. Unlike the preceding three court cards, however, the King of Cups expresses much more restraint in his emotional state. He is a master of his own feelings, and remains in control of his emotions. Not to say that he represses those feelings and sentiments. On the contrary, the King of Cups represents the balance between the emotions and the intellect. He is a master of compassion and kindness and his card often indicates strong bonds in a relationship based on temperance and understanding. "

Hope this helps on your Sunny Thursday afternoon x

Card of the day

Eight of Swords (Reversed) - Open to new perspectives, release

Well that is very interesting!

Normally the Swords give me a seance of dread but this time I don't think its that bad, Normally the Eight of Swords is feeling trapped but not seeing a way out (but there is one) the woman bound and blindfolded with swords all around her but when its in a reversed the meaning is the oppersit and feeling open to a new view or way of thinking... 

My card of the day

Nine of Pentacles - Gratitude, luxury, self-sufficiency, culmination

Funny that today I posted this on facebook 

"It really has dawned on me how much I have learned in the last 6 months...
I have learned to mentally support myself, learned to love myself and learned that there are many different ways to see an issue and my way is not wrong but just different. I can be silent and calm, I can be what ever I wish to be on any given day and most of all I am happy to be me again.
Reaching rock bottom is a chance to rebuild yourself and use all the lesions life has shown you along the way.

No matter how hard it might be... If you want to change then all you have to do is make the first step!"

 I really do think that I have taken a set forward this week, even tho now i feel a little slow and not as open minded as I have done with the drvie to do things but I still will step up and keep this show going

Spinng@ Spread

Yesterday I went off to my juggling club, A evening of spinning my new hoop around and I must say that i was having a really good time, Me and Dodger went down a treat and I was linking moves that i have not done before as well as nailing other moves that I have been trying for a long time.

When it cam to story time (when Kev does the anosments) I pull 3 cards from my deck... no question asked, just wanted to see what would come out of it... And I got!

Three of Pentacles - Teamwork, initial fulfilment, collaboration, learning

Temperance (Reversed) - Imbalance, excess, lack of long-term vision

World (Reversed) - Lack of completion, lack of closure

A very interesting spread... Seen as a PPF spread I see it as a chance to learn and eviove in the past but becoming imbalanced and a little to much in the present and then I am guessing it will kinda die out in the years to come.

Using intrusion I am seeing that there was a time when it really worked for me, a time where i was on my way to being stable but I was side tracked by something (or someone) and i seemed to have taken it to far - I think i know this is meaning my times doing an excess of drugs/drink and fucking around like some kinda chimp. Then with the world, I get images of there being so much more out there than this group of people, so many of them I love and care for but I think that i was focusing on the wrong group... I need to see the world as what it is not as what it was.

Vicky was there last night but while i was out in the middle of the floor, spinning my heart away, she was toucked in to the side, almost hiding away - bearly said more than a few words to each other... Funny how something as intents as what we had has boil down to what seems so little.

Eva way I left around 21.00 and headed home for the night, Giving my friend a lift to the station and before long was sitting on my bed, thinking about how things will be.

Will MusquieLDN be successful?

Ten of Cups - Harmony, marriage, happiness, alignment

Ten of Wands - Burden, responsibility, hard work, stress, achievement

Knight of Cups - Romance, charm, ‘Knight in shining armour’, imagination

Going with my intuition and as a past, present and future spread.  I would say that the Ten of Cups is about joining the people in the music industry, as Silver said, bridging the gap between artist and labels. This is a card all about being harmonious and a good match, the couple in the image holding hands and the cups ring above there heads like bells (Cups being all about emotion)

The present (Ten of Wands) is about heavy burdens, carrying to much weight but I see in her face that she might be tired and stressed but she has a lot of fight left in her... She is more than ready to take the next step (Wands are all about action) and it seems Musque is in full flow and getting itself out there as much as possible.

Both of these cars are 10s, meaning the end of a journey,.. About to start a new one!

The last card (the future) is the Knight of Cups - Another Cup so its once again about emotions, When you have ace to a 10 thats the main trip but then you have the court cards (Page/knight/Queen/King). This is the same trip but this time you have the experience you learned the first time around. You are on the path to success and you have your goals set, Just follow your heart and keep true to it and it will be your best guide.

"Be open to exploring your passions and your grand ideas at this time. You may find that you have been drawn to a particular passion or hobby and now is the time to start turning into ‘something’. You do not need to go at a cracking pace but it is important to balance your ideas with action and ensure that you are taking proactive steps to achieve your goals and ambitions."

So to give you an out come, You started with a great idea and while its been a hard trip, with lots of work you have set a great foundation to spring from and have all the tools to make it work... Follow your heart and you will make a total success of this amazing event and brand! 

My card of the day

Page of Swords - Talkative, curious, mentally restless, energetic

I find it intresting that today I pull another Page... Pages are all about a new aproch to something, roads you have traveled before but now you have a new start with all the lessions that you took from the like ride you had. 

"Swords are associated with action, change, force, power, oppression, ambition, courage and conflict. Action can be both constructive and/or destructive, sometimes resulting in violence. This suit can also mean hatred, battle, and enemies, and of all the suits, this one is considered to be the most powerful and dangerous."

From my tarot life so far Swords have always meant pain, suffering but now I see that i need to look at them in a new way, Stop seeing them just as conflict but as somrthing a little less violent.

This page is all about getting up and going! She is younge and active and wanted to get a new goal or project on the move and with all the energy and force she can make - Looks like i need to get my skates on to keep up with this lass.

Lets hope i can read more into these cards in the coming weeks and months 

Advice and guidance for today

Queen of Pentacles - Practical, homely, motherly, down-to-earth, security

I asked the cards for what i would need for today, to get through this bad day, I pulled the Queen of Pentacles and just from looking at the image i saw a woman, strong and confident and walking down the stairs. I am taking this as meaning that I just need to hold my head up, walk as i mean to and just show the world that I am strong and confident.

After all this day is just enough day, a day when a bad thing happened but crying or worrying about it is anot going to change the path I am on

LRE RIP

11 Years... Wow, I did not know it had been so long but it really is. 

Today is the day that my oldest brother passed away from a hold in the heart, A heart that he showed every single day of his short life. I dont know if this is the same for everyone but both my brothers have always looked out for me, Lewis was the oldest and when we went into care (I was aged 6) he took up the farther roll and took Ian and myself under his wing. 

He knew that we could be something and he always tried to help us when he could, for both of us advice with the best thing, While Ian followed, i learned. I think this is the biggest difference between myself and him.

Today is always a sad day in my family and I am sure you can understand why, My Mum and Dad had to burry a son, we (my brother and I) carried his coffen into the church and his son and girlfriend had to say goodbye to the biggest part of their life's.

Today I asked the Tarot how he was doing and pulled the  

Judgement- Judgement, rebirth, inner calling, absolution

While i find this card interesting, Looking into it I find a balance, He is in balance with everything, the energy's, the health and the universe. While the people below are strugling with life, he is above us, watching (and most likely laughing). He has his music playing and while we miss him below we see that he is still there, Still with us and no matyter what happens in life... My bigest brother will always be in my heart and my soul.

Rest in peace bro, I'll see you again some day xx

How can I help my good friend?

A close friend of mine has been having some issues of late and as we both do tarot and I did a reading for her on Saturday I wanted to do a spread for now.

Asking how can I help her right now

Ten of Wands - Burden, responsibility, hard work, stress, achievement

Ten of Pentacles (Reversed) - Financial failure, loneliness, loss

Ten of Cups - Harmony, marriage, happiness, alignment

Taking this from the text I would see that the problem she feels stressed and burdens by are the responsibilities of the goals she has set but herself , The worries about the chance of failure and being lonely, the solution would be to  find herself in a nice balanced situation again. Being happy with and  content in herself.

Going from the cards and using my intuition. I see a strong woman, standing alone and tired but still with some fight left in her, The hope  of finding some happiness (the lady reading the cards and thinking of having a family with dogs and everything) is putting pressure on her and is ironically blocking the chance of being happy by being anxious about it... the 10 is telling me that its coming to the end of this trip and shes almost ready to take that next step

The solution is once again a cupel, a man and a woman holding hands but sadly they do not look happy - its almost like they are having a brake up chat and I wonder if this is meaning that she needs to brake up with the relationship she has with herself... The dought and then worry, the comfort zone she has put herself in and knowing what i said about the 10, this is also an ending of emotion and the steps towards the start of the next new stage in her life

Moving on from here

I am going to try and read this from just the images of the cards with a little amount of looking in the book as possible... So here goes

The situation - Page of Pentacles

The current challenge - Chariot

The Past - Queen of Swords

Unconscious mind - Queen of Wands

Conscious mind - Ace of Wands

The near Future - Four of Pentacles (reversed)

My power - Nine of Pentacles (reversed)

People around me - Moon

Hopes and fears - Nine of Swords (reversed)

The outcome - Six of Cups

This is a very intreating read, Starting with the Page of Pentacles (The card that came up when i asked about being 100% over Vicky) a women walking in from a long hard cold trip and im sure she is walking into a nice warm new inviament, this is a positiy thing but the thing holding me back is the speed of it, the Chariot warns of going to fast as well as having no vision to really work towards but i need to keep this in check. The past has Queen of Swords, a suportive role of a strong woman that has always been there to guild me, I really do take this as Ylva... The Conscious mind with the Ace of Wands tells me im thinking about a new star with the actions that will make me get to the next step and the Unconscious mind (Queen of Wands) has a way of looking at me telling me "what are we waiting for - LETS GO!"

The Four of Pentacles (reversed) pops up as the near Future is a funny card... i think its about saving the pennies, making the most out of the money i have and not be to spendie spendie... that or an income being troubled.

The power I have now - Nine of Pentacles (reversed). Is a very mixed cards, it seems like she has all the power of what she wants, with the bird of prey on her arm but I think being reversed is telling me that I am not using it. Her other hand is in a shape like "what are you waiting for" I need to enjoy and sit with it.

The people around me as showen with the Moon is telling me that the people I need around me are more night time people or people that are more inclined to the dark side!

Hope and Fears is my most hated card (Nine of Swords)... and i think it is my biggest fear and i never want to have that again... BIG FEAR!

And last but not least I have the outcome of Six of Cups. A joining of 2 worlds and of love and making a meeting of something old or a reunion of some sort. Coming to terms with everything in my past and my life today. A nice positive card to end on

Added - I asked the guys on my Tarot facebook page for a view on this spread and this is one of the comments i got back. 

" Your situation is good...this is a new beginning for you and you are coming away from the trauma and pain of the past. You are moving forward and away and learning to balance the dark and the light. And these are both becoming more balanced in your heart unlike the past where darkness was heavier and bigger than the light. The past was much mental difficulty with your mind having to constantly fight and be strong against so much depression. Your unconscious mind is moving forward and moving in strength and knowing what you need to do and when. You are also at a beginning of new action! This is a bright and positive time. The old depression is fading. The future shows you letting go of the things that don't have worth in your life. Just be careful not to value material possessions more than this new spiritual path you are on. Your power will best be served by connecting with nature and organic things that will feed your spirit and soul. I think as far as the people around you? They may not want you to change. And they may be limiting this new growth - possibly time for some new friends. But I think the 9 of swords reversed shows you letting go of this depression and beginning to move forward. Be careful not to invest more time than you need in your job or other pursuits that won't feed your soul. The outcome is positive. You are reconnecting with your authentic self. You are finding what you were meant to do and the universe is comforting your soul that has long been depressed. "

Thanks to Ash-lee Jeanne for this comment

Silk for the cards!

The amazing Svet made me a little something today

Its a purple bag for my new deck and its also made from Silk - A friend told me that you are always meant to wrap your deck in silk so here i go...

Funny that when i draw a card for this image I didnt really pick up on what it was till now - 

Ace of Pentacles - Manifestation, new financial opportunity, prosperity

I just spent some time making new services on my facebook page and I think that this might lead to having some work come in via the book of faces

Card of the day

High Priestess - Intuition, Higher powers, mystery, subconscious mind

So today I asked the cards for guidance for the day ahead... I will also be doing alot of driving later today as i drop my mum off to Kent and then head back home again.

I read this card as being a little cheeky and having play on my mind... its gonna be an intresting day I think

My new deck!

Well here it is!!!

Today at SBN I got my new deck, MJ was kind enough to order it for me from Amazon (she has the prime so next day delivery.

This deck is amazing, it cam with an amazing book (an i dont mean a little paper leaflet, i mean a real fracking book) and the images on the cards are the reason I got them. They talk so much and I can read so much more into them than any of my other decks (this is number 4)

The cards on show are my fav3, Strength, Death and the Fool and the least fav 3 cards, Justice, the Tower and the Nine of Swords. The High Priestess tops the pack...

Can't wait for my first full reading

Am I 100% over her?

Page of Pentacles - Manifestation, financial opportunity, new job

So... While this card is ment to be about a new job or opportunity's I am taking it for the image on the card....

Someone coming in from the cold hard outside into a new world, someone that has been on a long trip and moving into something warm and new... I have walked through the cold forest and now I am coming to something new, a new start with my life, focused on work and making something from myself.

I felt happy again today, the image of her with someone else just made me smile as it was with someone that was skinny and tattooed like me but no where near as good looking and im sorry to say this but does not have the depth as I do... I dont think they are going to sleep together but its more that the image did nothing to me...

I think that seeing her again over the last week has just made me know for sure that this is nothing I want any more, she is an amazing person (most of the time) but as a girlfriend, as my girlfriend? No thanks, and i think this is me saying it... I am over her - Yesa i love her and always will but in love - its a no and im shocked to say this but - I am happy with that, Like really happy with that and this reading!

I am back to being me again!!!

Advice for the day (20160414)

Five of Wands - Disagreement, competition, strife, tension, conflict

Well this is the first draw of my new deck and already I have a good link with them.

Todays card is the Five of Wands and its a warning of conflict or a fight, I have already had some things happen today but knowing that a fight could come from any of them and avioding it has already made me happy...

I do have to ask about getting some money from someone that is stressing about funds right now so I am worried that this could be the warning but I guess we will see

New Decks

Last week MJ got a new deck, She had been looking for a new set for a little while and this being MJ she got on pretty quick, 

She show them to me over drinks the other night and I feel in love with them, They are an amazing set of cards and have such amazing images that I now really badly want to get myself the same set

LINK

This is the Steam-punk Tarot and can be found at Amazon.co.uk

It comes was an amazing book that I had a little flick through and As i already told you... I am buying it as soon as I get some money back into my accounts

Another set im looking at is This DC set also from Amazon

LINK

Fashioned in the look of DCs comics I think it will both help me with images as well as learning the DC universe as well as im more of a Marvel guy at heart

Morning spread

I woke up today feeling a little rough, little bit of anxiety today as I woke.

I talked with the cards and asked for guidance with a 3 card spread with the issue of the problem and the solution - I got...

Wheel of Fortune - Good luck, karma, life cycles, destiny, a turning point

Four of Cups - Meditation, contemplation, apathy, re-evaluation

Eight of Wands - Speed, action, air travel, movement, swift change

I think this is a very interesting spread for this morning, While I have the wheel that represents change and moving onto something new while I find that the 4 and 8 both seem to tell me that I am on a good path, The 4 of cups is about stability of my emotions abd the 8 is about being on the right path just need to keep working as i am to make it...

I think the uncertainty is just getting to me, I still need to be happy in my own skin and trudge on

Today I got an email from Brigit from BiddyTatot.com - seems intresting

The card drawn for this week is the Eight of Cups reversed.


You may have recently walked away from a disappointing situation that was no longer meeting your needs. However, there's still an emotional 'cord' that is holding you to this situation and causing you to doubt yourself about whether you've made the right decision to move on.


If you're feeling this emotional attachment, ask yourself whether it is serving you or holding you back. There may be some unresolved issues to work through before you can completely move forward with your life.

Will Vicky be happy to see me?

Simple question really.

And if I remember this card i think she will be. 

Four of Cups - Meditation, contemplation, apathy, re-evaluation

The 4s in Tarot then to mean stable things, the cups has a connection with emotion so I am taking this as a positive card for this question