Strength is the rawest form of power, and you possess it in some form. It is a very positive card if you are fighting illness or recovering from injury. As might be suspected, its influence over you, and the use you put it to, can trend towards light or dark. You likely trend towards facing your problems courageously, head-on, and conquering them through perseverance and will. However, with this ability to overcome life's obstacles, comes the responsibility to control yourself, and this card may be a warning to take command of your own actions or emotions before they damage you or the people you care about.
Key interpretations:
In this position, the card reveals:
You possess discipline and inner strength which is propped up by your integrity. Your honesty in dealings with others, and especially yourself, has positioned you at the beginning of a momentous time in your life. Rely on your self-knowledge and creative energy.
Counterpart to the Empress, the Emperor signifies a powerful influence, generally male in nature. This can also include concepts in your life historically considered masculine, such as leadership and authority, self-discipline, and stability through the power of action. Its positive influences suggest you may be on a path to advancement or promotion, but it can also be neutral. Often a companion to those destined to take on greater responsibility, it may indicate change or loss that necessitates you stepping forward to shoulder a greater burden than you have in the past. Whatever the driving force for the change, it indicates you may possess an uncommon inner strength that will compel you act and to lead.
Key interpretations:
In this position, the card reveals:
You may find yourself aided unexpectedly by someone in a position of authority, perhaps a businessman or an older professional with experience.
Your first instinct will most likely be to associate this card as representing love, but, much like love, it is not quite that simple. Not only does love come in many forms, but the Lovers may indicate important or difficult choices ahead in your life. This is bad, in that the choices it signals are generally mutually exclusive, paths to two very different futures, but also good, in that it confirms that at least one of those paths will take you to a good place. As such, if you happen to find it in your spread, you should consider it carefully, but not fear it. It tells a story of difficult choices, likely painful, but that the correct decision and a positive outcome are within your grasp.
Key interpretations:
In this position, the card reveals:
Your efforts to become more in tune with yourself will bring you greater success in relationships with others.
You can expect to attain a longterm goal if you find the Ten of Cups in your spread. This card has, like the rest of the Cups, many emotional undertones. It may signal the mending of bridges between friends or family members you were once close to, if there has been a rift. You may also find that it symbolizes your own inner emotional turmoil being resolved. In reference to marriage it is usually indicative of lasting emotional bonds.
Key interpretations:
In this position, the card reveals:
You have been living with your passionate conviction, and that confidence will set you moving forward.
This card speaks strongly to your inner self. It is trying to tell you something about your unconscious or the realms of your imagination. Your hopes, dreams, and unrealized aspirations are all fair game to the Seven of Cups. It speaks of a deep confusion, or a lack of understanding of your true motivations by your conscious mind. It is time to look carefully at your own motivations and reexamine your goals, but it is also a risky time to act upon your conclusions.
Key interpretations:
In this position, the card reveals:
You have a chance for two successes. The first will come for certain, but if you rest on your laurels you will lose a chance for a second, greater, success.
The King of Swords represents the professional aspects of authority. Often associated with those in legal or business careers, he most likely represents someone who will aid you in one of these fields. This person may be assertive, or even seek to dominate you in their confidence that they know how best to aid you. While they may be friendly, their primary motivation is unlikely to be emotional.
Key interpretations:
In this position, the card reveals:
You will find a destructive opposition arrayed against you. Cunning intellect will be your best weapon; look for opportunities to turn your foes against each other.
Something in your life is not what it seems. Perhaps a misunderstanding on your part, or a truth you cannot admit to yourself. It may also indicate something important being kept from you by another. This may be a source of worry or depression in your life, and the Moon is a strong indicator that you must rely on your intuition to see through the deceit.
Key interpretations:
In this position, the card reveals:
Do not let your vivid imagination obscure your clarity of purpose.
The World is an indicator of a major and inexorable change, of tectonic breadth. This change represents a chance for you to bring about a desirable end to the Old and a good beginning to the New. It is indicative of growing maturity, a sense of inner balance and deeper understanding. It suggests that you may be approaching a more final sense of identity, and the security in the self that comes with age. It also represents the falling away of boundaries, sometimes in the effusive sense of the spiritual, but sometimes in a purely physical sense, indicating travels or journeys in the future.
Key interpretations:
In this position, the card reveals:
You must accept the ideas of others as equally valid to your own.
Symbolic of life's cycles, the Wheel of Fortune speaks to good beginnings. Most likely, you will find the events foretold to be positive, but, being aspects of luck, they may also be beyond your control and influence. Tend to the things you can control with care, and learn not to agonize over the ones you cannot.
Key interpretations:
In this position, the card reveals:
You should prepare yourself for an abrupt change.
The Ace of Swords is, like all of the Aces, the purest embodiment of its suit. In relation to your personality or your actions it implies a strong element of focus, determination, and an intellectual capacity. It may suggest change through conflicting forces, possibly internal.
Key interpretations:
In this position, the card reveals:
The odds seem overwhelming, but you will succeed in spite of them.
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