Current Influences

Justice

Justice is a very good card to find in your spread if you have acted with kindness and fairness towards others and especially if you have been a victim. It is a significant indicator of a positive resolution, although how and what sort will depend on your own experiences. If you have been unfair, abusive, or otherwise shady and immoral in your dealings, be careful. For the unjust, this card is, at best, a dire warning to change your ways before retribution falls upon you, and, at worst, a simple statement that it is already too late. In neutral cases, it may simply be telling you to seek out balance in your life.

Key interpretations:

  • Balance
  • Equality
  • Fairness
  • Justice
  • Law and legal matters

In this position, the card reveals:

Some decision in your life must be weighed carefully. The burden falls on your shoulders to decide what is right.

Obstacles

Ace of Pentacles

Aces always represent a new beginning in some form, and the Ace of Pentacles suggests a strong positive one for you. Your life is about to enter a very productive period, or at least a period which will see your work rewarded in good measure to the level of work you are willing to perform. This period will also see most of your relationships on stable ground, and, despite the hard work you may be doing, you will be very content with your situation.

Key interpretations:

  • Emotional stability
  • Financial gain
  • Luck
  • Recognition
  • Success

In this position, the card reveals:

You are developing a firm foundation for your future security.

Past Foundations

Eight of Cups

The Eight of Cups suggests that there is stability and security in your life, but at a personal cost. You are probably unfulfilled by your current life. Depending on the rest of your spread, it may be a strong push for you to move on, and find the courage to strike out in a new direction. You will have to look closely at your work, your relationship, and your own beliefs to identify the source of your dissatisfaction, and then decide if you are willing to set aside some of your life's stability in order to find happiness.

Key interpretations:

  • Abandonment
  • Avoiding
  • Changes in lifestyle
  • Leaving / Going
  • Personal development

In this position, the card reveals:

You have the ability to earn money through hard work, and you will need it.

Past Events

Ace of Cups

The Ace of Cups signifies the beginning period of strong emotional health for you. Expect copious joy, happiness, and love to surround you during this time. Existing personal relationships may strengthen, meaningful new ones are likely to form. If marriage is in your future, you are likely to lay the foundations for it during this time.

Key interpretations:

  • Abundance
  • Creativity
  • Intense relationship
  • Satisfaction
  • Success

In this position, the card reveals:

Your have recently begun to experience more productivity, and it is somehow bound up in an outpouring of love.

Goals and Destiny

Two of Swords

Like crossed blades, the Two of Swords represents a balance of forces. Not necessarily an absence of struggle, but an equal distribution of force in opposition. It may indicate you are in a position to mediate a conflict, or it may instead suggest you are caught in the middle of a dilemma with no clear outcome. The resolution of this state will likely bring peace for you.

Key interpretations:

  • Balance
  • Conflict resolution
  • Decisions
  • Peace of mind
  • Prejudice

In this position, the card reveals:

Strife and dissent will plague you, but with wisdom and determination you can maintain equilibrium and grace under pressure.

Future

Nine of Cups

This card is a very powerful positive indicator for you! It represents a lasting or powerful contentment in your life. While nothing is permanent, somewhere along your life's path you can expect to be truly happy. It is heavily tied to creative endeavour and good wishes for the future.

Key interpretations:

  • Complete
  • Fulfilled
  • Generous
  • Pleasure
  • Satisfaction

In this position, the card reveals:

Your goal is but a little farther down the road. Stay true to your desires.

The Querant (you)

Judgement

Judgment tells a story of transition, but unlike Death or the Tower, it is not sudden change, or born of luck or intuition, but change that springs from reason. It signifies plans, often long in the making, coming to fruition. If it points towards the future, it may also speak towards the nature of the change; if there is a choice that needs to be made, think deeply and let your mind guide the decision. Logic, in this case, is a better guide than intuition. Be prepared to make a major decision in your life, likely one that will shape the next chapter of your life.

Key interpretations:

  • Change
  • Decisions
  • Success
  • Transformation
  • Upheaval

In this position, the card reveals:

You cannot begin to heal until you understand your past failures.

Friends and Family

Two of Wands

The Two of Wands suggests the formation of partnerships in your immediate future, or the success of already existing joint ventures. You will likely find yourself in a position to reap the rewards of these partnerships, in the form of financial gain or promotion. The rewards indicated are due to you, so this is better news for those in equitable partnerships than those who seek to profit at the expense of others. The presence of this card may also point to underlying insecurity or worry on your part. These feelings may be justified or not, based on the rest of the spread.

Key interpretations:

  • Achievement
  • Anxiety
  • Gain
  • Goals
  • Partnership

In this position, the card reveals:

Fulfillment will be attainable for you, if you summon the strength of will to realize your ambitions.

Hopes, Fears, and Ideals

Nine of Swords

One of the more negative card to discover in your spread, the Nine of Swords foretells or describes a powerful mental anguish. The source of this anguish may well be within you, arising from you being too quick to cast a negative light on your actions or abilities. It may also arise from paranoia. Despite often being unfounded, your pain can take the form of sleeplessness, of fear, depression, loneliness and isolation. Beware pushing away those who are seeking to help you, and find the courage to reach out for help. Even if these feelings are based in reality, it may be difficult for you to clearly find a solution in your current state. Carefully consider the other cards in your spread, look for cards associated with potential sources of aid and counsel.

Key interpretations:

  • Accidents
  • Paranoia
  • Depression
  • Grief
  • Mental anguish

In this position, the card reveals:

You will need to make a difficult choice. Though the choice is yours, sacrifice is unavoidable.

The Final Outcome

The Lovers

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:

  • Attachment or combination
  • Conflicting choices
  • Partners
  • Relationships
  • Union

In this position, the card reveals:

You will eventually make the right choice, if you have embraced your true self and learned to accept others for who they are.