Current Influences

Queen of Wands

The Queen of Wands is associated with an outgoing and friendly personality, indicating you are extroverted but self-contained. An independent streak may contrast with your strong attachment to your close friends and family. Depending on its position in your spread, this card may also refer to someone close to you who you can rely on.

Key interpretations:

  • Career-oriented
  • Hard worker
  • Honest
  • Independent and home-loving
  • Thoughtful

In this position, the card reveals:

Expect a feminine influence to advise you, likely on matters of the home, career, or finances. Expect a generous spirit given towards tolerance, easy to form a friendship with.

Obstacles

Ace of Wands

Drawing the Ace of Wands strongly suggests a new business enterprise being undertaken, traditionally, although some also interpret it to indicate childbirth. It speaks more strongly to the characteristics you will need to succeed in these new conditions. You will need to harness your potential for innovation, enthusiasm, and ambition to bring about a successful outcome.

Key interpretations:

  • Birth
  • Commencement
  • Creativity
  • Inventiveness
  • New Beginnings

In this position, the card reveals:

A new enterprise, or a whole new phase in your life, lies ahead.

Past Foundations

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:

Your efforts to become more in tune with yourself will bring you greater success in relationships with others.

Past Events

Knight of Swords

If you or someone close to you is represented by the Knight of Swords, beware. It is symbolic of a forceful personality, one which combines zealous dedication to success with razor-sharp intellect. However, whether in the form of a companion or your own inner nature, these same attributes can give rise to a formidable enemy. When it refers instead to your circumstances, the Knight suggests you are headed for turbulent times, which can be most successfully faced with decisive action on your part.

Key interpretations:

  • Conflict
  • Destruction
  • Domineering
  • Loss
  • Unexpected

In this position, the card reveals:

Plan, but do not discuss, your future objectives. Be content to continue on as you have been.

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

Five of Wands

The Five of Wands is never a welcome card, as long tradition suggests you will be in line for struggle and aggravation. Pay close attention to the surrounding cards to discover clues about which areas of your life will be subject to these conflicts. Expect them to be rooted in competition, and console yourself that a positive solution is not outside your reach. Just be prepared for the possibility that the victory will come at a personal cost.

Key interpretations:

  • Anxiety
  • Conflict
  • Disagreement
  • Strife
  • Struggle

In this position, the card reveals:

A new opening in your business or creative field will soon be available. What you do with it is your choice, but be on the lookout regardless.

The Querant (you)

Strength

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:

  • Energy
  • Facing problems
  • Strengh
  • Vitality
  • Willpower

In this position, the card reveals:

You may be too impartial and willing to let others steal your glory. Do not surrender to ego, but stop letting others take credit for your good work.

Friends and Family

The Moon

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:

  • Be careful
  • Caution
  • Confusion
  • Delusion
  • Risk

In this position, the card reveals:

Rely on the lessons you have learned through past action.

Hopes, Fears, and Ideals

King of Pentacles

The King of Pentacles embodies the mature and dependable aspects of maturity. Anyone represented by this card is tied to success and status. While it may refer to your own characteristics, the Kings most often stand in for other people in your life who can aid you. You can expect this person to value prudence of intelligence, and, if it represents an event, it may be a financial windfall or promotion.

Key interpretations:

  • Confident
  • Reliable
  • Security
  • Success
  • Wealth

In this position, the card reveals:

Your material success will bolster your confidence.

The Final Outcome

The Chariot

You have some hard work ahead of you. It may be resolved quickly, but the Chariot is a powerful card, and the labor you are undertaking will probably trend towards the long and difficult. You will quite possibly experience rough roads, long uphill slopes, dead ends, and painful setbacks. A good outcome is only assured if the card is upright, but do not let yourself lose hope: This hard road will instil in you a strength of purpose, the ability to succeed through organization and endurance, and the confidence possessed only by those who have done what they thought they could not. Harnessed correctly, few forces can stand against an individual like that.

Key interpretations:

  • Journey
  • Progression
  • Strong character
  • Success from effort
  • Transportation and movement

In this position, the card reveals:

Honour, recognition, and the chance for wide and comfortable travel are all possible outcomes for you.