Current Influences

Three of Wands

If you can manage to consistently bring your creativity and inventiveness to the table, then the Three of Wands brings good news. You are about to enter a time where your potential for productivity and accomplishment is very favourable. Keep your eyes open for new career opportunities and your mind open to new possibilities. The rewards these new opportunities bring, however, will take some time. You will need to be patient and stick around for the long haul. Also, look for new allies, as any new undertakings will be most successful if undertaken as partnerships.

Key interpretations:

  • Achievement
  • Fresh starts
  • Long-term success
  • Partnerships
  • Trade

In this position, the card reveals:

Be on the lookout for a new partnership. It will help you on your path towards wealth or fame.

Obstacles

Death

Death is indicative of change in your future. This change can be in almost any aspect of your life, but it will almost certainly be permanent, significant, and absolute. Death suggests a complete severance between the past and the future, and it could potentially be painful. Despite the sense of loss that may accompany it, Death fills an important and natural role in life, and leads eventually to acceptance. It is a necessary part of moving forward, and you will find the changes easiest if you embrace them, rather than fight them. Expect the end of a close friendship, a job, a marriage, or something else significant - but do not focus too greatly on the negative. Look for the silver lining, and opportunities to grow. This is not a card to be afraid of because it leads to new beginnings.

Key interpretations:

  • End
  • New beginning
  • Loss
  • Dramatic change
  • Destruction

In this position, the card reveals:

Expect a major event, and know it will come on you suddenly.

Past Foundations

Seven of Wands

You almost certainly have great reserves of courage, and the perseverance to see yourself through difficult times. You may not be aware you possess these qualities, but you will find yourself needing them soon. Expect conflicts, possibly small, but more likely significant. It is not certain where they will arise, but there is no doubt you possess the ability to overcome your adversaries.

Key interpretations:

  • Coping and Resistance
  • Courage
  • Long-term successes
  • Perseverance
  • Strength

In this position, the card reveals:

Your abilities have been honed through sustained effort and sacrifice.

Past Events

Knight of Pentacles

The Knight of Pentacles symbolizes the virtues of patience, honour, and dependability, and his presence in your spread may indicate you also possess these traits. An alternative traditional view is that he represents a young man, a dependable bearer of good news who will soon enter your life.

Key interpretations:

  • Ambitious
  • Dependable
  • Faithful
  • Honourable
  • Thorough

In this position, the card reveals:

The responsible attitude you have cultivated and your own perseverance will ensure your work is done well.

Goals and Destiny

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:

Your road is the less traveled. Your eventual success relies on your originality. Trust your inner compass and, even if you fail, you will do so with no regrets.

Future

Eight of Wands

Prepare yourself for an abrupt increase in the pace of your life. Things are about to get very busy. The good news is that any projects you begin will progress quickly, you will experience few delays, and the conclusion is likely to be successful. This card is also good news for relationships, although it raises the possibility of needing to travel for relationships. All things considered, this is a good card to find in your spread, as long as you are willing to buckle down and get to work.

Key interpretations:

  • Hasty actions
  • Journey and Travel
  • A Journey or Flight
  • Motion
  • End to a delay

In this position, the card reveals:

A new idea will require a quick decision from you. Be ready to make the right choice.

The Querant (you)

Four of Cups

Apathy is the most insidious of evil. If its influence remains unchecked you may lose yourself, and not even realize what you have lost. This card is a strong warning that you must break out of your current cycles. Seek out causes or people to care and fight for. Make new goals, and then seek out new paths to reach them. Now is the time to take risks, as the price of failure is far less than the cost of no longer seeking success.

Key interpretations:

  • Boredom
  • Disappointment
  • Dissatisfaction
  • Re-evaluation
  • Tedious

In this position, the card reveals:

You will find spiritual satisfaction from looking deeply and honestly at your relationships.

Friends and Family

The Fool

The Fool is a very powerful card in the Tarot deck, usually representing a new beginning -- and, consequently, an end to something in your old life. The Fool's position in your spread reveals which aspects of your life may be subject to change. The Fool signals important decisions ahead which may not be easy to make, and could involve an element of risk for you. Approach the changes with optimism and care to gain the most positive outcome.

Key interpretations:

  • Carefree
  • Foolish
  • Important decisions
  • New beginnings
  • Optimistic

In this position, the card reveals:

Change can be good or bad, and always involves risk. The changes you make now will have a lasting influence; examine your current life carefully, be certain the path you are on is taking you in the right direction.

Hopes, Fears, and Ideals

King of Swords

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:

  • A Mature, authoritative man
  • Assertive
  • Authority
  • Government / Legal
  • Leadership

In this position, the card reveals:

Excellent advice from a powerful masculine force will give your plans new impetus.

The Final Outcome

Ten of Cups

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:

  • Abundance
  • Achievement
  • Commitment
  • Family
  • Happiness

In this position, the card reveals:

You can find lasting domestic happiness, or you can gain prestige in public work. Balancing both will come at some considerable personal cost but may still be possible.