trying to respond to astral phoenix

topic posted Thu, August 31, 2006 - 10:52 PM by  zach
but apparently unable to post directly to the thread

You were asking about a celtic cross spread, no significator, no specific question. Here is my take on it.

1. 8 of rods, a sense of everything happening at once
2. Ace of Swords, rationality in its elemental form
3. 6 of pentacles, the question of having or not having
4. the Tower, a very significant disruption
5. queen of cups, a person who is in touch with her proclivities
6. 7 of swords, acting with disregard for others
7. page of swords, an impulse of rationality (cf. ace swords, pos. 2)
8. High Priestess, that part of you that apprehends things intuitively
9. 3 of cups, taking joy in a sense of connectedness to another
10. Ace of cups, proclivity in its elemental form

aces paired (both upright? are there any reverals here at all?) connect to (2) high priestess, also (1) magician
three cups, queen high, add to (4) empress
two swords, page high
convergence on the idea of seven and multiples -- 8 plus 6, 7 times 3 -- suggesting (7) chariot, (14) temperance, (21) world

This is how I would read this for myself, and maybe it works for you.

Cards one through six.

The idea that I can reason my way through a seeming onslaught of tasks or projects. A sense of necessity relating to paying the rent and buying the groceries. A recent disruption in this regard. Knowing what you want, in the sense that it actually means something to you. Seven swords is a card only you can tell me about.

Cards seven through ten.

An emergent idea about how this all works. An intuitive grasp of things (again, the aces -- rationality and proclivity -- converging in (2) priestess). Three cups speaks for itself. Ace cups referring back to the queen.

To be more specific would be to imagine details that I cannot know.

zb
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zach
Portland

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