Archive for May 5, 2008

Cards combination for travel

Traveling is a Topic I love to read about at the moment. People usually ask questions about relationships, work, moving house, money of course … And I’ll post comments and case analysis on these topics as well.
But as I love to travel, I’ll start with cards that shows the possibilities for travelling. :D

Cards and Travel

In the major trumps :the chariot, the fool, the temperance, judgment, sometimes the wheel of fortune and the world
In the minor cards : 8 of wands, the 6 of swords, 8 of cups,
In the court cards : Knight of wands, Page of swords

Delays in travelling : the chariot reversed, ace of wands reversed, the hermit

Standing still : the hanged man, the 4 of swords, the knight of pentacles reversed, the 8 fof wands reversed

Comments
Travelling by road : the chariot associated with the 8 or the 3 of wands.The car is sometimes seen in a layout through the combination Chariot + Wheel of fortune; a motocycle is the Wheel of fortune + Judgment.
Judgment means fast, thus wheel + judgment = a fast wheel ; the chariot associated with the judgment would be a fast (sport) car; chariot + Wheel + judgment as well.
Travelling by air : the page of swords, the eight of wands, ( I see the world and the fool as meaning “far away”).
Temperance is the holiday card, associated with the sun : well, summer holiday of course :)

The 6 of swords is tricky and should be analysed with the cards around : it’s not exactly a card that means travel but more a travel away from difficulty, gradual change, a movement. Long journeys and passage from pain are also shown here.An initiatic quest maybe ?
Whenever I see the 4 of swords, I see a period of rest and restauration of energies.
The knight of pentacles reversed means stagnation.
Standing still may also be represented by the 6 of swords reversed : things may remain as they are
The ace of wands reversed means a false start, no the travel may be postponed; the world reversed also means a desire that will be delayed.
On a side note, the 8 of swords might also mean being paralysed and not being able to move away at the present time. The 8 of wands upright is the “all system go” card, I translate it as “stop” whenever it is reversed.

I guess posting some case analysis here around the topic might be the one thing to do. Cheers !
I’ll upload the pictures later on, I don’t know why but every time I go in the “add media” little dialog box, it adds the pictures in the media gallery but not on the page … and it take quite some time to copy/paste the permalink every time !

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The action and consequences layout

5 card layout

This layout made out with 5 cards is yet another spread I use every now and then along the 7 card layout. It’s useful whenever you wish to know what has cause the current situation and how you can effect a particular outcome.

  1. Causes
  2. Present
  3. Outcome
  4. Action
  5. New outcome

This is a layout I find very interesting because it shows a situation as a result from some actions and it also gives an alternative so that you may get in charge and decide the course of action.

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The 7 card layout

Horseshoe Spread
This is a common layout technique, I’ve been using it for years now and I do think it’s quite effective. You get a very detailled view of the question including the past, and the consequences and possibilities ahead.
Basically, you shuffle the whole deck, reversing the cards occasionnally. You may cut the deck if you feel the need and then slide the cards into a line. Select 7 cards while concentrating on your question. Place the cards on the table in the order they are selected.
The interpretation of the cards is according to their positions :

  1. The past : can sometimes be up to 24 months ago.
  2. The present : 4 weeks either side of the day you do the reading
  3. The future : Usually up to 3 months in the future.
  4. The Answer : you read this card last, despite being the 4th card, as it is the answer to the question.
  5. The Surrounding energies : people or circumstances surrounding your client or related to the question at present
  6. The attitude : the hope and fears (surrounding the questions)
  7. The outcome : the outcome of the present situation up to 24 months from now is shown here.

I tend to read the fourth and seventh card together as they are strongly related.

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