Hello~ I really admire your reading style, and I would like to request a reading about the evolution of my spiritual practices. Recently I've been experimenting with some different ideas. It's all very interesting, but sometimes I wonder if I'm headed in the right direction. Some outside input would be helpful. :) If you'd like, I can do a reading for you in return. Anything at all! My name is Natasha, my sun sign is Taurus, and if it helps my moon sign is Gemini. Thanks!
Baha! I'm a Taurus too! Moon is Cancer, though. Honored to get to read for you, I enjoy reading your blog very much. I would love a reading, when you have the time. My question is "when should I move?" But, anyway, lets get on with yours ^_^.
Gonna do the good old celtic cross. Your significator is the Page of Swords, crossed by the 5 of Wands. Your crown is the 8 of Wands, and beneath you is the 5 of Cups. Behind you is the 8 of pentacles, before you the 6 of Cups. The self as the Queen of Cups in the house of the 2 of Swords. Hopes / fears as the 7 of Swords. Resolved by the Knight of Swords.
Haha, couldn't have framed the situation you detailed better myself. The Page of Swords (in my deck) is the mind, is all about new ideas and studying them. The 5 of wands shows a number of new ideas you might have about how you'd like to evolve your spiritual practice. It also kinda infers that no one path is quite standing out to you right now, as they are all new and you are not yet sure of how you feel about them. If I may add my own little bite of advice, spiritual practice is much more about the heart and feelings (intuition) than some pre-prescribed ritual (reason). Just my thought, a feeling I got from those first two cards.
The 5 of Cups beneath you demonstrates hesitation. You are obiously attached to your practices now, and perhaps you worry that changing them will somehow taint them (an idea I think is echoed by the 7 of Swords later in the reading, but I'll try not to skip around. I just don't want to forget the pairs I'm seeing here). Note also that there is a pair of 5s. 5s are the obstacles to their suits (which return with the 7s, though 7s would imply that you know better how to confront these challenges). 5s are new, uncharted territories.
The crown though, something of your weapon against the fear beneath you, is the 8 of wands. Readiness- you are prepared for change. You have learned very much about these practices which make you happy, and you want to take them in your own direction. You do not want to stop, as though you know it all.
Behind you, the 8 of pentacles echoes the 8 of Wands. The 8s are ruled by THE VIII, Strength. The 8 is all ABOUT perfecting your craft and as it is in the past I think you HAVE perfected this stage- at the very least the basic understanding. You have mastered what IS known about these practices. The 6 of Cups ahead shows that now you must take it in your own direction, you must make it more personal- you must make it YOU. And, as it sits in the future it confirms that you will!
The Queen of Cups in the house of the 2 of swords. Sorry, lets consider them separately. The Queen of Cups tells us to trust our intuition and go with our feelings about things. If something feels wrong, you will feel it in whatever way your intuition speaks to you. When I have done wrong I feel it in my stomach, when I have done right I feel clear, joy, etc. I'm not sure it's the same for everyone, but trust these feelings. The 2 of swords is afraid to make a move, just like the 5 of cups. 2s are about decisions and ruled by the High Priestess, just as a side note (you probably know these things already, I mostly provide the information for people less familiar who are reading along at home). It shows fear to make a decision, fear that comes from fear of the 7 of swords. Fear of desecrating these sacred practicies you hold so dear to heart. Fear that you might do this selfishly, fear that you will bring shame to your craft. The queen of Water reaches out and feels, and the things she touches sing back to her in the High Priestess Silent Voice (though she is more rightly ruled by the Empress, her strong intuition and watery heart resound powerfully with II).
The Knight of Swords at the end of our staff, however, wants you to know that there is nothing wrong with coming at this from the perspective of the mind, but the swords seek marriage with cups in this endeavor. The mind is an important tool for explaining and understanding things both to our Selves and to others. While the sword can represent too much thinking, negative thoughts, anxiety, etc, at its rawest, most beautiful potential it is a tool for slicing through confusion, brushing aside clouds to discover clarity.
When you approach these new ideas, feel them with the Heart of the Watery Empress. What appeals to you? Explore it, feel it with your heart. If it feels right, enjoy that and then consider why. If it feels wrong, avoid it and understand what about it is at fault.
You are coming into a very personal relationship with your spiritual side. There are guides in magic, in zen, in tarot, in everything, but now that you have learned what is there, it is time to forge and create what is NOT there for yourself.
So i think you definitely ARE headed in the right direction, but remember not every step is perfect and sometimes we make wrong turns- but wrong turns are adventures in themselves and offer unexpected lessons.
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