Tarot Reading: The Iran War
As requested I have performed a reading for the Iran war. The date of this reading is 5th March 2026 and I hope that what I have predicted does not come to pass. Apologies for the poor photo, the original is better but Tumblr said it was too big a file. I used ChatGPT to convert it and it made it blurry and faded!
The way that I read this 'spread' is that the first card of each line is the ruling card of the line, the following cards are permutations of that core idea or fleshing out of how these forces play out. The final card is what I see the overall outcome being. My question was what effects will the Iran war have on the wider world.
In the first row we have the tower card as ruler. This indicates destruction, fire, war. In particular with the two of swords, empress, and prince of disks we can infer that this row indicates a destruction of relative peace, of diplomacy, of any hope of countries working together. With the Empress card we see a destruction of any hope of nurturing peace, and most importantly stability. She is alchemical salt and the tower is fire, there is going to be a reaction to this war. The prince of disks indicates stability also and in my opinion communication and friendship across nations. This war is going to have diplomatic, financial, and trade implications across nations. As well as destruction of land too.
The 10 of swords rules the next row and indicates oppression. This whole situation is very nuanced and multifaceted. One can argue that the Iranian regime is oppressive to its people, but some Iranians are very patriotic to their government. One can also say that bombing a country overnight and killing innocent civilians over supposed nuclear weapons is also a form of oppression. This reminds me very much so of the Iraq war, and we all saw how that turned out. I see this as Israel and the US being forces that will oppress Iran and perhaps even the wider Middle East and that their resistance is futile. They are going to give them all they have got. The Magus in this row suggests to me that lies are being told. There is deceit at play and it is in the words that are being fed to the public. The Magus is Mercury and Thoth. The God of writing, magic, and trickery. I believe that the world is being told a fraction of the truth but in a way that also fuels the propaganda machine. To think that any country is free from propaganda is ridiculous. But in this case, I just feel that the reason this war started is not the reason we have been told and as such we are being oppressed by lies in this sense.
The final card is the emperor. This card indicates dominion and seeking to control. Israel may have come to the US, but I feel the emperor shows exactly what Trump hopes to gain from this war. Control, power, and wealth. It could signify war in general. These cards and the question applied could refer to other countries getting involved shortly. I am very hasty to use the phrase WW3, but I do feel like this whole situation is a catalyst for wider destruction and that it will be a stain on human history.
So is WW3 happening? I don't know, but what I do know is that we are all going to feel effects from this war, other countries are going to get involved in some capacity, and we are being lied to in some way. I don't think WW3 will look like the other two world wars and so perhaps that term is loaded with ideas that are incorrect. I prefer to say that this war is not going to lead to anything good, it will lead to instability on multiple levels, and we are all going to see effects from this war globally.
There is going to be a lot of innocent deaths, people who do not represent their government nor their regime and service people who think they are doing the right thing and defending their country and people. It is a complicated situation and I truly wish there could be more peace in the world.
