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A Tarot Sample Reading

Query:
Financial Outlook For Jerry S.

Selected Cards Using a Mini Cross Spread

Will my finances improve soon?

(I've done my own I Ching reading on this question but I'm still unsure--something niggles at the back of my mind. These are the tarot cards I drew myself to help me clarify what still remains unclear. My cards are all upright because I don't apply reversals to my readings. I hope that's not a problem.)

Present situation:
King of Pentacles

Past Influences:
2 of cups

Upcoming Influences:
King of Cups

Reason for asking question:
4 of cups

Potential at this time:
6 of swords

Though your own I Ching reading has already given you some very good ideas to ponder, those niggling questions you are left with may be overly captivating to the point that you may overlook the many gems you've already come up with yourself. I will present pretty much the same interpretive ideas that the I Ching as given you already in the form of hexagrams, by verbalizing them in my own way via the tarot cards. Perhaps my wording will allow you to see more precisely what the niggling is all about, so that you can set sail (6 of Swords) towards your vision rather than becoming more attached to what remains unclear (4 of Cups).

In your tarot spread, we see that you perceive your present circumstances through the lens of the King of Pentacles. Professionalism and status influence your outlook strongly. You yourself admit that though you have "no interest in gross materalism" you "Do like quality". Yet, what do we have when we reverse this King? we encounter the greed and ambition of his shadow. Shadows being what they are (unconscious) tend to be precisely the things that niggle at us from the sidelines.

So let me ask you this. What exactly is "quality" if not a desire for more than what is sufficient? What exactly is "gross" if not the magnification of that which is already sufficient? By defining things in this way to yourself, it is evident that you deem one acceptable, while the other is not. Yet, they are one and the same, and it is only your perception that is divided. As such, that which has been dis-connected from self and cast out of consciousness, seeks your attention - hence the niggling.

You must come to recognize that the pentacle king's underbelly is as influential, under the circumstances, as the progressive and skillful face he shows on the surface. His shadow is a major factor contributing to your present dissatisfaction (4 of Cups) and your reason for asking this question in the first place. Your feelings of discontent paints a clear emotional condition of a lack that simply cannot find fulfillment. But why not? Obviously, what was sufficient before is no longer enough. Evidently too, whether you are consciously aware of it or not, you are searching for security and peace-of-mind of a different order, and the old ways cannot provide what you presently seek.

Ultimately, quality has more to do with the aura and atmosphere it produces and less to do with material objects per se. Still, the judgements we make about value and quality in the objective world meet up with us whenever we seek quality in anything. Therefore, if you believe that some things are categorically too "gross" in the materialistic world to be accepted openly, then you will pass the same judgement on all things that may be over-the-top, mind-boggling and terrifically impressive by comparison. Compromised too, is the quality of relationship, especially if your desire is to experience that which is much, much more than what the average person experiences in one-on-one relationships.

As a past influence regarding this issue (2 of Cups), the balance of give and take identifies what has worked for you before. From its position, I suspect that it is no longer a viable option for you to draw from in the exactly the same way. You cannot get away with loving only one aspect of your desires (or people, for that matter) anymore because on the other side, the King of Cups is surfacing pertinent aspects of your hidden self and trying to bring them to your awareness. You will either perceive these as intrusive challenges or timely invitations to re-direct your attention to evolving other parts of yourself that have thus far remained unintegrate.

You are being challenged to find a new inner strength that will lead you towards the financial improvement solution you are seeking. This means coming to terms with past wounds that are at the bottom of your present standstill. Unable to process our pain when it occurs, we defensively disconnect from them until we are mature enough to deal with their emotional content. Until then, they continue to manifest but in a distorted manner as aloofness from others and unkindness directed at others. But the time comes when we are required to get in touch with our stuffed emotions and discover what unconsciously motivates us underneath it all. To openly confront those things that we have relegated to the sidelines, that niggle at us until we are brave enough to look closely at and cast our full awareness upon those things that we once felt were so threatening that our very lives depended on secreting them away.

As it is, your practical and conscientious approach (King of Pentacles) can only take you so far. Your inner world (King of Cups) must shift and find balance and connection (2 of Cups) with your grounded and materialistic outlook (King of Pentacles) on life. You must learn the art of 'Being' and become as familiar with IT as you've become with 'Doing'. One's reality is created from both 'being' and 'doing', not only from one alone. You must therefore actualize being in this world to the same extent that you are capable of doing in it. The balance between these two functioning states is at the bottom of how we create our own reality.

Release the tension that is the stumbling block that encourages you to continue believing that only through "doing" can we effect real change in our lives. This is simply an untruth that is keeping you from feeling secure and satisfied with your surroundings as they are and from becoming what they could be. Release the energy sustained by this belief and you will thereafter find that you can freely draw upon this newly liberated energy to improve the quality of your life experience in ways that will satisfy you.

So, will your finances improve soon?

Well, the potiental and possibilities for you, as reflected by the 6 of Swords, says that there is a strong possibility for resolution but you must first sort through stale ideas and unprofitable values that are hindering you from progressing. This entails becoming aware that finding new ways of bringing balance into your life is essential to achieving your goal. However you envision your hopes for yourself, you must aim at listening and then following your higher-self's guidance. This alone will move you peacefully to the banks of a new shore of self-realization and awareness. Otherwise, you will find yourself laboring against defeating thought patterns that produce rough waters ahead and leave you trapped in a rut or going in circles.

Demitra M.N.