Love life reading for NM

Dear NM - This reading is done with osho zen deck. Feel free to ask for clarification or other questions.


Past experience in love
Conditioning (beyond illusion)

Your past experience was one of being bound and trying to be someone you were not. That situation wasn't right for you and you weren't willing to change to suit the situation. You may have felt more comfortable and accepted in the past but that didn't reflect what you need out of your love life.

Current experience
Abundance - The Creator

It seems like you have already picked yourself up and put plans in place for starting something new. You are enjoying yourself by going out and participating in a lot of things as well. You seem to be surrounded by people but a lot of them are probably men and there is no real feminine energy around you at the moment.


Future
silence (transformation)

your future love life shows that you will come to terms with yourself rather than with previous experiences. You will finally be able to internalise the changes that you have come through and there will be great hope for the future. A big change will come along and there could be someone that brings up these feelings in you or you could sense yourself as ready to find a relationship that has real meaning for you. There will be a real shift of what you look for in the next person.

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Horoscope Spread

This horoscope spread is for me and so I don't go into as much detail as I would were I to do a reading for a customer.

28th of October, 2007

Card 1 - First House: Physical body, Self, sense of identity, personal needs, appearance, health, vitality, the start of an enterprise, mother's father, father's mother.

5 of Swords - 5 of Swords

I am recovering from a cold that occurred about three weeks ago and am still feeling a lack of energy. I think that more than the physical there is a mental negativity that I have embraced this month where I compare myself to others around me and don't feel like I am gaining as much as they are. I come off worse in all comparisons especially since a co-worker who I constantly help out is earning more than me and this to me feels unfair. My self-hate is getting the better of me this month and I think it shows. I have only managed to meditate once and that was yesterday. I have to drop this comparison because it is draining away all my positive energy. I have also started working full-time again after a couple of years of study and I keep feeling that I am not earning enough to be doing all this work (Even though I was earning less for the last two years) and that I now have no time and that this is the end to my freedom. I feel restricted! and pressured and taken advantage of which are all ways for my self-hate to kick in and tell me that I'm not good enough and that there's something wrong. The rational part of me knows that there's nothing wrong so I have to focus on this knowledge and take care of me.

Card 2 - Second House: Money, income, finances, wealth, values, possessions, movable goods, resources.

3 of Pentacles (id)- 3 of Swords (id)

The knowledge that I'm not making as much as one of my teammates has been painful and made me feel bad. Also the fact that I'm not earning enough, even though I am full-time, to cover all expenses is making me quite upset and it is distressing.

Card 3 - Third House: Siblings, neighbors, close kin, local travel, short trips, conscious mind, writing, early education, communications, letters, phone calls, examinations, local environments

6 of Swords - 3 of Pentacles

My sister recently visited me and now she has found a job where she has to travel for a couple of hours each way. I can see how these cards definitely relate to her.

Card 4 - Fourth House: Father, elders, home, family, real estate, land, roots, foundations, internal needs, emotional security, the grave.

Knight of swords (world) - 2 of swords

My dad is travelling again (to China). My parents want to visit me but I am not looking forward to their arguing and I have a lot of work taking up my weekends so I'm not sure when I'll be able to do it. I keep postponing the trips and I have to get my passport sorted out as well. This is causing me some stress and i'm not finding any solutions.

Card 5 - Fifth House: Children, speculation, risks, hobbies, gambling, games, self-expression, romance, affections, pleasures, creative endeavors, fun, vacations, love affairs.

5 of Pentacles - 5 of Cups

I am starting to feel a bit miserable about my lack of romance but I think this is more of a mental problem than a realistic one. Neither me or my housemate have a significant other at the moment and we tell ourselves it would be better to find someone than be single but at the same time we can't afford to go out as much! So it could be a lack of finance in ruining our romance.

Card 6 - Sixth House: Illness, work, duty, daily routine, pets, perfection, tedium, drudgery, service, employees, father's siblings

Judgement - Lovers

I have been ill this month and I think that this is still affecting me. Work has a lot to do with it and I also have my studying to do which is draining in the thought alone. I'm full time now after a year of being on placement and then on temporary contract. This is it really and it has me in the 'lovers' position of wondering whether it's all worth it. I have to keep reminding myself that I actually love what I do and and I love the place I work.

Card 7 - Seventh House: Spouse, mate, partners, marriage, committed relationships, contracts, lawsuits, open enemies, opponents, personal consultants, those on equal footing with us, father's father, mother's mother

8 of Wands - King of Pentacles (High Priestess) - Knight of Wands (2 of Wands) - Queen of Wands (Star)

Changes in my partnerships - fast moving changes and socialising. Not sure who this can be - my housemate is pretty much my family and he does have a project which he is working on. I do give him a lot of hope and support in this and I do believe that it will present itself as a great project in potential. I think that his new venture could be what this house is picking up.

Card 8 - Eighth House: Sex, death, taxes, other people's money, loans, legacies, goods of the dead, other's resources, insurance, partner's money, research, personal transformation, deep understanding, occult interests

Devil - 7 of Pentacles

My debts are getting to be a problem and they feel like such a burden. I am now giving serious thought as to how to deal with them because one of them has a ridiculously high interest rate.

Card 9 - Ninth House: Long distance travel, religion, the law, higher education, philosophy, higher mind, foreign interests, broadcasting, publication, forecasting, spouse's siblings

9 of Pentacles - 7 of Cups

I am now working on my writing - lit review in particular. I feel quite confident in the way I am progressing although I haven't worked as much recently as I could have. I am also very excited about the future and am trying to find funding for some more post graduate work. I think I could definitely do it but I just have to get through this degree first.

Card 10 - Tenth House: Mother, career, profession, ambition, superiors, governors, success, public standing, reputation, status, society, discipline, structure, destiny

7 of Pentacles - Hierophant

I have finally joined the company as a permanent member of stuff and there has been some lack of motivation on my behalf. Maybe I feel dwarfed by the hierarchy and the management? I do feel like a professional however and I have my own business cards and everything.

Card 11 - Eleventh House: Friends, groups, clubs, social activities, societies, advice, detachment, hopes and wishes, humanitarian concerns

Ace of Wands - 2 of Cups

A lack of energy and motivation means that I have been sticking very close to home recently and that it has been me and the housemate more times than not. Doesn't make for much socialising.

Card 12 - Twelfth House: Solitude, confinement, hospitalization, retreat, sacrifice, hidden matters, secret liasons, psychological problems, undoing, secrets, meditation, the unconscious, the subconcious mind, mother's siblings

Queen of Cups (Ace of Cups) - Wheel of Fortune

I think this relates to romance in my life and the secret hope that someone I have been thinking of will make the necessary moves to approach me. Wishful thinking, or lazy? either way it is still a thought that I keep hidden.

Overall: King of Pentacles (4 of Pentacles) - Death

Financially I am making a big effort to budget and to record all expenditures so as not to get into more debt. I think that this is a time where things are changing and there's a lot less freedom in how I lead my days. This is getting to me and I have to accept it, mourn and move on.

Latest Catch Up on Tana Hoy's website

Am feeling poorly and need my hit of celebrity gossip and predictions so am off to browse around the Tana Hoy site.

I am watching the video and Tana is talking to 4 young adults and telling them lots of stuff. He just told a girl that she was carrying a torch for someone but that he was not for her. That she found him a bit dry and boring and that she would meet the right guy with the name of 'Mark' or 'Michael' around March 15! He told a guy that he should take care of his knee and he had hurt it when we was young. He told another guy with intimacy issues that he should be more open and that he had just met someone and if he was more open with them then this relationship would be very good for him.

I want predictions too!!! :)

The video plays right off the home page so very easy to see - i love psychics.

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The situation that Katie faced

10 of pentacles - 10 of wands - Empress
Ace of cups


The cards add up to 23 which breaks down to 5 - the hierophant. This situation has to do with traditional positions and the way things should be. Perhaps roles within the house. I think perhaps that he is too tired to do any work around the house and is content to let her do everything. Pleasing himself and not thinking of her needs. There is a contentment and passivity here. It's the end of the road in terms of family and in terms of energy being put in. Someone is letting go of all other aspirations to achieve and do and is seeking only to make themselves happy.

When Will Matt Next Be in a Relationship?

5 of cups - next time you are alone
hierophant - taurus?

I would say when the moon is in Taurus next. The moon is now in Gemini so before the end of the month?

More Tana - still quite good

Oh and I especially love Tana Hoy for the following prediction:

2008 will be the year of defeat for the Republican Party. Many Americans will come forward claiming that they usually vote Republican but because of their disillusionment with President Bush they decided to vote Democratic. After the win of the Democratic Party, America will experience large strides, especially in the areas of international relations and affairs.

I would love to see this one come true and I have lots of faith that it will.

A reading is about $250 dollars which is a fraction of what Sylvia Browne charges. Sylvia and her son charge over $500 dollars (when I checked - I think - don't quote me but I know that it's a huge amount!) and if you're paying with UK pounds then it's half the 250 ! Bargain people, after all it worked for Will & Grace.

oh and the prediction on Britney:

When we interviewed Tana we asked him what we could expect to see next with the couple. Focusing mostly on Britney, he told us “We are going to see some very bizarre behavior from the pop star. Partying will take over her life for a while and then she will go as far as to admit herself into a treatment center.”

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Romance Reading for Matt

10 of cups - 7 of pentacles - ace of swords (id)
9 of swords

harmony achieved at the moment and you're quite content to simply reevaluate the past and see what has worked for you before. You don't go far enough to find new ideas but there's nothing wrong with realising that you are not yet ready to move on. You are leaving a situation of great stress about your love life and realising that there is now nothing you can do. There's no motivation or external stimulus to force you to move on or to make decisions about your situation.

Allow the confusion to settle and this too will pass.

Tana Hoy and gossip and being psychic!

I came across Tana Hoy's website and it is great! I spend a fair amount of time trying to find tarot reading sites with actual people behind them and not just automated services. Also the same goes for psychic sites. I love this site specifically because it sets out to entertain me and after reading my emails and sifting through facebook i get bored quite quickly!

If you don't want a reading with Tana then there's lots more to do on the site. There's the blog area and the celebrity predictions.

I for one am amazed that Nicole Ritchie even managed to get pregnant because she is so skinny but see what Tana has to say:

Nicole Ritchie and Joel Madden


The relationship between Nicole Ritchie and Joel Madden was doomed from the start. Nicole and Joel will end up getting married and “seemingly” start a family together after her baby is born. Nicole will come out of jail claiming it changed her life and gave her a new perspective on her life. She will even go as far to claim that she is starting to get involved in religion due to the positive influences of Joel. But within a short period of time after her baby is born, we are going to start seeing photos of a very skinny Nicole again.

oh and Angelina:

Angelina Jolie

Sadly to say, we are going to see Angelina's weight go from average to skinny to skinnier and back to average again. Angelina has been on the Nicole Ritchie diet but she will never publicly admit this. Her public image is everything to her and therefore, she will never admit to her eating disorder. My guides tell me that ahe will not make her eating disorder a public issue and she will try to deal with it privately on her own. My guides tell me that in her mind, for her to admit failure means to her that she is an unstable mom.
And her "mother image" is what is most dear to her heart.

There's more on the site!

Direct or indirect payment?

A little information for those that are interested.

I recently added a ppp direct little (well not so little) graphic on my site and it allows advertisers a way to get a post bought directly. PPP is a way of getting blogging sites some extra money. PPP direct is a direct way of doing this - they provide the middle 'man' to the extent that your money is guaranteed and they manage things. The opportunities are added to your personal page on the ppp website so it's all official. My cost is $5 a post (how cheap!) since this is not the busiest of sites (not sure if anyone visits at all) but check out the ppp blog site direct amount... $500!!! very impressive, non?

How this works is that an advertiser is browsing through blogs and reading bits and pieces here and there. If they would like me to write something about them then they click on the 'hire me' image/link and then make me an offer. The benefit of ppp over other similar sites is that the mark up on ppp is a lot less than on the other ones. 50% to 100% on rival advertising through blogging sites whereas ppp is only at 35%. When using ppp direct the markup is only 10% of which half is admin costs.

If they see you as the Ace of Pentacles

I came across this query in search for this site so I'd like to take the opportunity to address the question.

The ace of pentacles is the first card of the earth suit and is associated with fertility. Your actions towards any event would have consequences and provide feedback. The card in the Radiant RWS deck shows a hand offering a pentacle and a gate covered with flowers at the end of the path. Here is an opportunity being handed to you although you have to be able to reach out and take the offering.

If someone sees you as the ace of pentacles they realise that you are grounded and full of potential. They envisage that an investment in some sense could be made with you and you are probably an older person with a lot to give.

When you draw this card for how someone sees you then it may be a good idea to see what needs the other person sees you as meeting. Some potentials could be physical, partnership, functional, utilitarian, career progression etc. Babies is a big potential here as well.

Someone else's tarot reading

The video is an example of a celtic cross tarot readings - the positions are slightly different to what I use but they are very common. I don't think it is a brilliant reading but that is mainly because I believe that they have kept it short in order to provide the video itself. If you don't know what a tarot reading is or haven't had one then go ahead and check - it's interesting.

Tarot in music form and not about cards

In pursuit of more interactive and colourful additions to this site I thought that I would add a video or two. I first sought out tarot related youtube vids and came across the band Tarot. The song is quite good - see what you think.



Ashes to the Stars by Tarot

Free tarot reading - 11 June 2007

A friend is having an appraisal today so I asked the cards how will the appraisal be/go?

I drew death - ace of pentacles - 9 of wands
9 of pentacles

Death shows something inevitable and it could be the end of partnership. The situation is already difficult and there's a lot of hard work involved. The ace of pentacles signifies a new opportunity but the new opportunity could be seen as just too much hard work. This person wants to work for themselves and not have anyone tell them what to do. Communication does not appear in these cards so someone is blatantly not feeding back what is expected of them. The fire and earth cards are near the end of their cycle so there is something coming to a close. There could be a return to a stronger structure. I think an offer will be made for this friend to do more work for more money but it could be turned down.

Laura's request from January

Laura, Sorry about not responding to your request - it was about a guy you were seeing. I disappeared for a while and just couldn't do anything practical. Sorry about that.

Perhaps it's better late than never even though you may not stumble across this site again... I drew a couple of cards for you and that relationship.

Patience (7 of pentacles) and Stress (7 of wands)

Patience
We have forgotten how to wait; it is almost an abandoned space. And it is our greatest treasure to be able to wait for the right moment. The whole existence waits for the right moment. Even trees know it--when it is time to bring the flowers and when it is time to let go of all the leaves and stand naked against the sky. They are still beautiful in that nakedness, waiting for the new foliage with a great trust that the old has gone, and the new will soon be coming, and the new leaves will start growing. We have forgotten to wait, we want everything in a hurry. It is a great loss to humanity.... In silence and waiting something inside you goes on growing--your authentic being. And one day it jumps and becomes a flame, and your whole personality is shattered; you are a new man. And this new man knows what ceremony is, this new man knows life's eternal juices.


There are times when the only thing to do is to wait. The seed has been planted, the child is growing in the womb, the oyster is coating the grain of sand and making it into a pearl. This card reminds us that now is a time when all that is required is to be simply alert, patient, waiting. The woman pictured here is in just such an attitude. Contented, with no trace of anxiety, she is simply waiting. Through all the phases of the moon passing overhead she remains patient, so in tune with the rhythms of the moon that she has almost become one with it. She knows it is a time to be passive, letting nature take its course. But she is neither sleepy nor indifferent; she knows it is time to be ready for something momentous. It is a time full of mystery, like the hours just before the dawn. It is a time when the only thing to do is to wait.

Stress

All private goals are neurotic. The essential man comes to know, to feel, "I am not separate from the whole, and there is no need to seek and search for any destiny on my own. Things are happening, the world is moving--call it God...he is doing things. They are happening of their own accord. There is no need for me to make any struggle, any effort; there is no need for me to fight for anything. I can relax and be." The essential man is not a doer. The accidental man is a doer. The accidental man is, of course, then in anxiety, tension, stress, anguish, continuously sitting on a volcano. It can erupt any moment, because he lives in a world of uncertainty and believes as if it is certain. This creates tension in his be-ing: he knows deep down that nothing is certain.

Commentary:

How many people do you know who, just when they were completely overloaded, with too many projects, too many "balls in the air", have suddenly come down with the flu, or taken a fall and ended up on crutches? That's just the sort of "bad timing" the little monkey with the pin in his hand is about to impose on the "one-man-band" pictured here! The quality of stress represented by this card visits all of us at times, but perfectionists are particularly vulnerable to it. We create it ourselves, with the idea that without us nothing will happen--especially in the way we want it to! Well, what makes you think you're so special? Do you think the sun won't rise in the morning unless you personally set the alarm? Go for a walk, buy some flowers, and fix yourself a spaghetti dinner--anything 'unimportant' will do. Just put yourself out of that

how does x feel about y?

Ok - kind of an exercise but I drew this card for some people in particular. I drew 'past lives' for how does x feel about y. In the osho zen deck this card is about being open to any clear messages you can get at this stage because everything is a little hazy.

The description says " The real point is to see and understand the karmic patterns of our lives, and their roots in an endless repetitive cycle that traps us in unconscious behavior.

A glimpse into the eternity of our existence is a gift, and understanding the function of karma in our lives is not something that can be grasped at will. This is a wake-up call; the events in your life are trying to show you a pattern as ancient as the journey of your own soul.

I suggest that perhaps he still feels confused about issues that he can't articulate. Perhaps issues that he isn't even aware that he is experiencing. He hasn't decided how to proceed with these feelins yet. He can feel the confusion but he can't see past it. There could be a tendency to try to distract the mind and avoid thinking about the situation altogether. He can't avoid it though and it will still come back in order to be resolved at some further point in time.

coupon chief and amazon

Coupon chief is a site that has free coupon codes, online coupons and lots of deals. They are a money saving site.

There are some CouponChief deals that are applicable from even the UK. There's a whole heap of shops that list on there and one of them is Amazon.com which obviously delivers all the way across the pond. Amazon Coupon Codes such as these, for example.

You can get $25 off $125 products from kitchen and homewears and bathroom stuff too. Not that I'm suggesting buying a bed but there are sheets and duvets and pillows - and best of all - the US dollar was at 1.99 today - so 2 dollars to a pound. Everything is practically half price.

I'm quite looking forward to getting some dvds from there - boxsets perhaps. I'll just take a look at CouponChief and see what else is available.

The world

There's a friend of a friend who recently started seeing someone and I keep drawing 'the world' for him. A few weeks (maybe 3) after he broke up with his girlfriend I drew the 2 of cups - 9 of cups and the world for him. Later info suggested that this was a one night stand - or just some one night romance. Nothing too serious. But now he's dating someone - for about 3 months now and I keep getting the world.

I have always seen this card as an ending but maybe it's also a sign of union? perhaps this is a strong relationship that combines the two of them into a whole new creation? maybe?

Maybe she is the world to him - could be the one he will marry and she might have been the romance right near the start.

Gonna have to see in the future I guess.

money money money

There was (and probably still is) an advance money place in colchester just outside the bus station. Though they'll be moving the bus station soon I think. Anyway, right next to a kebab pizza place there 's a big yellow sign which offers to cash your payday cheques before the day etc. Nice easy way to get money to pay for your take away which you get from next door I presume.

Same as the following: except that it's anOnline Cash Advance ! Now that's technological progress. I guess this one can pay for the dominos online delivery instead. I do wish dominos would start accepting paypal because our current address doesn't show up on their system so we have to find random cash lying around (As if there ever is any) in order to pay.

4 combined

views of others - 6 of cups

ruminating about how great things were - passive - alone - nostalgic. Not getting things done. Thinking and pondering.

hopes and fears - devil

being trapped and bound by the rules. Restricted and being made to feel a victim.

Final outcome - my fears may not be assuaged but there's lots of hope for a clear and rational approach.

tower - wheel of fortune - 9 of pentacles

huge changes and someone may even move out - i get left independent and perhaps with some unexpected money that gives me the freedom to work without interruptions. This being single and living alone could be one of the most helpful parts of it all.

knight of swords (strength)

i'm trying to do everything but i'm so unfocused that nothing gets done. I need a plan of action. I have the strength and determination , now if someone would just show me an accent and tell me where to point it i could really get things moving. Very successfully too.

9 of wands - queen of wands (5 of swords) - page of cups (3 of pentacles)

i'm exhausted at having to be social which is kind of made up for by the fact that i like the people that i work with - but still . i love being alone and nothing will really change that.

Immediate Future - Empress

My ability to take time out and enjoy myself will be boosted by other's perception of me but it will be limited by the knowledge that the less I do soon the worse the situation will get from me.

Future laziness will really hinder me later on.

3 of cups - sun - 7 of pentacles

For now I take time away from friends but instead of doing something with it , I tend to procrastinate and think of ways that I would do things if I did choose to do them. There's definitely a need for me to do something rather than just deny myself fun.

Future Influences - 8 of swords

The ability to understand that any future actions are up to me to regulate are boosted by the attraction and motivation of the past. The laziness and contentedness of the near future however will make me feel like I really can't do anything. Feeling powerless and helpless.

High priestess - 7 of swords - king of cups (chariot)

I will spend a lot of time alone trying to get things done with the feeling that only through being in control of my emotions will I be in charge of the situation. Or otherwise it could be direction from the boss (supervisor) that has me locking myself away to work all night. His direction will seem like i have all the time in the world and I will be tempted to escape into my own counsel and ultimately i will be benefitting myself. Keeping away from everyone.

Past influences - ace of wands

Just recently you were so excited and motivated that now you are finding it hard to let go. There seemed to be an attraction there. You could have sworn that there was something. You were excited about the work. Excited about the prospect of future romance and now there's this pit of never ending drudgery that is never complete. You have a complete lack of focus, motivation and incentives. You're starting to hate travelling and doing anything. You don't want to talk to anyone or do any work. You feel betrayed and hurt and can only keep doing what you've been doing but you know that your method has not produced any success yet so why should it do so now?

Osho zen card for me

Breakthrough

All of us occasionally reach a point when "enough is enough." At such times it seems we must do something, anything, even if it later turns out to be a mistake, to throw off the burdens and restrictions that are limiting us. If we don't, they threaten to suffocate and cripple our very life energy itself.

If you are now feeling that "enough is enough," allow yourself to take the risk of shattering the old patterns and limitations that have kept your energy from flowing. In doing so you will be amazed at the vitality and empowerment this Breakthrough can bring to your life.

Base of the Matter - 3 of swords

What's really going on : you're heartbroken - it hurts to be in this situation with no prospect of romance, no togetherness to look forward to. The whole thing about focusing on just work sounds like a not very pleasant experience.

8 of pentacles - 9 of cups - 7 of cups

you put all your efforts into working to get what you want because you have all these aspirations of what you want to be. There's nothing you want more and it feels like it's going to take along time to achieve them. So the success will take ages to come through while right now you are feeling miserable and unhappy. You may be willing to put up with that now but you find yourself asking whether you really are. This kind of delayed gratification with a hell of a lot of delusional hope perhaps seems a lot.

Crowning Card - 2 of cups (id)

Love undone - lack of togetherness - more time spent alone. The dream of a relationship being let go of just for now. No prospect of romance at this time so moving painfully on?

Crossing Card -

King of wands (6 of pentacles)

I feel patronized by the boss - all her idiotic ideas about my presentation meant that the session was one of the most humiliating I have ever experienced. Her ideas were wrong - her criticisms harsh (but accurate) and yet i only screwed up (i think) because i was trying to do what she suggested. Of course she is a lot like my mother so there's never anything she can do that's wrong. Actually it's like having my mother and my sister combined but in a patronizing role since she is in charge. I'm really really hating it. And doing terribly at keeping up any kind of equilibrium.

Justice - queen of cups (4 of pentacles~) - death

deciding that emotionally i'm going to move on but i'm not letting go of what's in my heart. I do and I don't - I will but I won't situation.

What I need to Know - Significator

Significator
8 of cups (id)

not quite letting go? not moving on - just stopping the whole search for romance? I'm not sure how that fits in. I think that I'm trying to move on and focus only on my studies but aparently something is crossing me. I'm trying to keep hold of my aloneness in some misguided way of staying happy i think. I am fighting the process of moving on instead of just letting it flow.

fool - 4 of cups - ace of cups

A new beginning relationship wise perhaps. Or a dissatisfaction with the process of everything. This could be uni - I'm starting a new leaf but the idea that i have to give up my personal time and emotional comfort zone leaves me very dissatisfied.

Horoscope Spread 2007 - House 3

Card 3 - Third House: Siblings, neighbors, close kin, local travel, short trips, conscious mind, writing, early education, communications, letters, phone calls, examinations, local environments

star - 5 of wands

Could be my sister. She has lots of hope for a bright new future but it will take a lot of work. The cards look positive.

There's also some positive outlook for my own writing I guess. I do want to use this year to do some kind of putting words to paper with some serious thought behind them rather than just letting the fingers move around on the keyboard.

The hard work of the 5 of wands - or it could be focus and physical exertion - makes the hope of the star even brighter which then increases the energy put into the hard work.

Horoscope Spread 2007 - House 2

House 2 - corresponds to Taurus - belongings, what I value, what I have, possessions

Hierophant - 6 of swords

The established order is slowly changing. I value structure and higher education but also the ability to be detached from it. 6 of swords can also stand for science.

Could also have to do with my supervisor?

From Aeclectic tarot:
Having created a solid foundation on which to build his future, the Fool is struck with a sudden fear. What if everything he's worked for is taken away? Is stolen, or lost, or destroyed or vanishes? Or what if it is just not good enough? In a panic, he heads into a holy place where he finds the Hierophant, a wise teacher and holy man. Acolytes kneel before the man, ready to hear and pass on his teachings. The Fool tells the Hierophant his fears, and asks how he can be free of them.

"There are only two ways," says the Hierophant sagely, "Either give up that which you fear to lose so it no longer holds any power over you, or consider what you will still have if your fear comes to pass. After all," the Hierophant continues, "if you did lose all you'd built, you would still keep the experience and knowledge that you've gained up to this point, wouldn't you?"

Horoscope Spread - House 1 - All beginnings

House 1: All beginnings, Appearance, Potential

Sun - Ace of cups

You have the result you wanted - you are free to spend as much time on your own as you would like. Why doesn't this make you happy?

The truth is that you are limiting yourself by taking so much time to be on your own that you are not benefitting from your single lifestyle. This isn't the path you had chosen. You didn't achieve the new love that you had hoped for and now it feels like there will be no new emotional love at all.

Perhaps you did choose the wrong path after all. You can now take the time to decide what would be the right choice for you. Let go of the old directions you had given yourself and start afresh. The future is so bright and happy that you can do anything with it as soon as you let go of the past directions you had given yourself as regards to your love life. You did the right thing by letting go.

I'm breaking promises, she's breaking every law

Self-help party time at the moment - what with it being the new year and all I felt that it was the right time to change some things. Let go of bad habits and start working on focus and work and better research.

Yesterday I bought Simply Irresistible: The Psychology of Seduction - How to Catch and Keep Your Perfect Partner, Reiki for Dummies and Hypnotherapy for Dummies. The hypnotherapy book was more of a guide to all the different things that were available rather than a DIY guide so I returned it today and bought 'Self-Hypnosis: The Complete Guide to Better Health and Self-change'.

So far it's all looking positive.

Issues

B.'s parents' divorce - best course of action : I drew the 5 of swords - comparison in the osho deck.

Let's face it, there is always going to be somebody who is more beautiful, more talented, stronger, more intelligent or apparently happier than you are. An conversely there will always be those who are less than you in all those ways. The way to find out who you are is not by comparing yourself with others, but by looking to see whether you are fulfilling your own potential in the best way you know how.

Comparison brings inferiority, superiority. When you don't compare, all inferiority, all superiority, disappear. Then you are, you are simply there.

Just look around. All is needed, and everything fits together. It is an organic unity: nobody is higher and nobody is lower, nobody superior, nobody inferior. Everybody is incomparably unique.

Best course of action about her career: 7 of swords - politics

All but the most innocent and sincere of us have a politician lurking somewhere in our minds. In fact the mind is political. Its very nature is to plan and scheme and try to manipulate situations and people so that it can get what it wants. Here the mind is represented by the snake, covered with clouds and 'speaking with a forked tongue'. But the important thing is to realise about this card is that both faces are false. The sweet, innocent, 'trust me' face is a mask, and the evil, toxic, 'I'll have my way with you' face is a mask, too. Politicians don't have real faces. The whole game is a lie.

Take a good look at yourself to see if you have been playing this game. What you see might be painful, but not as painful as continuing to play.