Tarot Reading reconciliation
Reading Performed 05/29/2015 at 9:51 PM
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This Covers You
This card gives the influence which is affecting the person or matter of inquiry generally, the atmosphere of it in which the other currents work.
Three of Wands from the Waite Smith Tarot Deck
Card Meaning When Reversed
The end of troubles, suspension or cessation of adversity, toil and disappointment.
S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings
Hope, Desire, Attempt, Wish.
Card Description
A calm, stately personage, with his back turned, looking from a cliff\'s edge at ships passing over the sea. Three staves are planted in the ground, and he leans slightly on one of them.
This Crosses You
It shows the nature of the obstacles in the matter. If it is a favourable card, the opposing forces will not be serious, or it may indicate that something good in itself will not be productive of good in the particular connexion.
Two of Pentacles from the Waite Smith Tarot Deck
Card Meaning When Upright
On the one hand it is represented as a card of gaiety, recreation and its connexions, which is the subject of the design; but it is read also as news and messages in writing, as obstacles, agitation, trouble, embroilment.
S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings
Embarrassment, Worry, Difficulties
Card Description
A young man, in the act of dancing, has a pentacle in either hand, and they are joined by that endless cord which is like the number 8 reversed.
This Crowns You
It represents (a) the Querent's aim or ideal in the matter; (b) the best that can be achieved under the circumstances, but that which has not yet been made actual.
Three of Pentacles from the Waite Smith Tarot Deck
Card Meaning When Reversed
Mediocrity, in work and otherwise, puerility, pettiness, weakness.
S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings
Children, Sons, Daughters, Youths, Commencement.
Card Description
A sculptor at his work in a monastery. Compare the design which illustrates the Eight of Pentacles. The apprentice or amateur therein has received his reward and is now at work in earnest.
This is Beneath You
It shows the foundation or basis of the matter, that which has already passed into actuality and which the Significator has made his own.
Seven of Wands from the Waite Smith Tarot Deck
Card Meaning When Reversed
Perplexity, embarrassments, anxiety. It is also a caution against indecision.
S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings
Indecision, Doubt, Hesitation, Embarrassment, Anxiety.
Card Description
A young man on a craggy eminence brandishing a staff; six other staves are raised towards him from below.
This is Behind You
It gives the influence that is just passed, or is now passing away.
Five of Cups from the Waite Smith Tarot Deck
Card Meaning When Reversed
News, alliances, affinity, consanguinity, ancestry, return, false projects.
S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings
Arrival, Return, News, Surprise, False projects.
Card Description
A dark, cloaked figure, looking sideways at three prone cups two others stand upright behind him; a bridge is in the background, leading to a small keep or holding.
This is Before You
It shows the influence that is coming into action and will operate in the near future.
Temperance from the Waite Smith Tarot Deck
Card Meaning When Upright
Economy, moderation, frugality, management, accommodation.
S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings
Combination, Conformation, Uniting
Card Description
A winged angel, with the sign of the sun upon his forehead and on his breast the square and triangle of the septenary. I speak of him in the masculine sense, but the figure is neither male nor female. It is held to be pouring the essences of life from chalice to chalice. It has one foot upon the earth and one upon waters, thus illustrating the nature of the essences. A direct path goes up to certain heights on the verge of the horizon, and above there is a great light, through which a crown is seen vaguely. Hereof is some part of the Secret of Eternal Life, as it is possible to man in his incarnation. All the conventional emblems are renounced herein. So also are the conventional meanings, which refer to changes in the seasons, perpetual movement of life and even the combination of ideas. It is, moreover, untrue to say that the figure symbolizes the genius of the sun, though it is the analogy of solar light, realized in the third part of our human triplicity. It is called Temperance fantastically, because, when the rule of it obtains in our consciousness, it tempers, combines and harmonises the psychic and material natures. Under that rule we know in our rational part something of whence we came and whither we are going.
Your Self
Signifies the person or thing about which the question has been asked, and shows its position or attitude in the circumstances.
Ten of Swords from the Waite Smith Tarot Deck
Card Meaning When Reversed
Advantage, profit, success, favour, but none of these are permanent; also power and authority.
S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings
Passing Success, Momentary Advantage.
Card Description
A prostrate figure, pierced by all the swords belonging to the card.
Your House
Your environment and the tendencies at work therein which have an effect on the matter €”for instance, your position in life, the influence of immediate friends, and so forth.
The Hermit from the Waite Smith Tarot Deck
Card Meaning When Upright
Prudence, circumspection; also and especially treason, dissimulation, roguery, corruption.
S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings
Prudence, Caution, Deliberation
Card Description
The variation from the conventional models in this card is only that the lamp is not enveloped partially in the mantle of its bearer, who blends the idea of the Ancient of Days with the Light of the World It is a star which shines in the lantern. I have said that this is a card of attainment, and to extend this conception the figure is seen holding up his beacon on an eminence. Therefore the Hermit is not, as Court de Gebelin explained, a wise man in search of truth and justice; nor is he, as a later explanation proposes, an especial example of experience. His beacon intimates that "where I am, you also may be." It is further a card which is understood quite incorrectly when it is connected with the idea of occult isolation, as the protection of personal magnetism against admixture. This is one of the frivolous renderings which we owe to Eliphas Levi. It has been adopted by the French Order of Martinism and some of us have heard a great deal of the Silent and Unknown Philosophy enveloped by his mantle from the knowledge of the profane. In true Martinism, the significance of the term Philosophe inconnu was of another order. It did not refer to the intended concealment of the Instituted Mysteries, much less of their substitutes, but--like the card itself--to the truth that the Divine Mysteries secure their own protection from those who are unprepared.
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Your Hopes and Fears
Two of Swords from the Waite Smith Tarot Deck
Card Meaning When Upright
Conformity and the equipoise which it suggests, courage, friendship, concord in a state of arms; another reading gives tenderness, affection, intimacy. The suggestion of harmony and other favourable readings must be considered in a qualified manner, as Swords generally are not symbolical of beneficent forces in human affairs.
S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings
Friendship, Valour, Firmness, Courage
Card Description
A hoodwinked female figure balances two swords upon her shoulders.
The Final Result
The culmination which is brought about by the influences shewn by the other cards that have been turned up in the divination.
Ace of Wands from the Waite Smith Tarot Deck
Card Meaning When Upright
Creation, invention, enterprise, the powers which result in these; principle, beginning, source; birth, family, origin, and in a sense the virility which is behind them; the starting point of enterprises; according to another account, money, fortune, inheritance.
S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings
Birth, Commencement, Beginning, Origin, Source
Card Description
A hand issuing from a cloud grasps a stout wand or club.
The Meanings of these Tarot Cards
This Covers You
This card gives the influence which is affecting the person or matter of inquiry generally, the atmosphere of it in which the other currents work.
Three of Wands from the Waite Smith Tarot Deck
Card Meaning When Reversed
The end of troubles, suspension or cessation of adversity, toil and disappointment.
S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings
Hope, Desire, Attempt, Wish.
Card Description
A calm, stately personage, with his back turned, looking from a cliff\'s edge at ships passing over the sea. Three staves are planted in the ground, and he leans slightly on one of them.
This Crosses You
It shows the nature of the obstacles in the matter. If it is a favourable card, the opposing forces will not be serious, or it may indicate that something good in itself will not be productive of good in the particular connexion.
Two of Pentacles from the Waite Smith Tarot Deck
Card Meaning When Upright
On the one hand it is represented as a card of gaiety, recreation and its connexions, which is the subject of the design; but it is read also as news and messages in writing, as obstacles, agitation, trouble, embroilment.
S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings
Embarrassment, Worry, Difficulties
Card Description
A young man, in the act of dancing, has a pentacle in either hand, and they are joined by that endless cord which is like the number 8 reversed.
This Crowns You
It represents (a) the Querent's aim or ideal in the matter; (b) the best that can be achieved under the circumstances, but that which has not yet been made actual.
Three of Pentacles from the Waite Smith Tarot Deck
Card Meaning When Reversed
Mediocrity, in work and otherwise, puerility, pettiness, weakness.
S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings
Children, Sons, Daughters, Youths, Commencement.
Card Description
A sculptor at his work in a monastery. Compare the design which illustrates the Eight of Pentacles. The apprentice or amateur therein has received his reward and is now at work in earnest.
This is Beneath You
It shows the foundation or basis of the matter, that which has already passed into actuality and which the Significator has made his own.
Seven of Wands from the Waite Smith Tarot Deck
Card Meaning When Reversed
Perplexity, embarrassments, anxiety. It is also a caution against indecision.
S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings
Indecision, Doubt, Hesitation, Embarrassment, Anxiety.
Card Description
A young man on a craggy eminence brandishing a staff; six other staves are raised towards him from below.
This is Behind You
It gives the influence that is just passed, or is now passing away.
Five of Cups from the Waite Smith Tarot Deck
Card Meaning When Reversed
News, alliances, affinity, consanguinity, ancestry, return, false projects.
S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings
Arrival, Return, News, Surprise, False projects.
Card Description
A dark, cloaked figure, looking sideways at three prone cups two others stand upright behind him; a bridge is in the background, leading to a small keep or holding.
This is Before You
It shows the influence that is coming into action and will operate in the near future.
Temperance from the Waite Smith Tarot Deck
Card Meaning When Upright
Economy, moderation, frugality, management, accommodation.
S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings
Combination, Conformation, Uniting
Card Description
A winged angel, with the sign of the sun upon his forehead and on his breast the square and triangle of the septenary. I speak of him in the masculine sense, but the figure is neither male nor female. It is held to be pouring the essences of life from chalice to chalice. It has one foot upon the earth and one upon waters, thus illustrating the nature of the essences. A direct path goes up to certain heights on the verge of the horizon, and above there is a great light, through which a crown is seen vaguely. Hereof is some part of the Secret of Eternal Life, as it is possible to man in his incarnation. All the conventional emblems are renounced herein. So also are the conventional meanings, which refer to changes in the seasons, perpetual movement of life and even the combination of ideas. It is, moreover, untrue to say that the figure symbolizes the genius of the sun, though it is the analogy of solar light, realized in the third part of our human triplicity. It is called Temperance fantastically, because, when the rule of it obtains in our consciousness, it tempers, combines and harmonises the psychic and material natures. Under that rule we know in our rational part something of whence we came and whither we are going.
Your Self
Signifies the person or thing about which the question has been asked, and shows its position or attitude in the circumstances.
Ten of Swords from the Waite Smith Tarot Deck
Card Meaning When Reversed
Advantage, profit, success, favour, but none of these are permanent; also power and authority.
S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings
Passing Success, Momentary Advantage.
Card Description
A prostrate figure, pierced by all the swords belonging to the card.
Your House
Your environment and the tendencies at work therein which have an effect on the matter €”for instance, your position in life, the influence of immediate friends, and so forth.
The Hermit from the Waite Smith Tarot Deck
Card Meaning When Upright
Prudence, circumspection; also and especially treason, dissimulation, roguery, corruption.
S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings
Prudence, Caution, Deliberation
Card Description
The variation from the conventional models in this card is only that the lamp is not enveloped partially in the mantle of its bearer, who blends the idea of the Ancient of Days with the Light of the World It is a star which shines in the lantern. I have said that this is a card of attainment, and to extend this conception the figure is seen holding up his beacon on an eminence. Therefore the Hermit is not, as Court de Gebelin explained, a wise man in search of truth and justice; nor is he, as a later explanation proposes, an especial example of experience. His beacon intimates that "where I am, you also may be." It is further a card which is understood quite incorrectly when it is connected with the idea of occult isolation, as the protection of personal magnetism against admixture. This is one of the frivolous renderings which we owe to Eliphas Levi. It has been adopted by the French Order of Martinism and some of us have heard a great deal of the Silent and Unknown Philosophy enveloped by his mantle from the knowledge of the profane. In true Martinism, the significance of the term Philosophe inconnu was of another order. It did not refer to the intended concealment of the Instituted Mysteries, much less of their substitutes, but--like the card itself--to the truth that the Divine Mysteries secure their own protection from those who are unprepared.
Related Posts
Your Hopes and Fears
Two of Swords from the Waite Smith Tarot Deck
Card Meaning When Upright
Conformity and the equipoise which it suggests, courage, friendship, concord in a state of arms; another reading gives tenderness, affection, intimacy. The suggestion of harmony and other favourable readings must be considered in a qualified manner, as Swords generally are not symbolical of beneficent forces in human affairs.
S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings
Friendship, Valour, Firmness, Courage
Card Description
A hoodwinked female figure balances two swords upon her shoulders.
The Final Result
The culmination which is brought about by the influences shewn by the other cards that have been turned up in the divination.
Ace of Wands from the Waite Smith Tarot Deck
Card Meaning When Upright
Creation, invention, enterprise, the powers which result in these; principle, beginning, source; birth, family, origin, and in a sense the virility which is behind them; the starting point of enterprises; according to another account, money, fortune, inheritance.
S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings
Birth, Commencement, Beginning, Origin, Source
Card Description
A hand issuing from a cloud grasps a stout wand or club.
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