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The Strength Card and Anger

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Strength, or Lust if you are using the Thoth Tarot deck like me, isn't a card that I love to see. In my personal readings, I usually get the Lust card when I am really struggling with controlling my anger. I don't mean an irritation or something that can be brushed off easily. Usually, the Lust card in a personal reading means crying (am I the only one who cries when I am angry?! It seems so weak to do so, doesn't it?!?) raging, seeing red angry. Not easy to control. But most of the time, I do take a step away from the problem and control my anger before talking about it. Speaking in the heat of the moment isn't usually wise and can even create more problems rather than solving anything. The Strength tarot card or the Lust tarot card really is about control. But, sometimes, control is a challenge. I wonder which cards would show up if you were losing control? Perhaps the Devil or the Seven of Swords. Maintaining control? Maybe the Four of Pentacles. Each card wo

The Sad, the Bad, the Grievous

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Sometimes when my life is particularly boring and I do a Tarot reading for myself, other people's lives will show up in the cards. I usually won't know who the cards are telling me about but it is usually evident when the event that happens, happens. Recently I drew this spread: Devil Death Sun I really had to stop and realize that this wasn't a happy reading. The Sun at the end may, at least initially, give you the idea that there is a happy ending but in this case I assumed that it was implying a sudden and unexpected death. Literal, physical death isn't something that I would usually see but it definitely happened. In this case, it was the wife of a close friend of the family who was under a lot of stress (The Devil) and had a sudden, unexpected heart attack (The Sun) and passed away (Death). I have heard a lot of Tarot readers say things like physical death must be supported by cards like the 10 of Swords or the 5 of Cups (the traditional card of a funeral)