I did a seven card spread last night because I’m trying to find my passions and strengths. I’ve been feeling blocked these past few weeks, but I hope getting back into things will reignite my spark. I deliberately did not use any Reversed cards in this spread.
- How am I tenacious: XV The Devil
- How am I dangerous: 7 of Cups
- What helps me find graciousness: 8 of Cups
- How am I gallant: VII The Chariot
- What makes me a survivor: The World
- What tears me apart: V The Hierophant
- What endures: I The Magician
I notice there are a lot of Major Arcana cards in this spread which makes sense to me because I need to find my passion for things again in order to make my life feel more complete.
My tenacity comes from The Devil which may feel immediately discouraging because who really wants to feel like The Devil. However, my interpretation in this spread is my bondedness is where my tenacity is rooted. I want to say something along the lines of “I make commitments, and I stick to them, and these are my bonds,” but this is not true. I think it’s more along the lines of being bonded to people and earthly pleasures. What makes me tenacious is I am free to be as flighty and airy in my pursuits as I want because of my attachment to the earthly plane. The 7 of Cups as my danger is totally appropriate tied in with The Devil—my mind goes off in so many directions it’s hard to know where to draw the line of what is possible for me to do and what is not. While I love being cerebral as well as imaginative, it can be dangerous to follow every whim, so it is wonderfully balanced by The Devil.
The 8 of Cups helps me find graciousness while The Chariot feeds my gallantness. I almost wish these cards could be switched, but I have to take what I’ve been dealt. In the 8 of Cups, the figure is walking away from the goblets, and I think this resonates with me because sometimes I can be overbearing, and walking away from situations is the best option to maintain my graciousness. With The Chariot, my courteousness comes from my home and relationships. Cancer is the astrological affiliation of this card and I have an affinity for it because I’m on the cusp of Gemini and Cancer. I am able to be polite and well-mannered because my parents instilled those values in me, but also because I know I have support.
The final three cards are all Major Arcana. I’m not surprised The Hierophant “tears me apart.” I see the Hierophant as the status quo and conforming, and I have never fit in well. Trying to meet others’ expectations whether real or perceived has done me real harm in my life, so this card is accurate. My world makes me a survivor. This is a theme that flows through the reading, no? My home, my family, what grounds me all help me survive. As for “what endures,” The Magician, is another accurate card. He is affiliated with Mercury, the ruler of Gemini. With Mercury in my corner, I know my love for learning and trying to understand will endure. I also note that in The World and The Magician cards both figures are holding wands which kind of unites them for me. To me, it shows that what “makes me a survivor” and “what endures” are linked.
Peace and balance,
Erin
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