Seven of Pentacles Three of Wands, Justice, Nine of Swords
Everyday Realities Perspective: Why worry, when things are going to be all right. Income balances but you aren’t sure it will, you worry. Unsure of the future, legalities get on your nerves. How much money will the emotional trauma in the lawsuit bring? He wonders and is afraid the cops are coming. There are going to be questions about this legislation: It is a nightmare. Why am I afraid of the future when I am entitled? Doubt about being entitled to this income makes one miserable. He is going straight anxiously and uncertainly. What upset (him)? – things are going along as they should. It doesn’t seem fair that your income is so nerve-wracking. Maybe that money you deserve and worry about is coming. Maybe he will get what he deserves, he is afraid of that. Why grieve when justice will be done? Lawsuits scare him, you never know what will happen. Afraid of what the cops might be up to. Why worry about the future when things are really OK right now? Questions his sanity when he has such jitters about his future. Why is this getting on my nerves, it just needs to be straightened out. It seems fair but it is really going make life nerve-wracking. I think I’m right but maybe I’ll regret this as time goes by. This seems awful but will clear up later. What is going to happen here? – your concern is justified. Things are OK now, but maybe we will have something to haunt us in the future. Probably, this worrisome situation is going to resolve. I went ahead and wrote out all these variations on this spread, partly because neither business nor romance is involved in them. The point is: Nuances of language create a whole different meaning, a different slant. Some of these say almost the same thing but would be applied by the listener (or reader to a lesser extent) very differently. The Three of Wands and the Seven of Pentacles share a ‘profit’ theme. The first says the profit is coming and the second leaves it open to question. The Seven of Pentacles and the Nine of Swords share the idea of wondering: The first is pensive as in ‘Gee, I wonder whether’ and the second is ‘Oh, God, what IF’ kind of wondering. The message here is that things are going to be all right (Three of Wands combined with Justice) even though there is some cause for worry: So, why worry? (“What, ME worry?” Where have I heard that before?) The message is that the money is coming that you are anxious and uncertain about.
Meanings and Illustrations:
Three of Wands: It’s coming, just wait. Your ship is coming in. The merchant (self-employed, you know … ) waits for the profit. The idea is: It IS coming. He sees those ships from far away but he’s gonna be there when they finally get to him. Somebody colored the ocean the color of desert sand; that is just a printer’s error, one of many never corrected for for dumb reasons in the Rider Waite Tarot deck. Justice: Things the way they should be. Anything having to do with ‘justice,’ such as police, courts, legislation, karma, getting what one deserves, ‘should,’ lawsuit and so on. The illustration shows an erect figure with a scale in one hand and an upraised sword in the other. Balance and sanity are derived meanings from the main one. Nine of Swords: Up nights worrying, there you are: Head in hand, jittery insomniac, you! Words such as nerve-wracking, getting on one’s nerves, haunt us, and being concerned or scared … oh, yeah. Seven of Pentacles: The illustration shows the uncertainty that is the core meaning of this Rider Waite Tarot card, the way he is leaning on his shovel and staring at his cucumber plants. He is wondering whether they will produce, whether he has plants of both genders there. He is wondering whether he will have a product, whether his labor will be productive.
Home sweet home, everybody treating one another lovingly as they are supposed to
Ten of Cups Six of Cups, Hierophant, Six of Pentacles
Romance Perspective: This romance is so committed, we treat each other so well, we are marrying. Serendipity in the family: Everything is copacetic, kids behave and are treated well. This house is a safe and trusting place where everyone is happy and well treated. You are supposed to give her gifts that you pay for to make her happy with you. All the children in the family are normal: They are given what they need. They have two children in the family like they are supposed to, and can afford. Home sweet home, everybody treating one another lovingly as they are supposed to. A churchgoing family gives the children what’s right. Children of the family receive moral support. Give the children the morals of a happy home life. Well-behaved children are our contribution to the community. Financial and Other Perspectives: It is very safe to trust this person with your money, you guys are (like) family. They are so happy with the house they are making the payments as specified. This house is worth the money. The children have a safe place to live and play. Supporting the children in a middle-class household. Paying the usual bills when you have kids and a nice house. A middle-class neighborhood that is appropriate for children. An older neighborhood with mid-range house payments. Paid a fair price for an antique, is happy about that. An old established family that pays its bills. Legally a legitimate child of that couple. Legally, these houses conform to a historical period. The Moral Majority pays its bills and has kids. To marry your childhood sweetheart in the church is treating her right. Putting the home in the children’s name officially on paper. All four of these cards are about a nice normal life doing what you should. They share the same vibe or pitch. Two, the Six of Cups and the Ten of Cups have that ‘home sweet home’ vibe and refer to happiness and show two children and refer to a house, which lends a potential real estate theme. Two, The Hierophant and the Six of Pentacles, in Rider Waite Tarot bespeak of ‘the right and proper’ whatever. Advice here is everything is fine, we are all good, happy, and well adjusted people who get along, go to church, have kids and pay our bills. And that is about it.
Meanings and Illustrations:
Six of Cups: Home sweet home, children, trust, gift/giving and receiving, sweetness and sweet life, as well as a house or old home, a couple in love, including a ‘childhood romance’ and warm fuzzies of any sort. Can you say ‘affection’? The illustration shows, of course, Little Boy giving Little Girl flowers in front of quaint old dwellings on a clear day in spring. Hierophant: Here come the pope: All things right and proper, including paperwork and official whatevers. Behave, conform. Clean reputation. Middle class, bourgeoisie, the official story fit to print. Legitimate. Mid-range. Appropriate (adjective). To be committed to another. Well treated. Normal. Supposed to. We keep our noses clean when the Hierophant-pope comes around. Six of Pentacles: To give, especially to give a fair exchange, or to receive same. Treat another right or pay attention to same. To pay the bills – payments. Legally, legal process. Illustration shows an employer weighing out the coins he pays laborers, to be fair to them … and himself: hence, a fair exchange. Ten of Cups: Happily ever after, similar to ‘home sweet home,’ the Six of Cups Rider Waite Tarot card. This one, though, means marriage, to marry, to have a happy home, community, well-adjusted, a home or house, a neighborhood, married with children, everyone is happy, give her gifts, give children gifts, copacetic, sweetheart. Illustration is a couple hugging, arms outstretched, in front of their fine home, the kids dancing beside them … blue skies.