Tarot Verbatim
GUIDANCE You don’t have to make a Declaration of Independence when independence is where it’s at for you; you can just not answer the dependence calls. You don’t have to be defiant or adamant about taking charge of your circumstances. You can opt out of the pecking order, the hierarchy, and be the one who doesn’t give orders and doesn’t take them either. When you don’t want anything from anybody, you are the captain of your soul and the master of your interior castle; you cannot be dominated because there’s no handle there unless to choose to put one there, and why should you do that? If you are successful by your own definition, well, you are successful; you don’t need someone else’s Certificate of Success.
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Nine of Pentacles – Four of Cups – Ace of Swords
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GROUP TAROT CARDS READING
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Headings [So you can choose which belongs to you]
Tarot Readings: You Can’t Make Me! (Four of Cups and Ace of Swords)
Tarot Readings: My Home Is My Castle (Nine of Pentacles and Ace of Swords)
Tarot Readings: Privacy by Refusing to Answer (Nine of Pentacles and Four of Cups)
Tarot Readings: Not a Win, But …. (Four of Cups and Ace of Swords)
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Tarot Readings: You Can’t Make Me! (Four of Cups and Ace of Swords)
Whatever you detach from cannot be forced upon you.
When you don’t want anything from anybody, you cannot be dominated.
I’m doing well as I see it, and I don’t have to prove it to anyone.
You can’t make me: I am at home doing as I please.
Stand your ground, and say ‘Absolutely not.’
Being ordered around is such a turnoff, we stand our ground.
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Tarot Readings: My Home Is My Castle (Nine of Pentacles and Ace of Swords)
My home is my castle where I rule, and that’s not negotiable.
You are the captain of your soul; brook no interference!
When you live alone and are single, you don’t have to do anything.
She minds her own business, and isn’t anybody’s dictator.
When you’ve got everything you want at home, you don’t hafta.
When you are financially independent, you don’t take orders.
You can’t challenge someone who is content with things as they are.
Do not disturb me at home: absolutely, do not!
You don’t have to be defiant or adamant about taking charge of your circumstances.
A sole proprietor is his own boss, no way around it.
I am not in a relationship and not about to be in one.
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Tarot Readings: Privacy by Not Responding (Nine of Pentacles and Four of Cups)
You don’t have to make a Declaration of Independence.
Unwanted attention makes a person disengage even more.
You have privacy just by refusing to divulge any damned thing.
Not answering to anybody is the way she enjoys life.
She’s not militant but she’s not answering either.
Be the absolutely private person: Don’t respond.
She is holed up and not about to answer.
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Tarot Readings: Not a Win, But … (Four of Cups and Ace of Swords)
This is no big win, but I’m still standing.
I have not yet achieved owning a house of my own.
You can’t win the battle if you stay home.
When a woman doesn’t want me, she is a major challenge.
Not having my own space is a big threat to me.
Doesn’t give orders but doesn’t take anyone’s orders either.
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Nine of Pentacles – Four of Cups – Ace of Swords
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………………….…………………… Well, well. Two out of three of these cards are the easiest ones in the deck to read – which is a good thing because we have not one but two with very similar meanings. Nine of Pentacles is famous for her independence; she is the lord of her domain who answers to no one, who don’t need nobody. The other two say ‘don’t take orders.’ Four of Cups, well look at the picture: Four of Cups don’t take anything. And Ace of Swords, well, now, that’s some command, some force there – the naked double-edged blade with the crown on it. Today you don’t need to be Tarot-lady or Tarot-man to read the spread. Note that both Nine of Pentacles and Four of Cups ‘do not respond.’ Both Nine of Pentacles and Ace of Swords are success cards too, and both of them are ‘standing their ground.’ Fear not: This is a guided tour.
………………………….. Nine of Pentacles is being content with what you have, and taking ownership of what you own, enjoying the scope of your current lifestyle in utter privacy. She doesn’t need your help, and don’t ask her for a loan – that’s our Nine of Pentacles girl. The snail at her feet says she does things in her own sweet time. The falcon (Yes, it’s supposed to be a falcon) on her wrist is a hobby. At midday (yellow sky: sun) she wears an elaborate robe, another indication she does things on her own schedule. And that’s a well-manicured vineyard behind her, a home-based business if ever there was one. Sole proprietor is one of Nine of Pentacles’ meanings, and so are businesswoman, and occupying a niche that assures your career stability, and working at home. Successful – that’s one of her words too. So are: single woman; owning the home or land or business (or all the above); competent at a skill; sensible woman; being successful in your own right; and enjoying life just the way you are. The person Nine of Pentacles appears for does not have to be well-off or recognized, or self-made, at all: This could be an heiress or an invalid who has hands on the steering wheel of circumstance.
………………………….. Four of Cups doesn’t have much to say, just like his picture doesn’t. Four of Cups is not responding, is refusing … refusing to answer, refusing each and every time, refusing each and every one … refusing to refuse. Four of Cups is a ‘No comment’ kind of card. Seated with both arms and legs crossed, head averted as the disembodied hand (Destiny?) offers yet another chalice. It almost always means exactly what you see here. Once in a while it’s about being lazy; it means ‘turnoff,’ especially in romance layouts; it means ‘refuse to acknowledge,’ and sometimes it’s about not getting it over and over. It’s definitely saying ‘No, he won’t call you,’ and can be telling you not to respond.
..……………..…………. Ace of Swords, you can’t miss that meaning. Victory, a big win (and defeat and a big loss on the other end: Look twice for which end you have ahold of). Ace of Swords is a challenge, a dare, a threat, an ultimatum, an imperative (order), an absolute of any kind, total and totally, power and supreme power, and it means ‘must’ or ‘have to.’ It is also defiance and can mean militant. It translates ‘gotta’ a lot, a word most people’s subconscious gravitates to.
……….………… Nine of Pentacles and Four of Cups Nine of Pentacles and Four of Cups mainly are a private person not responding, or a person staying home and enjoying that privacy, instead of or rather than some other thing. Minding my own business (Nine of Pentacles) and refusing … (Four of Cups).
Since Four of Cups is one of those negators (cards that are a negative modifier to other cards, like: no, never, not, won’t, etc.), for many of the meanings of these two, you can just take one or more of the meanings of Nine of Pentacles, and add some negative language – which may or may not cancel out Nine of Pentacles’ meaning(s). So instead of ‘Not about to stay home,’ you can read ‘Stays home and is not about to.’ An example of this would be ‘Whatever you detach from cannot be’ instead of, say, ‘isn’t detaching from.’ When you don’t want anything from anybody (Nine of Pentacles), you cannot … (Four of Cups). I’m doing well as I see it (Nine of Pentacles), and I don’t have to … (Four of Cups). Stand your ground and say ‘Not about to,’ instead of ‘not about to stand your ground. You get it, I’m sure, so I won’t give you any more of these: They are in Nine of Pentacles and Four of Cups in the HERE ARE PHRASES FOR ALL THREE 2-CARD COMBINATIONS section. You have privacy (Nine of Pentacles) just by refusing to divulge (Four of Cups). So not answering (Four of Cups) is the way she enjoys her life (Nine of Pentacles). Nine of Pentacles is owning a house, so put Four of Cups there, and you have ‘not owned a house.’
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……….………… Nine of Pentacles and Ace of Swords Nine of Pentacles and Ace of Swords are both about standing your ground. Ace of Swords can be militant about it, and is adamant (absolutely) about it, whereas Nine of Pentacles occupies her turf all by herself in peace and quiet. When you put the two of them together, Nine of Pentacles occupation becomes more militant and is just as thorough, because, well she does totally occupy her ground without any help from Ace of Swords. Her effect on Ace of Swords is to tone it down by limiting it to rightful occupation of place and position.
Being ordered around (Ace of Swords), we stand our ground (Nine of Pentacles). Ace of Swords adds ‘No interference!’ to her ‘I am the captain of my soul.’ See? We have pieces of ideas as these two similar cards attach themselves to the other card instead of to one another … like two magnets would each seek the opposite poles of one another. She is the private person, and Ace of Swords pipes in with ‘absolutely.’ Ace of Swords is achieving, so ‘achieved owning a house of my own,’ but Ace of Swords is also a big threat, so these two same cards can also say ‘Having my own space is a big threat to me.’ (Of course, in real life, Four of Cups makes that ‘Not having my own space’ – Four of Cups with Nine of Pentacles). This is a great example of the way language-based Tarot works. x..
………..………… Four of Cups and Ace of Swords Four of Cups and Ace of Swords sometimes have the same meaning here: of ‘Absolutely not,’ since both can be adamantly refusing to (be or do). This can be confusing when you are putting the pieces of your spreads together, but it’s Tarot life. The simple thing these to say is ‘You can’t make me.’ Ace of Swords is force, orders, and such; Four of Cups is refusing – so refusing orders, ‘You can’t make me.’ So these say ‘cannot be forced upon you’ and ‘cannot be dominated.’ Ace of Swords can be proving it, or the guarantee, so here we have ‘I don’t have to prove it.’ ‘Absolutely not’ is, of course, the ‘absolutely’ of Ace of Swords’ all-one-way meaning, combined with the negation of Four of Cups. Being ordered around (Ace of Swords) is such a turnoff (Four of Cups). Isn’t anybody’s (Four of Cups) dictator (Ace of Swords). You don’t have to (Four of Cups) be defiant or adamant (Ace of Swords). Four of Cups says ‘no way around it’ to Ace of Swords being the boss.
Once again, when you have a card paired with a negator, you may have the denial of the meaning of the card that is being modified by the negative one. Like ‘You can’t (Four of Cups) win the battle (Ace of Swords). Lastly, notice that, with Ace of Swords saying ‘orders,’ the negation of that reads both: doesn’t take orders, and doesn’t give orders – in the absence of a card that would direct that to one or the other meaning. That card isn’t there because, of course, we intend to say it both ways today: that’s who Nine of Pentacles is, that’s how the lady lives. x..
Today we extend ‘things I won’t put up with’ all the way to militantly or scrupulously minding our own business, neither borrowing nor lending aught from others. There is a price tag for taking this position, and we are not commenting on that. We talk about staying home, working at home, and we talk about neither giving nor taking orders. We are single and proud of it today. We are totally content accepting no input, being independent. We have a ‘Do not disturb’ sign on us.’
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HERE ARE PHRASES FOR ALL THREE 2-CARD COMBINATIONS
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……….………… Nine of Pentacles and Four of Cups Whatever you detach from cannot be …. When you don’t want anything from anybody, you cannot …. I’m doing well as I see it, and I don’t have to … to anyone. You can’t … I am at home doing as I please. Stand your ground and say ‘_ not.’ … is such a turnoff we stand our ground. My home is my castle, and that’s not negotiable. You are the captain of your soul: Brook no __. When you live alone and are single, you don’t … anything. She minds her own business and isn’t anybody’s _. When you got everything you want at home, you don’t _. When you are financially independent, you don’t take _. You can’t _ someone who is content with things as they are. Do not disturb me at home – Do not! You don’t … about taking charge of your circumstances. A sole proprietor is … no way around it! I am not in a relationship and not about to be in one. PRIVACY BY NOT RESPONDING You don’t make a _ of Independence. Unwanted attention _ a person disengage …. You have privacy just by refusing to divulge …. Not answering is the way she enjoys life. She is not answering, either. Be the private person: Don’t respond. She is holed up and not … to answer. This is no … but I’m still standing. I have not owned a house of my own. You can’t _ if you stay home. When a woman doesn’t want me …. Not having my own space …. Doesn’t give and doesn’t take. x..
……….………… Nine of Pentacles and Ace of Swords Whatever you detach from … be forced upon you. When you don’t want anything from anybody … be dominated. I’m doing well as I see it, and I prove it. … make me; I am at home doing as I please. Stand your ground and say ‘Absolutely _.’ Being ordered around, we stand our ground. MY HOME IS MY CASTLE My home is my castle where I rule. You are the captain of your soul: No interference! When you live alone and are single, you _ have to …. She mind her own business and … dictator. When you’ve got everything you want at home, you _ hafta. When you are financially independent, you _ take orders. … challenge someone who is content with things as they are. Do not disturb me at home: absolutely …! … be defiant or be adamant about taking charge of your circumstances. A sole proprietor is his own boss. I am not in a relationship and not about to be in one. You _ have to make a Declaration of Independence. _ makes a person disengage even more. You have privacy just by … any damned thing. Not answering to anybody is the way she enjoys life. She’s _ militant. Be the absolutely private person. She is holed up and not about to _. This is _ big win _ I’m still standing. … achieved owning a house of my own. … win the battle if you stay home. A woman is a major challenge. A woman who doesn’t want me is a major challenge. _ having my own space is a big threat to me. Give orders … take orders. x..
………..…………Four of Cups and Ace of Swords YOU CAN’T MAKE ME! … cannot be forced upon you. … cannot be dominated. I don’t have to prove it to anyone. You can’t make me. Absolutely not. Being ordered around is such a turnoff. That’s not negotiable. Brook no interference! You don’t have to do anything. Isn’t anybody’s dictator. You don’t hafta. You don’t take orders. You can’t challenge. Absolutely, do not.! You don’t have to be defiant or adamant. You don’t have to be defiant or adamant about taking charge. _ is his own boss, no way around it. Not about to be in one. You don’t have to make a Declaration … Unwanted _ makes a person _ even more. Just by refusing to divulge any damned thing. Not answering to anybody. Is not militant. Be the absolutely __: Don’t respond. Not about to answer. NOT A WIN BUT … This is no big win. I have not yet achieved ….** You can’t win the battle. When _ doesn’t want me, _ is a major challenge. Not having … is a big threat to me. Doesn’t take anyone’s orders. Doesn’t give orders. Doesn’t give orders, doesn’t take orders. x..
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Nine of Pentacles…….. Nine of Pentacles is unflappable and unfazed: She is herself, she enjoys and is content with where she’s at, and is self-sufficient but not necessarily self-made or well-off. She is successful at least by her own measure, has a good grip on the steering wheel of her days. Nine of Pentacles owns her turf, and may own home, producing land, business, or be entrepreneurial or work at home. She is very likely to be skilled – at least very competent. Her privacy is her hallmark, as is her independence. This card in Tarot Verbatim™ stands for a single woman, and a sensible woman – head screwed on straight, self-confident. It will not represent a male person, but may express the traits or the actions of a male, since Tarot Verbatim™ is language-based.
All these traits of Nine of Pentacles are expressed in the illustration. The snail says ‘in her own time.’ The falcon, and wearing such an elaborate robe at noon (yellow sky) say she has has leisure. Behind her is a vineyard, a home-based business for a landowner.
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Four of Cups …………. Four of Cups is an easy read: ‘No.’ His arms and legs are crossed as he sits; his head is turned away from the latest of four offers. He ain’t innerested, isn’t responding, has nothing to say and … Go away. The cards doesn’t have much to say either. Other meanings from it are things like: is turned off by; refuses to admit or to acknowledge; isn’t going to ever ‘get it’; and, no, he won’t … won’t do whatever the question is. Four of Cups is sometimes tell you to be like that.
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Ace of Swords…………. Ace of Swords is a double edged sword in its application as well as its meaning. Do you remember the story of the great general who went to the oracle at Delphi and asked (his army with him) ‘What happens if we invade Persia?’ Oracle who knows all and isn’t dumb either said ‘A great empire will fall.’ She didn’t tell him it was his empire of which she spoke. Always ask your question precisely: ‘What’s up?’ and ‘What will happen?’ are not really questions.
There’s no gray zone, Ace of Swords tells you: It’s ALL one way: total, complete, absolute. It means victory, total victory (for one side). Ace of Swords is force, power and supreme power, supremacy and dominance, threat, challenge, dare, imperative (I gotta It’s an order. Must. Have to.). Ace of Swords is an order or command, an ultimatum. It is also defiance and can say ‘militant.’ It is a weapon (obviously) too – any weapon.
Once in a while that ‘no gray zone, all one way’ applies to something you would not think of that way. Not very often. It’s all or nothing.
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Tarot Verbatim
Guidance The power struggle that ensues when rank-and-file people don’t take Management’s directions seriously is the same process as family members that no longer accept daddy’s word as law. The politicians’ rulings are met with resistance by mainstream folks just as the love interest who barks orders and is unresponsive to Partner’s needs is rejected because ‘I am not going to live that kind of life.’ (But it’s easier to change boyfriends than governments.)
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Ace of Swords
Four of Cups – Ten of Cups – King of Pentacles
GROUP TAROT CARDS READING
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Tarot Readings: Romance: He has to be the Boss (King of Pentacles and Ace of Swords)
Tarot Readings: Politicians vs People, a Power Struggle (Ten of Cups, King of Pentacles and Ace of Swords)
Tarot Readings: Not One of the People (Four of Cups and Ten of Cups)
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Tarot Readings: Romance: He has to be the Boss (King of Pentacles and Ace of Swords)
I am the studly dude who is not going to get married.
I love dominant charismatic men but I hate being dominated.
I refuse to marry because I must be in control of my destiny.
He is not the sole ruler of the family, he is a member of it.
I have to get married and be a member of a family in order to be happy but I am not about to be dominated by some guy with big ideas about himself.
He is a married man, he cannot be the lord and master of his fate.
As head of this family, he has all the say and doesn’t listen.
No taste for family life or marriage: He has to be the sole master of his fate.
He has to be the boss of his clan but those people want nothing to do with him.
Tarot Readings: Politicians vs People, a Power Struggle (Ten of Cups and King of Pentacles and Ace of Swords)
Everybody dislikes being dictated to by politicians.
The type of people who just don’t defy authority.
Politicians do not have their sway over the people.
Everybody is refusing to take orders from the master manipulators.
People asserting themselves en masse, turning a deaf ear to propagandists.
People force their politicians to say ‘No.’
We are the ones who cannot refuse these orders.
All of us have to agree, not just the head man.
The people get together and issue a mandate that they are refusing that power play.
You turn people off when you throw your weight around; they defy you.
Rulers don’t have to listen to the folks’ ultimatums.
Men in power issue ultimatums, they don’t accept input from the people.
The union will not be dominated by Management.
Management will not be dominated by union members.
His power will not be overruled by the populace/voters.
Everybody in the organization can’t be the Chief.
The ‘Indians’ refuse to listen to the ‘Chief.’
The ‘Chief’ refuses to listen to the ‘Indians.’
People have to not heed the bigshots.
People who won’t take orders from money men.
Tarot Readings: Not One of the People (Four of Cups and Ten of Cups)
Master manipulator me, I am not one of those happy well-adjusted folks.
He does NOT want to be one of the people, he is the mover and shaker.
I am the boss; all of you are not allowed to assert yourselves.
I am the great persuader by my style; the folks cannot resist me.
No leader organizes a group of people like he does.
With his macho charisma, he can make people who won’t, cooperate.
You aren’t one of the good people if you are against the head charmer.
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Ace of Swords
Four of Cups – Ten of Cups – King of Pentacles
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King of Pentacles And Ace of Swords The theme is naked power clashes. Mostly about *our favorite folks next to the bankers*, the politicians. First thing you notice is King of Pentacles, the studly charismatic ladies’ man, the mover and shaker, the dictator or politician or financier (The Prince, in Machiavelli) next to Ace of Swords, an order, forces or forced to, ultimatum, ultimate power, military might. These two unavoidably make a dominance theme. King of Pentacles is the rich guy who throws his weight around. Ace of Swords is ‘My way or the highway; do it or die.’ Together, they say both ‘Defy authority!’ and ‘Absolute dictator.’
Four of Cups and Ten of CupsThen the other two cards read ‘The people say no.’ Four of Cups is to refuse, to pay no heed or not listen to, “Huh-hunh, no way, ain’t gonna, not me, not gonna take it any more.” Ten of Cups is the people – the community of happy well-adjusted folks in a good neighborhood of others like themselves, or a group that is definable, like voters.
Four of Cups and Ace of Swords Here we have ‘Refuse to hear the order’ and ‘Say “no” to authority.’
Ten of Cups and Ace of Swords ‘Power to the people!’ these two say, and, in the same breath ‘Ultimatum to the people.’
So the power struggle is right there. Awkward thing (and interesting thing) is: The four Rider Waite Tarot cards’ message is so structured that most of the statements it makes are reversible! “The Indians won’t listen to the Chief, and the Chief won’t listen to the Indians.” That kind of thing. I have tried to express these without being obnoxious.
This whole thing reminds me of the Marines’ slogan: “Lead, follow, or get out of the way.” Ach-tung.
HERE ARE PHRASES FOR ALL SIX 2-CARD COMBINATIONS
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Four of Cups and Ten of Cups __ who is not going to get married. I love … but I hate …. I refuse to marry. Not a member of the family. Is a member of the family, not ___. Not about to be married and be a member of a family in order to be happy. Is married, and cannot be … … this family … doesn’t listen. No taste for family life or marriage: Those people want nothing to do with __. Everybody dislikes __. The type of people who just don’t …. Do not have their __ over the people. Everybody is refusing. People en masse turning a deaf ear to …. People __ to say ‘no’ …. We are the ones who refuse …. All of us agree, not just __. The people get together … that they are refusing …. *You turn people off. … don’t accept input from the people. Don’t have to listen to the foks’ __. The union will not be …. … will not be __ by union members. Will not be __ by the populace/voters. Everybody in the organization can’t be …. The ‘Indians’ refuse to listen. Refuses to listen to the Indians. People … not heed __. People who won’t …. Not One of the People I am not one of those happy well-adjusted folks. _ does not want to be one of the people. … all of you are not allowed … The folks __ resist me. No … a group of people …. People who won’t, cooperate. People who won’t. You aren’t one of the good people.
Four of Cups and King of Pentacles Studly dude who is not going to __. I hate dominant charismatic men. Refuse to be in control of my destiny. He is not the ruler. Not about to be dominated by some guy with big ideas about himself. Cannot be lord and master of his fate. As head of __, he doesn’t listen. No taste for … master of his fate. The boss of his clan … want nothing to do with him. … dislikes politicians. … who just don’t … authority. Politicians do not have. Politicians don’t have the influence __. Refusing to __ from the master manipulator. Turning a deaf ear to propagandists. … their politicians to say ‘No.’ Politicians turn down. Politicians refuse. … refuse these orders. Not just the head man. They are refusing that power play. You turn people off when you throw your weight around; Men in power don’t accept input. Rulers don’t listen. … will not be _ by Management. Management will not be …. His power will not be …. … can’t be the Chief. Refuse to listen to the Chief. The Chief refuses to listen. … not heed the Bigshots. … won’t take __ from money men. Master manipulator me, I am not … He is the mover and shaker; he does not want to be …. I am the boss; (you) are not allowed …. I am the persuader by my style; __ resist me. No leader organizes …. With his macho charisma, … who won’t …. You aren’t … the head charmer.
Four of Cups and Ace of Swords … not going to … I hate being dominated. I refuse because I must. __ is not the sole ruler. I am not about to be dominated. Cannot be master of __. Has all the say, and doesn’t listen. Has all the say, and doesn’t listen. No taste for … sole master of …. Want nothing to do with …. __ dislikes being dictated to. Don’t defy. … who don’t defy …. Do not have (their) sway over __. *Refusing to take orders. Asserting (themselves), turning a deaf ear …. Force __ to say ‘No.’ *Cannot refuse. … have to __, not just …. Refusing that power …. … turn __ off; __ defy you. … issue ultimatums, they don’t accept input. Don’t have to listen to ultimatums. __ will not be dominated. Will not be dominated. Will not be overruled. Can’t be the Chief. Refuse to listen. Refuse to listen to the Chief. Refuses. The Chief. … have to not heed __. Won’t take orders. Master __ me; I am not …. He does NOT want to be … … not allowed to assert yourselves. Cannot resist. No … like he does. Make people who won’t. You aren’t __ if you are against __.
Ten of Cups and King of Pentacles I am the studly dude who … get married. I love dominant charismatic men. Marry to be in control of my destiny. He is a member of the family. He is the ruler of the family. … get married … some guy with big ideas about himself. He is a married man. He is a married man, lord and master of his fate. As head off this family …. __ family life or marriage: he the master of his fate. The Boss of his clan. Those people … the Boss. Politicians versus People Everybody … politicians. Everybody loves politicians. All the politicians. Voters for are for the politician. Everybody being dictated to. Everybody __ politicians. The type of people who … authority. Politicians __ over the people. Politicians influence on the people. Everybody is __ the master manipulator. People en masse __ to the propagandists. People __ their politicians. We are the ones who __ orders. All of us agree … the head man. The people get together … that power play. … people … when you throw your weight around; Men in power … from the people. Rulers … the folks’ …. Union and Management. Management … union members. His power … the populace/voters. Everybody in the organization can be the Chief. Indians … Chief. The people … the bigshots. People who … money men. Manipulator, me – I am one of those happy well-adjusted folks. … one of the people; he is the mover and shaker. I am the boss; all of you are … I am the persuader by my style; the folks …. Leader organizes a group of people. With his macho charisma, people cooperate. One of the good people … the head charmer.
Ten of Cups and Ace of Swords Going to get married. I love to be dominated. … to marry because I must …. Must marry. The sole ruler of the family. Have to get married. … of the family, _ has all the say. Has all the say in this family. … family life or marriage: He has to be … Those people have to be …. Has to be the __ of those people A Power Struggle Against the People Everybody __ being dictated to. The type of people who defy Have (their) sway over the people. Everybody takes orders. Everybody is __ to take orders. People asserting themselves en masse People force their …. We are the ones who cannot. *All of us have to agree. The people get together and issue a mandate . People …; they defy you. Issue ultimatums … the people. The folks’ ultimatums. The union will be dominated. Dominated by union members. Overruled by the populace/voters. Everybody in the organization can’t be __. Indians refuse. Indians … Chief. The people have to …. People who take orders. Master … one of those happy well-adjusted folks. __ does NOT __ one of the people. All of you … assert yourselves. I am the great … folks …. … a group of people like he does. People cooperate who won’t. Make people cooperate. Make people. One of the good people … against.
King of Pentacles and Ace of SwordsHe Has to Be Boss I am the studly dude who is going to …. Dominant charismatic men. I must be in control of my destiny. He is the soler ruler. Dominated by some guy with big ideas about himself. He is lord and master of his fate. As head of __, he has all the say. He has to be sole master of his fate. Has to be the Boss. Politicians in Power Being dictated to by politicians. *Defy authority. Politicians have their sway. __ take orders from the master manipulator. Asserting (themselves) to the propagandists. … force their politicians. … have to … the head man. A mandate that … that power play. When you throw your weight around, (they) defy you. Men in power issue ultimatums. Rulers … ultimatums. Rulers ultimatums. Absolute dictator. Rulers have to. Dominated by Management. Management will be dominated by …. His power will be overruled. The Chief. [but also, here, reads ‘Can’t be chief.’ Chief. Refuse to __ the Chief. The Chief. Refuses. … have to … the bigshots. Bigshots have to. Take orders from money men. Orders from money men. Master manipulator me. He does NOT … he is the mover and shaker. I am the boss; … not allowed to …. I am the great persuader by my style. No leader orgaizes like he does. With his macho charisma, he can make people …. Against the head charmer.
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Four of Cups Refuse, pay no heed or not listen to, “Huh-huh, no way, ain’t gonna, not me, not gonna take it any more.” Don’t give me that. Etc. Those are the only meanings we access for Four of Cups today. Illustration shows a fellow refusing to accept another cup from the hand in the sky. His arms and legs are crossed, his head is averted.
Ten of Cups The people, the happy well-adjusted family or community, the respectable prosperous folks (moral majority) who are militantly mainstream. Any group that is not sinister. Here we have the house on the golf course with the rainbow over it and the ideal two-kid family skipping happily by the side of their embracing parents. (Where’s the dog, dammit?)
King of Pentacles There he is, the studly uppity full-of-himself Mr. Big – the gangster, politician or financier. That guy who won’t call you. Macho charisma of its various flavors all the way from the gay pool shark in the sports bar to Al Capone himself. Today he is the politician, the propagandist, the mover and shaker.
His illustration is the fellow in the grape-encrusted flashy velvet robe with the big necklace, in the throne with flowers and bulls-heads adorning it. His castle is in the background as he holds court and his big gold Pentacle.
Ace of Swords The naked blade holds aloft a crown which itself is crowned with laurel, the Roman symbol of victory in battle. Ace of Swords is not friendly. It is an order, dominating and domination, force and being forced: have to, must, gotta. There is the winner and the defeated: No compromise here.
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Guidance Power clashes happen due to circumstances, not just due to personalities. My job and your job, or my position as parent and your position, are designed to counterbalance each other so we are going to be butting heads. Our message today is two commanding personalities are mature enough to give one another leeway precisely because one or the other or both can issue an ultimatum. That is how peace is accomplished … both sides being responsible sensible persons. Maybe both sides being armed and able.
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Queen of Wands
Four of Cups – Chariot – Ace of Swords
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GROUP ANALYTICAL TAROT CARDS READING
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Headings [So you can choose which belongs to you]
Tarot Readings: Accomplish the Purpose (Chariot and Ace of Swords)
Tarot Readings: Control, Boss, in Charge, Orders (Ace of Swords and Queen of Wands; Chariot and Ace of Swords)
Tarot Readings: You Can’t Boss Me, Refusing (Four of Cups and Ace of Swords)
Tarot Readings: Decides (Chariot)
Tarot Readings: Vehicle (Chariot)
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Tarot Readings: Accomplish the Purpose (Chariot and Ace of Swords)
It’s my house, and I’ve got to get it in order, no matter what.
When a certain person keeps refusing to take responsibility, mama issues an ultimatum.
She doesn’t have a house of her own, but she aims to, and she shall.
I don’t have both my private and my professional life under control, but I will.
She gets the job done when she doesn’t have to.
Her indomitable will stops that in its tracks.
The woman won the fight; he did not want to win.
He has to do this one; his wife cannot.
A couple of two commanding people who do not clash.
Tarot Readings: Control, Boss, in Charge, Orders (Ace of Swords and Queen of Wands; Chariot and Ace of Swords)
He is absolutely not in control of her place: She is.
She is the boss in her house and she forbids this.
She has decided what is absolutely not going on around her.
As the manager, she isn’t giving orders but she is in charge.
She and he are both in full charge and do not have to be number one.
As a sensible person, she did not follow those orders, and she takes full responsibility for that.
An assertive woman isn’t going to succeed here.
He chooses to be in control, and he won’t let her be.
She has decided he isn’t allowed, and that’s final.
Tarot Readings: You Can’t Boss Me, Refusing (Four of Cups and Ace of Swords)
No woman is going to boss him; he is master of his fate.
No way is he going to let a woman have authority: He is the boss.
His wife isn’t going to let him boss her, and that’s final!
He cannot force his wife to.
Tarot Readings: Decides (Chariot)
He decides she isn’t going to be his wife, no matter what.
Having a wife is what makes him decide not to.
Tarot Readings: Vehicle (Chariot)
He is not in control of the vehicle; she is.
It’s her vehicle, and you can’t drive it!
He does not drive his wife’s vehicle: no way.
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Queen of Wands
Four of Cups – Chariot – Ace of Swords
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Well, three out of our four Tarot board members here mean ‘to be boss’ and ‘to accomplish a purpose.’ The other is ‘to refuse,’ and ‘No way!’ So it’s obvious we have some head-butting going on. Luckily, both Chariot and Queen of Wands are practical responsible types.
Chariot is getting the job done by any means possible, using whatever guarantees failure as fodder for success. Charioteers were battlefield strategists; they are project managers today. Although they are in control and in charge, giving orders is not the focus of this Tarot Verbatim(TM) card; success, achievement, willpower and completing the mission are.
Queen of Wands is in charge too – of home or business (or both) – and that includes managing people; she is The Mama. She is the main Wife card, and Manager card for workplace questions. The competent and practical hands-on lady, not the glamorous one, usually.
Together, the other pair of Rider Waite cards in Tarot Verbatim(TM) – Four of Cups and Ace of Swords – mean ‘can’t make me’ and ‘don’t have to’ and ‘no one is forcing you.’
Four of Cups’ meaning is plain. No. Don’t want. Refuse to. Not going to get a response from this person: not talking. No way. It acts as a negative modifier, sometimes meaning ‘can’t’ in the sense of ‘not allowed to.’
Here, Ace of Swords’ application is expressed in the light of Chariot and Queen of Wands: being boss, master of my fate, giving and not taking orders, indomitable will, ‘that’s final’ and the determination of ‘shall’ and ‘will.’ Then Four of Cups chimes in and flavors these with not giving orders, not having to be number one, not being assertive.
Power clashes happen due to circumstances, not just due to personalities. My job and your job, or my position as parent and your position, are designed to counterbalance each other so we are going to be butting heads. Our message today is two commanding personalities are mature enough to give one another leeway precisely because one or the other or both can issue an ultimatum. That is how peace is accomplished … both sides being responsible sensible persons. Maybe both sides being armed and able.
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Four of Cups’ meaning is plain. He sits, arms crossed, legs crossed, looking away from the latest offer. No. Don’t want. Refuse to. Not going to get a response from this person: not talking. No way. The offer is not accepted. It acts as a negative modifier, sometimes meaning ‘can’t’ in the sense of ‘not allowed to.’
Chariot is getting the job done by any means possible, using willpower and using whatever guarantees failure as fodder for success. Charioteers were the Marines or special forces of their day: Their strategies were a huge factor in who won a war. Chariot, here, has hitched sphinxes (each of whom turns in one direction) up in such a way they have to go straight because the other is in the way of the turn, and he uses a magic wand in place of reins. That ‘master of both worlds’ theme is suggested here.
Ace of Swords, the blade gripped firmly and held straight up, cutting edge forward, is a threat, is enforcement and force. The crown on the weapon shows it represents power or power people. The laurel leaves represent victory, which translates ‘win,’ ‘winner’ and ‘winning.’ Ace of Swords makes such a strong statement it means ‘ultimatum’ and ‘command’ and, of course, ‘commander.’ It contributes ‘have to’ and ‘must’ to most of its sentences.
Queen of Wands is a practical down-to-earth plain woman (not famous for glamor like some others). She has that alert look of the woman of the house, a big stick in one hand and a flower in the other. She looks like the sensible competent no-nonsense woman who has a good reason for everything she does or thinks. The cat sometimes is the reason she shows up in a spread.
EXPLANATIONS: [Use the arrow at lower right to skip this and go to Comments.]
All the words of each Tarot card reading you see here are a phrase-by-phrase translation of the scene pictured on those cards: no filler, no psychic impressions, no spirit guide. Word-for-word Tarot Verbatim(TM).
In these group readings, there’s no question (and no Questioner) to limit what the four cards can mean, so they can mean opposite things.
When there is a negative-meaning card (a ‘negator,’ I call them), the readings contradict one another because that card can make any of the other cards in the spread negative. Negator cards mean things like: no, never, not, end, can’t, etc. Never be queasy about the number of ‘bad’ card because it takes two bad cards to say ‘not dead’ and only one to say ‘dead.’
Without a question or a Questioner, pronouns (I, you, he, she, we, they, etc.) are very flexible. I leave out pronouns in writing this as much as possible – awkward to do that sometimes. When I put them in parentheses, feel very free to change them around to suit yourself.
Now in a ‘real’ individual reading, the questioner asks a specific question which provides at least half the information! In an individual’s reading, the parties are identified and sometimes a time frame is too. Here, in a group reading, we cannot do that and so we get more variety of sentences.
Horoscopes are group readings, too. Astrology is based on someone else’s birth data, though, so a ‘solar’ group horoscope never really solidly applies to you! (Astrologers want you to know this!)
Tarot successfully addresses the group of visitors, whoever they are. It provides useful information that applies to their daily lives: They tell you this in the comments, for three years now. Tarot can tell you things about people you don’t know personally – such as whoever on your job has a say in your raise or continued employment there, whether that is one person or many. Visitors report that the information is equally accurate for new visitors as it is for the family of regular visitors.
Do you want to read Rider Waite Tarot, yourself? Start with Learn Tarot by Pictures to get the day’s cards’ individual meanings; then read Learn Tarot by Observation, which gives you the thinking those four cards inspire in a qualified reader. Next, Group Analytical Tarot Cards Reading is the various things those four cards can say (without a question to guide them). Then, Guidance is a summary.
In this way, your intuition allows you to learn to read the cards without much effort if you come often enough. Regular visitors can just put it together.
Illustrations from the Rider-Waite Tarot Deck®, known also as the Rider Tarot and the Waite Tarot, reproduced by permission of U.S. Games Systems, Inc., Stamford, CT 06902 USA. Copyright ©1971 by U.S. Games Systems, Inc. Further reproduction prohibited. The Rider-Waite Tarot Deck® is a registered trademark of U.S. Games Systems, Inc.
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