Our Daily Spread for Jan. 10, 2011
Well, this marriage theme has me puzzled. So I decide to do TWO four-card spreads, to see how similar they are – whether they are both on the theme. I was hoping the first would satisfy the marriage subject, and the second would be directed toward people who aren’t in the throes of marital union. Look at these spreads card by card: The first card in each (Ace of Swords/Five of Swords) means aggression or asserting oneself vigorously. The second in each (Ten of Cups/4 of Wands) is astounding: Those are the two positive ‘marriage’ cards in the entire 78-card Tarot deck! The third card in each are a kind of father-son duo (Knight of Pentacles/King of Pentacles). Both are assertive men who are gonna get their way no matter what: the first by force and the second by stealth. The fourth Tarot card in each is SUN/JUDGMENT. Both refer to a new lease on life, a new phase, a getting-out-from-under. I could not do this kind of card-by-card parallel deliberately for the life of me!
One main thought: Get free, I must marry
Sun
Ace of Swords, Ten of Cups, Knight of Pentacles
One thing on his mind: to be happy, he must marry (her).
One thing he must do: get free and have a happy home life/marriage.
Now that he is out of this home and its restrictions, he has one thing on his mind: He’s got to be happy at home.
I’ve got to be happy, I’ve got to be free: This is the one important thing.
He feels he must make everybody happy to be happy himself.
Marriage is the one thing on the man’s mind: He has to be happy.
He is out from under the drive to be the macho strongman, he is part of a happy marriage.
Is this about being happy, or what? The dude is out from under a former life and is settling into a new life of bliss, he has to.
He pulls off a new life: married head of household
Judgement
Five of Swords, Four of Wands, King of Pentacles
He pulls off being married, a new phase of being a powerful studly man.
His chip-on-the-shoulder snarly personality changes when being married gives him a feeling of being important and powerful.
There’s being the smart alec who intimidates, and there’s being the smooth dude who manipulates: This marriage makes the change in him.
He feels being married means he has arrived, he is the head of household – a big change from having to show people who’s boss.
He asks her to marry him and goes from being taken advantage of to being the man who has money.
Going from being taken advantage of (or abused) to marrying a man who is a leader and makes things happen is a big change.
This emphasizes how much better he feels about himself as a married man. Marriage is, again, a new life.