Tarot Readings for You for January 14, 2014 Tuesday©
Guidance What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, they say. Today we take on that long slow hard row to hoe that is somewhere in most everyone’s life. Overcoming in that department is a major triumph, a triumph that may be shared with a loved one. If the challenge one person faces connects with another in a loving way, then a long-awaited victory over a past failure is shared with a partner.
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Five of Cups
Lovers – Ten of Wands – Ace of Swords
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Tarot Readings: Insurance Protects from Major Loss (Lovers and Ace of Swords and Five of Cups)
Tarot Readings: Deep long-lasting Love (Lovers and Ten of Wands)
Tarot Readings: Triumph over Difficulties (Ace of Swords and Ten of Wands)
Tarot Readings: Lost Love, Bereavement (Lovers and Five of Cups)
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Tarot Readings: Insurance Protects from Major Loss (Lovers and Ace of Swords and Five of Cups)
Guaranteed protection against only the very worst loss threats.
Insurance protects (you) from the very worst losses.
Absolute coverage for our insured against even the most extreme losses.
Tarot Readings: Deep long-lasting Love (Lovers and Ten of Wands)
Making this the longest lasting love relationship of our sad lives.
It is such a challenge to be in love when you feel so bad.
You have to slow down this love affair or wish you had.
Wasted such a long time we have to make this work now.
Loving you made all the difference as I pulled through the worst of it.
With you at my side, I have made it through the night.
Making this love last in spite of past hurts.
In victory or in defeat, partners to the max.
A long-awaited victory over a past failure is shared with a partner.
The challenge is to stay the course together in the worst times.
I love you when you are the biggest loser for the longest time.
Deepest grief forges a bond between us.
Will be with you forever no matter how bad things get.
Deepest unconditional love for the departed.
Unconditional love gets me through the worst of times.
Tarot Readings: Triumph over Difficulties (Ace of Swords and Ten of Wands)
It’s difficult to overcome regret to be in love.
Losing now but eventually we will triumph.
A connection so strong and so deep it will never be lost.
It has been a long time since both of us faced an awful challenge like this.
We overcome the burden of our pasts together.
Long lasting love overcomes whatever our downers are.
Love is stronger and deeper for the loss of it.
You overcome losing something you love eventually.
Grief over the loss of a loved one is overcome gradually.
Tarot Readings: Lost Love, Bereavement (Lovers and Five of Cups)
Love a person too much and you are sure to lose him/her.
Lost love is the most depressing ever experience.
Losing the love of your life slows you down.
We have to bear the burden of our past together.
Extreme depression threatens your love partner.
Our mutual friend is threatened with overwhelming depression.
Bereavement for a loved one is the very worst depression.
Unshakable regret strains a love life.
Being depressed about your love life is a monumental strain on you.
Slowly but surely losing our connection.
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Five of Cups
Lovers – Ten of Wands – Ace of Swords
First, Overlapping meanings in common in this spread:
Ten of Wands and Ace of Swords These two overlap a lot. Here are some of the things they mean separately: challenge; made it through; the most ever; monumental; the extreme of. Ten of Wands is the worst, the heaviest, and means slow going but getting there. Ace of Swords emphasizes the upside, winning, but also the other side of the same situation, defeat. (There’s a winner and a loser.)
Ten of Wands and Five of Cups Each of these two cards means the following: feel so bad; the worst of it.
(End of ‘Overlapping’ section.)
Ten of Wands and Five of Cups What hits you first as an experienced reader in this spread is: Here are the two cards whose primary meanings are depression. Ten of Wands is the burden on your back, slow going, too much to bear, taking on the whole burden. Five of Wands: Oh God, I wish I had never. Depression. Wishing I had not. How things would have been if only. Regret. Mourning. Bereavement. Heartsick and homesick. Haunted by the past.
“Nothing good can come from these two.” Except making it through the night, because Ten of Wands means slow going, hard going, but you do get there, you do make it.
Lovers and Ace of Swords Lovers indicates the source of grief has to do with a/the loved one or a connection or contact. I strongly feel our story today includes grief for a beloved animal, of which I have quite a few myself. Ace of Swords just magnifies what we already have on the table. It means ‘absolutely,’ win/lose victory/defeat conquering or overcoming. And triumphing. Lovers and Ace of Swords together say ‘unconditional love’ too.
Once again, Five of Cups haunts this spread. Regret for the past, depression. Its mood is pervasive on the surrounding cards.
HERE ARE PHRASES FOR ALL SIX 2-CARD COMBINATIONS
Lovers and Ten of Wands Protection against the very worst __. Protects (you) from the very worst __. Coverage for even the most extreme. Deep, long-lasting love. The longest lasting love relationship. To be in love when you feel so bad. Slow down this love affair. We … such a long time, we … Loving you as I pulled through the worst of it. With you at my side, I have made it through. *Make this love last. Partners to the max. A long-awaited __ is shared with a partner. *To stay the course together. I love you for the longest time. The deepest bond between us. Deepest grief __ a bond between us. *With you forever. Deepest love. *Loves gets me through the worst of times. Difficult to be in love. Eventually we will … A connection that will never … A connection so deep …. A connection so deep it will never …. It has been a long time since both of us … … the burden of … together. *Long-lasting love. Love is deeper …. … something you love, eventually. … a loved one … gradually. Love a person too much and …. Love is the most __ ever experience. Love is depressing. __ the love __ slows you down. Bear the burden together. Extreme … your love partner. Depression … your love partner. __ for a loved one is the very worst __. … strains a love life. Love life is a strain on you.
Lovers and Ace of Swords Guaranteed protection. Protection against threats. Insurance protects (you) from the very … Absolute coverage. Make this the __ love relationship. Such a challenge to be in love …. You have to … this love affair. We have to, now. Loving you made all the difference. With you at my side, I have made it. Make this love __ in spite of … *Partners to the max. Victory is shared with a partner. Our victory. We win. We have overcome. The challenge is to … together. I love you when you are the biggest …. __ forges a bond between us. With you no matter …. Unconditional love. Overcome __ to be in love. *We triumph. A connection so strong …. … both of us faced an awful challenge like this. *We overcome together. *Love overcomes. Love is stronger. Overcome __ something you love …. … of a loved one is overcome …. Love a person __ and you are sure to …. Love is the most __ ever experience. *The love of your life. We have to __ together. __ threatens your love partner. __ for a loved one is the very worst. Unshakeable __ a love life. Love life is a monumental ….
Lovers and Five of Cups Protection for loss. Insurance for losses. Coverage for losses. The love relationship of our sad lives. To be in love when you feel so bad. … this love affair, or wish you had. We wasted …. Loving you through the worst of it … With you at my side … the night …. This love … past hurts. Partners in defeat. A past failure is shared with a partner. *Together in the worst of times. *I love the loser. *I love you when you are the loser. Grief is a bond between us. With you … how bad things get. Love for the departed. Love in the worst of times. … regret … to be in love. Losing now, but we …. A connection lost. A connection so __ it will __ be lost. Both of us faced an awful …. We … our posts together. Love … whatever our downers are. Love is … for the loss of it. Losing something you love. Grief over a loved one. Lost Love, Bereavement *Loved and lost. Love a person __ lose him or her. *Lost love. Losing the love …. We … of our past together. Depression __ your love partner. Bereavement for a loved one. Regret … a love life. Being depressed about your love life.
Ten of Wands and Ace of Swords … against the very worst … The very worst threats. The very worst. Absolute __ even the most extreme …. Make this the longest lasting … Such a challenge, when you feel so bad … You have to slow down … ,,, such a long time, we have to …. Made it through the worst of it. __ made all the difference as I pulled through … I made it through … Make it last. Last, in spite of …. Make it last in spite of. *Victory to the max! *A long-awaited victory. *The challenge is to stay the course. The biggest for the longest. The biggest __ for the longest time. Deepest __ forges …. Forever, no matter … No matter how bad things get. Deepest unconditional …. Unconditional __ gets me through. Triumph over difficulties. Difficult to overcome. *Eventually triumph. So strong and so deep. A long time … a challenge like this. *Overcome the burden of …. Long-lasting __ overcomes …. Deeper and stronger. Overcome, eventually. Overcome gradually. … too much, and you are sure to … … is the most __ ever experience. … the _ of your life slows you down. *Have to bear the burden. Extreme _ threatens __. __ is the very worst __. Unshakable __ strains …. A monumental strain on you.
Ten of Wands and Five of Cups The longest lasting __ of our sad lives. Such a challenge, when you feel so bad … Slow down … or wish you had. *We wasted such a long time … … as I pulled through the worst of it. *I made it through the night. Last … past hurts. Defeat to the max. A long-awaited __ over a past failure. To stay the course in the worst of times. The biggest loser. *Deepest grief. Forever … how bad things get. Deepest __ for the departed. *Gets me through the worst of times. Difficult … regret. Losing now, but eventually …. So deep it will __ be lost. It has been a long time since … an awful _ like this. The burden of our pasts. Long-lasting … whatever (our) downers are. Deeper for the loss of it. Losing something … eventually. Grief … gradually. … too much, and lose him or her. Lost __is the most depressing ever experience. Losing __ slows you down. Bear the burden of our pasts. *Extreme depression. Bereavement is the worst __. __ regret strains …. Being depressed is a strain on you.
Ace of Swords and Five of Cups Make this the __ of our sad lives. Such a challenge when you feel so bad. You have to … or wish you had. Wasted … have to, now. Made all the difference … the worst of it. I made it … the night. *In spite of past hurts. Make it … past hurts. *Victory or defeat. *Victory over a past failure. The challenge is in the worst of times. The biggest loser. Grief forges …. *No matter how bad things get. Unconditional __ for the departed. Unconditional … the worst of times. *Overcome regret. Losing … triumph …. So strong … be lost. *An awful challenge like this. Overcome our pasts. *Overcomes whatever (our) downers are. Stronger for the loss of it. Overcome losing …. Grief over the loss is overcome. Lost .. is the most depressing ever experience. Losing the __ of your life. Have to … our past. Threatens your love partner. Bereavement is the very __ depression. *Unshakeable regret. Being depressed is a monumental.
P. S. :
I liked this sentence’s breakdown so well I separated it out for you: “The challenge is to stay the course together in the worst times.”
Lovers and Ten of Wands *To stay the course together.
Lovers and Ace of Swords The challenge is to … together.
Lovers and Five of Cups *Together in the worst of times.
Ten of Wands and Ace of Swords *The challenge is to stay the course.
Ten of Wands and Five of Cups To stay the course in the worst of times.
Ace of Swords and Five of Cups The challenge is in the worst of times.
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Lovers A complex illustration births disparate meanings. Protection (which becomes insurance with the Ace of Swords which means both a threat and a guarantee). Any form of connection or contact or attachment (including mechanical attachments). To stand next to or stand with, to be together or joint or in partnership with. Divine or angelic protection or interest. Love affair and love relationship with passion (the volcano). In business, it is a partnership. In investment, it is joint interest. In litigation, it could be a codefendant or two claimants.
Its illustration in the Rider Waite (and just about any other) deck shows Adam and Eve, two people who are partners and lovers, with a volcano between them. Eve has her tree with the snake in it and Adam gets the tree of life. An angel is above them which brings the idea of protection. God of course is inherent in the pictured scene. The sunshine and greenery give the card a positive spin.
Ten of Wands Doing it all in one trip, one load, doing it the hard way, taking on a huge project, slow going, chronic or long term condition or state, being so tired, exhausting, overwhelming or overwhelmed, depression. Simple illustration for all this in Rider Waite Tarot is a fellow loaded down with all the wood he can possibly handle, still making progress to where he is going.
Ace of Swords Main message is victory, triumph, overcoming, winning definitively. Remember that the other side in a definitive win suffers a definitive loss, which the Delphic oracle did not remind an ancient general of when he and his army stopped by wanting to know the outcome of his invasion of Persia. It means being strong, doing something the hard way, asserting or aggression, force, must and have to, absolute, a mandate or command.
Illustration is a hand holding a sword upright which is crowned with the Roman victory laurel.
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Five of Cups Haunted by the past, sick with regret or bereavement or grief for a significant loss. Just being depressed, so depressed you are oblivious to what you do have going for you. Five of Pentacles feels this way too. Hope I don’t get a spread with both of them! The spilled wine suggests a waste. When you see Five of Cups with Ace of Swords, someone likely has a sickening loss.
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