Three of Swords Eight of Cups

Tarot Readings for You for March 16-17, 2019

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Three examples (three questions) from one person of Email Reading are a study in going ahead and (carefully) answering when the material seems contradictory. They are also an example of why my instructions to Email buyers are that it’s better to say that someone in a love story is married (especially, not to the love interest). In the questions of this reading, I do not know that, so I read in the alternative – meaning, I say it means this, or that, or that. It turns out that it all does make sense to Querant, who explains that it’s all true ….

Then – third question – she asks what conflicted Love Interest is going to do: action in the real world. And this is a demonstration of how … just because someone is in a dither about something … doesn’t rule out their getting on with it decisively.

 

My question is: What does he feel for me? What will he will do regarding to me in next 3 months?

 

Moon – Strength – Nine of Wands

She stifles his dark side, and that makes him nervous.

Strength

 

She stifles – Strength

 

 

Moon

 

his dark side – Moon

 

 

Nine of Wands

 

which makes him nervous. – Nine of Wands

 

 

Knight of Swords – Lovers – Five of Wands

Whether coming or going, chasing or leaving, he is your lover.

Lovers

 

He is your love partner, – Lovers

 

 

Five of Wands

 

intensely involved, – Five of Wands

 

 

Knight of Swords

 

coming or going, pursuing or fleeing. – Knight of Swords

 

 

or

Knight of Swords

 

He flies back – Knight of Swords

 

 

Lovers

 

to be your lover – Lovers

 

 

 

Five of Wands

 

after fighting with you. – Five of Wands

 

 

 

Seven of Swords – High Priestess – Four of Wands

She’s the kind of woman you marry, so it’s dangerous.

High Priestess

 

She’s the kind of woman – High Priestess

 

 

Four of Wands

 

you marry – Four of Wands

 

 

Seven of Swords

 

so it’s dangerous. – Seven of Swords

 

 

or

This woman he has an affair with is married.

High Priestess

 

This woman – High Priestess

 

 

Seven of Swords

 

he has an affair with – Seven of Swords

 

 

Four of Wands

 

is married. – Four of Wands

 

 

 

or

 

He is married, cheating with another woman.

Four of Wands

 

A married man, – Four of Wands

 

 

 

Seven of Swords

 

he is cheating with – Seven of Swords

 

 

High Priestess

 

another woman. – High Priestess

 

 

 

 

 

Four of Cups – Judgment – Nine of Cups

He wants to come back and renew the relationship, but won’t let himself.

 

 

He wants to – Nine of Cups

 

 

Judgement

 

come back and renew the relationship – Judgment

 

 

Four of Cups

 

but won’t let himself (resists the temptation). – Four of Cups

 

 

or

 

He wants to not return.

Nine of Cups

 

He wants to – Nine of Cups

 

 

 

Four of Cups

 

 

not do this: – Four of Cups

 

 

Judgement

 

come back to you. – Judgment

 

 

 

 

Hanged Man – Three of Wands – World

Has intense feelings about a future with this trophy ideal woman.

Hanged Man

 

He has intense feelings about you – Hanged Man

 

 

Three of Wands

 

about the future with you, – Three of Wands

 

 

World

 

a beautiful woman who has no faults. – World

 

 

 

 

Three of Swords – Eight of Cups – Six of Pentacles

He treats you right, doesn’t break up with you.

Six of Pentacles

 

He treats you right – Six of Pentacles

 

 

Eight of Cups

 

and avoids – Eight of Cups

 

 

 

Three of Swords

 

being mean or breaking up with you. – Three of Swords

 

 

 

or

 

He breaks up with you and doesn’t treat you right.

Three of Swords

 

He breaks up with you. – Three of Swords

 

 

Eight of Cups

 

and doesn’t end up  – Eight of Cups

 

 

Six of Pentacles

 

treating you right. – Six of Pentacles

 

 

Emily, to Client:

Never have I encountered a session with constant contradictory double meanings! I picked up the cards from six other spreads of another session of this question which did the same thing. So I am going with this. Does he have an alter ego, another personality?

 

My question is: What will he do regarding to our relationship after our last talk?

 

Seven of Wands – Star – Page of Swords

What is said makes him feel cornered and nervous.

Star

 

What is said makes him feel – Star

 

 

Seven of Wands

 

 

cornered – Seven of Wands

 

 

Page of Swords

 

and confronted (nervous). – Page of Swords

 
 

 

 

 

 

Ace of Pentacles – Five of Cups – Empress

“I have a lot to lose that’s precious”: my beloved.

Ace of Pentacles

 

“I have a lot (that’s precious) – Ace of Pentacles

 

 

Five of Cups

 

 

– a lot to lose; – Five of Cups

 

 

Empress

 

she is my ideal (sexy) woman.” – Empress

 
 

 

 

 

 

Seven of Pentacles – Nine of Cups – Devil

“It seems I’ve gotta suffer for what I want.”

Seven of Pentacles

 

It seems – Seven of Pentacles

 

 

Devil

 

I’ve gotta suffer for – Devil

 

 

 

Nine of Cups

 

what I want. – Nine of Cups

 
 

 

 

 

 

Knight of Swords – Four of Pentacles – Eight of Cups

“A big change of direction: not letting myself drop out.”

Knight of Swords

 

A big (fast) change of direction – Knight of Swords

 

 

Four of Pentacles

 

– not letting myself – Four of Pentacles

 

 

Eight of Cups

 

drop out. – Eight of Cups

 
 
 

 

 

 

Hermit – King of Pentacles – Four of Wands

Studly-Dudly is looking to settle down.

King of Pentacles

 

The manipulative man/Italian Stallion – King of Pentacles

 

 

Hermit

 

is looking to – Hermit

 

 

 

Four of Wands

settle down. – Four of Wands

 
 
 

 

 

 

 

Death – Five of Swords – Page of Wands

The end of him being a wise-guy; he is the good guy now.

&

He is saying he is not the type to take advantage.

Death

 

The end of – Death

 

 

 

Five of Swords

 

him being a wise-guy; – Five of Swords

 

 

 

Page of Wands

 

he is the good guy now. – Page of Wands

 

 

&

Page of Wands

He is saying – Page of Wands

 

 

 

Death

 

he is not – Death

 

 

 

Five of Swords

 

the type to take advantage. – Five of Swords

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Three of Wands – Three of Cups – Hierophant

From now on going to share the good life with her in a good way.

Three of Wands

 

From now on going to – Three of Wands

 

 

Three of Cups

 

share the good life with her – Three of Cups

 

 

Hierophant

 

in a good respectable way. – Hierophant

 

 

 

 

 

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Tarot Readings for You for February 5, 2014 Wednesday©

Guidance     Adversity can be a shortcut to personal success.  Looking objectively at a painful situation, you assess your part of its cause in order to take charge via taking responsibility.  You decide to exit and do so cleanly.  Suddenly you are calm and things are under control when you break out or break up.  Finding a way to bypass all those difficulties is quite an achievement and so is understanding how to handle hostility without engaging in it.  Today we find parallels in achieving business success by changing course, achieving personal success by getting along with folks, and turning off the road in traffic to avoid some hazards.  It’s about looking ahead, it is!

 

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Eight of Cups
Hermit – Three of Swords – Chariot

 

GROUP TAROT CARDS READING

Tell the visitors here something useful and meaningful to them.

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Headings [So you can choose which belongs to you]

Tarot Verbatim: Breaking up/Leaving (Three of Swords and Eight of Cups)

Tarot Verbatim: Vehicle Damage and Hazards (Three of Swords and Chariot)

Tarot Verbatim: Avoids/Quits a Nasty/Hostile (Three of Swords and Eight of Cups)

Tarot Verbatim: Adverse Factors to Success/Achievement (Three of Swords and Chariot)

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Tarot Verbatim: Breaking up/Leaving (Three of Swords and Eight of Cups)

Understanding how breaking up was the detour that put me in charge.

An objective view of a painful situation makes you decide to leave.

The minute I break up, I am calm and things are under control.

Adversity is my shortcut to success, through patience.

As soon as I decide to leave, a friend helps with the heartache.

Decides to be more patient to avoid a breakup.

It doesn’t hurt anymore, you are calm and getting things done.

The old man quits, gets in his truck and disappears.

Tarot Verbatim: Vehicle Damage and Hazards (Three of Swords and Chariot)

Search for a mangled vehicle that is off the road.

Cursory inspection of damage to the vehicle.

Driving at night detouring around a road hazard.

Doctor was leaving just as the heart attack arrived in the ambulance.

Paramedics dropped everything to treat the stroke.

Driving at night in such a storm he decides to get off the road.

To avoid hazards, get off the road at night.

Tarot Verbatim: Avoids/Quits a Nasty/Hostile (Three of Swords and Eight of Cups)

Observe how (he) becomes hostile when (he) doesn’t get his way.

A snarly person suddenly has self-control and is calm.

Choose to avoid an abrasive friend.

A friend sees being nasty got (him) nowhere.

Take all the ill will into account and decide to avoid it.

Choosing to be sane, I leave when they fight.

All of a sudden he is mature and can handle opposition.

Watch how to handle hostility without engaging in it.

Tarot Verbatim: Adverse Factors to Success/Achievement (Three of Swords and Chariot)

My achievement: Finding a way to bypass all those difficulties.

So much is against getting this done that I give up for now, but I am still looking for a way.

Being an overnight success involves patience and pain.

Reject one way and find another way to succeed.

Sees he fell short of achieving his goal because of adverse conditions.

Looking for another way to get it done, this one is a reject.

Can see why they were against this and dropped it from the project.

He came to help you succeed but he suddenly turned against you.

 

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Eight of Cups
Hermit – Three of Swords – Chariot

 

LEARN TAROT BY OBSERVING

Hermit and Chariot are mature and responsible men or individuals who accomplish a purpose by their own actions; both are out on the road. Hermit emphasizes understanding, observing, looking for, helping and calmness. Chariot emphasizes success, achievement, drive, taking responsibility, getting the project done, having things under control; he is also a vehicle of any kind. Today, in the company of Hermit, a physician, he is an ambulance and the two of them together are paramedics.

Three of Swords and Eight of Cups involve leaving. Three of Swords is animosity in a breakup, is rejecting (anything), is nastiness or hostility both to (anything) and as a personality trait. It can also be a storm or damage or a heart attack/stroke.

Eight of Cups is to detour abruptly from one (anything) to another (anything) – from a direction of any kind, even from an inclination. It also involves timing, as in aborted or premature or disrupted or intercepted anythings. Some of its applications are not expected (which is to be expected, since it means ‘unexpected’). Phrases like ‘when he doesn’t get his way’ and ‘got him nowhere’ are examples of the timing meanings. So is ‘overnight’ when it refers to an overnight success or whatever. Other phrases you would not think of are ‘another way,’ ‘fell short of,’ and ‘dropped it.’

Hermit, Chariot and Eight of Cups are all on the road. Hermit is looking where he is going and knows; Chariot arrives successfully; Eight of Cups makes an unscheduled turn.

So we have an echo of the thought of it being wise to leave. That is our main message in today’s sentences.

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HERE ARE PHRASES FOR ALL SIX 2-CARD COMBINATIONS

 

resonates with your subconscious awareness!

 

Hermit and Three of Swords Understanding how breaking up was …. An objective view of a painful situation. … break up, I am calm …. Adversity is my … through patience. *A friend helps with the heartache. … more patient … a breakup. … hurt … you are calm and …. The old man quits. Search for a mangled …. Inspection of damage. … at night … a road hazard. Doctor … the heart attack. *Paramedics treat the stroke. Driving at night in such a storm, …. … hazards … at night. Observe how he becomes hostile. A snarly person … is calm. An abrasive friend. A friend sees being nasty …. *Take all the ill will into account. Choosing to be sane … when they fight. … mature … opposition. Watch … hostility. Findiing a way … difficulties. So much is against __, but I am looking for a way. … involves patience and pain. Reject __ and find a way. Sees … adverse conditions …. Looking for … is a reject. Came to help and turned against. x

 

Hermit and Chariot Understanding __ that put me in charge. An objective view makes you decide to …. *I am calm and things are under control. *Calm control. … success through patience. … I decide to …, a friend helps with …. *Decides to be more patient. *You are calm and getting things done. *The old man gets in his truck. *Search for a vehicle. *Inspection of vehicle. *Driving at night. Doctor … in the ambulance. Paramedics. *Drivng at night. … the road at night. Observe when he __ get his way. Has self-control and is calm. *Choose a friend. A friend sees … got him __where. Take __ into account and decide to __. *Choosing to be sane. Mature and can handle __. Watch how to handle …. My achievement: Finding a way …. … getting this done … I am looking for a way. Being a success involves patience. *Find a way to succeed. Sees … his goal …. *Looking for a way to get it done. Came to help you succeed. x

 

Hermit and Eight of Cups Understanding that was the detour that …. An objective view makes you leave. The minute I __, I am calm. Shortcut to __ through patience. … leave, a friend helps …. *Decides to avoid. … anymore; you are calm and …. *The old man disappears. Search for a __ that is off the road. *Cursory inspection. … at night, detouring around a road …. Doctor was leaving just as …. Paramedics drop everything to …. … at night … get off the road. To avoid __ at night. Observe when he doesn’t get his way. … suddenly is calm. *… to avoid a friend. A friend sees __ got him nowhere. Take __ into account and avoid it. To be sane, I leave when …. All of a sudden, he is mature. Watch … without engaging in it. *Finding a way to bypass …. I give up for now, but I am still looking for a way. Being an overnight __ involves patience. *Find another way. Sees he fell short of …. * Looking for another way to …. Can see why they dropped it. Came to help and he suddenly …. x

 

Three of Swords and Chariot The breakup that put me in charge. *Decide to leave. Break up and things are under control. Adversity … to success. Decide … with the heartache. Decides to … a breakup. … hurt … getting things done. … quits, gets in his truck, and …. VEHICLE DAMAGE AND HAZARDS *Mangled vehicle. *Damage to a vehicle. Driving … a hazard. Hazardous drive. .. heart attack … in the ambulance. … to treat the stroke. … such a storm he decides …. … hostile … get his way. A snarly person has self control. Choose to … an abrasive __. Being nasty got him __where. … ill will … decide to …. Choosing to … fight. Can handle opposition. *Handle hostility. FACTORS ADVERSE TO SUCCESS AND ACHIEVEMENT My achievement … all those difficulties. *So much is against getting this done. Success involves pain. Reject … to succeed. … his goal because of adverse conditions. … to get it done … is a reject. … against this … from the project. … you succeed … turned against you. x

 

Three of Swords and Eight of Cups BREAKING UP AND LEAVING Understanding how breaking up was the detour that …. *Leave a painful situation. Painful situation … to leave. *The minute I break up. *Adversity is my shortcut. … to leave … with the heartache. *Avoid a breakup. *It doesn’t hurt anymore. … quits, and disappears. A mangled __ that is off the road. Cursory __ of damage. Detouring around a hazard. Leaving just as the heart attack. … drop everything to … the stroke. … such a storm … get off the road. … hazards … get off …. QUITS A HOSTILE/AVOIDS A NASTY … hostile … doesn’t get his way. A snarly person suddenly is …. Avoid an abrasive __. Being nasty got him nowhere. Ill will … avoid it. Leave when they fight. All of a sudden … opposition. … hostility without engaging in it. Bypass all those difficulties. So much is against __ that I give up for now. Being an overnight __ involves pain. Reject … another way to …. Fell short because of adverse conditions. … another way … this is a reject. … against this and dropped it. *Suddenly turned against (you). x

 

Chariot and Eight of Cups The detour that put me in charge. *Decide to leave. The minute I …, things are under control. *Shortcut to success. *Decide to leave. Decides to avoid. … anymore; you are getting things done. Gets in his truck and disappears. *Vehicle that is off the road. Cursory __ to a vehicle. Driving … detouring. Leaving just as … in the ambulance. … drop everything to treat …. Driving … get off the road. Decides to get off the road. *Get off the road. *Doesn’t get his way. … suddenly has self-control. *Choose to avoid. *Got him nowhere. *Decide to avoid it. *Choosing to leave. All of a sudden, he can handle. How to handle __ without engaging in it. My achievement: to bypass …. … getting this done, that I give up for now …. *Overnight success. xAnother way to succeed. *Fell short of achieving his goal. *Another way to get it done. *Dropped it from the project. … you succeed, and suddenly …. x

 

LEARN TAROT BY PICTURES

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Hermit Mature enough to be offering practical help to travelers in distress, confident enough to be on the road at night, Hermit emphasizes understanding, observing, looking for, knowing, patience and calmness. He is a healer or doctor, a friend, and a friend who helps. He is also an old man (or sometimes older man). We aren’t using his other meanings today.

 

Three of Swords Separations, divorce, breaking up, animosity and hostility, being against, opposing, being nasty or snarly or very edgy – any kind of rejection, including rejecting one choice for another. Three of swords also refers to heart trouble, surgery, storm and heartache. One of those Rider Waite Tarot cards whose meanings you can guess: A heart with knives piercing it, and gray clouds and rain behind it.

 

Chariot You can guess its vehicle meanings. This brings up ‘drive’ which suggests ambition. That is further extended to success and accomplishment: This is the decision-maker whose project succeeds. Not obvious is that Chariot succeeds deliberately through strategy. This is an esoteric Rider Waite Tarot citizen: The reversed colors on the sphinxes indicate their different natures, and Chariot (with his magic wand) is getting them going in the same direction, the direction he wills them to.

 

Eight of Cups takes a quick right turn here because the terrain forces him to. He too is on the road, but he gets off of it at least for now and heads in a different direction. The end of one thing begins another or vice versa. Continues on despite a disruption. It’s just another phase, but I’m out of here.

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Our Daily Spread for Mar. 16, 2011

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You overcome and get away from the atmosphere that is against your dream coming true

Nine of Cups
Three of Swords, Eight of Cups, Ace of Swords

NOTE; Pronouns for this are wide open. There is only the slightest indication (in Eight of Cups) of MALE pronouns, so adjust accordingly!
The same is true for TENSE of verbs, so use your imagination, too!
(Pronouns are he, she, it, him, her, you, we, us, them, etc. Tense is past, present, future.)

Divorce Perspective:
He/She is forced to give up on being broken up, so you get what you want.
Has to drop the divorce if he/she is to possess the good things he/she wants.
Forced by divorce to abandon the dream.
No longer has to have the divorce.
Really wants that divorce; has to get out.
The divorce, having to leave, was the best thing for you.

Pain/Suffering Perspective:
You must abandon the path that pains you to have the good life.
It’s when you no longer have to have it so bad it hurts that you get it.
Surgery is the best; it ends the pain.
It doesn’t hurt any more; that’s the main thing you want.
The pain of having to have it is gone.
Suffering is the only way out of greed.
The one and only thing (you) want is to put and end to pain.
The suffering was the only way to get (your)self onto the path (you) desired and off of the other.

Heart Attack/Stroke Perspective:
To get on the path (you) really want to be on, the heart attack/stoke had to happen
The heart attack is/was the one and only way for him/her to drop off one path and get onto the one he/she really desired to be on.

Fight/Adversity/Hostile Atmosphere Perspective:
Have to quit being hostile for the dream to come true.
Being forced out and fired was the best thing that ever happened for you/him/her.
You overcome and get away from the atmosphere that is against your dream coming true.
For you to have what you want, you have to walk away from person(s) who is/are hostile.
Must abandon this battle to have the good life.
All you want is to drop out when everything goes against you.
Wants to win this battle and get out.
Will not be satisfied until (he) wins the battle.
He emphatically does not want to fight over it.

Victory Perspective:
You won’t want to fight any more after you win.
Having it all means you won it already, there’s no fight.
Quit fighting for the one thing you want when you get it.
Wins the victory he/she/you want(s) by not engaging in battle.
Avoiding the quarrel is the best way to have the victory.
In the end you win the conflict and all is well with you.
When the battle is over, you win and are satisfied.

Even more could be made of these four Rider Waite Tarot cards, but this is enough. Two of these cards are about conflict, the Three of Swords and the Ace of Swords, respectively meaning (1) hostility or separation and (2) winning the conflict. Eight of Cups echoes the ‘separation’ theme because it means ‘abandon’; and it also announces a severe and abrupt change of course. But here comes the Nine of Cups that in any given Tarot deck will mean ‘Your wish is granted, the dream comes true.’

So in the end you win a conflict and all is well with you. There is a deeper meaning, an underlying advice to question whether the reward is worth the battle. Sometimes not striving for the reward is the way for it to come to you. Sometimes, like Odin (Father God of the Norse Myth) you sacrifice an eye for wisdom … as in the heart attack theme. (Vikings are famous for not doing things the easy way.)

Meanings and Illustrations:

Three of Swords: Conflict, strife, battle/war, heartache and hurt, injury and heart attack or stroke, surgery, pain, hostility and divorce or separation … you got that early on, what with the Rider Waite Tarot illustration being a heart with three knives through it and storm clouds with driving rain surrounding it. Some illustrations are more graphic than others, methinks.

Eight of Cups: Abandon course in midstream and take off in another direction. Drop one for the other. Something is over with. Give up, get out, avoid … in the end, there was no beginning anyway. Illustration illustrates that: Pilgrim quits going in one direction because the land ends, and heads off 90 degrees later.

Ace of Swords: A sword festooned with laurel means victory and winning, ya think? It also echoes that ‘the one thing, the primary thing, the most important’ of the Ace of Wands’ meaning, as well as its ‘have to/must/gotta’ meaning. And that’s about it: another simple graphic illustration.

Nine of Cups: Speaking of simple graphic meanings, here’s another. The fat guy ate and drank and is totally satisfied … he’s got it all and is a consumer of it all. This is about satisfaction as well as surfeit and greed. Placed after the idea of winning in the Ace of Swords previous … well he won it all, didn’t he?

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The sexy young bachelor is now an old married man

Page of Wands
Ten of Cups, Emperor, Ace of Wands

The old man of the family tells the cute young dandy what he has to do.
The patriarch of the family is forced to appear in a suit.
His greatest pride is to be an old man with his family around him who is happily married.
The old man and the young man are both members of the same prominent family.
The young man is a member of a prominent established family.

The sexy young bachelor is now an old married man.
Father tells son ‘You have to get married.’
Grandpa was a sexy young bachelor when he married.
The elder tells everyone what they have to do.
Everyone says he is a sexy old man.

God says you have to love one another.
God’s word is the authority for these people.
Federal ruling about the word ‘marriage.’

Not much variety here. We have the Emperor old man (or patriarch, or God, or federal government), and the Page of Wands young man (a well-dressed good-looking bachelor), the Ten of Cups happy family or happy marriage, and the Ace of Wands mandate or order, which also means sexy when it stands next to the well-dressed good-looking young fella there. So the old man of the family dictates to the bachelor son. Or the federal government dictates to everybody (or dictates about the word ‘marriage.’)

The nearest thing to advice we have is to marry a young man who will still be family when he is of patriarchal age.

Meanings and Illustrations:

Ten of Cups: Such a happy well-adjusted well-off family. They even had to put a rainbow over the family estate.

Emperor: He be da Boss, the supreme commander. Often a rigid dictatorial type; and it can be a woman in that role or position, too. There he sits looking august in his metal legwear, symbols of power in his hands, crown upon his head over his rosy cheeks.

Ace of Wands: Again, the authority, the boss, the order or mandate. Sexy, too: The hand with the board in it that is shaped like a penis and is abloom with sprouts as a fertility icon.

Page of Wands: He is the handsome well-dressed young man who is proud of himself and well-spoken. The illustration shows this cute guy so full of himself, very green-behind-the-ears. The card refers to speaking, language, delivering a message, being the spokesperson as well.

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