Tarot reading for Julie Beaufort-Stewart
Dec. 22nd, 2016 12:42 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
santa_yodaI did a ten card "Celtic Cross" spread for Julie, so here goes!
So the first card represents Julie and her overall life in general. Despite its disparaging name, The Fool is actually a very encouraging card. It’s all about new beginnings, optimism, hope, and having the courage to embark on the new and unforetold. The Fool trusts in her intuition to guide her to the right place.
The second card was the Knight of Wands, representing Julie’s immediate interest in life. The Knight of Wands is ready to truly be a knight, with all the courage and passion that entails, charging forward with zeal.
Now, for the third card, the Six of Swords. This represents Julie’s long term aims. Generally speaking, the Swords tend to be regarded as a negative or foreboding suit but they absolutely don’t need to be, especially in this case. Just as the lady on the card looks to the sky, so does Julie. The Six of Swords searches for recovery, healing from trauma, something which Julie has experienced aplenty.
The fourth card relates to Julie’s past and how it has influenced her. Now, for the most part, I’m using the upright meanings of the cards drawn and ignoring the inversed, but for the Two of Wands, I’m making an exception. Upright, the Two of Wands heralds the arrival of great news and success, just like our dapper figure here. Inverted, however, also reflects Julie’s past: fear, indecision, waiting on the edge of her seat for an outcome.
It’s appropriate that the fifth card is meant to relate the past to the present. Again, Swords are often regarded as a nasty suit and the Ten of Swords is sometimes called the “heartbreak card.” In fact, its meanings can have more to do with death and dying than the Death card itself. But that’s okay sometimes, especially in relating to the past because the Ten of Swords can also mean an inevitable ending and a time to recuperate. Julie’s been through a lot of darkness and swords but she’s beginning to emerge and live again.
The Lovers, our sixth card, represents events that will affect the near future and we have the Lovers, interestingly the sixth of the Major Arcana as well. Of course, the Lovers is often a romantic card but it can mean many kinds of love: sexual, platonic, familial, and unconditional. It is a card that looks to trust in others and build support systems, to aid in the healing found in the Six and Ten of Swords. It is also a card of communication, reaching out and building up trust.
The Six of Pentacles (or coins) is our seventh card, representing Julie’s present attitudes and perspectives. Coin cards often have a lot to do with enrichment or even material gains. This is a prosperous card, one that wants to share in success. It is also a card of kindness, something Julie has for others aplenty. It might also represent some material wealth coming her mun’s way, in the form of DW points. Hint hint.
Swords do seem to be Julie’s predominant suit as the Queen of Swords appears to influence her environmental factors, such as the people around her. But I also think it may represent Julie herself. The Queen of Swords is a steadfast lady, vigilant and strong, ready to defend herself and others. She is strong-willed, honest, and serves others as often as she protects herself.
And with the Queen, we have a consort in the card that ties to Julie’s fears, hopes, and desires. The Emperor dovetails well with the second card, the Knight of Wands. He supplies our Knight with courage, loyalty, and (yet again) protectiveness. I caution Julie against its inverted meanings, however: weakness and abuse of power.
Our tenth card is the tenth of the Major Arcana, yet another helpful coincidence. Our last card is the culmination of the entire spread, our most likely outcome. The Wheel of Fortune can mean unexpected blessings but also the fact that change is around the corner, always inevitable with a card like this and in a place like Darrow. All the cards do point to change but I would surmise that this is change to do with healing, with positive growth, and most of all, healing from her past.
So the first card represents Julie and her overall life in general. Despite its disparaging name, The Fool is actually a very encouraging card. It’s all about new beginnings, optimism, hope, and having the courage to embark on the new and unforetold. The Fool trusts in her intuition to guide her to the right place.
The second card was the Knight of Wands, representing Julie’s immediate interest in life. The Knight of Wands is ready to truly be a knight, with all the courage and passion that entails, charging forward with zeal.
Now, for the third card, the Six of Swords. This represents Julie’s long term aims. Generally speaking, the Swords tend to be regarded as a negative or foreboding suit but they absolutely don’t need to be, especially in this case. Just as the lady on the card looks to the sky, so does Julie. The Six of Swords searches for recovery, healing from trauma, something which Julie has experienced aplenty.
The fourth card relates to Julie’s past and how it has influenced her. Now, for the most part, I’m using the upright meanings of the cards drawn and ignoring the inversed, but for the Two of Wands, I’m making an exception. Upright, the Two of Wands heralds the arrival of great news and success, just like our dapper figure here. Inverted, however, also reflects Julie’s past: fear, indecision, waiting on the edge of her seat for an outcome.
It’s appropriate that the fifth card is meant to relate the past to the present. Again, Swords are often regarded as a nasty suit and the Ten of Swords is sometimes called the “heartbreak card.” In fact, its meanings can have more to do with death and dying than the Death card itself. But that’s okay sometimes, especially in relating to the past because the Ten of Swords can also mean an inevitable ending and a time to recuperate. Julie’s been through a lot of darkness and swords but she’s beginning to emerge and live again.
The Lovers, our sixth card, represents events that will affect the near future and we have the Lovers, interestingly the sixth of the Major Arcana as well. Of course, the Lovers is often a romantic card but it can mean many kinds of love: sexual, platonic, familial, and unconditional. It is a card that looks to trust in others and build support systems, to aid in the healing found in the Six and Ten of Swords. It is also a card of communication, reaching out and building up trust.
The Six of Pentacles (or coins) is our seventh card, representing Julie’s present attitudes and perspectives. Coin cards often have a lot to do with enrichment or even material gains. This is a prosperous card, one that wants to share in success. It is also a card of kindness, something Julie has for others aplenty. It might also represent some material wealth coming her mun’s way, in the form of DW points. Hint hint.
Swords do seem to be Julie’s predominant suit as the Queen of Swords appears to influence her environmental factors, such as the people around her. But I also think it may represent Julie herself. The Queen of Swords is a steadfast lady, vigilant and strong, ready to defend herself and others. She is strong-willed, honest, and serves others as often as she protects herself.
And with the Queen, we have a consort in the card that ties to Julie’s fears, hopes, and desires. The Emperor dovetails well with the second card, the Knight of Wands. He supplies our Knight with courage, loyalty, and (yet again) protectiveness. I caution Julie against its inverted meanings, however: weakness and abuse of power.
Our tenth card is the tenth of the Major Arcana, yet another helpful coincidence. Our last card is the culmination of the entire spread, our most likely outcome. The Wheel of Fortune can mean unexpected blessings but also the fact that change is around the corner, always inevitable with a card like this and in a place like Darrow. All the cards do point to change but I would surmise that this is change to do with healing, with positive growth, and most of all, healing from her past.
