Direction Spread

1. Your current life situation

2. The lesson you're learning

3. What you're moving toward

4. You're long-term objective

5. What will help you attain you're objective

1) The Devil.
"This card personifies temptation, burdens, restrictions, choices, and misdirection. It reflects belief in the surface rather than in the inner truth of a situation. Limits, boundaries, and being a slave to desires overpower innate good judgment.

The Devil represents your own fears; he is the path of least resistance. You believe that you can't do anything, that you're powerless to exert control over your life. In order to escape his bondage you must alter your thoughts and actions. It's time you realized that the chains that hold you can be removed at will.

Are you a passive chooser rather than an active chooser? If you let life's events make decisions for you, then you are passively choosing, trapped in inertia and feelings of hopelessness. Take charge of your own life and 'choose to choose.' The Devil can be exorcised by changing the pattens of behavior or thinking that keep you in a master/slave situation " (MacGregor, 66).

This card is on point. I have been apathetic lately and just passing by. I started feeling like this my spring semester of my sophomore year. I haven't been able to shake it off.

2) Eight of Pentacles.
"The focus here is on education-workshops or lectures you attend to hone your skills, or actual enrollment in a full-time program where you work towards a degree. You can turn a talent, hobby, or interest into a new career. You're an apprentice now and love every second of it.

You tackle a long-term task with excellent future prospects. Although you're still in the apprentice stage, you're hired for a job that requires more advanced knowledge and expertise. Your employer sends you to school or provides on-the-job training. Hard work and practical ideas have got you this far; good luck carries you the rest of the way" (164).

I feel like this card is telling me that my classes this fall semester will bring me out of my daze. I am taking Political Power and Public Policy with the most amazing professor; I waited a year to take this class with Professor Littman. I feel like this class will direct me where to go. I have an interest in social security reform but I have no idea how to get into that profession or even where to start. To be honest, I don't even know as much as I would like to about the subject. This class will show me everything I need to know. I've only had one class so far, but I can tell that he was well worth the wait.

He is a tough grader and I like that. I will be challenged and fairly evaluated. I will work much harder for this class than I have for any other class before because it is exactly what I want to do with my life. I want to actually implement public policy and I will finally learn how.

I feel like I was apathetic because I was lost. My sophomore year (2007) was an amazing year in which I grew internally. I learned through lost friendships and many experiences with my best friend and past roommate Amanda. I learned more about myself and grew spiritually. However, I did not make a complete change. Although my personal growth was fundamental, I did not unleash my potential. And because of that, I lost my passion for politics and policy. I didn't even pay attention to the news anymore. But this apathy was just my psyche's way of pushing me to explore and actualize my unrealized potential and this class will do just that.

3) The Lovers.
"This card is about choices, duality, and decisions that sometimes concern a love affair. It points to sudden and unexpected changes in a relationship, adjustments in your love life that work in your favor, a choice between security and some sort of personal risk.

Part of the Lovers' work is to make us aware of the duality of our own natures and how it affects our close personal relationships. It's associated with the sign of Gemini, the twins of the Zodiac.

A new relationship is just around the corner or a current relationship is about to go through big changes. You feel divided about a major issue or relationship in your life. Your heart whispers one tale, your head screams another" (51).

I am actually not sure what this card means but it will be interesting to see how it plays out.

4) Six of Cups.
"Old memories and new opportunities, childhood, children, nostalgia, and generally happy times form the heart of this card. Skills and abilities that haven't been used for a while are likely to be resurrected. A missed opportunity needs to be reconsidered; past efforts bring future rewards.

Are you passing up current and future chances for success because you prefer to dwell on past glory? If recollections of triumphs on your college's football field or popularity as a high school cheerleader fill you with nostalgia, rethink your current situation. Once you begin to believe that your best years are behind you, that will become your reality.

Remember the wishes and dreams of your childhood. Use those memories in your creative work. Something or someone from the past comes to your aid and provides inspiration and new energy. Don't allow wistful yearnings for things that probably never were to obscure your current goals.

Children and children's issues are also highlighted. This can refer to children in general, your own children, a teacher, a mentor, or a happy family event" (145).

I want to take back the optimism and passion that I once had. I want to see the world throgh a child's eyes and believe again. I need to stay focused and believe that I will fulfil my potential and use to use all of my abilities and energy toward my future career.

5) The Empress.
"She's the Great Mother Goddess in her guise as Ceres/Demeter, who created the seasons as a symbol of the ebb and flow of all human life. As Mother Nature, she governs the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth. She sets our world in order and grants us the cornucopia of Earth's bounty.

She represents fertility, practicality, good luck and success. Her intuition and insight crosses genders. Her domain lies in emotions, feelings, inner promptings. In astrology, her mate is Venus, the embodiment of emotional love, sensual pleasure, and sexual passion.

Your life swells with abundance. You're a nurturer who takes in strays, eases people's pain, and soothes their anxieties. Your openness and receptivity make you a good listener and an excellent counselor. Your home is warm, inviting, and filled with good food. It's also your sanctuary, your sacred place. The Empress often refers to your own mother or someone with maternal traits" (46).

I think this is pretty much self-explanatory.