This spread was done before the September 23rd, 2009 entry was made. It follows the French spread. (I know, I need to work on the sequence of journal entries.)
1) Past Experience - Seven of Rods"You possess the ability to succeed against all opposition. You're in an advantageous position. Face up to the situation, take a stand, don't hesitate to assert your own point of view.
You're meeting the challenge, whatever form it takes. Your next step is to tie up the loose ends of the past and get on with your life. You...make your own decisions and rely on your inner strength and judgment" (131).
2) Where You Are Now - Temperance"In some decks, this card is called the Alchemist. It usually depicts and angel standing with one foot in teh water and the other on earth, indicating that the temperate personality links the realms of the conscious and the unconscious.
The word Temperance comes from Latin and means to mix or combine properly. The card itself indicates a need to mix and match until you find what is right for you.
Tranquility comes to you through your ability to maintain harmony and balance by the successful blending of opposites. You're learning to temper justice with compassion, success with failure, joy with sorrow. Moderation in all things is required. Compromise and tolerance for opinions different from your own take you a long way. This doesn't mean you must surrender yourself to someone else's agenda.
Romance: Compassion, cooperation, and forgiveness create a bond with your significant other that has been absent lately. Calm, open discussion about your differences and complaints bring about the results you want. Listen to your feelings, look honestly at the facts, then act.
Spirituality: The key to your personal path lies in harmony, peace, and focused attention on what you desire and need. Answers come to you through medication. You experience a state of peaceful repose by grounding and channeling cosmic energies" (64).
3) Near Future - Judgement"A spiritual awakening. By the time the Fool reaches this point in his journey, he has learned how to integrate his everyday awareness with higher consciousness. He now possesses all the qualities that he has been seeking on his pilgrimage: enlightenment, truth, hidden knowledge, and a sense of harmony and contentment.
Valuable lessons have been learned; now put them to practical use. You've been given a second chance and you're ready to live a more meaningful existence.
Release the past and start fresh. This means pay off old debts, take responsibility for your life, and stop blaming and judging others.
Happiness doesn't lie outside of yourself. Honestly review your past actions, consider how you have used or misused your opportunities, then envision your future as you wish it to be.
Romance: Your relationships undergo a regeneration. You and your significant other either commit to make things work or call it quits.
Spirituality: You're approaching a crossroads, a switch in belief systems. You're primed for a change of direction or purpose. Go with it" (75).
4) Your Future Environment - King of Pentacles"As the embodiment of worldly success and accomplishment, this king is the proverbial 'square peg in a square hole.' In his practical no nonsense way he keeps extending himself, slowly but steadily pushing upward.
Health: Tension may show up in your neck and shoulders, your stomach, and your knees. Your biggest enemy is internalizing sorrow, emotional pain, or anger; these emotions take up residence in your body and may turn to illness" (90).
5) Best You Can Hope For - Knight of Cups "This knight's focus is on emotion and on the creativity that flows from it. A new kind of experience moves into your life. It buoys your spirits, stirs your compassion, and changes your beliefs about what is possible. This knight symbolizes the path with heart. Your tensions and loneliness ease as your emotions find an equilibrium that has been absent in recent months.
Spirituality: By taking the path with heart, a new country of the spirit opens up.
Empowerment: You delve into your deepest beliefs and emotions and reach and understanding about how they create what your experience" (102).
6) Outcome - Hierophant
