The Devil

Introduction

This card is for Sunday, April 11, 2010.  Still catching up.  This card was a "leaper", meaning it leaped out of the deck while shuffling.


My Intuitive Interpretation

The Devil, for me, is about bondage to things that probably aren't good for you, and probably you know this, but don't want to acknowledge it. It's like being in a love affair that's completely wrong for you, but hot just the same.  It's like being in a job that you hate, but one that pays you more money than you know you could make doing what you love.  The thing to remember about the Devil is that there's always a way to get away from the chains, providing you want to.


What Dictionary of Tarot Says

• Crowley:  Blind impulse, irresistibly strong and unscrupulous, ambition, temptation, obsession, secret plan, obstinacy, rigidity
• Gray:  Illness, improper use of force, bondage to material things, discontent, sensation without understanding
• Kaplan:  Death, misery, disaster, bondage, violence of all forms
• Lind:  Pan, instinctive behavior or folly
• Waite:  Ravage, violence, vehemence, extraordinary efforts, force, fatality, that which is predestined but is not for this evil, weakness, pettiness, blindness
• Suggested:  An evil force; brace yourself.  Internal force which cannot be ignored, learn to deal with it or be destroyed by it.  Probably less a card of evil than of fear.

Psychic Revelation
The Devil


My Interpretation for Today

My last few days have not been particularly good.  Things have been bothering me.  I believe the appearance of this card tells me that I have got to let go...become unchained to the feelings I have.  Maybe things cannot be proven now, but all of this will be seen as true or untrue in the near future.  What I cannot do is let this get to me to the point that I can't function outside of these feelings.

Strength

Introduction

This card is for Friday, April 2, 2010. Still catching up...

My Intuitive Interpretation

The Strength card, for me, is just as you might imagine. It is a card that means you have the strength to do what you need to do, even if you're not sure that you do. It's a card of getting things done...

What Dictionary of Tarot Says

• Case: Strength, fiery life power which is source of all human action.
• Christian: Moral or organic force.
• Crowley: Intelligence of all the activities of the spiritual being. Lust, implying the joy of strength exercised. Vigor and the rapture of vigor. Courage, energy and action, a grand passion, magickal power.
• Douglas: Courage to take risks, defeat of unworthy impulses
• Grimaud: The mind can always dominate matter.
• Waite: Innocence and strength residing in contemplation, Fortitude connected with the divine mystery of union, power, energy, action.

Psychic Revelation
Strength

My Interpretation for Today

I admit that I have been enjoying renewed vigor in many areas of my life. Although the past few months have been pretty stressful, things have been getting much better. I have quite a few opportunities coming my way and I know that I do have the strength and the fortitude to handle them all.

The Tower

Introduction

This is for Wednesday, March 31, 2010.  Still catching up...


My Intuitive Interpretation

The Tower is, for me, not so much a card about total destruction (which it is), but for what comes afterwards:  the rebuilding.  Totally tear down whatever methods you have been using (which aren't working  anyway) and start anew. 


What Dictionary of Tarot Says

• Case:  The power of utterance (this traditionally refers to the Tower of Babel).
• Christian:  Ruin, punishment of pride, the downfall of the spirit that attempt to discover the mystery of God, reversals of fortune.
• Crowley:  Total destruction, but to obtain "perfection".
• Gray:  Divine will attempting to break down man's stubbornness, change, catastrophe, freedom gained at great cost
• Huson:  That which is dead renewed by fire
• Mayananda:  A transitional condition, always unpleasant.  Preparation through destruction for a new birth.
• Waite:  Ruin when evil has prevailed, intellectual destruction, misery, distress.

Psychic Revelation
The Tower


My Interpretation for Today

I'm thinking that this card is the successor of yesterday's 5 of Cups (which I just finished, so it's fresh in my mind). I know that each day is influenced by previous days and perhaps this card is trying to tell me that I need to do things completely different than I have in the past.  I need to break down my walls, destroy my previous methods, and look at things in a new way....maybe branch out a little.

The Hermit

Introduction

This card is for Monday, March 29, 2010.  Still catching up...


My Intuitive Interpretation

The Hermit, for me, isn't so much about being physically alone, but about going deep into your own mind and intuition for answers, rather than relying on external sources, such as friends or even tarot cards.  Sometimes it is advisable to be alone physically, so that you can really focus on what needs to be attended to.


What Dictionary of Tarot Says

• Douglas:  The start of the journey towards spiritual perfection.  A councilor, retreat from the world, a need for caution, patience, discretion and silence.
• Kahn:  Perspective, circumspection, preparation, solitude, correct choice, awareness 
• Waite:  Card of attainment, prudence
• Suggested:  Loneliness, pilgrimage, a teacher, inner wisdom, meditation

Psychic Revelation
The Hermit


My Interpretation for Today

Unlike much of my time lately, I did not spend a great deal of time alone on this day.  I did, however, spend some time reflecting on some of the craziness of my life lately.  I am in need of calm.  I haven't had much of this lately and it's obviously something I miss.   While the last few months, in particular, have been exciting and chaotic, it is not a way to be for me and I am trying to figure out how to achieve my goals and still have a calmness about my life.  The Hermit reminds me that I am my own best friend, the person I trust the most, even if it doesn't always seem so to me.  I know what I need to do...what is best for me.

The World

Introduction

This card is for Sunday, March 28, 2010. Still catching up...

My Intuitive Interpretation

The World, for me, is about completion...everything coming together for a satisfying resolution.  Think about the phrase "On top of the World".


What Dictionary of Tarot Says

• Christian:  The reward of free spirits
• Crowley:  The completion of the Great Work
• Gray:  Completion,, travel, arrival at a state of cosmic consciousness, success or success yet to be won
• Waite:  The perfection and end of the cosmos, the secret which is within it, assured success, recompense, voyage, change of place
• Suggested:  Not a card of endings, a card of results which will tend to be physical.  Can be a sign of reward or punishment.

Psychic Revelation
The World

My Interpretation for Today

Sunday was a very interesting day for me...long, filled with good work, some frustration, and some fun.  It seemed like an all encompassing day and maybe that was what The World was about.  I am not exactly sure what I have "completed" or what results came about on this day, but sometimes the cards don't always reveal themselves in our time frame.  I do think that I came to a rather important decision about my immediate future and perhaps that is the what the World needed me to know.

The Lovers

Introduction

This card is for Thursday, March 26, 2010. Still catching up...
It should also be noted that I first pulled The Chariot, which I've gotten recently, and I'm sure I am still under it's influence.


My Intuitive Interpretation

The Lovers generally has to do with the relationship itself, not the individuals involved in it.  This is signified by the angel hovering overhead.  For me, it usually says that you have choices, most generally in Love, of course, but not always.  It could be another strong bond.  It points to the creation of something new, from the individual parts.  So a new relationship, maybe, or a renewal of a current one.



What Dictionary of Tarot Says

• Christian:  The struggle between the passions and conscience.
• Crowley:  Intuition, intelligence, frivolity, thoughtfulness divorced from practical consideration, indecision, self-contradiction.
• Grimaud:  The thought of physical love, union, marriage, many unions - infidelity, a choice to be made
• Waite:  Card of human love, attraction, beauty, trials overcome.
• Suggested:  The choice between mother and wife, wealth and love, age and youth, wisdom and passion

Psychic Revelation
The Lovers


My Interpretation for Today

I know the choice between something real and something I find very exciting was presented today.  I believe we get into a lot of trouble because of chemistry.  I know I have experienced it a few times and it was always trouble.  I do believe this card points to a relationship...I'm just not sure if it's a new one that would be very good for me or the one that I know isn't.  At any rate, though I want to give up on most days, it's still an experience that I want to have, so I continue to try.  With the Lovers, I feel there is still hope.

Temperance

Introduction

I'm very behind in my writing. I've been pulling the cards everyday, but sometimes life gets in the way. I'm going to try to be more vigilant.  This card is for Monday, March 22, 2010.  I'd also like to note that this card was one of those that "flew" out of the deck while shuffling.


My Intuitive Interpretation

Temperance is just what you might think it is...doing things in moderation.  Keeping things in balance.


What Dictionary of Tarot Says

• Douglas:  Literally temperance - the mixing of opposite ingredients in proper proportion.  Implication is that this mixing is internal, rather than with external forces.
• Gray:  Working together
• Grimaud:  Reflection, decision which is not immediate, consideration of arguments pro and con.
• Huson:  Short-term stalemate followed by resolution

Psychic Revelation
Temperance


My Interpretation for Today

Monday was not a day of temperance for me.  It was a day of very high drama, lots of frustration and many tears.  I drew the card early in the day and had I heeded its advice, the day might have gone a little better, but such are the way things are.  Sometimes we know what we should do, but our emotions take over and we act in a way that is inappropriate or just not good for us at all.  And even in the midst of my drama, I kept thinking about Temperance, but to no avail.  This is how Monday was for me and it's affected the rest of my week (so far) in some way.  What is most amazing to me is that these cards show up when they should...when they are meaningful.  That's how they work.  I don't know why -- I just know that they do.

The Moon

My Intuitive Interpretation

The Moon is just what you might think.  Lunatic comes from Luna (the Moon) and it means "affected by the moon".  It's about being a confused with all the things that are going on.  Maybe you don't have control over everything going on.  It's about not being decisive because all the choices seem either good or bad.  For me, the Moon is an emotional card.  It's not necessarily about facts, but how you feel about things.  This is how I'm feeling today.  Imagine that.


What Dictionary of Tarot Says

• Crowley:  Illusion, deception, bewiderment, hysteria, even madness, dreaminess, falsehood, error, crisis, the brink of important change.
• Douglas:  Intuition, particularly necessary to save one from crisis.
• Thierens:  Feelings, sentiments, uncertaintly, dreams, exhibitions
• Suggested:  Feeling and intuitionregret or longing, the card of that which is yet to be born, the intagible and the unreal (in the sense of being non-physical)

Psychic Revelation
The Moon


My Interpretation for Today

It has been a particularly emotional week for me, even if I haven't had much time to deal with them.  I've had confusion over employment offers, dealings with men, worries over money.  And I've been missing my Dad and my Grandmother.  Maybe this card is showing up for me today because I need to take a break from all of it.  Most of these things are out of my control anyway (and I really hate not having control) and it might just be better to take a few days for me to regroup and not think about these things.  Sometimes I feel overwhelmed and all I really want to do is hide, sleep, drop out for a little bit.  Could this be the influence of the Moon?  Maybe.

The High Priestess

My Intuitive Interpretation

The High Priestess, for me, is about intuition.  It's about gut instincts.  It's about trusting the messages that come to you in whatever form they get to you.  I have been working on my High Priestess gifts for years, but still, I often do not trust the messages that I get, particularly when they are about me.  Ideas or random thoughts often pop into my head.  When they are about others, I pay attention.  When they are about me, I tend to ignore them.  I have lots of ideas and random thoughts today.  The High Priestess is telling me:  Listen.


What Dictionary of Tarot Says

• Case:  Memory, the subconscious, potential
• Crowley:  Pure, exalted and gracious influence, change, fluctuation
• Douglas:  Inspiration, revelation, divination, intuition.  Emotional instability or enslavement
• Gray:  Sensuality
• Waite:  Secrets, mystery, the future as yet unrevealed.  Silence, wisdome, passion, moral or physical ardour
• Suggested:  Teacher in perhaps aan occult sense.  A guide.

Psychic Revelation
High Priestess


My Interpretation for Today

It should be noted that I consider the number 2 to be my favorite number and, indeed, this is one of my favorite cards.  I have been working very hard to continue to develop my intuitions and learning to trust what comes to me.  Of course, I use the Tarot to guide me.  One of the meanings of this card refers to sensuality and I have been enjoying lots of attention lately.  I had repressed this for many years and once I changed my attitude toward myself, things started happening for me.  This, I do believe, was definitely influenced by the High Priestess.  I do know my capacity for love now.  It's now just a matter of trusting my intuition to guide me.

Justice

My Intuitive Interpretation

For me, Justice, like its name implies, is  all about getting what you deserve, even if it's not want you want.  It's about trying to keep balance the areas in your life.  It's about doing what's fair and what's just.  Sometimes it's about tipping the scales a little bit when needed.  It's about getting to the truth.


What Dictionary of Tarot Says

• Case:  To teach or instruct, karma, faithful intelligence
• Christian:  Absolute justice, attraction and repulsion
• Douglas:  Conscience reminding the conscious mind of the existence of the unconscious, vindication of truth
• Gray:  Equilibrium through the love of the Great Mother, Mercy advised and excessive severity contraindicated
• Grimaud: Rehabilitation, honesty, justice performed
• Huson:  Advice to weight a situation carefully
• Kahn:  Cosmic law, karma

Psychic Revelation
Justice


My Interpretation for Today

Everything happens for a reason and I probably preach this more than anyone.  People come into our lives for a reason (and leave, as well).  Experiences happen for a reason.  I think this card appeared to me today because I have been feeling that I have not, lately, been getting what I deserve (or at least what I think I deserve) and this is in several areas of my life.  I must continue to remember that timing is everything and while I have my own time zone, the universe does not always work on it.  The job that I thought I wanted which didn't come left my time free for something else.  The love that I thought I deserved but which didn't happen leaves me free for the one that will truly appreciate me.  I am impatient.  I must learn that impatience gets me nowhere.

The Chariot

My Intuitive Interpretation

The Chariot, for me, implies "full steam ahead". Things are in balance. You know where you're going. You know how to get there. The victory and your acknowledgement of it is fully at hand.

What Dictionary of Tarot Says

• Christian: The domination of spirit over nature, the priesthood and the empire, the submission of the elements and forces of nature to intelligence and the labours of Man. Go towards the future with courage reinforced by the knowledge of doing right.
• Crowley: Triumph, victory, hope, memory
• Kahn: A card of balance and imbalance, accomplishment and failure, stamina and weakness.
• Waite: Triumph in the mind, triumph over nature

Psychic Revelation
The Chariot

My Interpretation for Today

The Chariot shows up to remind me that I can triumph over my adversities. This has been particularly hard for me lately. I do have the skills and the knowledge and all I really need is the right conquest for the victory to be assured. Sometimes I do forget these things. Because this is a major card, I need to pay particular attention to it. I need to have the confidence that I can.

Death

My Intuitive Interpretation

Today the Death card came up. I did not draw this card...it simply flew out of the deck while I was shuffling. It is important to note that, unlike the previous two days where I simply shuffled the deck without really thinking of anything specific, today I had a specific question in mind.

I know that television and movies view this as very ominious when it comes up in their fictional readings, but this is not the case. First of all, it never predicts death for the person asking the question. Never. We are all, at some point, going to die, so this would be pointless. What Death does predict is a very radical change.

That this card came up today is very indicative of a major change that I know must take place. I've known for quite some time that this change needed to take place and I am resisting it, although I know that this, too would be pointless. This was particularly evident to me when it dropped out of the deck onto the floor while shuffling. I knew immediately that this was supposed to be my card for Today.

What Dictionary of Tarot Says

• Case: Fertility, productiveness, motion, change, transformation, modification, imaginative intelligence
• Christian: Creation, destruction, renewal
• Crowley: Death, transformation, change (volutary or involuntary), logical development of existing conditions
• Douglas: Major change, perhaps even by chance; clean sweep for further growth
• Gray: Destruction followed by rebirth, disaster, violent change
• Huson: Profound change in the psyche
• Lind: Ridding oneself of fleshly desires
• Waite: Change, mortality, loss of a benefactor for a man, many hardships for a woman, divorce, inertia, sleep, lethargy, petrification, somnambulism, hope destroyed

Psychic Revelation

Death

My Interpretation for Today

Those of you close to me know about the major change I must make. Rest assured the decision is made and the die is already cast. While I cannot cut this person out of my life totally, there will be a radical change -- a transformation, if you will. I believe this will be a good change for both of us, even if we will miss what we will lose.