10 of Wands

Introduction

This is for Friday, April 10, 2010.  Still catching up...


My Intuitive Interpretation

The 10 of Wands, for me, is about feeling weighed down by your burdens.  These burdens usually concern something you feel very deeply about.  The good news is that you're probably at the end of this cycle and while the stress seems bad right now, it's going to get better.


What Dictionary of Tarot Says

• Case:  Oppression, burden of ill-regulated power
• Douglas: Malicious deceit, guile or lies
• Golden Dawn:  Cruelty and malice towards others, overbearing strength, revenge, injustice
• Thierens:  Karma, duplicity, falsehood
• Waite: Oppression, fortune, gain, disguise
• Suggested:  The exhaustion of emotion.  Perhaps the end of a love affair.

Psychic Revelation
10 of Wands


My Interpretation for Today

Today was a day that I felt very bad about a particular situation.  I felt that someone close to me was telling me a lie, but it was a lie that I couldn't believe anyone would tell and I couldn't figure out why they were telling me this -- what they hoped to gain from it.  My gut was screaming that I shouldn't believe the story, but my heart was hoping that it wasn't a lie.  My intuition, normally pretty good, was out of whack today and, in general, seems to be with this particular person.  They have a power over me.  It does seem oppressive at times. I do feel burdened, sometimes, because of this.  I need to take back my power.  I'm just not sure how.

Ace of Wands

Introduction

This card is for Sunday, April 4, 2010.  Still catching up...


My Intuitive Interpretation

Aces always point to something new and Wands are fiery, creative, energetic and passionate.  This could be related to business or love or even some new hobby -- anything for which you feel passion and which will fire you up.


What Dictionary of Tarot Says

• Case:  Energy, strength, beginning
• Douglas:  Creativity, inspiration or intuition
• Huson:  Activity, beginning, wisdom, initiative
• Kahn:   A letter, a book, an important piece of writing
• Thierens:  Birth, beginning, innovation, creation, initiative, impulse
• Waite:  Invention, birth, family origin money, fortune.

Psychic Revelation
Ace of Wands


My Interpretation for Today

I have been solidifying what I am going to do to make money and I have been brainstorming ideas for quite some time.  While I am busy with a project (for which I am also feeling creative and energetic) at the moment and cannot devote all my time to this, I do spend quite a bit of time working on ideas and trying to figure it all out.  This marks a change from the past few months, when I really had no idea what I was going to do.  The Ace of Wands is here to tell me that this will be a good thing for me...that it will bring me fulfillment, which is so important to me in what I do.

6 of Wands

Introduction

This card is for Wednesday, March 24, 2010. Still catching up...

My Intuitive Interpretation

For me, the 6 of Wands represents a bit of respite after the storm. You've achieved some victories and things are looking up, so it's time to take a bit of a break.

What Dictionary of Tarot Says

• Case: Victory after stife, gain
• Waite: A victor in triumph, great news, expetations crowned, fulfilment of deferred hope.

Psychic Revelation
6 of Wands

My Interpretation for Today

By today, things have been looking up.  I've made (inner) peace with the person that hurt me.  I'd decided that I'm okay with the results whether or not I get the job I interviewed for.  The project I've been working for is going well.  My former boss has been contacting me, but I'm not letting that get to me.  I've been corresponding with a guy who seems to respect me like no other has in years.  I need a break from the past few weeks.  I think I will take one.

4 of Wands

Introduction

This card is for Tuesday, March 23, 2010. Still catching up...


My Intuitive Interpretation

The 4 of Wands, for me, is about celebrating. Sometimes it's about recognition for your efforts and sometimes it's just about fun times. Social events are often noted, particularly weddings and parties of all sorts.


What Dictionary of Tarot Says

• Case:  Perfected work
• Golden Dawn:  Settlement, arrangement completed
• Kahn:  A fortunate partnership, a satisfying project, friends, work that is enjoyed
• Waite:  Domestic tranquility, prosperity, peace

Psychic Revelation
4 of Wands


My Interpretation for Today

I had a job interview on this day and I spent a great deal of time detailing my accomplisments.  I realized that no matter how I feel about where I am now, my accomplishments mean a great deal to me.  They are important. They define me.  And at this point in time, the celebration of those accomplishments is what keeps me focused and positive on what I want to do.  I am beginning to think more and more that a traditional job is something that might not work for me.  I've been speaking about it for weeks, thinking about it for months, and I have started formulating a plan.  This was also the day when I spent some time chatting with someone new whom I really like.  He was responsible for putting me at peace somewhat.  Although my day was highly charged still from the day before, the time I spent talking to him was very relaxing and nice.  Things, too, are going well with my work project.    All in all, the influence of the 4 of Wands was very good on this day.

Page of Wands

My Intuitive Interpretation

Finally, a Court Card. Court cards are sort of like the Jacks, Queens and Kings in a deck of playing cards. There is the added element of the Page in a Tarot deck. Pages are generally messengers of some sort and can represent a literal person. For me, the messages refer back to the suit of the card and wands tell me that I will receive a message about something I am passionate about.

What Dictionary of Tarot Says

• Case: Dark, young man, messenger, briilliance, courage
• Crowley: Brilliance, daring, vigour, energy, impression of beauty, sudden, ambitious, superficial, theatrical, shallow, cruel, faithless, domineering
• Waite: He is unknown but faithful and his tidings are strange. A lover, an envoy, a postman.
• Suggested: Messages or the bearers of messages concerning love or hate. The coming of love.

Psychic Revelation

Page of Wands

My Interpretation for Today

This is very interesting, for a slightly younger man who contacted me many months ago contacted me again today and we had a very short chat. We were having a problem communicating over the past few months. Basically, we were just having trouble contacting each other and that has now been rectified. Psychic Revelation says that "something you started a while ago is now coming to fruition". It also points to my general unhappiness in my current relationships and suggests that maybe I should take a chance here. Hmmm...let's see. I've been communicating with a couple of others, too. I think the Page of Wands is telling me to "take note".

2 of Wands

My Intuitive Interpretation

The 2 of Wands (may also be known as Rods), for me, speaks to learning from your past, holding your world and your passions firmly in the present, while looking toward your future. This card is not meant to show your near future, but it does suggest that all things are in the works for a bright and happy one, though not necessarily right this minute. I believe I got this card today because I experienced a renewed passion and Wands are all about passionate pursuits. Now firmly encounsed in my new project, I remembered how much I love the work that I do. It provides me with enough creativity to keep me excited, enough learning to keep me interested, and enough challenge to keep me from becoming bored. Over the past several months, I had forgotten this. As I formulate a plan for gainful employment, I must remember where my passion really lies.

What Dictionary of Tarot Says

• Case: Dominion
• Golden Dawn: Influence over another
• Grimaud: Occult knowledge
• Kahn: Waiting, a dry spell, patience required, firm position from which to contemplate the world.
• Mathers: Riches, fortune, opulence
• Waite: Riches, mangificence, physical suffering, surprise, enchament, emotion, trivial disappontments
• Suggested: The creative power of earth or emotions
• Psychic Revelation: Balance, even in the mundane

  

Psychic Revelation

2 of Wands

My Interpretation for Today

I guess I interpret this very differently than the various schools above (and as the interpreter, I am free to do this to a degree, based on what I intuit). I included the Psychic Revelation's view because I had forgotten that Twos are often about balance and things are very much out of balance for me right now. It spoke specifically about eating and sleeping, two areas where I am severely out of balance. While my vision is similar in some regards, particularly Kahn's -- a firm position to contemplate the world -- and perhaps to Waite's, referring to both good and bad aspects, I still see this card as positive. I can't quite get to the future yet (there are still some obstacles - there's that wall), but they seem minor now in relation to the way they were. I'm holding in my hand the knowledge (world); I have the passion (the wand in my hand); I can still see my past, but I'm not holding on to it (the wand behind me); and I'm looking forward to a future, still far out on the horizon. Perhaps I'm not ready for more than that just now.