In My Humble Opinion (LOL)

To Women, Third World Country citizenry, The Disenfranchised

Saturday, April 07, 2007 at 1:52:37 PM
Deck: Marseilles

To Promote Free Will among anybody in the Disenfranchised Category: Woman, the Disabled and all those in the "unacceptable" categories:
non-White Race {Blacks, (Red) Aboriginals, Jews and Moslems, (yellow) Asians}, and the Third World (all of the above categories)
Spread: Life Cycle

1: Self-Undoing
Card: Ten of Coins
Be forward-looking; concentrate on being progressive and optimistic.
When the Ten of Coins falls in this position, you may be tempted to use your power aggressively, taking advantage of your position in the hierarchy to discipline others. But whether it involves some enterprise or a relationship, this is not an effective way to use your considerable talents and energies.
Try emphasizing the positive, encouraging and rewarding what is evolutionary, proactive and optimistic. By supporting what will work, you won’t have to waste energy penalizing what is negative — it will whither from lack of attention. You will create a larger sphere of influence that way and actually gain more control over the situation.
2: Recent Past
Card: Seven of Cups
You are deservedly reaping the goodness you have sown.
The Seven of Cups in this position suggests you recently realized that the flow of your life is not just a lucky accident, synchronicity or random arrangement. No, it is a reflection of your own sincere efforts over time. Note the good feelings about yourself that a realization like this offers, and accept those feelings as a vote of confidence from your own guardian angels.
You are being given back all the good you have been putting out to the world. You can’t possibly take advantage of all this good will, but that’s not the point. At least, be assured you are loved.
3: Roots
Card: Temperance
You have evidence of transformation that others cannot even imagine.
Temperance in this position suggests that in the past you either witnessed or experienced spontaneous healing or a supposedly impossible regeneration. You have been imprinted by a radical reformation from a fallen or a diseased state to a healthy, upbeat, creative and progressive one. This is a tremendous resource to draw upon.
Evoke that role model from your personal history and use it to strengthen yourself whenever healing is called for.
Divinatory meanings: Moderation. Temperance. Patience. That which can be accomplished through self-control and frugality. Accommodation. Harmony. The mixing or bringing together into perfect union. Management. Compatibility. Fusion. Adjustment. Good influence. Fortune omen. Consolidation. Successful combination. Ability to recognize and utilize the material and intellectual manifestations available to oneself. Possibly a person without excessive tendencies. Well-liked. Highly regarded. Mother image. Father image. Worldly image. Exuding confidence and complacity. Possibly too temperate and moderate to achieve a goal presently out of reach.

4: Higher Power
Card: Five of Cups
Although something has been lost, you are enjoined to persevere in your dreams.
When the Five of Cups presents in this position, it represents the spiritual challenge of accepting the partial loss of what you held most dear. It’s important that you not lose enthusiasm for the rest of your aspirations, because they are still within your grasp. You must be a warrior of the heart and spring back from this kind of disappointment.
Your Higher Self is giving you a vote of confidence. You have the resilience and clarity of mind to rise above loss and grief. To fully recover from this setback, seize the two un-spilled cups and move forward with the determination you had when you still had all five. If your mission is sacred, your guidance real, and your heart strong, it’s worth carrying on — even if the totality of your envisioned outcome isn’t forthcoming. Don’t lose heart. Stay on the path. It’s not about the quantity of blessing that’s available, it’s about the quality.
5: Self
Card: The Moon
Layers of illusion are removed; your essential self is disclosed.
With the Moon in this position, you are cast into your deepest unknown. Not to be seen as either bad or good, this is an opportunity to penetrate your inner life. You may be familiar with this experience or you may never have experienced it before in your life.
You are moving between worlds, shifting and modifying. Reality changes from hour to hour; your rational mind has deserted you, leaving instinct and intuition as your guides. All the architecture of civilization has been stripped from your personality and you are naked unto yourself.
Divinatory meanings: Deception. Twilight. Obscurity. Trickery. Dishonesty. Disillusionment. Danger. Error. Caution. Warning. Bad influence. Ulterior motives. Insincerity. False friends. Selfishness. Deceit. Double dealing. Craftiness. False pretenses. Disgrace. Slander. Liable. Being taken advantage of. an insincere relationship. Superficiality. Unknown enemies. The meeting of many divergent influences. Falling into the trap. Being misled. Failure to avoid dangers.

6: Situation
Card: Three of Cups
Witness a general trend toward cooperation and harmony among those around you.
When the Three of Cups is in this position, you are privileged with the opportunity to see people overcome their differences, reuniting along the lines of their mutual best interests. Not only is this a wonderful sight to behold, it’s also worthy of encouragement and nurturing.
The environment becomes sweeter as people begin to appreciate each other. Feelings of safety, bonding and mutual admiration prevail. Mutual appreciation is the most effective style of interaction — where everybody gets his or her needs met and receives plenty of acknowledgment. It’s encouraging to see this trend emerge in your immediate environment.
7: Far Future
Card: Ace of Swords
Be the person to analyze the situation with fresh perspective.
The Ace of Swords in this position indicates that you have a future in the world of ideas, in the collective discussion about beliefs, values and ethics. Perhaps you will invent a new vocabulary for naming truths that were obscured by the old worldview.
Using an imaginative approach gives you the ability to help people clarify their needs and how they can satisfy them. You have an idea that is both inspiring and stimulating and an obligation to share it. The time is ripe for someone with fresh perspective to effect new thinking. Be that person!
8: Near Future
Card: Five of Coins
Make yourself available to people and resources around you. Consider being a team player.
When the Five of Coins is in this position, a coming encounter will cause you to think twice about going it alone in your endeavor. You will want to review all the possible benefits of team effort. An attraction is growing within you. You want to have access to the genius of others like yourself. But to earn those benefits, you come under the yoke of collective necessity, which can feel like a high price if you are a person who by nature likes to work alone. It takes maturity to agree to the path of relationship.
To prepare yourself for this change, scrutinize your current plans and decide how a collaboration could fit in. Be open to like-minded individuals who are knowingly or unknowingly working toward the same goal.
Note: In the English decks, like the Rider-Waite, the sickly poor freezing outside a well-lit church warn of the painful outcomes of bad choices, rather than focusing on the dynamic tension of the choosing itself, as in the traditional Continental decks.
9: The Lesson
Card: Two of Swords
Keeping in mind that there are countless ways of looking at things, stay flexible.
The Two of Swords in this position demands that you give up the quest for consistency between your reason and your heart. Forswear the extreme rigidity of one-sided thinking. Transcend inflexibly, black-and-white thinking. Remember that everyone’s experience is true for them, that there are no absolute authorities.
The best approach for each of us is to be as adaptable as possible as life surprises us with our own contradictions. This is your opportunity to learn more respect for subjective truth and its relative usefulness. Let go of a high-contrast style and strive to notice and appreciate the myriad shades of reality. All the subtlety, nuance and paradox in life can never be confined to any one ideological container.
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posted by amiCreative @ 4/07/2007 01:30:00 PM