ONE WORD/THREE CARDS: December 12-16, 2022

Five of Wands

and

Four of Swords (reversed)

Below: Ten of Wands

 

All from Neo Tarot

 

by Jerico Mandybur and artist Daiana Ruiz

One Word/Three Cards

Here's a new occasional feature called One Word/Three Cards. This simply means a three-card random draw in response to a single word prompt for the week or weekend.

For the week of December 12-16, 2022, we'll start off with the word CONFRONTATION.

Appropriately, then, the first card is Five of Wands from Jerico Mandybur and Daiana Ruiz's Neo Tarot, a flash of dynamic, possibly disruptive energy brought together from a variety of sources in what could be seen as a confrontation, indeed. Some form of change is being whipped up, but change for what and to what effect?

 

The figures in this image aren't fighting, necessarily, but their wands of intent and energy are raised and angled in quite different directions.

Next up: a reversed Four of Swords. So, in this confrontation and upheaval, something or someone might have taken a hit and will need time to rest and recover. The reversal can suggest any of the following:

• internal damage
• internalized non-physical damage (e.g., emotional/psychological)
• low-level or slight damage (reversals sometimes indicating a lesser degree of a card's energy and effect)
• future damage
• unexpected damage
• undetected damage

 

You'll have to sort out which of these possible interpretations works best for you in the moment, and that comes with some practice.

 

In this Neo Tarot deck, my Four of Swords card itself has a slight bend (my bad) from its top edge down through the hilt of the middle sword hanging over the reclining figure. Happily, it's not serious damage, just an interesting, telling flaw.

And that's followed up by a card of resolution: Ten of Wands. The resolution here might be to gather all of the diverse energies unleashed in the original confrontation and find a way to bind them together, integrate them.

 

What do you think of this One Word/Three Cards process? Send me a note and, by the way, please feel free to suggest single words for future One Word/Three Cards posts!

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CARDS OF THE DAY: January 3, 2022

  

7 of Wands and 5 of Wands

from Neo Tarot

by Jerico Mandybur with art by Daiana Ruiz

 

January 3, 2022: Today brings fire (Wands) in the form of an explosion of high energy from the combination of Neo Tarot's Seven of Wands and Five of Wands. Let's just say: Never a dull moment!

The storyline for this encounter of cards is so multifaceted and dynamic, it's hard to know in which direction one should turn--pretty much like what's going on with that figure in green on the Seven card. You can only hope for the agility to turn in whichever direction you need to deal with the immediate incoming!

In the Five, the situation has turned into a melee--true to the symbolism of the number 5 as a flash point, a point of upheaval, and/or a potential turning point for better or worse.

Let's hope for skill of the Seven and multiply that skill by 5 for what's going on in the Five, shall we?

On the challenging side of things, things are certainly challenging and call for wide-awake attention. Good morning and Happy New Year, but do know that holidaze is over. You might suddenly find yourself in an argument or other kind of struggle or just facing unexpected resistance or numerous little fires, here and there, to put out.

On a more positive note, wow! If you've actually been hoping for stuck or sluggish things to get moving fast, they do. This can be a great time for advancing creative projects (5+7=12 which reduces to 3) or--and this might be a bit of a stretch, but hear me out--heightened sexual appeal and activity. The flames. Bear in mind: the flames.

Good luck, cookie!