ONE WORD/THREE CARDS: March 4-5, 2023

 

Daughter of Swords

The Wild Unknown Tarot

by Kim Krans

Below:

Daughter of Wands

and 

Father of Cups

March 4-5, 2023:

One Word/Three Cards

Our word for this weekend is KINSHIP, and our interesting draw of cards might represent a family of choice rather than one of blood lineage. Swords (Air), Wands (Fire), and Cups (Water) are here--two Court cards identified as daughters and one dad. Only the element of Earth goes missing from this array.

Do they represent external beings--even folks you might know in real life? Or are they parts of your inner self? The lack of Earth here suggests that we're dealing with the inner world, not the thing-ey world of tangible manifestation and embodiment. That does not mean, of course, that these internal energies or personalities have no effect in and on the outer world. Quite the contrary.

Two bright and high-spirited "daughters" sit in this arrangement with a sensitive but protective "father." (I say "protective" because swans are notoriously fierce.) These acquired family members come from here, there, and everywhere--a vision of diversity drawn together for some reason, and it will be your quest, this weekend, to discover why.

What do they contribute to one another? How do they challenge and/or support one another--or how might they?

Enjoy, and please feel free to suggest single keywords for future One Word/Three Cards posts!

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ONE WORD/THREE CARDS: December 24-25, 2022

 

 Four of Chalices

Golden Tarot of Klimt

by  A. A. Atanassov

Below, Atanassov's

Queen of Wands

and 

King of Wands

 

 

One Word/Three Cards

 

Merry Christmas to those who celebrate this holiday!

And to all, may you enjoy this One Word/Three Cards feature for the weekend of December 24-25! It brings us a royal couple out of A. A. Atanassov's Golden Tarot of Klimt, a deck inspired by the artwork of Austrian Symbolist Gustav Klimt.

Our magnetic word today is RELATING, and let's first talk about the two royals--Queen and King of Wands--clearly drawn to be aligned (related) in this reading. And that's wonderful since it offers both a personal and earthly (king) and transpersonal, multidimensional (queen) take on things.

 

Both figures wield the wand of high energy and do so with utmost authority within their respective realms. Securing an audience with both of these archetypal royals and consulting with them on anything will give you the total picture!

So, why is that Four of Cups (called Chalices here) also on hand? And why depicted as an elder snake-handler? Conventional Four of Cups cards based on the Rider-Waite deck often show a figure seated on the ground near three goblets while seeming to resist Spirit's offer of a fourth.  See the Pamela Colman Smith model below:

 

Four of Cups

Rider-Waite Tarot

art by Pamela Colman Smith

By contrast Atanassov's Four of Cups figure has each of four vessels neatly tucked into the card's four corners. They have already been offered, received, sorted, and stashed away. Like parts of bordering columns, they frame the central figure. 

 

So, what seems to be of more immediate concern and importance? I think it's that snake.

 

I sense three elements of relating here--one that has to do with relating to one's historical past (king), the next, relating with all possible experiences of time and timelessness (queen), and the last, relating to the snake-handler's intuition and discernment. (Snakes often symbolize wisdom; their handlers, certain empathic skill and courage.) All three images here unite to represent a most effective way of situating yourself in your environs, within any situation, and within life itself.

Once connected with this larger, capacious sense of yourself--within and beyond the context of historical time--you're capable of addressing any challenge you face, any question you might have. This configuration gives you a true, dynamic picture of yourself.

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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

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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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