Coming Up In Feb: A Secret Revealed, A Drama & Not Believing All We're Told, Especially By A Woman. An Underlying Sickness; Caution Urged.
February 1st 2023
Happy February! We’ll start the new month with a reading asking what we should look out for in the news, and it’s from the Russian Gypsy Oracle Cards, via the book by Svetlana Alexandrovna Touchkoff. The cards are in the below ‘puzzle’ format where you have to match and find the images. And as you’ll know if you’re familiar with this deck, the images are very, very similar (with a number of additions) to the Lenormand cards, suggesting that both decks have the same underlying roots.
With this deck, there is only the one layout (the 5x5, as below) and you ONLY read the full images that emerge, in whichever direction the image falls. You can turn the cards to create the full images, but not move them out of position. Finally, you then also read each of the images/half images on the final card (bottom right) in first, their current position and then in Position1, for an overview of the story and the final outcome.
Here, the full images visible are the Road, the Book, the Horse, the Fox and the Owl.
The card with the Horse on it also needs to be turned round as it can match the Lady card with the card beneath it, as below.
So finally we have the following images, each appearing in one of four positions.
The Images
22 Road 3 (Life Path) A lonely and boring road or work
26 Book 1 (Secret News) Communication of a secret
39 Horse 1 (Emotional Upheaval) You will experience a vivid or traumatic life event
38 Lady 3 (Support, Help) Don't believe the show of politeness; it is false
14 Fox 4 (Deceit) Be careful not to feel unwarranted trust towards some people
34 Owl 4 (Problems With Immediate Projects) Your plans will not materialise
Overall
8 Hearse 1 (Danger To Physical & Emotional State) Sickness.
38 Lady 3 (Support, Help) Don't believe the show of politeness; it is false, but a soft feminine hand will support you in time
15 Bear 1 (Work, Effort,Good Results) With caution, happiness will not elude you
32 Moon 3 (Peace) Do not become despondent over a temporary setback
In summary:
Things may seem boring and same old, same old—at first. These cards show the communication or reveal of a secret, and a shock of some kind, a vivid or dramatic event at this time. With regard to support or help from a woman, we're urged not to believe any show of politeness or platitudes she gives; it's all for show, and they'll be false at this time. Some people are just not trustworthy and we're advised not to feel undeserved loyalty towards them. Ask questions, always, don't believe everything you're told. The cards suggest, too, that in terms of immediate projects or policies, the initial plans will not materialise
It appears there is a deep and harmful sickness at play under the surface. And although the woman's show of support is false at first, she will end up giving help in time, or others, likely also women, will. The cards urge us to be cautious and not over trusting, and tell us that if we are cautious, ask the right questions and make sure we're not being over-credulous, things will come right in the end. However bad it seems, we shouldn't become despondent about what, in the grand scheme of things, may prove to be only a temporary setback or blip.
And if you’d like to find out more about this deck, do get the original book. It contains all the descriptions (in all their positions) in much more detail, plus the cards themselves.
(Descriptions © 1992 Svetlana Touchkoff Wilmink, from Russian Gypsy Fortune Telling Cards by Svetlana Alexandrovna Touchkoff, 1992, Harper Collins)