Dire Warnings: A GT Month Ahead Spread For September With The Traditional Austrian Zigeuner "Bohemian" Cards
Monday September 2nd 2024
As you may know, I like to experiment with trying out different readings for our months ahead, and prefer to use grid reading sfor such purposes, so for September’s spread, I’ll be using all 36 cards in Piatnik’s Traditional Austrian Zigeuner "Bohemian" Cards; in other words, a Grand Tableau formation. I’ll not be focusing on one specific person significator (so not the Sweetheart or Lover particularly, or even the Merriment card which is sometimes used as the significator for this deck).
Instead, I shall do a general overall “events” reading, with some initial messages from counting methods for issues or occurrences that are of interest, this time with both the Letter (for news) and Message cards as “significators”
I’ll be using broadly same method of reading this GT as for the Kipper cards (where the example used was about Harry). Take a look here for instructions on the “events” part of getting details in a GT.
I have used counting with this deck before, and intend to count in 7s this time, rather than 9s. Just to note that there are multiple ways of “counting” in a spread, and it was a method that was traditionally very popular with both playing card readers and particularly French fortune tellers back in the day. What’s worth knowing if you’re worried about “which is correct” is that you will often get a strikingly similar message whichever way you count if you use the same number (usually 5, 7 or 9), with the messages together forming a picture. (I’ll demonstrate this in a separate post about Counting Cards later in the week)
Anyway, here’s the spread for September. Unfortunately, as we shall see, it really doesn’t look like good news at all this month. But please do bear in mind that this deck has always been fairly “doom and gloom” in any case. Nonetheless, it appears that steeling ourselves may be required. Let’s hope the cards are wrong this time. It does kind of reflect what’s been going on in Afghanistan of late also, along with Gaza and Israel in particular
As a reminder, here are the meanings for those cards:
Overall Reading
There are SO many ways to read this, and there’s so much detail possible in a GT that it can get overwhelming, so I won’t be touching on everything. This is just a selection - I’m sure those of you who are familiar with reading GTs can explore in more detail any cards you want to know more about.
Reading around the corners we can see Change being wrought by someone religious (Ecclesiastic) and news of a new beginning (Letter, Baby). In the centre, though, we have a burning desire involving loyalty to something. A cause? (Desire, Fidelity).
News Upcoming (Letter)
Messages from counting cards from the Letter card include the following predictions for September:
According to the cards, there will be news of a sickness or a problem in the law or a judgement that causes a senior older man an ending and to look back in regret and sadness (Letter, Malady, Judge, Widower, Death, Sorrow). We may also hear of sickness in love causing him sadness, and a death or ending involving an unexpected surprise (Letter, Malady, Love, Widower, Death, Unexpected Joy) while he expresses sorrow that a judgement or legal matter is dysfunctional or unhealthy (Letter, Sorrow, Death, Widower, Judge, Malady).
Around the Letter, we can see that there is news of constant sorrows and regrets, for a woman as well as a man (Constancy, Widow) and the news is on the domestic front or countrywide (House). It’s knighted, however, by a Gift of Hope, perhaps a suggestion that hope can still be borne out of difficult situations.
Its opposite number in the spread is the Baby, representing either a literal child or young person, or, more likely, new beginnings or a new project. Unfortunately, a tentative new beginning appears to involve some kind of disaster (Misfortune), bringing a loss of a little money or value (Loss, Some Money). Counting from the Baby suggests that a new start with a deal will bring happiness for someone in power who gains money or value for it (Baby, Marriage, Gift, Merriment, Officer, Money), but that unfortunately, this really doesn’t look good, as the new start is said to bring the gift of happiness to an enemy figure (Baby, Visit, Gift, Merriment, Enemy). He will be delighted, it seems, as the cards tell us the new start “will bring money to one in power who is delighted at the gift of a deal or promise.” (Baby, Money, Officer, Merriment, Gift, Marriage). Additionally, the person is monetarily rewarded, it seems through the fuelling of desire and jealousy (Baby, Money, Visit, Desire, Jealousy).
I wonder who this will be?
Around the Officer, for the person in authority, we have the sickness of jealousy or envy (Malady, Officer, Jealousy), and a young man who has a burning romantic or perhaps sexual desire (Lover, Love, Desire). The man in authority is knighted by Anger, by some kind of loyalty to or glorifying of death or wanting to end something (Death, Fidelity) and to causing upset (Sorrow).
So not exactly cheery then. Meanwhile, we can look at the Message card, which talks more about the delivery of a message in general.
A Message
Counting from the Message card suggests that there’ll be a message coming or being brought to the home front or domestic sphere, involving a young man, an enemy, and someone religious, spiritual or moral (Message, Visit, House, Lover, Enemy, Ecclesiast). And it involves a deal, promise or agreement domestically involving a younger male individual connected with our official person/authority figure or a soldier (Message, Marriage, House, Lover, Official Person). It’s brought by a religious, spiritual moral enemy, a young male who pays the house a visit (Message, Ecclesiast Enemy, Lover, House, Visit), a religious or spiritual adherent, a committed and passionate young man to the house involving an official or representative (Message, Ecclesiast, Marriage, Lover, House, Official) and it represents a message from this committed young man who steals or takes something (Message, Marriage, Lover, Thief).
I’m sad to say it sounds as if we’ll need to REALLY watch out for terrorist attacks this month, because that’s exactly what it sounds like to me. Particularly in parliamentary buildings and on home ground, and particularly fuelled by religious fervour.
The Message, sadly, is knighted by the disaster card (Misfortune), passionate anger (Anger, Love) and loyalty, perhaps to a cause (Fidelity).
Its opposite number is Fortune, so fate. And unfortunately, this time, it appears that this involves the constancy of an enemy looking for a chance (Enemy, Fortune, Constancy), a “gift” that will bring sorrow and grieving (Sorrow, Gift, Widow).
According to various messages from counting the cards, this Fortune involves creating change through a surprise bringing thoughts or beliefs of destruction due to passion (Change, Unexpected Joy, Thought, Misfortune, Love). It’s knighted by some kind of burning Desire for a “hopeful visit” (Visit, Hope) to the House or domestic sphere.
Events
Now we look more broadly at ‘events’ shown across the deck, by pairing the cards.
Change in morality, spiritual matters or a religion (Change, Ecclesiastic), and loss or theft involving a falsehood (Thief,Falseness) brings sickness and problems in financial or value matters (Malady, Money). An official or soldier lays down the law or enacts judgement (Official, Judge),and there’s jealousy or some kind of negative emotion to do with a woman or women (Jealousy, Sweetheart) where there’s an Enemy and a surprise (Unexpected Joy). There’s a lucky or chance message (Fortune, Message) or it’s about the turn of fate, there’s constancy with regard to smaller values or funds (Constancy, Some Money), and news of a child or a new beginning (Letter, Baby).
Happiness for an older man or overcomes his regret (Merriment, Widower), but there’s anger at hopefulness and positivity (Anger, Hope). A younger man’s thoughts and beliefs are in the frame (Lover, Belief), and there’s a passionate visit (Love, Visit) and a strong desire for loyalty or or a loyal bond (Desire, Fidelity). Sadness over an agreement, marriage or deal (Sorrow, Marriage), and an ending or death is given (Gift, Death). A woman mourns her losses (Widow, Loss) and there’s a disaster on the home front (House, Misfortune).
There’s a change regarding happiness for an older man and his morality, religion or spirituality (Change, Merriment, Widower, Ecclesiast), and a thieving anger brings hope to those who spread falsehoods or those with their heads in the sand (Thief, Anger; Hope, Falseness). An unhealthy younger man is thinking only of money (Malady, Lover; Thought, Money) and official “love” or caring, perhaps passion or fervour, brings the onset of judgement (Official, Love; Visit, Judge). There’s a jealous desire for the fidelity or adherence of women (Envy, Desire; Fidelity, Sweetheart), and an enemy brings sadness when a deal surprisingly comes together (Enemy, Sorrow; Marriage, Unexpected Joy). There are fate-related ‘gifts’ or chance things given (Fortune, Gift) that bring a message of endings or death (Death, Message), and there are constant sorrows and things to grieve and regret for women who have lost any value (Constancy, Widow; Loss, Some Money). News domestically is that anything new will be destroyed (Letter, House; Misfortune, Baby)
Changes to happiness as something new or just beginning is destroyed.
A thief brings anger and losses of value
An unhealthy young man brings a message of death or endings
Officials or those in authority bring either love or passions/fervour and commit to a surprise
Jealous desires bring fidelity and adherence for young women
An enemy brings sorrow with a visit of judgement
A chance ‘gift’ brings thought of money and value
Fated or constant mourning for a woman who has lost while hopes are false
News from home about a senior man’s morality or religion.
And that’s it, sadly. Something of a dire warning. I’ve reported them faithfully but as I say, I sincerely hope the cards here are wrong.
Summary for September
The cards suggest that overall, this month will see change being wrought by someone religious or on the morality front and news of a new beginning. In the centre, we have a burning desire involving loyalty to something perhaps a cause.
The news appears to involve a sickness or a problem in the law or a judgement that causes a senior older man an ending or death and to look back in regret and sadness. We may also hear of sickness or dysfunctional passions causing him sadness, and a death or ending involving an unexpected surprise, while he expresses sorrow that a judgement or legal matter is unhealthy or “sick”.
The news appears to be full of persistent sorrows and regrets, for a woman as well as a man, and the news is on the domestic front or countrywide. There is a suggestion, however, that hope can still be borne out of difficult situations.
Unfortunately, a tentative new beginning appears to involve some kind of disaster. bringing a loss of a little money or value. A fresh start with a deal will bring happiness for someone in power who gains money or value for it, but that unfortunately, this really doesn’t look good, as the new start is said to bring the gift of happiness to an enemy figure too. He will be delighted, it seems, as the cards tell us the new start “will bring money to one in power who is delighted at the gift of a deal or promise.” Additionally, the person is monetarily rewarded, it seems through the fuelling of desire and jealousy.
Around a person in authority, we have the sickness of jealousy or envy and a young man who has a burning romantic or perhaps sexual desire. The man in authority is connected with anger, by some kind of loyalty to or glorifying of death or wanting to end something and to cause upset.
So not exactly cheery then.
There’ll be a message coming or being brought to the home front or domestic sphere, involving a young man, an enemy, and someone religious, spiritual or moral. And it involves the deal, promise or agreement domestically and a younger male individual connected with our official person/authority figure or a soldier. It’s brought by a religious, spiritual moral enemy, a young male who pays the house a visit, a religious or spiritual adherent, a committed and passionate young man brings it to the house involving an official or representative. It represents a message from this committed young man who steals or takes something.
I’m sad to say it sounds as if we’ll need to REALLY watch out for terrorist attacks this month, because that’s exactly what it sounds like to me. Particularly in parliamentary buildings and on home ground, and particularly fuelled by religious fervour.
This message is linked to disaster, passionate anger and loyalty, perhaps to a cause.It also appears to have a “fated” or chance connection. And unfortunately, this time, it appears that this involves the constant watching of an enemy looking for a chance, a “gift” that will bring sorrow and grief. It appears to involve creating change through a surprise bringing thoughts or beliefs of destruction due to passion, and is ignited by a burning wish for a “hopeful visit” to the House or domestic sphere.
Looking more specifically at “events”, the cards suggest the following.
Change in morality, spiritual matters or a religion, and loss or theft involving a falsehood bringing sickness and problems in financial or value matters. An official or soldier lays down the law or enacts judgement ,and there’s jealousy or some kind of negative emotion to do with a woman or women, where there’s an enemy and a surprise. There’s a lucky or chance message. or it’s about the turn of fate, there’s constancy with regard to smaller values or funds, and news of a child or a new beginning.
Happiness for an older man may overcome his regret, but there’s anger at hopefulness and positivity, or hopes that anger will create something. A younger man’s thoughts and beliefs are in the frame and there’s a passionate visit with a strong desire for loyalty or or a loyal bond. Sadness over an agreement, marriage or deal, and an ending or death is handed down. A woman mourns her losses and there’s a disaster on the home front.
There’s a change regarding happiness for an older man and his morality, religion or spirituality, and a thieving anger brings hope to those who spread falsehoods or those with their heads in the sand. An unhealthy younger man is thinking only of money and official “love” or caring, perhaps passion or fervour, brings the onset of judgement. There’s a jealous desire for the fidelity or adherence of women, and an enemy brings sadness when a deal surprisingly comes together. There are fate-related ‘gifts’ or chance things given that bring a message of endings or death, and there are constant sorrows and things to grieve and regret for women who have lost any value. News domestically is that anything new will be destroyed.
Changes to happiness as something new or just beginning is destroyed.
A thief brings anger and losses of value
An unhealthy young man brings a message of death or endings
Officials or those in authority bring either love or passions/fervour and commit to a surprise
Jealous desires bring fidelity and adherence for young women
An enemy brings sorrow with a visit of judgement
A chance ‘gift’ brings thought of money and value
Fated or constant mourning for a woman who has lost while hopes are false
News from home about a senior man’s morality or religion.
I’m sorry not to be able to be more cheery.