Friday: The Coronation. A Pledge To Faithfulness, But Often Destroyed & Undermined, With Future Judgements On What Has Been Lost

Friday 14th April 2023

For the final reading this week, I’ve chosen to do one on the upcoming Coronation, the preparations for and hoo-ha about which are hotting up in UK news right now.

I’m using the 36 card Piatnik 1901 Traditional Gypsy Fortune Telling Cards (a precursor to the Kipper as well as earlier versions to the Vera Sibilla), and have chosen Marriage as the key card to symbolise the ceremony involved so bear that in mind. The symbols should be very familiar to you by now.

Here are the cards I pulled.

I’m going to be using the “alternate” way of reading a 9-Card spread for this one, which is simpler than usual, but quite telling.

The Cards

Marriage: A bond or agreement, a promise

Constancy: Presented in this deck as the “All-Seeing Eye” which gives it its God-like quality, it means certainty, constancy, what can be relied on.

Ecclesiastic: A priest, of religion. Spiri…