Joy In Unhealthiness, With News of Treasures Gained, And Enemies Gathering To Serve
Wednesday December 7th 2022
So we’ve got the Sibilla Vera again today, the Italian playing card version of the Gypsy Oracle deck.
And at the core of it today is this card:
(Ammalato) Sickness/Malady: Ailment, Unhealthy Situation, Malady, Illness
Here’s the rest of the reading.
At The Centre: Core Issue
(Ammalato) Sickness/Malady: Ailment, Unhealthy Situation, Malady, Illness
(Allegrezza al Cuore) Joyfulness: Happiness, Joy, Glee, Partying
In a situation where there is sickness and unhealthiness, an unhealthy atmosphere, there is joy and celebration. So this could be in both the positive and negative sense; either people finding a way to make the best of things in a much less than ideal situation, or more negatively, people actively revelling in misfortune and unhealthiness, so could involve a sense of schadenfreude too.
Top Row: The Situation In More Detail
(Presente Di Pietre Prezioze) Gift, Treasures: Arrival Of Gift Or Inheritance, Winnings, Treasures, Benefits
(La Lettere) News, Letter, Message: News, Message, Notification
(Gran Consolazione) Consolation: Satisfaction of Desires, Dreams Fulfilled
Here, we have news of a gift or benefit, a win, probably financial, a payout, representing the satisfaction of a dream, a big consolation (Gift-Consolation, around Letter). Someone will be getting what they want and achieve their dreams. News of a gift or win will bring big consolations.
Bottom Row: The Final Outcome
(La Conversazione) Conversation: Talk, Discussion, Gathering, Meeting
(Domestico) Servant: Service, Helper
(La Nemica) Female Enemy: A Female Enemy
It looks as though a “female enemy” will be either gathering the troops and talking about how to help, or there’ll be a group of women will be offering service (Conversation-Female Enemy, around Service). A gathering or talks of those who serve who want to help, and a female enemy. They could be her enemies, or in her service.
Intriguing!
If you read the cards diagonally, you get treasures, wins or benefits celebrated with or about unhealthiness, a sense of schadenfreude with or for a female enemy (Gifts, Sickness/Celebration, Female Enemy). And the other way, the “celebration in spite of sickness” brings a consolation to a gathering of people, those who talk about it (Consolation, Sickness/Celebration, Conversation). That could refer to the public as much as anyone, waiting insatiably for news.
Reading the cards vertically, you get a gift for this group of people, a gift or benefit that people are talking about (Gift, Conversation). Then you have news or a message about the celebration in spite of sickness from someone in a service or helping position (Letter, Sickness/Celebration, Servant). And then we have the big consolation of or for a female enemy (Consolation, Female Enemy).
So I think we’re looking at THAT situation again, it has that vibe, but I’m not sure which “side” the female enemy would be or who it is who will ultimately feel they win the prize, while others, perhaps observers, celebrate the unhealthiness. Maybe both in some ways, maybe neither. Entertaining for those gleefully watching, but probably not for most of those in the middle of it. Intrigued as to the “Servant” card though, and who exactly this is representing. Suggests “forces” behind the scenes gathering to help.
People rejoice at a situation of sickness and unhealthiness, where news of a big win brings the fulfilment of someone’s desires. But ultimately, behind the scenes, people talk and enemies gather. Who will gain the greatest consolation in the end?