This Week: A Smart, Dark-Haired Man May Be Pushing His Luck & A Game Is Being Played: Watch Out For The Charm Offensive
Week commencing 11th September 2023
I thought I’d start experimenting this week with different layouts for the larger week upcoming post, so we can vary the decks a bit.
This layout is using the Sibylle des Salons and is an adaptation of one of the spreads suggested in the latest Grimaud 2022 edition, to look at the week ahead. In their version, which it calls "La Semaine Au Boudoir” (ooh la la) it only suggests one card per area, but I think it’s more fun, and you get more out of the layout, if you use 2-3 cards per section to tell more of a story. I’ve also included the card from the bottom of the deck at the centre.
I’ll cover this layout separately in a post this week (it can be used with any deck).
For Sibylle des Salons or Sibilla Indovina, you can check the card meanings here using the alphabetical index:
This week’s cards fell as follows:
The Cards
Dark Haired Young Man; Contrariety/Displeasure; Flatterer; Enemy; Presents; Blonde Woman; Pensioner; Lawyer; Visit; Delay; Hope; Anger; Protector; Angry Woman;Dark Haired Woman; Trap; Surprise; Letter; Infantilism; Marriage; Fidelity; Gamblers.
The Reading
At the centre, we have a dark haired man, and the quality of smartness, perhaps a little cunning, so the reading is likely to be focused on one such individual or these qualities. It suggests we should keep alert.
Theme Of The Week: There could be flattery, praise and charm happening on the surface, perhaps even obsequiousness, but beware. It hides an attitude of bitching, disgruntlement and complaining by an enemy figure behind the scenes. (Contrariety/Displeasure; Flatterer; Enemy)
Positive Factors: It looks as though, in an effort to be charming and to gain popularity, a wealthy older or senior man may be doling out gifts. This may involve a fair-haired woman specifically, or she may simply represent his attempts at charm and persuasion (Presents; Blonde Woman/Romance; Pensioner)
Negative Factors: It seems as though legal action or someone who can provide legal advice is slower to make an appearance than they should be. So official intervention may come far too late to be beneficial (Lawyer; Visit; Delay)
A Surprise: A senior male who we might expect to be kindly and foster a protective attitude is unexpectedly disdainful and sneering over perhaps naive expressions of hope and wishful thinking. (Hope; Anger; Protector)
A Challenge Or Lesson: There appears to be a furious dark-haired woman in the picture and some kind of trap being set. (Angry Woman; Dark Haired Woman; Trap)
Advice: Be warned that surprise or even shocking news may bring sorrow this week (Surprise, Letter, Infantilism/Tears)
Overall: A game or gamble is being played with regard to sticking to an agreement or promise. Someone could well be pushing their luck. (Marriage; Fidelity; Gamblers).
A smart dark-haired man, fake flattery and charm, and all should stay alert and wise up. There’s an enemy behind that charming facade being negative and unpleasant. There could be gifts or concessions doled out by a wealthy man to gain love or approval, but legal or official intervention may come far too late to be beneficial. We may get a surprise when a more kindly-seeming senior male pours scorn over naive expressions of hope and positive thinking, and there’s a very angry woman in the picture, likely one with dark hair and she may be in the arts, who is setting a trap. Surprise or shocking news may bring tears and sorrow this week, and be warned; a game or gamble is being played regarding sticking to an agreement or promise. Someone is pushing their luck or seeing how far they can go.