This Week: Fundamentalism, Faith and Sacrifice in the Frame, Along With A Man Who May Be A False Prophet
Week Commencing Monday 16th June
So we begin the week with another unexpectedly esoteric (or possibly religion-related) reading. Perhaps not surprising given some of the forces and figures in the world, but I always find it a bit perturbing.
The deck we’re using for this weekly or “coming up ahead” read is Piatnik’s Mlle Lenormand Cartomancy Cards, and the spread is a 16-card tableau you can use with ANY deck called the Witch’s Tableau.
Check out how to lay and read it here:
And here’s how the cards fell:
The Cards
Sun, Fox, Coffin, Tree; Lady, Anchor, Whip, Birds; Cross, Mountain, Fish, Snake; Stars, Book, Rider, Gentleman
The Reading
Starting with the first segment, the cards suggest that there has been a deceptive or ‘wrong-headed’, perhaps false, revelation or seeming success (Sun, Fox) for someone, who appears to be a woman who has been looking both hopeful and stable (Lady, Anchor). She’s seemed successful and bright, “to have it all”, perhaps (Sun, Lady) but it seems that the stable facade is just that - an illusion (Fox, Anchor). Whoever she is, she is not what she seems or what she has been presented to the world as.
Underneath, in the unconscious position, we can see she has been bearing a very heavy burden, something sluggish and slow that has been holding her back, wearing her down, impinging on her (Cross, Mountain). It’s like a sense of punishment, but there appear to be underlying big-picture, far-reaching truths and secrets that are starting to be unearthed about her (Stars, Book). But there’s a weightiness to those plans, it’s almost like they’re pervaded by a sense of guilt and sacrifice, perhaps religion, perhaps a kind of martyrdom (Cross, Stars) and the knowledge or secret has been prevented from getting out, it has been blocked for some reason (Mountain, Book). There could be a religious text at work here, or some kind of sacrificial duty, where goals and dreams are prevented from expanding.
Ahead in the conscious position, we see, I’m afraid, sickness and death on the way, although a more positive interpretation would see new shoots growing after a death or completion of a cycle (Coffin, Tree). There is fighting talk, too, war, verbal conflict and hardship, perhaps harsh criticism in the picture (Whip, Birds). The end of war or war deaths, the war to end all wars (Coffin, Whip), but some kind growth or vitality being spoken about or discussed after (Tree, Birds). A final conversation, perhaps, and growth and new energy taking energy, discipline, a battle or fight.
Underneath in the unconscious position, we have problems with money, with abundance, with funding; complications or betrayals in that arena or that of business and enterprise (Fish, Snake). And there seem to be hints of a new “man” arriving on the scene, perhaps someone pitching himself as a hero, as flying to the rescue (Rider, Gentleman). Perhaps it is the desire for this.
If we read the rows, we get that we are likely to see a deceptive or false success coming to an end and new growth beginning (Sun, Fox, Coffin, Tree). Then a woman’s (a country’s???) stability, roots or certainties being challenged by talk or war or conflict (Lady, Anchor, Whip, Birds).
Unconsciously, we have a heavy, sluggish burden or sacrifice, a major test and enmity and problems with money, business and abundance as a result of that (Cross, Mountain, Fish, Snake). There is big, far-reaching knowledge to be revealed, and there is a particular man coming or wished for, a rescuer figure, perhaps, who is apparently the one to do it (Stars, Book, Rider, Gentleman).This may indicate some kind of religious faith or fundamentalism, with the idea of a second coming or a similar concept.
If we read the columns down, which are meant to take us from the recent past to the near future, we get a successful woman or female figure whose hopes and dreams and plans are burdened with guilt and something weighty (Sun, Lady, Cross, Stars). Star-crossed, perhaps, something heavy is against her, or perhaps it is she who is loading on the pressure. But stability and certainties appear to be an illusion, a lie (Fox, Anchor) and true knowledge and secrets are blocked from being revealed (Mountain, Book).
Then we get death, endings and conflict with the generation of money underneath it (Coffin, Whip, Fish, Rider), followed by growth and energy talk but a betraying or complicated male figure, one who can’t fully be trusted, who goes around the houses (Tree, Birds, Snake, Gentleman).
If we pair the mirrored cards corner to corner , we get the following events predicted:
A successful, positive man or one who claims revelation, perhaps a guru figure
The arrival of deceptions, or someone deceptive, a false person
The end of a secret or the closing of a chapter or book, a “death” secret
Growth and expansion into a higher or wider realm or perspective, global, esoteric
A woman’s deceptions or complications
Stable finances and money
A struggle or conflict with a mighty enemy
Talk of responsibility, burdens, sacrifices, possibly religious
So it all seems like a bit of a major esoteric, religious or spiritual-type energy again. I suspect we may be seeing guru types in the picture.
The cards for the week ahead suggest that there has been a deceptive or ‘wrong-headed’, perhaps false, revelation or seeming success for someone, who appears to be a woman who has been looking both hopeful and stable. She’s seemed successful and bright, “to have it all”, perhaps but it seems that the stable facade is just that - an illusion. Whoever she is, she is not what she seems or what she has been presented to the world as.
Underneath, in the unconscious position, we can see she has been bearing a very heavy burden, something sluggish and slow that has been holding her back, wearing her down, impinging on her. It’s like a sense of punishment, but there appear to be underlying big-picture, far-reaching truths and secrets that are starting to be unearthed. There’s a weightiness to those plans, it’s almost like they’re pervaded by a sense of guilt and sacrifice, perhaps religion, perhaps a kind of martyrdom and the knowledge or secret has been prevented from getting out, it has been blocked for some reason. There could be a religious text at work here, or some kind of sacrificial duty, where goals and dreams are prevented from expanding.
Ahead in the conscious position, we see, I’m afraid, sickness and death on the way, although a more positive interpretation would see new shoots growing after a death or completion of a cycle. There is fighting talk, too, war, verbal conflict and hardship, perhaps harsh criticism in the picture. The end of war or war deaths, the war to end all wars, but some kind growth or vitality being spoken about or discussed after. A final conversation, perhaps, and growth and new energy taking energy, discipline, a battle or fight.
Underneath in the unconscious position, we have problems with money, with abundance, with funding; complications or betrayals in that arena or that of business and enterprise. And there seem to be hints of a new “man” arriving on the scene, perhaps someone pitching himself as a hero, as flying to the rescue . Perhaps it is the desire for this.
If we read the rows, we get that we are likely to see a deceptive or false success coming to an end and new growth beginning). Then a woman’s (a country’s???) stability, roots or certainties being challenged by talk or war or conflict.
Unconsciously, we have a heavy, sluggish burden or sacrifice, a major test and enmity and problems with money, business and abundance as a result of that. There is big, far-reaching knowledge to be revealed, and there is a particular man coming or wished for, a rescuer figure, perhaps, who is apparently the one to do it.This may indicate some kind of religious faith or fundamentalism, with the idea of a second coming or a similar concept.
If we read the columns down, which are meant to take us from the recent past to the near future, we get a successful woman or female figure whose hopes and dreams and plans are burdened with guilt and something weighty. Star-crossed, perhaps, something heavy is against her, or perhaps it is she who is loading on the pressure. But stability and certainties appear to be an illusion, a lie, and true knowledge and secrets are blocked from being revealed.
Then we get death, endings and conflict with the generation of money underneath it ( followed by growth and energy talk but a betraying or complicated male figure, one who can’t fully be trusted, who goes around the houses.
We then get the following events predicted:
A successful, positive man or one who claims revelation, perhaps a guru figure
The arrival of deceptions, or someone deceptive, a false person
The end of a secret or the closing of a chapter or book, a “death” secret
Growth and expansion into a higher or wider realm or perspective, global, esoteric
A woman’s deceptions or complications
Stable finances and money
A struggle or conflict with a mighty enemy
Talk of responsibility, burdens, sacrifices, possibly religious