This Week: Gossip & Surprises, Good News Coming To Those Who Wait, But Game-Playing Brings Sorrow & Regret
Week commencing 5th February 2024
For this week’s Week Ahead reading, I’m using Grimaud’s current French Sibylle des Salons deck and my expanded/adapted version of a Week Ahead Spread.
Check out how you can lay and use that here:
And find out about the history of the Sibylle des Salons/Sibilla Indovina here. Aside from the Game of Hope version of the Lenormand cards (1799), it’s one of the oldest European oracle card designs I use on the site (1840s),
So! Let’s begin!
The cards for what’s coming up ahead this week were drawn as follows. Note, I have only included one section for the ‘Outcome’, instead of two separate ones for Advice and Synthesis/Overall.
The Cards (in English)
Female Significator, Chattering, Contrariety/Displeasure; Angry Woman, Surprise, Important Revelation; Delay, Soldier, Quarrel; Impediment/Opportunity, Dark-Haired Woman, Dark-Haired Man; Letter, Waiting, Sweet Card; Pleasures/Pastimes, Thought, Infantilism
Check out the meanings of these cards via the index here:
The Reading
The cards here suggest that we’re going to see more gossip and complaining/bitching about a particular woman this week (Female Significator, Chattering, Contrariety/Displeasure) so lots of negative chatter, negative gossip.
The more “positive” news (so perhaps it acts as a distraction) is, these cards suggest, that there is a big surprise reveal around an “angry” woman, someone who is deemed to be acting kind of crazy or irrational (Angry Woman, Surprise, Important Revelation). Alas, negatively, it seems a military war or battle will continue to drag out (Delay, Soldier, Quarrel) so perhaps the story becomes a welcome distraction in a way, but we’ll see.
Another surprise, the spread suggests, is to do with something faced by a particular couple, here the “Dark Haired Woman” and “Dark Haired Man” (the meanings have been update in the Grimaud to “Leisure” and “Perspacity”, which I’d suggest hint at a lady of leisure and a smart, if slightly sneaky man) who will turn out to be at something of a crossroads together.
A lesson to learn, we’re told, is that good news comes to those who wait (Letter, Waiting, Sweet Card).
The outcome? Apparently, it’s that having too many trivial thoughts and playing games will lead to sorrow and tantrums (Pleasures/Pastimes, Thought, Infantilism/Chagrin).
So that’s us told, then!
This week’s cards suggest that we’re going to see more gossip and complaining/bitching about a particular woman this week, so lots of negative chatter, negative gossip. There could be a big surprise reveal around an “angry” woman, someone who is deemed to be acting kind of crazy or irrational, which we may all find distracting. Alas, negatively, it seems a military war or battle will continue to drag out so perhaps the story just becomes a welcome distraction to more serious and heavy things, but we’ll see.
Another surprise, the spread suggests, is to do with something faced by a particular couple, nominally a dark haired woman and man, and hint that this couple consists of a lady of leisure and a smart, if slightly sneaky man, who will turn out to be at something of a crossroads or turning point together.
A lesson to learn from it all this week, we’re told, is that good news comes to those who wait. A slightly finger-wagging finale, however, whether directed to us, the public, or those involved. According to these cards, having too many trivial, superficial thoughts and playing silly games will lead only to sorrow and tantrums. Be warned!
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