This Week: Messenger Of Destruction, Religion, Funding. Soft Targets, Lasting Sorrow Celebrated, Fortunes Stolen
Week commencing 9th October 2023
We’re starting the week this week with a popular Sibilla layout called the Cross Layout, but a sad situation.
Again, this is a layout that can be used with pretty much any deck, and you can vary the number of cards in each section. It’s a general reading that looks at a central issue, past factors, future factors, obstacles and then gives advice—or you can use the final section to mean “Outcome” if you wish instead.
You can find the instructions for this layout on the Daily Oracle website here:
Sorry to do a negative reading, but as it was very much on my mind, I’ve centred this reading on the horrific and shocking events in Gaza over the weekend, and began with the Misfortune card already laid at the very centre.
The cards were drawn as follows:
The Cards
Merchant, Priest, Misfortune, Messenger, Lover; Fidelity, House, Haughtiness, Falseness; Wedding, Soldier, Room, Consolation; Love, Joyfulness, Friend, Wife; Celebration, Sorrow (R); Fortune, Thief
The Reading
The Current Situation
Merchant, Priest, Misfortune, Messenger, Lover
Here, I used five cards rather than the usual four, as I’d already placed Misfortune at the centre. Disaster. Around which there is religion and money, funding, and young men loyal to and passionate about a cause acting as “messengers”. Well-funded and a messenger of religion around the destruction.
The Recent Past Of The Situation
Fidelity, House, Haughtiness, Falseness
Loyalty and adherence to a place or state and false pride, perceived arrogance. False loyalties around a place or area viewed as arrogant or prideful.
The Immediate Future Of The Situation
Wedding, Soldier, Room, Consolation
Doesn’t look much better, I’m afraid, as far as fighting goes. Commitment to military action, private consolations. A consoling commitment, battles in the private sphere.
Obstacles, Challenges, Enemies
Love, Joyfulness, Friend, Wife
Sadly, many targeted as enemies were ‘soft’ targets; women and young people dancing at a music festival which was supposed to be about peace. The love of wives and families; kind friend’s joyfulness and celebration
Moving Forward
Celebration, Sorrow (R); Fortune, Thief
Lasting sorrow being celebrated, futures and fortune stolen and lost. Celebrations by those who have taken the opportunity to cause lasting sorrow and grief.
A disaster, destruction, around which there is religion and money, and young men loyal to and passionate about a cause acting as “messengers”. Well-funded and messengers of religion around the destruction. Leading up to this is loyalty and adherence to a place or state and false pride, perceived arrogance. False loyalties around a place or area viewed as arrogant or prideful. Ahead is commitment to military action, private consolations. To some, a consoling or rewarding commitment, with many battles in the private sphere. Many targeted as enemies were ‘soft’ targets; women, families, and young people dancing at a music festival which was supposed to be about peace. The love of wives and families; kind-hearted friend’s joyfulness and celebration. Sadly, ahead we’ll see more sorrow being celebrated, futures and fortune stolen and lost. Celebrations by those who have taken the opportunity to cause lasting grief and loss.
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