This Week: Surprising Affair Rumours? A Trap For An Older Man, But Sweet-Talking Won't Do The Trick
Week Commencing 22nd April 2024
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So! Today, we’re using the Sibylle des Salons instead of the Sibilla della Zingara (Gypsy Oracle Cards) with a Cross Layout and I’ve centred the cards in the first, centre, section on the Letter card, to represent news. This means this section contains five cards, but all the rest only contain four.
Here’s how the cards fell for the week. Looks like a bit of a gossipy one!
The Cards & Reading
The Current News Situation
Female Significator, Angry Woman, Letter, Sincere Friend, Male Significator
These cards suggest the current situation involves probably three women and one man! Or perhaps two women, one becoming enraged. You have the main woman (Female Significator) and another cast as the “angry” one (Angry Woman). And there is news of a likely female friend of a main man (Sincere Friend, Male Significator), perhaps a woman siding with him, perhaps someone suspected of being a love interest. Hence the rage. So this appears to be about a couple, a main man and main woman, between whom there is news of a furious woman and a sincere female friend. This suggests to me that there’ll be rumours of affairs surfacing, whether true or no, this week.
The Recent Past
Tenderness/Affection, Reunion, Gamblers, Important Revelation
Hmm. Now this suggests there’s been some “Tenderness” or closeness going on with two parties coming together again (Reunion) with the risk or gamble involved (Gamblers) being a Major Revelation. So it appears that what’s been going on could be seen as a revival of some kind of romance, perhaps, that people have been shocked and surprised to hear about, given how risky it seems to them.
The Near Future
Delay, Soldier, Pensioner, Trap
Here, we have a slowing-down or Delay involving someone in authority or an official (Soldier), perhaps the police or law enforcement, an older, wealthy man (Pensioner), and a trap or limitation (Trap). Delays will bring restrictions around an older, wealthy man and officials.
Challenges
Thief, Inconstancy, Sweet Card, Fright/Death
There has been a loss or theft (Thief), with something lost, stolen or taken through inconsistency (Inconstancy), flitting or poor attention to detail, and it appears that any sense or attempt at sweetness (Sweet Card), perhaps someone trying to sweet-talk through it is going to be met with a VERY nasty shock (Fright/Death). A final loss or reckoning is on its way despite a possible attempt to sweet-talk to brush over inconstancy and flakiness.
Outcome
Pleasure, Pastime; A Lot of Money, Thoughts, Success
Someone is having fun and taking it easy (Pleasure, Pastime) but their idea of fun costs a lot of money (A Lot of Money), or they’re throwing it away. They have thoughts of success, that they’ll be successful anyway (Thoughts, Success). Someone rewarding themselves with fun and pleasure is thinking they’re going to get a lot of money.
Summary
So overall then, it looks like a situation involves possibly three women and one man! Or perhaps two women, one becoming enraged. There’s a main female figure, and either another cast as the “angry” one, or our main woman gets very angry indeed. The fury is being spat in the direction of a female friend of a main man, and the cards suggest there’ll be news about that. Perhaps we’ll see a woman siding with him, perhaps someone suspected of being a love interest. So this reading appears to be about a couple, a main man and main woman, between whom there is news of a furious woman and a sincere female friend. This suggests to me that there’ll be rumours of affairs surfacing at least, whether true or no, this week.n
There’s a suggestion there’s been some demonstration of affection going on with two parties coming together again and a risk or gamble involved which has shocked others. So it appears that what’s been going on could be seen as a revival of some kind of romance, perhaps, that people have been surprised to hear about, given how risky it would appear. Ahead, though, we have a slowing-down or delays involving someone in authority or officials, perhaps the police or law enforcement, an older, wealthy man and a trap or limitation. Delays will bring restrictions involving an older, wealthy man and officials - or maybe he’s asking officials to hold off for some reason.
Challenge-wise, the cards suggest a loss or theft through inconsistency, flitting or poor attention to detail, and it appears that any sense or attempt at sweetness perhaps someone trying to sweet-talk through it is going to be met with a VERY nasty shock indeed. A final loss or reckoning is on the cards, way despite a possible attempt to sweet-talk to brush over inconstancy and flakiness.
At the end of the day, though, someone is having fun and taking it easy; the problem is, their idea of fun costs a lot of money or they’re throwing it away. They have thoughts of success, that they’ll be successful anyway. Someone rewarding themselves with fun and pleasure is thinking they’re going to get a lot of money to pay for it all. Cart before the horse, maybe.