Thursday: More About The Woman—Hidden, & Strategically Waiting For Enemy To Make Mistakes
Thursday 9th February 2023
For today’s reading, as we keep getting a woman (or women) coming up of late, I wanted to explore to see if we could get more detail about who this might be, and what she might be up to.
As a reminder, here are some of my other recent readings with different decks that a woman has featured prominently in. They may not all be the same person, but there do seem to be some strong similarities in tone between the readings, especially about secrets, things being hidden or not upfront.
The Ending Of A Subterfuge & A Woman Helping Bring It To Light
A Woman Looks To Opportunities While Hiding Her True Thoughts On A Man
A Secret Revealed & Not Believing All We’re Told By A Woman
Plus there was this one about a “family friend”. As I say, these may not all be the same person, but there do seem to be a lot of “reveals” with this woman supposedly involved.
The 9-card spread, meanwhile, is a great reading for getting into more detail of a situation—or person. I read it the same way regardless of oracle type. So for today’s, we’re using the French style Sibilla Indovina (Parlour Sybil), which includes reversed cards. The card at the centre is the Female Consultant, who is not representing me, the reader, but the woman concerned. Who might she be?
The Cards
Consultant (F): A Main Female or the Female Consultant.
Soldier: Officials, People In Senior or Authority Positions, Military, Strategy & Organisation, Controlling People
Weakness: The Sickness or Malady Card. Problems, Things That Are Wrong Or Unhealthy
Quarrel (R). Arguments. Reversed, Arguments Being Pointless, To Find Other Ways To Resolve
Enemy (R) An Enemy. Reversed, More Hidden, So Backbiting, Two-Facedness, Sniping, Slander, Backstabbing.
Waiting (R). Waiting, Passivity. Reversed, It Suggests Silent Treatment, Witholding, Holding Back.
City House. The Main House Card. Buildings, Structures, Organisations, Family
Presents: Gifts, Rewards, Benefits.
Inconstancy: Lack Of Consistency, Unreliability, Flip-Flopping.
The Reading
Around our consultant or mystery woman in the middle, we see firstly that she has a weakness for or picks up on weaknesses or problems and stirs it up, backstabs, is possibly slanderous (Weakness, Enemy (R), probably for reward (Presents), and she may be holding her counsel or giving the silent treatment for kicks too (Waiting (R), Presents).
So at core, she'll be someone who does that, she's someone who’s likely to be fairly well-hidden, awaiting her moment (Enemy (R) Waiting (R)). She's likely to be very strategic, a person in a high place and very controlled or, if the soldier is a more literal figure, associated with someone military. Interestingly, the cards above her indicate that she knows that fighting outright is a weakness and pointless in terms of strategy; she's likely to be operating calmly rather than battling overtly (Soldier, Weakness, Quarrel (R)). What the cards below her suggest, whether underlying factors or outcome, that a structure or organisation or a family will be giving her gifts or rewards in terms of its inconstancies (City House, Presents, Inconstancy). In other words, and especially in conjunction with the other cards, she's likely to take a "Never interrupt your enemy while they're making a mistake" approach.
We see that behind her, is a deliberate strategy of badmouthing and slander, perhaps stirring the pot behind the scenes for this structure, organisation or family (Soldier, Enemy (R) City House). It could be that others' weaknesses happen to reward her—or it could be that one of her personal weaknesses is enjoying that reward (Weakness, Consultant, Presents). But it certainly seems that she knows a fight in the open won't bring her the rewards she seeks (Quarrel R). Instead, she holds her counsel and waits for others' inconstancy and flaws to show themselves (Waiting R) Inconstancy. The diagonals suggest she's strategic in that (Soldier, Consultant, Inconstancy) and knows not to have an open fight with a particular establishment or organisation (Quarrel R-Consultant-City House).
Knighting the cards, we see that the strategy of stepping back and waiting for others to make mistakes brings rewards (Soldier, Waiting, Presents). As a backstabbling enemy, it helps to just wait for their mistakes and inconsistencies (Enemy R, Quarrel R, Inconstancy). But there is weakness in the organisation or structure to reveal itself yet (City House, Weakness, Waiting (R)), and it's one of inconsistency (City House, Inconstancy). Again, a strategy of not arguing directly brings its rewards (Presents, Soldier, Quarrel (R), but she enjoys bitching and stirring behind the scenes too (Quarrel, R, Enemy, R, Presents), knowing that their inconsistencies are a big weakness of her enemy, who will be hurt by the slanders against them (Inconstancy, Weakness, Enemy, R)
Essentially, our woman here is someone who is playing the long game—and appears to be doing so well.
In Summary:
We have a woman who picks up on weaknesses or problems, likely a backstabber, or someone slanderous, and seems to do so for reward or even pleasure. She may be holding her counsel or giving the silent treatment for kicks or maximum benefit. She is more likely to be hidden than upfront and is awaiting her moment. She's likely to be very strategic, in a high position, and is very controlled. She knows that fighting openly is a weakness and pointless in terms of strategy; she's likely to be operating calmly rather than battling overtly. A structure or organisation or a family will be giving her gifts or rewards in terms of its own inconstancies or failings. She’s taking the"Never interrupt your enemy while they're making a mistake" approach. Hers is a deliberate strategy of badmouthing and slander, perhaps stirring the pot behind the scenes within this structure, and she gets the benefit out of any weaknesses they show. All she needs to do is sit back quietly and wait, and she’ll be strategic and controlled about doing so.
I actually think this may speak to US politics. Hillary Clinton is the more obvious - or Michelle Obama if she's making a 2024 run.