Wednesday: BBC Scandal continued. Wealth & Value, Plus Anticipation of Disaster, & Those Seen As "Lower" Longing For Despair To Come
Wednesday 12th July 2023
For today’s reading (again a late one), we’re using the Vera Sibilla deck, which is great for gossipy type readings.
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The cards fell as follows:
The Cards
Money, Waiting, Old Woman (R), Surprise, Misfortune, Sighs, Servant, Melancholy, Despair
The Reading
Unsurprisingly, what’s at the heart of this is Money, and particularly that of what’s been characterised as a spiteful Old Woman, which I’d suggest is probably a characterisation of “Auntie” herself, the BBC, cast here in a negative light.
So there’s a recent scandal (Misfortune), there’s negativity in general, particularly around money (Melancholy) and there’s a sense of yearning or longing ahead (Sighs). Around all this money, the “Old Woman” appears to have been just waiting for the disaster to hit (Waiting, Misfortune), particularly from disgruntled more lowly employees, perhaps (Misfortune, Servant, Melancholy)—or those who are put in a ‘serving’ position in some way. Ahead, there appears to be a Surprise of some kind with regard to the Old Woman and Money, perhaps some kind of payoff to those who are yearning for it. But it will also cause negativity, complaints and eventually, despair as things get increasingly desperate financially (Sighs, Despair, Melancholy), not to mention in terms of other kinds of value.
At the centre of the reading, we have some kind of schadenfreude, I think, where someone’s yearning for there to be a disaster or disgrace over money, so there’s something of a vengeful feel here (Misfortune, Money, Yearning). Above that, we have a Surprise anticipated around the Old Woman, so I’m guessing this is the public awaiting The Reveal. Underneath, meanwhile, we have complete despair and negativity from an employee or someone considered to be a ‘member of the lower orders’ (Servant), which is making me wonder if this is the mother of the young man concerned, although it could be representative of some members of the public.
She’s certainly been waiting for the disaster to happen (Waiting, Misfortune, Servant), now there is lots of negativity over the Old Woman who is seen as bad, especially with regard to Money. And ahead, we have a yearning for a surprise which will bring a state of utter Despair, not necessarily a healthy wish at all. Diagonally, the cards show anticipation of the despair the money would cause, and a surprise payment to the Servant figure.
Well, well…
Money at the heart of the situation, involving something characterised as “A spiteful old woman” presumably the negative side of Auntie, the BBC. A recent scandal, negativity about money, and a sense of yearning for a downfall, it seems, especially by those who are cast as being in “lowly” positions in life. Meanwhile, while some eagerly anticipate “The Reveal”, others are despairing and negative, and wish the same on the “Old Woman” and all who sail in her, particularly the highest-paid, I would guess.