Weekly & Month End Roundup: Big Picture On The State of The World, Samhain's Warnings, Turmoil, Gossip & Reveals
Week ending 2nd/3rd December 2023
So some quite “big” readings to look back at for the start of December, as we head into the final month of the year.
Cards & Layouts
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Looking Back At Monthly Readings For November
We have a lot of big picture readings to look back on for last month, and some were rather long, so I’ve only included excerpts of the summaries here. Do click on the titles if you wish to go back and explore the full posts to see how accurate (or not) they were.
Update: Two Readings For Samhain. What Must Pass, & A Spiritual Message
Unsurprisingly, much that came up at the start of the month and the end of the previous, such as with these two right at the end of October was to do with war and battle, and also grieving and public responses; with a hint that some may be relishing the sorrows unleashed in a kind of performative way. This theme did indeed seem to continue in a number of daily readings with various decks during the month.
What ending, death or transformation must we undergo? What must die and be released or transformed? The time has come, but for what? What’s getting in the way, we’re told is fighting, struggle, and battling to the end. It will prevent us finding the peace we seek. We need to stop complaining and griping about petty things, the things we cannot change, about pointless complaints. Only then can the pain and sorrow come to an end and bring us the sweetness we seek. There is a game afoot, a risk a gamble. Endings can be peaceful, with an absence of battles and fighting. But be aware that for some, there will be annoyance if sorrow ends. Sorrow gives them pleasure. It is a game for them, and life would be far less entertaining for them, it’s suggested, in the absence of sorrow and loss.
Meanwhile, a different kind of spiritual read with the Rana George Lenormand had this to say:
Displays of strength and power in the world bring changed luck and new opportunities, but conflict and harshness appears to be fated or destined. There’s official or organised recognition but what is created by governments means there are likely to be deceptive choices ahead, so be alert and careful. Peaceful love, long term care and news or press about success, but children and young people are spoiled, harmed and damaged, with the onset of dreams or nightmares that they will carry along with them. Endings and the big picture, and spiritual guidance, the afterworld, and the commitment of spirit, a spiritual promise will have to come into play.
The point about children thrust into war situations, what they see and experience, and how that impacts them long term, regardless of which “side” they’re on, felt particularly poignant here.
Update: Current Big Picture: State Of The World End Oct 2023
This was intended as a much bigger overview and is part of a very long post about a Traditional Zigeuner Fortune Telling Cards Grand Tableau:
The cards centre on a grieving male enemy, focusing on what and whom he has lost, being at the centre of events. A “visit” that was promised, planned or agreed has brought a surprising amount of rather dark, dysfunctional celebration and happiness over it. The visit had a religious element and “gifts” only grief and mourning and a military promise with a message of resolve and loyalty, that any “unexpected joy” is rooted in dysfunction and falsehoods, and any happiness perceived for a particular country will invoke financial ruin, devaluing and disaster. The visit brought death and money, the celebrations are of a gift stolen, the surprise happiness, with money or value in loyalty to the cause, and the cause committed to involves young passionate men and their rage.
Unhealthy value or rewards as progress and movement is lost. Dysfunctional rage brings loyalty to the message, but there’s distortion and falseness, perhaps propaganda. Unhealthy fate or destiny, sickness in the militarism of young men. Death and grief brings only more destruction. Destruction of childhood, of innocence.
Celebrations and joy in the anger of young men and women and against women. Celebration of falseness, false militarism that is committed to. Celebration and glee in rewards for loyalty. A degree of merriment and pleasure from stealing and taking.
Again, dysfunction and a certain pleasure of some in causing and whipping up suffering was a continuous theme of the month, both in the news and reflecting in the readings, along with the distortions of facts brought by propaganda, rage and reflected in young men in particular.
Update: Big Karma Month Where All Is Revealed, Truth Out On Financial Malpractice, Disloyalty, & Crazy Behaviour Bringing Turmoil, Everything Upside-Down
Big karma on the cards for November as the truth comes tumbling out and all is revealed. People will be getting their just desserts, whatever has been manifested or created comes back to bite now. There’s a suggestion of male rivalries and battles, what has or hasn’t been achieved, big changes afoot and it’s likely to be at the top levels, to do with leadership, or the very root or start of something, what is seeded. Turmoil and disorder at the centre and secrets tumbling out this month, as an estrangement or division reveals that someone professing to be of help has been seriously undermining or weakening behind the scenes. It could be directly fraudulent, and will turn everything we think we know upside down.
The estrangement or separation is revealed in a message about poor business practices or fraud as well as some crazy or addictive behaviour from or involving a child or the young. This madness appears to have been going on a long time, we’ll get news about that or a document certifying it in some way. Again, we see the long term disloyalty or instability as what’s been going on in the private sphere is revealed and it will cause great sorrow and upset, a great deal of turbulence that’s long-lasting in nature. We may not get what we want, but all is is to be revealed now.
This is only part of the reading summary, as it was again rather long, but how well does this match the month just gone? I think some may have been hoping for reveals of long-held rumours about certain Royal babies, but that was not to be, and doesn’t appear to be what this was talking about, or if it is, it still hasn’t happened yet. Perhaps there’s not as much to tell on that front as some are hoping for.
On the other hand, there were some big dramas at the top, certainly in UK politics, with sackings, snarky bitebacks and returns. The Covid inquiry here is in full swing, blame flying all over, and on the financial front, the Royals did indeed face an embarrassing reveal about irregularities over certain monies they’ve been pocketing for quite some time. Now, of course, we’re in the midst of the Scobie book drama (when isn’t there a drama involving him and a certain pair) and a supposedly “accidental reveal” there. “A document certifying it in some way”; well, there’s the book itself, not to mention the letters that can only have come from one source, who claims, of course, that she had nothing whatever to do with it.
Just desserts, turmoil, disorder indeed.
Readings This Week
I’m not going to go into too much detail for reasons of space, but at least we started to get some signs of light, with a temporary ceasefire and some hostages released (“reconciliations”), although the mess still continues to be a mess, and I don’t think anything will be swiftly dealt with. No idea still what the long-forgotten “treasure” is, unless it’s a reference to the Elgin Marbles which caused great consternation this week (and a certain King to wear a seemingly unconstitutional tie at the COP conference). Nonetheless, the cards suggest that the current turmoil is something of a clear-out that will in the end bring a new phase of bridge-building. When, though, is still up in the air.
This Week: Reconciliation Joy, Mutual Love & Bridge-Building; Act Quickly To Cut Negative Ties
This week, reconciliations between people will bring great joy. There is agreement among many with those close to them; a mutual sense of love between those who are close, family members, close friends, humankind. At the same time, we should all be aware of claws that hide beneath friendly exteriors and take care not to provoke those who may lash out suddenly in response. We should also be aware that any delays in action will work against us. He who hesitates is lost; it is time for decisive action. That said, although there are dangers, we will escape danger in time.
It looks as though some long-forgotten “treasure” or advantage will be received from a left-behind source. We are entering a new phase with radical changes coming; bridges will need to be built that will draw us together with loved people. Again, the need for decisiveness is required, instead of mulling over problems and never doing anything about them. Freedom can only be achieved by cutting the knot swiftly, and sorting out the problem immediately. Look instead for the bonds that will last a lifetime, and we will bear the fruits and rewards.
The rest of the readings for the week were as follows: