Weekly Summary: Upsets, Enemies, False Friends, Private Jealousies Cheered On For Money, & Value Lost
w/c 2nd January 2023
Little late today, my apologies. And dear oh dear, what a couple of days it’s been newswise in the UK, with the drama and unintended hilarity of the leaking of Harry’s book. We expected a degree of drama and perhaps an overpaid damp squib situation, with complaints that we’d all heard before, but I don’t think anyone predicted it would be quite this level of international cringe, with even previously sympathetic areas of the US press raising eyebrows at, as Don Lemon said, the “gaucheness” of it all.
Did the cards I pulled quite capture the ghastliness of it? I’m not sure. Certainly some elements of surprise were predicted. In some ways, better news in the first instance for the Royals than they were hoping; they just have to stand back, say nothing and watch it all implode (see my previous Russian reading for them all which gave the advice of keeping things dull). In the long run, however, what this debacle says about the institution, the success of palace PR in hiding some of the idiocy, immaturity and feuds within its ranks, or the mental capacity of those brought up in such gilded captivity, remains to be seen. Although anyone that knows their history of British (and other) Royals, will know that to some extent, it has ever been thus.
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Monday: This Week, Upsets, Enemies, But Also Money & Surprising Good News
This week, we are looking at news of an offence or upset caused, unhappiness due to someone’s inconsiderate actions. But those concerned will deal with it, rise above it, and handle any blow with stoicism. There’s likely to be a negative encounter or person on the scene, a bad apple, but there’ll be unexpected or positive news which fulfils a hope or dream.
Overall, it looks as though there’ll be a substantial amount of money received which will represent the fulfilment of a hope or dream and eventually, great success in all things. That said, despite the help or support from strong people during difficult times, we’ll see a treacherous enemy at play, so perhaps someone is double crossing. There should be surprise, interesting and unexpected news, and we should see happiness coming from far away.
Probably good news in many ways for the main royals, and they didn’t even have to do anything or answer back directly to benefit from the upset caused by their very own “bad apple” of the week. Probably “happiness coming from far away” is that being looked at from their perspective.
Tuesday: Privacy, Money, Poor Advice, The Cheering On Of Falsehoods & Jealous Despair
An issue around private or personal finances, or the very personal or private involving money. It could be that this involves poor advice from someone or a person purporting to be a friend is cheering on falsehoods or just a situation that isn’t quite as it seems. Somebody could be gaining money privately through falsehoods or may not be quite as they appear; it has the air of the charlatan figure about it, so there could be someone of that ilk involved. Money may be changing hands privately for someone who’s working in the service of others. The spirit of service offered, however, also appears to be false in some way, so there could be some double-crossing going on. A friend or adviser, a private financial arrangement, and the negative effects of jealousy or despair stopped in its tracks—but the only one who gains in the end is whoever’s making the money out of it.
This was actually pretty spot on, I think. Who is gaining? It’s an embarrassment for the Royals, for sure, but not half as much as it is for the individual dishing the dirt for sympathy and money. Whoever has been advising him is no doubt laughing all the way to the bank. He has, as we say in the UK, “been done up like a kipper.” And how did the Great Leak happen? Having once worked in publishing and during the era of great secrecy and security at printers re: say, Harry Potter books, I’m not convinced it was a total accident from the Spanish publishers/booksellers. And then there was the leak of the Dogbowlgate brotherly fight incident to the somewhat sympathetic Guardian, intended to make William look bad. These things don’t tend to happen by accident, after all.
Wednesday: A Rich Young Man's Negative Thoughts Of A Man, A Woman, A Prison, As He Awaits His Reward
This is primarily about the thoughts of a rich young man particularly towards another man, but also a woman. There is news or something written of this other man’s entrapment in the prison of a particular structure, institution, or House, and the sense of either a house move away from it, or taking the institution itself on a journey. Perhaps both. The rich young man also offers his thoughts on a particular woman being given gifts, and that she’s waiting for complaints or negative thoughts. She appears also to have been thinking about the rich young man and the other man. She still waiting with regard to her previous thinking about a man in a high position in a respected House or family.
The more negative thoughts bring gifts or rewards in news or writing about escaping from a prison. The woman is about to express negative thoughts regarding the recent past of the two men and a structure or House that is supposedly a prison. We also have thoughts expressed about the expectation of a reward or gift and thoughts being written down in a way that bring honour and high regard. Meanwhile, the main male’s recent past show his negative thoughts about the rich young man and the woman.
The rich young man has been waiting for respect and high honours he feels are his due. He expresses negative thoughts in particular about feeling trapped. There’s news or something written about the house, structure or family and the woman, and the other man, who has previously been given gifts and rewards, is taken on a journey and/or moved away from.
More of the same complaining from the “Rich Young Man” here, really. So not much more to say on this one.
Thursday: A Woman With Dreams Of High Position, A Hustle Ends, Options Reduced
A woman who’s had to hustle into high position in order to achieve her ambitions is likely to find her status cut. It could be a job or position she’s had for a while that involves talking or communication, perhaps media, but it looks to be gone. That said, where one door closes, another opens for her, most likely due to negotiation and talk, perhaps under the radar a little, although some of her ambitions may be cut down to size, and some options may be cut off for her. However, as this looks like a fairly ambitious, high flying and somewhat wily person, she may well be able to talk her way into achieving a similarly high position through alternative means.
We don’t know what’s going on behind the scenes, but I don’t think this one has played out publicly yet. Either way, I don't think the immediate reputation of any ambitious woman on the make will come out of this looking at all good. Whether advantage can be taken of the situation by her in the future, however, remains to be seen.
Friday: Tears As Family Loses Something Valuable, But Unreliability & Inconsistency Creates A Trap
There’s upset and tears over inconsistency and unreliability bringing a trap for a family or institution where something valuable is lost. Someone may be caught out, there’s upset over the loss, as well as unreliability and inconsistency. But the tears and upsets may also be unreliable and someone may be hoist by their own petard somewhat by or within the family or structure that feels the loss of what matters to them most keenly.
Again, pretty spot on, this one, the tears and unreliability being something of a trap. But not good for the whole House in general, I’d say, as they have lost something valuable (dignity?) through the whole debacle too.
Finally, a little addition to my 2023 Vera Sibilla read: The Haughtiness Card In More Detail
The Posturing (Haughtiness card)
Some of you, if you explored my 2023 Vera Sibilla read in any detail, may have picked up on this already. I didn’t include details of it in my original read, but there’s a lot of info to be gained around the posturing peacock (Haughtiness) card in the fourth row of the layout, which represents posturing, essentially, someone showing off or making a great display of arrogance. Reading around it, you can see here it's about being a sort of "house"or family guru regarding a miserable ending (House-Priest, Coffin-Melancholy). A kind of misery guru (Priest-Haughtiness-Melancholy), constantly making a show of despairing and complaining about his family and the institution (Despair/Jealousy-House-Constancy) but it's really underpinned by the “surprise” appearance of a delirious kind of grief (Surprise-Coffin-Pleasure Seekers R) He may get some benefits from being a 'despair guru' though (Despair-Priest-Surprise), and his family/house posturing and arrogance or status will end (House-Haughtiness-Coffin) or pride will be brought crashing down to earth. Constant moaning madness, essentially. The Haughtiness card is being knighted by the waiting for a reunion (Expectation-Reunion), by the lover whose sweetheart doesn't really love him or will break his heart (Male Lover-Sweetheart R), by a business deal (Merchant-Marriage) and by the past treasures and gifts or perhaps indulgences of an older woman (Gifts-Older Woman).
In the column in which this posturing display is busy strutting about, we have a Female Enemy (R) who provides a big consolation for him with regard to his 'house and family' (Big Consolation, House) and there seems to be , forgive me, some kind of death wish going on underneath all the arrogance and display (Coffin, Hope). Horizontally, if you mirror the cards, there’s immaturity in love (Child-Love) from a lost carer (Sorrow-Servant) for whom he is grieving, he writes negatively (Man Of Letters-Melancholy) and there is a “friend” or supportive guru advising this kind of public display (Friend-Priest-Haughtiness). Reading the row from left to right, a child who’s been looked after and nurtured (Child-Servant) writes something about support in a guru type way, or is advised by an influential writer (Man of Letters-Friend-Priest) but it's posturing and complaining (Haughtiness-Melancholy) and leads to sorrow in love (Sorrow-Love).
Diagonally to the Haughtiness card, meanwhile, we have a superficial or frivolous “failed soldier”(Frivolity, Soldier, R) and a failure of protection from his despair for a show off (Despair/Jealousy-Haughtiness) who is positively deranged or in the grip of madness with regard to his wife/mother (Pleasure Seekers (R)- Wife/Mother). In the other direction, the Service of a Male Enemy brings constant surprises in a haughty arrogant display (Constancy-Haughtiness-Surprise) which nonetheless may be a positive surprise for another man, the “Main Man” (Surprise-Main Male).
So a very strange and unhappy tale, all in all. Overall, I can’t help feeling that there is a lot more to play out. It’s obviously amusing and enraging people in equal measure at the moment, but I only hope it doesn’t end in yet more tragedy. We have been here before, after all.
What cards could have relayed the hilarity of the resultant memes this week? 🤣