Reading of the Week

This week's reading uses the New Century Tarot.  I find this one to be great for when you need a direct, unvarnished reading.

The spread is another new one from Aeclectic Tarot called the Turning Things Around spread.  It's been a rough few weeks, I'm hoping this will reveal some good things coming.

 

Card 1, Top Left, Why are things so rough?, Judgment (rev).  You've been feeling like you get the raw end of every deal recently.  You feel trapped by your situation and that feeling keeps getting reinforced recently.

Card 2, Bottom Left, What is contributing to this feeling?, Hermit (rev).  You are afraid of taking the wrong path and making things worse.  You have tended to seclude yourself to try to minimize your feelings of frustration, but it seems to only be making your situation more acute.

Card 3, Top Middle, How to find the motivation to move forward, 8 Cups (rev).  The key is to just let go of the things that are holding you back.  Stop obsessing and start acting.  The momentum can be created if you just start with a little snowball.

Card 4, Bottom Middle, What help might others give, Queen Cups.  You have a lot of friends who may be able to lend an ear, give advice, and generally help you out.  Now is the time to stop secluding yourself away and start confiding in your allies. 

Card 5, Second from Right, Guidance from the Universe, Ace Cups.  There is a whole lot of good potential coming your way if you simply open yourself to it.  If you are so inclined, a little prayer and meditation will go a long way right now.  You may find that the answers to your problems are closer than you think if you slow down and sleep on the issues.

Card 6, Far Right, What can you do to turn things around, Four Cups.  You've been in a rut.  The waters have been stagnant.  Now is the time to get things moving.  There are possibilities coming soon, be open to them and your situation will improve.

There are a lot of cups and a couple of strong Major Arcana here.  This I would usually read as pertaining to relationships, but this reading feels like it's more about professional issues - your job is close to your heart and is therefore drawing a lot of cups right now.  It's been a very unsettled time right now, but with the shakeups you have seen there also comes great opportunity - if you reach for it.  Now is the time to move, not the time to wait for good things to fall in your lap.

Blessings!

Victoria

Reading of the Week

This is a variation on the Elemental spread, using the Druid Craft Tarot.  This deck has gorgeous imagery.  It's very Celtic.  The only reason that I don't use it more is that the cards are large and more of a challenge to shuffle :-)

 

This reading is read with the group of five cards on the left first followed by the group of three cards on the bottom right.  The three card group is read as a progression or a cohesive unit.

 Central Card, Core of the Reading: 2 Wands.  This week is about making choices.  You have the potential to go in several different directions right now.  You may be confused or feeling indecisive.

Top card, Earth: 4 Pentacles.  Your finances are under tight control this week.  You have taken steps to get your finances and your home affairs in order, mostly by reining things in quite a bit.  This is a card of stasis - things are very stable in this area this week.

Right card, Air: Prince of Cups (rev).  This card, when upright, is a card of travel and swift change.  Here it is reversed - stagnation and difficulty in getting your goals accomplished.  This week you are going to have some trouble getting through to people.  You will also find planning things to be unnecessarily difficult.  If you have to travel anywhere, give yourself extra time.  You may find yourself encountering unexpected (and annoying) delays.

Bottom card, Fire: 4 Cups (rev).  You may find your creative side is stimulated this week.  You will probably start hearing news about endeavours, job changes or promotions, too.  You may have felt like nothing was working for you, unhappy and dissatisfied.  This is going to start changing and shifting.  Good things are coming!

Left card, Water: Prince of Pentacles (rev).  In matters of the heart and/or family matters things may go very slowly this week.  If you are waiting for news from a loved one, don't hold your breath.  The Prince is a stolid, slow moving creature in general, in reversal he is a positive stick in the mud.  Expect stubbornness and refusal to admit that things need to be dealt with this week.  

Three card grouping: 10 Swords (rev), The Sun, Ace of Cups.  The beginning of the week might be very difficult.  You have come to a place where the issues you have struggled with recently are fruitless and you must simply move on, at least for now...however, if you can do that, the rest of the week will be very positive!  In both public and emotional matters there is great positive potential this week if you can clear out the dead wood in your mind and move forward.  It won't be easy to accomplish, but it will be worthwhile!

This week has a lot of ups and downs to it.  Ride the flow and don't get caught and you'll do just fine.

Blessings,

Victoria

Japan, Wegman's

If you shop at Wegman's, please be generous in giving to the Red Cross supported donation drive to help Japan. 

Thank You!

Japan & Libya

I have not been posting as much this week because I have been following the terrible tragedy in Japan.  To be dealing with so much all at once is a true nightmare!  I ask all of you to join me in praying for the survivors of all three incidents, the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear incident.  Please also pray that the situation stabilizes so that people may start to pick up the pieces.

I have also been following the awful events in Libya.  There is basically a war going on there, and it could get worse.  Please pray that the cease fire continues to hold.

Thank you!

Spring Outlook

For those of you who have known me for a while, you know that for two years running I've predicted the severity of the winter.  I started talking about it around September, and it's been spot-on.  Yup, I even predicted Snowpocalypse 2010.
So, here's my two cents on the coming months.  I think we will probably have a wetter Spring than usual, but we will also get more nice spring days than we've had for a couple of years.  Then the Summer, I believe, will also be wetter than the past few years, with a shorter dry period and not quite as hot. 
Here's to hoping my predictions continue to be accurate!
Blessings,
Victoria

Weekend Outlook

Since my entire household has had some serious creeping crud all week, I did not get a chance to post my 'Card For the Day' as I'd planned.  To compensate I give you The Weekend Outlook!

This is a three card spread using the Vision Tarot.


Left, Financial: 7 Staves (rev).  As with all the recent financial readings, be careful if your purchases this weekend, or you may regret your expenditures.

Middle, Health: The Chariot.  Healthwise things will be good this weekend if you don't obsess.  Go with the flow & you will feel better.

Right, Activity: Temperance.  Don't take on too much this weekend.  If you pick just a few things to get done you will be far more successful than if you try to get your whole spring cleaning accomplished in one weekend.

Take it easy this weekend, work on essentials.  It should be a pretty nice weekend.

Blessings,

Victoria

Reading of the Week

This week's reading uses the Tarot of the Celtic Fairies, which was just given to me by a good friend.  Buying Tarot decks can be very difficult because you can't look at the cards easily, so I've noticed that decks tend to get swapped frequently within the community.  If you are looking to buy a deck, try looking online to see the cards in the deck you like before you buy.  Since this one is new, this is a trial run for it. 

I'm using another Aeclectic Tarot spread this week, focusing more on inner issues.  The last couple of weeks have been more about finances, I'm looking to change things up a bit.  This is a nine card spread focusing on what is going on in Mind (top), Health (middle) and Spirit (bottom), starting in the Past (left column), then Present (middle column), and moving into the Future (right column).


Card 1, Mind Past (top left): Judgment (rev). Recently your state of mind has been somewhat negative.  You may feel like everyone has had their own agenda and that your goals aren't on it.  At work you may feel as if you've been passed over, like you have no input.  It's probably not as harsh as you think, but that's how you may have been feeling.  Part of this feeling may be arising from your own decisions.  Are you sabotaging your own goals by acting too hastily?  Consider your actions carefully.

Card 2, Mind Present (top center): Page Swords (rev).  You've been readying yourself to fight some battles.  Think carefully about what you're getting yourself into - can you handle the challenges?  If this is a fight worth fighting, then it may be worth a few bruises to win through...but whatever you're facing, it's serious.  It could be overwhelming.  Are you going to the mat for a raise at work, or a promotion?  It may be better to wait it out right now, it may backfire on you.

Card 3, Mind Future (top right):  4 Stones (rev).  As things lie right now, you are determined to fight for what you think you need.  That persistence is to be admired, however, just be sure that you are really fighting for what's important instead of what you think you need.  Sure, if you fight for it you may get that raise...but the time and effort spent on that battle may have been better spent doing an amazing job on that project you are dealing with.  In the long run, finishing the project well may gain you more respect and opportunity than that raise will get you now.

Card 4, Health Past (middle left): 9 Swords (rev).  You may have been dealing with some unexpected health problems recently.  These problems may be serious enough to be affecting your daily life - have you had to take some time off from work?  Has your family been needing to help you out because you've been under the weather? 

Card 5, Health Present (center): Lovers.  The issues with your health that you've been facing are definitely improving right now.  Family will be critical in helping you continue to get better.  Those who love you are willing to go to great lengths to help you, but it's your choice whether you accept their help.  It will be a long, slow journey back to health if you don't.

Card 6, Health Future (middle right): 7 Cauldrons. You've just started your journey to health.  Keep your goals realistic.  You may think this is a great time to start training for a 5k race or learning how to do a full headstand in your yoga class, but you really need to work on getting yourself fit before you will be able to accomplish those goals.  Take it slow, be realistic.  If you move too quickly you'll make yourself ill again.

Card 7, Spirit Past (bottom left): 6 Stones.  In spiritual matters you may have been struggling with some difficult questions recently.  Have you been offered help by those around you?  Are you willing to accept that help?  If you have been challenged by a difficult issue, outside advice may be what you need to start moving forward.  Don't be quick to reject assistance when offered.

Card 8, Spirit Present (bottom center): King Swords (rev).  If you've been struggling with spiritual challenges recently, it may be time to reevaluate your own approach to the matter.  You are in charge of your own spirituality.  Do you need a fresh look at your situation?  It may be time to accept the help you were offered, or even seek out spiritual support.

Card 9, Spirit Future (bottom right): Priestess (rev).  There is going to be a chance for you to step back and reevaluate your spiritual goals and challenges.  It won't be simple, but try to take this opportunity for reflection.  This will be an excellent chance to look inward and possibly resolve some issues you have been dealing with.

This is a complex reading.  It may only resonate with you on some levels.  Take what it offers and go with it - you shouldn't feel compelled to follow every single aspect of it slavishly.  I think the greater lesson of this reading is that this is a week to slow down and take stock of your life.  There will be opportunities for this.  Take a walk, go sit by yourself in a coffee shop with your favorite beverage, go to the gym and give yourself a good workout...whatever lets you shut off the outside world and deal with your own issues.

Be good to yourself this week.

Blessings,

Victoria

Updates...

So, First Friday was very cold this month and I wasn't able to set up outside, therefore it was a bit of a bust.  I will look for other opportunities for First Friday and let you know where I'll be.

Also, since Mardi Gras is this coming Tuesday, I was at Fabbioli Cellars this past Saturday, not this coming Saturday.  Look for me there next on March 19th, I'll be dressed as an Irish Lass for St. Patrick's Day.

This week I tried pulling a single Card of The Day.  I think it was pretty successful, so I plan to do this once or twice during the week to supplement the weekly reading.  Be sure to check in regularly!

Leesburg First Friday!

Late breaking news!
I will be at the Pink Shop in Leesburg doing readings for First Friday this week, March 4th from 7-9 pm!  Come and join us for a reading, then stay for live music, wine tasting, and shopping!

Card of the Day

Today's card, which is from the Druid Craft Tarot, is the 4 of Cups.  Today it will be hard to focus.  Are you planning your summer getaway?  Thinking about someone you love?  Whatever is distracting you, try to put it aside for now so that you can do what you need to do right now.  Then later you can have the time and luxury to do the fun stuff!