posted August 18, 2012 02:55 AM            

TEN OF SWORDS

Feeling stabbed in the back. A sharp sense of betrayal that will pass. The good news is you soon find out exactly where you stand when you experience this card! However you are likely to find it painful.

I need help understanding this card as it represent air signs : Aquarius, Gemini and Libra. What possibly could the betrayal be about. As I read further it deals with the mind and will.

posted August 18, 2012 03:03 AM            

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Originally posted by Primarose220:
Hopes and Fears

TEN OF SWORDS

Feeling stabbed in the back. A sharp sense of betrayal that will pass. The good news is you soon find out exactly where you stand when you experience this card! However you are likely to find it painful.

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And...?

posted August 18, 2012 09:12 AM            

I actually do feel that way.

Sincerely,

posted August 18, 2012 09:34 AM            

Heart of the Situation

SIX OF SWORDS

Emotional passage. Moving through a difficult emotional space. The good news is the shore is in sight. Make sure you leave the swords on the boat when you have finished your journey. The end of difficult emotions is around the next corner.

Crosses you for good or bad

Knight Of SWORDS

An Aggressive air sign out for an argument. Can be bolshie and doesn't take -any prisoner . This person is over confident and defensive. Someone may be annoyed with you or pick a fight.

The root of the matter

Knight Of Cups

Charming romantic man/woman on his/her best behaviour. Can charm the socks off a monkey.He/She Is Loving and generous but can be vain and self-centred

What's Behind You

TEMPERANCE 14

Balance.

Balancing all things in your life. If this card appears you need to calm down just for now. The card shows an angel pouring two cups, balancing the ingredients. It has an important message is your life out of balance ie too much work or too much play? Do you have too much focus on boyfriends, girlfriend, going out? Be balanced right now and see how good that can feel.

What could come into

STRENGTH 8

Power and protection.

A time of feeling strong and able to deal with whatever life throws at you. You are strong enough to deal with your present situation. Strength will be given to you or you are in a strong position depending on your question. A very positive and hopeful card as you should come out on top. There is a bit of divine protection with this card.

Immediate Future

THREE OF SWORDS Heartache.

Needing to heal your heart. Being used to the pain as it's been there so long. An old heartache. Is someone not giving you enough love and attention? Do you need more? Are you used to being unhappy? Perhaps you deserve more.

What’s Coming in

QUEEN OF SWORDS

A air sign woman who may have had earlier emotional difficulties , very guarded and avoids expressing emotion , keeps at a distance , can suggest someone who has cut off their emotions. Strict and not to be messed about with.

Home Environment

TEN OF WANDS

Can't see the woods for the trees. Burdened and becoming used to it. Careful not to act the martyr! Can be limited to one situation in life ie relationship or career. Taking on to much? Does everyone put their problems on you? Take a step back and decide how best to move forward.

Hopes and Fears

TEN OF SWORDS

Feeling stabbed in the back. A sharp sense of betrayal that will pass. The good news is you soon find out exactly where you stand when you experience this card! However you are likely to find it painful.

Outcome

THE MOON 18

Intuition.

Write down your dreams and listen to your gut feelings. You have the answer within you and you already know what is going on in your life. Trust in you and what you feel. Your psychic senses are awoken.

Outcome

SEVEN OF PENTACLES

Successful but bored. Life is not challenging and perhaps a change of direction is required. The harvest is rich but no longer stimulating. Do you fancy a change?

Outcome

SEVEN OF WANDS

posted August 18, 2012 09:37 AM            

This does not mean "betrayal" that is the 7 of Swords. This is the breakdown of order, "Delusions Shattered", virtues ignored, indulgence to the brink. It's rampant irresponsibility.

A complete breakdown or order. It is the END of the cycle and after this period passes, yes, it will then be a new beginning, the dawning of a new day.

The difficulties experienced here are from someone's own hand.

BUT, this is in the hopes and fears spot so it might be something you fear and the anxiety is the fear and nothing more. Without knowing the rest of the spread, you cannot determine what it means in this spot.

As a stand alone card, it means, it's over, the jig is up. Face the truth and make changes or you will be forced to make changes.

posted August 18, 2012 10:40 AM            

So, the situation is the 6 of Swords. This is "moving away" from an impossible situation, or being rescued from an impossible situation - a reprieve from the intense difficulties of the 5 of Swords. This is also someone in search of the truth. Fast wit and intelligence applied to "truth-seeking", combined with "Aquarius" will bring universal awareness to the mind. This card comes up often for me representing the scientific approach I take to truth seeking and psychic readings, what I call a "New Age Science". So, your situation is a good one, you are in a position to move away from continued struggles and I suspect your delving into the subconscious game of Tarot will help you. Tarot is all about discovering one's own faults, deficiencies, discovering the absolute truth about oneself. Through that truth seeking, you begin to recognize the bad habits you have and how those bad habits, especially emotional ones, create unnecessary problems and difficulties. Your situation is that you are in this period, so take advantage of it and don't let that door close before you've entered. The opportunity is upon you now.

The Knight of Swords is your challenge. If it is an aspect of yourself that is the challenge then what it is telling you is to choose your battles wisely. Don't always rev up for the joust because by doing so, you kick up a whirlwind of of dirty anger and resentment that will always come back to get you. Learn to not always be looking to charge into battle. If this is someone else, then the person with these traits is your challenge.

The root of the matter, or the veil beneath the situation, your subconscious is the Knight of Cups. The Knight of Cups is a warm, generous, and gracious individual. He is compassionate and caring and much more eloquent in his speech and more gentle than the the Knight of Swords. This is something you already possess, something within you that you need to bring to the surface to neutralize the effects of the Knight of Swords as a challenge.

This spread defines this card as what's behind you, but I know it as what's above you, your focus, and this is Temperance. Temperance is balance but Temperance is also an indication that a test is coming, so be prepared. Through testing and testing and testing, over and over and over again we come to understand our own emotional difficulties and areas where we are flawed. Through this repetitive life testing, we learn to create less problems for ourselves - we become more aware of our emotional surroundings and what we put out there that will be returned to us. Temperance adapts to circumstances making for a smooth transition, going with the flow rather than working against it. Temperance is Arch Angel Michael and there is no greater warrior defending good than Michael. Temperance is also a search for meaning, he is your focus, this search for meaning is your situation in the 6 of Swords. Enjoy the search, do not fear it and what is to come because through difficult times we see the truth. That is enlightenment. Fear is the enemy so do not fear anything. Use the power of Arch Angel Michael and move forward with the purpose of finding absolute truth in all things, especially yourself.

What could come, or past energy is Strength. Strength is "Reciprocity". She tames unruly passions gently and with intelligence. Her approach would turn the Knight of Swords into the Knight of Cups in a debate. This is an energy that is about to pass from you. Don't lose sight of it's intended meaning for you because you're going to need it very soon.

The energy you're moving into, that surrounds your situation is the 3 of Swords. This is heartbreak and/or grief. It is loss. You will experience some sort of loss, and it could simply be a part of yourself through the realization of your truth. This is your test along with the 10 of Swords. Remember Temperance, don't fear it. You have Strength with you and Strength will neutralize such difficulties so they're not that bad. Don't let fear make them into being worse than what they really are.

What's coming in or how you view the situation is the Queen of Swords. She is gracefully perceptive. She is sharp, quick-witted but this Queen has known suffering. She has overcome her pain but her cautious nature is evident of the scars she bears from her days of tremendous strife and confrontation. She is fiercely independent, very perceptive, and a keen interpreter of events.

The environment surrounding the issue is the 10 of Wands - tremendous burdens.

That's all over because the 10 of Swords ensures that is all let go and it's over. Whatever transpired up to this is now gone, let it go and move on.

Your outcome is The Moon, 7 of Pentacles, and 7 of Wands.

The Moon brings illusions. The Moon here combined with the 7 of Pentacles (patience, waiting) could indicate a false sense of thinking you'll get what you want if you just have patience, he'll come around. But that is not the case, that's the illusion. It's over. The 10 of Swords makes that very clear. The Moon with the 7 of Pentacles and the 7 of Wands, standing up for a principle, says to me that you are supposed to let it go. You're holding on to an illusion. This is your test and this is the 3 of Swords combined with the 10 of Swords.

Don't cling to the illusion of what is, face the truth. The situation will not change in time and you are clinging to a principal without a true cause; it's not real. Let it go and move on.

posted August 18, 2012 11:45 AM            

Thank you for this reading. This reading is definitely interesting that you gave. What about the charming male who is sweet and generous but vain and self-centered. How does that play into this part.

I think part of this reading talked about my sister as she did end a marriage about 5 months ago. She is going through a divorce process.

There is one particular part that I think I play is being the martyr and feeling burdened by family. I am going through an independence phase were I really don't like to depend on anyone, but I feel I am stuck in this awkward situation. I do feel burdened by the neediness of my family, balancing my school, and being self-dependent for myself. I feel confined with having to depend on them , forcefully speaking, as they want me to feel burdened to them. As if it was some sort of psychological trap. I am always the one people come to my mom and my sister. It's nerves racking and making very agitated and sick, and anger. I am looking for a second job for myself as I am trying to save money but I always get the short end of the stick of having to deplete what little savings I do try to save as someone is always asking for my help.

The part about choosing battles wisely, and striking up anger and resentment, as I feel a lot of unsupported and jealous towards me with dissecting words. Now my mother plays a heavy part of this. She tends to be emotionally aloof emotionally towards us and strict and distant. She tries to control through financial manipulation of buy things to cover up for emotional short-comings of repressed feelings. This make me cringe and when you try to speak with her a simple chat, she distance and closes up on us. So lately the family home environment has been intense.

Her and my sister have also been complaining about their jobs and the lack of family time with extended family has made me aggravated.

posted August 18, 2012 11:51 AM            

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Originally posted by Primarose220:
Hopes and Fears

TEN OF SWORDS

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Hope: That the situation at hand ends
Fear: That the situation at hand ends badly.

Hope: You can get everything off your chest, maybe there's hope to wound the other person with your words.

Fear: You're afraid of hurting the other person with your words, or you're afraid of being hurt yourself.

Hope: New beginnings
Fear: Being bogged down with too many details.

posted August 18, 2012 12:15 PM            

In the first place, hopes and fears ARE hopes and fears, nothing IS going to happen unless other cards indicate it.

Some of us are paranoid and tend to anticipate failure and pain all the time without this actually ensuing

Also, ten of swords does not per se indicate betrayal.

Pain - yes, but actual villainy is in other swords such as 5 and 7.

Traditionally it has been associated with Gemini, but I haven's personally come across situations when it referred to 3rd house issues.

Besides, you have to look at your situation and decide whether court cards represent actual persons or whether it's rather events or different sides of you.

Re: interp - pretty much agree w hanna

posted August 18, 2012 01:07 PM            

Here is my question:

I need help understanding this card as it represent air signs : Aquarius, Gemini and Libra. What possibly could the betrayal be about. As I read further it deals with the mind and will.

Thank you for reading and your answer makes senses to me just as whereabouts does.

posted August 18, 2012 01:11 PM            

Temperance in the past suggests some sort of merging of energies was attempted (or trying to get along perhaps) but has failed leading to sorrow (3 of Swords), but it will make the person (queen of swords) come out stronger and with the upperhand in this situation.

The environment is stressful, but with perservearance it can easily be done. It's just 10 wands not overkill like your fear 10 of Swords.

The Moon here looks like feelings, confusion, intuition..

From personal experience it's not always about delusions, but it can be about lies. I guess i'm confused about the outcome here and since that's my initial gut feeling the querent will feel confused and "lost" abput the 7 of Pentacles (waiting for something?) and 7 of wands (fighting all obstacles)..maybe confused about the situation and is it worth the wait and fight.

Hope that helps.

I want to add: This! Since it is an outcome of what " is to happen shall you continue down this path" perhaps it's saying that your gut feeling will play a role in the wait/fight (7 wands and pents) of the overall situation.

posted August 18, 2012 01:37 PM            

and to understand the Celtic reading (spread of cards) I went to this website which is now down.
www.discover-the-meaning-of-tarot.com/absolutely-free-tarot-card-reading.html