posted July 10, 2013 07:31 AM            

I'm thinking 4 of wands + Hierophant?
I've seen Lovers as an actual wedding event someone was attenting, but since affliction with this card it seems difficult to tie this one to marriage although its one of the traditional meanings.
10 of cups + justice?

posted July 10, 2013 10:08 AM            

In the same way The Hierophant represents marriage, I think the High Priestess can too, with the exception the marriage is a bit more alternative or unorthodox in some way.

10 of Pentacles alone, as well.
Strength, plus 10 of Pentacles or Cups?
Strength, alone?
2 of Cups + 10 of Pentacles
Strength and 2 of Cups?

posted July 12, 2013 03:16 PM            

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Originally posted by Twirl:
I'm not sure about this...
I feel like it should show up this way, but because it often shows as other women involved, it makes me doubt.
I actually also often see this card in relationships for an extra overbearing mother!

I received empress - 4 cups - lovers for a relationship the other day.
As extra I received death RX + 8 cups.
Now 8 of cups I can see as taking things to an extra level within relationship. Like marriage...
I thought that there may have been another woman involved. But...I think I should have asked the querent if she was hoping for a proposal :-/
Just not sure.

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posted July 12, 2013 05:17 PM            

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Originally posted by beccathelion:
There are some really cool card combos here that I actually would never have thought of. I've pulled the 4 of Wands reversed for divorces at least three times now, so I feel like the upright (for me at least) is a pretty strong indicator, especially if it's around the Hierophant, or even weirdly enough, the 3 of Pentacles. That came up once. The "team work" aspect signaled that for me; it was a couple who really just clicked like a nuclear unit, versus a couple that had the 4 and the 2 of Cups (they were really, really young.) The 10 of Cups would be awesome. Or the 10 of Pents. I'd take either of those with the 4, and I'd take 'em with a happy heart.

I personally know I prefer to see the 3 of Pents with the 4, just given the nature of the game that is "forever," or rather, the job that it is, and I mean that in a sweet way. The Devil would scare me. Like a slave to passions... thrusting people into marriage. Or maybe even people getting married for the wrong reasons? Waaaaah!!! I love tarot so much. So many avenues. So many feelings

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posted July 12, 2013 07:22 PM            

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Originally posted by Twirl:
I wanted to ask you about the hanged man. Didn't you have it come up multiple times in readings?
What cards were you using? Or in other words, what leg was the man tied too? Traditional RW is right leg, is surrender by choice. Left leg is surrender forced upon someone.
It came up for someone in prison 4 me.
And I was stumped, cause Hanged Man never showed this way for me. But it was from my new deck. And tadaaa, that hanged man was tied to his other leg!
Lol, I love tarot too

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Ooooh snap, do I get the Hanged Man. Pretty much all the damn time. I use the RW, but I tend to work in the Celtic Cross spread, so when he shows up, it's always as a clarifier for the outcome or as the environment I'm in. I've never actually thought about the orientation of his leg... which is kind of a cool idea. I've always been more keen to the fact that he's upside down on a cross-like structure, which was how Peter asked to be hung, so as not to belittle Jesus' own crucifixion.

So upright, I get the purposeful stop by the querent (or the need to), whereas reversed, it's a man with the full ability to reach over and untie himself... he's just being a big ol' goofball idiot and won't. (I personally don't believe his hands are tied behind him; that's why I get this reading.)

I've never had it come up really in any context that would have been like... forcible restraint -- like prison -- but I have seen it once for addiction. Of course, the Devil and 9 of Cups were chilling nearby, so that helped flesh that reading out.