Tuesday is blargh!

1) Possible: XI - Lust

Energy. Drive. Getting shit done. Passionate pursuit of things I want. Alternately, it is possible to get what I want today. Which is exciting.

Determining what I actually want out of today would be the challenge. Things to work on: this.

the possibilities of Wednesday

This is possible: 6 of Wands - Valour

This is important: 5 of Cups - Disappointment

This is courageous: Princess of Wands

This is futile: Queen of Disks

This is necessary: Knight of Swords

This is joyful: VIII - Adjustment

This is funny: Ace of Wands

This helps you to get ahead: Princess of Swords

Today's best case scenario: much is accomplished, through a lot of effort (6W). I am having trouble reconciling that with the 5 of Cups, but I will be on the look out for disappointing things. The courageous part? Seeing this whole situation, whatever it might be, as an adventure (Princess of W), because actually being in control in any meaningful sense (Queen of Disks) will be impossible. It will be necessary to stay cool and objective about it, which is a difficult if I'm to be doing any Princess of Wands-ing. The joyful part of this is finding clarity and balance (VIII). I think this has to be important because it's the only major. In addition, being bitchy and critical might assist me (PsSw). I don't really get how the Ace of Wands is funny. It's a funny card, but...

There are too many court cards today and too many conflicting ideas. Get in there, fight hard, but it's not actually going to work. Have fun, but don't think for a second you're in control. Stay objective and cool unless you think you really need to be bitchy, in which case, feel free.

Sounds like a bit of a disaster, especially on so little sleep.

when one card isn't enough

Over the weekend I picked up a copy of Complete Book of Tarot Spreads. What I really want is Barbara Moore's Tarot Spreads, but so far that one hasn't turned up for $4 at the used bookstore.

I used to be skeptical of these kinds of books. I mean, once you've seen enough spreads you can just make up your own, right? Are there really going to be any ideas in here that I couldn't have thought up on the fly?

The answer: sometimes, yes. Also, I was feeling like I needed a kick in the something. New idea, new inspiration, whatever.

Right now I am digging this 8-card spread out of the Complete Book called "Facing the Gap." I've actually started using it for daily readings, which might seem like a bit of overkill, but I've felt like I need a little more information, more nuance, than just one card can give. Also, if I'm going to be honest, my brain is a chaotic disaster mess right now. Astrology says what?

(Plus I'd been pulling Lust like almost every day and using it as an excuse to eat lots of ice cream. Which is not exactly the best strategy for me not being in a sugar coma.)

Without further rambling intro: the new spread, and today's cards.

monthly forecast time! (part 1)

In case you're wondering (you aren't, but it's cool) I did do a reading last month. It sat on my altar the whole time waiting to be decoded. I never got around to it.

I could sit here and tell you that I was too busy and just never got around to it - and there is such a thing as so busy that you do not have one free hour the whole month, but I was not that busy. What is more relevant is that the reading was kind of terrible, and I was feeling sort of terrible already, and I didn't really want to think about it. I was just getting through the terrible. (It's definitely not the case that everything about it sucked, but, well, we'll get to that in a minute.

However, this month's reading rocks, so I am going to post it at my first opportunity, when I should actually be doing something else.

COTD: The 8 of Disks

The 8 of Disks suggests, to me, discernment. Carefulness. Watchfulness and patience and reserve.

Attributes that most of my dearest ones would admit, even after a moment of discomfort, that I lack.

Also, I'd much rather be running amok today, kicking ass and/or taking names and/or drinking something fruity with an umbrella. Those 8 Disks are surveying me, now, with mild horror. (They're not capable of any other kind.)

Also, there is a lot on my plate today, so I wonder - do I have to 8 of Disks everything? (This where I try to get another answer, because... I don't want to. I don't want to listen to the cards and sit still, on my hands, not talking, today. I don't want to stay home and be careful about everything.

So I did a whole 10-card about where I am right now.