This week I decided to have a spur-of-the-moment reading competition over at Aeclectic Tarot Forum. The first person to post on the Quantum Tarot thread got a free 3-card reading here on my blog.
The winner was la-luna, who wanted to ask about relationship issues. I decided to use Rachel Pollack's no-nonsense Do/Don't do spread which is very good at cutting to the heart (no pun intended!) of these kinds of questions.
So...
What does la-luna need to do about love and relationships right now?
1. Issue (central card) - Queen of Pentacles
2. Don't do (left-hand card) - XXI The World
3. Do (right-hand card) - XIII Death
1. Issue: Queen of Pentacles
My first response to this, la-luna, is that you're probably going through a bit of a nesting phase, right now. You may have been playing the field for a while, but perhaps you feel like settling down and getting nice and comfortable with one special person. You're in a receptive, feminine space and you may want to forget about being a party animal and curl up in front of the TV with a pizza and a regular, faithful lover. This card makes me think that you're looking for a steady, secure relationship rather than wild, shipwrecked passion!
2. Don't do: XXI The World
If you think you're close to achieving your ideal relationship, don't count your chickens! You say you have two suitors at the moment; you might be thinking that one of them is bound to work out, but this isn't necessarily the case. I would be prepared for neither of them to work out - at least in the short term. You're not there yet, and perhaps you're not ready to choose just one, or indeed either, of them. Perhaps you need to spend a bit longer getting to know them both? You may also need to consider that you and they may not have the same kind of romantic involvement in mind.
3. Do: XIII Death
Always a bummer in a relationship reading! I think you have to be prepared to let both of them go. Not that it's definitely not going to work out, but perhaps you need to detach from your idea of how things are going to go, then you can be more open to what is actually happening. To me, this card indicates the death of an idea of relationship. Perhaps your cosy, by-the-fire, queen-of-pents vision isn't such a good one after all - at least for you. You may think that this way of being suits you, but this card seems to suggest that it may be getting in the way of real opportunities for relationship.
The quintessence card for the reading is VII The Chariot. I think you need to be a bit cagey here, and not fall into anything too headlong and rash. Keep flirting and take your time! Once you get to know these two people better, you'll be able to make a more conscious choice.
La-luna hope this makes some kind of sense for you :) If anyone else has some thoughts on these cards, please feel free to leave a comment. I'd be very interested to hear another take on this.
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2 comments:
Well the QT did a great job at confirming my fears I'm afraid. Each of them is very nice in their own way but they each are only half of what I would love them to be (at least thus far they are or seem to be) what the one has the other lacks and vice-versa they are like mirror images of each other.
I’m feeling the need to settle down has come or is coming, I already bought my own place a stable relation feels like the next step but if I’m ready or if they are at the same speed as I am in this relation…I’m not sure.
la-luna - thanks so much for your feedback :) I think this reading is reflecting your growing awareness of what you want in terms of settling down. However, the hitch is that neither of these people quite meet your requirements. I think that Death card is either about letting go of them - or of your requirements! Nobody's perfect, and I do think sometimes that having a specific "wishlist" of attributes for a potential lover can get in the way of genuine relationships (what you want is not always what you need ;)). Then again, you don't want to compromise yourself just for the sake of having someone...
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