tarot for the cyclist

[roguedog]

ok.. i've had tarot many times.. mmm... dim sum.. but i've never had a reading so i went to mimi's site and i let it choose for me.

asked for a sginificator? so i chose the queen of swords

then it went and did a cross and triangle spread with a palladini deck. btw i have no idea of what i'm typing.

anyway so this is what i got.. and i have no idea how to read any of this and the side seems to just lay out the cards with not much explanation or not much to this newbies eyes, anyway..

i'm not sure how much you need so i just copy and pasted.. sorry for the long post if you didn't need all this



The first card, the significator, is placed in the center of the cross. This card represents the prime energy manifest in your life. Queen of Swords

The second card, placed above the significator, represents Air. It describes your spirit, process of thought, and the influence of reason. The Star, when reversed: Lost hopes, doubt and failure. Physical health and mental outlook lost in the outer darkness. Desperation leading to blind faith in false solutions.

The third card, placed to the right of the significator, represents Fire. It describes your motivations, creative energies, and the influence of passion. The Empress: The essence of femininity and matriarchy. Creativity, productivity, and the foundation of civilization. Initiative and practical actions that promote prosperity, comfort and luxury. Fruitfulness and motherhood.

The fourth card, placed below the significator, represents Water. It describes your emotions, meditations, and the influence of love. Eight of Pentacles (Prudence): Dedicating yourself fully to a task. Learning a new craft or skill. Applying painstaking attention to detail. Industriousness and the efficient completion of tasks. Sticking with a project long enough to see it through.

The fifth card, placed to the left of the significator represents Earth. It describes your physical presence, position in life, and the influence of the material world. Four of Swords (Truce): A time of tranquility and intellectual repose in the midst of a great struggle. A temporary retreat from stress to regather inner strength, reaffirm convictions, reorganize thoughts, and formulate a new plan. The need for vigilance in a moment of calm. May suggest a withdrawal from the material world to find spiritual guidance.

At this point the cross is complete and the triangle is formed. The sixth card, placed on the bottom left of the triangle represents one of two opposing forces. Knight of Pentacles, when reversed: The essence of earth behaving as fire, such as molten magma: One slow to action, even in the most urgent circumstances. A force of nature that cannot be diverted from the wrong path. The voice of duty and honor utterly divorced from reality. Lack of imagination and the complete unwillingness to try a different approach, even if the face of complete failure. Idleness and stagnation.

The seventh card, placed on the bottom right of the triangle represents the force that opposes the bottom left card. These forces may be external, but they are frequently one's own inner archetypes in conflict. Two of Rods (Dominion), when reversed: The erosion of power and influence. Failing to articulate goals or establish a vision for the future. Being caught off guard, due to an inability to come to grips with the impact of past decisions. Obstinate and irresponsible leadership. Loss of interest, clarity, or faith in a venture.

The eighth card, the reconciler, is placed below the cross in the third vertex of the triangle. This is the force that will resolve the conflict between the bottom left and bottom right cards. By meditating on this force and bringing more of it into your life, you can bring the matter at hand to a swifter conclusion than would naturally occur. Ten of Cups (Satiety), when reversed: Dissipation, debauchery, and stagnation. Taking one's good fortune for granted. Problems in domestic and social matters. A false love or infatuation, leading to a lack of fulfillment.

The ninth and final card, placed in the center bottom of the triangle, represents the final outcome unless you change course. The Hanged Man: Pausing to reflect. Surrendering to an experience. Adjusting to new ideas through sacrifice. Opening oneself to intuition and enhanced awareness. Letting go of past patterns and growing beyond them. Inner peace, faith, and serenity.


btw, i'm a 12 if that matters as well?

[Dogmama]

Mary and Dogmama, thank you for your thoughts on my card....and your ideas. I forgot to say that she was reversed.....if you have new or revised comments or ideas, please let me know.
~T~

I've been thinking about this. The Motherpeace book says (and I agree) that you are having trouble accessing your inner wisdom. You may need to take more action, e.g., an afternoon of reflection, writing and meditation, time on the yoga mat, etc., to reach what you know is true. I think my initial reaction about pulling another card and asking for guidance and/or consulting a Reiki practioner would hold too.

[pooks]

I have another question about the year thing. If I'm coming to the end of a Hanged Man year (which it certainly has been, professionally) would Death/Rebirth mean things are going to start moving again, or another slow year professionally?

The only changes I've been able to make were thrust on me; my own attempts to make changes have been stagnant, partially due to the fact that I haven't summoned the energy to put as much effort into it as I should.

So, just curious how a move from 12 to 13 would change things!

[LBTC]

The Motherpeace book says (and I agree) that you are having trouble accessing your inner wisdom.

Lessee.....my inner know-it-all is in a snit because the doctors haven't figured this out.

You're right, though, she's so far painfully silent. I sat on my yoga mat last night, holding the card, breathing, trying to focus inwardly. Tried several different ways of trying to gain access. I didn't feel any revelations. Then I laid flat on the mat and gently pushed and prodded all through my belly. The discomfort is definitely located in the area of my liver and gallbladder. And, curiously, my stomach seems hard, but not painful.

During this morning's yoga session in the dark, I felt close to a revelation, a visualization just beyond my mind's eye. I'll try to not be surprised by that should it happen again tomorrow, and pay attention to what I see instead....

This may be progress. But my question is: If my inner wisdom says this is my gallbladder, but the tests are inconclusive at best, how do I convince a doctor that it's my gallbladder???

Too much to do this morning, to pull cards, though. We'll see what tonight brings.

Hugs and butterflies,
~T~

[mary9761]

I would like a second opinion on something. I have been trying to figure out if I know the person that has been stalking and harrassing me on my local cycling forum. It started the day that I left to go to the Hilly Hundred early in October. Just before I was ready to leave for the event, someone posted a cryptic post first as "A riddle for you", then they posted it as a thread titled, "What weighs 300 pounds and smells like the craphouse door of a tuna boat?"
No one bit at first then someone finally answered "your feet? your lack of class?" Others then posted, "A SAG stop at the Hilly?" Finally just before I'd left the original poster then said, "It rides a Navigator 50! Any ideas?" That set off a storm of posts from many of the others on the forum who knew then EXACTLY who they were insinuating.. ME. It got worse before the thread was pulled while I was at the Hilly. The administrator disabled the phoney account and pulled the the thread.
When I came home the same person had signed up for 2 more accounts and was being beligerent (sp?) on another thread that was being discussed on a serious matter. I pointed out to the others that it was the same person (they'd used a variable of the false name the first account was signed under) and then I was under attack again. This time the person was going off about the fact that I can obviously ride a bicycle what was I doing collecting disability from the government. They went on saying that I was basically stealing from other people who needed the money more legitimately than I (they must think I'm rolling in dough NOT, I don't even have grocery money much any more and the only way I was able to do the Hilly was I volunteered to work and it paid for my trip) After they attacked me again, I said that they were a coward and that obviously they had nothing better to do with their life than to attack me or anyone else on the forum. The thread was pulled again and one of the two accounts disabled again.
It was quiet on the forum from the person for about a week, but odd things were happening to me OFF the forum. I was nearly hit by a box truck one day that didn't even honk before chalking up the brakes (that may have just been a freak occurance) and then twice in one day I was approached going to or coming from bus stops on my home from babysitting my grandsons. The first person approached me as I went to the bus stop just leaving my son's apartment and said "Hey, Witchy woman (I had a Halloween tshirt on)" I answered hello and didn't think anything of it until he asked where "My MAN" was and I said my husband was waiting for me at home. He then said, "Too bad, I was going to give you my number and I might have some money for you later." What the????? He walked away and I walked further in the other direction to watch for the bus which was due. I thought I saw him coming back in my direction again before the bus got to where I was standing.
That was strange enough, I got on the bus, transferred downtown and caught my bus home. When I crossed the main street towards home, someone in a truck blew their horn and I kept walking. As I approached my house (I'd turned down my street), I'd gotten on the phone to tell someone what had happened. While I walked down my street, the black truck that had honked at me pulled along side me with his window down! When he saw that I was on the phone, he pulled away and kept going, I told the person I was talking to on the phone what was going on and kept them on the phone until I got home and safely into my house. Ok, now I've been approached by two separate people in the same day I'm assuming for the SAME THING!!
Fast forward a couple days and I look to see they have attacked me AGAIN on the forum. This time they said, "HONK HONK, BET YOU THOUGHT I WAS GONE! Well, I see that the cattle truck is still going. Too bad all that riding hasn't obviously done you any good losing weight, oh well, maybe next year!" This time they posted under the handle packin on the pounds.. I called them a coward and said I felt sorry for them that they had nothing better to do with thier pathetic life than to attack me. I then posted to the administrator that I didn't want them to pull the thread. I had this particular thread going on a challenge with a friend for total mileage since the beginning of the year and I didn't want it destroyed because of a little pissant posting nasty things.
I then wrote to the administrator of the forum and informed them of the post and what has been going on. I have told my family if anything happens to me that I want the IP information of this person and I want them to prosecute! I'm trying very hard NOT to be paranoid and irrational, but I don't know that all the strange things going on is coincidence or not.
This person may or may not be a member of the local cycling club as membership to the club isn't necessary to post on the forum. If this person IS a member, then they know EXACTLY where I live etc because of the member directory. They know where I ride, they know I ride alone and they know the times I ride as I've talked about it on the forum AND I was asked to write an article about myself last fall by the Webmaster at the club forum. I don't want this person to chase me off my bicycle, but I have to admit, it's getting harder to make myself get up early on Saturday mornings to head for the club ride 25 miles away. I either have to ride the entire route in the dark or hope that I catch a bus now part of the way and try to make it on time.
I have been throwing spreads like the one I posted a few days ago trying to figure out if I KNOW the person stalking me on the board and also trying to figure out if it's off the board as well. I went to the site Mimi posted again this morning and it appears something is going to happen and SOON as there are three knights in the spread. There are many face cards and since I'm so close to the situation, I'm not sure if I'm reading this correctly. Would someone else please look over the reading and see if it's telling me I know the person and possibly telling me who it is?
I'm glad that this thread was started as it has at least given me somewhere to ask for an opinion and not be ridiculed for pulling the cards for answers. I never heard back from the webmaster and I'm about to write them again and demand the IP information BEFORE anything else happens. Please tell me I'm not being paranoid and over reacting to some name calling. I've had to deal with this kind of crap my entire life, but never dreamed I'd be attacked in such a way on a cycling forum..

Here is the spread I got this morning at the facade site posted earlier...

Celtic Cross

do I personally know the person writing the nasty stuff about me on the forum?


The card not shown but at the center of the cross, represents the atmosphere surrounding the central issue. Nine of Cups (Happiness), when reversed: Vanity, conceit, and smugness in romance, friendship, or other relationships. Achieving what you always thought you wanted. Overindulging in food, drink, or the pleasures of the flesh. A state of joy and abundance that is shallow and fleeting.

The card visible at the center of the cross represents the obstacle that stands in your way - it may even be something that sounds good but is not actually to your benefit. Five of Pentacles (Worry), when reversed: Concern over finance leads to prudent action. Impending physical threat is met with calm and skill. Suffering and loneliness leads to spiritual growth. Stress is met without resorting to excess or the pursuit of oblivion.

The card at the top of the cross represents your goal, or the best you can achieve without a dramatic change of priorities. Knight of Rods: The essence of fire, such a great conflagration. One filled with vitality and passion for life. A sexy and exciting person, daring in their actions, cocky in their attitude, and utterly without fear. Absolute sincerity, coupled with violent emotions that swing wildly from one extreme to another. Boundless creativity and lust for a change of both pace and place. The rapid approach, or more likely departure, of something that sets your world ablaze. Often suggests travel or escape.

The card at the bottom of the cross represents the foundation on which the situation is based. Knight of Pentacles, when reversed: The essence of earth behaving as fire, such as molten magma: One slow to action, even in the most urgent circumstances. A force of nature that cannot be diverted from the wrong path. The voice of duty and honor utterly divorced from reality. Lack of imagination and the complete unwillingness to try a different approach, even if the face of complete failure. Idleness and stagnation.

The card at the left of the cross represents a passing influence or something to be released. King of Cups: The essence of water behaving as air, such as a billowing cloud in the blue sky: Great maturity, endless patience, tolerance of other points of view, and a deep knowledge of human nature. One who intuitively knows the strengths of those around him, and gently cultivates them. Remaining calm and relaxed in all situations, and making artful use of diplomacy or a quiet word to resolve conflicts. The ability to listen to what another person is saying, and truly understand what is in their heart. A rewarding partner and a beloved leader.

The card at the right of the cross represents an approaching influence or something to be embraced. Three of Pentacles (Works): The commencement of business, commercial transactions, or employment. The constructive use of creative talents, and the expression of artistry in workmanship. Skill and labor turned to the crafting of things of value. Using the conventional as a medium for expressing the exceptional, in order to build something of great renown and glory.

The card at the base of the staff represents your role or attitude. Eight of Swords (Interference), when reversed: Learning a valuable lesson from the unexpected consequences of prior decisions. Narrowly escaping criticism, censure, and the imposition of external restrictions. Focusing on the crux of a problem and freeing oneself from a difficult situation. Coming to grips with a past failure or humiliation and moving on.

The card second from the bottom of the staff represents your environment and the people you are interacting with. Page of Cups, when reversed: The dark essence of water behaving as earth, such as a wellspring: An unexpected new relationship that is childish and foolish. An idle dreamer oblivious to the realities of the world. Moodiness, sad reflection, and retreat from society. Seduction and deception in personal and business relationships.

The card second from the top of the staff represents your hopes, fears, or an unexpected element that will come into play. Knight of Swords, when reversed: The dark essence of air behaving as fire, such as a tornado: A merciless and skillful warrior, unfettered by emotion or conscience. A nihilist who can refuse not even the most insurmountable of challenges. A person who inspires fear and hate through their domineering nature and the power of their presence. Speaking without tact or tolerance, in a sarcastic manner. May portend the swift initiation or conclusion of conflict, through the calamitous invocation of force.

The card at the top of the staff represents the ultimate outcome should you continue on this course. Wheel of Fortune, when reversed: An unexpected turn of bad luck. A broken sequence of events. Outside influences for the worse. An inescapable descent due to Fate or Karma. Great changes taking place as a result of earlier actions that cannot be taken back. Misfortune, failure and reluctance to use free will.

[pooks]

Not the answer you're looking for (maybe others can help with that) but go to the police. NOW.

[chickwhorips]

i second pooks.

[Quillfred]

Mary I PM'd you. {{{{{Mary}}}}}

Quill

[KnottedYet]

Call the police. Right now. This isn't someone being funny, it's someone being malicious and threatening. This is very illegal and dangerous.

[Trek420]

Mary, I (5th?) this call the police NOW. Be safe, be careful.

[Dogmama]

During this morning's yoga session in the dark, I felt close to a revelation, a visualization just beyond my mind's eye. I'll try to not be surprised by that should it happen again tomorrow, and pay attention to what I see instead....
~T~

The inability to access your inner wisdom sounds like a result of the card being reversed. Has it improved?

[LBTC]

Thanks, Dogmama

I'm spending more time each morning in a bit of a meditative state, and feeling as if I'm making some type progress, but I really don't understand where I'm getting or what I'm learning. Weird as that sounds, I still feel a bit lighter about the whole situation. I think I may pull a card later today or tomorrow and see what it says.

Namaste,
~T~