Reply #5: Slightly Different reading

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Dover:

A DUer who is not able to post on this thread sent me the following reading. I am struck by her/his version regarding the seven of cups and the ten of wands. What is your take?




"Seven of Cups: you have a spiritual view of love, and maybe especially in this relationship. You may want a more spiritual basis than it offers right now.

The Tower: Great changes. Fear and victory, but not without taking a leap. Maybe a leap of faith.

Page of Pentacles: Someone who may not be as skilled as you in the affairs of living. You may have something to teach him/her, or think you do. Or it could be your career is more professional. You may think he doesn't know how to control money or physical resources to their best advantage, in your eyes.

Strength: Being a major Arcana is a turning point in your life, (as is the Tower). It describes your introduction to the reading. You are 'fed up'. Are you trying to push too hard? Think about taking a milder approach. The lion is guided by gentleness. When we hit a brick wall, sometimes the best option is to back off.

Page of Swords: He thinks you are an intelligent, sharp woman. He may have something to contribute to you on the intellectual scale. He challenges you. OTOH, he may view your intelligence as a danger to him. Something to be cautious of.

Ten of Wands: Total happy family-ness. Rewards .. All that one could aspire to in the creative realm. (this is unless you have an inheritance he wants to lay hands on.. I don't see that in the rest of the reading). Ten of Wands is one of the most beautiful cards. It means fulfillment .. all desires satisfied.

Ace of Wands: Opposite end of the spectrum from the 10. It's just getting the expectations settled. If the two of you want very different things, then this is not going to work. If you agree about what you want, the Wands will provide the creative energy. You only need to be honest with yourself. You see him as the Tower.. deep soul level change. Are you willing to go there?

He has some things to offer to the relationship which are very different from the things you bring in. I get the feeling you've been pushing him a little. He wants what you offer. Whether or not things work out between you depends upon if you are willing to back off, accept that you are different, allow him to give you his wisdom in his own way, and if he agrees he wants the same (the reading tells me very much that he does). The question lies with what you want. It will shake your life in a fundamental way. That happens to all of us anyway. So, if you are happy in other ways, this might not be a bad way for you to go about learning and experiencing more than you would on your own at this time. If that's what you want."

VSM.