PCO: Never trust the fire!

I did this reading for a friend, let's call her A, and I am sharing it here with her permission. It's about relationship that is not quite a relationship yet.... just that initial arousal of the emotions. Her question was: "What should I expect of this relationship with T?"

Head (♦/Fire): 4 ♦ (South Wind)

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Throat (♣/Air): 12 ♣ (Leah)

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Torso (♥/Water): 6 ♦ (The Tower)

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Feet (♠/Earth): 5 ♦ (The Peddler's Ace)

This is not a balanced reading – all fire, fire and fire, and a bit of air, to feed it. No water, which for a relationship that intends to be more than a heated night of passion, is not good. There's much attraction, much fire, but no deep emotions involved yet.

The South Wind is the impish wind that brings confusion and chaos. This is very significant in this reading. This attraction began unexpectedly, and became hot very quickly. It is making the querent confused and restless. Leah, Queen of Clubs, is the air that feeds this fire, thanks to her tendency to nurture illusion and fantasise. The South Wind carries her higher, and the higher she gets, the more filled with fantasies her mind becomes, making the passionate emotions even stronger (even though they are not necessarily based on real feelings).

The Torso position is very important here, because this is the main position for relationship readings. Here we see a lonely tower, standing strong... but alone. A has been feeling lonely inside. The 6 of Diamonds also means boredom, monotony – her love life has been unexciting. It inspired her to look for excitement in the dangerous – and marvellous – fires of passion.

The feet, which shows the base of the relationship, shows another card that is not known for it's dependability. The 5 of Diamonds is called the Peddler's Ace, because what you see here is never quite what you get. I have the feeling that this "relationship" is based on nothing more than conversations and meaningless promises – things that sound pretty under the moonlight, but disappear when the sun rises. The peddler offers A something beautiful, exactly what she needs, but it's not what she expects. The base of this relationship is weak - there's nothing "real" here.

The geomancy confirms what the reading says: Tristitia + Puella = Amissio 

 

Tristitia shows the sadness and emptiness that she felt before all this started. Then her femininity is awakened in Puella – a pleasant sensation, but lacking in depth. The result of it will be Amissio – loss. This entanglement might leave her even more empty then she was when it started.

Not the best love reading I ever did, but not all relationships are meant to be...

PCO: Watching as a reading unfolds...

Last weekend I did a playing cards reading regarding my job, because I thought my boss was coming back from her holidays. Monday came round but she didn't return, for reasons I couldn't understand... until now.

This was the reading:

Head (♦/Fire):7♥ (Sword of Healing)

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Throat (♣/Air): 12♠ (Morgana)

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Torso (♥/Water): A♠ (Terra Incognita)

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Feet (♠/Earth): 11♥ (La Hire)

I'll not post my full interpretation because, frankly, I didn't understand the cards when I first got them. The two first cards puzzled me the most – Swords of Healing and Morgana? Somehow I immediately knew that Morgana was my boss, but had no idea what the 7 of Hearts was trying to tell me.

I knew it couldn't be too bad, because these cards complement each other – earth and water. But the Swords of Healing in the head position puzzled me. I wondered if it meant the prejudices I had about my boss (which I only met once, during the interview before they hired me) would be healed – I'd be able to see her in a better light.

It was not that. The week began and my boss never showed up. I forgot about the reading, but I overheard my colleagues talking one of the company's owners yesterday and I learnt that my boss got an extra week away due to a sudden health problem. She is doing fine, but apparently it was something scary... I don't know what though.

And now the Sword of Healing + Morgana combo make sense: my boss was dealing with health issues, and would not return, thus affecting my job. I did find it strange that the one week she was supposed to stay away suddenly turned into three, but what do I know, right? No one told me anything. The secrecy of the situation could be represented by the Ace of Spades, a card that means hidden things. Also, it stands for the physical body, and like Morgana, it has the blade of the Sword of Healing turned towards it.

Most of the reading is making sense now, except for one card: La Hire. What is that Jack of Hearts doing in my reading again? He showed up in every reading I did about my job in the last few days, and I still can't figure out who is he or  what is he trying to tell me. The fact he is a man doesn't help either, since I work mostly with other girls! No young boys around! And in this particular case, he is in a very important position – the feet, which represents all things physical and material, such as work. He is someone who may influence my work, but he isn't completely reliable, or honest.

I guess I'll have to wait until the next chapters. Who is the Jack of Hearts? And what does he have to do with me? Hum... It's interesting to watch how the readings unfold in the real life, sometimes in the most unexpected ways!