Today a friend of mine sent me a message asking for a reading. Like me she is a deck collector, and she just found for sale a deck she wants very much. However, the deck is kinda expensive, because it is uncommon... she knows she should be saving money instead of spending it, but she fears she may lose the opportunity of getting it if she doesn't buy it now. She asked me for a reading because reading for herself wasn't helping.
I said I'd give her a reading if she agreed to be my Horoscope Spread guinea pig. And she agreed!
The question was: is it wise for me to buy this deck right now?. Below is her reading:
The 1st House is related to the self, to the personality and the attitude of the querent. Here is is being represented by the 9♦, Gawain. Because it is a Diamond card, it tells me that she probably has the money to buy the deck she wants. But it also tells me something about her state of mind – she just can't stop thinking about the deck, and whether she should get it or not. I say that because Gawain always strikes me as being a stubborn type.
The 9♦ also reveals that she believe it is her 'duty' to get this deck. Perhaps she has been wanting it for a long time, or thinks that she, as a collector, has to have it.
To see whether if she has conditions to buy this deck, we need to look in the 2nd House. There we find the Q♠, Morgana. This confirms that she really has the money, but Morgana is about hidden things, so I believe that in order to buy this expensive deck she'll have to get the money that is hidden - not readily available. It immediately brought the "saving account" to my mind.
The 8th House is about hidden resources too, and there we have the 4♠, the North Wind, saying that her resources are stable, but not big so she should not abuse. Wait? Stable? But it's a wind card! Yep, but it also a four, which is a stable number. For me the winds in the fours are not about chaos (that comes with the 5s), but about consistency.
The 7th House tells us about the seller, and with the 6♥, it seems that the seller really hopes the deck will be going to a new, loving home. It says the transaction has big chances of going smoothly.
So, her situation is not so unstable that getting this deck would be a big problem for her. Of course, the amount of Spades in the reading shows that there is a desire to maintain what one has, to maintain stability. I think the conflict is shown well in the 12th House, in which we find the 2♠. There is no one telling her what she should or shouldn't do – only herself battling with her own ideas and desires.
I tried to find in this reading a card indicating if she would like the deck or not. I confess I do not know exactly where to place this yet, I feel split between the 7th House (that could also represent one's ideal of 'beauty'), and the 5th House (that is related to creative energies, entertainment and fun). The cards that are in both positions are good.
The 3♦ in 5th House suggests that she may find this deck highly inspiring, and may be interested in working with instead of keeping it for collection purposes only. She'll feel like playing with these cards,
I placed a central card, asking for the most likely outcome of this conflict. The 8♥, the Garden, is a card of pleasure and giving into temptation. I'd say that although she has a big part of her pulling her towards stability and maintenance of her resources, she'll probably just give in and buy the deck.
My answer to her is that she's stable enough to spend money on the deck, although it means she'll have to use money that she was saving. The deck is going to be a nice addition to her collection, but she doesn't have to get it just because it's for sale. She needs to decide what is more important for her right now, and once she decides, she has to stop thinking about it.
I'm not sure if this reading was any helpful, but it was certainly an interesting exercise for me!
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