Oracle Speak ~ June 19th - July 19th

I decided to have another go at doing an "Oracle Speak" for the coming Moon cycle! For those who don't know, the Oracle Speak is a monthly (used to be bi-weekly) forecast reading... a message from the cards to the people who read it. I won't say "to the whole world" because the idea is a bit preposterous to me. I believe those who need the message will find it, and this reading is for them.

The first card I noticed in this spread is Mardoc, 13♠. As the only Black card in the spread, and also on the top position, he is an important figure in this reading. But for a guy known as "the heartless", he surely has a bunch of Hearts following him around. This spread reminds me a of a crème brûlée... hard caramel top, and delicious vanilla custard underneath.

I believe the coming cycle will start with an ending. Huh? Well, the 13♠ is not simply the last card in the Spades group, but he also closely related to death, to doors that close. In the first days, as the Moon grows brighter, we may still feel a certain bitterness, or melancholy, or just a vague discontent towards our situation or something which we have experienced. But these feelings will lose their strength, as we enter a phase of healing, symbolised by the following Heart cards.

In this spread there a strong feeling of 'starting a new cycle' – it may be related to today's solstice, as well. In the Northern Hemisphere it's the beginning of Summer, and here in the Southern Hemisphere, of Winter. A new Season begins in our lives.

The other card that jumped out in this layout is the 3♥, because it's the only upright card. For me, it tells that, though we may experience an improvement (especially emotional, helping to ease some physical problems), there will be some moments of instability, related to opposing desires.

On one hand, we have the desire to connect to others, to share, to get in touch, and thus expose ourselves to the outer world. On the other hand, the healing is not done yet, and we may feel compelled to stay inside our 'egg', waiting a bit longer. As comfortable as this alternative may seem, it may make our emotional river turn into a quagmire. The inner waters must not be held still for too long.

In a nutshell: In the coming cycle, feelings and experiences that have been dragging us down will start to lose their grip a bit, as we walk towards healing. It can become an intense month, emotionally-speaking,and there will be the need to balance the urge to expose oneself to others with the impulse to withdraw completely into safety. Sticking to any of the extremes is not good – true growth will come from learning how to work with both tendencies in the appropriate moments. You will have the opportunity to practice your emotional flexibility – Pilates for the spirit!

PCO ~ Is he going to move the relationship forward?

A couple of weeks ago, I began to offer readings in exchange for detailed feedback. I already had some willing guinea pigs, and today I am sharing the reading I did for Beverly R. about her relationship with Jerry. She gave me full permission to post the reading and feedback here. Her feedback is highlighted in green.

Question: I am curious about Jerry and if he's gonna move the relationship forward? If so, a time frame would be nice. If not, I'd like to know why. 

You asked whether the relationship is going to move forward or not. So I drew two witch's runes to answer to this question, and what I got were the Crossroads and the Scythe. You can see their symbols right above the cards.

From one side, this combination that your connection to this person is deep, and may even be something 'karmic' – something ruled by spiritual forces.  Yes, the karmic connection has been mentioned before.

The Scythe shows there's a strong magnetism, and that it's the kind of relationship that is hard to get away from once you are involved, because something keeps pulling you into it.  Yes, very strong magnetism.

However, these two symbols also bring a warning - that you should expect a big change in your relationship with Jerry. It can be for better or for worse, though the Crossroads rune indicates that there might be some communication problems along the way, a difficulty in understand what the other really wants, which can lead to misunderstandings. If the difficulties pile up they may lead to a fight.  Yes, this week there have been some communication issues, and he's really stressed with work and his life in general.

So try to be as upfront as you can to Jerry, in order to not mislead or be misled. I'll keep this in mind!!!!

Then I asked the cards about a time frame for this change, as well as the circumstances. The time given by the cards was between late August and mid-September. He asked his boss for a transfer to the beach so perhaps this will happen then. 

The first thing I noticed in these cards is that they give a strong feeling of indecision. Yes, he's wishy washy, don't know what he wants but I'm working with him on this. Did a visualization technique with him today about a vacation. I think it's possible that Jerry tries to distance himself from you during this time, because he's unsure as what to do, how to proceed. He's uncertain about his own feelings and desires.  Yes, he's uncertain as he thinks he always screws up everything, so he's distancing himself now. The cards show he perhaps is the kind of person who is rather rational, so when emotions attack him he feels out of his depth and nervous.  Yes, he is rational. An intelligent mental man and emotions send him in circles.

I see some fear of commitment in the cards too. He may go through some emotional vacillation. YEAP!!! You hit the nail on the head. He told me back in March that he has commitment issues and isn't fond of change!!!

The cards are not promising a concrete development right now - it's possible that you two are still creating your future. But answering directly to your question, I believe Jerry won't be moving the relationship forward, at least not for the coming three months... probably out of insecurity and due to commitment issues. EXACTLY as I suspected.

One last thing: there is a woman in this spread too. I could not tell  for sure if it was you or someone else... She could represent a female friend of his. If that is the case, it's a person who may disturb your relationship with Jerry. THIS IS HIS SISTER!!! She controls and manipulates his life. They are twins and she treats him as though he's her husband  even though she has a real husband. This card is also an advice to you: fight for what you want, especially if you feel that Jerry is indeed the partner you want. Make him see the great woman you are - you do have this power within you, and perhaps your actions can help him to make up his mind faster! You don't have to wait for him to say 'aye' before playing your own cards. I called him up Tuesday, listened to him gripe about work then said "Will you feel better if I tell ya how much I love you?" ...he gave a small pause then said "yeah", so I see I'm gonna have to work. LOL!

I do not see the marriage in this spread, but perhaps it's a more long-term consequence. What I see now is you having to deal with the common male insecurity when it comes to taking more serious steps in their lives. You may have to take the reigns a bit here, and don't let silence grow between you. He knows I won't push about marriage because that's a skittish area for me, not because I'm commitment phobe but because I've done it twice to the wrong men... just don't wanna screw up again. So I'll take long term if that's what it turns out to be! :-)

Afterthoughts:
Upon reading Beverly's feedback, I noticed I was too afraid in this reading to share the intensity of the things I perceived. When I saw Tendra, I knew it was a very meddling and clingy woman who could be undermining their relationship and I was almost sure it was a third party, not the querent. I should have trusted my gut feeling a bit more, because according to Beverly I was right in my impression. I was afraid of sounding too exaggerated or saying something absurd.

I also found interesting that the 2♣ showed up between Jerry's card (13♣ – Sol) and his sister's card (10♦ – Tendra). My first idea has been that of a friendship, because I had never considered the possibility of this card relating to siblings. But it makes perfects sense, especially concerning twins, who have an unique connection that resembles the one represented by the 2♣.

The 3♥ is a card of emotional vacillation, and together with the Geomantic reading for this spread (which had Fortuna Minor and Carcer as witnesses), it gave me this idea of a fear of commitment. But also, in hindsight, it seems very clear that his sister plays an important part in his indecision. I think Jerry feels he's betraying his sister somehow by loving another woman – his heart is split, even though it needn't be (she is his sister, after all).


The symbols of the runes were taken from Susan Sheppard's A Witch's Runes © Kesington Publishing Corp. No copyright infringement intended.