Autumn Equinox: The Flight of the Plumed Serpent

We had another collective meeting at the Black Ace Academy, and this time we did the The Flight of the Plumed Serpent, along with the unique talisman that goes with it (and that you draw based on the cards that appear for the coming cycle).

Below is my spread for the Autumn Equinox, along with the resulting talisman. 

Now, I need to sit down and interpret each of the cards properly. To be completely honest, I found it a bit hard to 'feel' the cards of my 2024 Spring Equinox reading... It was my fault, because I forgot to check which was the ruling card for the period (each card 'rules' approximately 10 days of the season), and analyse how it corresponded to my personal journey. I was lazy.

But there is another aspect that got in the way – I find single-card readings with the Playing Card Oracles (and, by extension, the Doors of Somlipith) to be very difficult. The numerical and elemental interplay between the cards in this oracle method is so important, that reading a single isolated card feels incomplete to me. Not to say that there aren't times a single card is absolutely in-your-face, but this is not a common event.

Ana Cortez tells us to connect the previous cards with the coming ones – to see them as a continuum – which I suppose allows you to study the numerical and elemental interactions. Nevertheless, my impressions of the cards always seemed disappointingly... vague. Each card could relate to many different things, so it ended up not being very informative.

I guess practise makes it perfect. The Flight of the Plumed Serpent is complex, ritualistic reading, and it's not surprise it takes a while to master it. Perhaps in the coming season – Autumn, here where I live – I will unveil its true power.