Saturday, May 19, 2012

The Magic Door Spread by Lisa Frideborg Lloyd

The spread original author and explanation here.

This spread relates to a Lady who is in a confused state whether or not to open the door to reach back the person she recently cut ties with, but now wants him back.






1. Your motivation – The first card shows you the real underlying reason for your desire to reconnect. It indicates if you want them back to soothe a bruised ego or if there is true love there. It tells you if you feel that you didn’t learn all you needed to learn or if you are just struggling with letting go.


The Star: This is the card of hope and spiritual guidance. When this card appears in your spread, you know that your spiritual guides are watching over you. As a motivation, this shows that you see hope with this person. You know somewhere in your heart that he is the right person for you or you want to give you two a chance to reach the higher level of spiritual fulfilment. This is the reason you want to make your way back in his life.


2. & 3. What you had – These two cards represent the relationship dynamic you had in the past and sheds further light on the first card.

King of Cups and 5 of Wands


The King of Cups is a man who is family-oriented, emotional, caring, supportive. Basically a very kind and loving man. This explains why you see hope with this person. May be he is the ideal or close to the ideal man you want to be with. But the 5 of Wands show that there have been some competition, some conflicts which needed resolution. This card is a card of competition, so the King of Cups can also be the other person who influenced the situation by making it a competition in the past.


4. The handle – This card shows you what action you would need to take to reconnect. A card such as The Hanged Man shows that it won’t matter what you do, you’ll just have to surrender and wait for the future to unfold. Look for the Fire (Wands+Majors) and Air (Swords+Majors) cards to indicate that taking action will pay off.


Queen of Coins, which is Earth. No Fire and Swords. The Queen of Coins is the feminine, nurturing, home and hearth kind of lady. she is nurturing, she enjoys good things around her and is always admiring whatever she has. The strategy here is the stereotypical feminine one. Do not chase it, but be available and let them come to you. This card also reminds you to get in touch with your more natural side, enjoy the good things in you and around you which are natural, no superficiality. Queen of Coins is not the action Queen, she is just the kind of woman who enjoys nature and what it has to offer.


5. The lock – This is the main challenge/obstacle that lies between you and your AWOL lover.


The Lovers. This card in this position was a confusion for me. This card is the ultimate card of love, the card of relationship then why is it a challenge? Then I realized that this card is also associated with Gemini and duality. The challenge is to merge the two, forget the individuality.The challenge is the duality associated with this card.


6. An outside influence currently affecting the situation – Queen of Wands:


She is a fiery, action-oriented and dominating woman. She needs to be on top of the situation every time. This is a woman with lot of fire energy. She is an active, upbeat woman or another part of your personality that is influencing the situation.


To see two ladies from opposite suits, and the Lovers between them as a door, The challenge is clarified. This lady in question needs to modify her energy in order to unlock the door to reconnect to the person. The Two Queens are the opposites that need to be balanced, merged, and then utilize that energy to unlock the door. The Lovers is also a card of Choices, so this also shows that she needs to make a choice between the two personalities she has, the Queen of Wands and the Queen of Coins. The obstacle lies within her, not in the relationship.


7. 8. & 9. What lies on the other side of the door – If you know that it is best not to push through, you’ll at least have some idea of what is happening there and why things are best left alone. He could have moved on emotionally or he could be struggling with stuff that you can’t help him with.


Temperance, 3 of Cups and 8 of Pentacles


Temperance is the card of mixing and matching, striking a balance, forgiving yourself and keeping calm. The 3 of Cups is the card of reunion and celebration, rejoice and happiness. The 8 of Pentacles is the skills, being busy in completing your task, learning a new skill and getting the project done. The cards together suggest that on the other side of door, she will learn to strike a balance with enjoyment and working both at same times.She might have to do some work to reconnect, but it will pay off eventually.


10. The key – If you received a green light for using that door handle, then this is the key that unlocks the lock and gives you the understanding you need to open the door.


With the presence of Star, Lovers, the problem being identified and Temperance and 3 of Cups for future position, I pulled a 10th card,


Page of Coins:


The Handle being Queen of Coins and the Key being Page of Coins, there is strong emphasis on using the earthy energy. The requirement of the situation is being slow, stable, consistent and determined. Being fiery or energetic will not help the situation. The Coins in both position tell me that the matter needs to be handled very slowly, there is no room for being hasty.

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