Will he come back, Part 2

Original spread here

This spread is becoming one of my favourites. This reading was done for a couple who have been out of each other's lives for about 7 yrs and have met again. S wanted to know if they can be back together or anything further than just being nice to each other can happen between them.

Will he come back spread

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.

In this position we have Eight of Swords. Eight of Swords is my card for misunderstandings which need to be sorted out. This is the card which shows when one person needs to explain themselves or get some questions answered but it does not happen mainly because there are inhibitions. With this card here, I do not think she wants him because she loves him, but mainly because she has some unresolved issues with this guy.

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.

We have Tower & Five of Swords in this position. Tower is a shock or an unforeseen event that destroyed everything,however, it did make one of them very happy. May be one of them was happy to destroy the other's life.  The Five of Swords is a card of betrayal, where one person wins the other person but its not worth it. This explains the card 1. There have been issues in the past which affected one of them badly (possibly her) & thus she needs to release herself from that. She needs to know why it all suddenly fell apart.

4. The handle – This card shows you what action you would need to take to reconnect. 

Five of Wands is the card of competition & discussion. This card in this position shows that she might have to fight for his attention, there may be someone else in his life right now, & she will have to face some competition but this card is also about success after struggle. Challenges are ahead & the only way to him is through this.

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

Seven of Swords, there is evasive behavior on both sides. Thiings cannot simply improve till you stand up & fight for it as explained in the Handle position. This card is also about deception & lies. 

6. An outside influence currently affecting the situation – No need to elaborate.

Five of Pentacles, mainly financial losses or unfavourable situation. This person may be too pre occupied with his financial position right now. 

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.

Three of Cups - Queen of Swords & Two of Cups

There is a wonderful indication here that things will end in happiness & basically reconciliation between them, if she chooses to unlock the door. 

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.

The Lovers
The ultimate card for love & romantic relationships. This card is also associated with choices, but I take it as passionate love, & not choices.

Overall we can see there have been some misunderstandings & some hurtful feelings & grudges from the past. This is the reason she needs a reconnection to release the grudge & talk things through. She can do this by discussing, brainstorming & confronting the situations however the challenge is the fight to let it be and move on silently. There is also a factor of financial problems effecting the situation. However, if she succeeds in opening the door, I see there is a better chance for them being friends & potentially lovers too. The key to unlocking the door is love, a choice & a decision. She chooses to take him back or not.

There are three 5's in the reading. These three cards show difficulties in connecting back. 

Celtic Cross reading

This reading is done for a friend J who is going through some uncertain complicated circumstances in her relationship with an overly-obsessed lover.

1. The Situation as it is now:

This card appears when things are miserable, but there is hope and a desire for betterment. There is no disappointment with this card, there is a sense of optimism. There is a quest for something better and you are willing to take the risk of leaving the imperfect things behind.

2. Obstacles and Challenges

Financial and material issues seem important in this relationship. Aces are also the beginnings and Pentacles are the financial and practical matters. So there is a financial opportunity or the lack of it which is the challenge here.Starting afresh and that too with lot of practicality is needed.

3. Root of the matter: what caused this situation:

A stand-still and wait and see has led to this situation. There is nothing happening, things are not going anywhere and this is causing all the frustration. This explains why the Ace, a beginning, is the challenge. The status quo needs to be changed.

4. Past:

Things have been the best they can be in the past. We may also say the best days are over now. It was like a dream come true, and now you have woke up.

5. Immediate future:

This is a motherly, nurturing woman who is very sensitive & caring. As the immediate future,it looks like things will improve a lot in their relationship soon enough.

6. Long term future:

There will be strength to tolerate and patiently handle each other. There is a lot of strength coming in too making the bond stronger. One of the partners might go a little wild but the other has strength to handle it.

7. You, right now:

This explains her situation pretty well. She finds herself trapped in a situation where she cannot stay and she cannot leave. There are misunderstandings and lack of communication. There is also helplessness.

8. Environment, what surrounds you right now:

Things are too still and stubborn right now. There is a lot of unnecessary restriction around you. You are supposed to hold on tight, and not let go. Your environment wants you to make sure you are secure, financially probably.

9. Hopes and fears:

You have a hope that if you wait out on things, they might improve, but at the same time you are scared that if you wait too long, it will be like time wasted. The outcome of waiting, with this card, is usually success. so hang on.

10, 11, 12- Outcome
Page of Pentacles, Five of Swords, The Moon

There is a sense of betrayal and deception which is planned and imposed on the situation. In the end you might end up asking yourself what have I done and was it worth it?

There is a serious lack of Wands in this suit so there is no action going on. There are 4 Pentacles so things will go very slow. The future looks good for her in either case, if she stays or leaves, but the outcome suggests its better to learn the lesson and move on. 

Reading with Lucky 11 Decision making spread

Original Spread here:

The question relates to a man who is at a fork point in his life. He needs to make a decision about his career. He is facing a warning regarding his work and he is having trouble with the supervisors. He wants to resign but he is not sure he will find another job soon. On the other hand he cannot work under pressure as well and he has applied to another company which looks interested but there are no guarantees they will hire him if he resigns from his current job.

The choice one is resign from current job
The choice two is staying on this job and hope things will solve themselves out.

1. Four of Pentacles
The root of the situation is the stubbornness of this individual. Sometimes we hold onto something longer than it is necessary and this is what has led to this situation. The querent must have stubbornly insisted on something without considering other people's points of view and thus, he finds himself in current situation. This card talks about holding onto something or trying to take control without even considering all alternatives.

The Four of pentacles is my card associated with Taurus, mainly because I have seen these people rock hard and stubborn and not so accepting of the change. Interestingly this querent is also a Taurus Stellium and Taurus Sun.

2. Ace of Cups
Querent's present situation:
This card is all about new beginning. Aces are pretty powerful cards and the suit of Cups is associated with emotions and relationships basically and also intuition. This card in this position tells us that right now the querent is about to turn a new chapter in his personal life. I would have loved to see Ace of Pentacles in this position but the Cups suit adds an element of emotional satisfaction to this card. The querent feels excited and emotionally thrilled.



3. Four of Cups
Hopes and fears:

The Four of Cups is the card where you are dissatisfied with what you have and you rather want something which is not there. This card is also about being stubborn and refusing to take something which has been offered to you.

This card also suggests the hope will magically appear, but you have to take the opportunity that arises because it might be gone by the time you have made up your mind. For querent it says that querent is scared of losing something he does not have. He believes he will miss out on something and that he will not get what he wants. He has to recognize that these are just his fears and nothing else.

Now we see what happens if he chooses to resign:

4. Five of Cups
What he sustains if he resigns:
If he chooses to resign, I see misery, sorrow and grief. One thing which I find fascinating about this card is that querent is facing left and is unaware of the right. Traditionally the left side is associated to past and the right to future. The querent will be focused more on his current sorrow and grief than realizing not all hope is gone and every next day can be made better than the previous one.

But still this card implies a short-term grief and a regret kind of situation.

5. Six of Penatcles
What he looses if he doesn't resign [if he stays]
This card is the card of give and take. Since the money is in question and the suit of pentacles deals just with that, I will say this card is about keeping a balance when it comes to your material needs. The querent is hoping to achieve what they really want in terms of their material desires. He believes if he resigns he will go out of balance in terms of his inflow and outflow. If he lets go of his option to resign, he is actually letting go of an opportunity to balance his books, balance his material needs and what he makes vs. what he really needs. Excess of everything is bad and he needs to learn that excess of money too is, sometimes, not good for you.


6. Eight of Swords
Hidden challenge if he resigns
In this card we see the hidden challenge if he resigns. This is pretty evident that he will feel helpless and mentally trapped if he resigns. The job looks very important to him and it seems like he will be very disappointed if he lets go (remember the card in first position and 3rd position). However, the good side to this card is that its more of a moral than a sad news. The suit of Swords delas with thinking and mind. The woman is blindfolded and is tied up while she has swords all around her. The Swords are her own ideas and her own fears in her mind that is trapping her here in this place. She might as well just use the sword to cut the rope that ties her. Its more a matter of perspective.The querent will have to face his fears if he lets go of this job.

7. Chariot
Outcome in long-run if he resigns
This card is the most important card among the trumps for this question. This card is great for an outcome position because it suggests victory and success which comes from implementing control. The Chariot is the winner and he rushes towards his lands after he has won his battle. This shows that if he resigns, he kind of has a victory because then they will have to let go one of the finest employees and this will be kind of "in your face" victory which might make his very happy for a while.

Now we come to the second choice,if he stays and fight his stand with the Supervisor and does not resign:

8. Five of Swords
what he sustains if he stays
This is a card with dual meanings. There is victory, but this victory is an empty one, the kind which you win by hurting others. If he stays and he fights back, he is sure to win apparently but this might has to get nasty. He is bullying kind I already know that, but if this victory which comes at the expense of his reputation and at the expense of hurting his relationship with the management is worth it, its his call.

9. The Lovers
what he loses if he doesn't stay [means resigns]
This card is the card of attachments and strong connection. In relationships questions this card represents soul mate connection, probably the best card in the deck for love readings. In this scenario and position, if he does not stay and leaves, he will have to let go of the attachment and the commitment he held towards his job & this company. This emotional attachment and the bond is not to be taken lightly.
Another meaning usually associated with this card is that of a choice and dilemma. Sometimes you have to choose between the things you love and the things you cannot do for those things. If he chooses to leave, he will have to let go of his dilemma which he faces right now.

10. Ace of Wands
Hidden challenge if he stays
Aces are the powerful beginnings. This suit deals with creativity and will power. In the challenge position , it looks like he has to be very original, powerful and creative if he wants to stay.

11. Seven of Cups
Outcome in long-run if he stays
The seven of cups is the card of options. This card is also the card of day dreaming and wishful thinking. This card suggests that if he intends to stay he will be day dreaming and considering his options more than usual. This card offers temporary pleasure but not the solid foundation and security which a Taurus needs.

We have 2 Fours which suggest there is too much stand-still in the situation and there is too much not changing in the situation.

Two Fives tell us there is delay and waiting period.

Two Aces suggest Partnerships and reconciliation.

Number of cards from each suit:
Cups: 4
Swords : 2
Pentacles : 2
Majors: 2
Wand: 1

There is a lot of Cups suit in the reading which shows querent is being overly sensitive and emotional regarding the situation or the situation is something querent is very sensitive about. He needs to detach himself from the situation & take an unbiased view, use his will power and his creativity which is depicted by lack of wands here. The cards are openly suggesting there are pros and cons to the situation, and frankly I find both options feasible, but given the situation, the Resigning looks better in long-term and somewhat disappointing in short term.

Relationship Cross Spread

Originally found here

This spread is done for a couple who is having a good/bad time and they have no idea where they are heading.

1. Querent's position in the relationship:
Two of Swords:
Two is a number of duality, choices and partnership. The suit of Swords is associated with mind and thinking. With Mercury being retrograde, we find the querent in a position of tension and mental dilemma. He is unable to decide what he wants to do and this is keeping him blocked. In the card we can see the lady sitting in front of two roads going in opposite directions. She has sort of given up on situation the
 way she is sitting crossing the swords at her heart, She is not sure or she is hesitant to make a choice.

2. Querent's partner's position in the relationship:
The Tower
This card is about your whole world falling apart. This usually happens out of blue when something just happens and the next moment everything around you is just breaking loose. It looks like the partner is ruined or destructed in the relationship. It can also be a way to break everything and then starting afresh.In the picture we can see the lightening has struck and things are falling apart. People are jumping out of window to rescue themselves.

3. The past
Nine of Cups
This is the wish card of the deck. When this card appears consider yourself lucky because your biggest wish will be fulfilled. In the past position we can say that they have been very happy in the past. They wished for each other and the basis of the relationship is their wish to be with each other.

4. What is between them right now:
Eight of Swords

Eight is the number of balance and karma. Swords is the suit of mind and intellect. This card tells us that there are problems, possibly to do with communication with this couple. There are misunderstandings between them. Here we see a lady blindfolded (not knowing the facts) and her hands are tied (helplessness) and there are swords around her (problems and misunderstandings).


5. The future:
Eight of Cups
Another eight.Here we see the couple leaving old problems and misunderstandings behind and moving to the new happier times. There can be a change of scene for better between them. But right now there is a need to find a distraction from each other. This card shows feeling of being dejected.

Summary: Right at this time things are not right between them. There are problems which need clear communication. I pulled one extra card as "ADVICE" card to improve the situation and no doubt, I pulled

This card tells the couple to be clear to each other, talk things through and start afresh. There is a need to be "LOUD" and clear with each other.

The Spread has 2 swords, 2 cups and 1 major in this spread excluding the advice card. The Swords and Cups are Air and Water which are friendly but passive. There is a need to be calm and talk things through.The Past , Present and Future positions are 9, 8 and 8 which show that things have rather gone a notch down between them and will remain like now for a little time in to future. 8 appeared twice which is also the number for manifestation, karma and ego. They must let go of their selfishness in order to save the relationship.