A few days ago, Kate came for a general reading for the next 3 months. Kate is in her late 20’s, single and works freelance in the design business. For general readings, I always found that nothing beats a grand tableau; I interpret these with what is called the method of distance, where the distance of the cards to the card of the consultant determines their definitions. In doing this one, I’ll try to go into details to show how the method works and will indicate along the way which cards I’m referring to, that will make it easier to follow.
Let’s start with a general overview before digging into details. We find 22 cards near or very near Kate’s significator, the Lady; and out of them, only 6 (whip, coffin, mice, snake, scythe and fox) would be considered as having a negative impact. The first conclusion is that for the forthcoming 3 months the period, while not totally optimal, should be on the positive side; especially that a relevant number of important life area cards are situated near: ring, heart, anchor, fish, and moon are particularly relevant. Kate is on the third line, indicating that she might feel a certain lack of control over certain events for the coming period. Clouds are at a distance, a very good sign as they will not be nagging Kate, but they still could compromise cards close by, including general happiness (bouquet) and opportunities to bring changes (stork); we’ll come back to these later.
The 4 corners indicate some influences around the reading, and we can see that while some commitments might become painful (ring, cross), some opportunities are there to stay (clover, anchor). The core of the tableau itself, with the 2 middle cards, scythe and bouquet, speak about some danger of unhappiness during the coming months, especially with the bouquet clouded.
Now, let’s look at the cards around Kate, she is on the 3rd line, 3rd column. I like to start with mirroring, as this gives some background information. Here we find stars, clouds and stork, showing some difficulties or problems in implementing changes, some of Kate’s aspirations for the period might be difficult to achieve. The most important event around Kate seems to be some discord between a man close to kate and her social circle (man, scythe, garden), that’s certainly part of what hinders her happiness (scythe, bouquet), as we’ve see earlier. There is certainly some revelation coming to light concerning this group (book, sun, garden) that triggers all these events. That should produce some stress and a feeling of isolation (mice, tower), this discord might result in cutting some people out of her social circle (scythe, garden).
What we see mostly on her mind, is some aspirations for the heart (stars, heart); there is this man touching both the heart and Kate, which could really be someone coming into her love life. As they both knight to letter and moon, we can expect him to be someone with whom she communicates, in the same line of work, or having the same social interests. Looking at the heart and love life by extension, the heart and anchor are near, which bodes well for new feelings towards someone; with the ring near but to the left, I do not see a new relationship forming in this period yet, but these feelings might conduct to something more important later. We can see repeated exchanges (ring, letter, heart), it seems that there are genuine feelings towards that man (heart, child, man), but establishing a relationship would really stress her (ring, mice), and she would prefer burying the idea for the coming months (coffin). There might be some problems (whip) because someone else was in his life (snake), but that man has genuine aspirations towards Kate (man, stars).
Overall, with the anchor so near, Kate’s life should be quite stable for these coming 3 months, with acknowledgement of a comfortable situation for the long term (book, dog, tower). Work and income should be ok, as the moon, the fish and the ship are all near. I’ll look at work and money at the same time, as all these cards are clustered together. There might be some less work than expected (scythe, clouds), and that can impact some of Kate’s happiness (bouquet, clouds); but we can still see contracts coming in (ship, house), Kate benefits from a good reputation in her work (garden, moon near). Whatever happens, as shown on the fate line, Kate always finds strategies (fox) to bring home some money (ship, fish, house). So, even if the situation is not ideal, and we can see some serious obstacles looming (clouds, mountain), some money will continue to flow home. Financially, Kate should be careful with some long term friends, there might be a loss loaning money or some property to one of them (coffin, mice, dog, tower).
The Clouds might have some impacts on some travels you might plan (ship near and birds far). Some short trips or visits (birds, rider) might become difficult (mountain, cross). This might be due to some small health issues (tree).
For health, I don’t see any major issue as the tree is very far, I would just be careful about stomach bugs (bear on top of tree) and small upsets (birds). I would also be careful with the coffin and mice near, that might indicate lasting periods of stress or minor depression.
As le Lily is far, she might see some insatisfaction, especially trying to solve issues (key below lily), as there are not many possibilities of acting (paths far), and positive changes might be difficult to implement (storks on top of clouds). This clover representing luck is also far away and probably out of reach. As expressed earlier, this is more a period of responding to events rather that influencing them.
Domestic life (house) might seem blocked sometimes (mountain) because of work (moon) and eventually some short trips related to work (birds). Family life (lily) seems important (key), there might be very good opportunities (clover and stork, key) of having a good time with an older female relative, probably your mother (bear).
In conclusion, even if not everything is optimal in the forthcoming 3 months, there is still plenty of good happening. As we’ve seen work and finances, even if not ideal, are certainly not a concern; health seems excellent, and some new opportunities might present themselves in Kate’s love life.
Deck: Maybe Lenormand Art Edition.
