Five Card Draw

This is very interesting…

The Rider - The Ring - The Scythe - The Snake - The Tower

It looks rather sordid, no?

A message (rider) about a contract (ring) that is to be severed (scythe) due to a woman/confusion (snake) leads to seperation (tower)?  One also has to bear in mind that the rider can be representative of a man who would probably be athletic.  The Tower can also represent independance (as the tower stands alone) or possibly authority.  Perhaps a woman in authority will be resposible?

So we could have an independant and athletic man (tower+rider) who has an agreement with a woman in authority (ring+snake+tower) that is about to be abruptly terminated.  Hmmm… so I will go “textbook” (this is based on the very wonderful Treppner course that I was made aware of by the very talented Ms. Chanah).
Rider+Ring = proposal of marriage/contract
Ring+Scythe = relationship in danger, threatening breakup
Scythe+Snake = Danger for a woman (self inflicted by an intrigue)/a surgery
Snake+Tower = A business woman, an independant woman.

Eww.  The rider with the tower could be a message from someone in authority with the ring/snake being a woman in partnership.  I have to say that unless I am missing something, this is quite ugly.  I also should add that while this deck is very pretty (it is the Art Deco or Liberty oracle) this is the second time it’s given me a strange read.  So (because I must beat things to death) I asked for clarification.  Here was my second draw:

The Lady - The Lily - The Key - The Clover - The Book

 So the lady+lily means a passionate woman, the lady+book could be an intelligent woman and/or a woman not know to me.  The lily and key = assistance from a third (male) person (king of spades), the lily and the clover luck brought by the man?  The key and clover is certain good fortune with the clover and book as the only two I don’t get in this context.

I discussed this with my husband and he mentioned there was some gossip at his job about the woman who is for the most part in charge,  Apparently she is having some marital issues.  Her name (which I also found funny) could be associated with the clover.  Hmmm…..