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On the surface this looks like an awful throw, but is it really?
It looks like:
Endings, danger, losses, obstacles, strong feelings. If you bring in the card combinations though, it’s a totally different matter.
End to danger (coffin+scythe), cut losses (scythe+mice) obstacles erradicated (twice here – scythe+mountain, mice+mountain) blocked strong feelings (mountain+heart), transformation of strong feelings (coffin+heart)
Now one might consider blocked feelings to be negative HOWEVER sometimes in life it is vital to remove yourself from the feelings in a situation to re-examine it using the rational mind. So, it’s not always a bad thing. In fact it can be a very good thing. Then we can think about how we feel and decide whether the feelings are in fact warranted. I think the message is really quite lovely.
A lot of times, things that happen in life seem to be quite dreadful on the surface. Once we muddle through and see our way clear, we realize that what happened needed to for whatever reason. The end result is we learn a great lesson. If not about the experience itself, we learn about ourselves. Our deep feelings, the heart of who we are. It is impossible to lie about yourself or your situation when faced with enormous crisis. To do so would not serve our natural desire to self-preserve. We are faced with our true character. When the crisis ends, we can chose to stagnate and be blocked – lock our hearts away behind great mountains. OR, we can become transformed. We can hack away at the things that steal our lives from us and hinder our progress and move closer towards the people, things and situations that we want. Good can come from bad.
I decided to return to the Lenormand today and my usual five card spread.
We have the scythe in an interesting position. The scythe generally is a “danger” card, but it also has a positive aspect. You may note that it is resting on what appears to be bundles of wheat. The wheat has been harvested by the scythe, so this card isn’t always negative. I initally wondered if our trip was going to be cancelled, but given that the cards are aspected more along the lines of business (the fish is generally a money card, the ship can also pertain to business and not simply travel and the bear also can be representative of a business man or official person) I would think it is more in that realm.
Since the fish card is behind the scythe (the sharp pointed end is facing away) it is possible that either we will have a sudden financial windfall or that money troubles are behind us. The scythe + ship could indicate sudden travel, or a sudden business decision. The bear and scythe could be telling me that someone’s boss is not safe or their position is in jeopardy. Combine the ship and bear, and we have another potential financial windfall suggestion, or possibly a large business dealing. The bear + cross indicates an important man or wealthy man. I’m not really clear on the fish and the cross combination, it makes me think of money going to or coming from a religious institution. I guess I’ll have to wait and see what comes of this.
I checked the bottom of the deck, just because I was curious and lo and behold, there was the coffin once again.
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