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It’s been a while. I have sat down on multiple occasions thinking I was going to write and it just wasn’t working for me. I hate when I get blocked but it happens. But I digress….
Today when I was shuffling the Book fell out of my deck. I though that was amusing (I still contend that my cards have a sense of humor). So I asked my cards to tell me a secret. Here’s what I got:
What is nice here is that everything is coming to me, and it’s all plesant. Very much so.
The storks herald change, and the bouquet a surprise or a gift. This will mean a lot to me as indicated by the heart, or I will love whatever the change surprises me with. What confuses me to some degree is the ship. Depending on who you look to for a meaning, it could be “a long time” or three years. Or 3 days/weeks/months. Or, possibly my ship has come in.
The other possibility here is that this is about my mother’s impending visit to see me for my birthday (the storks could be the timing card which would indicate February). While this is reasonable, it wouldn’t be a secret by any means. Unless my mother plans to surprise me somehow (as indicated by the bouquet again).
The final thing I noticed while thinking about this was that the Lady is holding a bouquet of flowers. So again this could be indicating that changes are coming, and this is something that has been my heart’s desire for a long time. The ship can also indicate longing for something. Of course (not ironically) the next card on the deck was – The book.
I guess I’ll wait and see 
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.
For today’s draw I decided to use the Isabel’s Traum Lenormand. It’s a quirky looking deck that I don’t think is available anywhere but Germany at this point. At any rate I happen to like it a lot. I don’t know why.
Letter - Mice - Ship - Key - Sun
There aren’t many cards I like to see less than the Mice. What I found to be particularly amusing about this draw was that I actually did have a dream (or traum if you will) about mice last night. We had quite a problem with them this past winter and it took quite some time to get them out of our house. I dreamt that they were back last night. Ironic, no?
So – let’s look at this.
Letter (a message) Mice (loss) the Ship (a trip) the Key (success, yes) the sun (big luck).
At first glance it appears that a message about a trip that will be cancelled will be a great success and bring us good fortune. The only trip we currently have planned is one to visit my family in just over two months time. Now the ship can also relate to business (ships were once the main method of getting goods back and forth) so there could be another hidden “about that job” message in this draw. So it could relate to my husband’s job offer falling through. In that case, one might conclude that it is in fact for the best given the very positive sun card at the end of the line. Now for the other card combinations.
Sun-letter (cards 1 and 5) A positive message and Mouse-Key (cards 2 and 4) could be “sure to fail or be lost”. This to me is tempered because the key-sun would be “success is certain” The other possibility that I could be overlooking is the letter-mouse combination suggesting that the message is lost…
I am not sure how I want to take this, although the mice are very powerful here to me because of my dream, but the end result should be for the best which I can take heart in. The sun is also representative of the summer so I would think that there is a likelihood that I will be feeling much better about everything in the coming weeks. I also wonder if the message will come during the daytime hours because the first thing I noted about the letter card this time was that the candle on the desk is not lit.
Relating to a trip though – it could also be that my flights may be cancelled and we will be re-booked for different times or days (we have had this happen before) and it will work out for the best. That’s what’s so funny I think about reading cards. The message *could* be something that is life changing, or it could be something completely mundane. We shall see…
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