Combined Lenormand and Pages of Shustah reading

We begin with the Shustah:

Green 6 (pregnant mouse), Green 12 (Magical horse), Green 3 (Unicorn)

First it is interesting to note all three cards are green.  Green in the pages of Shustah represents development, desire, growth and process.

The Pregnant mouse is the card of poverty.  It suggests a lack of necessities in living or infirmity.

The Magical Horse is the vehicle of expression.  It suggests physical speed and conflict in timing.

The Unicorn is the card of uncontrolled force.  It suggests physical energy and vital force.  It also suggests emotional sublimation.  Now, I am not entirely ashamed to admit that I looked up “sublimation”.  It means (in this context) modifying an impulse or natural expression to one that is more socially acceptable.

This makes me wonder if the message is attempting to be too forceful (with situations that are not responding the way we would like) at this time is unwise, and that it could ultimately leave us in worse shape than we currently are in (magical horse + mouse).  The wise course of action is to modify that behavior and practice patience – wait until the conflict in timing passes (unicorn + magical horse).  This sounds reasonable.

Five card Lenormand draw:

The ring - The whips - The moon - The lilly - The tower

I can’t help but think we are still looking at the love affair that is secret and to be revealed.

The ring is all about parnerships – not always love relationships, but also business contracts.  The ring + the whips (or the birch) could be two contracts, but my initial impression was a heated discussion between a married couple.  When you add the moon to that equation, it’s a very emotional one at that.  The moon is also central here.  The moon could mean a woman, it could also mean acknowledgement.  If I factor in the lilly – could it be that the couple is planning to come clean about their affair (the lilly could represent sexuality or a lover.  The tower can indicate seperation.  If you look at the cards in succession, they almost tell a story.

A couple (the ring) takes a beating (whips) that is very emotional (moon) possibly at night? and the lovers (lily) are seperated – locked away in the tower.

I have to note here too that I have a good friend who reads tarot and asked her what she thought about my crazy (the lunatic moon – hahaha) readings.  Much to my surprise she got a lot of the same information, and helped clairfy some of mine in addition to filling in some blanks.  Now again, there is a possibility that there is something else here.

If I look again, it somewhat reinforces the message of the shustah deck.  In our forcefulness in trying to make a job “materialize” we might have almost beaten the magical horse to death and could have potentially wound up isolated and impoverished.  Our ideas about how this ”should” happen were not in line with the established norms (the unicorn).  If instead we wait a while (the lily could indicate winter months as well) we might have better fortune with my husband securing (ring – contracts) a job (the large institutional kind as indicated again by the tower).  He may even have more than one offer as indicated by the whips (which has been a recurring message as well).

I should mention at this juncture that I despise long waits… 

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…..