I did a tarot spread this evening, for the New Moon in Capricorn. I decided to do a spread for self reflection, shadow work and home truths.
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Here’s the questions I asked my cards:
1. What are my strengths?
2. How can my strengths help me overcome any challenges?
3. How can I ground myself?
4. What truths do I need to see?
5. What intentions should I set at this New Moon?
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After cleansing my cards with incense smoke and giving them a good mix up and shuffle, I dealt out five cards, one for each question, and laid them out as shown below.
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The cards I pulled were:
1. King of Wands (reversed)
2. Nine of Pentacles (reversed)
3. Two of Chalices
4. The Hierophant (reversed)
5. The Emperor (reversed)
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Here are my interpretations of the cards.
1. King of Wands (reversed) – This card is telling me some of my strengths include high expectations, whether that be of myself or others, and I can often be ruthless. These aren’t necessarily good strengths to have though, as with these traits I can often be impulsive, aggressive in my pursuit of goals and even occasionally overbearing, sometimes without actually realising I’m behaving this way. I also see this card as a warning against setting too high expectations for myself (and others). I need to stay true and focussed, and not try to do too much too quickly, or expect others just to jump when I click my fingers.
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2. Nine of Pentacles (reversed) – The reversed Nine of Pentacles is all about self worth and reflecting on your personal value. I should try and find a way of using my strengths to undertake some serious introspection, in order to learn that I don’t have to act in such ways to still have self worth.
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3. Two of Chalices – This card depicts the flow of love between two people. A deep connection and partnership, which is based on unconditional love, shared values and compassion. I am lucky in that I have all of this with my husband, so I take this card to mean all I need to ground myself is the love, companionship and mutual respect of my husband.
Our Wedding Day. Jack only turned 5 six days earlier and was his Daddy’s Best Man.
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4. The Hierophant (reversed) – Seeing the Hierophant card in reverse may mean that I feel restricted and constrained (who doesn’t with the amount of lockdowns we’ve had in the UK!) and, as a result, I have lost quite a lot of control, as well as flexibility, in my life. It also tells me that I am strong willed, stubborn and a bit of a control freak. This is very true. I like order, tidiness and do like to be in control over every aspect of my life (I’m an awful backseat driver!!). This is something I do need to work on. They do say the thing you need to hear the most is always the thing you don’t want to hear!
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5. The Emperor (reversed) – With regards to setting intentions for this New Moon in Capricorn, the reversed Emperor card tells me that although I have a fear of losing control, this can be seen as an opportunity to loosen the reigns and realise that not being in control of everything isn’t the end of the world and being so stringent and overbearing will only ultimately harm myself the long run. I need to remember to go with with the flow and accept that sometimes situations are out of my control and that’s OK. Therefore my intentions should be to loosen up, accept, chill out and stop being so anal about everything!
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Melusina The Green Witch 