Oct 23 - Tarot read

Tarot Reading
Sunday, October 23, 2005 at 12:02:21 PM
Time Line

1: History
You have come to possess uncommon understanding that can help you achieve your goals.
The Hierophant in this position suggests that your past provided you with a blueprint for your dreams and aspirations. You have apparently been exposed to a mother lode of sensitive and scientific thinking that attuned your awareness and can now clarify your current situation. The Hierophant is trained in the art of magical thinking, self affirmation and natural laws. Using this foundation, leverage those laws, putting them to work rather than being subjected to them. Trust your intuition and your hunches —you are receiving relevant information from a deep, instinctive, historical well.
2: Recent Events
Enact and embody those values from the past that can enrich your world today.
With the Six of Cups in this position, a recent experience is powerfully nostalgic. It draws your energy and attention away from current situations back to a memory that is still compelling. This inner image is strongly symbolic; it reminds you of what might have been. Although some elements of those cherished memories are worth bringing into your present life, don’t spend too much time on memories. If the experience nourishes you, then the best response is to generate more of the same kind energy and share it with those around you. Think of those past experiences as examples of ways you can choose to be in the present. Let proven ideals and attitudes energize you now, no matter how much circumstances may have changed.
3: The Present
Card: Ace of Wands
Position No. 1: Self
Stay attentive to your goal even as change accelerates.
With the Ace of Wands in this position, unified will, also known as point of focus, is the principal element. The nature of fire is to activate and accelerate change, chemical transformation, communication, realizations. Much to your benefit, change is ignited as you make the challenging transition from theory to action, but you must remain clear about your goal. An ace signifies the seed, the start point, a first step; if you handle yourself properly, if you take advantage of this opportunity, your situation can mature into a great success. Stay unified with your goal.
4: Near Future
Become more careful in your choices; don’t be so naive, opening yourself to unnecessary trauma.
With the Eight of Cups in this position, you will be lucky to get through an upcoming situation without being taken advantage of or even abused. Such experiences can humble us and destroy our feelings of security. This is a tough situation. Keep your eyes open; be vigilant; it is not a safe environment. For now be less open, less willing to just let things happen to you. Be protective of your boundaries. If you are about to put yourself in a challenging or unpredictable situation, take responsibility. Only foresight can provide you any safety. Once you are caught up, there will be no rescue and you will be forced to go through it alone. Forewarned is forearmed.
5: Far Future
Allow your heart to lead you to fulfilling friendships that can help you achieve your best.
With the Three of Cups in this position, there is potential for discovering some truly wonderful, emotionally nourishing people, if you follow your heart into relationships opening for you now. These new contacts make all the difference in your quality of life. This card illustrates the phrase “Do what you love, the money will follow.” You are attracted to the best people, doing your best work, and expressing your highest ideals because you are in a supportive environment. Think of it as psychological money in the bank. Remember, however, the art of friendship is an experience that is cultivated by repetition and refinement. Make sure you spend enough time with those wonderful people who make up your family and friends. They are essential in ways that you will see in retrospect.

Sunday, October 23, 2005 at 12:19:34 PM
Question: I studied about trauma, lived it, trained and worked as mentor for trauma victims, been treated for trauma. Is this the focus of knowledge for me? I just prepared some Google searches and, sure enough, post 9-11 there was a burgeoning of knowledge re trauma. Yet, we remain completely vulnerable to environmental upheaval and remain disassociated re dealing with everyday pain-causing situations, like the 6 o’clock news.

Horoscope Spread
The Eight of Swords, often called "The Test," usually pictures a warrior running a gauntlet, subjected to harsh examination, who finds out just how tough he is or isn't in the process. Life provides us with plenty of experiences that put us in situations of close scrutiny, whether it's an entrance exam for college, a decisive job interview, or even the tough conversations that follow upon a breech of trust in a primary relationship.
Sometimes the challenge or obstacle course has nothing to do with other people, as when an inventor has to face the question "Does it really work?" This card shows what happens to that good idea in real time, where the rubber meets the road. The Test represents your chance to vindicate the time and energy spent in getting ready for this big moment. In most cases, you will either pass or fail, with little middle ground.

1: House of Identity
An uncommon individual has exceptional knowledge and deep understanding.
The Hierophant is someone who knows him or herself to be exceptional. Every circle includes the few who know and understand and the many who aspire to do so. This card acknowledges you as a person with inner knowledge above and beyond theory and scholarship, who is able to contact the spirit world on behalf of humanity. In ancient times shamans were the healers, astrologers and early fabricators of metals and medicines for tribal societies. Nowadays the Hierophant represents those who have specialized knowledge in their field. She or he speaks wisely from true and direct experience, and serves in a leadership role.
2: House of Work
The past holds clues to your immediate situation. Evaluate past feelings and compare them to what you feel now.
When the Six of Cups is in this position, the immediate circumstance may be powerfully reminiscent of the past. Your mind and heart hearken back to long forgotten places, faces and feelings. Much information is stored within these memories, and something about the present circumstance is triggering them. It’s worthwhile to compare what you feel now to what you felt so long ago. We can never be sure what memory will bring back, but we can trust it to connect things through emotional resonance, not logic. Asking yourself what is familiar in this situation will help you evaluate and understand the significance of your immediate experience.
3: House of Ideas
Make your decisions wisely because you will have to live with the consequences.
The Ace of Wands in this position encourages you to keep your focus through the inevitable changes that will emerge from the choice or decision you are currently making. Have the courage of your convictions. When you are in a position in which you can do things your own way, you have to be a leader, taking responsibility for all the consequences of this choice, which is now in your hands. Be sure you are willing to live with the outcome. This is the moment to adjust your thinking; once things are further set in motion, it may be too late.
4: House of the Family
When you assert inner wisdom and strength, you will not repeat patterns of victimization.
The Eight of Cups in this position suggests that lack of protection or boundaries caused you to be wounded in the past. Leaving aside the question of who is guilty and how scores might be settled, ask yourself if you are still expecting the worst. Do you continue to be passive, waiting for the ax to fall, for another’s actions to determine your fate? To the extent that your boundaries can still be violated, you continue to collude with victimizers, leaking power and self esteem. Summon up your courage to graduate from a chronically defensive posture in order to stop attracting traumatic experiences.
5: House of Magic
You know that the positive feelings you have for others are reciprocated.
With the Three of Cups in this position, you have the security and enjoyment of knowing that the people you care about most also care about you. This is a card of love returned — not in a sexual sense, but in a sisterly or brotherly, a close and friendly sense. Here there is no feeling of sibling rivalry. Instead, we have a chance for our needs to be met and our hearts and self esteem fulfilled. It’s such a blessing when times as uncomplicated as these happen for us. Even though the moment may be brief, cherish the memory and if you can, write it in your journal before it fades. You deserve to preserve this reminder and keep it available to you so you remember the times in your life when everything was working well.
6: House of Apprenticeship
Examining the continuum of your life experiences renews you and clarifies your mission.
When the Ten of Wands falls in this position you are being asked to contemplate the continuity in your life, to review decisions you made when you were inexperienced and naive, then appreciate the stream of choices and realizations that led you to your present level of maturity. This continuum illuminates the theme that has governed your life from the beginning until now. From this perspective, you can recognize yourself, forgive yourself and renew yourself in light of the constant external change that marks life in this world. Then you can rest secure, knowing what your long term mission is and the nature of the contributions you have come here to make.
7: House of Relationships
As you cultivate calm within yourself, you will gain a greater ability to see and understand.
When the King of Cups is in this position, you are ready to embrace a higher state of awareness and evoke a greater sensitivity to more subtle aspects of life. Rewards are coming for which you labored long and hard. They are not external or visible, however; they are emotional, psychic and spiritual rewards. As you enjoy their abundance, the resulting attunement can bring you into harmony and balance in a way that you once only fantasized about. Now it can truly be yours. Enjoy this upcoming experience of peace, and as you do so, take careful notice of it so you can learn to reproduce it.
8: House of Secrets
Unfinished personal development could undermine you.
When the Four of Coins falls in this position, some aspect of immaturity, naiveté or unfinished personal development could cause you problems. Although you have inherited something good, something abundant, the very receipt of this endowment may have prevented you from maturing as you need to. Perhaps you skipped some step to do with accomplishment or earning your right to be where you are. This can produce either insecurity or a false sense of entitlement, both of which need to be outgrown so you will understand what things like money, time and trust are really worth. There are qualities you lack which you must develop in yourself. For the time being, release yourself from all feelings of ownership or entitlement. You can return to the management of your assets when you have further developed yourself. Your soul will benefit by this temporary letting go.
9: House of Visions
An ally can test your opinions and otherwise help you evaluate your chosen path.
Justice in this position suggests there is someone in your life who is willing to serve as a sounding board and question you rigorously about incongruities in your thinking. He or she can role play your examiner, taking you through your paces intellectually. This gives you the opportunity to prove to yourself that you walk your talk, live up to your claims, that you are the person you profess to be. Trust this ally; do not resist or deny his or her feedback. You have a chance to illuminate blind spots that would otherwise make you vulnerable.
10: House of Reputation
Be confident that if you express your truth you won’t have to worry about undue consequences; you will be safe and sound.
The Queen of Coins in this position advises you to trust the forces that have taken care of you up to this point. Continue to express your truth without worrying that you are going to lose the roof over your head or the bed you sleep in. It is your destiny, your karma, to be safe and sound at this time in your life. Proceed with confidence and do what you feel so strongly must be done. Since the Queen of Coins is often the person with the best intuition in the crowd, you may feel like you are going against the grain only to find yourself becoming the leader of a new trend.
11: House of the Future
You can direct the situation without controlling it. Be creative and flexible.
With the Horseman of Swords in this position, change is afoot; no longer drifting with the currents, you are assertively directing the flow. Although we often wait until things happen to us, the Knight of Swords likes to be the prime mover in a situation. If you are respectful of natural timing, the innate enthusiasm of this horseman can facilitate change. Nevertheless, be careful not to try to control the outcome. You will serve the situation best by being receptive, so the finest ideas have a chance to emerge. Avoid second guessing what the highest and best outcome should look like. The best this horseman has to offer is creative intellect combined with mental resilience.
12: House of Surrender
Step forward, take responsibility and speak up for progress and higher expectations.
The Seven of Wands in this position requires that you risk the possible consequences of standing out in the crowd and revealing your formidable qualities. You could become a target of jealousy or even hostility, but the situation demands that you step forward, take responsibility, and advocate for higher standards. Although it would feel easier to hang back and keep your wisdom to yourself, avoiding the attention that could be focused on you, someone has to redefine the situation and raise the collective sights. Don’t resist; you and everyone around you will benefit if you accept this challenge. The consequences will sort themselves out later.

Sunday, October 23, 2005 at 12:36:15 PM
Question: We’ve had a Global Food Security Program at ready for years, yet whole countries starve. We have the human genome pattern recorded on a set of CDs and could rid it of accrued spam and restore it to its ’pre-Fall’ state, but we're still stuck on the ethics of stem-cell research. not done. knowledge. deep body wisdom integrated with mind-spirit needed but only when humanity ready to attain it. fear keeps us wounded, broken, making knowledge remain occult, hidden from eye by veil of maya. now what?

Horoscope Spread
The Queen of Cups is usually portrayed as a feminine, sensitive, vulnerable woman who understands supremely and love unconditionally. She is the classic “feeler”, sometimes to a fault. Her natural empathy and caring expose her to everybody else’s emotions and needs. But she occasionally has difficulty identifying her true self-interest in the midst of her responsiveness to others. So, sometimes she appears slightly unfocused or perhaps overwhelmed, filled as she is with emotions or “spirits”. She represents the Grail Queen, and the Goddess of the Family.

1: House of Identity
Card: Ace of Wands
Position No. 1: Self
Stay attentive to your goal even as change accelerates.
With the Ace of Wands in this position, unified will, also known as point of focus, is the principal element. The nature of fire is to activate and accelerate change, chemical transformation, communication, realizations. Much to your benefit, change is ignited as you make the challenging transition from theory to action, but you must remain clear about your goal. An ace signifies the seed, the start point, a first step; if you handle yourself properly, if you take advantage of this opportunity, your situation can mature into a great success. Stay unified with your goal.
2: House of Work
You must accommodate an entire spectrum of experience as you move among the privileged.
The Ten of Coins in this position speaks of people who have a high degree of privilege. Both the negative and positive sides of these highly achieved, highly endowed individuals are revealed, and daily contacts require that you find your level in this culture. You have something important to learn by witnessing this exclusive mode of living. To become a true world citizen, you need to be able to move among all kinds of people, and in this case, that involves learning to feel natural in situations of great luxury and comfort, among people who take it totally for granted.
3: House of Ideas
Give attention to what is clearly positive.
With the Three of Cups in this position, you have an opportunity to support the best of what is happening around you and leave the rest. Focus and shine a warm and loving light on what is positive in this situation. Don’t waste time and energy — emotionally or mentally — on the negative. Appreciate that there is so much to be glad for, to capitalize upon, and to build on from the shared talents, interests and abilities of this group. Your job is to become an effective cheerleader so that the morale supports the potential. You will then see some wonderful results.
4: House of the Family
Your understanding of life’s ephemeral nature makes you a potential leader.
The Wheel of Fortune in this position suggests that you are familiar with the rhythmic rise and fall of all things. Perhaps you have spent a portion of your life studying this dynamic. This gives you the opportunity to determine patterns and be able to second guess them. You may have learned to be comfortable with the shadow of chaos as it repeatedly impinges on what you think should be orderly. You have come to terms with the truth of impermanence — everything shifts from under your feet just as you get your balance. This gives you a great advantage and makes you a stabilizing force in difficult times.
5: House of Magic
Successful experiments with telling your truth have shown you a way to be heard.
With the Queen of Swords in this position, you have just experienced the freedom and power of being completely candid. Social rules don’t always allow that to happen. Because we are thoroughly programmed to be polite and tactful, most humans are inhibited by direct talk. The fact that you said your piece may have been a breakthrough for you. Continue to meditate on this new approach, then follow up on it. As you do so, notice how keenly the truth can illuminate the essence of the issues. You’ve been given an inspiring glimpse into still to be developed powers of communication. Cherish the opportunity to develop these powers in your current and future life.
6: House of Apprenticeship
Because of your qualifications for service, it is your spiritual responsibility to take action.
When the Seven of Swords falls in this position, part of your mission in this lifetime is to be heroic under pressure. You now possess the humility necessary to be useful during difficult times. Because of your skill and good sense, you can be relied on as a leader or role model in your community. This confers a certain spiritual responsibility to shoulder some of the collective burden. Let your high moral sensibility and your natural, practical good sense guide others to do the right thing. When greater responsibility comes to you, don’t beg off or practice false modesty. Consider it a spiritual obligation to accept a position of leadership and don’t question why it is falling to you. It’s not just a matter of responsibility; the rewards will be great.
7: House of Relationships
Keep yourself open and receptive to the significant people you are about to encounter.
When the Four of Wands is in this position, the talent needed to complement a vision is beginning to converge. The process has been set in motion; future colleagues will be stepping forward so you can meet, trade notes and define the work you will share. Stay alert to them when they appear and welcome them. Don’t neglect this opportunity.
8: House of Secrets
A reversal can contain the seeds of blessings.
When the Queen of Coins falls in this position, it indicates a sense of loss or diminishment, perhaps the feeling of having fallen from a high station in life to a lower one. Painful as this might be, resolve to view setbacks as educational experiences rather than punishments and you will be better able to appreciate the value of these challenges.
Try to remember that in this life you are given the experiences necessary to shape you into who you need to be for the sake of the greater good. Whatever your losses, Nature and the material plane is still a splendid and beautiful place to be. Get back on track with your full-bodied participation with life and you will be able to rebuild, start fresh or simply find reason to go on whether your cash flow — or reputation — is up or down.
9: House of Visions
Someone with the power and influence to create change is interested in your abilities.
The Emperor in this position suggests that powerful interests have noticed you and want to take you under their wing. These influential people are positively disposed toward you. They are not only interested in and approve of you, they bring important resources and connections that will help advance your goals. Consider yourself fortunate if the Emperor is looking in on your endeavors. Try not to waste his time and energy. He is capable and energetic, and he is looking for like-minded people to align himself with. Make an effort to bring to the surface similar qualities from within yourself, so you and the Emperor can meet as equals.
10: House of Reputation
Don’t allow yourself to be coaxed into premature decisions or actions.
The Two of Coins in this position advises you to not do, say or choose anything definitive for the time being. Cut yourself a little slack— give yourself a little more time to sort out your feelings and any mixed messages you may be receiving from others. Don’t allow yourself to be goaded into premature decisions or actions. Act only when you can do so with a unified heart and mind.
11: House of the Future
When your leadership is unobtrusive, others are motivated to action.
When the Page of Wands is in this position, you have the potential to contribute the most by remaining humble, keeping a low profile and being a catalyst who helps others improve communication. You are not the overt agent of change; your unobtrusiveness leads others to think the good ideas were their own. When that happens, they lend passion to the ideas and are more easily roused to action. Unbeknownst to others, it is your leadership that is quietly at work.
12: House of Surrender
Give up on trying to be “normal” and relax into your eccentricities.
The Hermit in this position recommends that your unique experiences, the peculiar qualities of consciousness which you move through in a day, are not just the product of a skewed imagination. You are in some ways extra sensitive to the forces which move the weather, roll the tides, and speak through Nature. There is a purpose for your heightened awareness, and you must now determine the right use of these special skills of yours, without concern for the opinions of others. Pursue your studies or embark upon an apprenticeship. Forget about fitting in or even being understood.

Sunday, October 23, 2005 at 12:51:22 PM
Question: To be able to digest complicated knowledge, best to use KISS policy. The ancients used basic forms and functions in alchemy and such in medicine to heal individuals, and in communication to catalyze mediation between opposing parties—hugs, touch, music, beauty are sensory basics of powerful import. Folks can relate to them, be taught them to practice and carry them to next generation. We simply need to recall simple techniques.

Horoscope Spread
The Seven of Cups typically refers to works of the imagination, the use of dream and vision to invent a future different than the life one is currently living. This card reminds us that our outcomes are not set in stone. We can raise our hopes and expectations and upgrade our results. Do not be fooled by the title “Fantasy”—this card indicates the magical quality of the awakened imagination.

1: House of Identity
Clarify your motives before you get involved. Determine whether you are acting outside your role or not.
With the Page of Swords in this position, you are playing the part of a canny investigator who is quietly gathering intelligence, listening behind the scenes, perceiving unfolding trends and probabilities. Some call the Page the spy or the watchman. He can also be seen as a messenger. At his best, he faithfully transmits information that has been entrusted to him. The temptation to editorialize and color the message is great, however, making it important when this card appears in this position to know your motives. Know why you are getting involved so deeply. What’s driving your impulse to be part of the dialogue? Is there an urge to act beyond your mandate rather than function as a clear representative of truth? Be certain before you take on this role.
2: House of Work
Speak the truth from a position of neutrality and centeredness.
Don’t take the actions and reactions going on around you personally. Be grateful that you still possess a strong sense of objectivity. It takes willpower to resist an urge to form opinions, take sides, sit in judgment or develop a preference. Watch closely but hold your emotions in check; you will discover what’s really going on. You may be the only person in this situation capable of taking an objective view.
3: House of Ideas
When needs aren’t being met because of conflict and taking sides, someone has to step forward to clarify the issues.
When the Two of Swords presents in this position, you have an opportunity to elucidate conflicting issues in a current situation. Conflict arises to highlight needs that are not being met or communication efforts that are not being heard. Opposing groups need an outside party to help them see what is pulling them apart. If you are well positioned for such a task, you could possibly serve as a mediator or facilitator. Although certain risks are inherent in sponsoring a sensitive, diplomatic dialogue, you have the right approach for easing this transition. By taking part in the dialogue, you could make a difference. Often people feel much better just having talked out their differences. Sometimes the solution lies in the listening.
4: House of the Family
Take stock of your many blessings and honor your powerful roots.
The Four of Coins in this position suggests you are blessed with substantial gifts of one kind or another. Some families are culturally rich, some are spiritually rich, while some have financial wealth. All can be invaluable experiences. Take stock of your inheritance, your many blessings, and honor your powerful roots to maximize the natural resources granted to you through your lineage.
5: House of Magic
You know that the positive feelings you have for others are reciprocated.
With the Three of Cups in this position, you have the security and enjoyment of knowing that the people you care about most, also care about you. This is a card of love returned — not in a sexual sense, but in a sisterly or brotherly, a close and friendly sense. Here there is no feeling of sibling rivalry. Instead, we have a chance for our needs to be met and our hearts and self esteem fulfilled. It’s such a blessing when times as uncomplicated as these happen for us. Even though the moment may be brief, cherish the memory and if you can, write it in your journal before it fades. You deserve to preserve this reminder and keep it available to you so you remember the times in your life when everything was working well.
6: House of Apprenticeship
Accept the acknowledgement you deserve for your accomplishments.
When the Six of Wands falls in this position, it’s time to receive and accept public commendation for your successful accomplishments. Sometimes when we get caught up in the fast pace of our lives, we forget to stop and let some acknowledgement in. In this case, a Higher Power may arrange a way to generate proper recognition for your labors. Soften, relax and accept praise when it comes because you truly deserve it, and it makes others feel good to acknowledge your contributions.
7: House of Relationships
As a new path to the future opens up for you, leave conflict behind. Be harmonious.
With the Six of Swords in this position, an imminent opportunity for change will be presenting itself. Seize the chance to let go of your present situation and its conflicts for a realm that is free from problems of the past. Opportunities are opening in new directions; bring the best of your knowledge with you and leave contention behind. Detach your heart and mind from past friction as you put physical distance between yourself and the competitive, conflicting agendas of the past. You can start fresh in new circumstances if you change your way of thinking so as not to remain attached to old problems.
8: House of Secrets
Don’t fear getting involved; you would regret inaction later.
When the Page of Wands falls in this position, you are resisting your responsibility to mediate a situation and bring clarity to opposing groups. Your resistance may result from feelings of estrangement or disconnection from those involved; you may be understandably afraid of standing between such volatile parties. Fear, however, is not a justification for failing to do what you are called upon to do. If you don’t get involved you will regret your inaction later. Everyone will be grateful that you squared your shoulders and did what needed to be done rather than looked the other way.
9: House of Visions
Trusted allies carry on your work while you pursue new opportunities.
The Eight of Wands in this position suggests a need to gather people to you who are responsible, trustworthy and committed and have stamina that matches your own. Your creativity and capability can draw numerous opportunities to you, and you want to engage in some of them without losing your momentum. With your allies in your camp, you can take a break from your present work and start something new, knowing the continuity of your efforts will not be lost.
10: House of Reputation
Your time is better spent in reflection and spiritual pursuit.
The Star in this position advises that you increase your spiritual cultivation and meditation. Surrender to the greater good. Rededicate yourself to your higher values. Do whatever will increase your sense of oneness with the great chain of being, the evolutionary course that runs from the past through the present into the future. You know yourself as a creature of a larger realm. Don’t allow inconsequential routines to steal this communion from you.
11: House of the Future
Don’t underestimate your capabilities or trivialize what you do.
The Three of Coins in this position indicates that over time you are going to build a body of valuable works and make quite a name for yourself. Don’t underestimate yourself or diminish the value of what you do. Give priority to nurturing and further developing your vision and skills. Only you can contribute your unique gifts, which are amazing and masterful. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.
12: House of Surrender
Although you may feel ready to rise in the world, it may be to your benefit to remain in a position of service for a bit longer.
The Page of Coins in this position requires that you linger in the position of apprentice longer than you may feel your skills already warrant. Something is going on that makes it necessary for you to delay the full bloom of your potential and continue performing as a junior partner or a student. You may have passed those beginner’s exercises long ago and feel capable of much more. Nevertheless, it might be that, in terms of the good of the whole, you serve a more important function by remaining in your current position for the time being. It is not tragic or sad to be in service, especially if you are working in a field that you care about. Consider this as a period of gestation. When you complete your service, a great birth will soon follow.

Sunday, October 23, 2005 at 1:01:03 PM
Question: Powerlessness in chaotic environment immobilizes, numbs us. We cope by separating ourselves, dissociation [fear, flight by Yin] and by self-destructive, self-sabotaging behavior [anger, fight by Yan]. Anorexia, ethnic cleansing—all head-banging, maladaptive coping mechanisms. OK for Darwinian survival but as humans with Free Will we can choose change to integrate, heal, make whole, join forces to superior, simpler control of selves and environs., ending self-hurt and war.

Horoscope Spread
9 The Hermit
The challenge of the Hermit card is to be able to recognize the Teacher in this humble disguise. He will not make it easy for the student to acquire his wisdom, as it takes time and long contemplation to fathom what he is illuminating. He often speaks wordlessly, or in ancient and barbaric tongues, communicating with the elements, the animals, the laws of Nature.
While the hourglass was an identifying feature of the earliest Hermit cards, more modern ones have shifted the metaphor, showing more or less light released from his lantern. But every Hermit card reminds us of the value of time away from the everyday hubbub of community life, to relax the ego and enjoin the mind of Nature.

1: House of Identity
Through self discipline you have honed new skills of observation and perception; now you know how to come out on top.
With the Seven of Swords in this position, you have cultivated the attitudes, habits and disposition of a winner. You have trained yourself to instinctively notice the opportunity, positive potential or advantage in a situation. Although this may not be a characteristic you originally possessed, you have disciplined yourself in such a way that you naturally seek out the openings in your life. You have learned to look past all the obstacles and setbacks you encounter as if they were already conquered.
2: House of Work
Card: The Magician
Allow genius to operate in this situation and creative solutions are sure to arise.
Involve yourself with a person of genius who can spontaneously and intuitively transform lemons into lemonade, chaos into a higher order. When a creative point of view prevails, solutions come easier; people become less judgmental or compulsive. The sense that one can figure out a novel solution makes this a fertile situation for quirky or unorthodox approaches. Don’t miss this boat; it will be a fun ride.
3: House of Ideas
Prepare yourself for the lightning strike coming your way.
The Tower challenges you to make yourself strong enough to channel a high voltage blast. When lightning strikes most people feel fearful of their ability to assimilate the impact of sudden, forceful change. A few others go into overdrive — they feel enlivened, creative, more intelligent and intuitive than usual. It all depends on your ability to sustain shock and carry the charge. Prepare yourself to ensure that you are well grounded, as well as psychologically open and flexible. In this way, you can leverage some of the positive force of this energy when it’s released and experience the least amount of negative kickback.
4: House of the Family
A warrior of peace is coming to the fore; the eternal seeker within you is responding to the call.
The Knight of Cups in this position suggests that it is your natural inheritance to be a pioneer. You actually strive for experiences that others only wonder about. Then you return from the front and describe new horizons of consciousness and understanding. You are a spiritual warrior, and you are striving to win the higher ground. In this situation, it is easy for you to call up the quality of energy that can send you on a crusade and numerous challenges for the sake of the greater good. Perhaps you are now being called to, or are preparing for, another great adventure of this kind.
5: House of Magic
When you give up thinking yours is the only reality, you can recognize and respect diversity of thought and experience.
When the Two of Swords is in this position, a rude awakening in a relationship or situation shook your assumption that everyone understood circumstances clearly. You thought you knew what to expect of others and what they were expecting of you. It is a shock to discover that a past agreement had distinctly different meanings for you and another party. Don’t assume that you have been set up or deceived, however. Use the situation as an opportunity to recognize the differences in peoples’ experience of reality, their priorities and their points of view. Rather than leap into blaming others for what are essentially differences of perception, you can begin to appreciate the rich diversity of this world and the importance of making clear understandings and agreements. Laxity in communication due to assumptions all too often results in arguments over differences instead of leading to celebrations over shared endeavors.
6: House of Apprenticeship
As core truths emerge, accept their influence and allow your life to be changed.
When the Queen of Swords comes up in this position, your inner grandmother is taking her throne. Male or female, we all have living within us a wise crone or powerful Queen of Heaven figure, a mature mother archetype. She is stepping forward now in your own psyche. Her higher reasoning is flowing into your consciousness, helping you see things in a broader way. This involves a peeling away of appearances to yield a clearer disclosure of core issues. She is trying to remind you about what is true, what works and what you can do to positively affect your situation. Don’t resist her; accept her influence.
7: House of Relationships
Be prepared for an upcoming decisive moment; know your will and be ready to implement it.
When the King of Wands appears in this position, an imminent leadership opportunity requires psychological and emotional preparation. Many of us have negative or mixed programming about success, achievement, striving and competition. Those mixed emotions keep us from fulfilling our true potential when opportunities arise. Circumstances now demand leadership and dynamic action, not introspection. Use your strength of will to make a decision and act on it; don’t equivocate.
8: House of Secrets
Under the circumstances you are inclined to hold yourself back, limiting your probability of success.
When the Page of Coins falls in this position, there will be a tendency to use your station in life, your craft or your occupation as an excuse to hold yourself back. In spite of this, your path of service is a platform for all kinds of growth if that’s what you want, but with a negative attitude you can certainly turn it into a dead end. Once you take that route, doors and windows begin to slam shut around you. So why slow yourself down with excuses? Why cling to limited thinking about yourself or your potential? When you answer these questions, you will break through what has been holding you back and your natural confidence will rise again.
9: House of Visions
The very thing you dream about is desired by all.
The World in this position suggests that physical creation, social creation and the entire spiritual hierarchy around you are happy to acknowledge, support and further your plans and intentions. The whole of creation is cooperating with your natural instincts. Let others love you and approve of you. Let them remind you how wonderful you are and how perfect you are for exactly what you are doing.
Allow that you are finally in the right place at the right time, doing the right thing with the right people. Nothing remains but to simply shine with what you do best and most naturally. As you relax with this idea, you will discover that people you thought were your betters are looking at you as a peer. You really have arrived.
10: House of Reputation
Rediscover the idealism and optimism of your youth to reinvigorate your vision.
The Ten of Wands in this position advises you to remember the true, simple heart of your youth and all the idealism it held. As you reach deep into yourself and identify your purest, most wholesome impulses, try to let that optimistic and honorable self help you to see what’s good about the world. Allow yourself to look beyond the challenges, setbacks, disappointments and frustrations you tend to see so easily. As you reawaken your high minded inner child, you will refresh your daily life by looking at it with a joyful purpose and a new optimism.
11: House of the Future
Be meticulous as you consider all the ramifications, then commit yourself whole-heartedly.
The Ace of Coins in this position indicates that you are locking your sights on a goal that will take you through many adventures. You may be on to something big; don’t fool yourself into thinking you are making a simple decision right now, or that it really doesn’t matter. In reality, the choices you make now are pivotal to your future, so think long and hard before you decide to commit. Then commit yourself fully. You’ll look back at this time in your life and think, “I had no idea I would get all the way here from there.” It’s quite likely you’ll be living with the consequences of the choices you make now for a long time to come. Be true to yourself.
12: House of Surrender
Make yourself invisible; do whatever you can to help, but make no demands.
The Page of Cups in this position requires that you let go of any grandiose fantasies you may indulge in. Be willing to be humble and give up special claims to power or fame. You are simply called upon to be the emissary or assistant of greater work right now. Stay faithful to the labor at hand, and concentrate on doing an exemplary job. Keep your attitude free of envy or resentment.