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What answers can you arrive at by yourself? How do you
shine like a beacon for others?
The Wheel of Fortune is a reference to life’s ups and downs.
Can you roll with the punches? Can you accept the idea that
your luck is about to change for the better? That life is a constant ride and you should hop on? That everything you know and hold dear could change tomorrow? That wheel
pivots the gears of growth.
Justice represents events working out based on the quality of
effort and work you have put in. Do you believe you reap
what you sow? Does what goes around come around? Have
you given yourself a fair shot, and, when you get called before those that matter, can you hold your own? What is the quality of your work?
The Hanged Man is suspended and inactive. He represents a
moments pause. Sometimes he represents sacrifice. Can
you see your life from a new perspective? Can you look at
the world with a new set of eyes? Can you imagine for a moment what is to come?
Death represents complete and utter change followed by new
growth. They say those who would never commit suicide are
those who are willing to let parts of themselves die. Can you
let what is no longer useful perish behind as you move forward? Can you shake old habits and patterns to embrace something fresh and new?
Temperance represents transfers of energy back and forth.
Life is never a constant stream or direct line—it floods and
recedes, and you must adapt with it. How well do you work
with others? How well can you adapt to a new situation?
You have the ability to balance it all.
The Devil represents the things that enslave us—be they people, habits, or desires. Can we break free of the chains holding us captive or are we bound to make the same mistakes over and over while the cloven one laughs at us? Perhaps we
don’t allow ourselves enough devilish enjoyment in life. Regardless, the Devil wants you to indulge—but will you?
The Tower represents the complete shattering of illusions: a
breakthrough. Sometimes the Tower is a flash of genius,
and sometimes the Tower is the unexpected falling into our
lap. What do you do with an aha moment? When you receive a flash of truth, what do you do with your knowledge?
The Star is the quiet after the storm: freshness after the darkness and drama of the cards who have come before. Did you know rejuvenation, inspiration, and hope live inside you at
this very moment? The Star lets you know everything will be
okay.
The Moon is a trip into our murky unconscious, the strangeness of dreams, and odd sleep. It is out of the well (pictured on the Moon card) that our deepest desires spring. If you’re
accessing your shadow self and are brave in facing what you
discover, you’ll find shade and depths to your personality
you never imagined existed. Can you face the baser side of
your personality? Can you look into your dark, strange side?
The Sun is in complete opposition to the Moon. The Sun
represents joy, expansion, growth, and fertility. The Sun is
the ability for you to evolve, to nurture others, and to broaden your horizons. When you do what you love, do you know how magnetic you become? How you shed light on those
around you?
Judgement is a wake-up call. Things are changing. Your old
way of life has gone by the wayside. Are you ready to experience joy and bliss? Judgement represents massive internal growth. Can you see an opportunity when it is staring you
straight in the face? Are you ready for change?
The World card represents being alive in the moment: success, euphoria, and completion. You are the world dancer
when you lose yourself, caught in the beaut)7 of life. Can you
laugh with abandon, experience joy, understand your desires and happily reach for them? This is what the World card represents. You are utter perfection right now, at this
moment—transcendent just as you are. Can you accept this?
M IN O R ARCANA
Below follows the Minor Arcana. In this section, you will find
“tarot treats,” which are quick and fun suggestions on how to
invoke the quality of each card into your life. Indulge yourself
as often as you wish!
Cups
The suit of cups is everything we feel— our emotions, empathy, psychic powers, laughter, and tears. If you are feeling it, if it makes you happy or sad, it relates to cups.
Ace o f Cups is a new emotional beginning, an outpouring of
feeling or being overcome with tears of happiness or sadness. Opening up a wellspring. The knowledge that your cup is always full. A fresh start.
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Buy a bottle of champagne, sparkling wine, or Prosecco. If you prefer a nonalcoholic drink, use ginger ale or orange juice. Pour into a champagne flute and toast
yourself!
Two o f Cups: Happy couple. Exchange of love. Marriage. The
joining of two halves. Finding what makes you content.
Coming together with ease. Recognition in another.
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Call your favorite person and treat them to coffee at
your favorite cafe.
Three o f Cups: Celebration. Glee. Fun with friends. Out for
drinks. Having a grand time. Freedom with others. Throwing a party. Creativity and collaboration.
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Plan an impromptu party for a small group of friends.
Have each guest write down a special quality about the
other guests. Throw the qualities into a crystal bowl
and read aloud.
Four of Cups: Emotionally closed off. Something is being offered; will you see the opportunity7? You are on stable emotional ground but feeling low.
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Participate in a random act of kindness. Pay for the car
behind you at the tollbooth. Leave an extra tip for the
waitress. Open a door for the UPS guy. Surprise someone with an act of kindness and surprise yourself with how good you feel.
Five o f Cups: Addiction issues. Depression. Sadness. Melancholia. Time to give something up.
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Think of a negative habit you’d like to be rid of. Write
that habit down on a piece of
paper and burn it!
Six o f Cups: Childhood friends. Soul mates. Emotional give
and take. People you feel as if you've known for a very7 long
time. Gifts of the heart. Feeling at home.
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Purchase or make a small gift— a pack of gum or greeting card— and give it to someone you love.
Seven o f Cups: Opportunities. Choices. Options. Preferences.
A combination of favorable circumstances or situations.
What will you select?
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Get a glossy fashion or home decor magazine or catalog and leaf through it for at least fifteen minutes.
Dog-ear all the pages with something on it you would
buy if money were no option.
Eight o f Cups: Emotional journey. Onward and upward. A
solid move forward. There is no going back now. Leaving
behind what no longer serves you.
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Take yourself for a fifteen-minute walk. While doing
so. let the images outside wash over you. What new
direction would you like to take?
Nine o f Cups: Your wish will come tine! Genie in a bottle.
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Write a wish list. When finished, circle one wish that
is certain to come tine. Put it into an empty bottle and
toss it into the ocean the next time you stand upon
sandy shores. Write your wish one more time upon
the sand with a sea stick.
Ten o f Cups: Joyous family. Contentment. Celebration. The
“happily ever after" card!
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Select your favorite fairy tale or movie. Spend fifteen
minutes rewriting the ending so that it includes you.
Page of Cups: Childlike delight in what you love. Play. Pay
attention to your psychic pops and intuition. Messages.
Youthful energy.
Drink some loose-leaf tea. When you are finished, look
at the pattern of remaining tea leaves at the bottom of
your cup. Predict what you think it means.
Knight o f Cups: Enthusiasm for what feels good. Lost in emotion. Momentary pause while examining how you feel. Contemplating your emotions.
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Rent or watch a film that either makes you laugh hysterically or cry uncontrollably— or both.
Queen o f Cups: Extremely empathetic woman. Deep understanding. The ideal tarot card reader. Understanding others and using your compassion to make the world a better place.
A woman deeply connected to water.
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Find a friend who appreciates or is interested in tarot.
Offer to do a reading for them.
King of Cups: Extremely creative man. Wildly imaginative and
able to see projects through to completion.
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Think about the one creative act or project you’ve always wanted to attempt. Spend a half-hour writing or drawing it out on paper as if you were going to do it.
Wands
The suit of Wands is everything belonging to passion, intention, energy7, work, and will. If you are excited, inspired, fired up. and ready and raring to go, it relates to wands.
Ace of Wands: Exciting opportunity. Spark of desire. Eagerness and freshness. Stimulation and motivation. Magic in the air.
Set aside a private fifteen-minute chunk o f your day.
Spend ten minutes reading a piece of erotic literature
or watching a snippet of sexy film. Do what you like
with the remaining five ...
Two of Wands: Planning stages. Exciting pairing. New partnerships.
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Imagine you could partner up with anyone in the
world for your work—perhaps Oprah, Madonna, or
Hillary Clinton. Write down why you chose this person, how you would use their resources to help you, and what voud accomplish together.
Three o f Wands: Assessing. Exploring new options. Visions.
Creativity. Waiting for your ships to come in.
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Make a list of your greatest accomplishments. Make a
list of what you’d still like to accomplish.
Four o f Wands: Stability. Happiness. Celebration. Harmony.
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Stars and authors have premiere or launch parties
when their film or book is ready for release. Plan a
launch part)7 for yourself. Write out the venue, the
theme, and of course what you are launching ...
Five o f Wands: Struggle. Agitation. Whipped up in frenzy.
Lots and lots of excitement. People getting all worked up.
Heat.
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Time to start moving. Get your favorite music on and
dance your ass off for at least fifteen minutes!
Six o f Wands: Victory parade. Success. Advancement. Setting
an excellent example.
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Pick a person who inspires you. Spend fifteen minutes
writing them an email or letter about how they have
inspired you. Be sure to send it.
Seven o f Wands: Risking something new. Courage and
strength. Igniting the passions of others around you. Having the ability to defend oneself.
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Pick an activity you have never tried that harnesses the
force of gravity: rock climbing, bungee jumping, skiing, or trapeze class. Try it.
Eight of Wands: Safe journey. Swiftness. Working quickly.
Speed. Airborne. Energy that is ungrounded.
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Deepak Chopra says every wish plants a seed. Send a
bunch of washes energetically into the world. Do you
have wind chimes? On a small piece of paper, write
eight things you’d like to have happen— quickly. Tape
this to your chimes. When you hear them tinkling, it
is the energy of your wish moving to fruition.
Nine o f Wands: Venturing into the unknown. Nonconformity. Being brave.
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Venture into the unknown today. Drive down a new
road, walk into a new store, or try a new restaurant. Do
so with the intention of venturing into the unknown.
Ten o f Wands: Taking on too much. Give yourself a break—
relinquish a responsibility or two.
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Schedule a massage for yourself, even if it's only for
ten minutes, or do some stretches to soothe those
aching muscles.
Page o f Wands: Playful exuberance. Impulsiveness. Urge to
travel. Youthful energy.
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Go online and spend fifteen minutes planning a trip
anywhere in the world. Choose the destination, hotel,
and a loose itinerary. Money is no object.
Knight o f Wands: Idealist on a mission. Charging ahead
hastily. Not thinking before you speak or act. Extreme passion.
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Choose a company that affects you greatly. Write a letter to this company telling them why you either approve or disapprove of their products.
Queen of Wands: A woman who knows what she wants.
Strong sexual energy. Fiery, enigmatic, showy, actresslike
quality.
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Decide who will play you in the movie of your life.
Write an imaginary letter to this actress or actor and
tell them why you chose them and what they need to
know in order to play you.
King o f Wands: Implementing and sharing your passions. Inspiring others. Certainly7 of self. Master)7. Visionary qualities.
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There is something you excel at. Find your favorite
child and share your passion with them via project,
trip, or gift.
Swords
The suit of swords is everything belonging to our mind, our
reasoning, our thinking and communicating. If you are speaking or calculating—if you are caught up in your head or lost in thought—it belongs to swords.
Ace o f Swords: Fresh idea. Cutting through to the truth. Clear
thinking. Seeing something transparently. Trust in a particular action. Bull’s-eye. Victory.
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Think of an idea that no longer selves you. Write it
down on a piece of paper and cut it to shreds. Toss the
shreds to the air and divine the shapes they make
when they fall to the floor.
Two o f Swords: Indecision. Mental withdrawal. Ruminating.
A moment’s pause. Searching inside to find the right action
before moving ahead. Checking with your inner self.
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Refrain from speaking, voluntarily, this evening for six
hours: six hours of personal silence.
Three o f Swords: Cutting through to the heart of the matter.
Confusion. Painful reality-. A love triangle. Heartache. Betrayal. Storm clouds will soon pass.
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Be extra kind to y^ourself today. Indulge in a relaxing
treat, a favorite show, and be early to bed. Take care of
yourself the way a kind mother or nurse would tend to
a child or patient.
Four o f Swords: Stability^. Restful night. Relaxing. Knowing all
is well. Faith in your decisions. Good choices.
Tonight, before bed, place your hands in front of your
heart in prayer and breathe. See where your thoughts
take you.
Five o f Swords: Defeat. Unfairness. Quarrels. Take a moment
to consider how your actions affect others. Choose your
words and actions with care to avoid hurting others.
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Sometimes others can be cruel. Make a list of reasons
why you are your own best friend.
Six of Swords: Deep movement forward. Understanding.
Mental journey. Better times lie ahead. Emotional and intellectual connections to people you love.
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Plan an outing for yourself and someone you love very
much—a bike ride, a walk, or literally a boat ride if
possible.
Seven of Swords: Taking what you need from a situation.
Mental shortcut. Think things through and don’t take the
easy way out.
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Think about a person you admire. If you could adopt
some of their amazing qualities for yourself, what
would they be and why?
Eight o f Swords: Initiation. Mental bondage. Breakthrough.
Indecisiveness. Unfairness from others. The moment when
tough choices mean breakthrough.
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Write down one major issue that has always haunted,
taunted, and bothered you. Put it on a piece of paper,
wrap it in twine, and bury it in the ground.
Nine o f Swords: Tortured by your thoughts. Imagination
overdrive. Sleepless nights. You are stuck in your head.
Breathe and relax. Obsessiveness.
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Take a walk for fifteen minutes and focus on everything that is outside of yourself.
Ten o f Swords: The issue at hand is over. New way of thinking. Out with the old and in with the new. The darkness before a golden dawn. A trick.
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Think of a situation you’d like to end. Find an old
piece of food in your fridge. Hold it in your hand and
say that this food represents the situation. Stick ten
toothpicks into it. Toss it in the garbage.
Page o f Swords: Young, fresh perspective. X-ray vision. Originality. Smartness and precociousness of youth.
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