Thank you for letting me know how it went

In the comment I made to the first reading you did, I mentioned the High Priestess as a card to focus on. This card represents a Virgin – in real life, this means the person is not fertile for whatever reason. Along with the 3 of Swords, this suggested difficulties with the pregnancy/getting pregnant – and of course, the sadness associated with it.

This was the main story line of the cards. The sub-plot was the relationship with the man in question.

You did nothing wrong in particular. Experience will teach you what to focus on, what to interpret as a sub-plot etc.

Pregnancy is a tough question to be asked about no matter what level of experience you have. The most important thing to take away from this experience, in my opinion, is to try and piece together the important themes first, before looking at sub-plots. It’s a difficult thing to learn ( I still get it wrong) but experience is what counts most. I would say the best thing to do is to keep reading, keep practicing. You’re doing great!

The next time you’re asked a similar question, confine yourself to doing just one reading on the question. If it seems to you that you’re not getting clarifty, use that feeling as a warning message to take a step back and reinterpret cards. Often the simplest explanation is the correct one.

Keep me posted on your progress

Well, it turned out she wasn’t pregnant. So, can you tell me what i did wrong in these reading?

Thanks,
Sheri

Thank you for helping me. When you wrote that the Swords could be discussing how he feels, I have to completely agree with you. He’s freaking out. Won’t talk to her – to the point he first changed his phone number and then when she went to talk to him face-to-face he called the police on her. He doesn’t want to face the possibility of her being pregnant.

I’m thinking the 3 of Swords and the 10 of Swords refer to the way he’s feeling, but at the same time how he’s lashing out at her and how she is feeling as well. If you read what he did to her the 3 of Swords makes sense in her immediate future and the 10 of Swords definitely shows him betraying her.

Soooo…I asked the same question and this is what I got:
1. Present: 3 wands
2. Present: 10 Pent
3. Distant Future: Ace Cups
4. Distant Past: Hierophant (R)
5. Recent Past: 6 Cups
6. Immediate Future: Judgment
7. Client’s Influence: 7 Cups (R)
8. Environmental Influences: Ace Pent (R)
9. Potential Outcome Card: Queen Cups
10. Outcome: Devil

Again, the Ace of Cups, but this time in the Distant Future instead of the Outcome. I see the Judgment card in the Immediate Future as “man, woman, and child” for some reason. I see it as more than the man and woman will be effected by this man’s behavior. I swear I do not get the Devil card as an outcome…soooo…I threw down three more cards…lol…and got:

6 Wands/5 Pent/Knight Swords

I’m beginning to believe this reading has more to do with his anger and rage against her than it does with the prediction of a baby. His need to hurt her is seen in the Knight of Swords aggressive actions. I think the Hierophant shows that he has tossed out the niceties of rules and is attacking her which leaves her completely and totally confused, 7 Cups (R), by his behavior.

Soooo…I asked again…
1. Present: 4 Wands
2. Present: 7 Swords
3. Distant Future: Empress
4. Distant Past: 9 Swords (R)
5. Recent Past: Emperor
6. Immediate Future: 4 Swords (R)
7. Client’s Influence: Chariot
8. Environmental Influences: Ace Wands
9. Potential Outcome Card: Queen Cups
10. Outcome: King Cups

You mentioned the Priestess becoming the Empress and here she is in the Distant Future. She isn’t getting the rest she needs at this time either. Most likely due to the stress the man is putting on her. The Ace of Wands in the environment suggests birth…the seeds have been planted??? Is the male going to come to his senses in the outcome as the King of Cups and start caring for her health like he should???

HELPPPPPPP!!!! Lol…This is like a soap opera and I’m sucked into it…lol!

Sheri

The Ace of Cups with the Sun is a good combination for questions concerning pregnancy. However, we also have the Three of Swords and the Ten of Swords which aren’t favorable.

In the Environment we have the Priestess, which is interesting. If we digress slightly, the Priestess, Empress and Moon cards represent the Triple Goddess combined. The maiden, mother and crone, respectively. If you’re interested in reading more about this, check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_goddess .

The Priestess is therefore the maiden, a Virgin – the possibility exists ( cyclically, she will become the Empress), but for the moment she’s Virginal, therefore, fertility is put into question. Is she pregnant now? Perhaps (with the Sun) it happens later on.

Also, consider the reading itself. There is a subtle theme of “three”.

Taken as a whole, the reading points to the potential for pregnancy. I want to emphasis the potential for pregnancy, because the other cards represent delays. For instance, does she have a history of miscarriage (three of swords, 10 of swords) – or is there a family history of difficulties in getting pregnant (Priestess, 10 Swords (R) ).

Either way, the Sword cards do indicate things upsetting both of them. With the Sun as the outcome, it’s likely that it will happen, the Ace of Cups showing us that she is very fertile ( I’m saying her because the Cups are shaped like a womb – for further reading, check out the Grail lore).

Maybe the 10 Swords and Sun mean a difficult pregnancy?

I would also be thinking along similar lines.

The Swords could be discussing how he feels.

The 10 of Swords represents fears. It could be any number of fears – surgery, him feeling entrapment etc.

Let me know how it all goes

I have another question for you. I asked if someone was pregnant and I keep getting the Sun card in the reading. I did a five card read and the 5th card as the outcome was the Sun. I threw down another card to confirm and got the Ace of Swords. I’ve predicted a pregnancy once before with the Ace of Swords. She’s due any day now! Yay!

I asked this question: Is “so-and-so” pregnant with “so-and-so’s” baby?
1) Present- 3 Cups (R)
2) Present- Page Cups (R)
3) Near Future- Ace Cups
4) Past- 4 Cups
5) Past- 7 Wands
6) Immediate Future- 3 Swords
7) Client’s Influence- King Pent
Environmental Influences- Priestess
9) Potential Outcome Card- 10 Swords (R)
10) Outcome- Sun

If I pair the Ace of Cups in the Near Future spot with the Sun would you say it could be a pregnancy? I told her yes. Using the elemental pairing like you said confirms this, but the 10 Swords and Sun are throwing me if I pair them together over the Ace Cups and Sun (they are easier to read). Maybe the 10 Swords and Sun mean a difficult pregnancy? If she is it would be most likely a November baby. The guy thinks she is doing this to him on purpose. Do you think the 10 of Swords refers to him feeling like he’ll be impaled on knives if she is pregnant? What do you think?

I’ll let you know if she’s pregnant or not…Thanks!

Sheri

I tried using the Two Card combination since there are 10 cards, but I’m not sure if that is correct.

I would use the three card combination first, and I would finish the reading by pairing them. I find that ending a reading on pairing two cards together works out better.

You can think of the one card at the end of the reading as the outcome card. Two cards at the end of a three card combination can be considered as indicating a possible outcome/ a choice. Either way, a single card is more definitive as an outcome.

In terms of the timing, try one system at a time to see how accurate it is for you. Unfortunately, this is a trial-an-error process. Each persons approach to timing will be different. It may work for one person, and not another. This is one of those aspects of the Tarot that you need to experiment with the most.

What about the Cups as indicating seasons? Although the immediate future looks good (getting together), perhaps it takes till the summer (Ace of Cups) before a much stronger connection occurs?

Let me know how you get on

I am trying to read the Celtic cross using Elemental Dignities, but I’m not sure if I’m doing it right.

The question is: Will this couple start over and get back together?
1. Present: 9 Wands
2. Present: Page Cups
3. Distant Future: Lovers
4. Distant Past: 3 Cups
5. Recent Past: Ace Disks
6. Immediate Future: 6 Wands
7. Client’s Influence: Page Disks
8. Environmental Influences: King Cups
9. Potential Outcome Card: World
10. Outcome: Ace Cups

Even without the Elemental Dignities I can see this couple will, but I want a deeper reading. I tried using the Two Card combination since there are 10 cards, but I’m not sure if that is correct. Should I be using the Three Card combination? It doesn’t add up right at the end with one card left over. Either way the story is a little different, but it still comes out the same.

I also tried figuring out the timing on this but I’m not sure if I should use the Lovers card (Gemini signifying May/June) with the Ace Cups (one week to one months) or the 6 Wands with the ace and the Lovers Card – all three combined. Between the Ace and the 6 Wands it’s between one day give or take. I don’t believe the Ace Cups is signifying one month. What do you think? My head is spinning from reading so many different articles and books on timing.

Thank you so much!

Sheri

Thank you for your kind words

The nine of Disks can also indicate an independence as opposed to being alone.

When a lot of Disk (Pentacle) cards are present within a Tarot reading, such as yours, it can indicate issues involving commitment, practical concerns, security, money and so forth. These can all impact a relationship.

Another way to look at this spread, is to ask yourself,

Is there commitment?
Is there security?

Basically, ask yourself what is already there, and what might be a source of strain upon the relationship.

The Three of Wands would indicate negotiation (Wands often indicate this) and putting ones own needs first (this would imply one if not both of you). In other words, this cards indicates a kind of restructuring of the relationship.

Overall, the nine of Disks would suggest the result of that restructuring – respect for the individuals need for independence within certain areas of their life. The 10 and 9 of Disks as well as the Star card also point to a strong foundation, and the potential for this relationship to grow.

I hope that has given you something to think about with regards your reading. If you have any more questions, just ask

Thank you for your most informative article.

I was hoping that you may be able to help me to understand my celtic spread better,as I am a novice.

I am currently in a difficult relationship and I’m unsure how things will proceed:

My spread was as follows:

1.Present-Six of Pentacles
2.Present-Four of Wands
3.Distant Future- The Star
4.Recent Past-Seven of Cups
5.recent Past- Knight of Swords
6.Immediate Future- Two of Cups
7.Client’s Influence- The Emperor
8.Environmental Influences- Three of Wands
9.Potential Outcome Card- Ten of Pentacles
10.Outcome-9 of Pentacles

I am confused as I thought the ten of pentacles which related to happiness and security in love seemed to be in contradiction with the nine of pentacles which I thought signified success but being alone.

I hope you can share some of your wonderful insights with me.

Thank you

Sharon

I see how the 4 of Disks says clinging to or hanging onto a situation in a stubborn and inflexible manner…fear of change, etc. But let’s say the 5 of Disks was the outcome card. How would would you read that? It makes no sense to me.

And I’m sure others have discovered this long before me, but today I discovered that men can be queens also. I did a reading where I pulled the Queen of Wands (R). One of the meanings I have for her is she advises you to avoid giving offense to the socially powerful. Since she is referring to women I naturally thought it was a woman she was warning me about when in actuality she was warning me about a male friend who is kind of THE center of the group or the unofficial leader of the group. At first I thought it was referring to his girl friend, but I later discovered it was him. That threw me and now I have to look at my readings even more differently. Does this happen alot?

Thanks again for helping me