coupled with an undaunted survival will creates a “do or die”
attitude brings the strength to stand unflinchingly against all
potential onslaughts and succeed in preserving our individual stand
of flowering Wands.
INTUITIVE CLOUDS
When The Nine of Wands is revealed Upright in your reading, its
meaning(s) may correspond to: a strong emotional commitment to
safe guard what you have earned from those who would take it
from you; finding the strength to overcome approaching trouble;
holding your own and bravely protecting your foothold in life;
having the strength and courage to face any opposition head on;
retreat not being an option; emerging victorious no matter what
the cost; protecting the financial security you have already
achieved; mounting a bold defense against a hostile takeover;
facing career obstacles and overcoming them; a stronger
commitment to protecting your relationship from hostile outside
forces.
When The Nine of Wands card is revealed Reversed in your
reading, its meaning(s) may correspond to: yielding to weakness;
letting your problems overtake you; maintaining an apparently
secure position that will crumble; being in danger of losing what
you already have earned; a lack of emotional commitment on your
part; financial adversity overtaking you; cowardice in the face of
the enemy; impractical or foolhardy schemes leading to your
eventual defeat; making a wise retreat before you go down to
defeat before the superior forces confronting you.
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THE NINE OF CUPS
The Lord of Happiness
Jupiter in Pisces
DESCRIPTION AND SYMBOLISM
A smiling and well satisfied man sits on a wooden bench before
nine empty cups that are arranged in a semi circle on a table to his
rear, symbolizing his present feelings of happiness and fulfillment.
His arms are crossed in contentment as he has attained his full
measure of satisfaction and pleasure. He is dressed in fine
garments and sports a fancy red turban adorned with a flourish on
its right side. The table to his rear is covered and draped with a
pleated blue cloth and both the floor and background of the room
are painted golden yellow.
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MEDITATION
Jupiter’
s potent spiritual light brings expansive good fortune when
it resides in the deep emotional waters of Pisces. This is a most
favorable astrological combination and by tradition is said to bring
happiness, pleasure, success and the fulfillment of the deepest
wishes and desires.
INTUITIVE CLOUDS
When The Nine of Cups is revealed Upright in your reading, its
meaning(s) may correspond to: your wish being fulfilled; good
fortune coming to you; obtaining the good things in life; finding
happiness in a relationship; attaining success in your current
endeavor; realizing your career goals; financial success; material
prosperity; the fulfillment of your sexual desires; attaining the
pleasure and emotional contentment you have longed for.
When The Nine of Cups is revealed Reversed in your reading, its
meaning(s) may correspond to: your wish remaining unfulfilled;
empty pleasures at your table; a lack of material goods and money;
unhappiness in a relationship; a lack of pleasure in life; frustrated
career goals; hollow satisfactions surrounding you.
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THE NINE OF SWORDS
The Lord of Despair and Cruelty
Mars in Gemini
DESCRIPTION AND SYMBOLISM
A woman wakes in the dead of night seemingly caught in the grips
of a nightmare from which she cannot escape. She sits upright in
the bed holding her head in her hands and is obviously in great
emotional pain and experiencing the black waters of intense mental
anguish. She is beginning to sink into despair over her seemingly
unsolvable mental conflicts. Nine swords hang on the wall behind
her and the base of the bed is decorated with a carving of a violent
conflict in which one person is being overcome by another. Her
quilt is decorated with roses and the outlines of astrological
symbols which hold the key to conquering her despair and
regaining her mental stability and inner peace.
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MEDITATION
The burning power of Mars inflames the mental energies of
Gemini igniting a firestorm of inner anguish as the mind begins to
turn against itself and falls prey to the conflicts haunting it.
Without a relationship to the deeper aspect of our being we lay
ourselves open to the cruel inner torment of despair fueled by
pursuing a meaningless life lived without any connection to a
higher dimension of being. Her salvation lies in the knowledge of
her inner stars but she is so blinded by mental conflicts that she
cannot see the path she must take.
INTUITIVE CLOUDS
When The Nine of Swords is revealed Upright in your reading,
its meaning(s) may correspond to:
anxiety over rapidly
multiplying personal problems; suffering inner turmoil due to
mounting financial concerns; the pain of unexpected loss; despair
over a broken relationship; a crumbling emotional foundation
plagued by doubt and desolation; a broken home life; summoning
up your reserves of inner strength; the need to seek professional
help for your mental problems.
When The Nine of Swords is revealed Reversed in your reading,
its meaning(s) may correspond to: the sun rising on a better and
brighter day for you; time healing your old wounds; being patient
and unselfish with troublesome people; new hope ahead for
success in your career; the return of inner peace after a successful
personal transition; facing your inner fears and conquering them;
communicating what you feel to someone and not keeping it
bottled up inside you; tomorrow bringing a better day.
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THE NINE OF PENTACLES
The Lord of Material Gain
Venus in Virgo
DESCRIPTION AND SYMBOLISM
The solitary enjoyment of material accomplishments in life is
imaged by this portrait of a graceful and aristocratic lady standing
alone in her garden. Her beautiful yellow robes are adorned with
flowers shaped in the astrological sign of Venus and she stands in a
lush and bountiful setting. Nine pentacles adorn bushes that are
already heavily laden with fresh greenery and abundant fruit. On
her gloved hand rests a hooded falcon and a small snail crawls
slowly towards her. A fine manor house and two stately trees can
be seen in the distance.
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MEDITATION
The desire power of Venus acting in the earth sign of Virgo assures
good fortune and a rich material harvest to those who work
diligently and carefully to secure a comfortab
le foothold in life.
But even with the realization of all of our desires and the material
comfort and security our accomplishments have brought us there
also comes the inevitability of decay for time, even in such a lush
garden of peace and self satisfaction, crawls ever forward and in
the end overtakes us all.
INTUITIVE CLOUDS
When The Nine of Pentacles is revealed Upright in your reading,
its meaning(s) may correspond to: material accomplishment and
success; a need to look after your own personal or financial
interests; the danger of being undone by unchecked material
desires; being careful about whom you trust in the matter you have
inquired about; a caution to carefully evaluate any financial
opportunities that are being offered you; an advice to be cautious if
you are considering lending money; the achievement of career
success; avoiding a life of complacency and too much comfort;
being or remaining alone.
When The Nine of Pentacles is revealed Reversed in your
reading, its meaning(s) may correspond to: steering clear of
questionable enterprises; recognizing bad faith dealings in your
personal and financial affairs; exercising financial prudence;
avoiding risky investments; recognizing the danger you are facing
from sophisticated thieves; a need to focus on regaining a sense of
independence and self reliance in your life; a potential relationship
ahead; rejecting tainted money; being at risk of financial loss;
seeing through the deceptions of false friends; the need to avoid
lengthy legal entanglements in your present business and personal
dealings; not remaining alone.
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The Tens
TENS
Tens represent the end of a cycle and the beginning of a new one.
They speak of a renewal and completion out of which emerges a
new beginning. The Will carries the heavy load of its own
decisions but finally approaches a village where it may free itself
from the restriction of vision this burden brings; the Soul finds its
true destiny in the perfected success of true Love; the Mind comes
to self ruin, a victim of its own egotism or blindness and Earth
attains the goal of wealth and prosperity for all the generations to
come.
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THE TEN OF WANDS
The Lord of Oppression
Saturn in Sagittarius
DESCRIPTION AND SYMBOLISM
A solitary and heavily burdened individual carries a brace of ten
flowering wands while making his way towards a settlement in the
distance. His burden appears to be too heavy for him to carry
comfortably as he is bent over by its weight. His head is buried in
the middle of his bundle of Wands and this obscures his forward
vision giving him the appearance of walking almost blindly as he
labors forward towards the dwellings in the distance.
MEDITATION
The heavy and oppressive energy of Saturn constricts the
expansive character of Sagittarius forcing the will to such a narrow
point of focus that it becomes burdened by its own energy and
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fixated on its own creations which have now taken on a life of their
own and turning their once master into a mere beast of burden. The
will has overreached itself and created a psychological tyranny
whose weight will grow only heavier and heavier unless it can
attain a clear enough vision to unburden itself and reclaim its lost
freedom.
INTUITIVE CLOUDS
When The Ten of Wands is revealed Upright in your reading, its
meaning(s) may correspond to: an inability to clearly see the road
ahead; becoming impaired by a limited perspective; oppression
from too
much gain or
success; being
enslaved
by an
overmastering will; walking with a heart tried by pain; carrying too
heavy of a workload on your job; taking on too many financial
responsibilities; career overachievements weighing you down;
having a limited vision of your destination.
When The Ten of Wands is revealed Reversed in your reading,
its meaning(s) may correspond to: a need to free yourself from an
excessively heavy burden; restoring your clarity of vision;
restoring the vision of where you want to be headed; not biting off
more than you can chew; applying your strength to unselfish ends;
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THE TEN OF CUPS
The Lord of Perfected Success
Mars in Pisces
DESCRIPTION AND SYMBOLISM
A young couple stands together and raises their arms in delight and
wonder towards a semicircle of ten Cups that are arranged inside a
rainbow appearing high in the clear blue sky above them. Nearby
their two children dance by their side in carefree and playful
abandon. Their modest family home is in the distance and is
surrounded by trees and greenery. To their left a peaceful blue
stream meanders through their property.
MEDITATION
The fiery masculine energy of Mars unites with the feminine water
power of Pisces and acts with perfected success in bringing forth
the spiritual ideal into the real world through the inner marriage of
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the Soul and the Spirit and the loving union of a human man and
woman. This powerful union creates an atmosphere of contentment
outer love between a man and a woman become the sanctified
foundation upon which a happy and secure and successful life is
built.
INTUITIVE CLOUDS
When The Ten of Cups is revealed Upright in your reading, its
meaning(s) may correspond to: security and success;
a happy
family life; lasting love; financial security;
career success;
personal contentment; emotional peace; sexual pleasure; lasting
happiness.
When The Ten of Cups card is revealed Reversed in your
reading, its meaning(s) may correspond to: a lack of success in
love; an unhappy family life; self delusion over where a
relationship is really headed; a loss of friendship; possible
infidelity;
false
heartedness;
sexual
betrayal;
materialism
undermining love.
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THE TEN OF SWORDS
The Lord of Ruin
Sun in Gemini
DESCRIPTION AND SYMBOLISM
Under a pitch black sky a man lies face down on a lonely and
isolated stretch of beach. Ten swords impale him and pierce the
back of his ruined figure as every drop of his lifeblood flows out
into the sand. His is partially covered in a red cloak, the color of
which matches his dying blood. The sea before which his body lies
is calm and smooth and the sun is rising behind the mountains and
beginning to illum
inate the inky black sky. The light of the rising
sun is dispelling the darkness as it rises and soon a new day will
arrive but he has not survived to experience the emerging dawn.
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MEDITATION
The burning power of the Sun so inflames the airy personal mental
sphere of Gemini that the mind itself becomes a victim of its own
unchecked inflation. This destructive force of self inflation created
by the egotism of an overmastering will ultimately corrupts the
mind from within or brings upon it destructive energies from
without resulting in a destiny of ruin and death.
INTUITIVE CLOUDS
When The Ten of Swords is revealed Upright in your reading, its
meaning(s) may correspond to: ruin; sudden misfortune; tears will
fall; possible employment termination; a career catastrophe; a
ruined relationship; a personal betrayal; remaining on guard
against an unforeseen and unexpected attack; an apparently good
idea holding the seeds of your undoing; being aware of a potential
knife in the back.
When The Ten of Swords is revealed Reversed in your reading,
its meaning(s) may correspond to: being in a vulnerable position;
the courage to rise again; a new day dawning for you; the
overthrow of negative forces oppressing your present life;
economic hope being restored; some success and progress in your
personal affairs; finding the courage you need to start over again;
your relationship problems starting to be resolved.
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THE TEN OF PENTACLES
The Lord of Wealth
Mercury in Virgo
DESCRIPTION AND SYMBOLISM
A white haired and elderly patriarch sits playing with his pet dogs
outside the entrance to the family estate and manor house. His
robes are decorated with symbols of grapes, crescent moons and
other mysterious symbols. To his side, a young man and woman
are conversing under an archway while a child holds onto his
mother’s clothes with one hand and playfully strokes the tail of one
of the family dogs. The young man holds a spear in one hand as
though even in this scene of harmony, security and affluence he