The Shaman
In the Health position
Hidden health; physical and emotional.
Meaning: The Shaman card indicates a time to show prudence. You should stand back from current events so that you can make a clearer evaluation of what is going on. This is a time for careful planning, not action. Spiritually, this is a very important card indicating that you will receive illumination from within.
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The High Priestess
In the Health position
Visible health; physical and emotional.
Meaning: Things that once seemed so certain can no longer be taken for granted. Some puzzling mysteries become more clear, but all is not yet revealed at this point. Your intuitive powers are increasing and you may be inspired to be creative. Spiritually you are about to attain a new level of enlightenment. This card can indicate a particular attraction to the occult, a thirst for secret knowledge.
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4 of Wands
In the Attitude position
Hidden mental attitude.
Meaning: The Four of Wands indicates that you have put a lot of hard work into a project and are now starting to reap the rewards. You have earned a rest but will soon have to start work again.
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2 of Swords
In the Attitude position
Visible mental attitude.
Meaning: You find yourself in a stalemate situation and you are neither able to move forward nor retreat. It is best to sit back and wait for things to blow over.
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The Lord
In the Relationships position
Hidden relationships.
Meaning: The Lord heralds a time of great energy and activity when you will be engaged in making something manifest in the world. Spiritually, you are called upon to stand on your own two feet, to formulate your own ideas and principles, rather than being led by others.
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The Web
In the Relationships position
Visible relationships.
Meaning: The Web card is telling you that you must make a decision based on your own sense of what is right rather than listening to the advice of others. Depending on surrounding cards, it can indicate that truth and justice will prevail in a dispute, perhaps even a legal action. Spiritually, it relates to the development of a personal morality and conscience, an inner sense of right and wrong.
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The Tower
In the Career position
Hidden career.
Meaning: This card indicates that an unexpected shock or disaster will change your life completely. Some action you have taken in the past is now beginning to have unfortunate consequences that you never imagined. This can be a card of liberation, depending on how you respond to the situation. You have the opportunity to begin again and base your future structure on honesty, truth, and sound principles.
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Ace of Cups
In the Career position
Visible career.
Meaning: The Ace of Cups indicates a time of great spiritual fulfillment and contact with the Source of Being,. Your soul feels its connection with the cosmos and is nourished by Divine love.
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The Warrior
In the Spirit position
Hidden spiritual path.
Meaning: The Warrior is a card of powerful forward-moving energies, indicating that you can master adverse circumstances through your determination and courage. Spiritually, this card speaks about the development of the Will. We are all subject to many fears, and it is the warrior's purpose to seek them out and defeat them.
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Initiation
In the Spirit position
Visible spiritual path.
Meaning: The Initiation card may mark the passage from one state to a new one, the natures of which can be divined from surrounding cards. A spiritual initiation also marks a state of new consciousness, the dawning of spiritual awareness and joy. This is a card of balance and harmony derived from working with sympathetic people in a relationship of equal give and take.
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Knight of Swords
In the Outcome position
Outcome of the present path.
Meaning: The Knight is a mercurial man with extreme, but changeable, opinions. What he fiercely believes one day may be radically altered the next.
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