The Tower
In the Health position
Hidden health; physical and emotional.
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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The Web
In the Health position
Visible health; physical and emotional.
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 Lord
In the Attitude position
Hidden mental attitude.
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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9 of Wands
In the Attitude position
Visible mental attitude.
Meaning: Just when you think that you have exhausted all your reserves of strength you find a last gasp of energy and triumph against all the odds. Put your faith in the resilience of your inner spirit.
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The Knight of Discs
In the Relationships position
Hidden relationships.
Meaning: The Knight of Discs may appear in your life in the shape of a young man who will set for you an example of the virtues of hard work, patience, and gentleness. As a friend or a lover he is faithful and dependable. He is, however, rather intolerant of impractical people.
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Initiation
In the Relationships position
Visible relationships.
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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8 of Discs
In the Career position
Hidden career.
Meaning: Decide to change your career, either developing a hobby or a new interest into a job, or retraining and learning new skills. This is a particularly fortuitous card for the artist who decides to dedicate himself or herself to an artistic career in maturity.
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Death
In the Career position
Visible career.
Meaning: This card does not presage a physical death but, like the harvest, marks the end of a cycle in which the seeds of a new one are sown. The card indicates a time of adjustment and mourning, a suspension between the old stage and the new. On a higher level, the Death card can indicate a re-evaluation of your life and a change in your consciousness.
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6 of Swords
In the Spirit position
Hidden spiritual path.
Meaning: The Six of Swords indicates moving away from difficulties, either physically or mentally. It can be a card of travel, journeying to a place where you can get away from your worries.
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The Shaman
In the Spirit position
Visible spiritual path.
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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King of Swords
In the Outcome position
Outcome of the present path.
Meaning: He has very high moral ideals and is an intellectual; he does not allow his heart to rule his head. He is capable of instigating great changes around himself.
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