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Five of Coins

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Destitution. Poverty. Loss. The vagaries of fortune; a lost gamble; an unforeseen risk with dreadful consequences. There is no good way to read the five of coins, and no amount of squinting will… Continue reading

Four of Coins

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Where the two of coins struggled to keep a balance, and where the three is the promise of rewarded diligence, the four of coins is instead a card of clinging, of making sure… Continue reading

Three of Coins

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Three coins sit as a reward for labor; an incentive for further work; a price agreed upon for goods not yet delivered. Where coins are the suit of prosperity and abundance, the threes… Continue reading

Two of Coins

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If we consider coins to be the suit of the physical realm- the body, the earth, health, wealth, and abundance, and twos to be generally the cards that hint at balance, at evaluation, then… Continue reading

Ace of Coins

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Stability. Abundance. Prosperity. The initial investment which leads to the overflowing coffers. A shimmering hoard, the goose laying the golden egg. A house, grown addition by addition until it sprawls. Fields ripe in… Continue reading

King of Cups

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The King, as a card, is our conscious external face.  He is the ruler, the authority, the construct- he is the sense of duty and the sense of entitlement, the sense of obligation… Continue reading

Queen of Cups

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The Queen, as I read the cards, is the unconscious, but external, portion of ourselves. This is a little difficult on the surface, but it’s most obvious in our relationship behaviors- the things… Continue reading

Knight of Cups

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The Knight is the messenger of the court cards, but also the motion, the catalyst. The Knight makes things happen, whether for good or ill; the Knight is the agent of change. The suit… Continue reading

Page of Cups

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The Page is the innocent of the court cards, but also the unconscious actor. The Page is both uninfluenced by age and the world, and uninhibited by concerns and consequences. The suit of… Continue reading

Ten of Cups

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Within the intimacy of friends and family, there it is that our cups overflow with joy and pleasure. Like all the Tens, the Ten of Cups is card of completion, fulfillment- in this… Continue reading