Today’s
card is the King of Coins from the Legacy of the Divine Tarot by Ciro Marchetti.
This is the king who is practical and reliable, sure of himself and sometimes a
bit conservative. He is a great manager and
his focus is always on the welfare of everyone he is responsible for. He
yearns for sensual pleasure and is sometimes a bit self-indulgent.
When you have
so much responsibility, you have to make time for the good things in life. And most
of the time the king doesn't feel guilty in doing so. But he never crosses boundaries
because he knows the eyes of his people are always upon him. Look at him standing
there on the balcony with his Pentacle in his hands. What is he thinking? What does
he want?
For some additional
information I pulled one card from the Gilded Reverie Lenormand: the Fox. Oops.
There is something sneaky going on here. Although the fox wants to get into the
henhouse, I've got the feeling the king wants to run off and leave his Pentacle behind for a while. I guess
everybody can relate to this feeling. We all have our responsibilities but o,
how wonderful it would be, if we could just play truant for a while and run off to
do whatever we want and maybe even misbehave just for a tiny little bit… Or
maybe we have to manipulate others to have some time to ourselves. Is it so bad
to feign a headache when you want to be
on your own for a while…..
I think
there a lots of ways to “sneak out” if we need to. Maybe not all totally legit but
certainly very understandable.
that is a very pretty Lenormand. I have the Celtic Lenormand coming in the mail. Not that I have a clue about Lenormand reading, but no clue has never stopped me before :)
ReplyDeleteO I do envy you Sharyn. The deck isn't available yet in Europe. So I have to be patient a while longer
DeleteMarchetti does well with nature scenes. I figure I can abdicate the throne for at least an hour without the kingdom crashing down. :)
ReplyDeleteWhen I pulled these two cards I had to think of you right away.
DeleteI do hope you will be able to set some time apart for yourself this weekend. You will need it.
hugs
I've gone back and forth over the Gilded Reverie Lenormand mainly because something in me balks at CGI decks. I've got it as an app and it lends itself well to that. I'm early in my Lenormand journey and so far have tended to lean towards the traditional though I'm intrigued by the Celtic mentioned above and that's been in my cart for awhile.
ReplyDeleteI like the way you've paired these.
Thanks Rose. Generally I don't like CGI decks either but I like these two a lot, especially because of their black borders. I also like how they perfectly match together in a reading.
DeleteFor learning purposes I have the lenormand app from Foolsdog which is great too
Ellen your post makes me s make me think about how it is human nature to want what we can't have and then when we get it, we want something else. It's hard to balance responsibility with taking time for ourselves and to just have some 'me' time. Now that I am retired I have lots of 'me' time but am still learning how to take care of myself in many ways. I would say there is a difference between the two, taking good care of myself, and doing what ever I want to do.
ReplyDeleteYes you are quite right. There is often a huge difference. Maybe that is why gratitude for what is and what we have can be so helpful to us.
DeleteTaking good care of myself: a lifelong journey :D
Oh I agree, gratitude makes all the difference for me! I admire folks who truly can take good card of themselves. But honestly I don't know too many!
DeleteNeither do I. It isvery hard to walk the fine line between self love and selfishness
DeleteLovely reading, Ellen! I think that Fox also tells you to trust your instincts: you'll figure out what sneakiness is acceptable, and what would be too much ;)
ReplyDeleteThanks Chloe! Yes walking that fine line can be tricky sometimes :D
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