Friday, February 27, 2015

The King of Coins and fox – Sometimes you just want to run off

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.

Legacy of the Divine tarot, Gilded Reverie Lenormand, King of Coins, fox , Ciro Marchetti

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. 

12 comments:

  1. 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 :)

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    1. O I do envy you Sharyn. The deck isn't available yet in Europe. So I have to be patient a while longer

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  2. Marchetti does well with nature scenes. I figure I can abdicate the throne for at least an hour without the kingdom crashing down. :)

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    1. When I pulled these two cards I had to think of you right away.
      I do hope you will be able to set some time apart for yourself this weekend. You will need it.
      hugs

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  3. 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.

    I like the way you've paired these.

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    1. 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.
      For learning purposes I have the lenormand app from Foolsdog which is great too

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  4. 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.

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    1. Yes 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.
      Taking good care of myself: a lifelong journey :D

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    2. 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!

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    3. Neither do I. It isvery hard to walk the fine line between self love and selfishness

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  5. Lovely 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 ;)

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    1. Thanks Chloe! Yes walking that fine line can be tricky sometimes :D

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