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Ten of Swords:
Money: Represents a time of recovery after hardship or loss. A new cycle is beginning and better times may wait around the corner, but you must take the first step.
Career: You still feel insecure about your future, but to reach a more satisfactory place, you'll have to take a risk. Stop letting the past prevent you from embracing new possibilities.
Love/Romance: You may still be smarting from a deception, disappointment, or betrayal, but at least you can see more clearly now. You may experience a new sense of freedom if a relationship has ended.
Six of Wands:
Money: You can expect financial success. A long-term investment may pay off now or you may receive a raise/bonus.
Career: This can indicate getting a promotion, receiving respect for your efforts, or seeing a creative project come to fruition. Enjoy your well-deserved success.
Love/Romance: A time of happiness, love, and cooperation in a relationship. If you're seeking a partner, this card offers encouragement for true love.
4 – The Emperor:
Money: You may lack the acumen to make or manage money successfully, or a lack of self-confidence may prevent you from getting ahead financially. The reverse Emperor may indicate a situation in which you must stand up to adversaries and protect what's yours.
Career: You may feel pressured to accept responsibilities you don't want or feel capable of handling. Perhaps you lost a job through downsizing, or you lack the energy required to reach your goals. This can also indicate a need for more experience, drive, or skill. If you're trying to please someone else or fit a role that's been dictated to you, it may be time to take the reins yourself.
Love/romance: Coldness, criticism, or an overly controlling nature. One person in the relationship is the boss who calls all the shots. This can also mean immaturity, lack of commitment, or infertility.
Ace of Wands:
Money: Suggesting profits coming from a creative venture. It can also mean investing your resources and energy in a new enterprise you feel passionate about.
Career: You're expressing yourself passionately through a creative endeavor, perhaps even forging a new identity. You're totally focused on your objective, and your enthusiasm will help you achieve success.
Love/romance: The Ace of Wands promises new love of a highly romantic, joyful, and passionate kind. It can also mean loyalty, commitment, and a strong sense of purpose - perhaps of a creative nature in an existing partnership.
20 – Judgement:
Money: You're facing a choice in a financial matter - your choice will impact the present and your future, too. You may look for advice from others, but only you can decide.
Career: Your current work situation no longer meets your needs, but you're reluctant to make a change because you're not clear about what the future holds. It can also mean a bad decision of yours or someone else's has adversely affected you, or you may be judging yourself and others too harshly. (If I know you, it's likely the latter).
Love/romance: You're facing a decision about a relationship. The Judgement in the upright position also suggests you're becoming more tolerant and less judgmental of yourself and others.
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King of Wands:
Potential to run into delays or your success isn't as great as you hoped. If it's a real person it may be someone who's not available to you or who can't help you. He may not be dishonest or irresponsible, but his loyalties lie elsewhere.
Career:
This can point to unhealthy displays of masculine energy, such as abuse of power in a situation or acting like a bully. It can also mean a project will take longer than you'd planned, or you'll have to work harder than you'd expected. Perhaps some of the most creative aspects of an undertaking get scrapped by higher-ups.
Affirmation: I wield my power and influence with integrity, using my strength and leadership to create positive change.
Ace of Swords:
This card indicates success through mental means or spiritual growth. You're using your intellect in a clear, focused way, devoting yourself to a goal. An opportunity is being offered to you from the divine realm—grab it. It can also point to a breakthrough or inspiration.
Career:
Starting a job that involves communication. You have an opportunity to use your intellect productively or to express your philosophical/spiritual views in your work. Clarity and focus will help you get ahead. Additionally, it can indicate starting a course of study that will further your career.
Affirmation: I embrace clarity of thought and make decisions that align with my highest good.
King of Pentacles:
You are uncovering new ideas for increasing or expanding your business. Clarity and insight on how to improve your money situation are finally emerging. This is a time for new beginnings in your career that may include starting a business or earning a promotion within an existing company.
Career:
Your job may bore you, but you aren't willing to do what's necessary to improve your situation. Laziness, lack of direction, indulgence, or feelings of unworthiness could be inhibiting your success.
Affirmation: I am a wise and prosperous leader, using my resources and influence to benefit all.
13 – Death:
The end or death of a cycle, you will need to mourn this. (This is regarding your 'Creative Through Christ' business.) Trying to hold on to something that is clearly over (for the time being) only causes trouble. Change can't be avoided. Death is the promise that new life follows disintegration. Think caterpillar into a butterfly (you mentioned a phoenix).
Career:
Symbolizes a transition in your career path, a job change, or a significant shift in your work arena. Old, outworn conditions that have held you back are breaking down to make room for new growth.
Affirmation: I release the old to make way for transformation and new beginnings.
Four of Pentacles:
You've been focusing too much on the material side of life. Emotional and mental stability are just as important as material stability, though you won't see the tangible results. Insecurity cannot be cured by amassing wealth and possessions. It's time to focus inward rather than outward.
*From me personally* Only give your energy to things you have the power to directly impact. Otherwise, give yourself a space to honor your feelings (perhaps journaling) without letting the external situation impact your inner peace. You can also allow those feelings to fuel your plans for the future so you can be the light in the darkness that may be clouding around you.
Affirmation: I am grounded and secure in my financial stability, and I welcome abundance into my life.
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King of Cups:
My book: The King of Cups regarding money can mean receiving money through creative means. Or it may suggest your emotions are influencing a financial matter. Sometimes it represents a financial backer.
Meaning: King of Cups signifies a time of emotional stability, wisdom, and compassion. It represents a period when you are able to navigate your own emotions with maturity and offer support and guidance to others. The card suggests that you possess a deep understanding of emotions, empathy, and the ability to maintain balance even in challenging situations. It encourages you to trust your intuition, approach emotional matters with compassion and understanding, and lead with a calm and nurturing demeanor. The King of Cups brings a sense of emotional mastery, wisdom, and the potential for creating a harmonious emotional environment.
Affirmation: I embody emotional balance and wisdom, using my empathy and intuition to bring harmony to my life and relationships.
Five of Swords
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Seven of Wands:
Signifies a time of confusion. You can't decide how to handle a challenge or which direction to take to accomplish your objective. A lack of clarity may sap your willpower and make you feel like giving up,
Advice in this position:
Avoid problematic people and watch your back. Don't get into arguments with coworkers, bosses, or clients now. Choose your battles carefully.
Bonus: You've been letting your anger get the better of you by acting hypervigilant about your beliefs when challenged. Journaling to process your feelings and then talking about them afterward is the move. Your feelings are valid and deserve to be expressed.
Three of Wands:
You still have work to do before you go public with our ideas. Perhaps you could benefit from honing your skills. Some areas of an undertaking still need clarification, or you may need to win the support and blessing of others to advance.
Advice in this position: Suggests you're not ready yet to market your project/ideas. You feel passionate about what you're doing, but you still have to convince other people to get on board. For artistic people, this card advises, "Don't quit your day job yet."
Eight of Pentacles:
Plan to feel 'stuck in a rut' or burnt out in your current direction. Delays, obstacles, or confusion may interfere with your success. You may lack the necessary skills to accomplish your aims.
Advice in this position:
This feels more in line with your current career. You may hold unrealistic expectations and, therefore, feel disappointed when you don't get the job, promotion, or respect you seek based on your current abilities. Perhaps laziness, substandard skills, or a lack of focus is to blame. Your heart may not be in it.
Ace of Pentacles:
You're overly concerned about money and possessions. This could be due to greed, hoarding, or an attachment to material goodies. This is causing you to miss out on things in life.
Advice in this position:
You may feel 'stuck in a rut', perhaps in a job that pays well but isn't stimulating. You're bored but unwilling to take a chance on something new. Sometimes, it can mean doors aren't open to you at present.