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The MAID is similar to the YOUNG MAN in it’s meaning with the exception it generally applies to a female or represents a female’s intellectual, emotional and spiritual state.
DJEVOJKA: the Croatian definition is girl, girlfriend, damsel, lassie, just to name a few.
The MAID has never been married. She is the type of girl who is dating or in a relationship. Most of the time she is of naive disposition with little experience in life and love.
If you are a male: when the MAID appears in your Reading (as an outcome card) you will meet a new female. If you are involved with someone then she will play a prominent role surrounding the question you may be thinking about. You might be more mature than she is and will offer some genuine guidance. Often she represents your sister, cousin or niece.
If you are a female: when the MAID appears as the outcome card you will be facing a significant decision. It’s totally up to you. This card is not “the other woman” or a female competing with you for the attention of a male. If you have ruled out that you have some deciding to do then in some cases the MAID card can represent your sister or girlfriend.
There is the association of this female being in high school or college. What this means is a situation will come up which will focus on whoever is represented by the MAID card.
As a situation: the MAID card suggests that you need to get a little more serious about what you are thinking or doing. Sometimes you can “stop to smell the roses” a little too long
You can do a 2 card draw to reveal what the Art Deco fortune telling cards advise you.
The MISUNDERSTANDING Card clearly points to an attitude problem. There will be no solution to the question asked even if you didn’t ask one. If you picked these 2 cards and weren’t consciously aware of any question, the Cards definitely reveal you have a problem which you are not wanting to address or deal with.
The main problem is you think it’s not you co-creating disharmony but it really is partly your fault. Instead of seeing yourself as a person who is so totally perfect take another look and be a little more honest with yourself.
The energy of the 2nd card is not conducive to any type of agreement forthcoming until the blinders are taken off and the issue is looked at realistically.
As part of the solution, refrain from being defensive and you might be able to avert unnecessary bickering and Ego induced arguments. Try to listen to what is being said and you will hear the answer loud and clear.
simple KEYWORDS for the Art Decofortune telling cards.
36 of the 52 cards are identical to the Gipsy Zigeuner Wahrsagekarten deck
* 1. Message = announcement, invitation, results, telephone call
* 2. Fidelity = loyalty, honesty, unconditional, friendship
* 3. Rival – competition, comparison, the other side of the fence
* 4. House = family, home, emotional bonds, office, security
* 5. Anger = frustration, negative emotions, annoyed, bad mood
* 6. Pride = arrogance, conceit, overly ambitious, a showing
* 7. Gift = donation, present, contribution, rewards
* 8. Letter = answer, approval, application, documents, contract
* 9. Enemy = weakness, hostility, imposter, self-doubt
* 10. Baby = new start, pregnancy, naive, infancy stage, inexperience
* 11. Thought = planning, contemplation, indecision, study
* 12. Maid = single female, unchartered territory, obedient
* 13. Lord = home owner, boss, teacher, obligations
* 14. Love = happiness, affection, love, positive
* 15. Merriment = gaiety, well being, having a good time, creativity
* 16. Party = social event, reception, wedding/baby shower, celebration
* 17. Visit = company, meetings, errands, teamwork
* 18. Sadness = grief, unwanted, crying, mood swings, unfavorable
* 19. Old Man = senior, retirement, longevity, the ex-
* 20. Jealousy = spying, resentment, envy, the other woman
* 21. Inconstance = undecided, irregular, fickle, changing
* 22. Desire = anxiety, longing, craving, wishful thinking
* 23. Marriage = commitment, bonding, loss of independence, marriage
* 24. Young man = son, brother, college, best friend
* 25. Sweetheart = female seeker of cards, the special lady, wife, girlfriend
* 26. Lover = male seeker of cards, the special man, husband, boyfriend
* 27. Death = farewell, finalization, the answer is NO, it’s over
* 28. Misunderstanding = wrong, irreconcilable, conflict
* 29. Treason = doubt, breach of confidentiality, trickery
* 30. Malady = illness, burden, recovery, tardiness
* 31. Falseness = lies, corruption, defensiveness, negative
* 32.Journey = travel, emergency, taking off
* 33. Thief = cheating, losing something, misplacement, swindle
* 34. Prison = limitations, rules, entrapment, loneliness
* 35. Widower – older male relative, mourning, the past, remembering
* 36. Misfortune = bad news, discomfort, obstacles, unlucky
* 37. Officer = the other man, person in authority, professional dealings
* 38. Widow = divorcee, menopause, crone, loneliness
* 39. Judge = final verdict, an official, tough boss
* 40. Money = inheritance, winning, luck, abundance
* 41. Some money = raise, bonus, a purchase, small win, refund
* 42. Good news = YES, positive results, announcement, passing the test
* 43. Constancy = lack of change, solid, accountability, fixed
* 44. Loss= risky, decline, decrease, losing
* 45. Profit = gain, advantage, increase, freebie
* 46. Hope = anticipation, waiting, in the future
* 47. Servants = submission, hobbies, crew, serving
* 48. Unexpected Joy = findings, free parking, recognition
* 49. Fortune = victory, satisfaction guaranteed, a sale, a miracle
* 50. Physician = medicine man or woman, to care, advisor
* 51. Foreign woman = a blind date, masquerade, something odd & strange
* 52. Ecclesiastic = faith – power of prayer, religious connotation, a church or chapel
All four images that are displayed are for the purpose of study.
Each card shows a male in some sort of uniform and he has a sword like weapon close to him.
OFFICER –
Work related, dark haired man, the other man
TAROT –
The Knights
SUGGESTIONS
ü symbolizes a person who wears a uniform in their profession,
ü medical, police, postman,fireman, mechanic, pilot, paramedic, delivery man
ü can be a son or brother or a loving young man
ü the “other” man in a relationship
ü a new casual lover
ü in finances- act responsibly
ü people in authority that serve the community
ü a good friend
ü officer+judge = lawyers, accountants, teachers
As a one card Daily Draw. It will be one of those days when you could be stopped by a police officer. Situations involving professional matters can be of concern today. It does not have to be a problem, just something that will require your attention. If you are dating someone new, you could hear from him/her today. Are you expecting a package in the mail? You may find yourself defending your position or belief about a situation or person. Do you have a medical appointment today? It’s best to view from a distance and refrain from personal involvement unless of course you are in danger of being incriminated too.
Take another card from the deck to get more information or clarification on how the Officer card could influence you today. Most of the time, OFFICER is a stand alone card. It provides the “energy” to get things done, whether you do the deciding or someone else provokes you into action.
Art Deco fortune telling card Prison
The image shows a man in a prison uniform sitting passively on a bench inside a small room. The window in the background has bars on it. The number #17 may or may not mean anything significant.
When this card comes up in a reading it will forewarn of a constricting situation. If it lies above the Sweetheart card a some sort of layout and you are a female the suggestion is loneliness. To the left of the Sweetheart will indicate the past and whatever the situation was, it is probably passing slowly. Many times it will reveal involvement in a circumstance that can be labeled as a “rut”. To the right of the Sweetheart -a time is coming up shortly where feelings of helplessness will be felt regarding a person or situation.
If you are a male, then the lady you are interested in feels too controlled by the relationship. If you are a male and there is no special lady then the PRISON card will depict that it will be quite some time before you begin a relationship. Your chances are limited or within certain boundaries. Or maybe “she” is taken.
The man in the image looks sorry for what he did. Or perhaps he is innocent and thinking about when he will be released. When you apply this to every day life it can mean that your hands are tied in a certain matter & there is nothing you can do but wait.
There is an underlying psychological influence within this card as well – our belief system. Are we living within limits because we think that we cannot do any better so we just settle? Do we wait for others to pass judgement on us or hope they give us permission to pursue what we want?
As a fortune telling card it would basically mean that there is a catch. There are strings to the outcome or result of the question. There is a trade off – a price to pay.
I think that what I hear this card saying is that your value system could be in jeopardy.
The PRISON card takes on a whole different meaning when next to the THIEF, ENEMY or LOSS cards. There can actually be some petty criminal activity going on. With the JUDGE, ECCLESIASTIC, OFFICER nearby there is a very could chance of a court related scenario. Study the cards surrounding the PRISON to see what you come up with.
In my experience I had found this card to represent a structured organization with strict procedures or policies. If you are wondering if you will like your new job and this cards shows up…guess again. There will be lack of creative freedom and mostly likely the hours involved will be regimented. Very little time off.
When the PRISON card is next to MALADY (illness) it will suggest an actual medical clinic or hospital. When this card is beside the PARTY it will indicate an art gallery or museum. Often it is a concert, too.
As a spiritual card I can see that one of the lessons involved would be freedom of expression, letting your true essence to emerge and to release the control of the personality (ego).
ABOUT THE CARD
The FIDELITY card brings positive energy to the adjoining cards. It strengthens the weaker cards and can soften the more negative ones. This card adds devotion to a situation. It describes a person that you can count on. The essence is the same as your loving pet, especially the dog who is waiting for you when you come home. Devotion is allegiance to a person or cause.
Daily guidance card
Today you will be asked to help out a friend or close associate. At the very last minute an acquaintance manages to assist you with your problem. You need to get another person’s perspective on a situation that you are thinking about today. Don’t give up on getting that phone call or message – it will come.
Is it time for your pet to go to the Vet’s? Small animals could be involved in you daily activities. A neighbor might ask you to look in on their cat or dog because they are going away for a few days.
Fidelity is a very positive card and suggests that you do not give up on any goals or plans that you have.
With the Thief Card- NEGATIVE - unfaithfulness, betrayals, loss of a trusting friend, not being able to count on anyone. Think twice about doling out your trust when around people who appear too friendly.
Right image- The Zigeuner [Gipsy] card is more specific to a connection from the past suggested by the “young” girl. Youth and the aged in a scene typically represents “of the past” or a generation. Something like the 10 of Pentacles in the Tarot.
The Art Deco card shows someone visiting, probably a known acquaintance (the dog seems friendly enough) but if you really look at the card 
it might be a travelling/ door to door salesman, too.
Traditionally this card means “a gift”, but in a different way than the GIFT card.
If you are married, living together or in a committed relationship….
Financial questions: assistance comes from a friend who is a close member of the family.
Romantic questions: you will hear a confession about some secret plans.
Work related question: good progress will be made. Keep on doing what you are doing- make yourself visible.
Surprise element: 
the in-laws are coming.
If you are single, with no committed relationship…..
Romantic questions: return of a past lover or someone you used to be an item with.
Work questions: back on the road again with the possibility of more new clients
Financial questions: not smooth enough yet but will improve when you actually apply some action to your thoughts.
Surprise element: a match making situation, or even meeting someone for the first time through on line dating….
I think it is best to keep the meanings as simple as possible, initially when interpreting the Sibilla type cards such as these two decks. The more complicated and in-depth your “potential meanings” list is, the harder it will be to arrive at a quicker analysis. As a beginner, it is better to understand one or two meanings that you have assigned to the cards.
This card will mean something entirely unique to you. If you look at the Art Deco card (first image), you might get the impression the person has writers block. He could also be studying for his exam. Maybe he is a bookkeeper? The possibilities are endless.In the second image the feeling of the card is different. He just got news and is pondering on it. Or news has come with a job proposition…and so on.
No matter which card of the deck you are studying, the meaning will be personal to you. These cards are not the Tarot, in that there is a structured story behind them.
Collectively we would all agree that the THOUGHT card means,”thinking about“.Following the older Gypsy tradition I have listed some suggestion below for the married & single person.
If you are married, living together or in a committed relationship….Financial questions: indication of many material worries over debts and other money related issues.Romantic questions: there is evidence of suspicion and jealousy which preoccupies the person’s mind.Work related question: there is a dilemma surrounded by indecision. A choice needs to be made.Surprise element: someone at a distance is planning to visit you, unexpectedly.
If you are single, with no committed relationship…..Romantic questions: don’t count on the person you are seeing for anything long term. Not much action in this area.Work questions: you are being considered for a new position or job. There is much competition.Financial questions: indicates that there may not be adequate funds to enjoy life satisfactorily.Surprise element: you may have to wait a very long time to make a connection.
I thought I’d sneak in a post that I had prepared a few days ago while I have a bit of free time to blog.
The suggested meanings apply to the ART DECO, BIEDERMEIR and ZIGEUNER decks specifically but can be adapted to any one of the SIBILLA cards.
SUGGESTIONS
Being despondent, an ending, saying good-bye, finalization, letting go, a separation, it’s finished, charging your batteries, waiting for results, fear of the unknown, throw out the old shoes, your contract is up, harvest, time for renewals, exfoliation, replacing the engine in your vehicles, inner house cleansing, loss of loved one, fright, permanently, removal, time has run out, the answer is NO
The Zigeuner DEATH card
- has the image of a skeleton in a white sheet. In it’s left phalanges it is holding an egg timer.
The Beidermeier DEATH card
- has a skeleton with a white flowing sheet holding a scythe in its left bony hand.
The Art Deco DEATH card
-depicts a skeleton cloaked in a white sheet holding a scythe in its left hand. It emerges behind a coffin with a wooden plaque.
ABOUT THE CARD
When the Death card shows up in the layout it brings closure and an ending to a situation. There will be a finalization around the person in the neighboring cards. It can be the end of a relationship, a job, a dream, a plan, a goal, and even a problem or worry etc.
Things HAVE to END so that new cycles begin. Endings happen all the time. Things do not go on and on forever. An aspect or part of a situation always ends even though the totality of the situation remains the same, thus new beginnings.
This card will prevent further advancement of whatever is depicted by the card which precedes it because one of it’s meanings has been terminated.
In other words – TIME IS RUNNING OUT. Expect a change in plans or direction.
Expect a turbulent time with lots of changes. But it will be good for you as it expands your horizons. The change can relate to persons or places. Your relations can get deeper (move together, marriage). You meet new people; at your job you can get more responsibilities or change to another company. Maybe you move to another town. If your present situation is bad it will improve soon and everything will turn out to your advantage.
DAILY GUIDANCE CARD
It looks like today you just might clean out that closet and throw out what you don’t need anymore. You could be saying good-bye to someone who is moving away or has left your workplace. The answer is will NOT be forthcoming and if it does come it will most likely be a NO. A good day to go to a spa and get a facial. Getting rid of the dead skins cells on your face helps to promote new growth that is fresher.
The legal papers arrive in the mail. It’s time to renew your insurance policy. Hearing the news of a death. Going separate ways. Your cat or dog has run away.
A situation presents itself today that will put the finishes touches where they belong. Construction in your home is finally done. The blocked off street has re-opened.
A current situation is having closure. It could be a relationship you are in. Sigh, it’s finally over –time to heal and move on. All things end, let’s face it. Getting rid of the dead skins cells on your face helps to promote new growth that is fresher. Ask yourself what situation or person is in the process of leaving your life?
Your Chi is stagnating and it needs to get some healthy movement. And only you can do that, it is your life-force. So breathe it in and breathe it out! Pinch yourself to see how it feels to be alive.
Constancy – SUGGESTED MEANINGS
Dedicated, continuous, reliable, steadfast, for sure, likeness, even-stephen, guaranteed,
even Stephen, lack of change, faithful, routinely, fixed, the sun rises in the east, ask and ye shall receive, lacking variety, boring, power of the Universe, evil eye deflector
The Zigeuner CONSTANCY card
-depicts one large eye with shooting rays and a few tiny stars.
The Biedermeier CONSTANCY card
-has an image of an eye with puffy circular cloud around it. There 8 thick rays coming from the clouds.
The Art Deco CONSTANCY card
- shows and eye in the heavens with some fluffy clouds around it. There are 3 thick rays above and below the eye overlooking a mountainous landscape.
ABOUT THE CARD
When the CONSTANCY card comes up in a layout it give stable energy to the surrounding cards. It anchors the energy. When it falls beside a card depicting a person, they are predictable and can be read like an open book. The essence of this card is similar to the feeling that you get when you are in a routine or habit of doing things.
Constancy, determination, stability, reliable friend.
DAILY GUIDANCE CARD
Your day will probably be uneventful. It should be a relatively smooth day with no major ups and downs. If you are concerned about a condition around someone’s life, there will be no significant change one way or the other. You’ll be doing the same old thing at the same old time. The answer is you will get what you need, not what you want.
There is good support with this card. It will add a steadiness to the events that occur during the flow of the day. Usually this is a good thing. In some cases, it might not be because if the circumstance or person involved is not favorable, probably it will continue to be as unfavorable. At least there won’t be any dramatic change either way.
Of course this card can come up anywhere in the layout.
Spirituality
Your spiritual path is a steady force in your life. The meditations have come to a leveling off and you are not experiencing much headway. There is stillness in your heart. The healing is happening even though you don’t feel it. Keep at it, after every calm there is a storm which leads to discovery and an awakening.
TIME – 40 weeks
SUGGESTIONS
• Beginnings, one step at a time, immature, responsibility, fresh, outlook, birth of idea or project, pregnancy, not fully developed, naive, requires protection, dependent, needy, counting on, aborting, worries, foolish, something new, preliminary, incomplete data, gossip, all that we do not know, emotional attachment
The Zigeuner BABY card
-depicts a small baby with a soother in it’s mouth lying in a rocker cradle. The room is well lit. A red rose sits on the ledge of the window. A large green area rug covers the wooden floor.
The Beidermeier BABY card
- has an image of a large elaborate wooden rocking cradle holding a baby that is securely covered up. The background is a pale blue.
The Art Deco BABY card
-shows a chubby naked baby holding a rattle as it lies on a big pillow. The red curtain is open to allow for the yellow of the sunshine.
The Kipper BABY card
-displays a small child holding a doll sitting on a stork.
ABOUT THE CARD
When the BABY card appears in the layout it holds a promise of eventual growth in some area. It will add more information about the stage of development the situation or person is in. The card also represents worries and will point out which areas need supervision, nurturing and tending. A child or dependent. A disadvantaged friend. Having fun and avoiding responsibility. The circumstances are not very serious. There is an emotional attachment to a situation or person.
A birth or rebirth. The beginning of a new project or venture. New or increased responsibilities that will require careful attention.
The card denotes new ideas, a fresh start, and improved circumstances. It can indicate added income such as a raise in pay, or increased profits. This card can also predict the successful start of a new project or business venture that will require careful attention to get off the ground. It can denote financial assistance coming from an unexpected source. Specifically Bambino represents an infant or child, and can predict a pregnancy or new addition to the family.
DAILY GUIDANCE CARD
When you select the BABY card you can expect some new projects to start today. You will be involved with things that require an open mind. Someone depends on you. You help a person who is in need. A grown up attitude saves the day.
You can expect to have a refreshing day. -There can be issues involving an actual child. -You could start a new job today. -It could be a day of fun and games, nothing too serious. -Playing with the child within. -Don’t make a major decision you do not have all the facts. Try nurturing yourself for a change. A great new idea.
Goofing around.
Spirituality
Past life regressions shows that you need to let the little kid out once in awhile to play. You begin to remember segments of your childhood while under hypnosis. You think back during a healing meditation and send love to the abandoned child within.
Anger
SUGGESTIONS
An argument, yelling, being annoyed, frustrating situation, unorganized meeting, getting told off, someone is in a bad mood, receiving punishment, competition, emotional outburst, stubbing your toe, the picnic is cancelled, being pushed around, revved up, mind your tongue, verbal fireworks, seeing red, heated discussion, energetic
The Zigeuner ANGER card
- an image of a young lad getting scolded by an older gentleman who is wearing an apron. It looks like the lad is being told to get out of the room into the darkness by the doorway.
The Biedermeir ANGER card
-has a scene of a young boy getting his ear pulled by an older man. There is a knocked over chair on the floor of the room.
The Art Deco ANGER card
-portrays a waitress coming through a doorway with a pile of dishes in her hands. A few plates have fallen and one has been broken by her right foot.
ABOUT THE CARD
Indicates mental confusion. Heated words. Impulsive or aggressive response. Flying off the handle. Provocation.
When the Anger card appears in a layout it signifies a profound negative emotional reaction around the person or situation card depicted near it. If you can remember a time when you were really angry about something, the essence of that anger is contained within this card. Pay attention to the surrounding cards to pinpoint what is the cause of this unpleasant response. At times, people have this reaction because they are functioning from fear and think they having no control.
DAILY GUIDANCE CARD
Something will happen today to tick you off. Anger is a great motivator when you get to the point where you need that emotional fuel to get something done. It doesn’t always have to be a bad thing that is traced with venom. For the most part it will be reaction to what a person has said or done that is not in compliance to what you would have done.
Today you could find yourself at the receiving end of some cross words from another individual. Maybe you deserve it and maybe you don’t. The other person is revved up and you happen to be there.
It is a good idea not to get behind the wheel if you are in an enraged state because your mood can escalate if the person in front of you is driving too slow or cuts you off. Count to 10 during the course of the day and evening if you feel anger welling up inside of you. It’ll blow over quicker.
If you are prone to having a short fuse anyways stay away from difficult people. There could be an outing to a sports event where there will be lots of screaming and yelling, like a baseball, soccer, hockey game. This would be a great emotional outlet.
AROUND THE ASTROLOGICAL WHEEL layout
1. Personality card, Current situation
The ANGER card will tell you that the person getting the reading is in a mood that can change suddenly. They are wired for some reason and slightest thing will set them off. For one reason or another their emotional state is in an upheaval. Did they just argue with someone? Cross currents in the present circumstances.
On edge for sure. Something or someone has provoked you to the point that you have these unhealthy emotions. You may have been on the receiving end of someone else’s wrath. Who is the hot head?
2. In money matters
A dispute or argument over money. There isn’t enough to spend on frivolous items. The additional money you were counting on is delayed and this infuriates you. You get overcharged on a purchase and get into a yelling match.
Breaking or busting a valuable item.
3. Communications, Transportation, Siblings
Any type of conversations you have will be in a combative style. There will be no reaching an agreement without a fight. Your brother or sister gets mad at you for something you said. There could be problems in your neighborhood with noisy neighbors.
Be nice to the policeman that stops you for running a red light and bite your tongue.
4. In matters of the family & home
The domestic scene will be strained. People are generally high strung and get on each other’s nerves. Familiarity breeds contempt. Go out for a walk to cool off. Bumping heads on an issue involving your home, children or parents. An agreement won’t be reached until everyone calms down. An unwanted guest comes over.
5. In matters of love & luck & creativity
It’ll be a hot affair with intense feelings. Wild times in the bedroom. If you are a screamer at least shut the windows. Sexual tension but in a good way. Best not to gamble because you will blow a fuse when you keep losing.
You become passionate over a creative project. Now is the time to channel the TEMPER energy into a creation of any kind.
6. Matters of work, well being
Letting off steam about work. Minor problems arise that ruffle your feathers. Getting asked to cover for someone because they were a no show. As if you don’t have enough to do. A customer is biting off your head when you tell them you have sold out of the product that they drove clear across town to get. Heated discussions in the lunch room.
Time to get the blood pressure checked especially if you have been upset lately.
7. Partnerships, Marriage
If you are married it would be a good idea to just nod your head without speaking if possible. Your partner has come home fit to be tied. The storm will pass eventually, but it will pass.
In business relationships there will be major conflicts of interests not easily solved. Negotiations will be difficult.
If you are single, you will stay single until you learn to control your temper. No one likes a walking volcano.
8. Endings
The parting is not amicable. Things will end with nasty language. Telling a person you never want to speak to them again is not the way to inform them that you feel hurt and wish they had not done what they did. Walking out during an argument with the intention of not coming back.
9. Travel, Education
You missed the deadline on the ticket sales. You arrive at the airport late. Your trip is cancelled and you are off work on a scheduled holiday. Using the energy of the Temper card to do physical activities such as climbing mountains and going hiking through the trails.
Now is the time to go to that workshop or seminar. Taking a course in anything to do with the physical body. An interest in Martial Arts. Excitement for study and learning.
10. 3-months Future Situation, Achievements
With a lot of hard work, drive and aggressive talk you will succeed. Using your energy to accomplish the unthinkable. Having the passion to start a new career. Important not to quit pursuing your objectives.
The next three months will be filled with all kinds of restless energy. You will have many projects on the go. You will feel frustrated because you can’t finish everything you started, even though a majority of what you set out to do will be accomplished. Dealing with an irate person. Getting a verbal black-lash.
11. Friendships, Community
A close acquaintance does not see eye to eye with you on a matter and this displeases you very much. A community function that starts good turns into a battle of wits.
A humanitarian cause touches you emotionally.
12. Past situation, Spirituality
Unresolved anger issues from the past. In recent weeks dealing with an aggressive person. It is challenging to get closure when there is charged up emotions involved.
The kundalini energy has been activated. Hopefully you know how to handle it? Be careful or you will get burned or burned out. A profound interest in the history of Christianity.
The final post of 2007- I wish everyone the greatest success in 2008 and most of all LOVE.
widower
Zigeuner, Biedermeir, Art Deco, Sibilla type cards. The Widower does mean much the same as his companion card the Widow. Both cards indicate the state of profound sadness.
The deep grief you feel when you lose someone you love, leave long time employment reluctantly or part with a house that meant a lot to you. When a special pet dies or a child leaves home, it leaves an emptiness in ones heart. Or having some medical procedure that changes how you feel and changes your body.
There are many things in life that add up to a compounded grief. Sometimes it’s one loss after another. In this society people are not allowed to grieve. You cannot just snap your fingers and get over it. How does 3 days off work help you to deal with the pain you feel in your heart? By keeping so busy that you ignore or bury your emotions- how does that help you to go through your feelings and to get out on the other side, healed or at least recovering.
The suffering of the Widower is akin to the Widow. The male and female version of grief. Men grieve differently or so I was told when I went for grief counseling during a traumatic period in my life not too long ago. Men tend to move on faster. Is it the way of the jungle? In general, women cling on to the emotions connected to the memories of the person.
I do believe that angels change places with you just when you can’t take anymore or when the heaviness of your cross is cracking every bone in your back.
The Widower can provide the wings of an angel to those he meets. He knows what it means to feel loss. He will never come up with an excuse that he can’t go somewhere -he just goes. Sure his heart might not be in it but he has an understanding much deeper than the Widow card. There is strength in the Widower card, courage and a silence that men know who have come out of combat. You accept it and don’t psycho-analyze the sh*t out of it.
The Widower is a dutiful friend. He will not ask for your help. He helps himself by helping you.
Many of the cards I write about on this blog have a card to represent Hope such as the Sibilla, Art Deco, Zigeuner, Beidermeir, etc. To some extent the Lenormand Anchor card is linked and the Tarot Star card. To hope is to expect or desire for something to happen. We all have that feeling one time or another. We all hope things will be Ok. The card tells you not to give up. When hope is gone so is the positive energy associated with this emotion. Never give up hope.
The Zigeuner HOPE card has an image of a woman in a ling dress by the wavy coast. She has her feet on the land where she is propped up by an anchor. In right hand she holds one rose and 2 roses have fallen. In the cloudy background is a sailboat.
The Biedermeir HOPE card shows a woman with very long hair and dressed in colorful clothing holding an anchor in her right hand. Her left hand holds a dainty flower. In the background a sailboat fights the choppy waters.
The Art Deco HOPE card portrays a woman sitting with a huge trident anchor which is situated on the ground. She gazes towards the left of the card. In the distant of the background is a white sailboat. The skies look gloomy.
Hoping is not a fast process. No amount of hoping will make anything happen unless you back it up with a plan of action and even then you may not get it the results you want. The Hope card is about slow results. Hoping can be negative if your motives are spiteful and out of jealousy. I don’t mean by hoping the other team loses in some sporting event, by hoping that tragedy befalls another human being. And yes there are people like that in this world who are capable of casting an evil eye. This world has to have negative influences as well so that we can recognize the positive when it does happen. When you want or hope for more than you need, you take something away from another person- and they have less. It’s not fair but such is the law of the Universe. And it prevails. It’s ok to hope someone pulls through an operation but in the end whatever that person’s journey is on this earth will occur despite it all. Don’t mistake hope for worry.
When this card shows up in the future it will reveal a situation that requires much faith and belief as depicted in the images by having your feet placed firmly on the ground. To anchor your thoughts by grounding them and yet holding on to the fluidity of the possible changes depicted by the water.
It is vital that a person does not shut the window of hope in the face of tomorrow.
In it’s most highest aspect it is a very spiritual card suggesting conversations with the Universe, God or your higher self.
Wishing on a star and hoping it is not a comet.
(ORIGINAL POST : September 18, 2007)
