One Card Reading - Nine of Wands

The Nine of Wands shows Jason and his crew aboard the Argonaut returning after collecting the Golden Fleece. They have faced many hardships, battles, trials and tribulations and just when home is in sight, they must face another deadly obstacle. This card speaks to the time when you have battled your best and you think your strength and stamina is all gone, and yet another unforseen obstacle rears its ugly head. The beauty of this card is the message that when you think you are done for and have nothing left to give, there is a reserve of strength, creativity, stamina and hope to pull you through, whether you find it deep within yourself, or in help from others, spirit or Universe. That last obstacle or battle that you think you have nothing left to overcome, can be overcome if you look deep enough, ask for help and pull those reserves that you didn't think you had at your disposal.

Its interesting to get this card this morning because it has been on my mind a lot lately. I'm doing this as a quick read just before heading off to the metaphysical bookstore to work a booth at their psychic fair today with my new business (we do energy, aura and chakra analysis and images and reports using biofeedback data... I'll blog on that more some other time!). We have had a bumpy start to our business, and although many good things are going to come of this business and there is an immense horizon of opportunity for growth, change and the chance to affect people in a totally phenomenal and powerful way, the financial picture has been a little bleak. Things that we counted on and thought would be our profit ended up being quite the opposite and we have found ourselves in a very precarious position of trying not only to make our personal ends meet, but business as well. It has been scary thinking that the revenue was not coming in and what to do. But, it has forced us to be creative, trust the Universe and look in new directions. What we were doing was the "old" way of doing things and what our mission and purpose is with our business and what we are able to do is ground breaking and pioneering a new landscape in spirituality, energy awareness and self empowerment. So now we are thinking out of the box. I still feel like we're in the channel with the crushing rocks battering our hull, but home is in sight. It is going to take a little time for this to start coming to fruition, but I have faith that it will. It is time for what we are doing! So as I go off today to work, feeling tired from my emotionally draining day yesterday, and trying to quash my worries and negativity, I will focus on finding those reserves that we need and pulling on all the strength and creativity that is there, even if it is hidden behind the rocks...

Today's One Card Reading - Three of Pentacles

Mythological reference: Daedalus receives acclaim for his first achievements.

Divinatory Meaning: Initial completion of work, a basic structure is built which still requires the finishing touches.

Threes in the minor arcana always indicate an initial completion or accomplishment of whatever their suit represents. This is not the fullness of the suit, nor a permanent or final accomplishment. There is always more to the story and more hard work ahead before you reach the ten! But it is the first milestone and accomplishment that should be recognized and celebrated for what it is, with the full understanding that there is more to come.

Today I have court with my ex to address several looming issues that mostly have to do with finances. I have been waiting and struggling for almost a year now (honestly longer than that, since we first split) waiting on him to come through with what we agreed upon in our divorce, and when that didn't happen, I filed through the court to get some remedy. I thought that I had received that in April when the contempt case was heard and awarded, however, the result in tangible form has never come to fruition. It has been a long and hard wait and I have felt like many times that justice was never going to be done. I really feel like today, though, that many of the issues will be resolved once and for all, and the power to change the outcome, or to avoid complying will be taken out of his hands. I know that any victory today will be just the first step, that there will be more to the story of course, in actually seeing the follow through and completion of the verdict which could take several years, but I would like to think that this card is a beacon of hope that there will be some recognition today and accomplishment and at least an initial completion of this time of my life so that I can move on to other, brighter things.

"Don't be afraid of a little opposition remember that the kite of success generally rises against the wind of adversity- not with it" - Napoleon Hill

"Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness" - Napoleon Hill